Miskatonic University Podcast

View Post We’re BAAAAAACCCKKKK!!!! This Episode, Keepers Murph, Dave & Bridgett, along with previous hosts, frequent guests, backers and friends, celebrate the recording of MUP’s 250th Episode! That’s right guys! 10 Years and 250 Episodes! Congratulations, MUP, and congratulations to you, the listeners! We did it!!!! Campus Crier We nah’d the Campus Crier for this recording. 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 When the cat thinks he’s a better podcaster than you. Shout out to Cooper, cat of John H! Thanks for supporting the Pet Pics Channel and sharing this awesome kittuh with us! 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! Most importantly though – after some butt kicking by Bridgett, we are formally announcing our new Patreon tiers. Frankly, we have really just been living on the good graces of our supporters, who have been wonderful enough to just support us when there has been a distinct lack of difference between all the tiers. We are solving that today.  First up – there are no changes to the tier names or their cost. So if you are a backer, your tier will stay exactly the same. However, now each tier will come with specific benefits that we will now outline (and of course will be on Patreon by the time you hear this). For each of the tiers, you of course get everything from the previous tier. Freshmen $1: We’ll give you a shout-out and thank you on the show! You’ll have access to our exclusive, Backer-Only Discord channels. We’ll also notify you about scheduled guest appearances ahead of time so that you can send us your questions! Backers at this level also can sit in on Keeper Dave’s Trail of Cthulhu campaign, Bookhounds of San Francisco. You also get access to contests! Sophomore $2: You can now join pop-up events, last minute pick-up games, and other special events hosted by the co-hosts!   Junior $5: You are invited to exclusive watch parties and movie nights with one of the hosts! Grab your popcorn, kick back, and hang with the hosts for a movie night! These events will be hosted quarterly. Senior $10: You have unlocked access to private content to include Host-GM’d games, Team Up recordings with The Old Ways Podcast, locked bonus episodes, and more! You’ll also receive a unique annual postcard from your hosts! Host-GM’d games run monthly, will be pre-scheduled a year in advance, and offer you a tour of your favorite weird and horrific roleplaying games beside one of the hosts! Graduates $15: You’ll receive a PDF copy of limited-edition playable content from your hosts! That’s right! Examples may include pamphlet adventures, system agnostic scenarios, etc. We plan to roll out 3 of these per year. Professors $20: You, yes you, will be invited to join the hosts on air! Once a year, we’ll invite Professor Level backers to join the show and choose your own topic! Come talk, laugh, cry, and make fun of Murph on air! Speaking of amazing backers –  New Backer Shout Out – Thank you Ash DelVillan!  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 — 250 Episodes MUP is nothing without our community, and in celebration of our anniversary, we reached out to a bunch of amazing people who we know and love in our community. Ep 223 was Bridgett’s first episode as guest – – 27 episodes for Bridgett! Ep 109 was Dave’s first episode as guest, Ep 190 as host – 60 episodes for Dave!

Keepers Dave, Bridgett, and Murph get together for a brief goodbye before taking June 2022 off. See you in July!

This episode, Keepers Murph and Bridgett interview Jim Phillips, the founder and operator of Skype of Cthulhu, a Call of Cthulhu actual play who have just posted their 800th episode back at the end of April! Congratulations and welcome back, Jim! Campus Crier The Campus Crier is where we keep all the mythos related news and info for the podcast, this episode was recorded on May 5, 2022.  Free League’s Blade Runner RPG has launched and already broken $1m. And with that, it finally broke Dave’s wallet. I managed not to back this one!  Jason Cordova’s rpg Brindlewood Bay kickstarter is doing a smashing job with its small-town murder mystery setting. If you are a fan of small town mysteries such as Murder She Wrote, then this is your jam.  Chaosium released a shipping update on some highly anticipated releases to include — Cults of Cthulhu* — A Time to Harvest* — Call of Cthulhu Starter Set (40th Anniversary edition, with new box art) — Plus, fulfilment of the long-awaited Call of Cthulhu Classic Kickstarter! (if you missed the Kickstarter, we’ll be selling the remaining copies via Chaosium.com AFTER distribution to backers is completed). We’re looking at May (and perhaps into early June). 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. Bridgett’s Pet Pick Shout Out Shouting out Toast, listener and fan of the show, TLemon’s gorgeous kittuh. Seriously guys, this cat is like a dreamy combo of asphalt, concrete, stainless steel, and gorgeous!  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! We need to thank our newest backer, Nathan Pidde! HA! I just got an email from Nathan that made my heart smile. Hopefully you all will be hearing more from him soon!  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 Jim Phillips of Skype of Cthulhu http://www.cthulhu.me

ENnies Logo After not even getting a short list nod from last year’s ENnie judges, this year we outsourced the clip selection to our amazing Patreon Backers. This is our 15 minute submission reel for 2022. We have to thank all of the backers that helped to put this together, once again we’d be no where without you all.

This BONUS episode, Keepers Murph and Bridgett welcome Heinrich Moore, Chair of the Miskatonic Repository Convention, 4-time best selling author on the Miskatonic Repository, and owner of the YouTube channel, Heinrich Moore Presents. Join us as Heinrich walks us through his latest release, Heinrich’s Call of Cthulhu Guide to Character Creation! Buckle in… it’s quite the ride! 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! Nathan (Hapless Mage on Discord) Thank you, Nathan!!! You’re the true MVP! 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 Heinrich’s Call of Cthulhu Guide to Character Creation For more information about Miskatonic Repository Convention, check out the Facebook Page or Discord! To see more of Heinrich’s scenarios, you can check out his listing on DTRPG or his YouTube Channel!

This episode, Keepers Murph, Dave, and Bridgett interview friend of the show, Helen Gould! Helen agreed to volunteer as tribute and test out a new (currently untitled) MUP segment where we bring on old friends and discuss/riff about random stuff! Campus Crier The Campus Crier is where we keep all the mythos related news and info for the podcast, this episode was recorded on February 27th, 2022.  R. Talsorian Games & Darker Hue Studios Team Up R. Talsorian Games has signed an agreement with Darker Hue Studios to distribute Haunted West, a tabletop roleplaying game shining the light of truth on the old west. Join the League of Free Agents Free League has kicked off its organized play program, League of Free Agents. Dave has joined Roll20 has doubled in size in two years, and Call of Cthulhu has grown with it – Chaosium Inc. Roll20, and Chaosium’s associated products, have doubled in the past year. Dave plans to put Sun Spots on Roll20 in the next few months. 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. I’d like to shout out James from 1D4 con and their newest adoption, Rain! Welcome home, Rain! Get ready for the best days of your life.  MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D  And thank you beaucoup to Edwin 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! Shoutout to Targrad 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 —  How to be a Good Player Find Helen Gould on Twitter and her own Patreon!

This episode, Keeper Murph, Dave, and Bridgett enjoy some pseudo-random riffing. 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. I’d love to give a shoutout to Joe Stranger’s kittuh, Lulu, who was last seen helping her dad through Curse of Strahd.  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! Thank you to all of our backers!  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 — Riffing     We want to hear from our listeners, and we have lots of ways you can reach out to us. For the complete list, check out our show notes – that’s where you’ll find our email address, which is mup.feedback@gmail.com, and a link to our Discord server! Send us your questions, feedback and topic ideas – or join a discussion! Tell us who you are and give us a hearty “Go Pods” for our home team, the Fightin’ Cephalopods!  Find all the links you need to keep in touch – at mu-podcast.com, or on the Discord channel ep-244. And please back us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/mup  Thank you for joining us for another episode. Class is dismissed!