Welcome to the Lair of Secrets podcast! The podcast about gaming and being a geek by two forty-something geek dads.

Ken Newquist is a video game-completing machine who's probably staying up too late (again). Meanwhile, David Moore is no longer a forty-something geek dad.

Summer’s EndKen went to Philmont … but we dedicated a whole episode to that, so he won’t mention it again.For the first time in years … Ken finished his summer reading list … during the summer!Ken finished Fire Emblem: Three Houses (Switch) AND Fire Emblem Fates Birthright (3DS). Which means Ken is probably playing too much Fire Emblem…Higher EducationOur eldest kids are in college! Whoa.The Autumnal ChamberRead more games, play more gamesI picked up a ton of RPG books over the last year and a bunch of zines.Scum and VillainyAlien: Colonial MarinesMonster of the WeekFate of CthulhuGo to a game conventionRotate a new game into my lunchtime sessions?Work one into my regular gaming group?Start up a new group?Build rockets. So many rockets (started!)Ken just build the Skytracer rocket.Age AccelerationDavid is no longer forty something. Doesn't feel much different, but it does feel weird when he thinks that he has been living on earth for half of a century.More Books in the LibraryDavid also had lots of reading in the summer, not sure if he finished hislist but he is satisfied with the amount he read. Still more he wants to read, including Hugo nominations.The Game RoomGenCon 2021 - very chill and different from the before times con.Life has killed another of David's game. So he will have more time to focus on the Dyson Fall game?Lots of gaming books to dig into as well, with a few more on the way from Kickstarter!eXtreme Dungeon Mastery 2nd Edition - Tracy Hickman - KickstarterLazy DM’s Companion - Sly Flourish - Kickstarter"5 Room Dungeons" at RoleplayingTips.comBastion and Mythic d6 Core Rules at Khepera PublishingEberron Rising from the Last War by Wizards of the CoastExplorer’s Guide to Wildemount by Wizards of the CoastIt’s interesting reading these and following gaming culture. There are a lot of new things out there, very cool stuff, but also a lot of the same things from when David was just starting out that people are re-discovering since they are new to the hobby and think things are new. Which is very cool.The WorkshopDavid is prepping his shop for fall and winter craftingInsulation on the garage door. Not sure it will keep the heat in during the winter, but it has helped keep the heat out in the summer.David's on iteration five of a particular pen that is giving him trouble.The Room of RetrospectionPlaying GamesTales from the Loop (Episode 2)Tales from the Loop RPGKids on Bikes is an RPG tooBrindlewood Bay (Episode 6)Get the Brindlewood Bay game.Army Corps of Engineers: Special Ops (Fate Condensed) (Episode 11)Fate CondensedBrainstorming games!Loved the Army Corps of Engineers special we did. (Episode 11)Special TopicsRPG VaultPaging through the treasures locked away in our DriveThru RPG archives (Episode 13)Game Master HacksLooking at game master toolboxes and thinking about in-game hacks. (Episode 12)Summer reading listA look at Dave and Ken’s summer reading list (Episode 17)

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Cover art for the Scum and Villainy role-playing game. Credit: Evil Hat.