Miskatonic University Podcast

This episode, Keepers Murph and Bridgett bring back RIFFING! That’s right, we’re riffing on a classic folklore monster, the will o’ wisp, will of the wisp, the willy wispy, whatever! You know what we mean! 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. MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D  And thank you beaucoup to SEAN for editing this episode.  Bridgett’s Pet Pick Shout Out This week I’m shouting out Odysseus and Circe! Gorgeous, high fiving kittuhs from listener Aiine!  Thanks for sharing videos of these gorgeous cats with it!  Main Topic Will-o-Wisps!

This episode, Keepers Dave & Bridgett interview writer Paul St. John Mackintosh about books, poetry, RPGs, and more! 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. MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D  And thank you beaucoup to MAX for editing this episode.  Bridgett’s Pet Pick Shout Out Listen, I may have shouted out this dog before, but since she’s my daughter niece, I’m doing it again! Shout out to Kara, the most princess of all princess huskies from backer, moderator, and massive friend of the show, a whole ass Mike Diamond of The Old Ways Podcast!!! Main Topic —  http://paulstjohnmackintosh.com/ http://www.amazon.com/Paul-St.-John-Mackintosh/e/B00CEH18BM https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/334163/Casting-the-Runes-Occult-Investigation-in-the-World-of-M-R-James https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/401006/Sleuths-of-the-Golden-Age-Mini Cthulhu Mythos RPG and Games – https://www.facebook.com/groups/675419816536523

This episode Keepers Murph and Dave talk with Youtuber XPLovecat about gaming and life! Campus Crier The Campus Crier is where we keep all the mythos related news and info for the podcast, this episode was recorded on October 5th, 2022.  We are looking for new Show Editors! If you want to help this show stay online, and help preserve my sanity, then I will teach you how to edit our audio. This isn’t for the faint of heart, however. Beginning audio editing can take many hours for one of our typical shows, but that gets better as you get better. As a thank you for this, we will give you a Professorial status as a Backer (minus the episode) and gain massive influence with us and some special Discord Channel access, etc.. Into the Odd Remastered is out and available to all to order! You can pick it up now at the Free League webstore or DriveThruRPG. Judge Dredd: The Game of Crime Fighting in Mega-City is getting a re-release 40 years after its initial run. You can follow the link in the show notes to pre-order. Patreon has rolled out a new type of billing that will charge patrons on the day that they started backing a content creator, as opposed to the beginning of the month. It is optional as to whether we swap to this method, but we thought we would ask you guys which you prefer. So let us know on our Discord server, or you can send us an email at mup.feedback@gmail.com. Roll20Con 2022 is starting on October 21st through 23rd. Speaking of email Dave, we got a bunch of email from people that listened to the last episode! So a hearty thank you goes out to… Fred Ritterton Chris Will James And in a bid to take over Cute Pet Picks Andrew Leman emailed a pic of his dogs as well, you’ll have to go to the Show notes to see those. 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! Speaking of amazing backers we have new backers! Everyone welcome: Puddletime Brian Dunn Pete Shanahan 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. Dave’s Discord discussion Call Out – what are we talking about today? #shelves-mail discussion on Kickstarters, fulfilled and not. MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D  And thank you beaucoup to MURPH for editing this episode.  Bridgett’s Pet Pick Shout Out “Hi guys! It’s Bridgett! I may sound like Murph right now, but that’s just because I’m probably 36,000 feet into the air. I’d like to shout out the lovely kittuhs of 12gmsc: Franny, Edie and Charlie! Thanks for sharing these gorgeous cats with us in the petpics channel!” titty-sprinkles. Because Bridgett demanded I say it. titty-sprinkles. Main Topic —  A chat with XPLoveCat. Leslie is a part of a fundraiser for the month of October called “Play Cancer Away” (https://twitter.com/playcanceraway?lang=en) which plays RPGs to raise money for Stand Up 2 Cancer. Check out her YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/c/xplovecat) and the editing services she provides for RPGs on her website (www.xplovecat.com) Do you find that YouTube is a less toxic platform than the RPG blog-o-sphere, or convention gaming? How’d you come up with the name XPLovecat? Do you do your own video editing? How does she decide what topics to make videos on? Do certain ones reliably get more traction? What professional services do you offer for those in the ttRPG community? What value does developmental editing add, and how should MR authors go about using it?

This episode, Keepers Murph, Dave, and Bridgett interview Andrew Leman and Sean Branney from the award-winning HP Lovecraft Historical Society! Campus Crier Patreon Plug & Update Our Patreon Plug is where we update our listeners on all our backers and activities. This episode was recorded on Sept 22, 2022.  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! Speaking of amazing backers we have a new backer! Everyone welcome: John Arko And thank you to everyone else that has updated their pledge to match our new tiers!  Drop us an email or discord note and let me know what you’d like to play – mup.feedback@gmail.com Thanks to our backers so much for supporting the show!!  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. MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D  And thank you beaucoup to MURPH for editing this episode.  Bridgett’s Pet Pick Shout Out The Dog Squad by Plumbism Main Topic Podcasting, researching, burying live bodies, and helicopters over the Mohave with Sean and Andrew of HPLHS! What follows is Andrews images and some text about the Helicopter Story told at the end of this episode. Here was the giant symbol as seen from the chopper. The two little red arrows are pointing to cars, to give you some sense of how big the thing was. This photo has been retouched to hide the other rocketry symbol that was also present. Here’s the unretouched picture: And here’s an enhanced view: Here’s the view as they were landing. And here we are taking off at sunset. The intrepid investigators: Stephanie Morey, Dan Harper, and Sean This was the mummified corpse revealed by the earthquake that they flew out to examine. There is a creepy statue clutched in its right hand. Here they are examining it: Chris Lackey, also of podcast fame, played the sheriff. We turned my Toyota into a sheriff’s car. Sean, as coroner, performed an autopsy on the mummy, removing its glass eye. That was how they identified the corpse as a fellow named J.D. Titan, who had disappeared in the 1930s while being investigated for murder. Titan was one of my old player characters from our original Call of Cthulhu days. The photo used in this newspaper clipping was taken at one of our earlier Cthulhu Lives! games from around 1989.

This episode, Keepers Murph, Dave, and Bridgett discuss highlights, favorite purchases, and lessons learned from NecronomiCon. Campus Crier The Campus Crier is where we keep all the mythos related news and info for the podcast, this episode was recorded on Sept 9, 2022.  The convention organisers are pleased to announce the dates for the next convention being held on the Good Friends of Jackson Elias Discord! Bringing new levels of mind-bending chaos and anarchy, they are pleased to present, A Weekend With Good Friends : Dread Daylight Savings Con Edition running 4th – 6th November 2022; roll SAN! Check the show notes for the dates. The dates for the convention are as follows: 30th September – 13th October 2022 – GM signups 21st October – 27th October – Player signups 28th October 2022 – The Lottery results are announced 4th – 6th November 2022 – A Weekend With Good Friends! They will shortly be adding the convention channels to the Good Friends of Jackson Elias Discord and updating the Blasphemous Tomes website with further announcements and information about the convention. Now in worldwide release! Call of Cthulhu Classic – horror roleplaying in the world of Chaosium’s Cthulhu Mythos Available now exclusively from Chaosium.com: a recreation of the classic Call of Cthulhu boxed set from 1981, brought to horrific life 40 years later! Created thanks to the wildly successful Call of Cthulhu Classic Kickstarter, this product is very limited! Chaosium is pleased to announce the release of Call of Cthulhu Classic, launched at GenCon in Indianapolis and online exclusively at chaosium.com. Both the Classic 1” Box and the Classic Deluxe 2” Box will be sold in limited quantities, while stocks last. Miskatonic Repository Convention is a FREE three-day virtual convention celebrating Chaosium’s online collection of community content. Annnnnnd it’s coming back October 14th-16th, 2022!  We’ll have games, special guest Keepers, panels, and more! Check this link for details and dates. Chaosium has leaked some images of the upcoming Regency Cthulhu online a few days ago, and it looks fantastic! 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! New movie night coming in Sept! Hosted by me and streaming on Netflix, I have collected a group of folks ready to watch 13 Ghosts on Friday, Sept 23rd!  Our backers are so incredibly important to us and we want to make clear our commitment to every one of you. We hope our updated tiers help you feel more connected to us and that your contributions are rewarded. Speaking of amazing backers we have new backers! We’ve not recorded since before Necronomicon so we have lots of great people to mention! Everyone welcome: Nathan Hughes Ann Steven Anderson Antheny Matthew C McHorris Philip Rogers Rina the Glitterfae And thank you to everyone else that has updated their pledge to match our new tiers!  CALL TO ACTION Drop us an email or discord note and let me know what you’d like to play – mup.feedback@gmail.com And you can also help out the show by buying some merch from our Teepublic store!  Thanks to our backers so much for supporting the show!!  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. MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D  And thank you beaucoup to SEAN for editing this episode.  Bridgett’s Pet Pick Shout Out Griffon by Keeper Gladius Main Topic —  Necronomicon 2022 Recap How was the return home and recovery? What was your favorite part? What will you/we do differently next time? What was your favorite purchase?

LIVE FROM NECRONOMICON! That’s right friends– here is the LIVE recording from the MUP Live Show at NecronomiCon2022! Join Keepers Murph, Dave, & Bridgett as they discuss “why horror,” Dave does some reaaaaaally bad accents, Murph drops some gems, and Bridgett almost starts crying. Thank you to all of the backers, fans, listeners, contributors, guests, editors, previous hosts, mods, Discord users, lurkers, family & friends. It takes a village… and you are our village. Recorded on Sunday, August 21, 2022 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. MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D  And thank you beaucoup to Murph for editing this episode.  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!

This episode, Keepers Murph, Dave, and Bridgett sat down with Chaosium Creative Director, Mike Mason! We took direct questions from our Patreon backers and put them before Mike. Join us as we discuss what’s in the Chaosium pipeline, Chaosium’s plans for the Cubicle 7 properties, and even what Mike has been reading lately! Special Note We are recording this episode on July 31, 2022.  While we don’t have much news this episode, I did want to give an update to those listeners that are traveling to NecronomiCON this year. Last episode I mentioned a Wednesday night meetup at Blake’s Pub, that has now changed however to the Trinity Beergarden which is located in Biltmore Park directly across the street from The Graduate. We will loosely be gathered there until they close at 9pm, and then we might traverse across the park to another venue if there is a need. Also, the Miskatonic University Podcast Live Show will be Sunday at Noon. We hope to see all of you there! 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! Speaking of amazing backers we have new backers! Everyone welcome: Angelo Chiriaco Corryvreckan And thank you to everyone else that has updated their pledge to match our new tiers!  Thanks to our backers so much for supporting the show!!  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. MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D  And thank you beaucoup to Edwin for editing this episode.  Bridgett’s Pet Pick Shout Out Please meet Glacier and Toothless from Listener Arko! Main Topic Mike Mason

This episode Keepers Murph, Dave, & Bridgett, sit down with Rob & Jesse, Head of Games at NecronomiCON! Campus Crier The Campus Crier is where we keep all the mythos related news and info for the podcast, this episode was recorded on July 14, 2022.  Niels, the man with the plan over at NecronomiCON Providence, has released an updated COVID policy on their website, you can find the link in our show notes, and has said that masks will be required for all events, and they are providing stickers for attendees to announce how comfortable they are with proximity to others. Niels is also recommending PCR tests before traveling, the same that is recommended by the WHO and the CDC, and will have KN95 masks on hand for distribution for those that might need it.  Avatar RPG has gone to print, finally! No word on when it will finish. Roll20 and OneBookShelf are partnering up. The apparent merger will allow users “to manage content across platforms for nearly any tabletop game, connect more easily with other players, and step into games immediately, all in one place.” Ankit Lal, the current CEO of Roll20, will continue as the CEO, while Steve Wieck will join the Roll20 governing board and executive team. So far as fans are concerned, this partnership will allow any PDF in a user’s OneBookShelf Library to be available within Roll20. The recently announced Alien novel, Infernos, will contain a free scenario for Alien RPG! Ennies Shortlist announced https://www.tribality.com/2022/07/09/2022-ennie-award-nominees-announced/ 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. MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D  And thank you beaucoup to Sean for editing this episode.  Bridgett’s Pet Pick Shout Out “Look deep into my eyes…you are getting sleepy…so sleepy…you are feeling generous with the deli meat…so generous…” posted fan of the show, Bill Adcock, about his cat Atticus. 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! Our backers are so incredibly important to us and we want to make clear our commitment to every one of you. We hope these new tiers will immediately help you feel more connected to us and that your contributions are rewarded. Speaking of amazing backers we have new backers! Everyone welcome: Dan Tice Alex Marks JF Boivin And thank you to everyone else that has changed their pledge to match our new tiers!  And you can also help out the show by buying some merch from our Teepublic store!  Thanks to our backers so much for supporting the show!!  Main Topic — Jess and Rob from NecronomiCON Providence!