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March 9, 2025 53 mins

Cory Burns is at the forefront of D&D actualplays, because his incorporates audience participation! We chew the fat with Burns, creator of Adventures Improvised, which plays D&D in front of an audience using powerpoints and audience participation. He has his own RPG, Wanderverse, which will be kickstarting on March 25th. Playtest materials for the game can be found here!

We discussed MIT's ion drive, and you can learn more here!

The LA Review of Books piece on the sources for Dune can be found here. 

Want to hear Call of Cthulhu creator Sandy Petersen discuss game design with Trail of Cthulhu creator Ken Hite? Then you NEED to join our Patreon! Patreon subscribers get access not just to special episodes like the one just mentioned, but Ben is also digitizing his document archive. Discover hidden secrets of RPG history! And there is even a patrons-only Discord. All that, for only $3! Click here to join today! 

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