MUP Episode 194 – Jellyfish Shark Showdown!




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Summary: <br> <br> <br> This episode Keepers Murph and Dave, (along with guest Keeper Matt Wiseman, via email), judge a monster creation contest between Keeper Jon and the president of Golden Goblin Press, Oscar Rios. And Jon &amp; Murph interview MAtt Madigan about his new Kickstarter, The Grand Tower Hotel.<br> <br> <br> <br> Noble Knight Games<br> <br> <br> <br> This episode is generously sponsored by <a href="https://www.nobleknight.com/">Noble Knight Games</a>. They have the largest selection of out-of-print games in the world. Including a huge selection of Lovecraftian RPG game books. They even stock Golden Goblin Press books! If you're collecting any of Chaosium's new or vintage Call of Cthulhu game books, then you really need to check out Noble Knight Games. <br> <br> <br> <br> Campus Crier<br> <br> <br> <br> This episode was recorded on February 27th, 2020. <br> <br> <br> <br> One of Chaosium’s newest videos on their YouTube channel is of Keeper Jon doing an unboxing of the Gateways to Terror book. <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg7Z7oDHlHM&amp;t=69s<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Guest from last episode Ruth Tillman’s Kickstarter finished and funded at 227 backers pledged $4,029. I backed while recording the last episode, and it looks really good.<br> <br> <br> <br> In other Kickstarter news, backers of the <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1409961192/the-cthulhu-alphabet?ref=user_menu">Cthulhu Alphabet</a> are finally receiving their books! Jon did an unboxing video for the contributor copies for it too. These are some fantastic looking books. The Cthulhu Alphabet is filled with fun tables to spice-up your Mythos themed game, regardless of the game system. <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdfptlZTLoY<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Britannia &amp; Beyond Kickstarter set to launch March 13th.  A setting for Cthulhu Invictus detailing the province of Britannia, and the barbarian kingdoms of Caledonia and Hibernia.  Main author Stuart Boon, supporting authors Oscar Rios, Jeffrey Moeller, William Adcock, Editing by Jeffrey Moeller, Art by Alberto Guerra, maps by Gregg Shipp and Alyssa Faden, layout and design by Mark Shireman, special pendants and idol by Joe Broers. <br> <br> <br> <br> MUP Patreon<br> <br> <br> <br> If you haven’t heard yet, we have redesigned our Patreon and so far the feedback has been all positive! We are greatly appreciative of you, our listeners, and would ask that if you can please back us! Our next goal in funding will pay our worthy editors for their time! Also all backers, regardless of level will have access to the outtakes reel that we are going to put out on a special RSS feed from Patreon! To back us you can click the button on the sidebar of our website, <a href="http://www.mu-podcast.com/">mu-podcast.com</a> or head over to Patreon directly at <a href="http://www.patreon.com/mup">www.patreon.com/mup</a>! <br> <br> <br> <br> We have some backers that need to be named this episode! Fred! Chris! Scriven! Stefan! <br> <br> <br> <br> Listening Room<br> <br> <br> <br> Since Oscar Rios is a guest in this episode, we also have the final installment of the third season of the Glimpses into the Empire series. This episode recounts the tale of Rome's Greatest Wife.<br> <br> <br> <br> Interview<br> <br> <br> <br> Jon and Murph speak with Matt Madigan about his kickstarter, The Grand Tower Hotel. For more information, visit the Kickstarter page <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/grandtowerhotel/the-grand-tower-hotel?ref=project_build">here</a>.<br> <br> <br> <br> Main Topic -- A Clash of Jellyfish Shark Titans!!!<br> <br> <br> <br> This all started when a friend of Oscar's, Justin Mansfield, (Oscar's ancient language specialist),