Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff

Episode 703: I Only Knew Twenty Lesser Sages

Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff

Show Notes

The Gaming Hut picks up on our previous general discussion of tuning pregens to a scenario by finding hooks for Trail of Cthulhu Investigators about to enter an old dark house. Beloved Patreon backer Alex Gill convenes the Book Hut for an explanation of a tome sometimes translated as The Book of Mad Desire for […]

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