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My back is a little stiff and as a result I nearly reply guyed

Ken and Robin talk gearing up, revolutionary war river piracy, @mytholder.bsky.social on Merryshire Detective Club, and the self-styled Chinese Nostradamus. www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com/index.php/ep...

Episode 710: USS Self-Awareness « Ken and Robin Talk About Stuffwww.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com

My favorite joke in this satirical article is that the cratering hedge fund is called Situational Awareness [checks notes]

Gar explains that unlike other games Merryshire Detective Club has no violence and killing. Okay except for all the murders.

How to design a game by subtraction pelgranepress.com/2026/07/28/d...

Design by SubtractionEvery so often someone gets in touch with me to ask for an easily cited reference to a concept Ken or I at one time or another floated on the podcast. Even more occasionally I remember to create su…pelgranepress.com

This led to a brief but brisk trade in fake demonophile ID

Merryshire Detective Club already has a TV Tropes page already! tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwik...

Merryshire Detective Club - TV TropesMerryshire Detective Club is an upcoming Cozy Mystery fantasy Tabletop RPG from Pelgrane Press. It's written by Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan and uses the GUMSHOE system. The Riding is an idyllic land of vill...tvtropes.org

Never offer me whipped goat cheese I am opposed to the whipping of goats

Ken and Robin Consume Media: Lawrence of Arabia’s The Odyssey (and Also Christopher Nolan’s)

Ken and Robin Consume Media: Lawrence of Arabia’s The Odyssey (and Also Christopher Nolan’s) « Ken and Robin Talk About Stuffwww.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com

Instacart shoppers explode if you don't rate them within 45 minutes and I feel kinda bad I didn't know that earlier

When the geopolitical situation settles down I have a rant about condiments

Ken and Robin talk scenario premise beats, how Elgin got his marbles, the Kid, and Athanasius Kircher.

Episode 709: From Sling to King « Ken and Robin Talk About Stuffwww.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com

You'll all be glad to know that I removed a crucial bee inaccuracy from the #MerryshireDetectiveClub scenario I'm writing.

The script will refer to them as “cuddle whales”

This is a Dramatic beat, which occurs when characters pursue their emotional goals.

Just give him his Jameson’s

If you’re the sort of cautious halfling villager who only supports crowdfunds after they trach their goal, you can now hit the button on #merryshireDetectiveClub without fear of Risky Nonsense.

Merryshire Detective ClubYou play amateur detectives in a cozy-fantasy setting. Your band of plucky investigators solves mysteries (quite often, murder mysteries) that crop up with remarkable regularity in the lovely little h...www.backerkit.com

IMAX 70mm film projectors are a lost technology

Why Aren’t There More Imax 70mm Screens for ‘The Odyssey’? ‘It’s Not Practical,’ Company Says'The Odyssey' has spiked interest in IMAX70mm showings, but the company explains why building more is 'not practical.'variety.com

The problem with writing Merryshire Detective Club scenario is sometimes you have to cut a great joke because it contradicts the whodunnit. #merryshireDetectiveClub To get this reference, join us in the crowdfunding campaign, now on Backerkit.

Merryshire Detective ClubYou play amateur detectives in a cosy-fantasy setting. Your band of plucky investigators solves mysteries (quite often, murder mysteries) that crop up with remarkable regularity in the lovely little h...www.backerkit.com