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In this episode of That RPG Podcast, we talk about the xenomorphs in Apple TV’s Alien: Earth, how to design memorable monsters for your campaigns, and interview resident “Magic Engineer” C.R. Rowenson, author of The Magic System Blueprint and upcoming LitRPG novel, Spawn Point. In this month’s adventure hook, we plunge into the depths of cosmic horror inspired by Dan Simmon’s lost expedition novel, The Terror.
In This Episode…
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- Tales from Elsewhere: Clockworld (TTRPG)
- Deadlands (TTRPG)
- GURPS (TTRPG)
- Mothership (TTRPG)
- Blood Meridian (novel by Cormac McCarthy)
- Dark Tower (novel by Stephen King)
- The Road (novel by Cormac McCarthy)
- Daggerheart (TTRPG)
- Blades in the Dark (TTRPG)
- Alien: Earth (TV series)
- Blade Runner (1982 film)
- Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep (novel by Philip K. Dick)
- Deadwood (TV series)
- Book of Boba Fett (TV series)
- Foundation (TV series)
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