Episodes

Special Report: Cthulhu Dark Kickstarter 02.06.2017 1:07:59

In this special report, Keepers Chad and Jon chat with Graham Walmsley, the creator of the rules-light Lovecraftian horror game Cthulhu Dark. He is currently running a Kickstarter for a new hardback print and PDF version of the game with lots of advice on creating and running investigative horror scenarios as well as four new settings that are specifically tailored for the Cthulhu Dark rules. NOTE...

MUP 123 – Bad Movies, Good Games 22.05.2017 1:42:03

In this episode, all four hosts talk about some of our favorite so-bad-it’s-good movies and tropes to winnow for game inspiration. This episode was recorded on, May 15, 2017, and is sponsored by Golden Goblin Press! Campus Crier Cthulhu Mythos Books from Dark Regions Press Graham Walmsley is going to launch the Cthulhu Dark Kickstarter on Monday, May 29. It’ll last for about a month. W...

Ebon Eaves Live Play – Epilogue: Post-Game Rules Discussion 15.05.2017 26:39

Miskatonic University Podcast Actual Play Presents: Ebon Eaves, a semi-improvised adventure for Tremulus, the Lovecraft-inspired horror role playing game based on the Apocalypse World engine. The game and playset are by Sean Preston. This is a behind-the-scenes post script with some of the background discussion players had about the rules and the challenges of a system that is based on improvisati...

Ebon Eaves Live Play – Episode 3 14.05.2017 1:56:16

Miskatonic University Podcast Actual Play Presents: Ebon Eaves, a semi-improvised adventure for Tremulus, the Lovecraft-inspired horror role playing game based on the Apocalypse World engine. The game and playset are by Sean Preston. Learn more about Tremulus here >> Our players: Randall as Keeper Jim as Doctor Franklin Woodward Max as Travelin’ Jason Freeley EddyPo as Detective Tommy Ston...

MUP 122 – Sammons Chanted Evening 08.05.2017 1:51:30

In this episode, Dan, Jon and Chad are joined by Beast of Editing Brian Sammons to discuss an upcoming Golden Goblin Press fiction anthology “Between Twilight and Dawn,” a collection of Lovecraftian horror stories that begin at twilight and end at dawn. We discuss the book and ways to use horror fiction to inform your horror gaming, plus some other projects underway and a few questions...

Ebon Eaves Live Play – Episode 2 07.05.2017 1:06:10

Miskatonic University Podcast Actual Play Presents: Ebon Eaves, a semi-improvised adventure for Tremulus, the Lovecraft-inspired horror role playing game based on the Apocalypse World engine. The game and playset are by Sean Preston. Learn more about Tremulus here >> Our players: Randall as Keeper Jim as Doctor Franklin Woodward Max as Travelin’ Jason Freeley EddyPo as Detective Tommy Ston...

Ebon Eaves Live Play – Episode 1 05.05.2017 1:27:50

Miskatonic University Podcast Actual Play Presents: Ebon Eaves, a semi-improvised adventure for Tremulus, the Lovecraft-inspired horror role playing game based on the Apocalypse World engine. The game and playset are by Sean Preston. Learn more about Tremulus here >> Our players: Randall as Keeper Jim as Doctor Franklin Woodward Max as Travelin’ Jason Freeley EddyPo as Detective Tommy Ston...

Ebon Eaves Live Play – Prologue: Character Gen & World Building 24.04.2017 54:56

Miskatonic University Podcast Actual Play Presents: Ebon Eaves, a semi-improvised adventure for Tremulus, the Lovecraft-inspired horror role playing game based on the Apocalypse World engine. The game and playset are by Sean Preston. This Live Play was recorded in April 2014 (!), and held in cold storage for several years due the highly sensitive nature of the material and also because lazy. All d...

MUP 121 – I've Got a Bad Feeling About This… 23.04.2017 57:07

In this episode Chad, Jon and Murph convene – like a coven of Shakespearean Weird Sisters – to talk about the use of “foreshadowing” techniques in games. Plenty of double, double toil and trouble to go around. Most of this episode was recorded on, April 18, 2017. We want to hear from you! By email: mup.feedback@gmail.com By phone: (401) 400-0MUP (0687) By Twitter: @MU_Podca...

MUP 120 – Monster Bash 2 – Mythos Bugaloos 10.04.2017 1:35:40

In episode 120, Murf, Jon, Chad and Dan continue the Monster Bash Bestiary concept. Chad and Dan bring their picks to the table, and we think of ways to take unwieldy monsters to a game with gusto! This episode was recorded on April 3rd, 2017   We want to hear from you! By email: mup.feedback@gmail.com By phone: (401) 400-0MUP (0687) By Twitter: @MU_Podcast By Speakpipe: (Click the floating t...

MUP Live Play – The Derelict Part 3 29.03.2017 2:22:26

Miskatonic University Podcast Actual Play Presents a Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition Scenario: The Derelict by Sandy Petersen with Mike Mason, released by Chaosium for RPG Day 2016 Boston, MA Wednesday, July 19, 2008 Dramatis Personnae: Andrew as professional football player, Matthew “Dodge” Grantham Magnus as writer Charles “Mac” McQuinlan Mark as lawyer Daniel von Hollisander...

MUP Live Play – The Derelict Part 2 28.03.2017 2:20:28

MUP 119 – Dholing Out Greatness 27.03.2017 1:16:40

In episode 119, Murf, Jon and Dan take a different look at the Bestiary concept. Jon and Murf each chose a Mythos creature that they just don’t care for, and we riff on them to see if we can make the creature seem more useful in game play. I think we were successful on both counts. This episode was recorded on March 20th, 2017   We want to hear from you! By email: mup.feedback@gmail.com...

Special Report: One-Week Kickstarter for "Cold Warning" 23.03.2017 27:40

In this special interview with Scott David Aniolowski, all four hosts are on deck to ask about his scenario “Cold Warning,” for Golden Goblin Press. That scenario (apparently 25 years in the making) will be the central focus of an experimental one-week Kickstarter to be launched on midnight on Friday, March 24 (the early hours of Saturday, in other words) and will run until 11:59 on Fr...

MUP 118 – Puttin' the 'Grim' in Grimoire 12.03.2017 1:48:32

In this episode, Dan, Jon and Chad catch up with the irrepressible Mike Mason and the goings on at Chaosium. This episode was recorded on February 25th, 2017 – with news updates from March 12th. This episode is sponsored by Feed the Shoggoth ! Buy this thing or regret will forever eat at your insides like a shoggoth. We want to hear from you! By email: mup.feedback@gmail.com By phone: (401)...

MUP 117 – This Old Factory 27.02.2017 1:10:22

In this episode, all four hosts are on deck to spitball Dan’s par-baked scenario pitch involving a mysterious abandoned building. This episode was recorded on, February 20, 2017. We want to hear from you! By email: mup.feedback@gmail.com By phone: (401) 400-0MUP (0687) By Twitter: @MU_Podcast By Speakpipe: (Click the floating tab on the far right of this page) On our forum: mu-podcast.com/ca...

MUP Live Play – The Derelict 23.02.2017 3:18:46

Miskatonic University Podcast Actual Play Presents a Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition Scenario: The Derelict by Sandy Petersen with Mike Mason, released by Chaosium for RPG Day 2016     Boston, MA Wednesday, July 16, 2008 Dramatis Personnae: Andrew as professional football player, Matthew “Dodge” Grantham Magnus as writer Charles “Mac” McQuinlan Mark as lawyer Daniel v...

MUP 116 – Festival of Audio Horrors 19.02.2017 1:28:20

In this episode, the whole cavalcade of MU keepers is back for news updates and a Festival of Audio Horrors. We listen to all of the submissions from last year’s One Minute of Horror contest, and riff on ideas to make them game-able. This episode was recorded on January 24, 2017. Apologies for the lateness of this release. Illness, work schedule, and crappy audio files work together well to...

Special Report: Cthulhu Newsmaker Roundup 18.02.2017 1:04:09

This is a special roundup episode with four Cthulhu newsmakers who have ongoing projects right now. We’ve got short interviews coming up with Oscar Rios of Golden Goblin Press on the live Cthulhu Invictus 7 th Edition Kickstarter, Jeff Moeller from Stygian Fox talks about the short scenario collection Fear’s Sharp Little Needles – that Kickstarter only has a few days left – Scott Dorward talks to...

MUP 115 – A New Year Full Crew Crier 15.01.2017 52:17

In this first MUP episode of 2017, we have all four members of the crew in to go over the news that’s happened since last time, as well as to put down some gaming resolutions for this year! This episode was recorded on January 9, 2017. We want to hear from you! By email: mup.feedback@gmail.com By phone: (401) 400-0MUP (0687) By Twitter: @MU_Podcast By Speakpipe: (Click the floating tab on th...

MUP Special Report – 'The Real Life Horror of Red Hook' 12.01.2017 2:04:57

For this special report, Keeper Chad, Keeper Jon and Christopher Smith Adair dig in to a topic that has been simmering in the background for a year and a half. The conversation was recorded on July 27, 2016. The airing of this episode was delayed for reasons explained in the introduction, which was recorded on January 7, 2017.   On the opening night of NecronomiCon in August 2015, Mythos scho...

MUP Episode 114 – It's an Invictus Festivus! 05.12.2016 1:54:53

In this episode, Dan, Jon and Chad are joined by Oscar Rios from the Goblin Lair to talk about the future of Cthulhu Invictus — and other mysteries! This episode was recorded on November 28, 2016. We want to hear from you! By email: mup.feedback@gmail.com By phone: (401) 400-0MUP (0687) By Twitter: @MU_Podcast By Speakpipe: (Click the floating tab on the far right of this page) On our forum...

MUP 113 – A Group's 1-Minute Horror with Mayor McPain 21.11.2016 1:29:28

In this episode, all four hosts convene to share more thoughts on investigator groups. Plus, we announce the winners of our One Minute of Horror Audio Contest! This episode was recorded on, November 14, 2016. We want to hear from you! By email: mup.feedback@gmail.com By phone: (401) 400-0MUP (0687) By Twitter: @MU_Podcast By Speakpipe: (Click the floating tab on the far right of this page) On our...

MUP 112 – Chris Spivey, International Man of Many NDAs 07.11.2016 1:22:40

Chad, Murf and Dan have a chat with Chris Spivey, experienced Call of Cthulhu Keeper, a writer on Gumshoe One-2-One, and his numerous other projects. We also have a Bestiary about the Dimensional Shambler. This episode was recorded on November 1, 2016. Campus Crier An update on the MUP 2016 “One Minute of Horror” contest: The mu-podcast.com email address was not bringing in contest submissions, so...

MUP Interview – Bluebeard's Bride, with Strix 29.10.2016 53:06

The MUP had a great interview with Whitney “Strix” Beltrán, one of the three designers of Bluebeard’s Bride , a horror tabletop RPG in which you play aspects of the Bride’s psyche investigating your husband’s haunted manor.   Chad, Murf, and Dan have a great talk with Strix about the game, how it plays, and some of the other aspects of life that contributed to the design of...