Microphones of Madness

(ICONS Superpowered Roleplaying) The heroes of The Justice Association return with another tale to astonish.  This Issue: Slick Silver concocts a harebrained scheme to contact a deceased Justice Association member for information. When the spell goes wrong, the team must confront the Lord of Chaos, Mortraeth! The rest of the team contacts Agent Symes to compare notes. Cast Rodney: GM Steve: Kaze,...

Steve and Rodney take a dive into the neon glazed madness of Night City in this two part discussion of Cyberpunk Red. In this episode we discuss character creation and basic mechanics. 

(ICONS Superpowered Roleplaying) The heroes of The Justice Association return with another tale to astonish.  This Issue: The sinister machinations of Redhat has crossed over to the real world. In this actual eighth session, the Justice Association investigates the mysterious explosion at Kirby General Hospital and Barbara Wong is welcomed to Justice Association HQ. Cast Rodney: GM Steve: Kaze, th...

(ICONS Superpowered Roleplaying) The heroes of The Justice Association return with another tale to astonish.  This Issue: Kaze investigates the disappearance of Plastiberg teenager, Grant Gustin. Chimera and Slick talk to retired Justice Associate, Apogee. Reckless holds down the fort and comforts Barbara Wong. Cast Rodney: GM Steve: Kaze, the Will of the Wind: a speedster martial artist Wes: Slic...

Steve and Rodney take a look at the novel Tomb of Horrors, a D&D tie-in novel based around the classic dungeon. Check out our playthrough of Tomb of Horrors. https://www.microphonesofmadness.com/tomb-of-horrors And our discussion of the module itself. https://mnh.podbean.com/e/microphones-of-madness-tomb-of-horrors-autopsy/

(ICONS Superpowered Roleplaying) **apologies in advance for the questionable quality of the recording. I did what I could ~R ** The heroes of The Justice Association return with another tale to astonish.  This Issue: After realizing that the forces aligning against them know who they truly are, the team splits up to look into the mystery of Red Hat and a mysterious explosion that rocked Kirby Gene...

(ICONS Superpowered Roleplaying) **apologies in advance for the questionable quality of the recording. I did what I could ~R ** The heroes of The Justice Association return with another tale to astonish.  This Issue: Our heroes may be fresh off rescuing the city from Princess Sunshine and her animated invaders, but there are still mysteries that need solving. Chimera return from a mysterious void...

Steve and Rodney discuss the collection Flatlander by Larry Niven.

(ICONS Superpowered Roleplaying) The heroes of The Justice Association return with another tale to astonish.  This Issue: Olive City Park is a warzone as extradimensional cartoon characters led by Princess Sunshine battle the combined forces of The Justice Association and the Department of Parahuman Defense. Will our heroes be able to save the city? Cast Rodney: GM Steve: Kaze, the Will of the Win...

(ICONS Superpowered Roleplaying) The heroes of The Justice Association return with another tale to astonish.  This Issue: Danger threatens Kirby as the Justice Association grapples with the disappearance of Mystic Overlord and a rampaging cartoon gorilla. Cast Rodney: GM Steve: Kaze, the Will of the Wind: a speedster martial artist Wes: Slick Silver: teleporting mystic and heir to the power of The...

Steve and Rodney take a look at another Judge Dee mystery: Phantom of the Temple. How does it stack up with Celebrated Cases? Find out in this episode!

(ICONS Superpowered Roleplaying) The heroes of The Justice Association return with another tale to astonish.  This Issue: A fairly mundane crime leads the Justice Association to an even stranger mystery. Cast Rodney: GM Steve: Kaze, the Will of the Wind: a speedster martial artist Wes: Slick Silver: teleporting mystic and heir to the power of The Master Nick: Golden Guardian: Billionaire scientist...

(ICONS Superpowered Roleplaying) The heroes of The Justice Association return with another tale to astonish.  This Issue: We discover where the furniture in Justice Association HQ comes from and the team attends a party with all their nemeses. Kaze and Slick interrogate Major General Jason Storm and Senator Winston Shaw about their roles in the Parahuman Defense Initiative. Meanwhile, one of Shaw'...

Steve and Rodney take a gander at Robert van Gulick's translation of a 19th century crime novel from China: The Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee. 

(ICONS Superpowered Roleplaying) The heroes of The Justice Association return with another tale to astonish.  This Issue: Our heroes face off against the cosmic might of Magnetar and are assisted by the Department of Parahuman Defense, a new agency created through the efforts of Senator Winston Shaw.   Cast Rodney: GM Steve: Kaze, the Will of the Wind: a speedster martial artist Wes: Slick Silver:...

Steve and Rodney saddle up and ride the lonely, dusty trails of the Weird West as they look at Hideyuki Kikuchi's novel West of Innsmouth.   https://www.amazon.com/West-Innsmouth-Cthulhu-Hideyuki-Kikuchi/dp/4909473122

Steve and Rodney take a gander at some pulpy mythos shenanigans with the audio version of Tales of Yog-Sothoth. Check out this short anthology at the link below.  https://www.amazon.com/Tales-Yog-Sothoth-C-T-Phipps/dp/1952979382

(Traveller LBB/ Cepheus Engine) The crew of a banged up Far Trader called The Laughing Fishwife blaze across the Spinward Main in search of profit, treasure, and adventure. Trapped! Zhodani forces have the crew of the Fishwife cornered and outnumbered. Durbin and the others hatch a daring plan that just might get them out of this jam alive in the explosive finale of Tales of the Laughing Fishwife!...

Steve and Rodney examine the second half of Two Swordmasters by Shiao-Shen Yu. Grab a copy of this excellent book at the link below. Two Swordmasters

(Traveller LBB/ Cepheus Engine) The crew of a banged up Far Trader called The Laughing Fishwife blaze across the Spinward Main in search of profit, treasure, and adventure. This week: Magneto Dynamics forces corner the crew of the Fishwife in an ancient facility. Could this be the end for our heroes? Cast Steve: GM Wes: "Earnest" Ernie McHale- Quartermaster, Killin’ Machine, and Fixer Nick: Doreen...

(Traveller LBB/ Cepheus Engine) The crew of a banged up Far Trader called The Laughing Fishwife blaze across the Spinward Main in search of profit, treasure, and adventure. This week: The crew delves deeper into the octagon-shaped building with MagnetoDynamics goons hot on their tale. Will they discover the secret of Gyro Kadiz or will this mission be their last?  Cast Steve: GM Wes: "Earnest" Ern...

Steve and Rodney mangle a couple of languages, forget names, and discuss the first half of Two Swordmasters by Shiao-Shen Yu. Grab a copy of this excellent book at the link below. Two Swordmasters

(Traveller LBB/ Cepheus Engine) The crew of a banged up Far Trader called The Laughing Fishwife blaze across the Spinward Main in search of profit, treasure, and adventure. This week: The crew makes their play to steal the treasure of the Gyro Kadiz out from under the noses of MagnetoDynamics, but get a little distracted in the ruins of another cargo vessel. Cast Steve: GM Wes: "Earnest" Ernie McH...

(Traveller LBB/ Cepheus Engine) The crew of a banged up Far Trader called The Laughing Fishwife blaze across the Spinward Main in search of profit, treasure, and adventure. This week: With credentials in hand and no spare credits for an elite infiltration team, Ernie, Doreen, and The Prof break into Magneto Dynamics office to plant the data sniffer. Meanwhile, Durbin continues his research into mi...

Steve and Rodney take a look at what is sure to be a chanbara cult classic: Crazy Samurai: 400 v 1. A film that touts a 77 minute long single take fight sequence.  Check it out on the Hi-Yah! streaming service or that place that has everything.