Episode 6: “Empire of the Petal Throne, Part 1” Welcome to The Hall of Blue Illumination, a podcast dedicated to the world of M.A.R. Barker’s Tékumel. Scott has recently started an Empire of the Petal Throne game, so in this episode we discuss some of the more abstruse aspects of the 1975 rules set. Our […]
Episode 5, “The Role of Language”
Welcome to The Hall of Blue Illumination, a podcast dedicated to the world of M.A.R. Barker’s Tékumel. Chné màsunbrupílukh…er…in this episode, our hosts stoke their inner pedants with an exploration of language in the world of Tékumel. Show Notes: [00:01:15] Language shows up in everything Tékumel. A frequent complaint is the difficulty of pronunciation, but […]
Episode 4, “Jeff Dee”
Episode 4: “Jeff Dee” Welcome to The Hall of Blue Illumination, the podcast dedicated to the world of M.A.R. Barker’s Tékumel. In our longest episode to date, veteran game designer and illustrator Jeff Dee joins our hosts to talk about his experiences with Professor Barker’s setting. Jeff is one of the two-person creative team behind […]
Episode 3, “Convention Recap”
Episode 3: “Convention Recap” Welcome to The Hall of Blue Illumination, a podcast dedicated to the world of M.A.R. Barker’s Tékumel. In this episode, our hosts continue their conversation with James Maliszewski regarding his Empire of the Petal Throne campaigns, and Victor discusses his recent experiences running Tékumel at two gaming conventions. In addition to […]
Episode 2, “James Maliszewski”
Episode 2: “James Maliszewski” Welcome to The Hall of Blue Illumination, a podcast dedicated to the world of M.A.R. Barker’s Tékumel. In this episode, we discuss James’s work within the setting of Tékumel, and his correspondence with Professor Barker. James is the editor of The Excellent Travelling Volume, a digest-sized print-only fanzine dedicated to the […]