Metal Queens ov Skull Mountain RPG + My Magician Pal Mods Tarot | Episode 114
Weekend weather forecast for the Demon Wastes: Look for scattered sword-showers late morning through midafternoon Saturday, which should clear up just in time for the Parade of the Stricken.
Games of the Week
• Metal Queens ov Skull Mountain (2:58)
Our curated indie RPG series with Walt continues: He’s burrowed way back in the vaults to show us Metal Queens ov Skull Mountain. It’s a story-driven thrash metal holodeck whose light structure paves the way for incredible setpiece battles that rock as hard as you and your GM can make them.
• Professor Phelyx’s Tarot (24:43)
I talk to Denver scholar, magician, and man-about-town Professor Phelyx. I found out he’s 500 hours into the creation of his own tarot deck. Meet Phelyx and get a cool history lesson about tarot’s roots as a storytelling game.
• Dwelling Solo Journaling RPG (45:46)
My work continues in the pages of Dwelling, a solo RPG for ghosts. We’re at the midpoint of the book, where the narrator endures a queasy vision in the unnatural red light cast by the basement.
Track of the Week
(52:22)
I’m gonna zoom in on Keith Murray’s amazing lead-off of the “I Shot Ya” track, helmed by LL Cool J and also featuring Prodigy, Fat Joe, and Foxy Brown. Also, Kwest will show us how to bring a posse cut home.
Visit the Doghouse
This is all brought to you by our episode sponsor, Doghouse Reilly, purveyor of clever T-shirts based on visual puns and opening lyrics from classic hip hop tracks. This includes a T-shirt that Doghouse did just for us: A snippet of a Gang Starr lyric with some clever typesetting, available in three colors.
Music
• Main Theme and Bumpers: “Wash Y’ass” D.O. the Fabulous Drifter and Dow Jones, Five Points Plan
• Game of the Week Background: “Night Gatherings,” Pecan Pie (Music from #Uppbeat (License code: XTGOLLHHPTLTQ6AM)
• Track of the Week: LL Cool J, “I Shot Ya (Remix)” [feat. Fat Joe, Foxy Brown, Keith Murray & Prodigy], 1995 Def Jam • Polygram
• Track of the Week: Shabaam Sahdeeq, “5 Star Generals” (Street) Featuring – A-L (All Lyrics), Eminem, Kwest, Skam, 1998 Rawkus