In this episode, our hosts interview special guest Bill Hoyt. Bill has been involved with roleplaying games since the early 1970s, and was integral in getting TSR to publish Empire of the Petal Throne.

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Episode 40, “Bill Hoyt”

Welcome to The Hall of Blue Illumination, the podcast dedicated to the world of M.A.R. Barker’s Tékumel. In this most-apposite of episodes, our hosts discuss sickness and disease on Tékumel.  Can magic fix everything?  No, it can’t.  But first, Victor discusses his recent experience running games at GaryCon 2020, which had to be moved online […]

Episode 39, “Plagues of Tékumel”

Welcome to The Hall of Blue Illumination, the podcast dedicated to the world of M.A.R. Barker’s Tékumel. In this episode our hosts return to their walking tour of Jakálla, a popular segment with listeners. But first, they discuss whether or not “Prof. Barker is always right” and how they approach what at first might seem as inconsistencies within the Tékumel corpus.

Episode 38, “Walking Tour of Jakálla, Part 3”

Welcome to The Hall of Blue Illumination, the podcast dedicated to the world of M.A.R. Barker’s Tékumel. In this episode, our hosts are joined by special guests Bill Acheson and Steve Braun, who talk about Tékumel miniature gaming on the East Coast.

Episode 37, “East Coast Miniatures Gaming”

Welcome to The Hall of Blue Illumination, the podcast dedicated to the world of M.A.R. Barker’s Tékumel. This episode was recorded on November 2, 2019 at GameHole Con in Madison, Wisconsin.  Special guests Jeff Dee, Karen Knight and John Till join regular hosts Scott and Victor to discuss their experiences at the con, and how […]

Episode 36, “GameHole Con 2019”

Welcome to The Hall of Blue Illumination, the podcast dedicated to the world of M.A.R. Barker’s Tékumel. In this episode our hosts talk to Keith Dalluhn, who played Sanjésh hiKirisáya, Priest of the Temple of Thúmis in Prof. Barker’s Thursday Night Group.  Keith supplies numerous anecdotes and fascinating stories about gaming in Prof. Barker’s Tékumel. […]

Episode 35, “Keith Dalluhn”

Welcome to The Hall of Blue Illumination, the podcast dedicated to the world of M.A.R. Barker’s Tékumel. In this episode our hosts continue their walking tour of Jakálla.  But first, Victor and Scott answer a listener’s email asking how to handle Tékumel’s touchier subjects, like slavery and gender roles. Show Notes: [00:00:52]  Our hosts read […]

Episode 34, “Walking Tour of Jakálla, Part 2”

Welcome to The Hall of Blue Illumination, the podcast dedicated to the world of M.A.R. Barker’s Tékumel. In this episode our hosts invite Bob Brynildson to share his experiences on Tékumel while gaming in Prof. Barker’s Tuesday Night Group.  Bob played the famous Kárin Missúm, who ended his career as a General of Vimúhla’s Legion […]

Episode 33, “Bob Brynildson “

Welcome to The Hall of Blue Illumination, the podcast dedicated to the world of M.A.R. Barker’s Tékumel. In this episode our hosts begin a walking tour of Jakálla, “The City Half as Old as the World.”

Episode 32, “Walking Tour of Jakálla, Part 1”

Welcome to The Hall of Blue Illumination, the podcast dedicated to the world of M.A.R. Barker’s Tékumel. In this episode our hosts consider méshqu plaques.  What are they and what is their place in Tsolyáni society?  After answering these questions, the discussion moves to the Swamp Folk, the next race in our Nonhumans of Tékumel […]

Episode 31, “Méshqu Plaques and The Swamp Folk”

Welcome to the The Hall of Blue Illumination, the podcast dedicated to the world of M.A.R. Barker’s Tékumel. In this episode our hosts continue their interview of Jeff Dee and Manda.  As mentioned in Episode 29, Jeff and Manda’s UNIgames has recently released the Kúrt Hills Atlas, a system-independent gazetteer of the Kúrt Hills region […]

Episode 30, “Jeff Dee and Manda, Part 2”

Welcome to the The Hall of Blue Illumination, the podcast dedicated to the world of M.A.R. Barker’s Tékumel. In this episode our hosts interview Jeff Dee and Manda about their Kúrt Hills Atlas.  This is a system-independent gazetteer of the Kúrt Hills region of Tsolyánu, created to supplement UNIgames’s Tékumel rule system, Béthorm. But first, […]

Episode 29, “Jeff Dee and Manda, Part 1”

Welcome to the The Hall of Blue Illumination, the podcast dedicated to the world of M.A.R. Barker’s Tékumel.  In this episode our hosts are joined by special guest Ambereen Barker, the late Professor Barker’s wife.  She shares her memories of Phil, his work on Tékumel, and the succession of gamers and gaming groups that passed […]

Episode 28, “Ambereen Barker”

Welcome to the The Hall of Blue Illumination, the podcast dedicated to the world of M.A.R. Barker’s Tékumel.  In this episode our hosts continue their discussion of the Book of Ebon Bindings, with a special focus on the nature of the Demon Planes themselves, and their place in Tékumel’s cosmology.  See episodes 19, 20 and […]

Episode 27, “The Book of Ebon Bindings, Part 4”

In this episode, Victor and James discuss their respective long-running Empire of the Petal Throne campaigns, and share several referee tips they learned along the way. Our hosts also introduce the first entries in two new segments; “Nonhumans of Tékumel” featuring the Ahoggyá, and “Nations of Tékumel” featuring the Empire of Salarvyá.

Episode 26, “Long Running Campaigns”

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