Episode 718: Mad at Gary

The Gaming Hut gets salty as we look into the dire implications of the standard rpg writing phrase “at the GM’s discretion.” The Crime Blotter recounts the exploits of serial 18th century prison escaper Jean Henri Latude. In Ken and/or Robin Talk to Someone Else, Ken talks to Glaiza Champion, designer of such games as Missing Month and Beef. Finally the Conspiracy Corner looks into not one but two Alaska volcano hoaxes. Want to pose a question to the show? Get your priority question asking access with your support for the KARTAS Patreon! Our Patreon-backed Letterboxd list of all films mentioned on the show is now up and running. Also check out the Goodreads list of books mentioned on the show. Snag Ken and Robin merchandise at TeePublic. Rejoice, for the prophecy is fulfilled! The Ars Magica Definitive Edition, in all of its arcane glory, can now be ordered from Atlas Games. Dispatch your most reliable grog to acquire this most splendid of tomes today. Hamlet’s GM Screen, Robin’s book applying exquisitely diagrammed story analysis to classic moments at the gaming table, can now be ordered from Pelgrane Press. Turn your bringdowns into gratifications with this follow-up to the classic Hamlet’s Hit Points. The play The King in Yellow has haunted imaginations like a dirge since its first appearance in 1895. Now ask it to predict the future and run your life with Arc Dream’s King in Yellow tarot deck. Daniel Harms and John Scott Tynes, famous clairvoyants, divined the forms and portents of this Carcosan deck. Painter Kurt Komoda, in a fevered fugue of inspiration, reproduced designs thought long lost. Add it now to your accursed Arc Dream shopping cart. Sign up to be notified of the upcoming crowdfunding campaign for The American Crisis: Dark and Bloody Ground at YourDadWillLoveThis.com. Download a free copy of the Nations & Cannons core rules using code KENROBIN.