805. Foretold: From Earth — A Chaos Gerblins Actual Play

Bugs, alien messages, and root beer dispensers, oh my! Shaun Duke, Trish Matson, and Paul Weimer meet in a hotel room at Capricon to spin a delightful yarn with the indie narrative story game Foretold: From Earth! We’ve received a mysterious message from space, and we’ve got no choice but to build a makeshift ship in someone’s barn so we can investigate! Will we succeed? Or will things go sideways? Tune in to find out!

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Show Notes:

Foretold: From Earth on Itch.io (by Groundhoggoth)!
Transcript, lightly edited by Trish Matson
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shaunduke

Dr. Shaun Duke is an instructor at DMACC and the Director of the Portolan Project at the Speculative Literature Foundation. He received his M.A. and Ph.D in English from the University of Florida and a B.A. in Modern Literature from the University of California, Santa Cruz. He studies science fiction, digital fan cultures, Caribbean literature, literary canons, postcolonialism, and digital rhetoric. In addition to his academic work, he wears many hats. He is a writer of genre fiction and a freelance editor at The Duke of Editing. His fiction has appeared in Curiouser Magazine, Stupefying Stories, and elsewhere. He also hosts and produces The Skiffy and Fanty Show, a four-time Hugo Award finalist podcast dedicated to examining the literary, cinematic, and cultural world of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. His podcast work has sent him around the world to participate in conventions, conduct interviews, and more. When he's not podcasting, he can be found on his Twitch channel, AlphabetStreams, or Bluesky, Threads, Mastodon, and other social media places.

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2 Responses

James Mullen says:

February 14, 2025 at 2:45 am

I’m so pleased you played this and enjoyed it, and got the spaceship references too! Love the humour you brought to it as well, what a fantastic session 😀
1. shaunduke says:
  
  February 14, 2025 at 3:54 pm
  
  Thanks so much, James! We’re glad you enjoyed the session. We had a real blast playing (obviously). 😀