Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff · Kenneth Hite and Robin D Laws

Meditating in a Cave

May 30, 2025·1 hr 7 min·5 clips
Robin reveals how to transform jail threats into exciting gameplay by leveraging character skills creatively.
Ken and Robin discuss game design tips for handling corrupt authorities in RPGs like Night's Black Agents, explore CIA black budgets and covert operations, delve into the 19th century swill milk scandal in New York, and examine the New England vampire panic linked to tuberculosis outbreaks.

As heard by us

Covert power, folkloric scandal, and a patient circuit through institutional bad faith.

This episode moves from bad guys steering the authorities to CIA front operations, the swill milk affair, and the New England vampire epidemic without losing its line of thought.

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You want CIA fronts, garden warfare, and vampire lore in one sharp stretch.

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