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Welcome back to the Manor and welcome back to Spooky Season!  It's October Country time again and we're starting our usual Halloween blitzkrieg with one we've been saying we'd eventually discuss and, well, here it is!  Donovan's Season of the Witch!  It's own history and covers we enjoy.  We hope you enjoy this episode even 10% of how much we enjoy this song, because we enjoy it that much. Pour a...

Welcome back to the Manor and welcome to a con (Kahhhhhnnn!) episode!  Jody finally made it to Gen Con this year and James had made it a couple times just before the plague years, so we discuss how awesome it is.  There'll be another short one out on it soon, involving beer, but for now we'll talk about our memories and favorite bits of it.   Next week's episode is... well look at the calendar, it...

Welcome back to the Manor!  We're celebrating Hobbit Day as usual, with a long episode and with very little editing!  It's just how we like to celebrate both Hobbit Day and our anniversary!   Pour a pint, light your pipe, pull up a barstool and enjoy! Next week's episode is on Gen Con. Get in touch with us at Podbean:  https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-4pksr-a17e1a Or on Facebook:  https://ww...

Welcome back to the Manor and welcome to some math!  Would you like to know the top inflation adjusted movie franchises?  Then listen on!  And if you disagree, let's compare math! Next week's episode is our annual Hobbit Day/anniversary episode! Get in touch with us at Podbean:  https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-4pksr-a17e1a Or on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/twinterrorsmacabremanormea...

Welcome back to the Manor!  We're continuing our ramp up to Dungeons and Dragons' 50th anniversary next year with our own favorite things, with this episode focusing on our favorite modules.  What's a module? Nothing!  What's a module with you! But in case you didn't know, those are pre-written adventures that are put out for Dungeon Masters to run for their Player Characters without having to des...

Welcome back to the Manor!  We bring to you an interview with Marvin, the Paranoid Android from the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy!  Share and enjoy! Next week's episode is on our favorite D&D modules, in preparation for next year's 50th anniversary of the RPG. Get in touch with us at Podbean:  https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-4pksr-a17e1a Or on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/twin...

Welcome back to the Manor and welcome back to another conspiracy theories episode!  We know it's been a while since the last conspiracy theories episode (episode 49, back in July 2019), but that's because the MIB told us to wait a few years for the next one, to let things die down a bit. This time, we're discussing the Phantom Timeline theory that states we're actually not in the 2000s at all (whi...

Welcome back to the Manor!  Occasionally we get curmudgeonly here at the Manor (stop snickering!) and this time it's on what we dislike when bars/pubs/restaurants/etc. do it.  So if you want to really know how to succeed in the pub industry, listen to this episode!  MWAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Also, there's a bit of how to set up games in a pub. Next week's episode is our second episode on conspiracy theorie...

Welcome back to the Manor!  We heard your clamoring for more Zeppelin, but it's not quite time for Physical Graffiti, so instead we're going to talk about post-Zep when they were pre-Zep!  Wait... what?  So before we really knew who Zeppelin was, even if we knew Zeppelin, we were of an age where we were just as likely to hear the band members' follow-up music, such as Page's The Firm and Plant's s...

Welcome back to our pre-50th anniversary blitzkrieg of D&D episodes, where we talk about our own personal thoughts and likes of various things before getting into some history and context next year for the 50th!  This time around, we're talking about our favorite editions (for example, basic Red Box, 1st, 5th), campaign settings (such as Mystara and Greyhawk), and alignments (chaotic good all...

Welcome back to the Manor!  Join us as we lay out our Tarot cards to do some spooky readings!  If we're accurate, hopefully it won't actually be all that spooky.  This episode, we're doing more background to get us to Jimmy Page and the occult, with the history of the Tarot.  Join us as we talk about the first known decks, get deep into the history of the best known Rider-Waite-Smith deck, talk ab...

Welcome back the Manor and welcome to another episode on that man of mystery, martinis, and Her Majesty's secret service (although at the next movie, it'll have to he His Majesty's won't it?), James Bond!  Bum duhduhduh dum dum dum... bweeeeelowwww!    This time we discuss our favorite Bond portrayals, our favorite Bond films, and even get into some villainy!   Get your Vesper martini or your stin...

Strap on to a Mi-go and let's get into background on Carcosa, that most vile of planets that has given us some decent short stories and the future King in Yellow (but seriously, the food and drink are fantastic!). We'll get into where it is and who from Earth "might" have owned it.  There are probably also stories of alcohol and prostitutes that would make me uncomfortable, but then don't sit ther...

Welcome back to the Manor and welcome to the final, part 5, of our Led Zeppelin Houses of the Holy arc!  Here, after going into touring and groupies and album and everything, we finally discuss the actual songs!  Woohoo! Sit back, pour a pint, and enjoy this riveting conversation! Next week's episode is about (stay tuned - James is posting this over a month in advance and we're caught up on our ep...

Welcome back to the Manor and welcome to a precursor of our D&D 50th anniversary episodes (next year -- it's the official 49th this year!).  Here, we talk about what race and class we think we would be for ourself and for the other.  It's time to light the lights and nerd out!  Reach out to us and let us know your favorites! Also, the first few minutes are Jody discussing how he proposed to his no...

Welcome back to the Manor!  This is a very special episode for two reasons.  The first is that we've been teasing this since pretty much the very beginning of our podcast.  The second is that, once we started going, we really got into it, so the edits are very few (so bear with us as the episode starts and for all the laughter -- we enjoyed this one, going off the cuff with little preparation othe...

Welcome back to the Manor and welcome back to the 4th of 5 episodes on Led Zeppelin's Houses of the Holy!  We continue our march through Zep's peak and get into the album.  Not the songs yet, as that's next episode, but the actual album -- the cover and production and other most excellent of things! Next week's episode is finally our much mentioned, even since the earliest of episodes, discussion...

Welcome back to the Manor!  We've mentioned a few times that we would discuss Jimmy Page's fascination with the occult and thought that there's no time like telling the future!  We mean... there's no time like the present!  So in a three part arc, we start with part 1 and John Dee, that takes us into the founding of the Golden Dawn (more or less).  Light a pipe, pour a pint, salt a circle, and ske...

Welcome back to the Manor!  This week, we're talking about the oldest established and running tavern in Indiana, the Slippery Noodle Inn, in Indianapolis.  Ghosts, prohibition, brothels, and the blues!  Get ready for a spooky good time! Next week's episode is about English mathematician and occultist, John Dee. Get in touch with us at Podbean:  https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-4pksr-a17e1a O...

Welcome back to the Manor and welcome to the mid-point episode of our Led Zeppelin Houses of the Holy arc!  This is part three of five and in this one, we'll discuss groupies and we'll have some excellent quotes from the band! Next week's episode is about the haunted blues house The Slippery Noodle Inn. Get in touch with us at Podbean:  https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-4pksr-a17e1a Or on Fac...

Welcome back to the Manor and welcome back to our Deep Purple arc!  We're finally merging the Tommy Bolin episodes with the Deep Purple episodes, as we get to where Tommy joins the band.   Next week's episode is the continuation of our Led Zeppelin Houses of the Holy series. Get in touch with us at Podbean:  https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-4pksr-a17e1a Or on Facebook:  https://www.facebook....

Welcome back to the Manor!  James drunk-ordered a book one night about hiking through the English country side, with trails that lead to wonderful pubs.  It overlaps with a few of our past episodes, so we thought "let's discuss it!"  Join us by the roaring fire after an eight mile hike and enjoy! Next week's episode sees our return to Deep Purple. Get in touch with us at Podbean:  https://www.podb...

Welcome back to the Manor!  This week is a nice short one, with a brief discussion about Ray Bradbury's novel "Dandelion Wine" and how it pertains to the actual drink, which James made quite a while back and which he is opening his first one to try "live" during the episode (he did drink it for the first time as we recorded... so semi-live?). Pour yourself a pint, or even a nice glass of dandelion...

Welcome back to the Manor!  Pull out the big stereo speakers, because we're continuing our Led Zeppelin Houses of the Holy arc!  In this episode, we talk about the Starship (not the band), how the band survived on the road, and how the band lived when they weren't on the road during this period.   Pull a pint of bitter and enjoy! Next week's episode is on dandelion wine.  The book or the drink?  Y...

Welcome to back to the Manor and excuse us as we interrupt our normally scheduled programming for a special episode.  We've both seen the new D&D movie and wanted to review it.  Since we've played since the 1980s, across various editions, we were curious how it came out.  Listen to learn more, but suffice it to say that we were not disappointed, mostly from how good it was, but also because not ev...