MU Podcast Episodes – Miskatonic University Podcast

In this almost episode, we get together to chat about our experiences at the con, blather about our horrific travel experiences, watch bunny-related YouTube videos, D&D 5th Edition, the stuff Murf bought, and our live games. There is very little editing on this, and includes Chad, Murf, Dan, and Scriven!

In this episode, we field lots of questions from listeners, we walk a high-wire line between Monte Hall and Killer Keeper. And for the main topic, flintlocks, revolvers and javelins, oh my!

In this episode, it’s another visit to the bestiary to examine the inscrutable "almost-humans" of capricious highlands. And for the main topic, we get all medieval on your a**. Plus news, and more!

In this episode, we’re cracking open a real-life mysterious tome written in half-mad scribblings (no, not that one), and correct the record on its game stats. Plus, we talk about our alma mater, and why it makes for such a great home base. This episode was recorded on June 29, 2014.

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Layout artist extraordinaire Badger McInnes had an interview with Murf about his new card game, Feed the Shoggoth, currently on Kickstarter.

In episode 58, Jon, Murf and Dan cover the common issue of replacing dead, mangled, or mad player characters in a long campaign. Then Dan chats with the heads of Warpo Toys, the company that dares to bring us the Cthulhu Mythos toys that 1979 didn't have the guts to give us!

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In episode 56, Dan, Jon, Murph and Chad talk about personal boundaries in horror gaming. Plus, a trip to see that slithery citizen of the subterranean sphere -- Yig! Plus, a history field trip to deepest, darkest British Columbia, an update on the IndieGogo campaign and GenCon plans -- plus more!

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This is an interview we had with Arkham Gazette creator and editor Brett Kramer about the upcoming release of issue #2 dedicated to Innsmouth.

In episode 55, Dan, Jon and Chad take a walk through the Hall of Shame and put some of our worst Keeper decisions on display. It isn't pretty. We also chat about our favorite "secrets of" resource and setting books from Chaosium. Plus an update on our IndieGogo campaign, and more!

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In episode 54, the full MU crew meets up once again to revisit the topic of cults and how best to use them in horror gaming. Plus, a new Bestiary segment to chat about the not-so-sparkly Star Vampires from one of Robert Bloch’s early stories, a history lecture about cargo cults in Melanesia, and more!

For episode 52, Keeper Dan was out of town when this episode was recorded, so you have Keepers Jon, Murf and Chad go through the debate on whether or not a GM should fudge their rolls, and then now to take bad Idea rolls from dull to dynamic.