After Serenity

On Episode 8, the holidays of the real world inspire a discussion of bringing holidays and special events to our game worlds. We also talk about geek Christmas trees, Seeing Eye puppies, our continued exploration of cyberpunk, and Netflix’s new Wednesday series. The Geek Tree The All-Seeing Eye The Library The Streaming Theatre Main topic: … S3E8 Bringing Holidays to RPGs Read More »

Winter is coming. The holidays are almost here. How do you keep your gaming group going through the long, dark winter (or at least, the holiday break)? In addition to delving into holiday game survival strategies, we talk about David’s recent trip and the gaming insights he gained from it, Ken gets lost in TaleSpire … S3E7 Keeping Your Gaming Group Going through the Holidays Read More »

As we gear up for our Cyberpunk RED campaign, we take some time to brainstorm ideas for for the game (If only reality didn’t keep getting more cyberpunk-ish than cyberpunk). Over in the library, we discuss William Gibson’s Count Zero, then venture to the Game Room to talk about Forbidden Lands, CY_BORG, Mothership, and the just announced … S3E6 Cyberpunk Brainstorming Read More »

As we build momentum toward our Cyberpunk RED campaign, we take a moment to reflect on the cyberpunk movies, books, games, and other media that inspires our take on the subgenre. We also talk National Novel Writing Month, hockey (yes, hockey), virtual gaming via NVIDIA GeForce Now, and the TaleSpire virtual table top.

The subject of travel and how visiting other parts of the country and the world can improve your game is the main topic for Episode 4 of the Lair of Secrets podcast. Before we delve into that globe-trotting topic, we geek out about AirPods, resurrecting the game room after the pandemic, variant endings for Cyberpunk … S3E4 Travel and RPGs, Game Room Reclamation, Steamdeck Redux, Andor, Cyberpunk RED Critical Mass Read More »

On Episode 3 of Season 3, we catch up on a few weeks of geeky pursuits. David discusses not watching to finish Cyberpunk 2077, and then we both rundown the big list of stuff we’re watching (or want to watch) on streaming. Ken’s planning to return to real world game conventions with MEPACon and discusses … S3E3 Cyberpunk Laments, Streaming Catch Up, Back to Conventions, Steam Deck, Character Background Haiku Read More »

In Episode 2, we brainstorm ideas for a rebooted Savage Ringworld campaign, which mashes up high concept science fiction with the Savage… Read more S3E2 Savage Ringworld

As summer ends, David and Ken get together to geek out about GenCon 2022, the resurgence of all things Cyberpunk,… Read more S3E1 Spelljammer, GenCon 2022, Cyberpunk RED, RPG a Day

In the final episode of Season 2, we talk about exploring strange new worlds, meeting new civilizations, and then …… Read more S2E21 Season 2 Retrospective, Star Trek, Honey Heist, Obi-Wan

It’s summer, so let’s grab some books, head to the beach/lake/mountains and read! Main Topic: Summer Reading List The Empire’s… Read more S2E20 Summer Reading

Welcome to the Lair of Secrets! On this episode, we delve into retro gaming, review David’s expanded reading list, talk… Read more S2E19 Retro Gaming, Moar Books!, Building Computers, Mork Borg

Join the cast of our Scum and Villainy campaign as we look back on six episodes of mysteries, pirates, and… Read more S2E18 Scum and Villainy Campaign Wrap-up & Review

The “Emerald Heart Job” – the concluding chapter of our Scum and Villainy campaign – finds our heroes going up… Read more S2E17 Scum and Villainy Actual Play, Chapter 6

During “The Rescue Job” the crew is tasked with liberating a prisoner with vital information about the Ghosts … and… Read more S2E16 Scum and Villainy Actual Play, Chapter 5

On this episode of Lair of Secrets, our loyal denizens are preparing the deepest level of the dungeon to imprison whomever… Read more S2E15 Talking with the Younger Generation

During the Cargo Job (Chapter 4 of our Scum and Villainy campaign) the crew is tasked with recovering “living cargo”… Read more S2E14 Scum and Villainy Actual Play, Chapter 4

Chapter 3 of our Scum and Villainy campaign sees the crew take on The Racing Job, in which they attempt… Read more S2E13 Scum and Villainy Actual Play, Chapter 3

On this episode of Lair of Secrets, we talk about one of the most rewarding (and occasionally challenging) experiences a… Read more S2E12 Gaming with Kids

Our Scum and Villainy campaign returns with The Ghostly Job, as the crew is paid by a very peculiar scientist… Read more S2E11 Scum and Villainy Actual Play, Chapter 2

We kick off our Scum and Villainy Actual play with The Nebula Job, in which the crew of the Stardancer… Read more S2E10 Scum and Villainy Actual Play, Chapter 1