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The main character of “Gone with the Gods” would seem to be a thinly disguised Offutt, a writer who turns out a prodigious number of novels at the back and call of his editor, writing in whatever genre is hot at the moment to fulfill the needs of an insatiable audience. When his editor calls him to look into the possibility that a former fraternity brother of the editor’s has invented a time machine, and asks him to check out the possibility that the device is real so the editor can invest in it, the authors finds himself looking into the far-fetched claim. Of course the time machine, disguised as a VW microbus, eventually works and Harvey Moss, the author, Mark Ventnor, the publisher, and Ben Corrick, the inventor, all take their turns traveling in the bus, only to learn its limitations. It can only go one day into the future, but anywhen in the past. Although it remains tied to Earth, so they don’t have to worry about showing up in outer space, they do figure out how to take it to different places on Earth. Eventually, in order to make some money, Moss travels back in time to spur human development and plant evidence that he can use to write a best selling book that Ventnor can publish and sell.

Welcome to the Sanctum Secorum podcast. Tonight we look to the past while we discuss Andrew J. Offutt’s tongue in cheek time travel story, Gone with the Gods.

Dark Acquisitions

Adventures
The Tribe of Ogg and the Trials of Moss – Bob Brinkman

Monsters
20th Century Mercenary – Bob Brinkman (see Adventures: The Tribe of Ogg and the Trials of Moss)
Bat swarm, albino – Bob Brinkman (see Adventures: The Tribe of Ogg and the Trials of Moss)
Bear, grizzly – Bob Brinkman (see Adventures: The Tribe of Ogg and the Trials of Moss)
Bison – Bob Brinkman (see Adventures: The Tribe of Ogg and the Trials of Moss)
Cougar – Bob Brinkman (see Adventures: The Tribe of Ogg and the Trials of Moss)
Crocodile – Bob Brinkman (see Adventures: The Tribe of Ogg and the Trials of Moss)
Lion, cub – Bob Brinkman (see Adventures: The Tribe of Ogg and the Trials of Moss)
Rhizomorph – Jen Brinkman
Serpent-Men, degenerate – Bob Brinkman (see Adventures: The Tribe of Ogg and the Trials of Moss)
Subhuman, hunter of Koh – Bob Brinkman (see Adventures: The Tribe of Ogg and the Trials of Moss)
Subhuman, warrior of Koh – Bob Brinkman (see Adventures: The Tribe of Ogg and the Trials of Moss)

Spells
Magic Paint (amended) – Bob Brinkman

The Stacks

Appendix N
Gone with the Gods by Andrew J. Offutt

Adventures
Beyond the Silver Scream by Forrest Aguirre
The Castle in the Sky (D&D) by Bob Brinkman
The Corpse that Love Built by Stephen Newton
Dinosaur Crawl Classics by Marc Bruner
Frozen in Time by Michael Curtis
Not in Kansas Anymore by Dieter Zimmerman
Operation Unfathomable by Jason Sholtis
Tombspire of the Silver Sun by Colin Mills
The Tribe of Ogg & the Gift of Suss by Daniel J. Bishop

Music
Solfeggio (song) by Robert Maxwell and The Ray Charles Singers

Road Crew Appearances
* Judges Hoi, Andrew Sternick, Vasili Kaliman, and David Willems @ The Brooklyn Strategist New York, NY
* M Nicksic @ Tacoma Games in Tacoma, WA (every Saturday)
* Daniel J. Bishop @ Sword & Board in Toronto, ON
* Joan Troyer @ Better World Books in Goshen, IN
* Joan Troyer @ Secret Door Games in Elkhart, IN
* Marlene Whitmer @ Better World Books in Goshen, IN
* Marlene Whitmer @ Secret Door Games in Elkhart, IN
* Mike Carlson @ Everybody Reads Books & Stuff in Lansing, Michigan
* Tim Loughrist @ Blank Comics in Florence, AL
* Christian Burd @ The Beer Temple in Chicago, IL.
* Mario Garcia @ Funagain Games in Eugene, OR
* Bob & Jen Brinkman @ Dungeon Games in Estero, FL

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