This episode, we continue with our GM Like a Pro series with another special guest to help us untangle your GMing needs. Welcome WRITER. DEVELOPER. GENTLEMAN GAMER, all the way from the United Kingdom, Matthew Dawkins. Welcome Matthew

Patreon Plug & Update

We have a Patreon! To back us you can click the button on the sidebar of our website, mu-podcast.com or head over to Patreon directly at www.patreon.com/mup!

Hey! We have a new member! Whooooooooooo!

• P Trolius

Thank you to everyone who has updated their levels and is engaging with our new tiers. We’re so thankful for all of you.

The Discord Plug

Our MUP Discord and we are all there! We invite all of our listeners to come and enjoy the community of horror gaming and cute pet pics. Link in the show notes: MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D 

And thank you to our editor Ben for editing this episode. 

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Welcome to our new curriculum “GM Like a Pro.” Over this series of episodes we will bring you a solid set of tools you can use to up your game mastering and expand both your skills as well as strengthen your table and all of your players. 

Tonight is session seven, “How to bring your NPCs to life!”

This episode, Keeper Dave is joined by Keeper Chad and Evan Perlman! Together we tackle “How to condense the scenario run-times.”

Patreon Plug & Update

We have new Patreon tiers and benefits. That’s right – we rolled out updates on October 1st. New perks, new opportunities, and new ways to celebrate MUP and get involved. 

So yes – We have a Patreon! To back us you can click the button on the sidebar of our website, mu-podcast.com or head over to Patreon directly at www.patreon.com/mup!

The Discord Plug

Our MUP Discord and we are all there! We invite all of our listeners to come and enjoy the community of horror gaming and cute pet pics. Link in the show notes: MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D 

And thank you to our editor Nate for editing this episode. 

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Welcome to our new curriculum “GM Like a Pro.” Over this series of episodes we will bring you a solid set of tools you can use to up your game mastering and expand both your skills, as well as strengthen your table and all of your players. 

Tonight is session seven “How to Condense Scenario Run-times.”

This episode, Keepers Dave & Bridgett are joined by Perry Clark, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. Together we unpack some fundamental questions– what is table safety? What is it important?

Content Warnings:

And speaking of safety, let’s cover some potential Content Warnings that we may wander into:

Possible triggers

• PTSD
• Psychological Stress and Wounds
• Just existing as a marginalized or intersectional person

Patreon Plug & Update

We have a Patreon! To back us you can click the button on the sidebar of our website, mu-podcast.com or head over to Patreon directly at www.patreon.com/mup!

Hey! We have a new member! Whooooooooooo!

• Antheny Giordano

Thank you to everyone who has updated their levels and is engaging with our new tiers. We’re so thankful for all of you.

The Discord Plug

Our MUP Discord and we are all there! We invite all of our listeners to come and enjoy the community of horror gaming and cute pet pics. Link in the show notes: MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D 

And thank you to our editor Gene for editing this episode. 

Bridgett’s Pet Pick Shout Out

This episode, I’m shouting out Snowy, who is lost in the artic tundra blizzards of an all white rug. Thank you for sharing Steveo!

Let’s head to the main topic…

Main Topic — 

Welcome to our new curriculum “GM Like a Pro.” Over this series of episodes we will bring you a solid set of tools you can use to up your game mastering and expand both your skills as well as strengthen your table and all of your players. 

Tonight is session six “Why is table safety important?”

Additional links!

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/untying-knots-minds-and-souls-untethered/id1590410522

https://www.voiceamerica.com/show/4033/untying-knots-minds-and-souls-untethered

This episode, Keepers Dave & Bridgett are joined by Lauren Bryant-Monk and Kienna Shaw, curators of the TTRPG Safety Toolkit! We discuss safety tools– what they are, what they aren’t, how to use them, and how to protect and elevate your gaming experiences!

Patreon Plug & Update

To back us you can click the button on the sidebar of our website, mu-podcast.com or head over to Patreon directly at www.patreon.com/mup!

The Discord Plug

Our MUP Discord and we are all there! We invite all of our listeners to come and enjoy the community of horror gaming and cute pet pics. Link in the show notes: MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D 

And thank you to our editor Equinox for editing this episode. 

Main Topic — 

Welcome to our new curriculum “GM Like a Pro.” Over this series of episodes we will bring you a solid set of tools you can use to up your game mastering and expand both your skills as well as strengthen your table and all of your players. 

Tonight is session five “How to Use Safety Tools.”

Additional links!

https://ttrpgsafetytoolkit.com/

https://kiennas.com/

https://www.starvingsoubrette.com/

This episode, Keepers Dave & Bridgett discuss how our playthroughs of A Lonely Thread, from Chaosium’s No Time to Scream! This is the fourth episode in our GM Like a Pro curriculum. It is also the follow up from previous episode, 310, so if for some reason you missed 310, definitely go listen to that first.

Patreon Plug & Update

Our new Patreon tiers. That’s right – we rolled out updates on October 1st. New perks, new opportunities, and new ways to celebrate MUP and get involved. 

Our very first quarterly MUP Backer Hang for Thursday, December 12th from 8-9 pm ET. We’ll be on discord, it’ll be AMA style, there will be jokes, and lots and lots of shade.

To back us you can click the button on the sidebar of our website, mu-podcast.com or head over to Patreon directly at www.patreon.com/mup!

The Discord Plug

Our MUP Discord and we are all there! We invite all of our listeners to come and enjoy the community of horror gaming and cute pet pics. Link in the show notes: MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D 

And thank you to our editor Ben for editing this episode. 

Main Topic — 

Welcome to our new curriculum “GM Like a Pro.” Over this series of episodes we will bring you a solid set of tools you can use to up your game mastering, and expand both your skills as well as strengthen your table and all of your players. 

Tonight is session four “How to Prep One-Shots Like a Pro – Part 2,” How the Prep was Won.

This episode, Keepers Dave & Bridgett continue with our GM Like a Pro curriculum with part one of a two parter titled How to Prep a One-Shot.

We used B.W. Holland’s newest scenario A Lonely Thread from Chaosium’s book, No Time to Scream!

Patreon Plug & Update

We have a Patreon! To back us you can click the button on the sidebar of our website, mu-podcast.com or head over to Patreon directly at www.patreon.com/mup!

The Discord Plug

Our MUP Discord and we are all there! We invite all of our listeners to come and enjoy the community of horror gaming and cute pet pics. Link in the show notes: MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D 

And thank you to our editor Nate for editing this episode. 

Bridgett’s Pet Pick Shout Out

Friend of the show Chad Bowser shows off the kittuh, Fudge, all ready for Halloween. In dragon ears!!! If you have furry or scaly babies in costume, post them to the pet pic channel!

Shall we head to…

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Tonight is session three of “How to Prep One-Shots Like a Pro,” with tonight covering the actual prep, how each of us goes about preparing for a game, and all the possible places things can go wrong.

This episode, Keepers Dave & Bridgett continue with our new Curriculum Series: How to GM like a Pro.

Our second first class? Atmosphere! We’re joined by guest host, Your Friend Nate. So tune in and listen to how to build atmosphere your games!

Patreon Plug & Update

We have a Patreon! To back us you can click the button on the sidebar of our website, mu-podcast.com or head over to Patreon directly at www.patreon.com/mup!

The Discord Plug

We have our MUP Discord and we are all there! We invite all of our listeners to come and enjoy the community of horror gaming and cute pet pics. Link in the show notes: MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D 

And thank you to our editor Ben for editing this episode. Thanks Ben! 

Main Topic — 

Welcome to our new curriculum “GM Like a Pro.” Over this series of episodes we will bring you a solid set of tools you can use to up your game mastering and expand both your skills as well as strengthen your table and all of your players. 

Tonight is session one “How to Build Atmosphere Like a Pro.”

This episode, Keepers Dave & Bridgett roll out our new Curriculum Series: How to GM like a Pro.

Our first class? Pacing! Tune in and listen to how to pace your games!

Patreon Plug & Update

We have a Patreon! To back us you can click the button on the sidebar of our website, mu-podcast.com or head over to Patreon directly at www.patreon.com/mup!

The Discord Plug

We have our MUP Discord and we are all there! We invite all of our listeners to come and enjoy the community of horror gaming and cute pet pics. Link in the show notes: MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D 

And thank you to our editor Equinox for editing this episode. Thanks Equinox! 

Bridgett’s Pet Pick Shout Out

“Nate, Lost in Time and Space, our feared editor, has a couple of photos that are hilarious… two cats. One, Moon. Living their best life. Taking a nap. And Millie. Staring at Moon with sheet scorn, resentment, and hatred. It’s so petty. And delightful.”

Main Topic — 

Welcome to our new curriculum “GM Like a Pro.” Over this series of episodes we will bring you a solid set of tools you can use to up your game mastering and expand both your skills as well as strengthen your table and all of your players. 

Tonight is session one “How to Pace Games Like a Pro.” Our first class is pretty fundamental, and I think is one of the most important skills we can develop as GMs.

And as mentioned previously, we asked our backers for inputs on these topics and many people wanted to know more about how to best pace their games. This was proved by all the specific questions we got from those same backers when we asked them – what do you want to know about pacing?

So most of these questions come from our backers, with some Bridgett and Dave specifics thrown in along the way. Shall we begin?

This episode, Keepers Dave & Bridgett discuss ways to make space scary with Graham Walmsley.

Patreon Plug & Update

We have a Patreon! To back us you can click the button on the sidebar of our website, mu-podcast.com or head over to Patreon directly at www.patreon.com/mup!

Let’s take a moment to welcome our new backers to the show!

New members

Joe McMahon

Skip Morton

Joe Kontor

The Discord Plug

We have our MUP Discord and we are all there! We invite all of our listeners to come and enjoy the community of horror gaming and cute pet pics. Link in the show notes: MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D 

And thank you to our editor Gene for editing this episode.

We have NEW EDITORS!!!!!!!

Guys! Let’s give a mighty GO PODS and a hearty welcome to our new editors!!!!

Gene, a long time TTRPG human, artist, producer, and mastering engineer! 

Joe McMahon, a musician, photographer, and software engineer! 

Luca Veronese, an Anthropology student in the UK and enthusiastic audio drama creator and late night music show host. 

And of course we still have Nate, whom you met last episode for the Gaslight review. Nate has really been the third member of MUP for a while now, but we’re glad to have a whole new cohort to join him.

Welcome, welcome new editors and THANK YOU for supporting the show! 

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Tonight, we’re here with some inspiration to help you make space… truly horrifying. As if it’s not horrifying enough. 

This episode, Keepers Dave & Bridgett along with Editor Nate take a tour through the Cthulhu by Gaslight Investigator’s Guide! Join us as we delve into book, pull inspiration, become inspired, and explore creative ways to create your own Gaslight setting!

Patreon Plug & Update

We have a Patreon! To back us you can click the button on the sidebar of our website, mu-podcast.com or head over to Patreon directly at www.patreon.com/mup!

The Discord Plug

We have our MUP Discord and we are all there! We invite all of our listeners to come and enjoy the community of horror gaming and cute pet pics. Link in the show notes: MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D 

And thank you to our editor Nate for editing this episode. Thanks Nate!

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Riffing on the Cthulhu by Gaslight Investigator’s Guide

https://www.chaosium.com/blogreleasing-in-december-cthulhu-by-gaslight-investigators-guide

This episode, Keeper Dave take us on a tour of Necronomicon 2024! Patreon Plug & Update We have a Patreon! To back us you can click the button on the sidebar of our website, mu-podcast.com or head over to Patreon directly at www.patreon.com/mup! The Discord Plug We have our MUP Discord and we are all there! We invite all of our listeners to come and enjoy the community of horror gaming and cute pet pics. Link in the show notes: MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D  And thank you to our editor Dave for editing this episode. Main Topic --  Necronomicon2024