Miskatonic University Podcast

This episode, Keepers Murph, Dave, and Bridgett welcome back to the podcast, friend of the show and writer/director of the BBC’s Lovecraft Investigations… Julian Simpson! CW: Graphic discussion regarding torture of a literary character in the Whatcha Been book review section (approximately 7:47-9:23) Patreon Plug & Update We have a Patreon! To back us you can click the button on the sidebar of our website, mu-podcast.com or head over to Patreon directly at www.patreon.com/mup! The Discord Plug We have our MUP Discord and we are all there! We invite all of our listeners to come and enjoy the community of horror gaming and cute pet pics. Link in the show notes: MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D  And thank you to our editor Nate for editing this episode. Thanks Nate! Main Topic —  Tonight’s guest is Julian Simpson, long-time BBC writer and director, as well as gamer and explorer of the arcane and forbidden. This is Julian’s fourth appearance on our show since March 2020, but for those who haven’t heard of you, please introduce yourself… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Simpson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lovecraft_Investigations https://www.pleasantgreen.co.uk/

This episode, Keepers Murph & Dave talk about stuff. Good stuff. What stuff? Let’s find out together, because Bridgett, me, who writes WordPress, was out of town for this recording. Oh! Oh! I see the topic now! Recent media influences for TTRPGs Patreon Plug & Update We have a Patreon! To back us you can click the button on the sidebar of our website, mu-podcast.com or head over to Patreon directly at www.patreon.com/mup! The Discord Plug We have our MUP Discord and we are all there! We invite all of our listeners to come and enjoy the community of horror gaming and cute pet pics. Link in the show notes: MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D  And thank you to our editor Max for editing this episode. Thanks Max! Main Topic —  Now what do we have here for a main topic? Looks like… recent media influences for TTRPGs Dave has 2 movies, 1 TV show, and one book (series) Sicario Mission Impossible Boy and the Heron Bodies The Three Body Problem trilogy Murph has TV show or two and book or two Fringe Blue Eyed Samurai Mickey7 Dream Scenario (haven’t seen it yet)

This episode, Keepers Dave and Bridgett explore an immersive art museum known as Otherworld in Columbus, Ohio! Afterwards, we unpack ways to activate your senses to bring flavor and sensation to your creative writing! https://www.otherworld.com/ The Discord Plug We have our MUP Discord and we are all there! We invite all of our listeners to come and enjoy the community of horror gaming and cute pet pics. Link in the show notes: MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D Patreon Plug We have a Patreon! To back us you can click the button on the sidebar of our website, mu-podcast.com or head over to Patreon directly at www.patreon.com/mup!

Join Keepers Dave and Murph for a special travel episode! Part 1! Patreon Plug & Update We have a Patreon! To back us you can click the button on the sidebar of our website, mu-podcast.com or head over to Patreon directly at www.patreon.com/mup! The Discord Plug We have our MUP Discord and we are all there! We invite all of our listeners to come and enjoy the community of horror gaming and cute pet pics. Link in the show notes: MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D

This episode, Keepers Murph, Dave, and Bridgett welcome Lumpley Games – Vincent Baker and Meg Baker! Patreon Plug & Update We have a Patreon! To back us you can click the button on the sidebar of our website, mu-podcast.com or head over to Patreon directly at www.patreon.com/mup! And as we discussed recently – we’ll be sending out a backer survey soon so we can tune our backer rewards in January. Dave is working on it now, so look for that in late November. New Members Davin Flateau Lauren Williams Heather Poirier The Discord Plug We have our MUP Discord and we are all there! We invite all of our listeners to come and enjoy the community of horror gaming and cute pet pics. Link in the show notes: MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D  And thank you to our editor Max for editing this episode. Thanks Max!  Bridgett’s Pet Pick Shout Out Happy 5th birthday Thessaly from everyone at MUP! We hope that you’ve enjoyed your special day! If you’re having a bad day, go to the show notes and check out bulldogs, in party hats, preparing to eat a cake. Get your serotonin hits where you can! Thanks HelloSpaceBoy! Main Topic —  https://lumpley.games/ https://lumpley.games/portfolio/ Games such as  The Wolf King’s Son (2023) Under Hollow Hills (2022) Bedlam Beautiful (2017; limited publication) Apocalypse World (2010; 2nd Edition 2016) and the PbtA framework https://www.patreon.com/lumpley Our Travelling Home by Ash Crider? https://wundergeek.itch.io/our-traveling-home  Wolf Spell by https://epidiah.itch.io/wolfspell Bloody Handed Name of Bronze by Joshua Newman https://joshuaacnewman.itch.io/the-bloody-handed-name-of-bronze  Mashed https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/199282/MASHED-A-Korean-War-MASH-RPG–Core-Rulebook Sagas of the Icelanders https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/254224/Sagas-of-the-Icelanders Pasions d’ Pasion https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/409558/Pasion-de-las-Pasiones Nahual https://www.nahualrpg.com/

This episode, Keeper Murph & Keeper Dave welcome Dean Engelhardt and Bill Adcock of Cthulhu Eternal and Cthulhu Reborn. Patreon Plug & Update We have a Patreon! To back us you can click the button on the sidebar of our website, mu-podcast.com or head over to Patreon directly at www.patreon.com/mup! The Discord Plug We have our MUP Discord and we are all there! We invite all of our listeners to come and enjoy the community of horror gaming and cute pet pics. Link in the show notes: MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D  And thank you to our editor Nate for editing this episode. Thanks Nate!  Ooh, Bridgett may not be here, but we still have…. Bridgett’s Pet Pick Shout Out [Using best Bridget voice]  Y’all have got to see this photo of Loki, cat of ARM1384. This cat is asleep, eyes rolled back, and legit appears as if it’s actively summoning. Spooky kitty vibes for the win! Thank you for sharing, ARM1384! Cat-astrophically creepy. Main Topic —  Please welcome to the show, friends and creative powerhouses… Dean Engelhardt and Bill Adcock from Cthulhu Eternal! Welcome gentlemen! https://cthulhueternal.com/ https://cthulhueternal.com/our-scenarios/ https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/5143/Cthulhu-Reborn

This episode, Keeper Bridgett & Keeper Dave talk to Becky and Josh from Black Armada Games about the upcoming launch of Lovecraftesque second edition! Patreon Plug & Update We have a Patreon! To back us you can click the button on the sidebar of our website, mu-podcast.com or head over to Patreon directly at www.patreon.com/mup! It’s the return of Dave’s MUP Movie Matinee. On Sunday, Oct 8th at 2pm we’re going to watch Jordan Peele’s Nope! Who’s in? The Discord Plug We have our MUP Discord and we are all there! We invite all of our listeners to come and enjoy the community of horror gaming and cute pet pics. Link in the show notes: MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D  And thank you to our editor Max for editing this episode. Thanks Max!  Main Topic  Becky Annison and Josh Fox of Black Armada games can be found at https://blackarmada.com/, where they have games, podcasting, blogs and more! https://blackarmada.com/lovecraftesque/ Upcoming 2e for Lovecraftesque – link to Backerkit here MUP Episode 149 with Becky Annison Welcome Becky and Josh! Please, for our listeners who are not acquainted with all of your award-winning games, please introduce yourselves and Black Armada games.