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The Sanctum Secorum podcast plumbs the depths of Appendix N as it applies to DCC RPG. Each show reviews one piece of Appendix N media — be it literature or film — and then discusses how to bring aspects of it to the table for your DCC game. We explore how the selected piece might already easily fit into particular modules and DCC settings, and we highlight one specific DCC module that really ties into the Appendix N material.

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The Sanctum Secorum Reading Room: The Knight of the Swords

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Join two of our Keepers of Mysteries as they dive into The Knight of the Swords, by Michael Moorcock.

Corum is the last survivor of the Vadhagh race and an incarnation aspect of the Eternal Champion, a being that exists in all worlds to ensure there is “Cosmic Balance”. Prince Corum of the Scarlet Robe sets out on a personal crusade against the Sword Rulers, Lords of Chaos, puppetmasters to Man. First of these is the loathsome Arioch, Knight of the Swords, master of five of the fifteen planes of reality. From Arioch, Prince Corum only requires… his heart.

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Originally broadcast live on the Goodman Games twitch channel on May 16, 2023.

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Sanctum Secorum Reading Room – Tuesday, March 28 at 9pm EST

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Fresh from (or exhausted by) Gary Con, the Keepers of Mysteries return to the Goodman Games Twitch channel with an all-new episode of The Sanctum Secorum Reading Room! This month, Jen and Bob Brinkman explore and discuss the final published Conan story of author Robert E. Howard, Red Nails.

Robert E. Howard described the story as,

“A Conan yarn, and the grimmest, bloodiest and most merciless story of the series so far. Too much raw meat, maybe, but I merely portrayed what I honestly believe would be the reactions of certain types of people in the situations on which the plot of the story hung…”

Join us as we dive into this classic piece of Sword & Sorcery literature and uncover the mystery of the Red Nails.

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The Sanctum Secorum Reading Room: Armor

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Join two of our Keepers of Mysteries as they examine Armor, by John Steakley.

The planet is called Banshee. The air is unbreathable, the water is poisonous. It is home to the most implacable enemies that humanity, in all its interstellar expansion, has ever encountered. Body armor has been devised for the commando forces that are to be dropped on Banshee—the culmination of ten thousand years of the armorers’ craft. A trooper in this armor is a one-man, atomic powered battle fortress. But he will have to fight a nearly endless horde of berserk, hard-shelled monsters—the fighting arm of a species which uses biological technology to design perfect, mindless war minions. Felix is a scout in A-team Two. Highly competent, he is the sole survivor of mission after mission. Yet he is a man consumed by fear and hatred. And he is protected, not only by his custom-fitted body armor, but by an odd being which seems to live within him, a cold killing machine he calls “The Engine.” 

Armor is the story of humanity’s war against an alien race whose foot soldiers are three-meter-tall insects, referred to as “ants”. It is also the story of a research colony on the fringes of human territory which is threatened by pirates. The two plots intertwine and finally join at the end, with each providing answers and insight into events of the other. 

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Find the Armor II teaser that was released prior to Steakley’s death here.
Plus, tune in for our latest fantasy book give away!

Originally broadcast live on the Goodman Games twitch channel on February 28, 2023.

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Sanctum Secorum Reading Room – Tuesday, Jan 24 at 9pm EST

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The Keepers of Mysteries return to the Goodman Games Twitch channel with an all-new season of The Sanctum Secorum Reading Room! This month, Jen and Bob Brinkman explore and discuss The First Book of Swords, by Fred Saberhagen.

Set in the same universe as the Empire of the East, and taking place over 50,000 years after the events described in those novels, the Books of Swords blends fantasy and science fiction in a way that has delighted readers for 40 years.

So, join us as we begin our second season of the Sanctum Secorum Reading Room, with our trademark discussions and listener giveaways.

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