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Home of the Microphones of Madness Podcast, book discussions and tabletop roleplay.
(Actual Play) Do Not Call Up That Which You Cannot Put Down
(Call of Cthulhu 7e)
A group of volunteers on a shark tagging expedition bite off more than they can chew.
Join Brian Courtemanche as he leads the Microphones of Madness crew through his scenario from Fear's Sharp Little Needles. If you want to grab this gem of an adventure and several others, grab a copy at the link below.
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/245289/Fears-Sharp-Little-Needles
02:56:5802/11/2018
Microphones of Madness- I'm Just A Poe Boy
Happy Halloween from Microphones of Madness! Steve and Rodney discuss Edgar Allan Poe and his classic creep-fest, The Fall of the House of Usher.
39:5631/10/2018
(Actual Play) Star Wars: Equilibrium Point FINALE PART 2
(WEG D6)
The Battle of Florian continues. Things are looking dire for our rag-tag band of rebel scum. Will the forces of good win the day or will hey be crushed by the iron fist of the Empire? Find out in the shocking finale of Equilibrium Point!
01:35:1526/10/2018
(Actual Play) Star Wars: Equilibrium Point FINALE 1
(WEG D6)
The crew of Seconds Out join the Rebellion's assault on the Imperial bioweapons facility on Florian. Will they be able to stop the threat of the Purity Virus? Find out in this first installment of the explosive two-part finale!
01:51:4926/10/2018
Microphones of Madness- Cults and Convicts
Steve and Rodney explore the twisted world of Sean Thompson's Farmington Correctional. Grab yourself a copy at the link below!
https://www.amazon.com/Farmington-Correctional-Sean-M-Thompson/dp/1732683905
32:3524/10/2018
(Actual Play) Nippon no Kage 13
(Pulp Cthulhu + Homebrew)
The heroes are ready to venture forth to save Nippon, but the disappearance of Lord Ota's wife has brought the attention of the shogun's own occult investigators.
01:41:3005/10/2018
Microphones of Madness- A Wizard Did It
Steve and Rodney discuss the classic Dungeons and Dragons module White Plume Mountain.
01:17:1103/10/2018
(Actual Play) Equilibrium Point 12
(WEG Star Wars D6)
The heroes attempt to secure a Sith holocron to unlock the cure to the Purity Virus.
01:56:3528/09/2018
Microphones of Madness- The Hills of the Dead
Steve and Rodney wrap up their discussion of Solomon Kane with the tale Hills of the Dead.
55:3726/09/2018
(Actual Play) At The Mountain Village
(Call of Cthulhu 7e)
Steve runs the gang through a tale of mystery and terror set in 1920's Japan. The investigators are called to a rural village to uncover the mystery behind a series of terrible earthquakes.
02:43:0821/09/2018
Microphones of Madness- Sword and Stereotype
Rodney and Steve journey to the heart of Robert E. Howard's version of Africa in this discussion of the Solomon Kane tale, Moon of Skulls.
43:3319/09/2018
(Actual Play) Darling Nikki 6
(Red Markets)
Becoming a king did not help The Time's finacial status so it's back to the salt mines for Ghost Dog, Mo, and Eve. After taking a job to provide proof of death for a preacher, the gang discovers the Loss is stranger than they thought.
02:12:1514/09/2018
Microphones of Madness- Gonzo Screwheads
Steve and Rodney talk the current weirdness, Gonzo Journalism, Dan Rather, and the 1980 film Where the Buffalo Roam.
01:02:3912/09/2018
(Actual Play) Nippon no Kage 12
(Pulp Cthulhu + Homebrew)
The handmaiden's body is discovered far more decayed than it should be and the heroes recieve a revelation that places the fate of the whole of Nippon in their hands. Steve's Edo period saga continues!
01:33:1507/09/2018
Microphones of Madness- The Black Tides of Heaven
Steve and Rodney venture into the realm of silkpunk with JY Yang's The Black Tides of Heaven.
Pick up a copy at the link below.
https://www.amazon.com/Black-Tides-Heaven-Tensorate/dp/076539541X
JY Yang's website
33:2305/09/2018
(Acutal Play) Equilibrium Point 11
(WEG Star Wars D6)
The heroes make their escape from Commoria but survival comes with far darker knowledge of the Empire's plans.
01:38:1831/08/2018
Microphones of Madness- Like A Gingerbread Man!
Steve and Rodney get mental with Stuart Gordon's cult classic, From Beyond.
39:3629/08/2018
(Actual Play) Darling Nikki 5
(Red Markets)
The takers recover the wagon of exercise equipment and Ghost Dog finds the time for some regicide.
01:59:3024/08/2018
Microphones of Madness- Tales of Orgies and Explosions
Steve and Rodney investigate the strange world of Michael Griffin's The Human Alchemy. Grab a copy at the link below!
https://www.amazon.com/Human-Alchemy-Michael-Griffin/dp/1939905400
25:3822/08/2018
(Actual Play) Nippon No Kage 11
(Pulp Cthulhu + Home Brew)
Steve's Edo period epic continues! As the heroes convelesce, a handmaiden vanishes. Officer Kurosawa demonstrates his unique investigative technique while the others watch in disbelief.
01:31:5617/08/2018
Microphones of Madness- Ain't No Sunshine
Steve and Rodney discuss the first issue in Tony McMillen's comic miniseries, Lumen.
Pre-order a copy here:
https://www.tonymcmillen.com/shop/lumen-issue-1
28:1015/08/2018
(Actual Play) Star Wars Equilibrium Point 10
(WEG D6)
Prison Break! The crew of Seconds Out infiltrates the Imperial Prison on the planet Commoria to liberate Doctor Vrill. Will they find him or will our heroes become the newest residents?
01:33:2210/08/2018
Microphones of Madness- Damn It, Marlowe. Wear A Tie!
Steve and Rodney take a trip into the seedy underbelly of LA in Raymond Chandler's The Big Sleep.
50:1508/08/2018
(Actual Play) Darling Nikki 4
(Red Markets)
The quest for wealth and power continues as The Time plies their mercenary trade after the zombie apocalypse.
http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/226794/Red-Markets-A-Game-of-Economic-Horror
01:55:1603/08/2018
(Actual Play) Scritch Scratch 2
(Call of Cthulhu 7e)
The gang wraps up their play through of Lynne Hardy's Scritch Scratch.
01:47:2227/07/2018
Microphones of Madness- Never Play Go With A Tengu
Steve and Rodney discuss Emperor of the Eight Islands, the first book Lian Hearn's The Tale of Shikanoko.
Grab a copy at the link below.
https://www.amazon.com/Emperor-Eight-Islands-Book-Shikanoko/dp/0374536317
In the first segement, Steve and Rodney discuss the new Cthulhu Chronicles app from MetaArcade.
https://www.metaarcade.com/
38:2625/07/2018
(Actual Play) Scritch Scratch
(Call of Cthulhu 7e)
The Monday Night Heroes take on Chaosium's Free RPG offering, Lynne Hardy's Scritch Scratch. A cleaning crew is hired to clean a villiage rat catcher's house for a reality show, but all is not as it seems.
Originally streamed live June 30, 2018
01:52:0920/07/2018
Microphones of Madness: Sailing the Seas of Sleaze
Steve and Rodney discuss Cody Goodfellow's forthcoming Sleazeland from Eraserhead Press. Pre-order at the link below.
https://www.amazon.com/Sleazeland-Cody-Goodfellow/dp/1621052753
21:2618/07/2018
(Actual Play) Star Wars: Equilibrium Point 9
(WEG D6)
It's pirates vs. pirates as the crew of Seconds Out fends off a buccaneer horde. Afterward, they crew gets their first look at the high security Imperial prison world of Commoria.
01:51:2713/07/2018
Microphones of Madness- A Sucker For Synchronized Walking
Steve and Rodney ramble on about the 1984 Peter Weller film The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai: Across the 8th Dimension.
36:0211/07/2018
Microphones of Madness- Polymer
Steve and Rodney discuss Caleb Wilson's Polymer. Grab a copy of this book at the link below.
https://www.amazon.com/Polymer-Caleb-Wilson/dp/1621052559
41:0004/07/2018
(Actual Play) Nippon no Kage 10
(Pulp Cthulhu + Homebrew)
Chapter Two of Steve's Edo period campaign begins with the heroes returning to Lord Ota's compound to report and hopefully gain a well-deserved rest, but things only begin to get stranger.
01:09:2929/06/2018
(Actual Play) Star Wars: Equilibrium Point 8
(WEG D6)
The heroes find their way onto a cargo ship bound for the prison planet of Commoria.
01:24:1822/06/2018
(Actual Play) Red Markets: Darling Nikki 3
(Red Markets)
As the crew continues their search for the drones wanted by Megatronics, they run into a little competition.
01:57:3015/06/2018
(Actual Play) Nippon no Kage 9
(Pulp Cthulhu + Homebrew)
Chapter One of Steve's Edo period tale of strangeness comes to an end and the heroes lose one of their own.
01:13:4808/06/2018
Microphones of Madness- The Almanac of Dust
Steve and Rodney brave a dying world in their discussion of The Almanac of Dust by Farah Rose Smith. Grab a copy at the link below.
http://www.lulu.com/shop/farah-rose-smith/the-almanac-of-dust/paperback/product-23609188.html
25:3006/06/2018
Microphones of Madness- Into the Badlands
Steve and Rodney engage in a (mostly) spoiler-free discussion of the world-building and characters of the AMC series Into the Badlands.
51:0030/05/2018
(Actual Play) Star Wars: Equilibrium Point 7
(WEG D6)
The Vandreen sisters are reunited and Yuan Dual comes face to face with the truth of the Empire as the crew of the Seconds Out discover the existence of the Purity Virus and Emperor Palpatine's plan to wipe out all non-human life in the galaxy.
02:05:5625/05/2018
(Actual Play) Nippon no Kage 8
(Pulp Cthulhu + Home Brew)
The Terrors of Tenryu grow as the heroes uncover the bizarre secret of the O-Sana clones.
02:03:0618/05/2018
(Actual Play) Red Markets: Darling Nikki 2
A new day, another job. The crew continues the struggle for survival in post-apocalypse Minneapolis.
01:17:2711/05/2018
Microphones of Madness- The Axeman's Jazz
Steve and Rodney discuss the 1986 fantasy novel Legend by David Gemmell.
01:13:0009/05/2018
(Actual Play) Star Wars: Equilibrium Point 6
(WEG D6)
After surviving Thoth's trap and recuperating on the planet Takodana, the crew of Seconds Out is given a job to locate a stolen shipment of Ryll. What they discover is far more sinister.
02:02:0104/05/2018
Microphones of Madness- Infinity Gauntlet
Steve and Rodney discuss the 1991 mini-series that became the backbone of the MCU, The Infinity Gauntlet.
52:5602/05/2018
Microphones of Madness- Annihilation
Steve and Rodney discuss Jeff VanderMeer's 2014 novel Annihilation and Alex Garland's 2018 film adaptation.
01:10:2625/04/2018
(Actual Play) Nippon no Kage 7
(Pulp Cthulhu + Home Brew)
The heroes arrive in the town of Tenryu looking for clues to O'Sana's death and find something more horrific.
02:16:1720/04/2018
Microphones of Madness- The Doom That Came To Gotham
Steve and Rodney tackle the Lovecraftian Batman tale, The Doom That Came To Gotham.
29:4418/04/2018
(Actual Play) Red Markets: Darling Nikki 1
The Microphones of Madness crew attempts to survive in a post-zombie apocalypse Minneapolis. Wes is behind the wheel for Red Markets.
01:54:4713/04/2018
Microphones of Madness- The Land Across
Steve and Rodney discuss Gene Wolfe's 2013 novel The Land Across and speculate about some of the mysteries. Who is The Leader? Does this story take place in Pottsylvania? And what the hell is up with the Girl With the Red Pen?
01:00:4111/04/2018
(Actual Play) Star Wars: Equilibrium Point 5
(WEG D6)
The crew of the Seconds Out bites off a little more than they can chew when they journey to the remains of Jedha to search for Fulcrum.
01:41:3906/04/2018
Microphones of Madness- 4 Color Noir: Jessica Jones Season 2
Steve and Rodney discuss the second season of Marvel and Netflix's Jessica Jones.
49:1004/04/2018