She's winging in for some stories! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:57:33 We delve into just who in Fanatic's supporting cast is around in the mid-80s, and find some small hopes, at least! Then, we tell some tales. Fanatic's a complicated character, especially in the 80s.  Then, we answer questions from the recent Greazer and Fashion episode! Yes, we talk about Cardshark and Kaargra Warfang. Join us next week for an Editor's Note... or better yet, if you're on the Letters Page Patreon, join us THIS FRIDAY for the live recording!

We gotta save the planet! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:37:35 We tell a story... but first, we tell you all the Professor Pollution backstory connecting bits that we'd never bothered to go into before! So, you're welcome! And/or apologies! Depending on how you feel about all that. Anyway, right, then on to the story! You know what ultimately happens in it, but the beat-by-beat is still pretty dang good! At least, in our opinion.  Join us next week for yet another "A Day In The Life" episode, this one all about Fanatic!

The end of the Oracle! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:17:50 Look how short this episode is! It's not because anything was ommitted — no, we just knew this whole tale, and told it post-haste! Is it a good tale? That's for YOU to decide! We answer some questions from recent and NOT AT ALL RECENT history. Do the questions ripen with age? Or do they rot? Or neither? So many questions in today's show notes. Too many? Who can say?! Join us next week for a Writers' Room about that one time when Akash’Bhuta became Akash’Thriya! Woo!  

It's another LIVE SHOW! Or, rather, it was. This is the recording of that live show. Show Notes: Run Time: 1:47:48 We do some goofs, tell some tales, answer letters and questions from chat — everything you've come to expect from an Editor's Note episode! But first! A schedule! Tuesday, May 7th: Episode #281 - Writers' Room: Akash’Bhuta becomes Akash’Thriya Tuesday, May 14th: Episode #282 - Writers' Room: A Day in the Life: Fanatic Tuesday, May 21st: Editor’s Note #79 Tuesday, May 28th: Episode #283 - Writers' Room: Bunker in space Join us next week on Tuesday, April 30th for Episode #280 - Disparation Vol. 2 #122 AKA “Farewell to the Oracle of Discord!”  

Looks like it's time for Space Stuff! Show Notes: Run Time: 2:09:45 What's with all these long episodes (for the most part) lately?! We must be catching up for lost time in the first few months of the year. Yeah, that's it — gotta make sure our average episode length smooths itself out.  This episode is just a straight-up continuation of a previous episode: Episode #225, in fact! Haven't listened to it before? We recommend going back and checking it out before diving into this one. We clarify some things from the issue we Writers' Roomed in that one, cover the issue after that, and then dive deep into today's title/cover issue! Woo! Then, in the letters section, we talk about love. What's not to love? See you next week (or this Friday, if you're on the Letters Page Patreon) for an Editor's Note!

Another Day in another Life! The musical episode? (No.) Show Notes: Run Time: 1:39:59 It's been awhile since we've done one of these, and we're excited to return to the format. Did we make it work? You decide! Also, check out this kick-ass cover that Adam slaved over! Mighty impressive! We also field a bunch of letters on a few topics, and we attempt to answer them all! I realize that's pretty much every episode, but it's also this one! Join us next week for an episode about space anti-hero big dummy, earth-to-space-to-earth fashion model turned vigilante vs cosmic Jaws (TM, don't sue us).

We're going to a darker time! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:37:29 We're right at it, and telling a story that gets pretty Dark... Dark Visionary, that is! I'd say "spoilers", but you could have already seen the cover by this point, so there you go. And it happened at the same time as the Vengeance limited series, as promised! Want to know more? You'll just have to listen to the episode! Next week, we get to do another Day in the Life episode, this one about The Argent Adept! Join us!

Christopher and Adam are back, and they're not even a little sorry for this episode! Show Notes: Run Time: 2:07:07 We genuinely didn't know where we were headed at the start of this recording, but we sure got there! Did you enjoy it? We sure did! Join us next week for Episode #277 - Writers' Room: A Vengeance tie-in story!  

It's finally here! The long-awaited surgery-sode! That's right, not much of an episode today, because Christopher just had spine surgery and is recovering. How's recovery going? I'm sure we'll find out soon! Bear with us until then! (AAAAH!! The bear is back!!!)

An early Editor's Note! Show Notes: Run Time: 2:04:03 The Letters Boys have some complaints, but all solvable problems, one way or another! We look forward to having fewer complaints and make more content! Stories! Art! More! There's an upcoming schedule! There's also a current schedule! Here they are! Upcoming schedule:  Tuesday, March 12th: definitely Editor’s Note #77  Tuesday, March 19th: for sure Surgery-Sode Tuesday, March 26th: hopefully Episode #276 - Writers' Room: A Villain romantically involved with a support character If all that works, then: Tuesday, April 2nd: Episode #277 - Writers' Room: A Vengeance tie-in story Tuesday, April 9th: Episode #278 - A Day in the Life: Argent Adept Tuesday, April 16th: Episode #279 - Greazer & Fashion vs Card Shark Tuesday, April 23rd: Editor’s Note #78 Tuesday, April 30th: Episode #280 - Disparation Vol. 2 #122 “Farewell to the Oracle” Here's hoping! Next week, it's the likely-not-very-interesting-surgery-sode, but then! After that! A return to form (probably) with maybe Christopher having a funny voice (hopefully)! Something(s) to look forward to.

Telling a story about a minor villain who never really catches on... until she is reborn! (But that's in the future. Not in this episode.) Show Notes: Run Time: 2:04:47 Over two hours! Huh, I don't remember feeling that long when we recorded it. Welp! We must have been in the zone, or something. ANYWAY!  We tell a Choke story. The first one, actually! But we talk about a bunch of other stuff as well, including Night Snake and Stuntman stuff in the letters section. There's a lot! It's all pretty fun! At least, we sure think so. Thanks for being a part of it! We're recording a LIVE Editor's Note, this Friday, March 8th, at 11 AM, Central! If you're on The Letters Page Patreon, you can watch it, and even join in if you're a Contributor! Otherwise, it'll come out next week in audio format! After that: surgery. Weee!

NOW we're REALLY back! For a few weeks, at least. But still! TWO COVERS! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:43:48 Right off the bat, a new upcoming schedule!  Wednesday, February 28th: Record Episode #275: Choke in Megalopolis Tuesday, March 5th: Release Episode #275: Choke in Megalopolis Friday, March 8th: Record Editor's Note #77 Tuesday, March 12th: Release Editor's Note #77 Tuesday, March 19th: Release Surgery-sode! After that, things depend on how recovery goes, and whether or not I go to PAX East. We'll keep you updated as we know more! Sorry for things still being so up in the air, but it's for very good reasons, at least! And then, to the episode! Do we tell a tale? YES! Emphatically yes. We cover a lot, and we do the whole thing live! Remember: we're recording the next episode TOMORROW! So, if you have any questions, now is the time to submit them! SUBMIT!

The most normal episode in weeks! And we did it live! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:48:25 Medical updates, schedule updates, plans, hopes, dreams, and whiteboard drawings. What more could you ask for? What's that you say? Questions, answered live? Yeah, we've got those, too! First off, here are a couple of hopefully illustrative whiteboard drawings, as discussed near the start of this episode. The problem: The solution: Makes sense? Certainly something Christopher is looking forward to! Next, the proposed schedule, though with the knowledge that it could change at any time, due to surgery! Upcoming schedule: ??? Tuesday, March 5th: probably Episode #275 - Writers' Room: Choke in Megalopolis Tuesday, March 12th: maybe Episode #276 - Writers' Room: A Villain romantically involved with a support character Tuesday, March 19th: possibly Editor’s Note #77 Tuesday, March 26th: hopefully Episode #277 - Writers' Room: A Vengeance tie-in story And then, we read some letters, give some answers, and also answer questions in the chat! Starting off with two lovely postcards: Thanks, everyone! Join us next week for Episode #274: Baron Blade vs non-Freedom Five heroes! Get your questions in now!

We're back with a bigger episode than we've had in weeks! (Which isn't saying that much, but still!) Show Notes: Run Time: 1:05:11 First, we go in-depth on Christopher's health and answer as many questions of that sort as possible. (More to come on that when we do a live show this coming Friday!) Then, now that we've answered the latest questions (such as, "Is Christopher OK?") we figured we'd take a swing at some of the oldest questions in the hopper! It's almost like a normal Letters section! Huzzah! There's some question at the end (and before that, too) as to whether the schedule will allow for a live show this coming Friday. If you've been following the parentheticals, you know that it's true! There will be a live Editor's Note this coming Friday, February 16th! 11 AM, Central Time! If you're on the Letters Page Patreon, join us! If not, join us! (But, you know, a different kind of join us. First, the second. Second, the first.) See you then!

Another fake episode? You bet! But this one has way more information than last fake episode, hippo violations be damned! Plus, hope for an eventual return to normalcy! What more could you ask for? Thanks for sticking with us, folks. We hate not putting out real episodes and look forward to getting back to it as soon as possible. Until then, go out there and save the Multiverse! 

Not the regularly scheduled episode you were expecting, for which we apologize. Christopher's medical condition has taken several turns for the worse, so we talk a bit about that on the air about what that means for the future, and what they can do to make up for it when he's better. Bear with us!

The first Editor's Note of 2024! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:47:14 This one ended up being longer than usual — it has both a real life letter (spoilers) and a cover section (more spoilers)! But first, the upcoming schedule: Tuesday, February 6th: Episode #275 - Writers' Room: Choke in Megalopolis Tuesday, February 13th: Episode #276 - Writers' Room: A Villain romantically involved with a support character Tuesday, February 20th: Editor’s Note #76 Tuesday, February 27th: Episode #277 - Writers' Room: A Vengeance tie-in story Other than that, what all do we talk about? Listen to learn more!

A tale, told swiftly, but told well! (At least, so we hope.) Show Notes: Run Time: 1:20:41 We tear right into this one, building out Waykeep notably and inventing a new villain to keep things interesting! It's another great day here at The Letters Page, where we keep our letters on our page! Trying out a new tagline. It's not great. That happens. All part of the process. We've got a live show coming up this Friday for you fantastic patreon folks! For everyone else, it'll be next week's episode! Either way: tune in! Please! We like it when you listen to us.

It's the first of our monthly episodes! A January story in January! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:53:41 We talk about stunts and snakes, make up fake celebrities, and even answer your questions?! Wow! Off to a great start for 2024! Join us next week for Episode #273: Lifeline encounters Waykeep! What does that mean? Time will tell!

Happy Holidays to all of you fantastic letter writers, game players, Patreon supporters, shippers, and listeners of all types! From all of us here at the Letters Page: Christopher, Adam, Trevor, and the computers that simulate our existence. Let's make 2024 the best year ending in "24" yet!

Happy Boxing Day, everyone! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:38:31 Today's topic is "Captain Cosmic and/or Naturalist Story Where Neither Are Responsible For The Relevant Problem And Both Contribute Positively To Its Satisfying Resolution And Neither Are Tricked By Anyone In The Process"... and we feel called out. However! We do our best to present at least one of those two daring do-gooders in a purely positive light! In the process of storytelling, Christopher draws some things on his whiteboard to illustrate a point to Adam. Here are photos of those drawings! First: Veneer's plan: The ultimate outcome (SPOILERS!): Those pictures are likely worth far less than the going rate of 1000 words. Next Tuesday is the first Tuesday of 2024, and is thus our traditional "break", but we'll be back the week after that with episode #272, all about Stuntman AND Night Snake! Get your questions in now!

Happy Holidays, everyone! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:25:11 It's the end of the year as we know it, and we feel fine! What's coming up for next year? We don't know! Well, we know some things. Like the upcoming recording schedule! Upcoming schedule:  Tuesday, January 2nd: Annual break! Tuesday, January 9th: Episode #272: Stuntman vs Nightsnake  Tuesday, January 16th: Episode #273: Lifeline encounters Waykeep Tuesday, January 23rd: Editor’s Note #75 Tuesday, January 30th: Episode #274: Baron Blade vs non-F5 team Also, as promised, Adam's delightful Hydro Force arts! Thanks for being part of the Multiverse this year, everyone! You make what we do possible, and also way better!

All new, all different, all... what?! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:18:11 An alternate Freedom Five line-up, in the 90s? Gotta be a blatant but misguided marketing stunt, right? Correct. We get into it! And tell some strange stories! And cover a number of issues! And even answer questions! If you're a Letters Page Patreon Person, join us this Friday for a LIVE Editor's Note! Otherwise, it'll be out in audio for next week! See you then!

A dynamic duo of issues about a dynamic duo of heroes! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:46:50 We actually talk about even more issues than just the two! But those are the focus of the story, certainly. We also have a thrilling letters section, with some never before asked questions! A landmark episode, to be sure. Join us next week for an episode about an alternate Freedom Five line-up... which we've already recorded! 

Two issues today? Show Notes: Run Time: 1:40:25 No, actually more than two issues! We have a LOT of issues, and we talk about many of them. That could be the tagline of The Letters Page, actually. Get your questions for "Young Legacy and Expatriette team-up" and "Alternate Freedom Five line-up" in ASAP! And Christopher will be at PAX Unplugged this weekend, so come find him!

The saltiest Editor's Note! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:47:18 Christopher is sitting! Adam did art! We eat candy! And talk about a schedule! Upcoming schedule:  Tuesday, December 5th: Episode #269: Writers' Room: Young Legacy and Expatriette team-up Tuesday, December 12th: Episode #270: Writers' Room: Alternate Freedom Five Line-Up (not Disparation) Tuesday, December 19th: Editor’s Note #74 Tuesday, December 26th: Episode #271: Writers’ Room: Captain Cosmic and/or Naturalist Story Where Neither Are Responsible For The Relevant Problem And Both Contribute Positively To Its Satisfying Resolution And Neither Are Tricked By Anyone In The Process There are questions, answers, goofs, and gaffes. Essentially, everything you've come to expect from The Letters Page! We're recording the next three episodes in the next weekish, so get your questions in ASAP, especially for the episodes annouced here!

To the land of the dead! But with mummies and lots of sand! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:40:28 Christopher starts off with another tale of injury, but this was far lower stakes and more medically attended to than last year's cave story, so that's good, at least! Then, our heroes fall! But will they rise again? Gosh, let's hope so!  If you're a Letters Page Patreon supporter, join us this Friday for a live Editor's Note! If not, you'll hear it next Tuesday! Either way: it'll be a fun time!

Spooky season continues with a Very Spooky November!  Show Notes: Run Time: 1:25:31 This one gets pretty extreme! We're gonna tell a few issues worth of story, and we're going to try to not make this the longest episode, as a result. We think we did a pretty OK job at both — what do you think? Join us next week for Episode #267: Prime Wardens in the Egyptian Underworld! Get your questions in about it now!

Happy Halloween! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:50:31 This Halloween, Guise has got his hands full... full of stakes with which to stab vampires! Draculas, specifically. We tell the whole tale, revealing much, but also sneaking some non-reveals in there, as well! We also answer many questions on a few topics, including the surprisingly well-received Sk8Blayd episode! Join us next week for an episode about GloomWeaver and Æternus... which we've already recorded! But if you've got questions about the Prime Wardens in the Egyptian Underworld, send them in!

We're back! It's been too long! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:28:07 We talk about songs, do some goofs, and reveal an already revealed schedule! Upcoming schedule:  Tuesday, November 7th: Episode #266: GloomWeaver vs. Æternus Tuesday, November 14th: Episode #267: Prime Wardens in the Egyptian Underworld Tuesday, November 21st: Editor’s Note #73 Tuesday, November 28th: Episode #268: Grimm: Lord of the Harvest Amazing. Then we read real life letters, answer questions, meta questions, and meta meta questions. Including a surprise guest near the end of the episode! Stay tuned and find out! Join us next week for Episode #265 about Guise fighting the Draculas!

We came here to talk about wolves and travel the world, and we're all out of travel time! Awwwooooo!  Show Notes: Run Time: 1:22:29 Our THIRD episode recorded in 2 days, and yet, we pull it off majestically! At least, WE think we're majestic. Don't burst our bubble. This is a very 90s story, and as such, it has a very 90s cover, complete with ridiculous hologram! Look at the great work Adam did crafting a hologram to make this cover look terrible! I mean awesome!  Now that schedule things are back to normal, we've got an Editor's Note coming up VERY SOON! In fact, that's next week's episode! And, if you're on the Letters Page Patreon, you can watch it live this coming Friday! Heck, if you're a Contributor to said Patreon, you can join in the chat and be part of the episode! Exciting! Check out the Letters Page Patreon, and keep on saving the Multiverse! (You can save the Multiverse whether you're a part of the Patreon or not, though, to be clear.)

Good morning, Sentinels fans! Rise and shine... FROM THE GRAVE! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:37:30 We're back with another thrilling tale to delight and horrify! You thought you'd seen the last of General Geist?! Well, who can say. This is one of our favorite episodes in a while. We hope you like it too! Join us next week for a HOWLING good time!

Kicking off the spooky months with a bang! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:35:45 This is the FIRST of the three episodes recorded in a row... and yet! It could be the third, based on the amount of goofy unhinged nonsense we're up to, right off the bat! Why? Who can say?  But then, we get into a story, and we try to play it cool, but we let some things slip. You'll figure it out! And if not, don't worry, we reveal all... or, at least, a lot. Time will tell, and all that! Join us next week for an (already recorded) episode all about an old Nazi foe, back from the dead!

The most extreme non-extremeverse story! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:15{6 According to Trevor, this may be our most gruesome episode since the Spite episode! Fitting. Also: sorry! This is the week of recording lots of episodes, so get your questions in now Now NOW! Join us next week for Episode #262: Robert Johnson vs the Headless Horseman!

We were live again! And we reveal so much! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:22:05 Some introductions, but then, a DOUBLE SCHEDULE?! You better believe it! Upcoming schedule:  Tuesday, October 3rd: Episode #262: Robert Johnson vs the Headless Horseman Tuesday, October 10th: Episode #263: General Geist Returns Tuesday, October 17th: Episode #264: Werewolf Haka Tuesday, October 24th: Editor’s Note #72 Tuesday, October 31st: Episode #265: Guise fights the Draculas THEN! Tuesday, November 7th: Episode #266: GloomWeaver vs. Æternus Tuesday, November 14th: Episode #267: Prime Wardens in the Egyptian Underworld Tuesday, November 21st: Editor’s Note #73 Tuesday, November 28th: Episode #268: Grimm: Lord of the Harvest Now you know ALL about the spooky months! A wild time shall be had! Get your letters in on all these topics ASAPP (As Soon As Possible Please)! We answer a bunch of questions, both from letters and from the live chat. Do you wish you were there? You could be next time! Join us on The Letters Page Patreon!  See you next week for The Death of Sk8blayd!

Everybody's had the right to be free. Show Notes: Run Time: 1:37:40 We talk about travel, climbing, movies, small furry creatures/people... and finally we stop stalling and tell the stories you voted on! We bring up some folks, talk about people you've heard about, and then make up a few more you've never heard of! Well, at least, not in this incarnation. Join us next week for Editor's Note #71! And, if you're on the Letters Page Patreon, join us this Friday for the live recording thereof!

Let's get EXTREME again! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:21:52 OK, we get pretty silly with this one, but it's worth it! At least, we think so. I'm just now on my way back from a very successful PAX West, which I'm sure you'll hear all about in next week's episode, which is Episode #260: Creative Process: OblivAeon Refugees! Get your questions in for that one now! Talk to you then!

It's time to hunt! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:25:12 We start with some goofs about episode, dice, and more, but then we get into it! Because we gotta tell you several back stories and also, after all of this, record another episode in ONE DAY?! Is it possible? I guess you'll have to wait until next week to find out THAT outcome! For now, we're gonna talk about Alpha, and we're gonna talks about the Lords Wolfhunt! Join us next week for some XTREME Omnitron action and more! We hope you enjoy this stuff at least half as much as we do!

Back to normal! More or less! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:44:03 We've got goofs! Surprised? I feel like you shouldn't be, by this point. Still, goofs abound!  But also, a schedule: Tuesday, September 5th: Episode #259: Writers’ Room: Xtremeverse Omnitron Tuesday, September 12th: Episode #260: Creative Process: OblivAeon Refugees Tuesday, September 19th: Editor’s Note #71 Tuesday, September 26th: Episode #261: Writers’ Room: Rook City Renegades #100 (The Death of Sk8blayd) Mostly dead shows! Just preparing for the following months, which are spooky, as is traditional. We read letters! We answer questions! We create issues for the future, and I'm not talking about comic book issues here! Join us next week for Episode #258 - Writers’ Room: Tabitha Taft defeats an Alpha foe! Who could it BE now?

Coming at you, both LIVE and NEON! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:40:30 How could I pick from all these fantastic photos?  Look at them! The show starts off with some yelling as I throw shutter shades and snap bracelets into the audience — no one got hurt! Which is shocking, really. Then, we take more photos! A little after the 5 minute mark, we do some great radio that isn't explained well on the air. It culminates in me removing my tie and tying it around Adam's head as a headband. It was another fantastic live show, with both Trevor and Jean-Marc helping out a ton, and even a surprise appearance from Paul Bender to reprise a segment from last year. AND! Tons of fantastic listeners, many of whom we knew by name but had never met before. That was a cool experience for us, to be sure. Join us next week for an Editor's Note next week, and if you're on the Patreon, join us this coming Friday for a live recording of said Editor's Note! Oh, and speaking of the Letters Page Patreon, if you're a Patreon supporter, you can get all the audio files from today's episode over there! Pretty cool, right?

Surprise! No episode this week, and yet we still put out a little something!  By now, I'm sure that's not at all surprising, since we do something like this everytime, but each one unique! This one shows off just how good Trevor is at stuff, and also gives you a little insight into Christopher's other podcast, the Play Greater Podcast! We're newly back from Gen Con, but the dust has HARDLY settled. Next week's episode will be the audio recording of this year's Gen Con live show, and then all you Letters Page Patreon folks can join us the following Friday for a live Editor's Note! And if you're not a Letters Page Patreon person, maybe consider becoming one today! See you soon!

We're off to Gen Con! Here's a space story! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:39:07 We're happy to be here, and we're also happy to be going to Gen Con! If you're in the Indianapolis area on this coming Sunday, August 6th, at noon, come to Stadium Room 12 and join us for a live show! However, before that, we go to space with our most oft-character-changing hero, Parse! Oh, and because Adam had to make that poster for the comic book cover anyway, here's a "clean" version of it: No episode next week, because of Gen Con! See you after the dust settles!  

The nicest fellow and the edgiest twins, but as 90s as all get out! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:35:13 We come in with no concrete ideas... and yet hit the ground running on a three part story sure to shock and amaze! Heroes! Cults! Thrills and spills! We've got 'em all, and more! We also read letters, answer questions, and leave frustrating crumbs about future content in unplanned ways, as per usual! Join us next week: Tuesday, August 1st: Episode #257 - Writers’ Room: Parse in space! And then... GEN CON!!

We're here to have a nice time! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:26:24 Christopher's been traveling! He did some livestreams with the Penny Arcade crew last week, and here's the one of them he promised to put in the show notes! Adam and Christopher are getting ready to travel to Gen Con! It's gonna be a good time! We hope as many of you as possible can attend the Gen Con Live recording of The Letters Page! There will be at least one special musical guest! Speaking of Gen Con, it messed up our regular schedule notably. Check it out! Upcoming schedule:  Tuesday, August 1st: Episode #257 - Writers’ Room: Parse in space Tuesday, August 8th: NO EPISODE BECAUSE GEN CON Tuesday, August 15th: Gen Con Live 2023! Tuesday, August 22nd: Editor’s Note #70 Tuesday, August 29th: Episode #258 - Writers’ Room: Tabitha Taft defeats an Alpha foe Finally, we get into questions and answers, and provide plenty of both! Join us next week for Episode #256 in which The Scholar interacts with Darkstrife & Painstake! Darkstrife AND Painstake?! In this economy?! You better believe it.

A new Citizen?! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:35:40 It's been a while since we've talked about Citizen Dawn related stuff. Can she survive this return to her stories?! Villainy is afoot! This story has a decent amount of musing and live creation, and I think that's nice! Do you enjoy that sort of thing? We hope so! Join us next week for Editor's Note #69, and if you're part of the Letters Page Patreon, join us this Friday for the livestream... but not at the normal time of 11 AM, no no! This Friday's livestream will be at 3:00 PM, Central time! We hope you can join us for it!

Ambuscade is gonna win! And also, a second cover! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:38:41 We try to skip the banter, and only sort of succeed. Places to be! Stories to tell! And tell, we do! Lots of Ambuscade questions. This Ansel G. Moreau guy is popular!  Join us next week for Episode #255, all about the Citizens of the Sun Civil War!

This episode is a bit shorter than average these days... but we talk about several issues of Sentinel Comics, so that makes up for it, right? Show Notes: Run Time: 1:10:51 We start off with some jokes, some banter, that sort of thing, but then we gotta get down to business! Stories to be told! The original prompt was "Greazer in La Comodora's brig". Did we answer that prompt? We certainly attempt to do so! Several times! But... did we do it!? Who can say. Want more access? Want to make decisions about the future of The Letters Page Sure you do! That sounds fun, right? Join our Patreon community and make the important choices about what we do next! Join us next week for an event called "La Gloire!" Hear us attempt and fail to smoothly pronounce French words! What more could you ask for?

Note note note note! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:25:06 Before getting into Meta questions and Meta Meta questions, we are once again awed at how long we've been doing this, then do some goofs, and finally talk about the schedule! Upcoming schedule:  Tuesday, July 4th: Episode #254 - Writers’ Room: Ambuscade vs the Prime Wardens Tuesday, July 11th: Episode #255 - Writers’ Room: Citizens of the Sun Civil War Tuesday, July 18th: Editor’s Note #69 Tuesday, July 25th: Episode #256 - Writers’ Room: The Scholar encounters Darkstrife and Painstake Then we answer questions, both from letters and from the chat! Speaking of the chat, those who get to attend live by being Patreon supporters get to see us do an extra 10-20 minutes of stuff before the show recording starts, including some (bad) drawing and additional goofs. Today's episode pre-show included a surprise special guest that genuinely surprised Adam! Trevor captured Adam's reaction perfectly with this screenshot: It's Nolan Nasser! Want to know more? Patreon supporters don't just get access to the live shows — they can go back and watch the streams from every live show, not just the ones in the time they've been a supporter! So joining now gives you access to the rest of this episode's video, plus all other videos from as far back as we've been doing them! Just something to consider. See you next week for Episode #253 - Writers’ Room: Greazer in La Comodora’s Brig!

It's gritty time! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:30:13 We start with some goofs and chats, and then we get right into it, telling a story designed to make you feel good about the world and humanity! All is well!  A note on that brilliant cover that Adam drew and the name of the episode. During the episode, we posited just when the issue might land, and we were mostly right, but off by a little. Fortunately, our eagle-eyed listeners noticed an issue while Adam was livestreaming his drawing of that cover, which gave us the opportunity to shift the issue number slightly, clearing up any potential conflicts. So, that is accurately Issue #93 of Vol. 2 of Mystery Comics!  Join us next week for an Editor's Note, and if you're on the Letters Page Patreon, you can join us this Friday morning at 11 AM Central for the live recording of said Editor's Note!

Our earliest story ever! And it even has a backup story! Let's get golden! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:22:00 We do some banter, then tell some tales! We know a lot about this one, but there are still many details that can be discovered on the air, and we seek them out! Plus some unexpected twists! A shorter question section than usual, but that's OK! It happens sometimes.  If you haven't seen the cover for this episode, I highly recommend checking it out! It's the earliest cover Adam has drawn, so far. The covers are always in the show notes, and some podcast apps show them, but others don't. But they're always visible at our website!

THREE issues today? Yes! But only one cover. You'll have to listen to the cover section to find out why! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:21:01 Happy Birthday tomorrow, Adam! And we hope that everyone enjoys International Same Age Day this Thursday! This episode went by quickly, mostly because we had a lot of the pieces already, and the stuff we didn't have was just all kinds of fun. Adam helps Christopher get through his impending mental breakdown. We'll see how much longer he has in him before he's overtaken by the Void itself! We also answer a bunch of questions, as is our wont. And we talk about a cover! Really, we talk about three, but that's giving away too much.

It was a live show! Now it's just dead audio. :C Show Notes: Run Time: 1:42:59 Warning! This episode is pretty goof-heavy. Lots of goofs. You've been warned. Here's the upcoming schedule:  Tuesday, June 6th: Episode #251 - Writers’ Room: Heroic Proletariat Tuesday, June 13th: Episode #252 - Writers’ Room: Fanatic & The Organization Tuesday, June 20th: Editor’s Note #68 Tuesday, June 27th: Episode #253 - Writers’ Room: Greazer in La Comodora’s Brig We answer lots of questions on such a wide variety of topics. It gets wild. Listen and find out! Join us next week for the last episode of Adam's birth-month: Episode #250 - Writers’ Room: Scavenger Unity!

It's Ramblin' time! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:57:21 There's much to explain about this fellow still, and we get into a bunch of it! Some foes are created, many questions are answered, and there are even a few goofs! There's a lot to get through, and we manage to make it work! Whew! Join us next week — or live this Friday if you're on the Letters Page Patreon — for Editor's Note #67!

Whoa, it's been a LONG time since we talked about Tarogath! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:31:11 Adam's birth month continues with more creative processes! This episode involves as much recalling, restating, reframing, and re-explaining as it does creating, but sometimes that's what it's all about!  Join us next week for ANOTHER Creative Process, this one all about the foes of the mysterious Rambler! Because you demanded it! If you want to make demands, consider joining the Letters Page Patreon!

Christopher's voice is compromized, but he's still gonna come up with bad guys! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:32:49 It's the first week of Adam's birth month, and we're happy to be here! We're off to the races with this one — been a long time coming, and we didn't really do any prep work (other than sneaky stuff last week... but you'll have to listen to find out what that means) so you're getting all this mostly uncut! From the Golden Age to very modern, indeed! Also, there's a fun cameo in the letters section! Enjoy! Join us next week for ANOTHER Creative Process, this one about Lifeline's supporting cast!

We've got three action packed issues coming at you! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:40:57 We tell the story of the Citizen Dawn Event from Definitive Edition Sentinels of the Multiverse! Then, we go on to answer a bunch of questions, both about Citizen Dawn and about the recently revealed Grimm! Also, check out this very cool crowdfunding campaign, in German! Join us next time to kick off Adam's birth month with one of many Creative Processes!

A note! From Editors! For Editors? BY Editors?! Who can say! Show Notes:  Run Time: 1:43:49 There was a lot of great interaction from the chat on this one, which means that even though we recorded for over 2 hours, Trevor cut a lot of Bad Radio and this episode is a reasonable length. Whew! Upcoming schedule! Tuesday, May 2nd: Episode #247 - Creative Process: Fashion Foes Tuesday, May 9th: Episode #248 - Creative Process: Lifeline Supporting Cast Tuesday, May 16th: Episode #249 - Creative Process: Rambler Foes Tuesday, May 23rd: Editor’s Note #67 Tuesday, May 30th: Episode #250 - Writers’ Room: Scavenger Unity When we finally get into letters, we acknowledge that we were wrong to do rules rulings on the air. Whoops! We'll still take letters about rules questions, but we'll answer them with more care and oversight. Thanks! We still have lots of Rook City Renegades stuff to talk about, and we do! Listen and find out! Catch you next time for Episode #246 about the Citizen Dawn event with an alien artifact on Insula Primalis! Get your questions in now!

Someone's about to have a bad day! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:35:25 The prompt for this episode was "a hero turned villain", and we start off by going through many instances of this in Sentinel Comics, before getting down to the business of ruining a perfectly good hero. Greater than good, in fact! It's a real shame. The Disparation campaign went well! VERY well! Thank you to everyone who joined in! If you missed it, don't worry — we'll have the preorder store thing up in the not-too-distant future where you can join in late. Become a "slacker backer", if you will. Will you? Won't you? Would you? We hope so. See you next time for an Editor's Note! Join us live this Friday at 11 AM Central time if you're a Patreon supporter!

Let's get wild... wild west! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:17:42 We start off by talking about... legislation?! Yeah, OK, weird, but look. It's scary out there. We're concerned. Then we do some math. Sorry. Then! We talk a bit about the Sentinels of the Multiverse: Disparation BackerKit campaign that is currently ongoing but about to finish up! Check it out while you can! And finally, we tell a story. Or! A few stories! Pretty cool stuff, if we do say so ourselves. And we do. Emphatically. Join us next week for an episode about a Hero turned Villain!

We finally get to talk about [redacted]! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:25:00 We've been just vibrating with excitement to finally talk about the subject of this episode... and you're just going to have to listen to find out! We hope you enjoy it, and we look forward to fielding your many questions about this newly revealed very old character! Near the end of the episode, Adam plugs a comic he's into, which I wrote about in one of the Disparation BackerKit updates last week! Read about Principles, and then check out Impossible Jones! See you next time!

Good morning, everybody! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:27:28 We do some goofs at the beginning, as per usual! You know how it goes! Let's talk about the upcoming schedule! Tuesday, April 4th: Episode #244 - Writers’ Room: A Silver Gulch Story Tuesday, April 11th: Episode #245 - Writers’ Room: A Hero turned Villain Tuesday, April 18th: Editor’s Note #66 Tuesday, April 25th: Episode #246 - Writers’ Room: Alien Artifact on Insula Primalis (which is the Citizen Dawn event from the core game) Listen to those episodes! More importantly, submit questions for those episodes! I would tell you to get questions in for next week's episode (Tuesday, March 28th: Episode #243: Writers' Room: Sentinel Comics Horror Host for Tome of the Bizarre), but we've already recorded that episode! So, questions for next month, it is! Also, while I'm issuing directives, also check out Sentinels of the Multiverse: Disparation on BackerKit! It's going really well! See you next time!

What the heck? WHERE the heck?!?! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:32:27 We're doing some experimental cooking in today's episode! Metaphorically speaking, that is. Spite is best used sparingly, especially since he's so often, uh, expired. And Rambler is still a relatively new flavor for us, so this... soufflé... might be different from other soufflés you've had, but we're still proud of it! (OK, that metaphor got entirely away from me. I regret nothing!) Join us for stories, questions, answers, and more! And, if you're a member of The Letters Page Patreon, join us this Friday at 11 AM Central time for a live show! If you're not a member of The Letters Page Patreon, consider becoming a Contributor today! If you do, and then ping me in the Discord (if you're not sure how to, the kind and enthusiastic folks there will be more than happy to show you the proverbial ropes), I'll do an extra reveal there of content for the currently ongoing Sentinels of the Multiverse: Disparation crowdfunding campaign! I'm not into killing any number of birds with any number of stones, so let's say that's like petting two cats with one hand. Much better.

Let's get natural! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:58:14 We have a variety of ideas for foes, and we don't even explore all the ideas we mention! That fine — this episode ended up coming in on the long side, anyway.  You asked us a bunch of questions! We answer many of them! Keep asking more! We like it. Join us next week for a Writers' Room episode about Rambler vs. Spite! Oh, and about an hour after this episode goes live, the Sentinels of the Multiverse: Disparation campaign goes live!

Let's go to space with a couple of gals who are pals! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:47:33 K.N.Y.F.E. and Sky-Scraper are a couple of fan favorites, especially due to to burgeoning "ship" between them... but where did it all start? Right here! This is that story! We tell stories from three (THREE!!) issues of Sentinel Comics, then we answer a bunch of questions! What more could you want?  If there were something more you wanted, I'll bet you could find it as part of the Letters Page Patreon! Check it out! Join us next time for an episode about foes of The Naturalist and Akash'Thriya! Who could dislike them? Time will tell!

What hath we wrought?! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:44:57 This is one of the longer Editor's Notes we've done! We just were in a strange mood, so we kinda just kept going! I drew a dragon. Adam helped. Here are the upcoming episodes! Tuesday, March 7th: Episode #241: Creative Process: The Naturalist & Akash’Thriya Foes Tuesday, March 14th: Episode #242: Writers' Room: Rambler vs. Spite Tuesday, March 21st: Editor’s Note #65 Tuesday, March 28th: Episode #243: Writers' Room: Sentinel Comics Horror Host for Tome of the Bizarre We talk about OblivAeon, food, AI, and more!  Join us next week for Episode #240: Writers' Room: The K.N.Y.F.E./Sky-Scraper arc in Cosmic Tales that's happening simultaneously with the Scholar/Count Barzakh story!

Happy Valentine's Day, everyone! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:48:47 We start off with a discussion of a particular cookie. We really get into it. This is the Il Alimento episode, if we were just talking about cookies as ourselves instead of in some weird chef character. Sorry about that / you're welcome? Then! We finally get into this accursed topic! And we craft a story that... we're ultimately pretty happy with? And yet also follows the prompt of "make a romance the fans hate". Enjoy? At the end of the episode, we talk a bunch about a Kickstarter that we have nothing to do with — we're just into it! We highly recommend you go check out the AEGIS 2 Kickstarter! The game is awesome, and we love it. Join us next week for an Editor's Note! Join the Patreon to be part of the live recording!

Issue 200?! What a major issue! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:13:53 This episode represents a cross over from the end of January, into the month of romance, shipping, and longing glances across a crowded room. The story in this episode probably won't give you your romance story fix... but next week will be... worse?! Probably. Anyway, we cover a bunch of issues in this episode! Listen and find out! We also answer many questions on a variety of topics! As per usual! Join us next week for Episode #239: a romance the fans hated! Hoooo boy...

We're finally gonna talk about this lady! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:29:59 Baring any bear-related incidents, we're finally covering Busybody! Listen to the episode, and let us know if it was worth the wait! We think it was... but we also thought we told you about this months ago. So, you know, that's on us. To make up for our goof, we talk about a LOT of different issues of Sentinel Comics, so there's that? Hope that helps? Can you find it in your hearts to forgive us? Join us next week for Episode #238, a Writers’ Room episode about a hostile takeover of Montgomery Industries! Get your questions in now!

The first Editor's Note of a new year! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:18:33 We start off this Editor's Note by acknowleding that we spent a long time on the stream before we actually started recording this episode. Whoops? Consider joining The Letters Page Patreon to witness such events yourself! Here's the upcoming schedule: Tuesday, February 7th: Episode #238: Writers’ Room: Hostile takeover of Montgomery Industries Tuesday, February 14th: Episode #239: A romance the fans hated Tuesday, February 21st: Editor’s Note #64 Tuesday, February 28th: Episode #240: Writers' Room: The K.N.Y.F.E./Sky-Scraper arc in Cosmic Tales that's happening simultaneously with the Scholar/Count Barzakh story We also plug the other podcast that Christopher does with Paul, called the Play Greater Podcast. Check it out! Join us next time for us finally talking about Busybody?! Can that be?!?! Seems unlikely. Time will tell!

One-shot. Two letters sections. Anything could happen! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:28:16 We do only a few minutes of banter before getting into something of an overview... and then going into a few letters right away! And then back to making the issue itself. A playable issue! I mean, not playable YET, but this year! Ideally in about 6ish months... time will tell! Join us this coming Friday for a live Editor's Note! Send in your questions! Join us live on the Patreon! See you then!

Hey, folks. No real episode today, after all. Sorry for the break in schedule, but we didn't have it in us to make an RPG one-shot. I wrote a bit about it in a recent Kickstarter update. Thank you all for your patience. We'll be back on schedule next week. Speaking of which: Tuesday, January 10th: Today Tuesday, January 17th: Episode #236: Creative Process: Make an SCRPG One-Shot Tuesday, January 24th: Editor’s Note #63 Tuesday, January 31st: Episode #237: Writers’ Room: Busybody Tuesday, February 7th: Episode #238: Writers’ Room: Hostile takeover of Montgomery Industries

You didn't think we were going to go a week without posting SOMETHING, right? Welcome to 2023! We're starting this year out by pulling back the veil on 2022! Here's the stuff that Trevor cut from recent episodes in 2022. Not ALL of the stuff cut. Really, just a bunch of stuff from recent holiday episodes. And some other tidbits as well. Anyway! Gives you a feel for what Trevor has to endure to make this show happen. Enjoy? Join us next week as we get back into it!

It's the end of the year! Let's do another one next year! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:34:18 Trevor made us a bunch of fancy new music for this one! The recording was pretty unhinged, as well, so Trevor ended up cutting a LOT. Interested in hearing the sorts of things Trevor cuts? You should join the Letters Page Patreon! Patreon supporters get to watch the Editor's Notes live, and also have access to the YouTube recordings of past Editor's Notes.  Just figured I should mention that. ANYWAY! Adam coached me on how to draw a tree! And our delightful listener Churro drew this amazing and definitely canonical box art for the next expansion for Sentinels of the Multiverse: Definitive Edition: And holiday times were had! Letters were read! Questions were answered! Huzzah! Oh, and here's the upcoming schedule for January, 2023! Tuesday, January 3rd: Holiday break Tuesday, January 10th: Episode #236: Creative Process: Make an SCRPG One-Shot Tuesday, January 17th: Episode #237: Writers’ Room: Busybody?! Tuesday, January 24th: Editor’s Note #63 Tuesday, January 31st: Episode #238: Writers’ Room: Hostile takeover of Montgomery Industries See you next year!

Choo-chooooose Sentinel Comics this holiday season! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:15:38 Happy Holiday times, everyone! We've got a story full of Christmas cheer... and trains heist! Multiple trains; one heist. You'll see! If you're on the Letters Page Patreon, join us this Thursday for a very Christopher-and-Adam-mas Editor's Note! Also, for Patreonists, voting is up for next month's topics! Go vote! See you soon!

Who could possibly have beef with Bunker? Show Notes: Run Time: 1:31:00 Do you want to start off by talking about what happens when you break the laws of reality? Because that's what's happening here! We attempt to make up some Bunker enemies! And we succeed in doing so, but only partly? More success than not, but certainly with some things that don't go the way we expected. Which is fairly normal for us, I suppose.  We also read and respond to your letters! Again, normal for us, but still notable! It's where the name of the show comes from, after all! Next week's show is a Writers' Room for a story called "Polar Express"... wait, that can't be right, can it? Seems... off. Or like we're covering ground already done by someone else. Well, regardless, we've already recorded that episode, so I hope it pans out. If you are on the Letters Page Patreon, please join us for a very special end of the year live Editor's Note on Thursday, December 22nd, at 11 AM, Central time! How special? We did say "very", but that's not particularly clear. Just know that it's at the very least special because it's the last episode of 2022, which has to be worth something, right? Anyway, we look forward to talking to you all then!

Can The Scholar survive this eldritch foe?! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:30:57 We had a lot of fun with this episode, using a foe we haven't talked very much about (other than in a couple specific episodes). Creating more for his look and feel and plots was a blast! We hope you enjoy it as much as we did! Get your questions for the upcoming Creative Process about Bunker foes and Writers' Room about Absolute Zero and Fright Train on a holiday train episodes in now! Using this form! Do it!

Birds birds birds! But are they real birds? Show Notes: Run Time: 1:15:55 We tell a story that we've known for a while, but have never shared here! We also take a variety of questions on a variety of topics! You know, like we usually do on this show!  Join us next week for a much less known story about The Scholar!

The penultimate Editor's Note of the year! Show Notes:  Run Time: 1:03:04 We're closing in on the end of the year, but we're not quite there yet! Another live show with lots of live attendees, and great questions all around! But first, the schedule: Tuesday, December 6th: Episode #233: Writers’ Room: The Scholar lets loose in a fight  Tuesday, December 13th: Episode #234: Creative Process: Bunker Foes Tuesday, December 20th: Episode #235: Writers’ Room: Polar Express: Absolute Zero and Fright Train holiday story Tuesday, December 27th: Editor’s Note #62 Join us next week for the last Spooky Months episode: Episode #232 - Writers' Room: The Mocktriarch story! Whatever could that story be about?!

Which minor villain gets scary today? Show Notes: Run Time: 1:27:31 We're halfway through the second spooky month, but this episode is less "spooky" and more "potentially exitentially terrifying". I'm sure nothing bad will come out of it. If you're a Letters Page Patreon supporter (and if you're not, maybe you should be!) join us for a live show this Friday! We look forward to seeing you there!

Scowly heroes get scowly foes! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:45:58 Christopher and Adam are back at it again! This episode is on the long side, but it's because they're brimming with ideas! Overflowing, even! And thus: this podcast. Besides making up a bunch of things, they also studiosly answer your questions! Are you satisfied with the answers they provide? We hope so! If not, send in more questions! New news! Christopher is now doing TWO podcasts! This one, every week, and once a month a podcast called the Play Greater Podcast, along with everyone's favorite Paul Bender! The first episode is already live! Go listen to it!

WHO IS THIS: Show Notes: Run Time: 1:28:57 Not much banter as we have a lot to get into here... but definitely go watch Everything Ever All At Once. Christopher saw it when it came out and Adam just watched it in the last week and so now they can't stop talking to each other about it and have to actively restrain themselves from doing so on the air. (Christopher has been waiting for MONTHS for Adam to see it, just biding his time...) And then! We get into making a thing! We do it all with no planning! And we're really pleased with how it turned out! We go through questions, including one that calls us to task in a really good way, and we're honestly excited for the work of improving and making things better. What are these notes talking about? Listen and find out!

A blast from the past! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:15:38 Adam and I have been looking forward to this story for a long time! Do we have a plan? Heck, no! But we have what we think is a cool hook. Can we deliver? You decide! Oh, this is the crowdfunding campaign that we talked about at the top of the show. It's going pretty dang well! We have fun with the story, and then we get into questions. Not a lot for this episode, unsurprisingly, but a bunch for the Greazer and Fashion episode, unsurprisingly!  Thanks for listening!

Good morning, Sentinels! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:27:06 It's another beautiful day here in Letters Page land! Adam and I hadn't recorded in a couple weeks due to the Essen Spiel convension, so we're extra punchy in this recording — we're sorry / you're welcome? Here's the upcoming schedule! Tuesday, November 1st: Episode #229: Writers’ Room: The thing that scared Dark Visionary Tuesday, November 8th: Episode #230: Creative Process: Darkstrife and Painstake Foes Tuesday, November 15th: Episode #231: Writers’ Room: A minor villain gets real scary Tuesday, November 22nd: Editor’s Note #61 Tuesday, November 29th: Episode #232: Writers’ Room: The Mocktriarch Story Send us letters! Please! Do it now! Oh, and because you asked for it, here's photographic evidence of Christopher at the German tiki bar: Enjoy!

A lot of new stuff in one story?! Yes, indeed! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:19:13 Adam and Christopher are back to tell all sorts of stories, but bad news: Christopher's audio is still a bit weird, as this episode was recorded on the same day as last week's episode. Not to fear! Trevor and Christopher will be troubleshooting his audio this week to try to solve this issue. Don't let audio weirdness get in the way of this story! We revisit a character we created on the air of this very show, and even create a "new" villain that we accidentally named / almost retconned in a previous episode! Lots going on! Does it make for good radio? Does it ever? You decide! Christopher is on his way back from Germany as this is posted, but the voting will be live soon for Contributors on The Letters Page Patreon! Get your votes in before this Friday's live show!

We're ready to have a howlin' good time! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:27:32 The spooky times have begun, and they're off with quite the start! We recorded this episode AND next week's episode on the same day, but don't hesitate to send us any questions; we can always get to them on a future episode! If you're on the Patreon, join us for a live show on Friday, October 14th!

What's happening out in space? Nothing much, right? Show Notes: Run Time: 1:48:31 Adam is sick! Christopher is injured! But, against all odds, they perseverse and end up telling a tale they're both very proud of. Does it hold up? Do you folks like it as much as we do? Gosh, we hope so! But first, we gotta tell you all about the recording schedule from now through the end of the year! With conventions, holidays, and other travel, our recording schedule is weird for most of the rest of the year. We'll make sure to share the details again in each upcoming Editor's Note, but we wanted to talk through it as well today, since it matters for question submission. Anyway, we go through the whole thing on the air. Tune in and find out! We hope you enjoy this story! It quickly became one of our favorites.  Also, get your questions for both Episodes #226 and #227 (Writers’ Room: NightMist and Alpha vs The Court of Blood and Writers’ Room: Tome of the Bizarre Vol. 3 #11, respectively) before this coming Friday, as we're recording both on that day!

It's another thrilling day, here on the cusp of the spooky months! We're excited for what's to come... Show Notes: Run Time: 1:52:09 Before we get into answering questions, interacting with the chat, and telling stories, we go over the monthly schedule! (That is, after goofing around a bit, as per usual.) Tuesday, October 4th: Episode #226: Writers’ Room: NightMist and Alpha vs The Court of Blood Tuesday, October 11th: Episode #227: Writers’ Room: Tome of the Bizarre Vol. 3 #11 Tuesday, October 18th: Editor’s Note #60 Tuesday, October 25th: Episode #228: Writers’ Room: Writers’ Room: The Story Christopher and Adam Mention Wanting To Tell in Editor's Note #49 (We give a mild story spoiler about each of these during the recording. Listen and find out!) Then, we get into answering questions, interacting with the chat, and telling stories! It goes pretty well, and a bit longer than the usual Editor's Note! Join us next time for Episode #225, which is a Writers' Room episode featuring both Greazer and Fashion?! Who authorized this?!?! It's gonna be... well, interesting likely doesn't even begin to cut it. Time will tell! Join us then!

Good morning, Avians and Arcanists! Show Notes:  Run Time: 1:33:34 What kind of foes are around for a Hero who is mostly a protégé/sidekick/team member for the comparatively short time that she's a hero, especially in relation to the very long time she spent incarcerated after her ONE big villainous outing? Well, that's what this episode is all about! Listen in and learn more! Join us next week for an Editor's Note — if you're on the Letters Page Patreon, join in the fun with us this Friday at 11 AM Central for a live recording of that Editor's Note!

The Last Temptation? EVER?! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:28:56 We start off by talking about a cat, but not a real cat! Sorry for getting sidetracked. You know us. Then we talk about Fanatic! And Apostate! And a story that you know, but we've never gotten this in-depth on. Get your questions about Harpy foes in now!

It's an older story, but it still checks out! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:31:35 We had a lot of fun telling this story! As we mention on the air, we knew many elements of this story going into it, but the stuff we DIDN'T know really bloomed over the course of the recording. We hope you enjoy it, too! Join us next week for another Writers' Room about another early story: "The Last Temptation of Helena!" 

Another thrilling Editor's Note! Now, with 100% more online collaboration! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:25:31 We're all over the place on this one, as is often the case with live shows... but even MORE so this time! We weave together letter reading, question answering, environment creating, and goof making, one after another with no discernable pattern. Does that make for good listening? Seems unlikely... but perhaps? You decide! Also, there's a schedule of upcoming episodes! They look a little something like this: Tuesday, September 6th: Episode #223: Writers’ Room: The Last Temptation of Helena Tuesday, September 13th: Episode #224: Creative Process: The Harpy foes Tuesday, September 20th: Editor’s Note #59 Tuesday, September 27th: Episode #225: Writers’ Room: Greazer and Fashion Team-Up Here is a link to the document in which we created the Environment (which we "finalized" a few days after this recording — SPOILERS: we don't even finish it on the air and have to pick it back up later: classic us). Anyway, that doc is pre-editing for both rules consistency and typographical errors. Just enough to make it work and go into playtesting. But that's OK! SCRPG environments are hardy and can stand up to a lot of variation. If anything, we're pretty such we made this one too rough, but that's what you get when you go to a dinosaur island with an active volcano and then you add a bunch of Void nonsense on top of it! Join us next week for an episode about Aminia Twain saving the Freedom Five! We like to call this one "Episode #222". Pretty catchy, right?

Paul and I did an episode live! Many of you joined us! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:37:16 Trevor did a great job not just making sure the audio worked for making this episode, but also making everything work live, AND he and his partner Jenny sang all of the musical bits LIVE! It was a delight to see him in his element. Meanwhile, Paul and Christopher goofed around on stage, but we brought a lot of you in on it, so the community aspect of this live episode was through the roof. Thank you for explaining Sentinel Comics to my cohost! If you're on the Letters Page Patreon, please tune in at 11 AM Central time this Friday for this month's Editor's Note livestream show! We're following up from the Nexus Primalis Creative Process episode and making a playable SCRPG Environment with YOUR help! Join us!

Surprise! Are you surprised? Probably not! Not that we have a lot to say here. Just wanted to hop on and chat a bit, rather than releasing nothing at all — that's no fun! We hope you all had a great Gen Con. Heck, we hope we did, too! We recorded and scheduled this minisode at the same time as last week's episode, so this message is time traveling. Like all messages, if you really think about it. Yay, time shenanigans! Join us next Friday (the 19th, not this coming Friday) for the recording of Editor's Note #58! Sure to be a grand time!

It's just another episode... or is it? (No it is not.) Show Notes: Run Time: 1:22:51 We are plagued by technical difficulties! Early on, Adam says "nothing should be changed", but that doesn't bear out. Give it a listen and see how well Trevor was able to piece together our nonsense! We're setting up Gen Con right now — if you're at the show, come visit  us in booth #1321! Next week is our regularly schedule Gen Con break, and the week after that will be the recording of the Gen Con LIVE show! After that, on Friday, August 19th, we'll be recording Editor's Note #58, which will be a follow-up to this episode, which we talk about (unexpectedly) during today's episode! If you're on The Letters Page Patreon, please tune in! This will be a community effort! We look forward to a massive creative process with all of you!

A Southwest Sentinels story? It's been so long! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:35:40 We're counting down the days until Gen Con, but we're not quite there yet! We reached out to the Letters Page Patreon contributors for some help narrowing down this topic, and we got a story we might not have told otherwise, which was a blast! We hope you enjoy it as much as we did! Get your questions in now about Nexus Primalus, as we're creatively processing that strange place this coming Friday for next week's episode!

Another successful live show in the bag! Here's the audio. Show Notes: Run Time: 1:16:37 Too much time spent on banter last time!  Here's the upcoming schedule: Tuesday, August 2nd: Episode #221: Creative Process: Nexus Primalus Tuesday, August 9th: No Episode! We’re at Gen Con! Tuesday, August 16th: Gen Con Live 2022 Tuesday, August 23rd: Editor’s Note #58 Tuesday, August 30th: Episode #222: Writers’ Room: Aminia Twain saves the Freedom Five We start off by answering questions about OblivAeon... and then it spirals downward continues fruitfully and interestingly from there! Join us next week for Episode #220: Writers' Room: A minor villain gets a major triumph! Who can it be?! Time will tell...

Villains for such a friendly fellow? How can it be?! Show Notes: Run Time: 2:02:47 We start off with a real life tale of peril! If you don't want to hear about me and some of my friends in real life danger, I recommend skipping ahead to around the 35 minute mark. That said, it's a helluva story! And everyone survives! Uh, spoilers, I guess. Then, we make some villains! We're all over the place on this one, and we're thrilled with the things we came up with. A real cornucopia of evil.  Join us next week for an Editor's Note, or, if you're on the Letters Page Patreon, join us this Friday for the live recording of that Editor's Note!

It's pirate time! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:48:10 We've got quite the story for you today, and it's all happening live (except for the fact that I did a bunch of middle of the night thinking about the story before we recorded, as discussed on the air). We tell more than just an issue or two of story in today's episode —  we range far and wide, but still manage to go deep on more than just today's cover issue! We've been on a creative roll, and you get to reap the benefits! Join us next time for a Creative Process episode all about Scholar Villains! Get your questions in now!

Time to get BOLD! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:38:15 Whew, this is a big one! We've been thinking about this story internally for a while, and we're excited to get to share it with all of you! We hope you enjoy it! Special thanks today to Greater Than Games employees SaRae Henderson and Twuana Price for their helpful advice and consideration on the history and depiction of this story. Join us next week, when we tell a La Capitan story! 

Another episode recorded at an odd time! Show Notes:  Run Time: 1:11:19 Since we recorded this episode about a week early, we didn't know at the time of recording what the outcome of the voting would be, but we know now! So, here we go: Upcoming schedule: Tuesday, July 5th: Episode #218: Writers' Room: La Capitan & the Sliver of Creation Tuesday, July 12th: Episode #219: Creative Process: Scholar Villains Tuesday, July 19st: Editor’s Note #57  Tuesday, July 26th: Episode #220: Writers' Room: A minor villain gets a major triumph We talk about a bunch of topics, including a fair bit about Definitive Edition stuff, and we take a bunch of live questions from the Patreon Discord, too! It's an Editor's Note! You know how it goes, probably. Get your questions in for those upcoming episodes! We look forward to reading your letters!

Ve vant to tell you stories! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:44:59 Vampires! A whole world of them?! You betcha! We do some goofs, and then get down to crafting a lot of story!  Next week is this month's Editor's Note, but we already recorded it! But we'll have a whole new slate of episodes for next month coming soon!

Time for a bit of passionate heroics! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:26:14 We're into the month of June! Disparation all month! Will it wear out its welcome? Who can say? Time will tell! First, we get into the heady topic of "chip clips" and then solve them. Also, we tackle fries. Is this the return of the food episode? Listen and find out! This coming Friday, we're recording an episode about "Vampire World". Get your questions in before the sun rises and we all turn to dust!

We'll paint you a story! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:23:10 It's Adam's birthday! Today is the day! As a result — or, actually, because you demanded it — we tell a frankly silly story that ends up doing some interesting things. And also we read your letters! This was the first of two episodes recorded in one day, as I'm now in the UK for a week and a half for UK Games Expo! (If you'll be at the show, come hang out with us in Booth #1-852!) But, was this the BEST episode we recorded today? You'll just have to find out next week!

A irregularly recorded but regularly released Editor's Note! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:34:34 We talk about many things, but first, the schedule! Upcoming schedule: Tuesday, June 7th: Episode #215: Writers' Room — Disparation: Inversiverse Galactra Tuesday, June 14th: Episode #216: Writers' Room — Disparation: Vampire World Tuesday, June 21st: Editor’s Note #56 Tuesday, June 28th: Episode #217: Writers' Room — Disparation: Reinventing a Classic Sentinel Comics Hero Questions from all over and about all things! A lot related to Sentinel Comics: the Roleplaying Game, including a request to get a list of the official SCRPG Livestreams that we did here at GTG HQ, so here they are: Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Enjoy! This coming Friday, May 27th, we'll be recording TWO episodes! First, we'll record Episode #214: Writers' Room: Setback & Unity team-up, which will be released on May 31st, which is Adam's Birthday! We'll also record Episode #215: Writers' Room: Disparation —Inversiverse Galactra, which will be released on June 7th. Get your questions for both in now now now!

A spooky tale?! From the Sentinels Universe?! NOT IN NOVEMBER?! Huge if true. Show Notes: Run Time: 1:38:33 We hit the ground running at speeds unlike any we have ever reached! And yet, we STILL spend a chunk of time on the story and also read and answer a variety of letters! If you're listening to this right when it comes out and you're a Letters Page Patreon subscriber, you can join us live for this month's Editor's Note RIGHT NOW! Come join in! Also, join us next week for Episode #214: Writers' Room: Setback & Unity team-up! Get your questions in now!

Time for a trio team-up! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:23:28 This one was a tough story to make work! We go down a lot of false trails before fighting out how we want to make this happen. They can't all be easy! We hope you enjoy this peek behind the curtain, seeing what's it's like when we're struggling. All part of the process! Get your Absolute Zero and Muerto questions in now! We're recording on Wednesday this week (tomorrow!) instead of Friday, and recording TUESDAY of next week! That's right! The live show next week is being recorded only a couple hours after next week's episode goes live! Join us!

Let's get mechanical! Show Notes:  Run Time: 1:05:05 We start in the semantic weeds, right off the bat! And that's what you've got to look forward to for this episode! OK, OK, though the first few letters are pretty mechanically in-depth, we DO get into the more "Hows" and "Whys" of how the mechanics and the thematics match up. It's not all just "how do these cards interact" questions!  Join us next week when we kick off the rest of this joyous Adam's birth month with a Team-Up episode with Episode #212: a Writers' Room episode about Young Legacy, Unity, and The Harpy!

A new story! A new team of heroes face some new villains! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:49:52 We start in rare, ridiculous form. And then it gets even more ridiculous. But then! Finally! We start telling stories! And we tell several, to make up for all the ridiculousness.  A lot of the content in today's episode references the newest Sentinel Comics RPG book: The Guise Book! You can get the physical book from our webstore or from your friendly local gaming store, or get just the PDF from DriveThruRPG! Thanks for listening, everyone! Join us next week for a discussion on the game mechanics of Definitive Edition! Get your questions in now!

It's almost May! But first: the rest of April! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:19:21 Another fun show with a bunch of great comments and questions from our live chat!  Here's the upcoming schedule: Tuesday, May 3rd: Episode #211: Creative Process: Mechanics of Definitive Edition Tuesday, May 10th: Episode #212: Writers' Room: Harpy, Young Legacy, Unity team-up Tuesday, May 17th: Episode #213: Writers' Room: Absolute Zero and Muerto team-up Tuesday, May 24th: Editor’s Note #55 (recorded Tuesday, May 17th, at Noon, Central) Tuesday, May 31st: Episode #214: Writers' Room: Setback & Unity team-up Join us in May for many team-ups in celebration of Adam's birthmonth! Next week, we're doing a Neighborhood Watch episode! Get your questions in now!

Robots... in time?! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:20:38 Sure, we have all manner of banter up top, but then we get into a lot of details, lore, retcons, corrections, stories, and THREE COMIC BOOKS?! An entire 3 issue arc? YOU BET! Spoilers, I guess. Anyway, enjoy! Join us next time for a live Editor's Note!

Let's take this podcast straight to hell! Er, to heck! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:25:36 We start off with some April Fools "pranks"? We recorded this episode on April 1st, so it seemed only right. But! We don't get too hung up on it, instead defaulting to our usual banter. And then! We make a couple of characters! Lots of new stuff here, so no spoilers in these notes — gotta listen to find out!  Join us next week for Episode #209: Writer's Room: An Omnitron-X story!

Who wouldn't like Sky-Scraper?! These people. That's who. Show Notes: Run Time: 1:21:54 We start with a bit of banter, especially about Adam's frankly immature chickens. We talk about a fair number of villains — some you know about, some you want to know more about, some you've never heard of! Also, the Rook City Renegades Kickstarter is still going on for a couple more days! Don't miss it!

An Editor's Note! Recorded on a Saturday?! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:23:41 Christopher just got back from a show, but recording still must happen! There's a bunch of weirdness at the start with reading names from the Discord chat that have "honh honh honh" in them. It's a real inside cricket joke. And then people share their pet pictures, which we talk about — fantastic radio, I tell you.  Upcoming episodes! Tuesday, April 5th: Episode #208: Creative Process: Æternus Connected Hero Tuesday, April 12th: Episode #209: Writer's Room: An Omnitron-X story Tuesday, April 19th: Editor’s Note #54 Tuesday, April 26th: Episode #210: Writer's Room: Neighborhood Watch Don't forget, the Rook City Renegades Kickstarter is still live! Check it out!

Let's tell a Definitive story! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:29:39 Adam and I have been excited to tell this story for a while, and now we finally get to do so! And we go ever further! Lots of good stuff in this one. Even more Definitive Editions letters today, so more As to your Qs! This coming episode is an Editor's Note, which means we have a live show between now and then. Normally, we record on Friday at 11 AM, but I'm currently in Reno for a tabletop industry trade show, so instead we're going live on Saturday morning at 11 AM! If you're on the Letters Page Patreon, join us then! Thanks for listening, everyone! Don't forget to check out the Rook City Renegades expansion, now on Kickstarter!

Who is in the magic lady's life? Show Notes: Run Time: 1:31:18 We start off with a bit of talk about the ongoing Kickstarter, and then we get into NightMist's friends/associates/allies! We talk about a bunch of people — many you've heard of, and several you haven't! We also get a number of questions both about this episode stuff and previous episodes! You know how this goes. Thanks for listening! Catch you next time!

The Definitive Edition of Sentinels of the Multiverse! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:52:25 The game is out! You have it in hand! (Or, if you don't, you COULD! Go get it!) Let's talk about it! This is a long episode, and it's mostly letters... from you! Which is what Christopher and Adam read! That's, like, what we do. Also, speaking of Definitive Edition: the first expansion for Sentinels of the Multiverse Definitive Edition is live as of 10 AM Central today! It's pretty thrilling! Get in on the action!

This is a weird one... but we really enjoyed it! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:20:42 Say goodbye to the "Month of Love" with this wild take on the topic! Will this be a throwaway story? Or will it be the beginning of something dreadful?! Or!!! Is it just really silly? Who can say?! Sorry, I had a whole bushel of ?s and !s that were about to go bad, so I wanted to use them up. Anyway, listen and learn! We had a great time, and I think we told a pretty compelling tale in the process. Catch you next time for Episode #204: Sentinels of the Multiverse: Definitive Edition! (And the launch of the Rook City Renegades Kickstarter?!)

More shipping? You betcha! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:36:11 Happy Valentines, Galentines, and Palentines Day, everyone! First thing first — the upcoming schedule: Tuesday, March 1st: Episode 204: Sentinels of the Multiverse: Definitive Edition! Tuesday, March 8th: Episode 205: Creative Process: NightMist Supporting Cast Tuesday, March 15th: Episode 206: Writers' Room: Akash’Mecha Tuesday, March 22nd: Editor’s Note #53 Tuesday, March 29th: Episode 207: Creative Process: Sky-Scraper Foes And then! We get into all sorts of topics, including: Shipping letters More shipping letters Letters about shipping Questions in the Discord about shipping And more (shipping questions)! Join us next time, in which we record the last of the shipping related letters for this month: a concerning episode about Wager Master and... Madame Mittermeier?! Goodness. What's that going to be about? Tune in to find out!

Are you ready for a wedding?! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:07:11 The long-awaited marriage of Meredith Stinson and Dana Bertrand! About time! We also take some questions on the topic, as well as some letters that go a bit further afield. All good stuff, though! A fun episode, by our estimation. Next week is this month's Editor's Note, which will be a Shipping follow-up! Get your questions in now!  

Oh, hey there. Welcome. Show Notes: Run Time: 1:43:01 Did you like our new intro music? I sure did! It's amazing.  What is this episode all about? Your shipping letters! There are a lot of them. So many that we didn't get through all of them. Spoilers, I guess. Point is, this month's Editor's Note will involve MORE Shipping letters! We have so many left in the hopper still. Next week's episode is Tachyon's wedding! Get your questions in now!

Ready to feel good?! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:11:15 Adam is back! He's recovering well! Whew. For this episode, we have been ordered to make you feel good! Unequivocally! We do our best! This "show notes" thing is ENTIRELY different now, so I really hope I've posted the episode correctly. If you're a Patreon person, ping me on Discord and let me know how this stuff shows up. Join us next week for the first episode in February on the first day of the month: The Return of the Shipping Episode! Get your questions in now!   (Secret Lads forever!)

A Publisher's Note?! What is happening?! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:11:46 Adam is incapacitated, so Paul stepped in and we talked about a lot of things! Unfortunately, Paul's microphone is very bad, so the audio is not great. We'll do better next time! Here's the upcoming schedule! Tuesday, February 1st: Episode #201 - Return of the Shipping Episode Tuesday, February 8th: Episode #202 - Writers' Room: Meredith and Dana Wedding Issue Tuesday, February 15th: Editor’s Note #52 Tuesday, February 22nd: Episode #203 - Writers' Room: Wager Master and Madame Mittermeier’s forbidden romance We also take a bunch of questions, including many lingering Paul questions, and even a couple of game shows! Join us next time for — hopefully — Episode 200: a feel-good story, and the return of Adam! Fingers crossed

Oh no, is Guise in trouble?!?! Run Time: Show Notes: 1:48:42 It's a new year! We made it to 2022, everyone! Shocking, we know. Christopher and Adam are surprised by the weather, but not to worry — it's cold again now. But it wasn't for a little while! Before we get into it, we do a bit of mild campaigning for one particular episode we'd love to record next month. So, if you're a supporter of our Patreon, go vote! Then, we create a story! We had some intention from the start, but no real plans... until they unfold organically! Just like these often go, but with more Guise than usual! Speaking of the Patreon, if you're on there, join us this Friday for a live Editor's Note! First one of the year! We hope to see you there!

Welcome to 2022! New year — new version (of Sentinels of the Multiverse) By this point, Sentinels of the Multiverse: Definitive Edition has been delivered to many of you, and it's on the way to the rest of you as we speak! We've been sitting on a number of questions about Definitive Edition, and there are still more of them that we're not getting to today — for reasons we discuss in this very mini-sode — but we take on a few of them now, with promises to talk about more stuff in the future! Let's make this year the best one yet!

What's all this then? This mini-episode is in reaction to this very event. Will this change who we are as people? One can hope! Happy holidays, everyone! This last year was momentous for a lot of reasons, but we had a great time making Letters Page episodes for all of you, and we're looking forward to even more in the coming year! Thanks for being part of our show!

Last Editor's Note of the year!  Show Notes: Run Time: 59:16 We start with some goofs and some holiday singing, and then we get to apologies and corrections! We had been previously calling someone by the wrong name — his actual name is "Trickline the Despoiler", not "Tripline". Whoops. Also, the bar name is "The Wretched Hive", not "Scum and Villainy". You all know this. We just make mistakes a lot? Sorry! What's coming up for the first month of the new year? Tuesday, January 4th: Start of year break! Tuesday, January 11th: Episode #199 - Writers' Room: Guise and Scholar in SPACE! Tuesday, January 18th: Editor’s Note #52 Tuesday, January 25th: Episode #200 - Writers' Room: An Unequivocally Feel-Good Issue Can we pull it off? Time will tell! This episode, we talk about: OblivAeon Singular Entities People from other realities Underworlds The Devil Apostate Angels Portals Space Holidays Songs and more! See you next year!

Let's get festive! Show Notes:  Run Time: 1:21:02 We don't have a specific plan, so we start telling stories, and this leads to giving away more than we originally intended. No worries! That's what we're here to do! This episode ends up almost being a series of lightning round Writers' Rooms!  If you're on the Letters Page Patreon, join us this Friday for a live Editor's Note, which will be the last episode of the year! We hope to see you there!

Big episode about bigger things! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:35:56 We start with some big GTG news — we're pretty excited! Lots of new things to look forward to. Then, we process Singular Entities, creatively. (The Creative Process continues a bit in the questions, as well.) The final question references this glorious art: Thanks for listening! Join us next time for some Holiday Plots!

Enough of all this Fanatic on Fanatic violence! Show Notes Run Time: 1:19:10 We say farewell to the spooky months with a tale full of ghosts,  mistaken identities, and hero vs. hero action! Join us next week for a Creative Process episode about Singular Entities!

Our fiftieth Editor's Note! Amazing! Show Notes:  Run Time: 1:11:52 To mark this momentous occasion, Trevor is doing something new! Apparently, there's a thing you can do with podcasts where you set "chapters"? With info and stuff, and you can jump to them or something? I'm not sure how all this works — I don't even know if it did work! But we're shooting for it! Time will tell! Here's the upcoming schedule: Tuesday, December 7th: Episode #197 - Creative Process: Singular Entities Tuesday, December 14th: Episode #198 - Creative Process: Villainous Holiday Plots Tuesday, December 21st: Editor’s Note #51 Tuesday, December 28th: End of year break! Listen in for questions about: OblivAeon, I guess Voss The Last Infinity The Metaverse Jean-Marc & Trevor Definitive Edition Limbs and more! Join us next time, for the last spooky episode of the year: Haunted Fanatic!

Let's make some under/outer/extra/other/etc.worlds! Show Notes:  Run Time: 1:05:32 At the top, we tease a piece of mail, but Adam rightly notes that we should open it in the Letters section, as it is a letter.  Then, we dig into a few places, none of which are the sorts of places we should visit! Whoops! Probably nothing bad will come of that... OK, at the end of the Letters section, we open THIS! [Spoilers to follow...] We're very honored to have gotten this REAL mail! Thanks, Tres! Join us next week for Editor's Note #50??!??!?! Can that be right? We've been in this format for 50 months? Sheeeeesh!

It's SCARY how well this episode went! Even though we recorded it much later than we usually do! And look at how cool this cover turned out! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:36:39 After some goofs and talking about Trevor, we get into the overview, in which we do a bunch of work! Well, first, an interview? (Trevor wanted me to tell you that the musical excerpt in today's episode is Jean-Joseph Mouret's Rondeau, as performed by Monsieur Croche, so you know.) Then a bit of a retcon. And then some new stuff! And all kinds of things. Far more than a single issue worth of story. Exciting times! Then, after a lot of story building and storytelling, we take some Mr. Jitters questions, some Adhesivist questions, and a few grab-bag questions! Join us next time for a Creative Process about Underworlds! And go check out the Devil Bunny Kickstarter!

Oh no, Mr. Fixer! What now?! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:28:21 We start with barely a concept on this one and just build as we go. Pretty pleased with how it went, but I don't think we'd have called how it turned out from the beginning! We have some Mr. Fixer questions today, as well as a few letters about various Discord/Disparation stuff. Thought provoking stuff! We do our best to provide satisfactory answers. Do we succeed? You tell me! Join us next week for a Mr. Jitters story! Make a run for the border!

We got a live one here! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:06:39 We had fun and a good deal of audience interaction with this one! Always a good time. Here's the upcoming schedule: Tuesday, November 2nd: Episode #193 - Writers' Room: Disparation: Oni Mr. Fixer Tuesday, November 9th: Episode #194 - Writers' Room: A Mr. Jitters story Tuesday, November 16th: Episode #195 - Creative Process: Underworlds — hells, demon dimensions, and more! Tuesday, November 23rd: Editor’s Note #50 Tuesday, November 30th: Episode #196 - Writers' Room: Haunted Fanatic In this Editor's Note, we talk about a bunch of things, including: A birthday OblivAeon Maths Murders Bros Ages Democracy And more! Join us next time for a Disparation episode about Mr. Fixer and something something Oni something?!

The newest, youngest, RPGest team! And a spooooky adventure! Show Notes:  Run Time: 1:36:31 Gotta say, we had a lot of fun delving into a lighter fare (but still spooky and frankly pretty dark) story with our Daybreak friends! But yeah, we managed to make it weird, even still. This Friday is an Editor's Note! Join us live if you're part of the Letters Page Patreon! We hope to "see" you all there for a Very Halloween Editor's Note!

Something wicked (awesome) this way comes! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:27:09 Adam and I recorded TWO episodes on the same day, and they're both great! You'll only get to hear one of them today — you'll have to wait a week to hear the other. Don't worry! The wait will be worth it. Lots happens in this episode, including going into WAY more issues than just the one pictured above. Why? What about? Involving WHOM?! I mean, this episode was promised to involve both witches and at least ONE werewolf, and it does! But what else? Well, you'll just have to listen and find out! Join us next time, when we tell a Daybreak Halloween story! But don't send in letters for that one — it's already recorded! Instead, send in letters for the following Editor's Note, and the episode after that one: a Disparation story involving Oni Mr. Fixer! Stay spooky, kids!

Let the spookiness commence! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:13:48 We start off by talking about a different comic: Disparation Vol. 1 #21... but that's not the issue for today's Writers' Room! Listen and find out! At the end of the episode, we mention that this week — on Friday, October 8th — we'll be recording the next TWO episodes! So, get your questions for the "Witches and Werewolves: Harpy and Alpha" and "Daybreak Halloween Special" Writers' Room episodes in now!

We're back to regular time! Sort of! Don't worry about it! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:22:58 We're about to get a couple months of spooky! Here's the upcoming schedule for October AND November! Tuesday, October 5th: Episode #190 - Writers' Room: Post Oracle of Discord Tuesday, October 12th: Episode #191 - Writers' Room: Witches and Werewolves: Harpy and Alpha Tuesday, October 19th: Episode #192 - Writers' Room: Daybreak Halloween Special Tuesday, October 26th: Editor’s Note #49 Tuesday, November 2nd: Episode #193 - Writers' Room: Disparation: Oni Mr. Fixer Tuesday, November 9th: Episode #194 - Writers' Room: A Mr. Jitters story Tuesday, November 16th: Episode #195 - Creative Process: Underworlds — hells, demon dimensions, and more! Tuesday, November 23rd: Editor’s Note #50 Tuesday, November 30th: Episode #196 - Writers' Room: Haunted Fanatic Wow! That's a lot of topics! And how many of them will be scary? Only time will tell! We hope you enjoy the next several weeks as much as we will! As we mention near the end of the episode, we're coming up on some big episode-type number landmarks... exciting to be heading there with all of you, dear listeners! Looking forward to what the future may bring.

What's this? Something unexpected?!  No, not really. We mentioned it at the end of last week's episode: I was at Gen Con last week for meetings and such, but GTG wasn't there as a company, so no Gen Con Live this year. Hopefully next year! Oh, and I guess there's a letters section? I didn't know anything about this in advance. Well, we'll just see what happens. Join us next week (or this Friday if you're a Letters Page Patreon supporter) for a regular-style-but-a-week-late Editor's Note, in which we'll also unveil the rest of the schedule for October AND November! Exciting! Spoooooky!

Glue pun! Show Notes:  Run Time: 1:17:44 There is less history to this character than many, but that doesn't stop us! If anything, we're excited to build him out! Especially with all the great folks that have given to much to The Adhesivist. Not sure what I'm talking about here? Listen and find out! At the end of the episode, we talk about how the schedule is about to get weird: rather than the regularly scheduled Editor's Note #48, we'll have a interlude-type-thing, just for fun. Then, the NEXT week will be the Editor's Note, followed by Episode #189, though now off by a week. Which is OK! Everything will be fine! The Patreon supporters are already hard at work, voting for the episodes they want to hear in October AND November! If you're on the Letters Page Patreon, go vote now! And, if you're not a Patreon supporter, you can be, and immediately get access to that voting! What are you waiting for? Get in there! We'll catch you next time!

The life of a man who has touched the lives of many. Show Notes: Run Time: 1:22:54 Adam and I are excited to finally work through this limited series! It's got a lot of creative folks on it, and it's fun for us to work with an ensemble creative cast. We hope you enjoy listening in! After about 44 minutes of story telling, we get into your questions! On a variety of topics! Not so much this episode, but that's not a huge deal.  Join us next week for a Creative Process episode we're referring to as "A Sticky Subject" ...it's all about Adhesivist!

The kids are alright! Or are they? Show Notes: Run Time: 1:27:25 What sort of mess are these two going to get themselves into? And how will they get out of it? You'll just have to listen and find out! Thank you all for supporting our ENNIES Awards nominations with your votes! We really appreciate it! Join us next time for a Writers' Room about an issue of Engine Block Blues!

This one has both Dave Chalker AND Jennifer Closson! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:36:05 First things first: this is now an ENNIE Award nominated podcast?! That's amazing! Read more here, and then GO VOTE! Then, we talk about Dave's family fun sharktacular cards and robots game, Get Bit! Now on Kickstarter! Go check it out! Then, we finally talk about the upcoming schedule: Tuesday, September 7th: Episode #188 - Writers' Room: An issue of Engine Block Blues Tuesday, September 14th: Episode #189 - Creative Process: A Sticky Subject: all about Adhesivist Tuesday, September 21st: Editor’s Note #48 Tuesday, September 28th: Episode #190 - Writers' Room: Post Oracle of Discord Revelations in Canon Reality And then, we go read your letters! In the questions section, we do have some spoilers for a couple adventures. Trevor does a magical thing with my voice just after the 28 minute mark to indicate the timestamp of when you should skip ahead to avoid spoilers! What?! Trevor can make me say whatever he wants now? Is any of this podcast even real?!?!? Am I real? Heady stuff, folks. Thanks for all of your questions, for listening, for playing our games, and — hopefully — for voting! And don't forget to back Get Bit!

Finally, you get to see the Soothsayer himself, and on a comic cover, at that! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:30:54 So, we do some goofs, but then the story came together... so quickly? Whoops? It's OK — we spend extra time in the question section, as a result! A very important thing happened last week while we were recording this episode! We here at Greater Than Games were nominated for several ENNIES! Learn more in this blog post I made yesterday. Two big things: this podcast was one of the nominations, so this is now an Ennie Award Nominated podcast! Can we win an Ennie? That's up to YOU! Voting runs Wednesday, August 18th through the 27th! The second thing: the Sentinel Comics RPG got a bunch of nominations, so that's what the upcoming Bullpen will be about, which we're recording live this coming Friday! Come join us!

Greetings from the distant past! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:33:34 What ancient words you hear now... can this hoary old record still hope to have any relevance in this new world of today? Well, let's see! After some goofs (or are they seriouses?!), we go into making up villains for our favorite gun-toting cyclops! (I mean, first we do on-topic goofs, because, how could we not?) After about an hour of villain creation, we take your questions! What do we do with them? Nothing responsible! Join us next time for a team-up Writers' Room between your favorite misty magician and your also favorite grumpy arcane academic!

La Comodora and Chrono-Ranger visit the Extremeverse! Or is it the Xtremeverse? Show Notes: Run Time: 1:36:42 Adam's got house problems, but that's not going to stop us from getting EXTREME! But first! Some spelling disputes. Then, we tell a whole set of stories! More than we expected! We bounce between a few different issues. All over the top. We hope you enjoy them. And then the questions ALSO get XTREME! Trevor does a great job with the episode, as usual.  Join us next week for a Creative Process episode about Expatriette Foes! However, we're recording that episode the same day this episode comes out, in the evening, so if you don't have letters in within the first few hours after this episode is posted, then instead get us letters about the next episode after that: Writers' Room: NightMist & Soothsayer Carmichael Team-Up! Woo!

Biomancer is back, but with a more explained plan than ever before! Still not THAT much explanation, though. It's still Biomancer. Show Notes: Run Time: 1:29:54 We're excited to bring you another Biomancer story. He's very much a "sometimes food", but we enjoy it when it comes up. We do some goofs, figure out where/when in the history of Sentinel Comics this issue lands, and tell the various parts of this story, all of which takes just over half an hour! We're getting pretty good at this.  Then, we get into a ton of mostly-Biomancer focused questions. Go figure that such an enigmatic figure would raise so many questions. Join us next week for a Disparation Writers' Room all about La Comodora in the Extremeverse! Get your questions in now!

Let's get into SCRPG questions! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:36:29 Christopher and Adam are joined by Dave Chalker and Chris Burton! They answer So Many Questions about the Sentinel Comics RPG and more! Here's the upcoming schedule:  Tuesday, August 3rd: Episode #184 - Writers' Room: Disparation: La Comodora in the Extremeverse Tuesday, August 10th: Episode #185 - Creative Process: Expatriette Foes Tuesday, August 17th: Episode #186 - Writers' Room: NightMist & Soothsayer Carmichael Team-Up Tuesday, August 24th: Bullpen #5 Tuesday, August 31st: Episode #187 - Writers' Room: Setback & Harpy Team-Up --- See you next time!    

Time for a quick switcheroo! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:25:22 Let's swap some bodies! Just who will get swapped, and to what end? The cover above gives at least a little of it away, but not enough to ruin the story... not by a long shot!  After about 38 minutes of storytelling (sprinkled liberally with goofs), we get to your questions, which range far and wide! High and low! Inside and outside! Cats and dogs, living together!  Join us next Tuesday, July 20th, for Bullpen #4! OR! If you're on the Letters Page Patreon, join us live on Friday, July 16th! Come talk to Dave! And a special guest! And Adam, but with Dave's voice! And more!

The fireworks are still going off here! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:36:41 We do some small talk, and even a bit of medium talk, and then we get into the story!  By "story" I mean, slogging through coming up with versions of the heroes for the tale. Once we've got those, everything else goes smoothly. That's how it goes! Lots of questions on a variety of topics, which we get into at around the 51 minute mark. Join us next time, where we tell a Body Swap story!

Let's talk about the people who get revamped into Catastrophe and Verge in the Vertex timeline! (Now there's an "inside baseball" statement!) Show Notes: Run Time: 1:38:34 We're flying blind for this one! Rather than coming at it with an idea of where we're going, we just knew that we needed to fill some story gaps. And we did it! Plus, came up with some content that you'll see in the future... Thanks for joining us! Get your questions in for our historic look at a hero team, with Episode #181 - Writers’ Room: Disparation: Freedom Four 1776!

It's that time again! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:13:03 More episodes next month? Yes, indeed! Upcoming schedule: Tuesday, July 6th: Episode #181 - Writers’ Room: Disparation: Freedom Four 1776 Tuesday, July 13th: Episode #182 - Writers’ Room: A Body Swap Story Tuesday, July 20th: Bullpen #4 Tuesday, July 27th: Episode #183 - Writers’ Room: Clone-Ranger vs CON You might note that next month brings us another Bullpen! We'll be talking about some SCRPG stuff then, so Dave will be on the show once again, as will a special guest! Who will it be? Hopefully not Guise! This episode, we talk about: Lingering OblivAeon questions NightMist Portal Fiends Biomancer Names Magic creatures Magic users Both Neither and more! We'll catch you...   ...next time!

Just what IS Visionary's deal, anyway? Show Notes: Run Time: 1:18:02 We talk about more than just one issue! We have lots of issues, in fact! But we only full Writers' Room one issue, which is the cover you see above here. But just what is that story? You'll have to listen to find out! After a little over half an hour of storytelling (this one went surprisingly quickly!), we get into your questions. We even get into some letters about unrelated alternate reality stuff — seems like there's a lot of lingering interest there! Thanks for listening, everyone! If you're a Contributor on our Patreon, go vote now for what we're talking about next month! And join us live this Friday for the next Editor's Note!

What sort of friend-persons does our favorite very tall / very tiny alien have? Show Notes: Run Time: 1:46:36 We talk about people in Sky-Scraper's life! It gets meandery. Go figure! After just under an hour of nonsense and storytelling — in equal measure — we read your letters to you, and we talk not just about Sky-Scraper, but also get to the lingering letters about xxtz'Hulissh and Atlantean-related stuff. Join us next week for Episode #179 - Writers' Room: Disparation: Visionary’s origin timeline. We'll talk about both before she leaves and after she's gone, but which one will we do a full issue on? Who can say? Get your questions in now!

It's International, Intergalactic, Mega-Meta-Multiversal Same-Age-Day! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:26:56 What a strange and different episode we're having today! Do we have a plan? Only slightly! We spend some retrospective time, and then move on to a variety of letters of many different sorts! Join us next time for Episode #178 - Creative Process: Sky-Scraper Supporting Cast! Get your questions in now!

We talk about Legacy stuff! Again! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:54:22 We falter our way through banter, eager to get to it! And then we go long! Sorry about the comparatively longer show — Legacy just brings that out of us! Plus, at least one major reveal that connects the dots on some things you didn't know... Join us next week for our first Same Age Day Show! What will we talk about? Time will tell! One week's time, in fact!

Let's talk about a bunch of different things! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:23:08 We start by talking about teeth! Sorry to anyone who doesn't want to hear about teeth. Here's the upcoming schedule! Tuesday, June 1st: Same-Age-Day-Sode! Tuesday, June 8th: Episode #178 - Creative Process: Sky-Scraper Supporting Cast Tuesday, June 15th: Episode #179 - Writers' Room: Disparation: Visionary’s origin timeline (before and after) Tuesday, June 22nd: Editor’s Note #47 -OR- Bullpen #4. Hard to say which. Tuesday, June 29th: Episode #180 - Creative Process: Grace and Owen Charles in the RPG era This Editor's Note, we talk about a bunch of topics, including: OblivAeon Scions Power Kickstarter Definitive Edition Absolute Zero Names Gifts and more! Catch you next week for Episode #177 - Creative Process: Young Legacy Foes!

Two issues?! In this economy? Show Notes: Run Time: 1:33:36 Adam and I are in rare form! We're always in rare form, though — not fully cooked. Half baked, if you will.  We tell a hero/villain team-up story, as requested. But it takes us more issues than we thought! You get twice as many issues (and twice as many team-ups) as anticipated! Then, a variety of letters on a series of topics. You know, like we do. But different! Or, at least, unique.  Next week is an Editor's Note, so if you're a contributor to the Letters Page Patreon, join us this Friday for a live show!

Bark at the moon! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:35:52 We start off by talking about Adam's sleep schedule, which is appropriate as this is the first episode of Adam's Birth Month! Thrilling times! Then, we get to all the wolfs. We tell you more about a wolf you know, and a lot about a wolf you don't know yet! Where have these wolves been hiding all this time?! At around the 45 minute mark, we get into questions! More wolf stuff there, but also some non-wolf stuff! Join us next week for a Hero/Villain Team-Up Story! Get your questions in for that story now!

Welp, guess we'll go mad! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:18:38 It's been so long since we've done an episode like this! How do they even work? We end up doing a bit of "Creative Process" and "Writers' Room" type stuff in the Overview section, as that's how we work best, apparently. As a result, you get lots of backstory, some points of interest, and a cool story or two! And all within about half an hour! Hope that answers all your questions on xxtz'Hulissh! We certainly don't expect much in the way of follow-up episodes to this one... (that is yet another one of our lies, in case you weren't sure). At around the 28 minute mark, we get to your questions, which surely answer any and every question you could possibly have about xxtz'Hulissh now. Whew! Glad we got that covered. Next week's episode is the long-awaited werewolf stories Creative Process... but we've already recorded it! So, get your "Hero/Villain team-up" and "Young Legacy foes" questions in! Plus, any follow-up xxtz'Hulissh questions, I guess. If any. Not really expecting much in that way, but maybe one or two. Perhaps. Stay sane, everyone!

That's right! We actually did it! Welcome to the long-awaited and oft-delayed Editor's Note #45!! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:38:35 How do we even do this type of episode? We're not sure, so we just kinda wing it. That said, we get to all the stuff. I think. Pretty sure. Next month is the month of May, which — as everyone knows — is Adam's birth month! Celebrations will be occurring everywhere, and both participation and enjoyment are mandatory! In the episode, Adam attempts to explain the joy of birthdays to Christopher for several minutes. Does it land? You decide, listeners! Anyway, here's the upcoming schedule: Tuesday, May 4th: Episode #175 - Creative Process: Werewolf Stories Tuesday, May 11th: Episode #176 - Writers’ Room: Hero/Villain Team-Up Tuesday, May 18th: Editor’s Note #46 (TWO IN A ROW?!?!) Tuesday, May 25th: Episode #177 - Creative Process: Young Legacy Foes A thing we didn't say on the air: right after recording this Editor's Note, we immediately recorded this upcoming Friday's episode all about xxtz'Hulissh! So, any late-coming questions about xxtz'Hulissh will have to wait for follow-up episodes. Probably for the best, as we know the episode we recorded will generate (spawn?) many more questions. That means, this Friday, we're recording the Creative Process all about Werewolf stories, so get your questions in on that topic ASAP! Ideally by midnight, Thursday the 22nd, as I compile questions early Friday morning before we record. Ask us your wolf questions! We cover a variety of topics, including but not limited to: OblivAeon Definitive Edition (still on Kickstarter!) Things Christopher and Paul said Playtesting Eyelids Where to wear a flower if you're one specific Endling Some fuchsia menace Names and more! Don't forget: get your werewolf questions in now! And share word far and wide about this last week of the Sentinels of the Multiverse: Definitive Edition Kickstarter Campaign!

A return to Disparation! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:34:54 It's been a long time since we did a Disparation episode, and man, it feels good to be back at it! In the words of our very own Trevor: Whoa, slow down there, Trevor! Praise of that caliber is likely to go to our heads! But before we can get into that, we've gotta goof around on a variety of topics, of course. But only for about 7 minutes! Then, we get into a bunch of backstory, some temporal positioning, and some issue number questing. And then! A story! A story in which motivations run deeper than we even initially realized!  At just after the 48 minute mark, we get to your many questions. And heck, we almost answer all of them! More or less! Give or take! We talk very briefly about the cover seen above, as it ended up being a straight forward concept, but wow Adam knocked it out of the park again, right? Damn that looks cool. Join us this Friday for Editor's Note #45! For real! We mean it! We're really finally going to do that long lost Editor's Note! Nothing's gonna stop us now!   Probably.

Time for a nice tall frosty one! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:33:19 We do some marketing goofs, at least partially inspired by Sentinels of the Multiverse: Definitive Edition currently on Kickstarter! But then! We get into telling the story of the issue, which we actually do in a very non-sequential/chronological way! The actual order of the stories in the issue is clear and unpackable, but we get a bit obtuse about it. But that ends up creating some moments that we're particularly proud of. Anyway, enjoy! After all that storytelling, we get into your questions, starting off with a historically long question from Liz C.! She gets to a lot of the good stuff, and yet we still take even more questions! And then we talk briefly about the cover, which can be seen above. Don't forget to check out Sentinels of the Multiverse: Definitive Edition on Kickstarter! And join us next week for our return to Disparation for the first time in a long time!

I promise that there will be at least one coonskin cap in this episode. Show Notes: Run Time: 1:46:46 Our timing was off! At the start of the episode, we claimed that the Kickstarter was already live, but we're backwards: the Kickstarter goes live one hour after this episode starts. So, if you started listening to this episode the moment it came out, you'd want to pause halfway through to go check out that Kickstarter! We'll add a link to the Kickstarter to the show notes below when it goes live. Adam and I have been looking forward to digging into these tales for a while, so we went into this one with a list of people we wanted to talk about, but not a lot of planning. On purpose! We wanted this creative process to be pretty transparent on the "process" side of things. Ended up with at least a couple very solid character ideas out of this, plus a slew of stories, especially from the earlier ages of Sentinel Comics. We're on the cusp of a big month here. Lots of fun episodes coming up, AND there's that Kickstarter! Speaking of which, this link will go to the Kickstarter campaign once it's live! Until next time, Sentinels!

Paul is back! Back again! Paul is back, Paul is back, Paul is back! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:18:51 We talk a lot about stabs. We're into stabs here. Upcoming schedule! Tuesday, April 6th: Episode #172: Writers’ Room: A Day in the Life — Absolute Zero Tuesday, April 13th: Episode #173: Writers’ Room: Disparation — Citizen Storm vs. The Primal Wardens Tuesday, April 20th: Editor’s Note #45 (?!?!) Tuesday, April 27th: Episode #174: Classic Episode: xxtz’Hulissh So many questions! And also some game shows! What's not to like? Join us next time for an exciting Creative Process!

I hope you're wearing green today!  Show Notes: Run Time: 1:30:36 Some goofs, but then, a story! Actually, no, then another set of goofs. And THEN a story. Lots of interesting stuff in this one. Building out a whole set of stuff that we've had floating around in the shadows but have never formalized. We hope you enjoy it as much as we do! Around 46 minutes in, we take some questions... and provide answers to them!  As we mention on the air, this week's live show is on Thursday instead of Friday, and it's not Editor's Note #45. Of course it's not. We may never get to Editor's Note #45. We'll keep trying! But this Thursday's recording is an unexpected return of the Publishers' Note! Paul and Christopher will be live for our Patreon supporters at 11 AM, Central Time. If you have questions for the Publishers' note, but sure to submit them by end of day Wednesday! Thanks for listening!

People, places, and odds-and-ends! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:48:14 This is an interesting "creative process" episode, in that you get to see a slightly darker side of the creative process. Both Adam and I were feeling pretty rough at the time of recording, but we slogged on and made it happen. By the end, we feel like it turned out to be solid, but we wanted to be honest about our process here. After about 55 minutes of goofs, storytelling, and place-crafting, we get to your questions! Thanks for asking them! If you want to ask more questions, use our handy form! If you want to be part of the nonsense — especially during live shows — join our Patreon! So many options! Until next time!

Why must they fight? Show Notes: Run Time: 1:23:14 We talk about the weather! Gripping content, right?  Then, we talk about Fanatic and NightMist! (Or at least we attempt to, after a few false starts and rabbit trails.) Not as interesting as the weather, but it'll have to do! Unsurprisingly, there were a few outstanding questions about each of these characters, which we get to in record time at around the 28 minute mark. Thanks for joining us! Want to be part of our Letters Page Discord with our awesome community where Adam and Christopher hang out with some regularity? Join The Letters Page Patreon! Want to ask questions for future episodes? Use this handy form!

Another tale: told! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:36:15 Back to the drawing writing board! We do some goofs, as per usual, then get into it. We set the story straight on Fashion — her appearances, her character changes, her disappearance, her reappearance... look, there's a lot. Then! We craft a tale! For you! After over half an hour of story making, we get to question answering! And then cover discussing, the results of which you can see above. Join us next time! JOIN US! JOIN US! JOIN US! JOIN US! JOIN US! JOIN US! JOIN US! JOIN US! JOIN US! JOIN US! JOIN US! JOIN US! JOIN US! JOIN US! JOIN US! JOIN US! 

It's the longest Bullpen ever! Show Notes: Run Time: 2:10:18 Welcome to Chris Burton, AKA Braithwhite! Right at the top, we establish that we'll call him "Braithwhite" for the purposes of the episode, and then we all go on to call him a variety of names over the course of the following two hours. Enjoy the confusion! Here's the upcoming schedule! Tuesday, March 2nd: Episode #168 - Writers' Room: NightMist vs. Fanatic Tuesday, March 9th: Episode #169 - Creative Process: Hero HQs Tuesday, March 16th: Episode #170 - Writers’ Room: Luck o’ the Setback Tuesday, March 23rd: Editor’s Note #45 (THE REAL RETURN! PROBABLY!) Tuesday, March 30th: Episode #171 - Creative Process: American Folklore After all that, we dive into questions all about Sentinels of the Multiverse: Definitive Edition! We hope that this giant pile of Qs and As answer all of the questions you could have about Definitive Edition! There are some reveals in here!  Thanks for listening! If you want to be part of future live episodes, join us on the Letters Page Patreon. And if you have letters that you want us to read, submit them using this handy form! Catch you next time!

Delightful devices... with dangerous drawbacks! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:36:36 We goof a bit at the top, but we also talk about what the last week+ of news of/reactions to Sentinels of the Multiverse: Definitive Edition. Remember, this coming Friday, we're recording a Bullpen all about Definitive Edition, so get your questions in now! Just after the 5 minute mark, we delve into treats and tricks. At around 36 minutes in, we get distracted by watching a video. This is that video. Finally, we get to your questions at around the 57 minute mark. At the end, we descent into madness. Why? Blame it on the boogie! See you next time! If you're one of our Patreon supporters, join us this Friday for a LIVE Bullpen!

All new — all different! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:33:30 Here's the announcement! We talk about all that is Sentinels of the Multiverse: Definitive Edition! The people that worked on it, the contents of it, the updates to game design. There's even a Polygon article! There's more than we can cover in one episode... but that's why we're coming back in two weeks with another Bullpen! So, get your Definitive Edition questions in by the 18th and we'll answer them in this month's Bullpen! Join me for my Definitive Edition AMA on the GTG YouTube channel tomorrow, February 3rd, at 3:00 PM, Central Time! If you haven't yet, go check out the new GTG website! There are plans to overhaul the GTG forum and even this podcast page as well... but not yet! I'm told it'll be soon! But, "soon" relative to what scale? Who can say? Stay tuned!

Welcome to the Multiverse of Sentinel Comics! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:59:14 Hello, listener! This is (hopefully) a decent jumping-on episode. At least, it is in terms of content - Trevor (our producer) wants me to make sure it's clear that our audio quality used to be a ton better back before Adam and I were each recording in our own homes, and hopefully we'll be back in studio again before the end of this year. Blame the pandemic! Sorry about that. We follow the standard-ish format of a bit of goofing around, followed by the Overview (the meat and potatoes of the episode). After that, we eventually get to the questions at around an hour and 15.5 minutes in, which help flesh out even more of the story! In this episode, we have a notable SPOILER segment! If you don't want any spoilers for the "Off the Rails" adventure issue that was released at the same time as the SCRPG core rulebook, skip from 1:43:25 to 1:46:59! (I claimed that it would be over 5 minutes on the air, but I underestimated how quickly we talk sometimes.) How did it go? Did we succeed at a jumping on/overview episode? Do you have questions you want us to answer? Submit those questions here!  "See" you next week!

Now with special guest Dave! Show Notes Run Time: 2:06:26 Our newest Bullpen yet! The secondest Bullpen we've ever done! What a delight. And having both Paul and Dave here not only made it a good time; it also made it a Bullpen. Here's the upcoming schedule: Tuesday, February 2nd: Episode #165: [REDACTED] Tuesday, February 9th: Episode #166: Creative Process: Ignazio Gallo’s Treasure Trove Tuesday, February 16th: Editor’s Note #45 (THE RETURN!) Tuesday, February 23rd: Episode #167: Writers' Room: Fashion After some intros, goofs, and talking about the schedule, we get into your questions - all about Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game - at around the 5 minute mark. Thanks, everyone! We'll definitely do more SCRPG content as the products make their way into wider distribution. 

First "normal" episode of the year! How normal, you ask? Not very at all, actually! Thanks for asking! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:31:34 Right off the bat, we get weird. Like really weird. Look. I'm sorry. OK? The goofs go ever on and on, down from the door where it began... But even we must finally talk about the actual topic of the day. We get into it at the 7 minute mark. There's a lot of storytelling. It's pretty OK. We seem to still remember how to do this. Whew! A bit before the 39 minute mark, we begin to address your questions, delightful as they are. Thanks for joining us! We hope you can join us this Friday for the live recording of this month's Bullpen, featuring Special Guest DAVE! (And Not Really All That Special In Comparison Guest Paul.)

Welcome to a new year! The only thing I can say about this, is that you should listen to it. It's... something else. Back to regular programming soon!

Surprise, surprise. We said there wasn't going to be an episode today, but that was the most obvious of lies, right? Show Notes: Run Time: 12:32 Happy Birthday to everyone mentioned, and to everyone else that had a birthday this year. Listen to our very 2020 song, and despair.  This is what going mad sounds like. See you next year!

It's a new type of episode for the end of a very long year! Show Notes: 1:48:43 The biggest cast we've ever had! Including a surprise twist early on in the episode! Here's what happens in January of next year! Upcoming schedule:  Tuesday, January 5th: Start of Year Break Tuesday, January 12th: Episode #163: Writers' Room: Ra and Setback Buddy-Cop Story Tuesday, January 19th: The Bullpen #2 (featuring Paul and DAVE!) Tuesday, January 26th: Episode #164: Creative Process: SCRPG Lore Crash Course After MUCH goofing around, we finally get into questions at just after the 19 minute mark, and we are all over the place on questions! Thanks for bearing with us. Thanks for joining us, everyone! We'll catch you next year!

Happy Holidays, everyone! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:32:52 Adam is back! Or, rather he will be starting next month! Except next month's schedule will feel similar to the last couple months because of beginning of the year reasons and having a packed Editor's Note! But forget about all that: ADAM IS BACK! Sort of! Whatever! Get excited! We are silly for about 7 minutes, and then we get into actually writersing this room, in which we continue to be silly. That said, given that this is a Haka story, who could have guessed that we'd start with an action-based story but then pull a switcheroo and make it about feelings and sadness? Would we do that? Who can say? After much storying and telling and a little crossover of both of those words, we get to your questions at around the 41 minute mark. At around an hour and 28 minutes, we talk very briefly about a cover. We know right away what it should be. Glimpse its glory above! Quite good. Join us this Friday for our year-ending live recording!

The FINAL Publishers' Note! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:29:11 We've got all the greatest Publishers' Note style hits: questions for Paul, getting into the weeds on Star Trek and Tolkien, Sentinel Comics lore, a variety of game shows, and a pile of Meta-Meta questions! What more could you ask for? Paul and I have had a blast noting publishery for you all. Thanks for sticking with us for this weird schedule. But we'll be back to normalish at the start of the year! For now, look forward to a holiday-themed episode next week, and then a bigger than usual Editor's Note the week after that!

Gather round, everyone. It's time for some real talk. Show Notes: Run Time: 1:33:39 We had a lot of fun recording this one. We learned some things - about PSAs, about comics, and about ourselves along the way. Remember, kids: there's always a moral to every story.  At around 58 minutes into the episode, we finally get to your questions! There, we talk about the subject of this episode, but also! We talk about a fan-favorite new hero/old trendsetter/in between gladiator! Who could it be? No way to know. It's a mystery forever. Also, goodness, listening back to this episode, we're at our best/worst when we're just laughing at our own bad jokes. How can you people stand us? Thanks everyone for listening! This coming Friday, we record our last Publishers' Note, so make sure you tune in to wish Paul a fond-farewell as co-host! And don't forget: Make Good Choices!

The Penultimate Publishers' Note! Show Notes: Run time: 1:18:42 We start off with the what we'll talk about in December! Upcoming schedule: Tuesday, December 1st: Episode #161 - Creative Process: PSAs of the Multiverse Tuesday, December 8th: Publishers’ Note #9 Tuesday, December 15th: Episode #162 - Writers’ Room: A Haka Holiday Story Tuesday, December 22nd: Editors’ Note #45 Tuesday, December 29th: End of Year Break Then we get into questions! Lots of fun topics, and more game shows than ever before!  Thanks everyone for joining us! Get your questions in for the December episodes ASAP! We'll catch you...

The last episode of Spooky Month! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:30:48 We do some goofs for about four minutes, which doesn't sound like a long time... and yet. Four minutes can really drag on when it's just all goofs. Then! We tell a story! We craft it from whole cloth, live on the air! Certainly nothing obscured and no weird twists! Very straightforward beat-em-up tale here. Nothing to be afraid of... Just after the 36 minute mark, we get into your questions. Thanks for keeping up the flow of questions, listeners! We get so many wonderful questions, and we love seeing them all. Keep up the great work! Submit your questions here! If you're a Contributor on our Patreon, the voting for next month's episodes is up now! Go make your vote(s) count!

Paul and Christopher are a bit loopy, but that doesn't mean they can't answer questions! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:42:48 There's a pretty heavy-hitting topic right off the bat, even before the actual question section, but then we get into questions and never quite recover! Paul spends... a LOT of time talking about Star Trek. We hope you like Star Trek. Or at least hearing Paul talk about Star Trek. And there are TWO different game shows in this episode! Who would have guessed?! All in all, more silliness and also some potentially useful (though mostly useless) info was dispensed. Another successful Publishers' Note! If you have any questions for the next episode: "Writers’ Room: NightMist vs Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde" make sure you get them in before this Friday, November 13th! Send them in using this handy form!

We make up some stuff! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:25:05 We goof around, as per usual, but then make up a few villains and even get into their stories a bit! At around 41 minutes in, we stop making stuff up, and start making up answers to your questions! Near the end of the episode, there's a question about how Adam's spouse feels about the version of Baron Blade from the Freedom Five board game, which is now on Kickstarter - go check it out! Here's what she thinks: In case you live in the USA and haven't voted yet and it's still the day this episode is released, go vote! It's important. Find out where and how you can vote here! Catch you all next time!

Paul and Christopher did a livestream, even though it got interrupted multiple times! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:29:28 In the voting for what Writers' Room we'd do, there was a tie! So, we cast the deciding vote. But clearly there's interest in the other topic as well, so it'll be back up for voting sometime, for certain! Here's the upcoming schedule! Tuesday, November 3rd: Episode #159 - Creative Process: Dark Watch Villiains Tuesday, November 10th: Publishers’ Note #7 Tuesday, November 17th: Episode #160 - Writers’ Room: NightMist vs Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde Tuesday, November 24th: Publishers’ Note #8 Tune in for all sorts of nonsense! (Actually, probably only about eleven different sorts of nonsense, all told.) Check out the Letters Page Patreon to be join in on these Publishers and Editors livestreams! Also, submit your questions with this handy form!

It's such a spooky time! Not as spooky as next month, mind you, but spooky enough to tell a tale of BLOOD! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:49:58 Adam and I goof around for several minutes before finally getting into the sweet meat and sweet potatoes of the episode, at around the 5 minute mark.  We craft a thrilling tale! Neither of us knew where this would end up when we started, and you can hear us double back and rework the story as we go. Twists and turns abound! But, all told, we're pretty pleased with how it turned out. And not without future costs for both protagonist and antagonist alike! At around the 53 minute mark, we start in on your questions, both related to Blood Countess and the Court of Blood, as well as a healthy crop of questions on the Phoenix! By popular demand! At the end of the episode, we take only a minute or so on the cover before wrapping things up. It's nice when something comes together so neatly. Thanks for listening, everyone! This Friday will be another Publishers' Note, featuring the return of Paul! If you have questions for him, or for me and Adam on pretty much any topic, send us your questions using this handy form! Also, the Freedom Five board game is LIVE NOW on Kickstarter! We'll talk more about it over the next few weeks on various Letters Page episodes, especially this upcoming Publishers' Note. But you don't have to take our word for it - go check it out! Catch you next time!

It's your favorite Paul and your second favorite Christopher! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:07:16 We talk about a bunch of things in a variety of topics, including a new name for the questions section that we finish off with. What will that name be?! Listen to find out! Get your Court of Blood and Blood Countess Bathory questions in before Friday morning to have them considered for this Friday's recording of next Tuesday's Writer's Room episode! Use this handy form to send in your questions!

We're gonna bring the flavor, show you how! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:49:10 We just kept going on this one. Probably would have continued, but time was - and is - of the essence. The essence of what? Well, let us keep SOME of our secrets, dear listeners. After a few minutes of banter, we get into adding people to Fanatic's story. Not all of them are sad stories! Not ALL of them. A bit after the 1 hour and 12 minute mark, we answer the letters you've written to us! Including a bunch of old letters that have languished in our dreaded inbox for far too long!  Join us this Friday for another livestreamed Publishers' Note, if you're on the Patreon. If you're not a Letters Page Patreon supporter, totally cool - we understand. Our self esteem is definitely not just based on our listenership. We're individual people with our own stuff going on. Really. Anyway, if you don't love us that way, NBD - you'll get that Publishers' Note in audio form next Tuesday!

Paul and Christopher talk about the weather! And some other stuff too, I guess! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:31:39 Here's the upcoming schedule! Tuesday, October 6th: Episode #157 - Creative Process: Fanatic Supporting Cast Tuesday, October 13th: Publishers’ Note #5 Tuesday, October 20th: Episode #158 - Writers’ Room: Blood Countess Bathory Tuesday, October 27th: Publishers’ Note #6 Also, we answer questions about all sorts of things, talk about a bunch of Sentinels Lore - including a Sentinel Comics recap from Paul's point of view - and a series of Andy questions! Check out the Letters Page Patreon to be a supporter and join in on these Publishers and Editors livestreams! Also, submit your questions using our handy form!

Let's. Get. 90s. Show Notes: Run Time: 1:30:04 Adam and I missed each other so much. We haven't seen each other in so long. We almost died. Witness our heartwrenching reunion.  After only a few minutes of goofs, we get to the overview where we do a bunch of work of a variety of sorts! Positioning, informing, redacting, problem solving, creating, naming, storytelling, and more! And we go through it pretty quickly, considering how much we make! You never know how long we're going to linger on any one thing. A bit before the 39 minute mark, we dig into your questions on a variety of related (and barely related) topics. And after about 40+ minutes of that, we talk briefly about the cover, which can be seen above! Thanks everyone for listening! We enjoy reading your letters and answering your questions - send us your questions using this nifty form! Catch you next time!

We're back! Paul is back! Excitement! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:30:34 There's plenty of nonsense in this one - fear not - but we also get the start of GTG from Paul's perspective, and even get into Sentinel Comics lore content... including some MASSIVE Sentinel Comics future preview spoilers! Questions are asked, answered, and more! If you want to submit questions for Christopher, Adam, and/or Paul, use our handy question submission form!

A bunch of new foes, coming at you RA and unfiltered! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:47:15 Adam is back this week, so let's make some Sentinel Comics content! We do some chats and some goofs, tell you about Adam's new drawing tablet, talk about the state of existence and how overwhelming the world is... and then finally get into actually doing our job here at around 9 minutes in. We make a few fun foes, each with their own ups and downs. You haven't seen the last of any of these jerks! At around 52 minutes in, we get to your questions, answering questions about Ra, some of his foes, his boat, and also Legacy, and also also The Argent Adept Soothsayer Carmichael.  Thanks for listening! As always, if you have any questions for us, submit them here!

Paul is back! Get hype! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:13:07 We goof about, talk about Trevor, tell some stories, and then get to questions! Paul and I answer questions about: Bending Alternate European history of Spirit Island Regrets? Lies St. Louis GTG plans Drinking songs Sentinel Comics Lore Questions from chat Edutainment RPGs Andy Questions and more!

Hey, friends! Adam's back, and he did an AWESOME cover! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:20:44 It's good to be back recording together again. It feels like it's been a long time, even though it's only been a week away from each other. After only a reasonable amount of goofs, we get right down to the brassiest of tacks. We start overviewing around 4 minutes in.  At the 40 minute mark, we get to your questions! We take questions on the topic at hand (or, rather, at fist), and we also some K.N.Y.F.E. questions, as well! In the overview and question sections, we address some pretty heavy things. Unsurprisingly, writing a 70s comic about a black hero based on blaxploitation tropes would have been weighty in the 70s, and it's definitely still a rousing topic today. We want to make one thing clear here: black lives matter. If you feel like "all lives matter" is a fair statement, it's important to note that only when black lives matter will all lives matter. Nothing we say in this strange, performance art podcast where we tell real stories about fake comics should take anything away from that truth. We trust our listenership to understand that. Finally, at about an hour and 17 minutes in, we talk a bit about the cover. But you've likely already seen it above in the show notes! Oh, and Adam sent me a photo of his pan and spatula that he uses for making eggs. Here it is: Don't mind the ghost hand in the lower left corner. Adam's house might be haunted, but at least those ghosts love his eggs! Don't forget to check out the Letters Page Patreon! And, if you want to send in any questions, use our handy form! Catch you next time!

Paul is here! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:15:10 We start off with some... non-technical difficulties. After that, some goofs, some introductions, and more goofs, we talk about voting for episodes in September. Upcoming schedule: Tuesday, September 1st: Publishers’ Note #2 Tuesday, September 8th: Episode #155 - Creative Process: Ra Villains Tuesday, September 15th: Publishers’ Note #3 Tuesday, September 22nd: Episode #156 - Writers’ Room: An issue of Terminal Ballistics, ft. Setback & Expatriette Tuesday, September 29th: Publishers’ Note #4 Then, finally, around the 22 minute mark, we get to your questions. Featuring a brand new song from Trevor!!! Our plan was to read a bunch of letters from listeners and then also take questions from the chat. Instead, we got through a few letters, and then the multitude of questions from the chat overwhelmed us and we gave up on letters for this week, just to get through all the chat questions. Which ended up being great! Around the 55 minutes in,  ThePayneTrayn asks a question in the chat about brewing beer, which is a topic Paul has a lot of experience and knowledge on. Paul describes an all-rye ale that he has brewed, which was met with demands for the recipe. Here is that recipe, from Paul himself! 6lb malted rye 1lb medium crystal malt Starch conversion with 2.25gal h2o at 148F for 2 hours Mash out at 170F. Sparge with 3 gal h2o Bring to a boil. Add 1oz Holdings hops. Boil 45 min. Add 0.5oz Bramling hops. Boil 15 minutes. Add 0.5oz Bramling hops. Ferment with Wyeast 1968 London ESB yeast Finally, we mentioned that next Publishers' Note will be a great time to ask Paul questions about his involvement in Spirit Island lore. If you have questions for Paul (or for Christopher and Adam), use our handy question submission form!  See you next time!

Good morning, heroes! Let's talk about Legacy's friends! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:30:44 Adam and I are here to talk about the character that you, dear listeners, demanded we bring up again. You can't say we never gave you anything! We're just here to act on the will of the people. Simple public servants, that's us. We talk about some minor characters, but also some that have more impact than expected on Legacy's story.  Which Legacy? Well, we get into that, too! A bit after the 39 minute mark, we dig into your questions, which are many and excellent. This Friday is the first recording of the first ever "Publishers' Note" of the Letters Page podcast, starring our very own Paul Bender! You'll be able to hear that episode in audio form next Tuesday, but if you're on the Letters Page Patreon, you can watch it happen live! And, if you're a Contributor to the Patreon, your questions will be a part of this new, experimental episode! What will happen? Who can say! Join us! (Oh, also, extra props to Trevor for the new outro! What do you think of it?)

We did a Gen Con live! Sort of! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:47:42 Right off the bat, I engage in an entirely visual goof, which doesn't work terribly well as radio... Fortunately, you can watch the video here!  Trevor made some very special versions of the songs used in this song, including cool videos! Worth watching.  We goof around a standard amount, taking roughly 7 minutes of episode time to do so, and then we take questions of all sorts, ranging so far and wide as to be impossible to properly represent here. What sorts of things do we talk about? You'll have to listen to find out! Friday of this week, Adam and I are recording the "Legacy Supporting Cast" episode that you all wanted so badly. Totally a thing you demanded and not a thing we made happen. *innocent whistling* ANYWAY, get your Legacy questions in, now!

Let's make some magical friends! (Spoiler: most of these people are not magical, and many of them are not friends, either.) Show Notes: Run Time: 1:25:50 We goof around for a few minutes, and then get down to the business of making friends for a hard-to-be-friends-with hero! At around 38 minutes in, we get to your questions, on a variety of topics. This coming Friday is our recording of the Gen Con live recording! It'll be live on our YouTube channel, with the link posted on our Patreon. Please join us at 11 AM, Central Time!

Big announcements in this one! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:00:43 Upcoming schedule: Tuesday, August 4th: Gen Con 2021 Live! (Different Than Ever Before!) Tuesday, August 11th: Episode #153 - Creative Process: Legacy Supporting Cast Tuesday, August 18th: Publishers’ Note #1: Christopher & Paul! Tuesday, August 25th: Episode #154 - Writers' Room: Black Fist The recordings of each of those episodes will be on the Friday before that Tuesday. No calendar this time, but we trust in your ability to figure out what Fridays come before the above listed Tuesdays.  We talk about a bunch of things in this episode (besides our blatant campaigning during the most recent voting and the reveal of the upcoming Publishers' Notes with me and Paul!), including but not limited to: OblivAeon Critics The Time-Crazed Prisoner Setback Villains Baron Blade Poker Kismet Miss Information Naturalist's supporting cast friends Relics Fanatic NightMist Legacy Pizza And more! Catch you next time!

Let's go to SPAAAAACE! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:17:13 We start off by some questionable poll campaigning. If you're on the Letters Page Patreon, let us try to convince you that the Legacy Supporting Cast episode needs more votes than all other episodes! Why? For reasons we'll reveal this Friday! Then, at around 5 minutes in, we actually start in on the overview. We do some storytelling, including digging into a limited series we've only ever talked about once before, back in the olden days. We craft a story with a bunch of new names and events and bugs and a new metal? And a spaceship?! Lots going on here. Finally, we get to your questions at around the 40 minute mark. If you're on the Letters Page Patreon, join us this Friday for a live Editor's Note recording! We hope to see you then!

Let's get pet-riotic! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:33:13 We ramble a bit at the start about what we'll be doing in about a month for this year's very different Gen Con live episode, and then we talk about the nature of today's episode. Then, finally, only 6ish minutes in, we actually dive in. (And end up having a great time! Spoilers, I guess.) You can tell we've been recording too long a little after the 1 hour mark, as we both unintentionally drop some swears. Trevor cleans up after us. Thank you/sorry, Trevor! We finally break from making up pets stories at around the 1 hour and 5 minute mark and answer your questions. Catch you next week for a K.N.Y.F.E. in space story! Get your questions in now!

Let's get super ultra kawaii!! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:46:06 So, we get into the meta-topic right off the bat, and Adam has to explain a bunch of stuff to me because I'm just not as familiar with the medium. Which, turns out to be fine, because I'm familiar enough with the tropes to make the story happen! But, I'm getting ahead of myself. For that, you'll have to listen to the overview, which starts just before 14 minutes into the episode. (But before that, we go on about some of our favorite anime movies and TV shows.) The overview section is all over the place. We have to figure out where this story lands in Sentinel Comics history, what kind of story we're telling, who it's about, surprise ourselves with who the main characters are... it's a lot. But! We make it work, and are pleased with how it turns out. At a bit before the 1 hour and 4 minute mark, we get to your questions! They are many, and not just about today's topic - we also talk about some aliens. Just because. At 1 hour and 38ish minutes in, we talk a bit about the cover, which you can see above.  Next episode will be a Creative Process all about pets in Sentinel Comics! How's that going to go? Only time will tell!

Another Editor's Note, live from the internet! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:32:44 Here's the upcoming schedule! Tuesday, July 7th: Episode #150 - Creative Process: July 4th Pet Special Tuesday, July 14th: Episode #151 - Writers' Room: Headhunter K.N.Y.F.E. Tuesday, July 21st: Editor’s Note #44 Tuesday, July 28th: Episode #152 - Creative Process: Argent Adept's Supporting Cast Have I gotten to the office to update the calendar yet? Well, if there's a calendar pictured below, then yes! Otherwise, no, I haven't done it yet. Which one is it? Only you can know! In this episode, we cover a variety of topics, including: Lingering OblivAeon questions Realities Metaphysical nonsense Scions The recently announced Freedom Five game! Here's a trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BixbAt7-iE Here's a website: https://www.freedomfivegame.com/ More info coming soon! RPG character questions Legacy The Telenovelaverse Ansel G. Moreau And more! Catch you next time!

We're all over the place on this one! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:47:38 This episode took us longer to record than anything else we've made in... a long time. We got started started around 11 AM and didn't finish until 4 PM. Whew! Anyway, enjoy these additions to the world of Sentinel Comics! Do these characters seem not much for you? Well, yeah, that's why they never really took off - D-List all the way! At around the 57 minute mark, we finally get to questions. We answer questions about D-List heroes, but also about various Thorathian topics, just because there were a lot of them in the backlog. We hope to see you Friday at 11 AM (Central Time) for a LIVE Editor's Note! Want to watch it live and even take part? Join our Patreon!

Let's talk about Tyler Vance!  Show Notes: Run Time: 1:10:06 We craft three stories, possibly in record time? We were shocked at how well it went, honestly. We hope you enjoy them as much as we do! After speedy storytelling, we get into your questions just after the 29 minute mark.  We talk about the cover - which you can see above - at about 1 hour and 2 minutes in. Adam went all in on the Barry Windsor-Smith style! If you're a contributor to the Letters Page Patreon, voting is up now! Go tell us what to do! If you're not on the Letters Page Patreon, maybe today is the day? Only you can decide! Catch y'all next time!

Adam's birth month is over! There will be feasting and dancing in May next year! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:15:31 After some birth month/day talk, we get into the overview a couple minutes in, where we first attempt to clear up some misconceptions, which devolves into a conversation not at all pertinent to the world of Sentinel Comics. Then, we once again go into too many issues for a single Writers' Room episode, but not as bad as other recent episodes. We just have a penchant for writing in arcs.  At a bit before the 38 minute mark, we get to your delightful questions! And then, at just before the 1 hour and 10 minute mark, we talk very briefly about the cover, which you can see above. If you're a contributor to the Letters Page Patreon, the topic submission form for this month went live yesterday! Let us know who you want us to talk about! We're settling into the new way things work here, and we're excited to create even more stories for you. 

One issue? In this economy? Nah, let's do a bunch of issues! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:30:52 For whatever reason, we felt like being overachievers today. Enjoy more than one issue! Also, we get to talk not just action, but also intrigue... and politics! Maerynian politics, that is. We get to your questions just after the 45 minute mark. Questions today brought to you by Zap Dragon, who I just recently found out is also Ehkrickor! Spoilers, I guess. This is the last episode that will be released in Adam's birth month this year! However, the next episode we record will be recorded still in his birth month, so the celebration isn't quite over yet! Looking forward to next time, in which we create more issues!

A long Editors Note mostly about Sentinel Comics: the Roleplaying Game! Show Notes: Run Time: 2:11:38 Adam's birth month continues! Also, we just released the preview of the SCRPG core rulebook to the Kickstarter backers last week, so we celebrated with an episode with SO MANY questions about the game! Here's the upcoming schedule: Tuesday, June 2nd: Episode #146 - Writers' Room: Citizens Hammer & Anvil Tuesday, June 9th: Episode #147 - Writers’ Room: Day in the Life: Bunker Tuesday, June 16th: Episode #148 - Creative Process: D-List Heroes Tuesday, June 23rd: Editor’s Note #43 Tuesday, June 30th: Episode #149 - Writers’ Room: Disparation: Anime/Manga Catch you next time!

It's time for another episode! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:11:50 Ready to learn about a 90s event we've never talked about before? We had a lot of fun with this one - we hope you do, too! After about 40 minutes of crafting and telling this story (in more parts than we intended), we get to your questions. And only a few minutes into the question section, I get to read a couple big reveals for upcoming stuff! Exciting times, these. At just before the 1 hour and 3 minute mark, we do the "cover" section, which also breaks down the order of the parts of the Strike Force Invasion event. We hope you can join us Friday for a live recording of Editor's Note #42!

Cosmic? Yeah! What's more cosmic than a lady that makes robots with her brain and her best friend, a robot that she didn't make with her brain? Show Notes: Run Time: 1:29:07 This is the first episode of Adam's birth month. If you're not into birth month celebrations for Adam... well, I've got bad news for you. That's what May is going to be. He likes a big to do about the whole thing, and I like humoring him. So there. We talk about that (and a few other things, but mostly the birth month stuff) for about 4 minutes, and then we hit the ground running! This one is a lot of fun to see come together live, as we didn't know at all where it would go - the cosmic thing really threw a curveball into any of our prior thoughts, but it turned out great! At least, we like it. We hope you do, too! Just after 44 minutes in, we dig into your piles of delightful questions. Thank you for your multitudinous queries! A bit after the 1 hour and 24 minute mark, we talk briefly about the cover! Thanks for listening! Catch you next time! Celebrate for Adam!

Let's envision some friends! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:19:11 We're both settling into this new way of life more and are feeling way better, thanks for asking! As a result, we've got a real downer of a supporting cast episode, just so you know.  We spend barely over one minute with banter and intro and just get right into it! And we create some stuff of various levels of good and bad feeling.  Around 37 minutes in, we get to your questions! And what a delightful parcel of questions they are. Good stuff explored in the question section today. Join us next time, as we kick off Adam's birth month!

Our first remote live editor's note! The audio quality is better than we feared it would be, but it's still not up to Trevor-approved-quality! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:13:00 Christopher's doing pretty well, but Adam's spiraling into chaos. If nothing else, this means that the more things change, the more they stay - in some small ways - the same. Next month is May, which means it's Adam's birth-month! Celebrate! Here's the schedule for the month of partying:  Tuesday, May 5th: Episode #143 - Writers' Room: Unity and Omnitron (X or U) Tuesday, May 12th: Episode #144 - Writers' Room: post-Bloodsworn Sky-Scraper Tuesday, May 19th: Editor’s Note #42 Tuesday, May 26th: Episode #145 - Writers’ Room: Leviathan Here's a calendar! We talked about a bunch of things this Editor's Note, including but not limited to: OblivAeon, of course Meta-Meta-Meta-Meta-Meta-Meta... The Sentinels of Freedom video game, now on Steam! Go check it out! Absolute Zero Degenerate Schema Romance. Around the 41 minute mark, Amelia Ryans in the live chat made a Tinder profile for Absolute Zero. Here it is: Theories of How the Multiverse Works Sentinel Comics in other properties Todd Lito Parse in Rook City Un-super heroes Fake comic book backstory organization methods and more! Get your questions in for those upcoming topics! And thank you to all of our Patreon supporters - we do this for YOU!

A story of a new standard! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:31:46 Adam and I are both rather stir crazy already, but we're excited to be talking about Sentinel Comics! A lot going on here. We banter a bit, but then dig into justifying Benchmark's backstory against issue numbers. We solve everything, and there are no more problems. Everything is fine. Oh, and also do a bit of thinking on morality/human nature. Finally, we get into crafting and telling the story of the issue just after 14 minutes in. We get to your questions at just before the 40 minute mark. We answer a lot of questions, not just about Benchmark, but also about Chrono-Ranger! And, finally, we talk about the cover around 1 hour and 26 minutes in. Thanks for listening! If you're on the Patreon, join us on Friday at 11 AM, Central time for the first live Editor's Note done entirely over the internet!

April will make a fool out of all of us! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:30:04 This episode is the first one we've ever recorded remotely! If you can tell right away, apologies for the drop in audio quality. We'd much rather record in person, but the health and safety of Adam's family and Christopher's cat are too important to sacrifice. If you can't detect a notable drop in quality, that's because Trevor is an AV wizard! As a result of not recording using our usual setup, we aren't able to pause recording really, so these episodes are much more "uncut". Trevor still edits them quite a bit, but we attempt to push through and do as much "live" as possible. Does that make for a better listening experience? Heck, we don't know - we've never done this before! We talk a bit about social distancing and other current events for a bit, get to work around 8 minutes in, get to your questions a little bit after the 45 minute mark, and then talk about the cover for a few minutes starting just before the 1 hour and 19 minute mark before calling it a day. All in all, a worthwhile Friday afternoon, that we now deliver to you on a Tuesday! We look forward to unveiling more of the Multiverse for you soon!

Some frigid foes! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:33:59 Minimal goofs, mostly due to existential dread. Tough times, these. Here's the image we discussed early on in the overview segment: Did you make this? If you're the one who made this, let us know! Good job. We'd love to give you credit for your good work. We hope you're all getting plenty of social distancing! Join us next month for more shelter in place and talk about Sentinel Comics!

We did this one LIVE! For everyone! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:37:15 We had a great time with this one, even in these trying times. You can watch it here!  Upcoming schedule: Tuesday, April 7th: Episode #140 - Writers' Room: Miss Information’s April Fools Tuesday, April 14th: Episode #141 - Writers' Room: A pre-OblivAeon Benchmark story Tuesday, April 21st: Editor’s Note #41 Tuesday, April 28th: Episode #142 - Creative Process: The Visionary Supporting Cast And here's a calendar! Stay healthy and safe out there, everyone!

Hello, friends! Or foes?! Who can tell?!?! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:12:49 So, this episode is the hero/villain team-up episode. We didn't NOT succeed at that... but you'll have to listen to find out what happens. It's certainly an attempt at the given topic! We make up for it by talking about a bunch more comics than just one, if that's any consolation to you. This Friday, March 20th, is our LIVE Editor's Note recording! If you're on the Letters Page Patreon, please come join in at 11 AM, Central! We'll be in the Discord as well to take your questions. And, if you're a Contributor on the Patreon, the voting is up now for next month's episodes! Go vote! Voting is important!

Chrono-Ranger in Feudal Japan! Show Notes: Run Time: 58:28 Under an hour?! An episode that doesn't break the hour mark?!?! It's true. We only had two questions for this episode, so the questions section is much shorter than usual. Not to fear, though - we've already been amassing questions for the next couple episodes, and there are lots. This one just happened to be a bit more on the quiet side. We get to the overview portion in which we establish the type of story, determine when it lands, and then craft and tell the tale, starting a bit before the 4 minute mark. That process takes us more than half of the episode, so we get to questions after 38 minutes in. Then, only several minutes later, we talk about the cover right after the 51 minute mark. And that's the show! Thanks everyone for listening! Don't forget, if you're on the Letters Page Patreon, you can join us for a live show on March 20th! And if you're not on the Letters Page Patreon... well, you could be!

We have been wrong in the past about the Naturalist, but not today! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:20:47 We get into a LOT on this one! We just sort of hit the ground running, and keep up the pace for quite a while! For those of you who like timestamps, we get to the overview around 5 and a half minutes in, the question section just before the 35 minute mark, and finally button things up around an hour and 14 minutes in. A couple minutes after that, we can't remember how the link to our Patreon is spelled. You can find the answer here! Thanks for listening, everyone! When the next episode goes live, I'll be in international waters doing my best to avoid that COVID-19, but I'll be back the week after that for a live show! See you then!

Parse gets murdery! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:26:31 To be fair, Parse started out very murdery, and then mellowed over time. Today, we tell one of those early stories, and we do not hold back! Slight content warning on this one for (audio discussion of) graphic violence, as well as some drugs (not really drugs used, though - just drugs being generally around). Also, she's a jerk. Just so you know. Forewarned is forearmed, and with the amount Parse uses that bow, she's gotta have great forearms, right? At around the 47 minute mark, we get into questions. You asked them - we answer them! We talk a bit about the cover just after 1 hour and 16 minutes in, though you likely have already seen the cover by now. It's in these show notes! Thanks everyone for listening! We're getting close to March, in which the recording and episode release schedule starts to get more normal. Thanks for bearing with us!

Adam's back! I'm excited. Are you excited? You should be. Show Notes: Run Time: 1:30:22 I'd say we spend a lot of time goofing around, but let's be real: Adam and I only see each other once a week these days, so there's a LOT of goofing to be done. Gotta get it all out of our systems! Here's the upcoming schedule! Tuesday, March 3rd: Episode #136 - Creative Process: Naturalist supporting cast Tuesday, March 10th: Episode #137 - Writer's Room: Chrono-Ranger in Feudal Japan Tuesday, March 17th: Episode #138 - Writer's Room: Hero/Villain team-up Tuesday, March 24th: Editor’s Note #40 Tuesday, March 31st: Episode #139 - Creative Process: Absolute Zero’s villains And who doesn't love a photo of a calendar? That big red stripe on the calendar is when I'm out of town in March, so we're making up with a recording on the first Thursday, and then we're back on schedule in real time with March's Editor's Note. No more being a week ahead of schedule for us! We field a lot of questions on a lot of topics! Such as: OblivAeon Sentinel Comics: the Roleplaying Game Fanatic Valentimes Sunglasses Totally Real Medical Science and more! Thanks for listening, everyone! We hope you like us as much as we like you!

A familiar team, yet one that never was! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:06:35 We do another early Disparation story! These are always fun. Just a note on Letters Page timeline: we're pretty much back on our regular schedule but the episode numbering is one behind since we interjected with last week's non-standard episode. As a result, the first episode for March will be what was going to be the last February episode. We'll still have voting and Editor's Notes as usual, and we're still a week ahead on recording time, just in case Adam has to pull away for a week for baby reasons, which is not entirely unlikely. We shall see!  Catch you next time!

WHAT IS EVEN HAPPENING Show Notes:  Run Time: 40:06 This isn't a real episode! I mean, it has all of the elements you'd expect: an overview, a questions section, and even some things from the past that you might not expect! However, it's missing a major key part that makes Letters Page episodes possible. You'll just have to listen to find out. More notes? Nah, no more notes. Take a listen. It's a fun time.

You didn't request an episode about the death of Legacy, but here we are! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:19:54 As per the topic, we tell a story about a villain vs a villain, but with unexpected twists! We get to the Overview just after 10 minutes in, questions at the 38 minute mark, and talk about the above cover at around 1 hour and 14 minutes. Note: the last question we answer is one of the best questions with one of the best answer, and also this is one of my favorite covers that Adam has ever done.  Catch you next time!

The first live show of the year! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:17:59 Here's the upcoming schedule! Tuesday, February 4th: Episode #134 Writer’s Room: Disparation vol. 1 Tuesday, February 11th: Episode #135 Writer’s Room: an early Parse story Tuesday, February 18th: Editor’s Note #39 Tuesday, February 25th: Episode #136 Creative Process: Naturalist supporting cast And here's the calendar of when we're recording: (Mind you, this could all change if Adam has a baby.) We talk about all manner of things in this one, including but not limited to: OblivAeon The SCRPG Animated Shows Babies Sunglasses and more! Also, we were asked a question about what Mr. Fixer was called by each of the characters that met him in the show.  NightMist: “Harry” Setback: “Slim” Expatriette: “Fixer” Harpy: "Mr. Walker" Chairman: "Old Man" We're here to help!

We're finally back! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:08:32 We're here in the future! And we're going to talk about the past! A not-too-distant but very different past! We tell a tale out of the Inversiverse, and things get twisty! We finally start in with overviewing and storytelling around four and a half minutes in.  After all that noodling, we finally get to your questions at the 47 minute mark. If you're on the Letters Page Patreon, join us this coming Friday for our anniversary live show! We didn't intend for it to be specifically an anniversary live show, but it turns out that we're doing that recording on the same date that we launched our first episode in 2017! So long ago! No one was alive then! Thanks, everyone!

Welcome to a new year-- a new century!! Show Notes: Run Time: 6:24 Just a quick hello to usher in a new year. Thanks for making this show possible!  

Hey, everyone! We said there was no episode this week, but hopefully you've learned that you can't trust us by now! Show Notes: Run Time: 20:25 We talk about this year, answer some questions, and perhaps more? (No, not really anything more than that.) See you next year, everyone!

It's Christmas Eve! Let's talk about an avenging angel with absolutely no chill whatsoever. Show Notes: Run Time: 1:20:50 We talk a bit about Christmas, and then, about 4 minutes in, we get to work! We expected this one to be tough, but it turns out that we were visited by the ghost of Sentinel Comics past, and they did the work for us!  Just after the 53 minute mark, we start in on your questions. At just before an hour and 15 minutes in, we talk a bit about the cover, which is shown above. Happy Holidays, everyone! See you all next year!

It's the Holiday times! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:35:49 We had a pile of technical difficulties, but we still made it work! Thanks to Trevor for cleaning up everything with his fancy editing.  Here's the upcoming schedule: Tuesday, January 7rd: Beginning of the year: no episode Tuesday, January 14th: Episode #132 - Writers' Room: Disparation: Inversiverse Tuesday, January 21th: Editor’s Note #38 Tuesday, January 28th: Episode #133 - Writers' Room: Villain vs Villain We also had a pile of questions! On a pile of topics! Including: OblivAeon Jacket vs Coat The Sentinel Comics RPG Monsters and Magic Alternate Realities Unanswered Questions Ex-Bloodsworn Gladiators The Freedom Five and more! Catch you next time! EDIT: As mentioned in the show, Adam asks his SCRPG players three questions at the start of a campaign: What is your secret reason for becoming a hero? What do you stand to lose because of your double life? What would you kill for?

We accidentally got over ambitious with this one! Behold: Two covers! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:17:59 We just got back from PAX Unplugged, but we recorded this right before we left! We goofed around for a few minutes, but after only about 4 minutes of goofs, we got right to business! We craft enough framing for a story that we end up doing both parts 1 and 2 in one episode! So speedy! Around the 50 minute mark, we get into your questions. At about an hour and 10 minutes in, we talk a bit about the covers, both of which can be seen above! This episode is released on Tuesday, December 10th. This Friday, December 13th, we'll be recording a live Editor's Note at 11 AM Central time! So, if you're on The Letters Page Patreon, you can watch and potentially even join in! We hope to see you there!

The Eeeeeeeennnnnnclave of the Eeeennnnddddlliiiiiiiiiinnggsss!!! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:09:53 We recorded this episode the day before Thanksgiving, but now it's the week after Thanksgiving! How does time even work? We talk about a bunch of space stuff, to the point of even crafting and telling multiple tales, due to the anthology nature of the Cosmic Tales book at this point. Around 32 minutes in, we get to your questions!  The day after this episode releases, we're recording another episode on a Wednesday - two weeks in a row! Amazing! This one is happening because we're about to be in Philadelphia for PAX Unplugged, so if you're around there, come find us! Catch you next time!

Good morning, everyone! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:28:14 We banter about RPG stuff, then get into a series of conversations about just what comic book we're talking about today. You already know, due to the name of the episode and also the nifty cover art above! We have a blast putting together all the building blocks, telling the story, answering your question, and discussing the cover. We hope you enjoy it, too!

Good morning, everyone! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:39:54 The upcoming schedule! Tuesday, December 3rd: Episode #129 - Writers’ Room: A tale of the Enclave of the Endlings Tuesday, December 10th: Episode #130 - Writers’ Room: Something about Captain Cosmic & Galactra Tuesday, December 17th: Editor’s Note #37 Tuesday, December 24th: Episode #131 - Writers’ Room: A Very Fanatic Christmas Story Tuesday, December 31st: No episode! Happy New Year’s Eve! Here's the calendar! We talk about a ton of things, including: Taco Bell OblivAeon, of course Sentinel Comics RPG Taco Bell Phobias Mr. Jitters Taco Bell Count Barzakh HiveMind Taco Bell And so much more! Thank you to all of our listeners, and an extra huge thanks to all of our Patreon supporters! Special thanks to Auburn Audience for making this delightful image for us in record time! Well done! Catch you next time!

Time for a very animated episode! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:38:51 In this episode, we start off by talking a bit about the previous animated series stuff, as it's all quite excellent. Seriously, go listen to those other animated series episodes - they're great. Then, after about four and a half minutes of banter, we get into this latest phase of animated shows: four shows (including one entirely new show) and two movies! That takes us... a while.  Finally, we get to your questions right around the one hour and eighteen minute mark. Thank you for the great questions, everyone! The week this episode comes out will feature a live Editor's Note recording at 11 AM Central Time this coming Friday, November 15th! We hope to catch you then!

Let's get EXTREME! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:31:11 This one is about Citizen Dawn in the Extremeverse! We don't know where it's going when we start, but it ends up in a REALLY awesome place. Go figure. Like, how did we start with the seed of "Citizen Dawn" and get to that cover above? Only one way to find out! We're throwing the horns for Trevor, who did a badass job editing this one. He always does great, but he brought the noise on this one. (In this case, "brought the noise" is a good thing.) Thanks for listening, everyone!

Let's get Monstrous and Magical? Who are we kidding - we're always monstrous and magical. Show Notes: Run Time: 1:18:43 We start out assuming we've already covered all the monsters and magics... but we prove that untrue quite swiftly. But then! Your questions are what unlock even MORE great content! We start in on those questions just after the 30 minute mark. Thanks everyone for listening to these spooky but not too spooky episodes - but don't you fret: November is right around the corner! We're recording two episodes this week - tomorrow is a Disparation episode about the Extremeverse and Friday we're recording a Creative Process episode about the Animated Series, Phase 3. So, get your questions in for those episodes ASAP!

Good morning, friends! Show Notes: Run time: 1:20:52 Another silly live show with a wide variety of topics! Upcoming schedule: Tuesday, November 5th: Episode #126 - Writers' Room - Disparation (Extremeverse!) Tuesday, November 12th: Episode #127 - Creative Process - Animated Series Phase 3 Tuesday, November 19th: Editor’s Note #36 Tuesday, November 26th: Episode #128 - Writers' Room - Void Guard in Bloodsworn Colosseum And here's a calendar! Do note that the recording times are all over the place for this coming month. We're both traveling for various reasons in November, so we're fitting the recordings in where we can! So, get your questions in ASAP! We talked about lots of things, like: OblivAeon Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game Logic Puzzle Questions Minions and Henchlings Meta Stuff Birthday Songs And So Much More! Catch you next time!

We unleash your greatest fear! A podcast! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:15:31 We explore phobias! Fears! Both irrational and otherwise! We also end up bridging over into a "Writers' Room" style episode, accidentally. Sorry about that. We just felt like creating, I guess? It worked out, but this episode is all over the place. Scary! We'll be doing the live Editor's Note on Wednesday this week, the day after this episode goes live, so if you're on The Letters Page Patreon, join us for the live recording! Thanks for listening, everyone!

Let's go into another version of reality! Again! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:15:37 We're excited to do another Disparation story, even though we don't know which one! Let's figure that out, together! No spoilers, but here are the various timestamps where stuff kicks off: Overview: 2:55 Recap: 40:20 Questions: 48:00 Cover Discussion: 1:09:45 Thanks for listening, everyone! Since this is a rare five Tuesday month, we'll have another episode before the Editor's Note, so look forward to that next Tuesday, and then the live recording will happen next Wednesday! Exciting times here in spoooOOOoooky OctoooOOOooober!

It's the first creepy episode of the second most creepy month: October! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:12:50 After confessing our sins, we get to our creative process overview at around the 6 minute mark. And we are on fire! (At least, in our humble opinions.) Apparently, we should create in the face of adversity more often! One successful creation segment later, we get to your questions, at just before the 50 minute mark. Thank you for your questions! Also, thanks for listening! Don't forget to have a spooky month! (But not as spooky as next month!)

We talk about the bad guys who work for the bad guys... and also some deep philosophical topics? Show Notes: Run Time: 1:40:05 Good morning, everyone! After a very short amount of banter, we go to an overview only two and a half minutes into the show.  There, we go through most every major villain and how they use minions, if at all, who those minions are, and more! This process ends up taking a while, and we have a fun time of it, all told. We hope you do, too! Then, just before the one hour and 3 minute mark, we get into your questions! We hope that we answer all questions to your satisfaction. Don't send your minions after us! Catch us next time for another Creative Process episode, this one all about Count Barzakh. What's his place in the history of Sentinel Comics? Join us as we figure that out together! If you want input on what topics are considered, voting on the final topic line-up for each month, and being part of our monthly live Editor's Notes, you can join us on the Letters Page Patreon! It's pretty great! Keep on henching!

We do the monthly live talking about everything thing! Show Notes:  Run Time: 1:25:51 The votes are in! What's happening in October? Upcoming schedule: Tuesday, October 1st: Episode #122 - Creative Process - Count Barzakh Tuesday, October 8th: Episode #123 - Writers' Room - an issue of Disparation Tuesday, October 15th: Episode #124 - Creative Process - Phobias Tuesday, October 22th: Editor’s Note #35 Tuesday, October 29th: Episode #125 - Creative Process - Monsters and Magic And here's a medium quality photo of my low quality handwriting on this high quality calendar of questionable quality recording content! In today's questions section, we talk about all manner of things, including: OblivAeon Singular Entities Time before time A vest Gene-bound humans Fixed points Timelines Orders of events OblivAeon shards Animals SCRPG rules Hero creation Sentinel Comics LARP Hypothetical moral/logical quandaries Citizen Dawn Villain themes OblivAeon's HP Blood magic Todidos Surviving environments Strength Birthdays Loss Friendship and more! Thanks to everyone who was able to join us live, everyone who else who listens not live, and even everyone who doesn't listen but still thinks good thoughts about us! We appreciate all of you.

We're gonna write a comedy story! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:10:59 Yet again, we craft a comic from the back catalogue of Sentinel Comics! This one is much more modern than our other Writers' Rooms episodes, as you can tell by the cover. We had a ton of fun with all the various parts of this story, and we hope you do, too! Thank you for tuning in! If you're a member of our Patreon, you can join us live this Friday at 11 AM for this month's Editor's Note!

We create and tell the first official Disparation story! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:30:19 This one is a delightful jaunt of an episode. We're excited to dig into a Disparation story again - each of the previous Disparation-focused episodes have been a lot of fun, and getting to tell the first ever is a blast! Also, hot damn, that cover is awesome. Adam continues to knock it out of the park. If you're reading this and looking at the cover before listening to the episode, you'll just have to tune in to find out what's going on here! Thank you to all of our listeners and supporters for making this happen, especially those of you over on The Letters Page Patreon. We are thrilled to get to keep making content for all of you. 

We're gonna talk about the WHOLE THING! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:58:22 This episode, we answer so many questions from all of you! You had questions on everything from mechanics, to hero creation, to story, to both future and past info... so many things! As a result, we end up with a longer episode than we've had in a long time! We hope you enjoy all our answers! We're heading into September with new episodes - two Writers' Room episodes! Here's the calendar: To be part of our live show, join the Letters Page Patreon! Thank you to everyone who listens and supports us. You make our dreams come true.

It's time for another live Editor's Note! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:23:02 We reveal the schedule! Upcoming schedule: Tuesday, September 3rd: Episode #119 - Writers’ Room - Disparation Tuesday, September 10th: Episode #120 - Writers’ Room - Guise & The Scholar Tuesday, September 17th: Editor’s Note #34 Tuesday, September 24th: Episode #121 - Creative Process - Minions, Henchmen, & Underlings There will be a recording calendar posted soon, but we need to figure out some September recording times, due to the travels of both Christopher and Adam. We talk about a ton of things in this episode, including but not limited to: OblivAeon Shear Force Slaughterhouse Six The Entertainer Moral/ethical/probability conundrums Where to live Sentinel Comics connections Rewriting history And more!

We had a very fun Gen Con this year! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:28:49 We talk about all manner of things, enjoy a very different musical guest than ever before, and are entirely serious the entire time! (One of those things might not be true. Hard to say.) And here's a Trevor's eye view of the room before we started while people were still coming in. There were a lot of people this year! Good thing Gen Con gave us a bigger room than ever before. Let's pack even more in next year! Between now and then, join us next week on our Patreon for a live recording of this month's Editor's Note!

We're at it again - posting something when we said we wouldn't. What rapscallions. You can't take us anywhere. Show Notes: Run Time: 8:13 This is the second week of our two week Gen Con hiatus, and yet, we just couldn't NOT post SOMETHING, right? Last week was Gen Con, as we lie about on the air.  For this Microsode, we answer the NEWEST, the FRESHEST, the RIGHT OFF THE PRESSES letter - one sent in mere hours before we recorded! Amazing. So fresh and so clean clean. For those of you who couldn't be at Gen Con, next week's episode is a Trevor-edited recording of our Gen Con Live Episode! We hope it was a great success - at the time of this writing, we're still several days away from it, but we look forward to it with great anticipation. For those of you on The Letters Page Patreon, we hope you'll join us on Friday, August 16th at 11 AM (Central Time) for our live recording of this month's Editor's Note! Those are always a good time. See you then! Or, rather, you'll see us then. You know what we mean.

You thought we weren't doing an episode this week, didn't you? Well, guess what... you're right! And yet, what's this?!?! Show Notes: Run Time: 6:58 Today is the first Tuesday of our two week of Gen Con hiatus. In today's Microsode, we answer the oldest question on the books! It's from a long-forgotten time - the distant and most ancient past. Wow! We look forward to seeing so many of you at Gen Con! Come say hi! As always, thank you for your continuing listenership and support, especially those of you subscribed to The Letters Page Patreon!

Our first ever Writers' Room episode! We're going to make a story together! Show notes: Run Time: 1:39:55 Only a couple minutes in, we claim we're getting right down to work... and then we goof around talking about cuts of steak or something. But then! We tell you what we're talking about, who's in the issue, and build the entire story of that issue out on the air! After a LOT of work, we take a fun assortment of questions, starting around the 1 hour and 15 minute mark. No episode next week or the week after, due to Gen Con. We hope to see as many of you there as possible!

Show Notes: Run Time: 1:11:01 At the start of the show, we talk a bit of shop about possibilities for new formats of episodes. At the time of recording, the votes weren't in yet for next month's episodes, but there are now! So: Upcoming schedule: Tuesday, August 6th: No Episode (Because Gen Con!) Tuesday, August 13th: Gen Con Live 2019! Tuesday, August 20th: Editor’s Note #33 Tuesday, August 27th: Episode #118 - All About SCRPG And here's our recording schedule! Around the 7 minute mark, we start in on your questions on so many topics, such as: Multiple OblivAeon-related questions! Void Guard Magic Sentinels of the Multiverse And that's not all! Thanks to all of you listeners, to our Patreon supporters, and to our families, who never believed we could make any of this a thing but we did it anyway. Hah!

We make stuff up - as we often do - but not really for Sentinel Comics! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:23:20 We build out the world (and even a bit of the meta-verse) for the Shear Force property, as introduced in episode 102.  We get into the overview just before the 4 minute mark, and there we get down to brass tacks about figuring about just what IS Shear Force. There's an animated show, and there are comics, but most importantly, there are toys. This all definitely hinges around toys. We get REALLY into it. In retrospect, this feels a lot like the conversations we had when we were first creating Sentinels of the Multiverse, but also very different.  After a lot of creative nonsense, we answer a few questions, starting a bit after the 1 hour minute mark. Thank you all for listening! We hope you enjoy listening to this at least half as much as we enjoyed doing the creative work. This Friday, we'll be doing a live recording of this month's Editor's Note, so if you're on the Letters Page Patreon, we hope you can watch that, and possibly even join in if you're a Contributor. See you then!

Let's get villainous! Show Notes: Run Time: 59:09 After some mild goofs, we get into your questions, and you ask all the right things! Listen to learn more about so many villains we've never spoken about before, plus a decent handful that you're already familiar with!  

Good morning, everyone! Let's create Sentinel Comics content! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:37:31 This live episode was fun! It moved in a way that we didn't expect - we got into Sentinels of the Multiverse card game content! How? What? Impossible! Right? You'll just have to listen to find out! I don't want to say much more than that; I would hate to spoil the surprises.  Thanks to everyone who joined us live, and all of our supporters and listeners, like you!

We take your questions. We give you answers. You know the deal. Or do you? Show Notes: Run Time: 1:11:01 At the start of the show, we talk a bit of shop about possibilities for new formats of episodes. At the time of recording, the votes weren't in yet for next month's episodes, but there are now! So: Upcoming schedule: Tuesday, July 2nd: Episode #115 - Wraith’s Rogue Gallery Tuesday, July 9th: Episode #116 - Creative Process: Shear Force Tuesday, July 16th: Editor’s Note #32 Tuesday, July 23th: Episode #117 - First Ever Writer's Room! Tuesday, July 30th: A week off due to Gen Con! Then, at around the 12 minute mark, we get to your questions! We cover such exciting topics as: OblivAeon Time Traveling Characters Myriad Members of the Prime Wardens Science Baron Blade's Theoretical Dilemma And much much more! Thanks as always to Trevor, our Patreon supporters, Sentinels fans everywhere, and listeners like YOU!

Remember, even this new team can't spell "Slaughterhouse" without the words "laughter". And also the word "louse", incidentally. Show Notes: Run Time: 1:06:46 We start off with some birthday talk, then some eyeball talk, like you do. Then, we actually do an overview just after the 5 minute mark! Don't worry, it's a VERY short overview. Then, we get right on to your questions at around 8 minutes in. Your questions cover the line-up of the team, including original members like Glamour, Re-Volt, Desert Eagle, and Ray Manta, and new teammates such as Hippo and Kismet! As always, thanks to all of our listeners, especially those of you on the Letters Page Patreon! Join us this Thursday at 10 AM, Central, for a live recording of this month's Editor's Note!

Let's talk more about these powerful heroes! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:10:07 This show is a follow-up to our longest episode ever! So, consider that required listening for what we're talking about here. Adam's eye is ruined and he'll never see again, or something like that. I might be exaggerating here. About 6 minutes into the episode, we go to questions, which are organized by character (after the first couple more general questions). We cover Dr. Medico, Mainstay, The Idealist, and Writhe, in that order. Thanks to our (unwitting) sponsor, TheWyrmSuperior! Of course, so many thanks to Trevor for the great editing and producing and making this podcast possible, and also infinite thanks to all of you delightful listeners! We very much appreciate your support. If you're interested in supporting The Letters Page, check out our Patreon!

Let's get MAGICAL! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:37:44 Let's answer a lot of questions about the how, what, and why of magic! And more! As of this posting, the next episode (all about Void Guard) has already been recorded due to this weeks convention, but feel free to send in questions for the other episodes for the month of June! Also, if you're at UK Games Expo this week, come by the Greater Than Games booth and say hi - Christopher will be there talking about all manner of games, though Adam is holding down the GTG fort in St. Louis and celebrating the tail end of his birth-month. As always, you can support The Letters Page via our Patreon. Thanks for listening!

An Editor's Note all about us being bad at Science! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:24:11 Here's the upcoming schedule! Tuesday, June 4th: Episode #112 - Void Guard Follow-Up Tuesday, June 11th: Episode #113 - The New Slaughterhouse Six Tuesday, June 18th: Editor’s Note #31 Tuesday, June 25th: Episode #114 - Create a Thing: LIVE! After only about 5 minutes of light goofs and scheduling, we get into your questions, which are mostly the very "well actuallies" we asked for. But we do have a secret surprise guest appearance in the second half of this Editor's Note! You'll just have to listen to find out more!

This episode is not just about death, it's also about failure! Creative failure! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:15:41 After only a minute or so of goofing around, we actually do a very brief overview section, just to get you all caught up on the when and a bit of the why of this story. But then! You have asked all the right questions, so we let the questions section handle the bulk of the actual storytelling. That starts at around the 4 minute mark. Just so you know, the storytelling ends up being highly non-chronological, but we actually really like it that way. Ends up putting stuff in order of weight and importance, rather than publication order. Thank you all to our listeners and supporters, especially those of you who support us on The Letters Page Patreon! Join us tomorrow, Wednesday, May 12, at 11:00 AM Central time for a livestream of this month's Editor's Note!

Stories that NEVER HAPPENED?!!?!?!?!??! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:12:53 We get to your questions right away, before we even hit the 2 minute mark. And we tell SO MANY stories that never were.  Thank you to all of our listeners, especially our Patreon supporters! Get your questions for the Death of Anthony Drake (and anything else Prime Wardens related) in now!

Let's pick up the pace! Show notes: Run Time: 1:02:17 We get right into the story with this one, and actually have an Overview segment! It's been a while since we've had one of those. After telling the story of the Lightspeed limited series, we get to your questions at around the 30 minute mark. Thank you to all you wonderful folks who support the Letters Page Patreon! We couldn't do this without you. Catch ya next time!

We're gonna answer so many questions! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:21:16 We do a lot of goofing around before we get to the schedule, but here's the schedule! Tuesday, May 7th: Episode #109 - Development Hell: cancelled stories Tuesday, May 14th: Episode #110 - The Death (And Return) of Anthony Drake Tuesday, May 21st: Editor’s Note #30 Tuesday, May 28th: Episode #111 - Magic in the Multiverse And here's what our calendar looks like: You may note that the recording for Editor's Note #30 is happening on Wednesday the 15th instead of the following Friday. Adam is out of town the rest of that week, so we have to do the recording earlier than usual. Our Patreon supporters can watch/join in live! Finally, we get to your questions starting around 11 minutes in. We talk about such exciting things as: The OblivAeon Event (it's back!) Myriad Bugs vs. Insects vs. Other? Shear Force Pool Shark Guise Unity SCRPG Starter Kit Extremeverse Presidents Shirts Upcoming topics Thanks to all of our listeners and Patreon supporters for making what we do possible! Until next time, heroes!

What were these two up to as they transcended time and space?! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:00:32 We're a mess in this one, but it's probably still worth it! We goof around (and also explain why things are extra weird in this episode) for a few minutes before finally getting to explaining the purpose/angle of this episode, and then getting into your questions a bit after the 7 minute mark. The questions are full of interesting ideas and fascinating queries... to which we have some unsatisfactory answers... but also several cool stories you've never heard before! Overall, we end up giving away and revealing more in this episode than we'd even intended, so, well worth it. The future is yours! All of the Letters Page Patreon can catch us this Friday at 11 AM, Central as we record Editor's Note #29 live! Patreon supporters at the "Contributor" level can join in on the Discord, so we hope to have as many of you as possible there to chat with us about all manner of things! Also, we'll have the voting for next month's episodes posted to the Patreon in the next couple hours, so look forward to that! Finally, thanks to all you delightful listeners for helping us make this possible. See you next time!

An episode in which we get into some real talk about one of our most powerful teams of heroes. Show Notes: Run Time: 1:05:34 With a minimum of banter - mostly due to the somber nature of today's undertaking - we get into the questions at the 2 minute mark. Speedy! Then, in response to the very first question, we tell the entire story of the Fall of the Prime Wardens, from before the prelude through the end of the arc, and in fact the end of the Prime Wardens book. So, essentially, we do an entire overview starting a bit after the 4 minute point, just as a drawn out answer to a question. After all of that, we get back to actually answering questions around 51 minutes in. Though we're certain there will be some follow-up questions for next month's Editor's Note. The final question of the day raises an excellent topic for a future episode that would hopefully put things back on their right path again. Can you forgive these heroes their flaws and inherent humanity? Only time will tell. Thanks for listening! Catch you next time!

Let's "learn" about SCIENCE! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:29:37 Disclaimer! We are not scientists! Like, not really! That will become increasingly clear over the course of the episode! Even still, have fun! After a fairly standard amount of goofing around, we finally get into your questions, starting just before the 4 minute mark. Thanks to all of our listeners, especially our Patreon supporters! Catch you next week!

Let's talk about young Devra Caspit! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:10:23 In the first couple minutes, Adam and Christopher make a wager against Christopher's wishes, but I guess that kind of thing is binding? Then, we get into talking about Unity, what happened in her Day in the Life comic, and more! Around 12 minutes in, we get to your questions, which take up the rest of the episode. And what good questions they are! Thanks so much to all of you delightful listeners, and also to the very few of you who have chosen the path of undelightfulness - we support your decisions as well. Big thanks especially to our Patreon supporters. You make this all possible! We've already recorded next week's episode, so tune in next week to hear all about the Science of the Multiverse!

This Editor's Note has been released later in the day today, as we recorded it live this morning! Sorry for the delay, but we're all caught up now and back to our mostly regular schedule. Show Notes: Run Time: 1:11:19 Here's the upcoming schedule! Tuesday, April 2nd: Episode #105 - Science in the Multiverse Tuesday, April 9th: Episode #106 - Story Arc: Fall of the Prime Wardens Tuesday, April 16th: Episode #107 - Temporal Targets: Chrono-Ranger and La Capitan stories Tuesday, April 23rd: Editor’s Note #29 Tuesday, April 30th: Episode #108 - Story Arc: Lightspeed And here's a photograph of one of our whiteboards! (It's the one with the recording/release schedule.) Today, we talk about a lot of stuff! It can mostly be broken down into the categories of SCRPG related things, Fanatic and Ra questions, and Other Questions. Enjoy! Get your questions for Day in the Life: Unity, and Science in the Multiverse ASAP!

Temporary Show Notes: Run Time: 57:57 This is the Myriad episode. A myriad of things are discussed (including a few spoilers if you haven't played the Urban Infestation one-shot)! -Trevor  

We make another thing LIVE! What kind of thing? Who knows?! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:23:15 OK, look, we've gotta stall for a while, so it's a few minutes into the episode before we actually get down to brass tacks, but then we start making stuff!  We recorded this live in front of the Letters Page Patreon supporters, with many of the Contributors in the chat - you'll hear some of their names, as they were an important part of the creative process! I don't want to spoil anything, so you'll just have to listen to the episode...   [spoilers incoming - don't look below this if you want to avoid spoilers!]   ...but I will give you this quick sketch that Adam did right after the episode: Shear Force vs the agents of K.U.D.Z.U.! We'll catch you next week for Myriad!

We're talking about a cowboy! Again! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:04:34 No overview, because we did that in an episode two years ago! For reference, check out Episode #25 all about Chrono-Ranger here. Then, we get to your questions and immediately go deep on literature, consciousness, reality... look, this one might get heavy. Besides, we have to talk about time stuff again, so, yeah. The questions cover a lot of Time-Slinger stories, telling you what he's up to now, and also drops a couple of major story elements, one of which no one knows but CON. A quick note about CON: both of us over the course of the episode use all kinds of pronouns for CON - he/she/it/they are all employed. That's partially because we're used to being cagey about giving answers on things, but we've already revealed the truth of CON in the past, so we should have been using "she" the whole time. Sorry for any confusion.  This Friday is a "Create a Thing LIVE", so if you're on the Letters Page Patreon, you can join us Friday at 11 AM, Central time! Also, thank you to everyone for supporting us on the Sentinel Comics RPG Kickstarter. It did everything we wanted and more. We're blown away. Thank you.

Let's do an Editor's Note mostly about Sentinel Comics: the RPG related stuff! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:17:35 Hey, everyone! This was a fun one. Special thanks to all of the delightful Letters Page Patreon Contributors who were on Discord. Welcome back to Trevor! He's back to being our full time editor - we loved having Zach for those weeks, but it's also great to have Trevor back. Here's the upcoming schedule! Tuesday, March 5th: Episode #102 - Create a Thing Live Tuesday, March 12th: Episode #103 - Myriad Tuesday, March 19th: Editor's Note #28 Tuesday, March 26th: Episode #104 - Day in the Life: Unity In this episode, we talk about a bunch of stuff, including but not limited to: The SCRPG currently ON KICKSTARTER!!! OblivAeon (of course) Wager Master Voss Miststorm Timeline vs RPG Timeline GM advice Sentinel Comics lore Hero Archetypes Sentinel Comics canon Guise Names Livestream Secrets TREVOR'S BIRTHDAY (and Anthony's birthday, too!) New RPG video series Letters Page RPG stories RPG mechanics Guise AGAIN Fanatic and Ra xxtz'Hulissh and more! See you all next time for slingin'!

Let's hear YOUR stories! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:45:09 We're excited to get into our first official Sentinel Comics RPG timeline story! And it's one that many of YOU have played! After talking a bit about life and the SCRPG Kickstarter (currently happening!), we get into an actual overview a bit after the 4 minute mark! Important Note: this episode is FULL of spoilers for the SCRPG Starter Kit. If you don't want spoilers, walk away now. Save yourself! We go through each issue of the starter kit adventure, explaining it from our point of view that way we have a frame of reference when we get to your questions. Which we do at around 44 minutes into the episode! Now we're at the most delightful part of the episode to us. Getting to hear what happened in your games is a real treat! Also! This episode is the last one edited by Zach, our delightful and capable interim editor! If, after this episode, you miss Zach's calming presence like we do, fear not! You can find Zach in several places: He's on Twitter! He's got a Twitch channel! He's also got a podcast! Thanks so much, Zach - we couldn't have done it without your help! Some final things to share here: The SCRPG is up on Kickstarter right now! Check out the Letters Page Patreon to support the show! There will be a livestream on Patreon this Friday for this month's Editor's Note. Join us then/there! And keep being such great heroes, everyone!

Time to talk about a heavy metal band! Also, they're bad guys! Show Notes: Run Time: 57:47 After only a few minutes of jokes, mouth music, and brief overviews, we get into the questions just before the 5 minute mark. Then we talk about this band! Here are the members of Helfyre, from left to right in the sketch above: Vocals: Screech Lead Guitar: Blister Bass Guitar: Deep Root Drums: Snare Pipe organ/Electronic Keyboard: Drudge Lots of great questions about these ridiculous villains. They're gonna rock you! But, like, not to sleep. To DEATH! But really, they're not killing their fans. Not actually. No profit in that. Don't forget! The Sentinel Comics RPG Kickstarter is still going on - go check it out! And, as always, the Letters Page Patreon is a great place to get even more into the Sentinel Comics stuff we're doing!

Let's talk about the final five environments! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:13:08 OK, so right off the bat, we get it terribly wrong. We claim that the SCRPG Kickstarter is live. When this episode goes live, that's not the case. The Kickstarter goes live an hour after this episode launches. We just did a bad job at thinking about time when we recorded this episode. Go us. That said, if you're listening to this episode right when it goes live, the SCRPG Kickstarter will go live around the 1 hour mark of this episode! Moving right along, just before the 5 minute mark, we get into your questions, starting with questions about Champion Studios and San Alonso. At around the 23 minute mark, we start in on questions about Fort Adamant and everything going on there. A bit after 32 minutes in, we visit scenic Mordengrad! Such a lovely place. We dance with the goat! Then, just after the 41 minute mark, we take a trip to the Nexus of the Void. Totally normal place. NBD. And then, finally, shortly after the 57 mark, we get to Plavu'Col, the Maerynian Refuge. Whew! The Kickstarter campaign for Sentinel Comics: the Roleplaying Game is live by now! Go check it out! See you next time.

Who won the Listeners' Choice Awards? Everyone! Show Notes Run Time: 1:16:57 We announce the winners of Funniest Episode, Worst Episode, Best Audio Production Episode, and Best Storytelling Episode, as well as Funniest Question, Saddest Question, Best Fan Theory Question, and Most Revealing Question! Who won? You'll just have to listen to find out! After than, we talk about the upcoming schedule at just before the 35 minute mark. Here what we'll be talking about next month! Tuesday, February 5th: Episode #99 - Team Episode: Helfyre Tuesday, February 12th: Episode #100 - Starter Kit Stories: What happened in YOUR games? Tuesday, February 19th: Editor’s Note #27 Tuesday, February 26th: Episode #101 - Time-Slinger Here's a photo of our recording calendar: Finally, around 37 minutes in, we finally get to your questions, starting off with a most grievous mistake on our part, unsurprisingly! But then moving on to many interesting topics. See you all next time!

Let's talk about Ra... and friends! Show Notes: Run Time: 45:11 After breaking down the plot to some movie or other, we actually do an Overview section! Bringing it back! Telling you what happens in Baptism by Fire, since you've already heard what happens in the War of Heliopolis limited series, as well as the Horus of Two Horizons one-shot. Then, after a lot of issue-by-issue storytelling, we get to your questions just before the 25 minute mark. Thanks to everyone, including our Patreon supporters, our producer Trevor, our interim editor Zach, and most especially listeners like you! We hope to see you all on the Letters Page Patreon this coming Friday - January 18th - for the live recording of this month's Editor's Note, including announcing the Listeners' Choice Awards! Everybody, everybody cut footloose!

Arrr! It be pirate time, mateys! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:00:05 We get to questions right away and go through all of these scurvacious sailors of s...time? The first question of the day ends up going in depth on every member of the crew, so that takes up the majority of the episode, but also gives you pretty much everything you want! Enjoy! Many thanks to Zach Denoncour, our interim podcast editor! He's stepping in for Trevor for the next several weeks, and we're thrilled to have him aboard! Look forward to next time, when things really heat up!

We did tell you that there was no episode on January 1st. But, to be fair, you know that what we do on this podcast is tell lies. That said, this is not so much an episode. Just a quick hello and thank you. Looking forward to 2019. Thanks to all of you for being a part of it.

Happy Holidays from Sentinel Comics to all! Show Notes: Run Time: 41:13 We have a bunch of great questions today, so after only a few minutes of holiday lies, we get into those questions! And within those questions, we tell a few holiday tales. Enjoy! (Also, many thanks to Matthew Bender for his delightful dramatic reading! You'll know it when you hear it.) At the end of the episode, we finally reveal the schedule for January of 2019! Tuesday, January 1st: No episode! Tuesday, January 8th: Episode #96 - A Motley Crew: La Capitán’s Time-Displaced Teammates Tuesday, January 15th: Episode #97 - Story Arc: Baptism by Fire/War of Heliopolis/Horus of Two Horizons Tuesday, January 22nd: Editor's Note #26 Tuesday, January 29th: Episode #98 - Post-OblivAeon OblivAeon Environments See you next year!

It's time for the Letters Page Listeners' Choice Awards nominations announcement! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:35:30 We have a special guest for this episode, and he makes the show even better! We spend the first portion of this recording discussing the recently announced awards. Once you've listened to all of that - including the most excellent question nominations - it's time to vote on your favorites! Check out the voting form here. After that, we SHOULD get to the schedule, but we're a week behind on that, so go to the Letters Page Patreon and vote on what episodes will start off 2019. So much voting! (The schedule for January 2019 will be announced in next week's episode.) And then, after all of those things, we finally get to your questions with the help of our special guest! We start in on the questions at just after the 44 minute mark. Only one episode left this year, folks! Join us next week for some holiday cheer!

Let's talk about all the heroes from the OblivAeon Mission Deck! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:03:42 Only a few minutes of goofs and gags before we get to a brief overview! Then, just after the 4 minute mark, we're right on to your insightful and exhaustive questions! The first question goes through ALL of the mission deck heroes, so that takes up the bulk of the episode. The question after that asks about the Be The Gate heroes, who cross over a little with the Mission Deck, but not entirely! Still, fair game. We will be recording this month's Editor's Note live on Friday, December 14th, and we'll be going over your nominations for the Letters Page Awards then! If you want to be a part of that recording, check out our Patreon!

From morally grey to just straight-up evil - what could go wrong?! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:21:27 After the usual goofing around at the beginning, in a shocking change of pace, we bring back the Overview! There, we do some setting explanation to help place what's going on here, both in the world - or Multiverse, rather - of Sentinel Comics and in the metaverse, as well. We also talk about both Rook Cities. Two? Yes, two. But more about one than the other. Then, we get to your questions right after the 12 minute mark. And, as has been the case with some recent episodes, we let the story happen bit by bit in the answers to your questions! Good questions, everyone. Right after the 1 hour and 2 minute mark, Christopher's voice changes to a much more gravelly version. Here's a peek behind the curtain: we lost about 10 minutes of audio from the original recording of this episode. Something weird happened and it was gone. Fortunately, we had very good notes, and as soon as we got back from PAX Unplugged, Christopher and Adam re-recorded that section, and we're actually way happier with the way it turned out this time. Honestly, if we could just re-record every episode 3-5 times before putting the audio live, they'd be even better... but that's ridiculous. Anyway! Christopher's voice was pretty wrecked from the convention, as per usual, but you only have to hear it sounding so rough until around the 1 hour and 13 minute mark. Thanks for listening, everyone! As ever, check out our Patreon for even more stuff!

It's time for an episode about a pretty new team of villains from another era! Show Notes:  Run Time: 1:22:00 No overview today - it's straight to questions! No dilly-dallying, even! Right down to business! Our first question is from the creator of the Sentinel Comics Wiki. Hats off to him - that wiki is useful to lots of folks, including us!  We go on after that letter with its many illuminating questions to more great questions from great question writers! At the end of the episode, we mention the first annual 2018 Letters Page Podcast awards! More information in last week's Editor's Note, and here's the form for Nominations! This week is PAX Unplugged, and much of GTG will be there, including Christopher, Trevor, and Maggie! If you're on the Letters Page Patreon, we've got an event going on Saturday evening: learn more here! We hope to see you there!

Time for another Editor's Note! Lots of fun and announcements here! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:23:48 First thing, after mild tomfoolery, we announce the first annual Letters Page Podcast Awards! Two categories, four awards each! Awards for Episodes Best Storytelling Episode Best Audio Production Episode Funniest Episode Worst Episode Awards for Questions Most Revealing Question Funniest Question Saddest Question Best Fan Theory Question Nominate episodes and questions using this form! Nominations are live until December 13th! Also, here's the upcoming schedule: Tuesday, December 4th: Episode #93 - Inversiverse Dark Watch Tuesday, December 11th: Episode #94 - Disparation: Heroes of the Mission Deck Tuesday, December 18th: Editor's Note #25 Tuesday, December 25th: Episode #95 - Happy Holidays! And here's a photo of our calendar! Not shown on that calendar is when we're recording episode #93. We're doing that first thing next week, so make sure you get your Inversiverse Dark Watch questions in by the end of this week! Finally, after all of that, we get to your questions just before the 19 minute mark. In this Editor's Note, we answer questions about: OblivAeon Math Power levels Creating realities Funerals The 4th Wall The Sentinel Comics Animated Universe Names Continuity Baron Blade Miss Information Luminary Incapacitation The Operative The Ennead Video Game Art Other Questions Jansa Vi Dero voice actor Languages Stan Lee... 'nuff said

A group of characters you know as heroes but in this other reality are far from it! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:22:51 After some brief goofs, we give a brief overview of the Inversiverse and what we're talking about specifically today. Then, we get right to your questions at only 6 minutes into the episode! Around the 14 minute mark, at the end of the first question, we get a request for pictures of each member of Perestroika for the upcoming episode. I put them on the Patreon, but available to not just Patreon supporters, but everyone! Check them out here. The second question takes us on a journey through the story of Seraph, who ends up being way cooler than anyone expected. Why are your expectations of us so low? Give us some credit here, folks! Whew! That's a lot of story telling! More questions give away even more, which is what we're here to do. If you have any questions for the Perestroika episode, get them in now, as we're recording that on this Friday! And the voting for the December episodes is already happening on the Letters Page Patreon!

Two of our favorite magical friends! Show Notes: Run Time: 50:20 Hey folks! We're into the new format, and we're still having fun and revealing things that we haven't said before, so that's great! After some nonsense times at the beginning, we get right into talking about where the stories we've told of these two land in the history of Sentinel Comics, plus also some other high-speed recapping!  That goes right up until it's time for your questions, about 8 minutes into the episode. After many delightful questions, we actually do a now-rare future section just after the 45 minute mark. And there's a notable reveal there! We've already done some restructuring over on The Letters Page Patreon, but there are more tweaks to come over the course of this month. It's easier than ever to jump into our community now, and we're excited to see folks join the Discord every day! Hope to see you there (but if you can't no worries - we still love you)!

It's time for some terror! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:07:21 OK, we do start off pretty silly, but don't worry, we get to questions in the first few minutes, and then we are very serious and very scary. No, that's not true, the first few minutes of questions are still silly. But then! A scary story! In fact, spoilers, if you don't like scary stories, you probably want to skip the tale from roughly the 7 minute mark to just before 38 minutes in.  And then, on to more questions and stories! Near the end of the episode, we talk about the arts that Adam has been doing and posting on his Twitter this month. They're all here on the Sentinel Wiki! This is the last episode of October, so we read ALL of the names for the last time! Also, restructuring of our Patreon is happening later today, so look forward to that!

Big stuff in this update! Letters Page AND OblivAeon! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:55:58 We start off by talking about this very podcast! First, the format of the show itself: we'll be recording every Friday (barring scheduling conflicts) and we'll be putting out episodes on Tuesdays. This includes Editor's Notes, which will be recorded live for all Patreon supporters. Also, Extrasodes are going the way of the fondly remembered Interludes. Farewell, Extrasodes! Focusing this show down to the key elements. Each month, we'll have an episode every Tuesday, with the exception of the second to the last Tuesday of the month, which will be an Editor's Note. Makes sense? Good! Next up, we cover the way that you can be a part of The Letters Page and support the show! The Letters Page Patreon is getting boiled down just to the important stuff as well. Thus, starting next month, there will be two Patreon levels: $1: Collectors: You get access to the Patreon, including the live Editor's Notes and anything else we post exclusively to the Patreon. $10: Contributors: This is full access. Topic submission and voting, interactions with Christopher and Adam on the Discord and live interactions during the Editor's Notes recordings. We're excited to open up this community to more people this way, and also focus the show a bit, as well! Look forward to the Patreon changes next week! Then, we get to the schedule for November: Tuesday, November 6th: Episode #90 - NightMist & Harpy Tuesday, November 13th: Episode #91 - Inversiverse: Prime Wardens Tuesday, November 20th: Editor's Note #24 Tuesday, November 27th: Episode #92 - Perestroika After all that business, we get to your questions at around the 15 minute mark! And wow, do you have a lot more questions about OblivAeon! At the very end of the episode, we mention that an expansion for Spirit Island is currently on Kickstarter! It's awesome! Go check it out! Thank you so much for listening. We'll catch you next week for a SPOOOoooOOOoooOOOKY episode!

When the heroes are down and out, what's going on? Show Notes: Run Time: 2:34:06 We're talking about every single hero character card twice over, plus every Vengeance/VotM villain character card, so we have a lot to cover today. As a result, we get right down to business! Just before the 2 hour mark, we finally get to the villain character cards. Whew! So many cards! At around two hours and 13 minutes in, we answer some questions! Your questions, in fact! We've got an important Editor's Note coming up in two days - this Thursday, we do our OblivAeon follow-up Editor's Note, in which we also talk about how the Letters Page (and the associated Patreon) is changing! See you then!

Who sounds like whom? Show Notes: Run Time: 1:39:09 The final Extrasode! Going out with a bang! This is a pretty interesting look at how we think about a lot of our characters. But, starting next month, no more Extrasodes. The time of the Extrasode has come to an end. More on that topic in next week's Editor's Note. (Which is being recorded live today at 11 AM Central - anyone on our Patreon can watch that live recording!) We go through a bunch of casting for well over an hour (with unexpected help from the Irreplaceable Taffyman), and then we get to a few questions starting around an hour and 23 minutes in. SPOILERS INCOMING! We recommend that you listen to the audio to learn who we would love to cast in each role, but here's a list (with a few post-recording notes): Freedom Five & Friends Legacy: Travis Willingham Bunker: Jensen Ackles The Wraith: Grey DeLisle Tachyon: Tara Strong Absolute Zero: Jimmi Simpson Unity: Ashley Eckstein Young Legacy: Hynden Walch F5 villains Baron Blade: Jason Isaacs Citizen Dawn: Jennifer Hale Grand Warlord Voss: Tony Jay Omnitron: Willem Dafoe Miss Information: Tress MacNeille Fright Train: Terry Crews Ermine: Ashly Burch Proletariat: George Buza Friction: Erin Yvette Chokepoint: Shannon Kenny (We mistakenly said “Shannon Kelly” in the episode) Progeny: N/A Prime Wardens Argent Adept: Billy Boyd Captain Cosmic: James McAvoy Tempest: Doug Jones Haka: Dee Bradley Baker Fanatic: Alanna Ubach PW Villains Akash’Bhuta: Elizabeth Peña Apostate: Clancy Brown Infinitor: Jeremy Irons Blood Countess: Rosario Dawson (Since recording, we’ve been convinced that it actually should be Patty Mattson) Biomancer: Faran Tahir Kaargra Warfang: Lucy Lawless Deadline: Liam O’Brien Dark Watch Mr Fixer: Phil LaMarr Expatriette: Kelly Hu Setback: Jason Marsden NightMist: Colleen Clinkenbeard Harpy: Mae Whitman DW Villains Chairman: Marton Csokas Operative: Nika Futterman Plague Rat: Fred Tatasciore Spite: Brian Drummond Heartbreaker: Desmond Harrington Kismet: Jennie Kwan GloomWeaver: Mark Hamill Zhu Long: James Hong Other Heroes The Scholar: Ron Perlman Ra / Blake Washington Jr.: Nolan North Parse: Rose Byrne Chrono-Ranger: Matthew Mercer The Visionary: Seychelle Gabriel The Naturalist: Chiwetel Ejiofor K.N.Y.F.E.: Kelly MacDonald Southwest Sentinels Doctor Medico: Jaime Camil (We later decided off the air that this could have been Nestor Carbonell.) Mainstay: Patrick Warburton The Idealist: Jessie Flower Writhe: Jeffrey Combs Omnitron-X: Cillian Murphy Sky-Scraper: Laura Bailey Benchmark: Khary Payton Guise: John Mulaney Other Villains The Dreamer: Kath Soucie The Hippo: Brad Garrett La Capitan: Penelope Cruz Greazer Clutch: John DiMaggio Highbrow: Dame Judi Dench Revenant: Reed Diamond The Ennead Atum: Kevin Michael Richardson The others: N/A Slaughterhouse Six Ambuscade: Gaspard Ulliel Glamour: Barbara Goodson Desert Eagle: N/A Ray Manta: Maurice LaMarche Revolt: Dante Basco Magman: N/A Green Grosser: Rob Paulsen (We now like Weird Al more for this one.) Wager Master: Nick Kroll OblivAeon: Keith David

Two shows and two movies! All totally real! (Note: this is yet another lie.) Show Notes: Run Time: 2:17:59 We're excited to finally be getting back to the animated series for this episode! Lots to get through here. We start right off with season 1 of the Prime Wardens show. Around 29 minutes in, we get into the two movies after finishing the Prime Wardens show. Both movies! Two of them.  Then, just before 41 minutes in, we finally dive into the Dark Watch show, which takes a good deal longer than anything else. We clearly went a bit overboard on this part, but we were inspired! Finally, we get to a few questions at the 2 hour and 6 minute mark. More exciting episodes coming soon! Plus, if you're at the Contributor level on the Patreon, you'll be able to join us this Thursday morning for a live recording of a bit Editor's Note (which will be released in audio form next week). See you then!

The final Baron Blade story of the Multiverse! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:12:01 Sure, we are still the fools that mess around for the first few minutes of the episode, but then we get right down to the story! And what a story!! We go through all 12 issues of the Burying the Blade limited series, though not in a page-by-page way, so much as a "telling all the story" method.  Just before the 37 minute mark, we use the long-lost spoilers tag! There is spoilery stuff in here for the OblivAeon story, so if you want to avoid that info for a bit more, skip from there to the questions section! Speaking of which, we get to your questions just after the 45 minute mark. We'll be recording this month's Extrasode live on this Thursday morning, so if you're a Letters Page Patreon supporter at that level, come join us for that! 

We take another stab at making a live story element! What are we going to make? We have no idea. Show Notes: Run Time: 1:24:10 This episode is all over the place, as we intentionally did no planning, letting our creative process take us where it would... and it turned out pretty interesting! Listen on to discover a bit of world building as we craft it. (After we spend the first 6 minutes stalling...) We get to live questions right around the one hour and 12 minute mark. These are all questions from the Discord chat, as questions couldn't have been written in for a topic that no one could predict! At the end, we mention briefly that we're looking at doing some Patreon restructuring, which we are going to be doing at the end of October! This will be the last month of Patreon working the way it currently does - next month, it'll be different! We'll be talking more about that over the course of this month.

The end of the end... or is it? Show Notes: Run Time: 2:14:02 We get right down to the brassiest of tacks! And it's a good thing, too - there's plenty to talk about, still! We get to your questions about an hour and 27 minutes in. Thank you all for listening through the end of the Multiverse! Catch you next month for the very episodes for which you voted!

An Editor's Note for between the two OblivAeon episodes! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:01:10 We answer questions NOT about the OblivAeon episodes! However, we will be talking about those in the next Editor's Note! IMPORTANT NOTE! The morning that this episode is released, we'll be doing a live recording of a "create a story live" episode! It's happening, today, September 20th at 11 AM Central! The live showing will be viewable by everyone on the Patreon! Come join in! Here's the upcoming schedule: Tuesday, October 2nd: Episode #85: Create a Story Live! (Recording today!) Tuesday, October 9th: Episode #86: Story Arc: Burying the Blade Tuesday, October 16th: Episode #87: SCAUniverse, Phase Two (Part 2) Thursday, October 18th: Extrasode #7: Casting the Voices of Sentinel Comics Tuesday, October 23rd: Episode #88: The Art and Mechanics of Incapacitation Thursday, October 25th: Editor’s Note #23 Tuesday, October 30th: Episode #89: Something Wicked… (Halloween Special) And here's the customary photo of next month's release calendar: The bulk of the questions section of this episode is spent on various topics from the Vertex line of Sentinel Comics, but after that, we also go on to talk about a few other things, including: When Sentinel Comics stories happen in the "real world" Super-pets? "Super ultra kawaii" manga comics? And even some thanks! We hope you can join us at 11 AM, Central today for our live "create something" episode recording! And look forward to part 2 of the OblivAeon story next Tuesday!  🐼

It's officially the beginning of the end. Show Notes Run Time: 2:16:09 We jump right into the story, not wasting too much time messing around as we often do. And! You get to hear hints of some new music! What could this music be? Only time will tell. Initially, we go through snapshots of various events that lead up to OblivAeon. But, as we get deeper into the OblivAeon story, we zoom in more and more.  That said, it's half an hour into the episode before OblivAeon finally reaches Earth. And by that point, there have already been two major character deaths. Yikes! Just past an hour and 51 minutes in, we get to some of your OblivAeon questions. More coming next week! Upcoming cool event: on Thursday morning of this very week, we'll be doing a live stream for all of our Patreon supporters! We're releasing another "Create Something Live" episode in early October, and we're recording it on Thursday, September 20th, at 11 AM Central time. Only the Contributor level supporters will be in the chat, but the video will be available to everyone on the Letters Page Patreon. Also, this morning, we're launching a Kickstarter for the great game Homebrewers. Go check it out. It's genuinely a blast. Look forward to the second part of the OblivAeon story next week!

The end of the beginning of the end. Or is it the beginning of the end of the beginning? Show Notes: Run Time: 2:03:17 We start with important info: don't listen to this episode. That is, if you don't have OblivAeon yet, we think you should wait. Now, if you're cool about spoilers, then go for it. But there's a few big things in this episode, and it's only going to get worst as the month progresses. That said, we're shipping out more and more copies of OblivAeon every day, so you will have it soon! So, after some chatting and disclaiming, we get into the overview of the scions' stories just before the 5 minute mark. And we start with a bunch of stuff about OblivAeon's backstory, in fact! This episode starts off FAST! After going through all of the scions, we get to your questions - following the same structure as the scion overview - at around 44 minutes into the episode. I'm not going to say more in these show notes. Like I mentioned above, some big reveals here, so you should listen and experience it yourself!  More on OblivAeon next week!

The most ill-advised episode ever. Show Notes: Run Time: 1:28:25 As we quickly realize, us formulating and planning out ways to destroy the world or take over all the people or anything along those lines... makes for a pretty dark episode. We're definitely going on some watch lists now. That said, a lot of the episode is caught up in arguing semantics and logistics. This is why supervillains frequently work alone. If they did work together, they'd be more likely to make a podcast or a bunch of games. For those of you on the Letters Page Patreon, tomorrow morning the voting will go up for what episodes we will create next month! The topic submission stuff is up now, but today's the last day to submit topics that we'll look at for next month. Get ready to vote on September 7th!

Let's talk about... EVERYTHING. Show Notes: Run Time: 3:03:21 This episode is the most info-dump episode we've ever done, but it's all gotta get out there. We're doing a lot of connecting the dots between stories we've told across all of the episodes leading up to this one. But there's still lots of story to be found here! We jump right into it, digging in hard to the year by year of Sentinel Comics, since the beginning of the Golden Age.  Not really a lot to say in the show notes that we're not saying in the episode - we go through it all! You're just going to have to listen to find out more! After 2 grueling hours and 16 arduous minutes of overview, we finally get to your questions. As promised just after the 2 hour and 49 minute mark: Brian, here's that cover! We have a brief future segment around the 2 hour and 56 minute mark, and then proceed on to a brief closing, including name reading. This month is just getting started, and it's already heavy stuff! Thanks for listening!

It's time for another Editor's Note that is turns out to be mostly about more shipping! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:25:24 The September Schedule! Tuesday, September 4th: Multiverse Recap Thursday, September 6th: Extrasode #6 - Christopher and Adam make up doomsday plots Tuesday, September 11th: Scions Tuesday, September 18th: OblivAeon, part 1 Tuesday, September 25th: OblivAeon, part 2 Thursday, September 27th: Editor's Note #22 And here's the photo of the calendar on our wall! You'll note that we're recording the first couple episodes for October well before the end of September. Adam's going to be out of town at the end of September/beginning of October, so we've got to get ahead on the recording schedule. For our Patreon supporters, the topic submission process will go up soon, and then we'll do voting early enough to make sure that people get a chance to submit questions for those episodes. Topics we talk about in this Editor's Note: Shipping Maerynian Biology/Sex Ed Fan-ships Citizen Dawn and the Citizens of the Sun Canon ships Human/alien hybrids Non-canon ships GTG office crushes Weird ships Daybreak FriendSHIPS Inclusion/Representation Actual shipping Couriers Negative relationSHIPS Young people dating Dream ships Fleek Legacies getting their powers Thiago Diaz Us forgetting our own jokes Questions? And more! Thanks for listening!  

This is a big one... in a lot of ways. But well worth it for what's to come. Show Notes: Run Time: 3:11:29 You read that run time correctly - this episode is over 3 hours. However! It is only our second longest episode, losing to the Southwest Sentinels/Void Guard episode by 7 minutes! That said, we cover a TON of stuff in this episode, so let's get right down to it! We start off by going through the meta-verse of the publication company of Sentinel Comics. What led to the Mist Storm Universe? How was it handled and published in the world that Sentinel Comics were real actual comics? Who wrote these books and why? What sorts of decisions were made? We get INTO IT. After revealing all that, including a name of a comics line that we've never said publicly before, we finally get into actually talking about the stories and timelines of the Mist Storm Universe at around 24 minutes in. So! Then! Just after the one hour mark, after talking about the stories from several comics series, we get back into the meta, talking about decisions made by the publisher. That doesn't take too long, and after a bit of banter, we're into the stories of each of the books from those decisions. Then we go BACK to the meta verse around an hour and 14 minutes in. Stuff is happening! Things are falling apart! Why? Well, that's what we're talking about! Listen on, dear friends! From then on, we're jumping back and forth between in-comics stories and meta-publishing-universe stories right up until we get to the stories that end the Mist Storm universe. At around an hour and a half in, we cover one of the big ending stories that we think you'll be excited to hear. Throughout the episode, we keep saying things like, "oh, we'll get to that soon." Well, just after an hour and 41 minutes in, we get to the stories of those characters. Whew! It's a lot of stories about a lot of characters.  Around two hours and 23 minutes in, we get into the story of the Prime War limited series. Larger than life stuff, there. Finally, at the two-and-a-half-hours mark, we finally dig into your questions. Though, we do speed through them, as we've already covered a LOT up to this point. We do have a notable future section at 2 hours and 51 minutes in, which covers what titles come out of the Prime War series. More cool stuff there! This episode just keeps giving! Then, just before the end of episode at around 3 hours and 4 minutes, we read all of the Patreon backers at the name-reading levels. Whew! A big finish to a big episode! See you next week for another big episode about a lot of stories: the Multiverse recap episode!

We had a great time playing the Sentinel Comics RPG on Twitch in July, and this Extrasode is all about how that went! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:12:20 We recommend you watch the live streams before listening to this episode. Here they all are! At the beginning, we talk about the stuff that Christopher and Adam have wanted to talk about this whole time but have not gotten a chance to go over yet, as the veil of secrecy between the GM and the players had to be maintained! But now, the fetters are loosed, and the talking commenced! Then, around 18 minutes in, we get to your questions. We finish with questions and wrap up with some discussion about what comes next just after the 1 hour and 5 minute mark. See you this coming Tuesday for an episode about the MistStorm Universe... and how it ends! And more!

Let's pause on talking about fake comic book and talk about fake cartoons instead! Show Notes: Run Time: 2:18:13 We covered Phase One of the Sentinel Comics Animated Universe in Episode 64 - now we're back to talk about Phase Two, but there's way too much to cover in a single episode if we're going to keep going into the contents of EVERY episode... and we want to keep going into all that! Thus, this episode is JUST about Season Two of the Freedom Five animated show. We will do a Part 2 episode when you fine folks on the Patreon vote on it, which I imagine will happen shortly! We get right into all of that, right off the bat, and then about five minutes in, we dig into the first episode of the season! Around the 1 hour and 43 minute mark, we get to your questions! At about 2 hours and 10 minutes in, we go to the future section, in which we talk about the future of the Sentinel Comics Animated Universe (mainly the rest of Phase 2). Then, in the wrap-up, we talk about some important Future of the Letters Page business. You'll just have to listen to find out! For those of your on our Patreon, voting just went live for the September Extrasode. Go let your voice be heard! Tune in Thursday for an Extrasode about our recent Sentinel Comics RPG Live streams!

We had a thrilling Gen Con! And now, you get to listen in on how at least a couple hours of that show went for us! Show Notes: Run Time: 2:00:35 We had an exciting musical guest this year: Jean-Marc Giffin! He's the composer behind all of the music for the Sentinels of the Multiverse video game by Handelabra, and lots of other great music as well! If you're one of our Patreon supporters, there will be a post on the Patreon later today with the music files for Jean-Marc's versions of the Letters Page songs, along with the original files for those songs, as we've never released them before and thought that now might be a good time. The bulk of this episode is Q&A, though we do have an Overview and Future section! You'll just have to listen in to find out what we talk about. Speaking of our Patreon, we'll be doing a live episode on Thursday morning of this week for our Contributors, so if that's you, come hang out with us at 11 AM, Central! During that live recording, we'll announce what we're doing for next month's schedule, and that'll get posted here next week! Exciting times are upon us! Looking forward to getting back into the regular Letters Page schedule with all of you!

We just got back from Gen Con last night, and wow are we tired!  We are very eager to get back to recording, but for now, enjoy this tiny tinysode! Catch you next time!

We're at Gen Con doing setup and getting ready, so - as previously announced - there's no episode this week! And yet, we still recorded a minute and a half of explanation, just to tide you over. Thanks for listening, everyone! We're eager to return to our normal(ish) schedule soon! -Christopher and Adam and Trevor and everyone else at GTG

An Editor's Note just before we head off to Gen Con! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:28:01 Here's the schedule for July! Tuesday, August 7th: We're on Break! Tuesday, August 14th: Gen Con 2018 Live! Tuesday, August 21st: Episode #79 - Sentinel Comics Animated Series: Phase 2 Thursday, August 23rd: Extrasode #5 - Sentinel Comics RPG Live Steams Recap and Discussion Tuesday, August 28th: Episode #80 - The Incoming Storm: Mist Storm Universe from the end of OblivAeon to the beginning of Prime War Thursday, August 30th: Editor's Note #21 And a photo of the calendar on our wall! (It doesn't say that the month is August... but it is.) Topics covered in today's episode: Citizen Dawn and the Citizens of the Sun Young Legacy Sentinel Comics: the Roleplaying Game Daybreak and more! Looking forward to seeing some of you at Gen Con!

We made a radio play! It turned out pretty dang awesome! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:07:57 Just listen to the episode! It's got a lot going on. All of the voices in the radio play are either Adam or Christopher, other than Ruby, who was voiced by the talented and most excellent Heather Reusz! Around the 40 minute mark, we get to your questions! This Thursday is this month's Editor's Note! Next week is Gen Con! We're excited to see you - and record an episode with you - there!

Let's talk about looooove. Show Notes: Run Time: 1:19:00 A strange change in format today: after some mild preamble, we start of by getting into your questions, just before the 5 minute mark! Then, we spend over a third of the episode on a single letter... The questions cover the vast majority of the things we wanted to talk about today, so enjoy the process of us keeping up with you fine folks! Spoilers: At around an hour and 9 minutes in, we talk about a Biomancer story. A bit of the recording was lost here, but the thing we talked about that didn't make it into the episode is that, after her death, the body of the woman we mention is enshrined in Biomancer's lair, and sometimes he makes fleshchildren to look like her, but he always destroys them because he cannot match her perfection. For all his "work toward perfection", he cannot match the perfection of his one true love. Also, he's super creepy. /spoilers After that, our brief "overview" - which is more of a "let's fill in the couple things no one asked about" bit - starts about an hour in. For our Patreon supporters, the voting is already up for the August episodes, so make sure your voice is heard! Get your vote in now!

We go out to explore SPAAAAAAACE!! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:21:51 Right off the bat, we mention that the day this episode goes live, we're doing another live stream of the Sentinel Comics RPG! Come join us on our Twitch channel! We then mention that our Patreon Collectors and Contributors can submit topics for August now. Check out this Patreon post about it! At the two minute and 45 second mark, Adam realizes what we should name this episode. And lo, that is what the episode is now named. Let it be written. Then, we finally get into space stuff. The overview is mostly breaking down how space is used across the different eras of comics publication, and also how that all fits together to show the primary purpose of space in storytelling. After that, we get into your questions just after the 12 minute mark, letting your questions about space shape the order we talk about the variety of space stories. Questions spark us to talk about: Golden Age Captain Cosmic stories Captain Cosmic's (Hugh, not Ray) interactions with those stories Plants (Space plants, that is) Stuff we like making A strange story Humans compared to aliens Cute aliens? Humanoid aliens Galactic Strike Force races Singular Entities (briefly) Galactra's race Empyreon's race Translators/alien languages Magic in space And more! Around an hour and 14 minutes in, we talk a little about the future of space in the various worlds of Sentinel Comics. And then we tease a bit more about Prime War before reading names and signing off. Join us next week for an episode about love.

First things first: we're not lawyers and no one should ever take our advice! That aside, we're gonna give advice anyway! Show Notes: Run Time: 57:15 We start off with a bunch of disclaimers, because boy howdy are we NOT lawyers. Then, we jump right into the lies. The questions begin at five and a half minutes in. Join us next week for an episode about EVERYTHING SPAAACE!!!    

Diving deeply into 6 comic book issues! Run Time: Show Notes: 1:20:23 We start off by raving about a game we've been playing a lot lately... you'll just have to listen to find out! Then, once we get down to brass tacks, as they say, we talk about a bunch of other comic books before we can even get to Dark Watch #1. But then, we do! And wow are there some twists and turns! Around 47 minutes into the episode, we read your letters to you! On Thursday of this week, we've got another Extrasode coming your way! We've already recorded it, and it's a weird one, but no Il Alimento, certainly. Whew!  Keep on saving the Multiverse!

Another Editor's Note full of delightful things! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:15:55 Here's the schedule for July! Tuesday, July 3rd: Dark Watch Issues #1-6 Thursday, July 5th: Christopher & Adam Give Legal Advice Tuesday, July 10th: Captain Cosmic's Galactic Encyclopedia Tuesday, July 17th: Shipping: Love in the Multiverse Tuesday, July 24th: Greatest Legacy Radio Play Thursday, July 26th: Editor's Note #20 And a photo of the calendar on our wall! We go to your questions after 11 minutes in. Topics of this Editor's Note: Moral grey areas The Host Power sources Magic The Void Fan-fiction Inverse Universe characters Swipping The Extremeverse Storn Disparation Stories Singular Entities Wager Master Fashion Fan favorites Visionary vs The Dreamer Old art vs new art Servants of OblivAeon Branching realities True power Thanks for listening, everyone!

An entirely new team of heroes! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:25:33 We start right in on the backstories of the heroes who will become the team Daybreak! Starting with: Rockstar Muse Headlong Aeon Girl Muerto Around 42 minutes in, we get to your questions! Lots of good questions about the characters. At an hour and 14 minutes in, we get a question that leads to talking about the Principles of each of the members of Daybreak. Another Sentinel Comics LIVE show today! Come watch us on our Twitch channel at 1:00, Central time!

An episode about America's Newest Legacy! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:17:20 (Sorry about this one being 12 hours late - we ran into a technical issue this morning and had to do a bunch of extra work today to get this one up. Thanks for bearing with us, everyone!) We begin with the history of Pauline Parsons in Sentinel Comics, starting with her first appearance in the '50s! We go on from there through the rest of her appearances, and how her story - and the story of the Legacy line - change across the decades of publication history. Even given all that, we are treading Legacy stories you're at least somewhat familiar with, for the most part, so it's only a bit after the 23 minute mark that we get to your questions! And we start off with a "song". Yeah. Let's go with "song". A little after an hour into the podcast, we mention the five members of the team "Daybreak". Here are those team members: As we talk about around the one hour and thirteen minute mark, earlier today was the first ever episode of Sentinel Comics LIVE! It went great, and we had a decent pile of folks show up to watch! (Here's the videos saved by Twitch. They got broken into part 1, part 2, and the bulk of it in part 3 for some reason. We'll be uploading the whole thing to our YouTube account in high quality at some point soon.) Join us next Tuesday at 1 PM Central. Also, if you're a Letters Page Patreon supporter, the voting for July's episodes is up now! Go and vote - let your voice be heard!

An Extrasode about how story and mechanics work together in Sentinel Comics games! Show Notes: Run Time: 2:01:27 Another extrasode attended live by our Patreon Contributors! Do you want to be a part of our next live recording! Join us on the Letters Page Patreon! We officially move on to the submitted questions around the 17 minute mark, though we answer a couple questions from the live chat before that. Finally, after we have talked about all manner of story and mechanics interactions, we talk about the near future of Sentinel Comics - and I'm not talking about the stories from the comic books. Around an hour and 50 minutes in, we explain the plans for OblivAeon, the Letters Page, the Sentinel Comics RPG, and more. There's a lot going on with Sentinel Comics, and we're taking some time to make everything go together correctly. Thanks for listening!

EXPLOSIONS! POUCHES! LOUD NOISES! It's time to get EXTREME!!! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:52:54 EXTREME! Today's episode is so ridiculously off the chain. There are also lots of actual chains.  We tell a bunch of EXTREME stories. It gets BRUTAL. This isn't your DAD'S episode! Really, buckle in, kids - things are about to get WICKED SICK. In the first ten minutes of the episode, we knock out one of the most BADASS stories you've ever heard... and we're just getting started! We get to your TOTALLY BADICAL questions just before an hour in. EXTREME!!!

How do the heroes and villains do what they do?! Let's dig into that! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:24:26 We start off with an overview section that's based on the character creation system from the upcoming Sentinel Comics RPG! We go through each of the "Power Sources" from that system and talk about how they relate to the rest of Sentinel Comics.  Around 30 minutes in, we get to your questions, which end up being the bulk of the episode! This week, we're recording 3 episodes again, as Christopher is out of town next week for Origins. (If you're there, come say hi!) On Thursday, we'll be recording the X-treme Verse episode! On Friday morning at 11 AM Central, we'll be recording the Story Meets Mechanics Extrasode! It'll be a LIVE recording for the Contributors on our Patreon, and everyone else on the Patreon will get access to that video shortly after the recording is done. Then, later that same day, we'll be recording the Young Legacy episode! Make sure you get your questions in for those three episodes before then! Thanks for listening!

A birthday Editor's Note for Adam! Show Notes: Run Time:1:17:59 Schedule for June! Tuesday, June 5th: Superpower Sources Tuesday, June 12th: Xtreme-Verse! Thursday, June 14th: Extrasode - Story Meets Mechanics Tuesday, June 19th: Young Legacy Tuesday, June 26th: Daybreak Thursday, June 28th: Editor's Note #19 And here's the calendar of when we're recording episodes, and when those episodes will be released! Topics covered in this Editor's Note: NightMist's Book of Monsters NightMist's House Dark Watch The Harpy Oni Zhu Long Types of Magic Emojis Haka Zhu Long's followers Cultural Appropriation Alternate Realities Disparation Freedom Five Non-Absolute Zero Ryan Frost Outside Time/Space Animal-verse Plant-verse Other Disparation stories Inverse Universe Podcast listening habits Singular entities Magmarian crystals And more! Thanks for listening!

A story of the Dawn! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:47:18 We get deep into a major story from the history of Sentinel Comics Right off the bat - after only a few minutes of tomfoolery - we kick off this whole event with the story of Freedom Five #595. Then, we dig into each and every issue of Freedom Five and the also the weekly limited series that are all part of the Sunrise event. Around an hour and 15 minutes in, we get to your questions. In a couple days, we'll release an Editor's Note with the upcoming schedule for June! Got questions for us? Submit them here! Want to be a part of the Letters Page? You've got options over on our Patreon! Thank you for listening!

A world where the heroes are villains and the villains are heroes! Wacky! But then, these foes don't look so much "wacky" as they do "actually really evil"... Show Notes: Run Time: 1:40:37 We get right into it, which is good, because we have a lot to cover today! In the 3rd minute of the podcast, Adam claims that by 1988, the movie The Land Before Time had been released some time ago. Turns out, it was actually released November 18, 1988. So, pretty close! Then, we get into the Disparation stories set in the Inverse Universe. Around fifteen minutes in, we introduce the team of ne'er-do-wells pictured above. Villainous! Just before the 44 minute mark, we start talking about how the Inverted Universe starts talking about how these stories in issues of Disparation change the future of Disparation books! Then, right after the 47 minute mark, we get into your questions! In the future section, starting around the 1 hour and 32 minute mark, we talk about not just the future of Disparation, but the future of the Letters Page, as well! This even includes an interesting SPOILER. The Inverted Universe changes so much! As mentioned at the end of the episode, we're recording the Sunrise episode this Thursday, so get your questions in by then. Additionally, we're recording Editor's Note #18 on Friday morning (which will be a live recording for our Patreon supporters at the Contributor level), and then recording the first episode for June later that day. The topic for that episode is "Superpower Sources". So, the Sunrise episode will be released next Tuesday, which is May 29th; Editor's Note #18 will be released Thursday, May 31st; and the Superpower Sources episode will be released Tuesday, June 5th. Get your questions in!

We create something without any preparation! Will we make a hero? A villain? An environment? Something else entirely? We don't know yet! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:47:26 We recorded this episode live with the help of our Patreon Contributors! The episode is much better than the live recording, as Trevor has cleaned up the audio and also cut a bunch of dead time when we were just reading the chat and things like that. Still, if you want, you can watch the live video here. Want to be a part of our future live episodes? Check out our Patreon! After some explanation and laying of ground rules, we start our collaborative brainstorming about 4 minutes in. Around the 22 minute mark, we finally figure out what it is that we're talking about, and begin crafting the mythos of that story. We dig into questions from both the submission form and the Discord chat starting a bit after 56 minutes in. The future segment begins at around an hour and 34 minutes. At the end, I mistakenly say that we're recording both the Inverse Universe episode AND the Sunrise Story Arc episode on Friday of this week. Nope! Just the Inverse Universe episode. However, next week, we'll be recording Sunrise, Editor's Note #18, AND the first episode for June. What's that first episode? We don't know yet, but the voting for what episodes we'll do next month will be up on our Patreon today, so keep an eye there! Thanks for listening!

Delving back into Disparation stories! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:15:06 Who are these people? Where do they come from? What is their story? Listen on to find out! After a few minutes of goofs and introductions, we get into the actual content of Disparation, Vol. 1, Issue 24! Just before the 38 minute mark, we get to your questions! This Friday, we'll be recording our "Behind the Scenes" episode, which will release next Tuesday. But for those of you on our Patreon, you'll get the video of the experience by the end of day Friday! And if you're a Contributor-level supporter of the Patreon, you'll get to watch and participate LIVE!

"Il Alimento" Episode #192 Show Notes: Run Time: 1:18:30 Our fourth annual Pasta episode. Chef Adam and Chef Christopher discuss pasta sauces, vegetables in pasta, and address the gnocchi controversy. They also answer questions from Il Alimento subscribers, and even read a few celebrity chef letters. Eat well, my friends. “Under The Sun of Italy” by Rossano Gentili Various Spanish Guitar Riffs by SoundSeq Studio Bouzouki Music by Hamza Zeytinoglu “Christopher & Adam Reading Letters To You” composed and performed by Anthony Badell

We're back to the very beginning! Revisiting the Legacy story from our very first episode. (This art is the pencils Adam did in 2010 for Legacy which were then scanned in and inked and colored to make Legacy's first character card art! Adam will probably hate that I used this art, but it's good to see your roots.) Show Notes: Run Time: 1:28:45 We start off by talking about the weirdness that is this coming Thursday's Extrasode.  Then, just before 6 minutes in, we finally get into the history of Sentinel Comics portion of the episode that takes up the bulk of the overview. After all that, around 36 minutes in, we get to your questions! Right off the bat, 40 minutes in, we get a question about where the heck do Legacy's powers come from. AND WE ANSWER IT. FULLY AND HONESTLY. SURPRISE. At the hour and 21 minutes mark, we get to the future section. This was a fun one for us to return to. Thanks for listening!

Another live-recorded Editor's Note! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:09:14 I'd recommend listening to the podcast over watching the video, as the audio quality is MUCH better, and Trevor does a great job with editing and producing. But here's the video! Upcoming Schedule: Tuesday, May 1st: Legacy Supplemental Thursday, May 3rd: Food Extrasode Tuesday, May 8th: Disparation: Freedom Five Tuesday, May 15th: Behind the Scenes Storytelling Tuesday, May 22nd: Disparation: Inverted Universe Thursday, May 24nd: Editor's Note #18 Tuesday, May 29th: Story-arc: Sunrise Get your Legacy and Food Extrasode questions in now! Topics we talk about today: Music Tabletop RPG Classes Progeny The Animated Series Teaching Cultists Unfavorites Sentinels of Freedom video game Paul A bunch o' environments And more! At the end, we talk about our outtakes post, which we posted to the Patreon yesterday! Go check it out. Marvel at our mistakes! You're all great!

A whole book of creepy crawlies and the evil that lurks in the darkness! (No, not the book in that picture. A different book.) Show Notes: Run Time: 1:46:28 Lots of fun stories and mythology in this one! We start off with where this book shows up in the history of Sentinel Comics. Pretty quickly, we get to your questions! Just after 6 minutes in, we're already going into the Questions segment, and we use that to guide the stories from the Diamond Book of Monsters. And then, A bit after the 10 minute mark, we're in on our first long-form story of this episode. Buckle-up! After wrapping that up, we dive into another long story, starting a bit before the 28 minute mark. Zoom! Then, we get into more question and answer type stuff, but we do reveal a lot more mythology of the dark corners of the Multiverse! There is even a future segment in this episode! Starting around an hour and 36 minutes in, we discuss the future of the Diamond Book of Monsters. We're recording an Episode AND an Extrasode this coming Friday! Get your questions in now for the Supplemental Legacy episode and the Food podcast Extrasode by the end of day Thursday, April 26th! Thank you as always to all of our listeners and supporters!

Let's get animated! Show Notes: Run Time: 2:29:40 There is a lot of stuff in this episode! The first season of the SCAU (Sentinel Comics Animated Universe) is made up of 26 episodes and a movie, and we get into ALL of that! We talk about the episodes for over an hour, going pretty in-depth on many of them. At around an hour and 28 minutes, we start in on the movie. Then, at the one hour and 51 minute mark, we get to your questions. Also! A future section, about two hours and 21 minutes in! Voting on topics for May is up now on the Patreon! Vote and help decide what happens next on The Letters Page!

The dread scion! It only exists to exercise the will of OblivAeon! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:20:24 We start off with an overview of when and how Progeny first showed up in the pages of Sentinel Comics, starting with the Freedom Five book. Just before the 18 minute mark, we briefly get back into the debate of "does Progeny's head blasting off into space look cool." Spoilers: there is no real resolution to this argument. Just after 19 minutes in, we get to the Progeny origin story, which is told in the pages of Prime Wardens, Vol. 2, after that first Progeny story. Then, just after the 24 minute mark, Progeny goes to space! A cool K.N.Y.F.E. and Captain Cosmic story is told. We start in on your questions 30 minutes into the episode. Don't forget, the Sentinels of Freedom video game is currently live on Kickstarter! Go check it out! Patreon supporters: we'll be posting the topic submission form today or tomorrow and then voting will go live next week! We'll post the details on all that on the Patreon page. Have more questions about Progeny? Sent them to us here!

The first ever Extrasode!  Show Notes: Run Time: 2:14:54 These were intended to be for Patreon supporters only, but we polled them, and they voted overwhelmingly in favor of making them available to all Letters Page listeners! That said, we did record it live with interactions from our Contributors, and then shortly after recording it, we posted this video for Patreon backers, so they got it first! Now, the episode goes live for everyone! This Extrasode is probably more serious than most will be, but it's still a lot of fun. We go deep into the history of how we met, how we starting making stuff together, and how that ended up being Sentinels of the Multiverse and Greater Than Games! Christopher is at PAX East right now, and Adam is about to fly to the UK! If you're at PAX East, find Christopher and say hi! If you're in the UK, go find Adam - he's around there somewhere!

We're talking about these so familiar and yet so different heroes! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:21:26 Welcome to April, and a whole new format! The next 3 months will feature different types of episodes than what you're used to, but they're going to be great! Interested in having input in what we talk about? Check out our Patreon! That's the best way to get involved in what we're doing here with the Letters Page. We jump around in time a bit to start off, but then! We actually lay out the history of a book we've only hinted at before and never directly quoted or defined: Disparation! Disparation Volumes 1 and 2, at that! Then, after telling all that backstory and even going briefly over a few other Disparation issues, we finally get into the story of this alternate reality Dark Watch. Just a minute before the one hour mark, we get into your questions! Thanks so much for listening! Also, the Sentinels of Freedom video game is live on Kickstarter now! Go check it out - we're seriously excited about all of the storytelling we get to do with this project! Get your questions in for the Animated Series and NightMist's book of monsters!

Our first ever live recorded Editor's Note! Here's the video! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:07:42 OK, first thing first: the video quality is AWFUL. But! We're working with Trevor to make it better in the future! As we mention in the first few minutes, we didn't yet know the upcoming schedule when we recorded, but since then, the voting has concluded! Here is the final tabulation of all three polls combined: Progeny: 96 Legacy supplemental: 23 Story Arc: Trial of Baron Blade: 33 Animated Series Season 1: 43 Disparation: The alternate Dark Watch shown on “Quando? Ahora!”: 72 Wraith supplemental: 8 NightMist’s little black book of monsters - extraplanar,  extraterrestrial, and extra weird things she encounters: 45 Story Arc: Sunrise: 9 A Motley Crew: background on La Capitán's crew: 15 (Extrasode) Christopher and Adam Give Legal Advice: 23 (Extrasode) The Food Podcast: 7 (Extrasode) GTG Origin Story: 42 So! Given those votes, here is the upcoming schedule for April! Tuesday, April 3rd: Disparation: Alternate Dark Watch from "Quando? Ahora!" Thursday, April 5th: Extrasode: GTG Origin Story  Tuesday, April 10th: Progeny Tuesday, April 17th: Animated Series - Season One Tuesday, April 24th: NightMist's Little Black Book of Monsters Thursday, April 26th: Editor's Note #17 Now, please submit questions for the Animated Series and NightMist's Monsters episodes, but we're recording the Disparation and Progeny episode today and tomorrow - as well as the GTG Origin Story Extrasode - as we're both traveling the first couple weeks in April. Also! Extrasodes were going to be Patreon-exclusive content, but I polled the Patreon backers and they were pretty keen on them being for everyone, so that's happening! However, the videos of the Extrasodes and Editor's Notes will be made available to Patreon supporters as soon as they're created! And Contributors can even watch and interact live, just like they did for this very Editor's Note! OK, back to the business of this Editor's Note. Topics we cover today: Haka Miss Information La Capitan Dietary Restrictions Various Payoffs And more topics that came in live from our Contributors! Looking forward to the new format starting with next episode! A hearty thank you to all of you fantastic listeners, and especially to our Patreon supporters!

One of the most terrible villains of the Multiverse is here! Tremble before Grand Warlord Voss, Earthlings! Show Notes: Run Time: 2:13:34 We get right into it by talking about the first appearances of Thorathians in the history of Sentinel Comics. Then, we jump to the 60s to introduce Grand Warlord Voss himself! After that, the next divergence is talking about space stuff - the space race, space exploration, and the wonders of space as a genre, so to speak. Then, finally, we actually get to the origin and backstory ofRainek Kel'Voss! Which takes a while. About as much time as everything leading up to that. Reasonably! Just after 35 minutes in, we get to the mid-80s, and stuff starts getting intense. Big stories. Big meta-information. Big reveals. Everything's big. Whew! What a wild ride! OK, right, moving on. Almost halfway through the episode - a few minutes before the one hour mark - we get into your questions. There are LOTS of great questions that make us dig into more of the story of Grand Warlord Voss and the Thorathian people. We answer almost all of your questions! We get into Thorathian naming practices at around an hour and 43 minutes in! Fun stuff, there. At 2:04:40, we do the quickest future section we've ever done! Don't forget, today is the last day on our Patreon to get your votes in on the polls about topics for April! Let your voice be heard! See you Thursday for an Editor's Note!

A team that is sometimes extreme, but is always awesome. Show Notes: Run Time: 1:54:19 Our Patreon is running smoothly already, thanks to so many of you! As a result, this week, we'll be recording our upcoming Editor's Note LIVE for those of you at our Contributor level. Afterwards, the video will be posted for our supporters over on the Patreon.  Anyway! Prime Wardens! We start off by digging into some of the specific dates of the history of Sentinel Comics - we use the historical landmarks of where these heroes came from as a framework for the bulk of this episode. This is by far our most historically accurate episode. Starting just after the 12 minute mark, we zoom in on the story of the very first Prime Wardens story. We go on quite awhile just about this one big story. It's a very cool story, if I do say so myself. Around 33 minutes in, we get into the Fall of the Prime Wardens story. We talk about the re-formation of the team and the second volume of the Prime Wardens book around the 41 minute mark. At 45 minutes in, we get to your questions, starting with questions about the entire team! We get a little EXTREME around an hour and 9 minutes in. Our future section today starts just after the one hour and 43 minute mark. There's a lot of interesting details in there, including a return of the SPOILERS! If you are avoiding spoilers for the story content of the SCRPG Starter Kit, you'll want to skip from 1:45:45 to 1:47:55. Don't forget, at noon Central Time today, join Adam, Maggie, SaRae, Craig, and me on our Twitch channel for the hero character creation for our upcoming Sentinel Comics Live show! (And Paul will be there in the chat!) We're going to figure out how all this video stuff works! See you next week for Grand Warlord Voss!

The long-awaited episode for one of the first heroes from Sentinel Comics! Show Notes: Run Time: 3:29:10 Our longest episode yet! It is astounding to me that an episode about one character ended up longer than our previous longest episode, the Southwest Sentinels/Void Guard episode, about 4 characters who make up two teams with major changes in there. But, then again, hardly surprising that Tempest takes so long to cover - really speaks to just how much is going on in the Tempest story. We cover the three major phases of Tempest's life: From origin through Vengeance Post-Vengeance through Vengeance: Returned Prime Wardens #1, Vol. 2 through OblivAeon There are lots of things going on in each of those phases, but that's a fair way to break up the stories of Tempest. Be sure to tune in next week when we talk more about the whole team of the Prime Wardens, and the week after when we talk specifically about Tempest's primary nemesis: Grand Warlord Voss! There are a good bit of Tempest stories that we don't get too into in today's episode, as they belong in the Voss episode much more. Just after the 52 minute mark, (that's right - we cover the entire overview in less than an hour!) we get into your questions! And there are a lot of them. You folks asked about all the things! At around an hour and 16 minutes into the episode, we get asked a question that results in a deep dive into the biology of the Maerynian people. I know a lot of people have been wondering about this stuff for a LONG time. An answer to a question just under two hours and 40 minutes in that gets us into a discussion of what we've done to make Sentinel Comics feel like "real" comics. Then, we go on to give a preview of the sort of thing we'll be doing in the OblivAeon episodes! At least, we go down a rabbit hole that is certainly the type of discussion that will be happening in the OblivAeon episodes. Just after the two hour and 50 minute mark, we finally get to the character of Leviathan... who we give a quick overview for, but don't get into too thoroughly. Want more? Perhaps we'll do another episode later! We finish your questions and go to the future section at just after three hours in. It's a quick one! Ooh, and a big reveal at the end of the future section! I wonder what the implications of that will be... Finally, the major announcements! They begin at 3:05:31. I'm not putting all that info here - I want you to hear it the way we present it in the episode, not just give you a wall of text. However! I will say, you should definitely check out the changes that are going live later today on our Patreon! Thanks for bearing with us through this whole episode! See you next week for an almost certainly shorter episode about more characters!

One way or another, all of these environments house some great power... let's talk about them! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:42:54 We dig into the last of the environments - they only sort of go together in this episode, but they're all important parts of Sentinel Comics! Insula Primalis Ruins of Atlantis Magmaria Fort Adamant Omnitron IV Lots of cool story bits for each of those places! Next week is the long-awaited Tempest episode! Get your questions in using the submission form by end of day Thursday, March 8th! Aaaand, finally: our Patreon is now live! Go check it out! We'll be adding Patreon exclusive behind-the-scene content all the time, including a livestream happening within a few hours of this episode going live!

One of the most important heroes of Sentinel Comics is also one of its most terrible villains. Today, we cover the Fall of Legacy. Show Notes: Run Time: 1:50:40 In the first few minutes - after a bit of nonsensical side-tracking - we get right into the appearances of Iron Legacy in the history of Sentinel Comics. With that, we also tell some of the historical elements of the Young Legacy story, as that's a necessary part of the story setup. And then, things start getting really spread out. Good thing we've got your questions to help figure everything out! We get into your Iron Legacy questions right around the fifteen minute mark. We cover how Iron Legacy can be "stronger" than Legacy, various art elements, what's going on with other heroes and villains in the Iron Legacy timelines, and even more odd food analogies for how we deal with time and reality and such, and more! We are forced to take an emotions break around 45 minutes in. Then, we get back to more cheery Iron Legacy stuff. Yay? Then, around eight minutes after the one hour mark, we get into alternate reality and timelines questions! Way more positive stuff! Get ready for topics about alternate versions of lots of heroes and villains, Disparation stories, outside reality/time, and a few other things - we're all over the place. Around an hour and 20 minutes in, we reveal our true, secret goal behind everything we've done for the bulk of the last decade... So now you know! A bit after that, we get into possibly the most delightful segment we've ever done - the Animal-verse! Warning: we get REALLY silly. Before wrapping up, we talk a bit about environments! Last, but certainly not least, we mentioned our new Patreon last week, and we're putting more stuff up on it over the course of this week! We're looking forward to making this show even more awesome with your help!

An Editor's Note about Time and Space! Run Time: 1:12:33 Upcoming Schedule: Tuesday, March 6th: More Settings: Insula Primalis, Ruins of Atlantis, Magmaria, Fort Adamant, Omnitron-IV Tuesday, March 13th: Tempest Tuesday, March 20th: Prime Wardens Tuesday, March 27th: Grand Warlord Voss Thursday, March 29th: Editor's Note #16 We cover two primary categories of topics in this episode: TIME and SPACE! Time Cataclysm Shattering of the Timelines Time travel CON Chrono-Ranger La Capitan Silver Gulch Final Wasteland Outside Time Wagner Mars Base The Apollo Missions Captain Cosmic Infinitor Judge Mental Dok'Thorath Bloodsworn Colosseum Greazer Fashion Lifeline Also, at the very end of this month, we're launching a Patreon! Help us keep making The Letters Page, and be a part of the podcast yourself! We'll be putting more information here as we get closer to March. Next week is Iron Legacy and other alternate realities! It's going to be a lot of ups and downs...

Lots of Fake News in this episode. Where is it all coming from? Show Notes: Run Time: 1:42:15 Let's go back to the 50s! This episode starts with story from very early on, and then works its way up through the end, slowly but surely. After fifteenish minutes of establishing backstory and world stuff and some goofs, we get into the villainous stuff. Then, we spend a bunch of time in the aughts! I don't want to spoil too much in the show notes - you'll just have to listen to find out what happens! A bit before the hour mark, we get into your questions! We get into fan-saltiness around the 1 hour and 25 minute mark. A lot of questions and stories lead up to this, but the fan backlash due to the Sentinel Comics choices resonates with us strongly. We've all been there! In a couple days, we'll have an Editor's Note with the upcoming schedule for March, as well as more exciting questions, answers, and some exciting news! See you there!

Parse has keen arrows, but a far more keen eye! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:30:53 We don't spend any time dillying or dallying in this episode! In fact, this may be most "content per minute" episode we've ever done - just jam-packed with the story of Parse through the years of Sentinel Comics! We start off in the 80s, including a bunch of information on how various titles are being treated then, laying the groundwork for Parse's origin. Just after the 6 minute mark, we mention that the Iron Legacy and Alternate Realities/Timelines episode is coming up on the recording block in a few days - get your questions in now! Around 12 minutes in, we introduce a character we've never talked about before... and within a couple minutes, you learn why he's never come up before. The high-speed rate of reveals continues, right up until the start of the Miss Information story around the 20 minute mark... but then we clam up. Don't want to spoil next week! Even more publication history oddities around 23 minutes in, covering her origin yet again and setting up why Parse is in space so much. A bit after the half hour mark, we talk a bit about OblivAeon, and how the appearance of that cosmic, singular entity alters Parse and her story.  Then, just after 34 minutes in, we get to your questions! The questions do a great job, as per usual, of further digging into Parse's abilities and story. Strong work, everyone. One of you even made Adam laugh so hard that we had to pause recording momentarily! In the future segment - starting around the one hour and 25 minutes mark - we talk about a few important things, including a reveal of where she's ending up in the Sentinel Comics Universe! Whew! There we go! That one seemed fast, but it was still 90 minutes of non-stop Parsing! See you next week for an episode and an Editor's Note! Also, later this afternoon at 3 PM Central time, Christopher will be doing a livestream over on the OblivAeon Kickstarter page! Come hang out!

The most settings ever covered in one episode! Show Notes: Run Time: 2:11:34 This episode is all about the weird and magical environments from the world of Sentinel Comics! Madame Mittermeier's Fantastical Festival of Conundrums and Curiousities Tomb of Anubis Realm of Discord Nexus of the Void Temple of Zhu Long An important note: There are a few spoilers in this episode for the story of the issues included in the Sentinel Comics RPG Starter Kit. If you want to avoid a minor spoiler, skip from 1:31:20 to 1:32:04. From 1:43:45 to just before 1:48, we do get into a few more notable story spoilers, so listen at your own peril. Or skip that chunk of time, if you want to experience the story in play. We specifically mention incoming spoilers, so you have at least a heads up. As much as this is a settings episode all about environments, this episode also covers a lot of characters who are important to the world of Sentinel Comics. Enjoy! At the end of the episode, we mention that we were going to be recording the upcoming Parse episode between when we recorded this episode and when it aired. Due to some scheduling conflicts, that didn't happen, but we will be recording the Parse episode tomorrow (Wednesday, February 7th). So, you still have a few scant hours to submit Parse questions! Also, we're recording Miss Information's episode as well this week, so get those questions in now! (Last thing! Next Tuesday, February 13th, at 3:00 PM Central Time, I'll be doing a live stream test on the OblivAeon Kickstarter to cover a bunch of Kickstarter and OblivAeon related things. Come hang out!)

She's a smoooooth operator! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:12:59 New intro on today's episode! Trevor's trying out something different! What do you think? Tweet at us and let us know: @SCLettersPage After some light silliness, we get right into her not-very-light backstory.  We reference two other episodes a few times in this episode: the Mister Fixer episode, and The Chairman episode. They're both important to this one, so worth giving a quick listen to, though we do rehash a lot of the important points from both of those episodes. Lots of things to talk about with this lady. She's had quite a few twists and turns in her story. The overview in total is under half an hour, but it's jam packed with story and action! Plus, there's even more story that we saved for some juicy questions in the Q&A portion of the show. Speaking of which, just after the 27 minute mark we dive into your questions. Fun bit of Stuntman story a bit before the hour mark. Just so you know.  We start the future segment right after the 1:04 mark. We have more Mist Storm Universe stuff than usual for her, as she plays some important roles and for reasons we've never publicly discussed before! Then, we go on to actually reveal some Sentinel Comics Universe story stuff that is also brand new information. We must be feeling generous. Next week is the Supernatural Settings episode, featuring such bizarre environments as Madame Mittermeier's Fantastical Festival of Conundrums and Curiosities, Tomb of Anubis, Realm of Discord, Nexus of the Void, and (relevant to this episode) the Temple of Zhu Long. Get your questions in now!

The first Editor's Note of 2018! Run Time: 56:49 Upcoming Schedule: Tuesday, February 6th: Supernatural Settings: Madame Mittermeier's Fantastical Festival of Conundrums and Curiosities, Tomb of Anubis, Realm of Discord, Nexus of the Void, Temple of Zhu Long Tuesday, February 13th: Parse Tuesday, February 20th: Miss Information Thursday, February 22nd: Editor's Note #15 Tuesday, Feb 27th: Iron Legacy Timeline & Alternate Timelines/Realities Topics of today's Editor's Note: Space Settings Coffee GRUUM YELLING Urban Settings Poverty Megalopolis Akash'Flora Creating Stuff New Environments? (No.) Vampires Faith in Gloom Animals Fish? RPG Canon Issues of Sentinel Comics Our Creative Process Collaboration? Time travel? Alternate realities? Getting too close to the truth? Fruit The true and proper Sentinel Comics timeline Post-it Notes Hot takes And the promised photos: With the posting of this episode, you have less than 24 hours to get in any questions about The Operative! Ask your questions about her and the above upcoming schedule characters and topics!

All of the wibbly-wobbly places! Times? Both! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:01:25 In this episode, we cover the particularly time-travel related environments from the world of Sentinel Comics: Silver Gulch The Final Wasteland Time Cataclysm Outside Time For each of those locations (times?!), we first give an overview, and then use your questions to dig deeper into the stories of that setting. Next week, we'll be talking all about The Operative, so get your questions in now!

You didn't even know that you wanted an episode on an intergalactic bounty hunter, and yet, here we are! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:23:43 In the first five minutes, we devolve into roleplaying as our own characters, so that sets the tone for this entire episode. You're welcome? After that, we get to Hero in the Arena #1, the true first appearance of Greazer. But the bulk of today's overview segment is the discussion of the book "Greazer", which we go over page-by-page of the first few issues. The secret history of Greazer Clutch! 45 minutes into the episode, we get to your questions! During those questions, we realize that tomorrow is the 1 year anniversary of The Letters Page! Hooray! Space Champagne for everyone! Then, just after the one hour and 18 minute mark, we wrap up by talking about the future. See you next time! (Send us your questions about The Operative!)

An episode that towers head and shoulders above all others! Or does it stand as an ant among giants? Only you can tell! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:20:17 We start off by confessing our sins and solving a notable problem... or at least hinting to that problem's solution. But that allows us to move forward with Portja Kip-Pro's story! (Which we start by pointing out a problem raised by the Kaargra Warfang episode, and then solving it. We're problem solvers!) But then we're back on track! Stories include, Hero in the Arena, Under Cover, the Return of Vengeance, and so much more! Then, we get into your question 33 minutes in. Lots of interesting info in the questions, today! Next week is Greazer! Get your questions in now!

Happy New Year! Starting off this new year with a quick 2017 retrospective! First thing first, we're pushing the schedule we announced last week back by one week in order to take a chunk of time to reset and reconcile all of the tangled webs we have weaved. Woven. Woved.  Anyway! The upcoming schedule now looks like this! January 9th: Sky-Scraper January 16th: Greazer January 23rd: Time Travel Settings - Silver Gulch, Final Wasteland, Time Cataclysm, Outside Time January 25th: Editor's Note #14 January 30th: The Operative Thank you all for being such a big part of what we do here. We're excited to do even more for and with you here in 2018.

Another thrilling Editor's Note! This one has a Special Guest! We're pretty excited. You'll just have to listen to find out who it is! Run Time: 1:03:28 Upcoming Schedule: January 2nd: Sky-Scraper January 9th: Greazer January 16th: Time-Travel Settings: Silver Gulch, Final Wasteland, Time Cataclysm, Outside Time January 23rd: The Operative January 25th: Editor's Note #14 January 30th: Madame Mittermeier's Fantastic Festival of Conundrums and Curiosities, Tomb of Anubis, Realm of Discord, Nexus of the Void, Temple of Zhu Long Topics of today's Editor's Note: THE COSMIC CONTEST That's it. We talk about the Cosmic Contest and nothing else At the end of the episode, we talk about the winner See you next year!

To celebrate Boxing Day, let's talk about the fighters in the cosmic arena! (Yes, yes, we know that Boxing Day has nothing to do with the pugilistic sport of boxing.) Show Notes: Run Time: 1:07:06 After only a couple minutes of jawing about the holidays, your intrepid hosts get right into the history of the Bloodsworn Colosseum in the pages of Sentinel Comics. Around the twelve minute mark, we finally tell an integral part of the Tony Taurus story. Then, on to more and different tales of the Bloodsworn! We start in on your questions a few minutes before the half hour mark. And we start off with a true and proper backstory! And then, around the 34 minute mark, we talk about a thing we messed up. A few minutes before the hour mark, we tell the backstory of a character you've seen before, but never heard of! She's a piece of Sentinel Comics history! Next week is Sky-Scraper, so get your questions in now! See you Thursday for an Editor's Note all about the Cosmic Contest.

Let's talk about all manner of places in the Sentinel Comics galaxy! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:45:33 In today's episode, we cover a few notable Cosmic Settings: Wagner Mars Base Dok'Thorath Celestial Tribunal The Enclave of the Endlings With only going over four environments in this episode, we have enough time to really get into each of them. We go through them in the above order, answering your great questions on each setting as we cover that environment. The cosmic place we talk about the least this week is the Bloodsworn Colosseum, which is the topic of next week's episode! Send in your questions now!

A Contest of Cosmic proportions! Show Notes: Run Time: 2:46:41 Whole lotta story going on today! Who will win? Only time will tell! I mean, actually, we're gonna tell you. In this episode. The show notes today would be pretty spoilerific, so I'm just going to give some useful timestamps here. The whole thing is story, so just listen to it! After a few minutes of banter and overview, we cover what all of the tiers and brackets contain, and then get right into going through each of the fights in Round One. Coverage of Round Two begins at around the one hour and 8 minutes mark. The fights start getting more intense now! We begin Round Three right before the one hour, 40 minutes mark. Everything's really heating up now! This round determines the winner of each tier! With those winners determined, we move on to the Quarter Finals at an hour and 52 minutes in, with the last characters standing from each tier facing the winner from the opposing tier. The Semi-Finals begin at 2:02:12. Just two matches here and then it's time for the finals!  The Final match to win it all begins at the two hours, 11 minutes mark. Whew. What a contest! We dig into your questions around two hours and 20 minutes. Did you win? As we discuss around 2:37:37, if you submitted a winning entry, let us know at [email protected]! See you next week!

We're back with an episode about brothers! Show Notes: Run Time: 2:14:22 It's been a month since we last recorded and we're thrilled to be back! We are also very excited about the release of the Starter Kit for Sentinel Comics: the Roleplaying Game! So many thrilling things. Also! This episode goes live the morning of Tuesday, December 5th. The deadline for getting your Cosmic Contest entries to us is tomorrow, Wednesday, December 6th! Very exciting. Let's get into the episode! (Many apologies for terrible British accents this episode.) We dig into the origin of Captain Cosmic, talking about the history of the brothers Lowsley and how Hugh got cosmic powers and Nigel just disappeared... Then, we're off to space to fight space threats! We go over a few of them before getting into the big stuff with Infinitor! It takes us 28 minutes to get to the reveal that Captain Cosmic and Infinitor are brothers... which has been common knowledge in this world since the release of the characters, but was a much bigger reveal in the pages of Sentinel Comics. Then we're back into space for more space stuff! Including spending a lot of time on Dok'Thorath. After all that, about 43 minutes in, we actually start to get into the OblivAeon event itself. We're saving most of that for the OblivAeon episode, but Captain Cosmic and Infinitor both have too much going on in the OblivAeon event to not cover that stuff now. And then, finally, just after the 52 minute mark, we get to your questions. Lots of questions! Finally, due to a question, we actually get into Infinitor's origin story. This happens around an hour and 11 minutes in. Then continuing with so many more solid questions. Just after the hour and 41 minute mark, we get a question about just how OblivAeon shards work. Whoof. That's a big one. Some explanation here. Perhaps some reveals? Either way, it's big. At an hour and 53 minutes in, we plug the official GTG online community. They're great! Go hang out with them! At 2 hours and 9 minutes in, we go to the future. Interesting things going on with Captain Cosmic's powers in both timelines! Thanks for listening! Next week is Cosmic Contest!

An editor's note! About Things! So many things. Run Time: 1:11:18 Upcoming Schedule: December 5th: Captain Cosmic & Infinitor December 12th: Cosmic Contest December 19st: Cosmic Settings: Wagner Mars Base, Dok'Thorath, Celestial Tribunal, Enclave of the Endlings December 26th: Kaargra Warfang and the Bloodsworn Colosseum December 28th: Editor's Note #13 Topics of today's Editor's Note: Wager Master Guise Meta-Universes The Scholar Hermetic Leylines Magic Unity Chokepoint The Wraith Rook City The Chairman Holidays The nature of time Don't forget, the deadline for getting your Cosmic Contest entries in is Wednesday, December 6th!

A creepy podcast about a creepy fellow, indeed! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:04:32 "We make things up and then are surprised when you like them." We start off with the first appearance of Biomancer in Sentinel Comics, and then get into the deeper truth behind who Biomancer really was. The truth is out there! And it's in this episode, too. We cover Biomancer's overview in under fifteen minutes. It's your questions (starting about 14 minutes in) that bring out all the really interesting stuff. This episode is on the shorter side, but that makes sense, given how little time Biomancer spends in the spotlight. Right after the 32 minute mark, we get into a MAJOR story reveal. One of the things we've been sitting on forever. You'll know what episode to ask your follow-up questions in when you hear what we're talking about. Around 43 minutes in, we get a question that leads into a Tachyon story that we greatly enjoy. Time for another "Christopher and Adam talk through a comic book page by page" type story! Then, around the 50 minute mark, we talk about the crossover with the Widow's Walk expansion to the game Betrayal at House on the Hill. Some creepiness ensues. And then weird stuff happens at the end of the episode! I don't remember any of this. Editor's Note in two days! If you have a burning desire to ask questions, ask them about Captain Cosmic and/or Infinitor!

An episode on the vital essence of most living things in Sentinel Comics! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:25:30 (A quick note on run times - I've been asked to stop listing the minutes in just minutes for episodes that take over an hour, thus the new format! Just to be entirely clear, the first number is the number of hours, the central number is number of minutes beyond that hour, and the last number is the number of seconds beyond those minutes.) The overview portion of today's episode covers a lot of topics! Right off the bat, we recommend you check out the Deadline/Lifeline episode, as it has some Blood Magic hints. Then, we get into the Blood Countess and the Court of Blood. After that, we talk about Bugbear, who we previously introduced in the NightMist episode and further explored with the Naturalist episode - both also recommended listening. Then, you might think we'd get into Hermetic, but first we have to go down a weird rabbit trail first about time and then about spices and flavoring. Oh, and then alchemy. After all that nonsense, it's Hermetic time! And what a time it is... Finally, about at the 23 minute mark, we get into your questions. That's right - the vast bulk of this episode are the questions you fine folks asked about blood. You're welcome. 56 minutes in, we're asked to tell the story of Lifeline in the Court of Blood. So we do! At the one hour and eleven minute marl, we're asked about werewolves... and we deliver! 8 minutes later, we talk about future stuff. Thanks for listening!

This is our very first settings episode, in which we talk about environments and locations from the world of Sentinel Comics! Show Notes: Run Time: 113:16 In today's episode, we cover Urban Settings such as: Megalopolis Freedom Tower Rook City Pike Industrial Complex San Alonso The Maerynian Refuge: Plavu'Col Mordengrad We start off by doing a quick rundown of each of these locations, and then we get into your questions! The Q&A portion of the episode begins about seven minutes into the episode. In the Megalopolis section, we answer a couple questions about banners seen in that fair city in the Sentinels of the Multiverse video game backgrounds. In answering the second of these questions right after the 32 minute mark, we reveal the truth about just what Funny Bunny means. Behold! Astounding. Then we go on for well over half an hour about a bit more Megalopolis stuff, and then on to Rook City questions. Around the 72 minute mark, we move on to San Alonso, the Maerynian Refuge, and finally Mordengrad!  Thanks for all the great questions!

Of all the villains we've talked about so far, this one is possibly the most evil. Show Notes: Run Time: 113:40 To reiterate what we mention in content warning at the very start of the episode, you might not want to listen to this episode with your kids. Or, at least, pre-screen this episode for content. Spite's pretty awful. In this episode, we reference both The Wraith's episode and GloomWeaver's episode. They're both pretty important to what's going on here, so you should probably check them out, if you haven't already. We start the question segment just after half an hour into the episode, but we spend the first couple minutes just talking about Spite before actually reading any of your questions. Yeah, that sounds like us. A bit after 45 minutes in, we talk about a misleading quote on a card and how the flavor text actually comes from a much earlier comic than the art depicted on a card, and why we did that thing. Not an error! But it sure looks like one. A couple minutes after the hour mark, Christopher reads the longest letter we've ever received. No, that is not a challenge. Don't try to beat this letter. Please. We almost canned this letter just based on length. Send us your questions about environments!

An episode about a nonsensical character who has too much power for anyone's good! Show Notes: Run Time: 103:16 Right off the bat, we talk about Cosmic Contest - want more info? Listen to last week's Editor's Note! Then, right off the bat, we hit the ground running with the story told in Wager Master's first appearance in Sentinel Comics! From there, we cover many other Wager Master stories. He's such a scamp! Also, terribly evil, mostly through forcing people to play his dangerous and destructive games. We begin considering your questions about 44 minutes into the episode, starting off with us getting an issue number wrong, once again. Can you trust anything we say? Unlikely! And then we're back to even more long stories. That's what we do! This may be our most "stories and stories and stories" episode so far. The future section begins a bit after the 95 minute mark, and in it, we finally reveal the names our two primary post-Multiverse realities! Next week is the long-overdue Spite episode. Happy Halloween! (Did anyone catch the two-word cameo early on in the episode?)

Yet another Editor's Note on all manner of things! Run Time: 88:39 Topics of today's Editor's Note: Other podcasts that we have claimed to do Baseball Virtuosos of the Void nicknames Absolute Zero Science! Haka La Comodora La Paradoja Magnifica The canon of the Sentinel Comics RPG La Capitan Christopher and Adam's "personas" A Limerick Boba tea Chrono-Ranger Chopping down doors CON Progeny The Host If you skipped the Fanatic and Apostate episodes after the warning at the start of those stories, you'll want to skip from the 42 minute mark until the 55 minute mark. Goofs Dark Watch Proletariat RevoCorp & Revenant Parse Doctors Caleb Greene Apostate Beverages Cosmic Contest Here is a link to the PDF you can fill out with your guesses about how the Cosmic Contest goes. When you do, please e-mail it to us at [email protected] Also! Here's a link to the Legends of Sleepy Hollow Kickstarter. Worth checking out! We both like the game a bunch. Upcoming Schedule: November 7th: Spite November 14th: Urban Settings November 21st: Blood Magic November 28th: Biomancer November 30th: Editor's Note #12 The day after this Editor's Note goes live, we're recording the episode about Wager Master! So, get those Wager Master questions in now or forever hold your peace.  

Our first episode with a special guest, invited or otherwise! Show Notes: Run Time: 109:14 Our long awaited Episode 40 is here, and wow is it a strange one! We'd like to apologize right now for being so mean to Guise in this episode. He took us by surprise. We don't deal with being surprised by wise-cracking shapeshifters in our recording space very gracefully, apparently. We take our time with the Overview segment this time, as we've got a bunch of stories to tell that don't really come out in the card game other than in little hints here and there. Also, we cover quite a few stories in the more in-depth, line-by-line way. No spoilers as to what we're talking about here, though! Gotta find out by listening! Anyway, as a result, we don't get to the Questions segment until a few minutes past an hour into the episode. Whew! Lots of good questions! From lots of great people! We get called out about not being good at counting pool balls in a question just before 71 minutes in. Yup, we goofed. Then back to more story-related questions! Of which there are many! Also, lots of "how the heck does Guise do [blank]" questions. Fair, fair. A minute or two before the 90 minute mark, we get a question about the Celestial Tribunal and their view of Guise and The Scholar. It's one of my favorite little glimpses of Guise from an outside perspective. Just throwing that out there. At just past the 103 minute mark, we close the Question section with a short but very good letter, and then jump into the future section, in which Guise takes the wheel for a brief moment and essentially goes off-roading. We get it back on track pretty quick, though. Mixed metaphors, galore! Thanks so much for listening! We've got a hefty Editor's Note this coming Thursday, and then we'll be recording the Wager Master episode on Friday, so get your Wager Master questions in now!

A pharmacist, an apothecary, a teacher, and more! It's The Scholar! Show Notes: Run Time: 101:36 Everyone should go to Adam's Halloween party. Except Christopher. There are a lot of rabbit trails in today's episode, but that's mostly because The Scholar's story does a fair bit of wandering. Also, it features some depressing bits, so we wander to keep from getting too down. Fastest transition to the Questions section ever! We end the Overview segment only 8 minutes in! At the 11 minute mark, we field a Powerhound question about us messing up published issue numbers again. And! To be fair! We did mess it up. *sad trombone sound* But not entirely! That's worth something, right? Right? Look, we give a slight hint about a Sentinel Comics RPG Starter Kit as a result, so hopefully that makes up for it. Finally, right around 25 minutes in, we get into the proper tale of The Scholar's backstory. His way-back-story, really. Buckle up! Just after 34 minutes in, Adam claims that a "soda" is a "tincture". It is not. Oh well. You don't listen to this podcast for medical advice/terminology, do you? Gosh, I hope not. We finally get back to your questions at the 47 minute mark. Whew! Longest answer ever! Over 20 minutes?! What were we thinking?! Right after 50 minutes in, we reveal the true origins of the thing that became The Scholar's Philosopher's Stone. Ominous! Just before the 66 minute mark, we drop the biggest lie of all! Please don't think we were being serious! We definitely weren't! Right after that, we get into another big story - another progression of The Scholar's story. Bit by bit, we'll get through this whole thing! A little after 76 minutes in, we get back into the topic of Progeny's head flying through space. Cool: y/n? You decide! The question we get an hour and a half in reveals a bit of story involving The Scholar, Guise, and even OblivAeon! This is a big story that we don't fully explain... got questions? Sure you do! Ask them here before Friday, October 20th and we'll follow-up in the next episode! See you next week!

Like last week, another character with wings and a sword! Unlike last week, this one's a villain! Show Notes: Run Time: 108:51 Much like the Fanatic episode, we recommend not listening to more than the first 5 minutes of this episode if knowing the truth of Fanatic and Apostate would ruin the characters for you. We do brief overview type stuff before getting into the dark truths of Apostate, but after that, all bets are off. Next week, we'll get away from all this stuff and dig into a character who has had his hands in more of the Multiverse than you might assume! Around 9 minutes in, we accidentally do a preview of what the episode on Biomancer will sound like. I'm so sorry. Just after the 24 minute mark, we learn that Adam doesn't care for Christopher's singing. Jerk. 49 minutes in, we get to your questions! A bit after the 90 minute mark, Christopher attempts to craft an analogy using gelatin. It goes poorly. Everyone ends up the worse for it.  Lots of great info in this episode - we hope it further explains what's going on with Apostate, Fanatic, and [redacted]. Join us next week for The Scholar! Get your questions in now!

It's everyone's favorite avenging angel! Show Notes: Run Time: 86:49 This is a big one, folks. Not a super long one, but a big one, nonetheless. The first sixteen minutes of the podcast are focused on covering who Fanatic is, how she grew up, how her powers manifested, and a couple of her early notable stories. Then, we give a notable disclaimer that I'm going to reiterate here: if knowing the nitty-gritty truth of Fanatic would in some way ruin the character for you, stop listening after the 16 minute mark. Just call it a day and pick up with another episode. Probably not next week, as that's Apostate, so we'll be going even deeper into divine spoilers territory, but the week after that is The Scholar and then Guise after that, so those are fair game. Anyway, point is, you have to decide for yourself if you want to know Fanatic's truth better than she does, or if you want to keep living by faith alone. Up to you. I'm keeping the show notes pretty brief today, so as to not put any spoilers in the text for folks that are choosing to skip the rest of the episode. About half an hour in, we start talking about blood magic and vampires, and end up covering a bit of Court of Blood business as well. Bonus info in this already info-filled episode! We get into your questions at the 36 minute mark. Lots of great questions this episode! We do our best to not let you down with our answers. If you have questions about Apostate or The Host, get them in now! We're looking forward to answering them when we record on Friday!

It's the first ever Editor's Note! This is where we fill in the corners and answer any lingering questions. Run Time: 49:15 Upcoming Schedule: October 3rd: Fanatic October 10th: Apostate October 17th: The Scholar October 24th: Guise October 26th: Editor's Note #11 October 31st: Wager Master Topics of today's Editor's Note: Haka La Comodora Slaughterhouse Six Ambuscade Chrono-Ranger Writhe The Idealist La Capitan With the posting of this Editor's Note, you have under 24 hours to get in your Fanatic questions! Not to worry, though, we already have well over a hundred Fanatic questions received so far...

Avast, ye mangy bilge-rats! It's about time for some temporal piracy! Show Notes: Run Time: 119:15 Managed to keep this one just barely under 2 hours! Sorry about last week! We start by announcing that Interludes are dead - long live Editor's Notes! They will be about the same, but we'll no longer do Thursday episodes with in-depth story content, such as the Slaughterhouse Six Interlude. As promised a bit after five minutes in, here's the chart we drew up about Maria Helena's appearances in time: For those who cannot read my handwriting (and, let's be honest, I can barely read it), down the left side of the image are the various stages of Maria Helena: Young Maria Helena Very Early La Capitan Early La Capitan Late La Capitan Very Late La Capitan Early La Comodora Late Comodora Then, there are 9 points in time listed (with red words) along the timeline (the blue line). Those red labels, from left to right are: 16th Century Spain Face on Mount Rushmore First Appearance Southwest Sentinels #1 & #3 VotM La Capitan Later Southwest Sentinels Story La Comodora saves Chrono-Ranger - he goes after La Capitan for her Cosmic Contest OblivAeon This chart will only be somewhat helpful without listening to the episode itself. Many apologies for the confusing nature of time travel. Fortunately, we're following her story from her point of view today, so that should make it a bit easier. Maybe! Also, in this episode, we reveal a comic book series that has always been a part of Sentinel Comics, though not used in quotes on cards in Sentinels of the Multiverse, due to being non-canonincal. That book is called Disparation. It plays an important role in this episode. Around the 48 minute mark, Adam succinctly sums up how La Comodora combines all Hakas into two Hakas, as discussed in the Haka episode. Here's another version of Adam explaining that event: Worth a thousand words, right? This episode is pretty evenly split between overview and questions. We get into the Q&A portion pretty close to the halfway point, around 51 minutes in. Lots of time travel shenanigans in the questions, and some pirate voices as well. Just after 71 minutes in, we get new limericks from the challenger, Arcanist Lepus! Around the 88 minute mark, we get a question about Chiquito that ends up leading to actual explanation of how La Paradoja Magnifica works. Spoilers: it has nothing to do with anyone eating a strange alien monkey creature. We get a question 97 minutes in that result in us telling the story of the Black Spot variant of La Comodora. Void incursions abound! At around an hour and 51 minutes in, we get a suspicious question about a bunch of alternate reality characters seen in one of La Capitan's deck, and we talk a bit about each of those heroes and where they come from. And then we're done! Possibly the shortest future section ever in today's episode. See you Thursday for the first ever Editor's Note!

Let's talk about the Southwest Sentinels! And then Void Guard! Show Notes: Run Time: 198:12 This is our longest and strangest episode ever. By far. In a lot of ways. Our fault for doing an episode about four different characters covering two teams. Also, no interlude this Thursday - we packed everything into this one episode.  Knowing that this episode would go long, right off the bat, we ask Trevor to get aggressive with the edits. And yet, still, this episode is so many hours long. What happened? Oh geeze. We're sorry? So, we mention in the first few minutes that last week we had a huge spike of new listeners on Wednesday. That Wednesday was our highest download day of all time. What?! Why? If you're a new listener who joined us last Wednesday, let us know where you came from, please! Tweet at us here, or e-mail us at [email protected]. Let us know what brought you to The Letters Page! We're excited to have all you fantastic listeners, old and new alike! Then we start going blow by blow through the pages of the Southwest Sentinels comic books. After the 27 minute mark (once we're into the second issue of Southwest Sentinels), we talk about a character named Night Snake. Here's the sketch (as promised around 28:30) of that character who never made it into the canon of Sentinels of the Multiverse, even though he was a part of Sentinel Comics. And then, we're on to Southwest Sentinels #3! At 45 minutes in, we do a bit of foreshadowing for the power origin description that we don't actually get to until the question section MUCH later. (Like, over an hour later.) Just after 70 minutes in, we end the Southwest Sentinels book, do a bit of transition story, and then start up the Void Guard book. It's not enough that we're doing an episode about four different heroes, we're also talking about two different hero teams! We finally begin the Q&A portion of the podcast after an hour and a half into the show. And we have a TON of great questions. Buckle up, everyone! 97 minutes in, we finally begin actually explaining the origins of the powers of Doctor Medico and Mainstay, and how that origin connects to what else is happening in the pages of Sentinel Comics. This is a big reveal that has additional ramifications as Sentinel Comics moves forward into the future. Then, around the 110 minute mark, we dig into the real story behind The Idealist! Finally! In retrospect, it shouldn't have surprised us that this episode ended up over three hours long, given how much we're covering here, and how many big reveals there are. But still. Whoof. So many questions about so many things! Around the 175 minute mark, we promise to show off Writhe being creepy. So, here you go! Yikes. Finally, after 190 minutes of episode, we get into the future section and talk a bit about what the futures could hold for Void Guard. Whew! That was a long episode! Did you make it through the whole thing? We barely did! Get your questions about La Capitan / La Comodora in now!

A team of villains, led (sort of?) by Ambuscade! Let's learn more!     Show Notes:   Run Time: 92:50   This interlude is pretty much just an entire episode. Yes, we're aware we need to revisit what we're calling interludes. We'll explore that on next Thursday's... whatever it is we call it. But, yeah, this has a ton of story, including some major reveals!   We start off by talking about Ambuscade, Re-Volt, Desert Eagle, Ray Manta, Magman, and Glamour. We do some backstory and overview stuff. Then! It's time for your questions, which we kick off by digging into the biggest reveal of the whole Slaughterhouse Six story.   The questions are mostly organized by character, but they do jump around a little bit. You'll figure it out - I believe in you!   About 72 minutes in, a conspiracy theorist leads us down a twisting trail of what the future will hold with AI and such. Christopher reveals his secrets. Some of them, at least.   Upon this episode going live, you still have a few hours left to get in your questions about The Sentinels/Void Guard!

Ansel G. Moreau is a famous movie star! He does his own stunts! Show Notes: Run Time: 123:04 Shockingly, this is the longest episode we've ever done! Man, that Ansel G. Moreau really loves to steal the scene. We apologize right off the bat for the quality and quantity of bad French accents in today's episode. We're so, so sorry. After the Ambuscade story stuff in the first 25 minutes, we get into a fun Mainstay and Ansel story that both Adam and Christopher end up having too much fun with on the air. It takes almost as much time as everything else that leads up to just that one story. 40 minutes in, we get into spoilers for OblivAeon territory, but we're just spilling the beans now! Have we spoiled that info before? We don't know... but we're doing it anyway! This episode is full of ups and downs. Then, we get right into your questions! Of which there are many! In the Q&A portion, we talk a lot more about Ansel G. Moreau's film career, his connection to RevoCorp, and indulge in a decent amount of listener-meta-silliness. All told, a fine time. When we get into the future section, we spill some spoilers, but don't really tag them. Just putting the future story stuff right out there! If you want to avoid RPG spoilers, maybe skip from 117:45 to 119:35.  See you in a couple days for the Slaughterhouse Six interlude!

Our big friendly fighting friend... it's Haka! Show Notes: Run Time: 102:01 We get right into it on this one, as we've got a lot to talk about. Within the first few minutes, we're already into the backstory of Aata Wakawarewa! As a result of us digging right in, we manage to get through the Haka overview, from backstory to OblivAeon, in 25 minutes! On to your questions! We had a lot of fun in the Questions section, because we got so many great questions! Haka has a lot of great stories, and we're happy to recount them. Shortly after the 75 minute mark, we have our first call out of the episode to any of the strange meta-question nonsense things that goes on in these episodes. And shortly after that, we dive right into the nonsense. After that dip into silliness, things start getting a bit more serious, and the questions and answers after the 80 minute mark start a turn for the worse. Around 88 minutes in, we read a question that leads to the answer of "how the heck is Haka doing what he does?" We go into the complete answer here, but we intentionally leave out who is behind all this. We will reveal who that is... soon.  At the 95:30 mark, we begin a Spoilers section! Don't listen if you don't want spoilers for the end/branching point of the Haka stories! You can safely begin listening again at 98:45. Next week, we'll be releasing both an episode AND an interlude! The episode is all about Ansel G. Moreau, AKA Ambuscade AKA Stuntman, and the interlude will be about the Slaughterhouse Six! We're recording that episode and interlude on Friday, so make sure you get your questions in by the end of day this coming Thursday, September 7th.

We are still exhausted from Gen Con, but let's talk about how that show went! Show Notes: Run Time: 39:44 Christopher and Adam spend the first 7 minutes of the show just talking about how Gen Con went, especially the Letters Page Live panel. Spoilers: it went REALLY well.  Just before the 5 minute mark, Christopher forgets the name of the musical instrument he played at the Letters Page Live panel. It's the melodica, dummy. The bulk of this interlude is getting to the questions that we brought to Gen Con to answer live, which are mostly general questions about both the world of Sentinel Comics and even this show. Shortly after the 10 minute mark, we have a question for our producer Trevor! We had intended on asking this question live when Trevor was there in the room with us, but instead, he was kind enough to record an answer separately. But we cannot allow him to release all of our secrets! On to the schedule of upcoming episodes! September 5th: Haka September 12th: Ambuscade/Stuntman September 14th: Interlude - Slaughterhouse Six September 19th: The Sentinels September 21st: Interlude - Void Guard September 26th: La Capitan/La Comodora September 28th: Interlude - Assorted Items of Interest  So much thrilling content on the way! And look at all those interludes! As we mention in this interlude, we've already recorded the Haka episode, as Christopher is currently in Seattle for PAX Dev and PAX West, but all the other episodes on the schedule need your questions! Send us your questions!

Want to hear what happened at Gen Con 2017? Here's your chance! We had a blast at our first live episode of The Letters Page! We couldn't have asked for a better audience. So many fun things! Also, if you'd rather see what happened in this Letters Page Live episode, check out this video! Besides the entire gang of Adam, Christopher, Trevor, and even Paul, we also were graced by the presence of Christopher's brother Anthony, who wrote and performed the "Christopher and Adam reading letters to you" song. Anthony added a lot to this live episode.   Now, on to the few actual show notes for this episode! Show Notes: Run Time: 118:33 First thing first! As Trevor mentions in the intro to the episode, there are a lot of spoilers. We're not going to tag them all individually. Just know that wading into this episode means getting into SPOILERS territory! Next, you'll notice that Christopher's voice sounds more awful than usual. He used it up by the end of the first day of Gen Con. What you hear is all he has left. But he still somehow made it through the entire two hour episode, more or less. About four minutes in, Christopher lays some ground rules. These apply to all Letters Page questions ever, actually! 1. We don't have favorite heroes or villains. Stop asking. 2. Try to avoid bringing up other properties. We're here to talk about the world of Sentinel Comics. Not other comic book characters. 3. No swearing, please. At least, do your best. These rules all apply to us as well, and we do our best to not break them. I'm going to put notes here whenever Anthony plays a song, in case you want to navigate straight to the music bits. The first one starts at 8:12. After that, Christopher, Adam, and Anthony talk about the "history" of the song. Mostly because we were all so blown away by everyone at the panel singing along. Even the high parts. And then we actually start getting into questions, reading a couple of questions that we printed out in advance for the panel, just to get things rolling. Another musical interlude! This one starts at 18:10. And then we got into questions from people at the panel. The line of people asking questions was... notably long. The second person in the line was dressed as Spite. Which was very creepy! But then he turned out to be LevelUpLeo! (We've been pronouncing his last name wrong this whole time! Now we know better.) We recorded this episode on Saturday afternoon. That morning, we'd held a costume contest, so there were lots of folks at this panel in brilliant and creative costumes straight out of the pages of Sentinel Comics. It was wonderful. Another song from Anthony at 44:41. Followed by Anthony's story of what inspired that song. Then, we go back to reading a few of the letters that we printed out in advance, just to break things up a bit! And then we sort of spill a pile of beans about OblivAeon story stuff that we've apparently never talked about publicly before? So, that's good. Enjoy! Another Anthony song at 58:12. This leads into more questions from the audience. Lots more great questions! Oh, also some more huge spoiler reveals. A notably one right after the 70 minute mark. Probably not a big deal. *innocent whistle* Around 81 minutes in, Argent Adept gives us a "Damage -1" token. Then, Citizen Dawn begins laughing ominously in the background. 95 minutes into the episode, Guise makes his appearance. He's exhausting. As a result of that, starting around the 97 minute mark, Christopher loses it and reveals the secret behind where all of Sentinel Comics comes from. It's not pretty. Then! A bit after 99 minutes in, Christopher and Adam disagree on the air! Don't worry - they work it out. One of our favorite things that happened in this panel is that we drop a spoiler for our future plans at 109:50ish, but no one really seemed to pick up on it. Wonder what we meant by that... Probably nothing important! Right? The final musical interlude from Anthony occurs at 112:30, though this is not the final song of the episode! After that, just a bit of closing words. We're entirely overwhelmed by how great our listeners are, and how wonderful the Sentinel Comics community is. Seriously, you people are amazing. We close the episode with another "Christopher and Adam" singalong. Goodnight and good luck.

Corporate shenanigans! Ready to meet the CEO and more? It's time to talk about RevoCorp! Show Notes: Run Time: 90:18 We dig pretty deep into untold tales and history to reveal the RevoCorp story. This is all stuff that happens on the sidelines (for the most part) of the Multiverse, but we'll cover how it ends up impacting the world of Sentinel Comics. The Q&A section features people questioning our lies. It's good to see that we're getting that message through. Also, last week's question in the Spoilers section was from Matchstickman. Sorry for making that clear in that episode! We hope that Matchstickman can forgive us. And also forgive us for what Adam does in this episode. Sorry for the brief show notes today - we just got back from Gen Con yesterday and are still recovering. Speaking of Gen Con, next Tuesday's episode will be the recording of the First Annual Gen Con Live! The Thursday after that, we'll release a "Gen Con Retrospective" interlude. And then back to the regularly scheduled hero and villain episodes next month, starting with Haka!

Time travel and psychic shenanigans! The many forms of Vanessa Long! Show Notes: Run Time: 105:49 We deal with multiple realities - and multiple Vanessa Longs (Vanessas Long?) in the first ten minutes, so buckle up! Brief show notes today, because: Gen Con!  So, we promised a link to the Lazer Ryders Soundtrack in the show notes. Here it is on Spotify. It's also available on Bandcamp. Not sure if there's a better place to get it, but those are both pretty legit! Also, for a sample, check out the song Trevor chose for our episode-ending music. The questions segment has a bunch of nonsense about Biomancer's creations, the Cult of Gloom, and even the kingdom of Cooltopia? I don't know what's happening with our own podcast these days.  In the future section, we have two spoiler sections. The last bit of the Sentinel Tactics future is spoilers (from 95:30 to 96:35), and the entire Sentinel Comics RPG timeline segment is also spoilers. (from 97:09 to 99:20).  As mentioned, we're already at Gen Con! If you'll be at Gen Con on Saturday, come crash our Letters Page Live recording panel on Saturday! Also, because we're in Indianapolis and away from our office all this week, we've already recorded the RevoCorp/Benchmark episode! It's too late for your questions! While we're gone, if you want to ask questions for upcoming episodes, I'll leave you with this hint: we have just begun to cover the Prime Wardens and their nemeses...

Akash'Bhuta, Akash'Thriya, and more! Show Notes: Run Time: 118:27 This show covers more time than any other episode. It's also one of our longest episodes! Appropriate. Around 5:40, we posit that this episode won't be longer than the Argent Adept episode. We were wrong. But just barely! Still, we shouldn't have been surprised. It takes us about half an hour to go through the first couple hundred million years. Then, we start slowing down, only covering thousands or even hundreds of years at a time. Bear with us! We eventually get more into the blow-by-blow stuff that happens in the pages of Sentinel Comics. Recommended listening: the Argent Adept episode, and the Naturalist episode. At the beginning of the question section - around 45 minutes in - we clear up a thing that we straight up did wrong. We have officially said before the Akash'Bhuta's first appearance was in Prime Wardens #1. There is no way that's correct. Her first appearance was in Virtuoso of the Void #12, and we even know that! We were shocked to look back at what we'd released publicly. We just wrote down the wrong first appearance. We're very sorry.  On to the rest of the fantastic questions! So much to unpack! A few fishy things happen in the other questions. Another letter from the Cult of Gloom, Princess Cool asserts that she's the original, and we're pretty sure that Biomancer is up to something... In the future section, we first go over when the timeline split occurs in the Akash story. Then we talk about the rough stuff going on in the Sentinel Tactics timeline.  For the Sentinel Comics RPG timeline, we have to use the SPOILERS tag. From 107:00 to 114:22 so that we can talk about [redacted] and [redacted]. We also take one more question! Enjoy! As we mention at the end of the episode, we're recording on Thursday this week, and we're actually recording TWO episodes on that day, due to Gen Con. So! Get your Visionary and RevoCorp questions in by early Thursday morning at the latest! Anything after that won't make the cut! Looking forward to seeing some of you next week at Gen Con!

Buckle in, folks! We're going to meet a bunch of Virtuosos of the Void today, as well as delving into the Void itself! Show Notes: Run Time: 117:59   In the first portion of the podcast, we go through the history of the Argent Adept's appearances in the pages of Sentinel Comics, from his origin in the Toll of Destiny limited series, through the Virtuoso of the Void ongoing series. We cover a ton of stories at a pretty breakneck pace, as we had SO MANY fantastic questions that we wanted to make sure to let your wonderful input shine, you lovely listeners! We finish that entire overview in about half an hour! The majority of the rest of the episode is questions! Shortly after the 40 minute mark, Christopher gets real passionate about music. This speaks to why/how Argent Adept was created. Heck, we both go into even more music stuff in the next 5-10 minutes after that. Just after 80 minutes in, we talk about the cross-over promo card we made with Worldbuilder's Charity. You can get that card - in normal card form, foil card form, or both - here! Spoilers! Many spoilers! Pretty much the entire future section is a spoiler, and it's tagged as such within the episode. If you're wanting to skip the spoilers, don't listen to anything between 107:52 and 114:33. That's where we spill the beans! Thanks for listening! Get your questions in for all flavors of Akash'Entities now!

The longest interlude we've ever recorded, by far! So many questions answered! The name of this episode is most certainly not "Lightning Round". Show Notes: Run Time: 83:50 We cover tons of characters in this episode. A ridiculous amount of them. And almost as many different stories. Ready for hopping all over the place? Strap in - it's going to be a bumpy ride! Just after the 50 minute mark, Adam and Christopher have a debate about who would win in a fight between two villains, and Adam actually convinces Christopher! It's a surprising outcome for everyone. Rather than listing all the characters we talked about, here's a list of the things we didn't talk about, even though we did get questions about them! Galactra Quetzalcoatl Major Flay Seer Idolator Revenant Green Grosser Blood Countess Zhu Long All Slaughterhouse Six members Those characters all do count as Nemeses, but their stories have to wait for the episodes they are important in, so feel free to ask more questions about them. Here's the next month's schedule! August 1st: Argent Adept August 8th: Akash'Bhuta, Akash'Thriya, and more! August 15th: Visionary/Dreamer August 22nd: RevoCorp/Benchmark August 29th: Gen Con Live! August 31st: Post Gen Con Retrospective Interlude If you're at Gen Con, come to the Gen Con live recording on Saturday at 3:00! Get your Argent Adept questions in now! See you next week!

Let's talk about NINE villains! Nine times the goodness! Show Notes: Run Time: 72:47 There's a lot of rambling nonsense and nonsensical rambling in this episode, but there's also a lot of good story! Just before the ten minute mark, Adam divulges his scale of animal evilness, from most evil to least evil. So, that's probably a useful thing for all of you out there in internet land. Then, a bit after the fifteen minute mark, The Ennead start taking over Egypt, and we talk for the next 5-10 minutes about how locked down that whole situation was. Right after the 26 minute mark, we tell a few but very minor story about Set after The Ennead event. I'm calling it out here because I really like the story. It's not an important story, but it's fun. Just how many times do we say "reservoir" in this episode? Right before 34 minutes in, we do a "and then they all died" bit THAT IS TOTALLY TRUE. They all died. Period. The next thing we do is answer a question - our first question of the episode - in which we reveal a retcon that happened within the pages of Sentinel Comics.  As promised, here's a link to the page of the ARG in which Ra and The Ennead showed up for the last time in the Multiverse. SPOILERS! Starting at the 60:50 mark through 68:25, we talk about spoilers for the Sentinel Tactics timeline, so if you want to wait until it's released to play through the story content yourself, skip this spoilers segment. Thanks for listening, everyone! Thursday is the longest interlude ever! Talk to you then!

Is Ra the true Egyptian God of the Sun, or just a madman with the power of fire? Or, is he something else entirely? Show Notes: Run Time: 106:57 We start with a quick overview of who Ra is, and then start breaking down his long and somewhat convoluted story. Let's dig right in. In the first ten minutes of the show, we reveal Ra as a villain (of sorts) and then kill him off (sort of), and not at all as a joke! And it's not even the most exciting ten minutes of the show! Starting just before the seventeen minute mark, Adam attempts to name all nine of The Ennead. He does... OK. More on those folks next week! Around 28 minute in, we start getting into just HOW all of this Egyptian mythology stuff has been translated into modern Sentinel Comics. Lots of great questions in today's episode, with a ton of story stuff covered entirely in the Q&A segment. At 55 minutes, we get a question that sparks a REALLY long answer with a ton of story. Enjoy! Wow, this is a long episode. Whew! Lots of big reveals in the future section. We talk about the future of a minor side character from the card game timeline and what happens to them in the Tactics timeline. And then! In the RPG timeline section, we go into SPOILERS! Skip from 96:55 to 103:55 if you want to avoid major story spoilers for the RPG. In a couple days, we're recording the episode about The Ennead AND the interlude about Nemeses! Get your questions in now!

An episode about a slavering rat beast! Show Notes: Run Time: 76:10 Just a warning: we rehash some old jokes this show. We're out of material, folks. You heard it here! We're already washed up. But there are also some actual reveals in this episode! Like Plague Rat's real human name from before he was fully rattened! This is an episode of cautionary tales and important life lessons. Brush your teeth. Don't play in the sewers. Don't do drugs. Or crime. Stay in school, kids. We go from drug dealer, to rat beast, to infectious rat beast, to captured rat beast... look, a lot happens with Plague Rat, actually. You'll just have to listen to the episode! And we have a decently long Q&A segment today! Lots of fun stuff there. Good questions. Strange answers. And even a few twists! And we wrap up with a glimmer of hope for the future. Next week is Ra!

Today is an American holiday, so we're going to talk about an All-American hero! Show Notes: Run Time: 83:50 Look forward to all manner of voices from Adam in today's episode! About 10 minutes in, we introduce the robot named CON. And yes, we will explain CON in this episode. It's about time! At the 20-minute mark, Adam refers to human flesh as, "Delicious, delicious flesh." We just want to mention right now: we do not support or advocate cannibalism. Adam does not consume human flesh and he does not think of it is actually delicious. That line about delicious flesh was from Plague Rat's point of view. Right after that, we explain how time travel works. So, that's cool. Around the 47-minute mark, we say that Chrono-Ranger mostly acts in the main canon timeline just after saying that he act in a bunch of different timelines. Turns out, both are true. In the bulk of Sentinel Comics, he's doing stuff in the primary timeline, but in his occasional solo limited series, he shows up in and alters many different timelines. In the future section, we actually reveal a decent amount of story, both from the Tactics timeline and the RPG timeline. A lot happens to Jim Brooks in both futures, including two different name changes. Thanks for listening! Get your Plague Rat questions in now!

Let's make some excuses! Show Notes: Run Time: 28:36 Since we got immediately down to business on Tuesday's Deadline/Lifeline episode, this interlude is a good deal more... fast and loose. Things we cover in this interlude: The Wraith and Ermine Chokepoint or Choke? Our brothers Gen Con (Dark) Visionary James Bowie David Bowie Knives K.N.Y.F.E.s Paige Huntlys (Paiges Huntly?) Sergeant Steel Stargent Seal Animals Also, as promised, here's an art! How do we get through ALL OF THAT in under half an hour? Guess you'll just have to listen to the whole thing to find out! Oh, also, the very exciting upcoming schedule! July 4th: Chrono-Ranger July 11th: Plague Rat July 18th: RA! July 25th: The Ennead July 27th: Interlude - Nemeses August 1st: Argent Adept Things are really heating up here on the Letters Page! And not just because it's a hot summer here in St. Louis. But also because of that!

Tarogath... the destroyer? Or savior? Or just all-around jerk? You decide! Show Notes: Run Time: 86:29 This is a no-nonsense episode! (Meaning we only engage in minimal nonsense.) It's not the longest episode we've recorded, but it might be the most jam-packed with exciting info! We start off by talking about the Enclave of the Endling, including proper pronunciation of the names of many Endlings and their fallen races. Got questions about the Enclave of the Endlings? Submit a question! We'll do an Interlude on the Enclave some day. More info on blood magic and vampires and such today, around the 23 minute mark. And in the questions, as well! Shortly after that, we actually delve into more of the details of the OblivAeon event than we've revealed before. Makes sense, as Tarogath is rather important to that event! Just after 41 minutes in, Christopher said, "Tarogath, who became the villain Deadline, who then became the villain Lifeline." (Italics for emphasis.) Definitely meant hero there. Just talking too fast. Whoops! Lifeline's not a villain. This coming Thursday's Interlude has already been recorded, but you still have some time to get your Chrono-Ranger questions in! Send 'em our way, buckaroos!

Today, we talk about Michael Conteh of Conteh Energy Corporation! Surely, that's where you know him from, right? Show Notes: Run Time: 61:31 Right in the beginning, we mention that The Operative will come up later in the podcast. And then we follow-through on that promise! We talk about stuff between The Naturalist and The Organization - which does happen to involve The Operative - just after the six minute mark. Lots of exciting things in today's episode, including space adventures, business take-overs, and even the origin of Akash'Thriya! The Naturalist has to deal with Equity early on, but we'll also hear from the Slaughterhouse Six - lots of people want to kill The Naturalist, apparently. As we have done before and we will certainly do again, we discuss how unsettling birds are in this episode. Listen to the few minutes leading up to the 30 minute mark for that gem. I'm certain it'll come up again in the future. The future holds a lot for The Naturalist, but we can't spoil TOO much for now - lots of story things will come up in the long run! We've already recorded all of the episodes from now through the end of June, so send in your questions for the Chrono-Ranger episode! We'll announce our schedule through the beginning of August next week.  

Let's talk about a shady organization that reaches throughout the Multiverse! Show Notes: Run Time: 67:07 At the beginning of the podcast, Christopher predicts that this episode will have a run time of an hour and twelve minutes. Turns out, didn't even make it that long! This episode, we cover F.I.L.T.E.R. in all of its incarnations, get into The Block - the extradimensional F.I.L.T.E.R. prison and HQ, and also talk about the story of Sergeant Steel and his Steel Squadron! Just before the 17 minute mark, we mention that the K.N.Y.F.E. episode is essential listening for the story we're about to tell. If you haven't listened to that one yet, go do so! We get to introduce the character of Felix Stone in this episode! Exciting times. (We also dispose of him. Whoops! Spoilers.) You also get to learn of A.C.R.O.N.Y.M.! As promised, here is the Time-Crazed Prisoner from The Block: As we mention at the end of the episode, the next few recordings are all going to happen pretty quickly. Paul and I will be out of town for a wedding in a couple weeks, and we're all more nose-to-the-grindstone than ever right now, so we're doing a pile of recording this coming Friday, and then skipping a week for weddings, and then doing another pile of recording the Friday after that. So! Hit us up with questions for these characters ASAP! The Naturalist Deadline / Lifeline Chrono-Ranger Thanks for listening!

She's tough, she's Scottish, and she's got energy powers! It's Agent Paige Huntly: A.K.A. the hero known as K.N.Y.F.E.! Show Notes: Run Time: 55:34 First thing first! We're both older - but certainly no wiser - than we were last episode! Happy Birthday to us. We first introduced the character of Paige Huntly in last week's Chokepoint episode, as their stories intertwine before Agent Huntly ever becomes K.N.Y.F.E. When we get to the Progeny fight, we go into a bit of a discussion on whether Progeny's head flying away is cool or silly. Who is right? You decide! And then we're off to SPACE! Lots of great stuff about alternate realities, people being awful, her Scottish-ness, and even more in the questions section. Get your questions about F.I.L.T.E.R., Sergeant Steel, and The Block now! Also, this episode's post-credits bit is the longest one ever, I think!

Today, we talk about the tech-bending villain Chokepoint! Show Notes: Run Time: 71:03 Right off the bat, we discuss the Iconclad Project and how it took on young Evelyn Moore as in her infancy. You might recall the Ironclad Project from the Bunker episode! Around thirteen minutes in, we talk about The Block, and then a few minutes later, we introduce the F.I.L.T.E.R. Agent Paige Huntly. More on her next week, and more on FILTER and The Block the week after that! We get through her entire backstory without digging into the Termi-Nation story... but not to worry! We do a HUGE section in the Q&A portion of the podcast all about Termi-Nation. Adam reads a letter from the Cult of Gloom. After the episode, we went to the hospital, but they don't deal with that sort of thing. So, he'll probably be fine.  Listeners! Tomorrow (May 31st) is Adam's birthday! Two days after that (June 2nd) is Christopher's birthday! For our birthdays, please send us questions about F.I.L.T.E.R., Sergeant Steel, and The Block! Next week is the K.N.Y.F.E. episode, but we've already recorded that one, due to Christopher being in the UK this week for the UK Games Expo. If you're at that show, go see him in the Greater Than Games booth!

A team of misfits and shady characters who have to protect each other in a city - and a world - that's safe for no one! It's time to talk Dark Watch. Show Notes: Run Time: 32:01 A very brief overview before jumping right in on your questions! Also, here's the upcoming episode release schedule! May 30th: Chokepoint June 6th: K.N.Y.F.E. June 13th: Sergeant Steel & F.I.L.T.E.R. June 20th: The Naturalist June 27th: Deadline/Lifeline June 29th: Interlude - Maintenance Mode! July 4th: Chrono-Ranger Whew! Get those Chokepoint & K.N.Y.F.E. questions in TODAY! See you soon!

It's everyone's favorite team of heroes! Show Notes: Run Time: 68:52 We talk about every published incarnation of the Freedom Five and the Freedom Four, and often go down rabbit trails of nonsense, philosophy, or sometimes outright lies. Enjoy! Lots of callbacks to previous episodes today, but also a good deal of call-forwards! We hint at the contents of the episodes of Haka, Ambuscade, the Slaughterhouse Six, and more! The Q&A section in this episode is particularly robust, as well! IMPORTANT! Starting exactly at 58 minutes and 10 seconds into the episode, we start talking about major story spoilers! If you don't want story spoilers for the Sentinel Comics RPG timeline as they're things you'll get to play through, please skip from 58:10 to 63:40.  As we mentioned last week, we still have the demographic survey going, so if you haven't gotten a chance to answer it yet, please do! Help us grow the Letters Page! On Thursday, there will be a Dark Watch Interlude! Also, next week, we're recording both the Chokepoint episode AND the K.N.Y.F.E. episode, as Christopher will be in the UK from the end of May through the first week of June. So, get your Chokepoint and K.N.Y.F.E. questions in now!

It everyone's favorite robot builder: Unity!   Show Notes: Run Time: 68:10 First thing, right off the bat, we talk about a survey. This is a link to that survey! Please do take a moment to fill it out, as it will help us grow and improve The Letters Page.  Then, we're on to talk about television! Because that's what this show is about! Adam requested just after 12 minutes into the podcast that I put his address in the show notes. No one tell him that I'm not doing that. Just trust me; it's for the best. We talk about Unity's parents' history a bit, and how her mom was injured during the Yom Kippur War. At about twenty minutes in, we quickly give away that during the OblivAeon event, Unity builds a massive T. Rex bot. It's pretty dang cool.  And then! We go right to questions! Flying in the face of tradition! What is even happening?! Lots of great info in today's Q&A segment. We're getting more and more free with information. Which is good! Just after the 28 minute mark, we go into a bit of Unity's naming guidelines. In a question we read around 32:45, we reveal the history of a couple minor figures in Sentinels lore, and even some of their story that is yet to be seen in the Multiverse! As promised, here is a link to the OblivAeon lead-up ARG. If you haven't gone through it before, I highly recommend it. Very cool things happened there. Just after the 44 minute mark, we read another fantastic limerick from Arcanist Lupus. The question in that limerick leads to us revealing who it was that captures Unity and kept her in a glass case far from all metal. So many reveals! We even spill the beans a bit about her future relationships! She's dating someone? And joining some other team? (We get to that part in the Future segment.) But who? You'll just have to listen to the episode to find out! Once we get to the Future segment, hold on to your hats for some time-traveling information. Not information about someone doing time-traveling or how time travel works. Nope. Information that has come back in time to us from the future! Bizarre! Thanks for listening! So many exciting things on the horizon! Also, don't forget to fill out our demographics survey. Thank you!

A dastardly episode about Baron Blade, Freight Train, Ermine, Proletariat, and Friction!   Show Notes Run Time: 92:42 The longest episode yet! I know that this is a podcast about characters from a fictional comic book series, but we start off by talking about the weather. A bunch. So, that's fun! Just before the four minute mark, we explain the format that we're using this episode, since we're covering a bunch of characters with overlapping stories. A thing we don't mention but is very true: this episode references a TON of other episodes. In a lot of ways, the Vengeful Five are a product of their opponents, so there's a lot of "inside baseball" talk in this episode. First we mention Baron Blade... and point out that he's got an episode all of his own! Check it out. Then, we move on to Fright Train. You might want to listen to the Bunker episode if you haven't yet, as Fright Train and Bunker have a shared history. (The Baron Blade episode is also relevant to Bunker's backstory. As is the Setback episode!) There are lots of important links in these show notes. Next, we move on to Ermine! In her story, we reference both the Mister Fixer episode and The Wraith's episode. And also The Chairman's episode! The next character we cover is Proletariat! There's a lot of interesting references going on here, but the only episode I can really point to for you here is last week's Absolute Zero episode.  The final member of the Vengeful Five is Friction. The relevant episode tie-in here is the Tachyon episode.  Mid-Friction, we momentarily follow a rabbit trail from the definition of vengeance and into some nonsense about the definition of self. Talking everyone's favorite intern sidekick technopath next week!

Today, we talk about a character with as depressing a name as his backstory! Hooray? Show Notes: Run Time: 87:33 Right off the bat, we get started with the story of the FIRST Absolute Zero! Surprise! Just after the 3 minute mark, we lose our highly focused train of thought and devolve into madness, discussing the difference in scariness between Nazis and Nazi Ghosts. And then what to do about ghosts. We do this for... minutes. And then return to the backstory of the first Absolute Zero. There's no excuse for our behavior. We do get into some of the backstory of the Golden Age of Sentinel Comics in the first fifteen minutes of this episode. We also goof around a bit.  Then! We finally get into Absolute Zero. The Absolute Zero you all know and love, that is. At 19:28, I get ahead of myself and talk about a thing that I wanted to save for the Q&A portion... but it didn't get cut, so you get to hear what it sounds like when I change my mind on something I'm saying! Yay? Behind the scenes! Around the 25 minute mark, we talk about Absolute Zero & Tachyon's Sentinels Book Club! Both of those members of the Freedom Five have book recommendations for this episode! from Absolute Zero: The Force of Spirit, by Scott Russell Sanders from Tachyon: The Eight, by Katherine Neville Our answer to the first letter read in the Q&A segment (a bit after the 40 minute mark) explains why we have two Absolute Zeroes. There was a reason from the real world?! Not the fictional world Adam and Christopher spend the bulk of their lives living in?! Look, I'm as shocked as you are. Next week, we talk Vengeance!

It's an interlude about the everything of everything! Show Notes: Run Time: 16:17 First off, here's the upcoming schedule: May 2nd: Absolute Zero May 9th: Vengeful Five May 16th: Unity May 23rd: Freedom Five May 25th: Interlude: Dark Watch May 30th: Chokepoint June 6th: K.N.Y.F.E. Rock 'n' Roll! Racing! Get your Absolute Zero questions is now Now NOW! Time is fleeting! In this episode, we talk about what it means to be a Sentinel, what a recurring villain is, how we can all do better, how this whole thing came to be, and more! And, thanks to brilliant listener Princess Cool, we now know what a group of Nazi Ghosts would be called. See you next week!

Let's talk about Lillian Corvus in her many forms! I got all artsy with today's image! In case you're not sure which art is which Lillian Corvus: Top: The Matriarch Left: The Harpy Right: Dark Watch Harpy Bottom: Pinion Show Notes: Run Time: 74:18 We finish up the villain portion of this podcast in the first fifteen minutes! Wow! At the 14 minute mark, we begin digging into an event revealed in the OblivAeon lead-up ARG, the story of Dark Watch #7. Just after the 35 minute mark, when discussing GloomWeaver, Christopher talks about that villainous entity getting encased in a doctor. Not sure what we're talking about? Listen to the GloomWeaver episode! Just before 40 minutes in, we read a question that leads us to tell the backstory of the Mask of the Matriarch and its fowl power! About time! At about 41:45, we talk about the Great Fire of Santander, Spain. Read more about that here! Then, at 42:20, we talk about a special necklace that ended up on a particularly famous boat. What fun! Just after the 49 minute point, we get a letter from L. Nate - or, as we prefer, El Nate! Then, Christopher uses... some kind of accent. We apologize to listeners everywhere. Especially L. Nate. Just before 52 minutes in, we claim we're only halfway through the episode. That was clearly false. We have no concept of time. As we prove with the OblivAeon Kickstarter! Oooh, sick self-burn! (Ow.) Oh, also, we cancelled the future. We cover that a few minutes after the hour mark. Sorry about that. Future is cancelled. *high-five*

This episode has arrived before it even left! Show Notes: Run Time: 79:15 Three and a half minutes in, we mention that there's an upcoming Freedom Five Episode. We do a lot of, "We'll talk about that in the [some character] episode," so I figured I might as well give you the official schedule through the end of May, at least. Today: Tachyon! Next Week: Lilian Corvus (Matriarch, Harpy, Pinion) May 2nd: Absolute Zero May 9th: Vengeful Five May 16th: Unity May 23rd: Freedom Five May 30th: Chokepoint Worry not! We'll still do an Interlude about the upcoming schedule at the end of this month. I genuinely have no idea how many of our listeners read these show notes. We talk about a couple of Tachyon's interns, Krystal Lee and Devra Caspit. A bit after the sixteen minute mark, we tell an interesting story involving Tachyon and Tempest in the Bloodsworn Colosseum. The last big pre-OblivAeon story we talk about for Tachyon is the Progeny story. We go over that starting around 19:30. This is a major turning point for Tachyon's powers and story. At the start of the Questions segment, we do a bit of Talking About How To Questions. We get SO MANY questions, and we love them. But they've gotta be tagged properly or we might miss it. And that would be sad! We don't want to miss your questions. Oh, boy. At just after the 55 minute mark, we're gonna say a thing about Tachyon that you're not all going to love. But it's true! At 58:15, we reveal the name of a foe that has never been publicly named before! At around the hour mark, we dig into the Iron Legacy timeline: Tachyon's role there, some things she does, some things that happen to her - it's all pretty rough.  At the end of the question segment around 68 minutes in, we talk about a Tachyon story that happened in Fanatic's book Absolution. We do some defining of blood magic and vampires, too! See you next week to talk about Tachyon's cousin!

This interlude is called the Betterlude, because we recorded it once already, but now it's back and better than ever! Show Notes: Run Time: 23:31 Things we talk about! Parsons family powers Baron Blade in multiple places? Kismet in no places? Omnitron stuff Expatriette in another reality Where are the comics? Thanks for listening!

Magicks from another realm! An ancient evil entity! What more could you ask for? Show Notes:  Run Time: 89:06 Just as a heads up, Adam gets real demanding in this episode. About fifteen minutes into the episode, we try to figure out what a group of Nazi Ghosts would be called. A haunt? A heil? Help us out! We sneak in stories for a lot of other characters here. NightMist, Spite, Lifeline, even Doctor Medico! (Really big NightMist reveal during the Q&A portion, in particular...) At around the 38 minute mark, he talk about Richard Launius. He's co-designed a game that we're publishing this year! It's called Fate of the Elder Gods. Find out more here. Trevor does a great job with the sound effects at 54:30ish. Thank you, Trevor.  

Time to talk about NightMist! Lots of big story stuff here. Before the show even properly starts, Christopher jumps in to apologize for not posting an Interlude last week. We recorded it! It was really great. And then, the files got eaten by the internet, somehow. We have new plans in place to keep that from happening in the future (we're glad that we lost an Interlude and not an entire Episode), but we'll just have to re-record all that stuff this Friday after we record the GloomWeaver episode. Sorry about that! We're pretty annoyed about it, but what can be done? Just gotta move on. Also! A few episodes ago we mentioned that a Letters Page Bingo type thing could be fun. Lo and behold, it has happened! Awesome Letters Page listener Kyle Grossman has created THIRTY different Letters Page Bingo cards, and you can find them all here! Now, onto the episode itself! Show Notes: Run Time: 78:02 Before going on to introducing Faye Diamond, we first talk about her father Thomas, and before that, his father Joe Diamond. (As we discuss in the beginning of the Q&A portion, yes, that Joe Diamond from the game Arkham Horror crosses over with Faye Diamond from Sentinel Comics, due to a creation connection.) Adam and Christopher get into sound effects and weird voices during this episode.  Around the 32 minute mark, we talk about NightMist during the Vengeance event, and how she gets shot with a regression dart and loses her powers. That's pictured in Baron Blade's Vengeance deck. So, that happened. But it doesn't last! In a couple of ways, actually. Around 43:00, we talk about NightMist encountering and losing to Progeny. This story is told during the OblivAeon lead-up ARG. And the next story about NightMist and The Harpy is also told during that ARG. And that is the end of the NightMist story.  

Time for crime! The sordid history of Chairman Pike is about to be revealed! Show Notes: Run Time: 77:56 We start by talking about Jonathan Pike, the man you founded Pike Industries. We quickly move on from there. We mention that the hero Black Fist is one of the first people to really oppose The Organization. More on him in the Mister Fixer episode. (Which Adam claims as his favorite episode so far. Christopher's is the Omnitron episode.) Around the 19 minute mark, we give some indispensable advice for villains and crime lords. Graham Pike goes on a quest to find the immortal dragon man, and meets Zhu Long as a result. Even gets to visit the Temple of Zhu Long. Lots of Zhu Long appearances in this episode. Around the 27 minute mark, we discuss the five branches of The Organization. Then, just after the half hour point, we introduce The Operative. This all leads to 32:20, when we break down the sigil of The Organization: Were you already aware of the meaning behind the sigil of The Organization? Let us know! Get excited for BYOS! (Bring your own steak!) 

Time to talk about H.R. "Slim" Walker! Show Notes: Run time: 83:28 We're doing things slightly differently today: instead of moving through the character's life chronologically, we go in order of what stuff appeared in the pages of Sentinel Comics. We start by talking about the character Black Fist! This art is the only depiction of Black Fist in the Sentinels of the Multiverse card game: (Hint: In this art, Black Fist is neither Legacy nor the giant green space alien person. He's the other person. The one next to Legacy.) Twelveish minutes into the episode, we move forward to talking about "Slim" - who then becomes Mister Fixer - he looks like the first image posted above. Just a guy who works in an auto shop. Around the 18 minute mark, we rewind to actually go into Harry Robert Walker's complete backstory, starting from his youth. At 19:20, we talk about terrible cities. Adam mentions Baghdad. Turns out, the city with the highest murder rate in the world is Caracas, Venezuela. Which is where Christopher grew up. So, that's cool? No worries, though - we live in St. Louis now. Which is #15 on this list. OH GEEZE. Around 33:30, the Dark Watch story comes up. When Expatriette, Setback, and NightMist go to the Temple of Zhu Long, this is what they find: Christopher and Adam talk for almost an entire minute from 35:10 to 36:00 just on the viscosity and taste of the liquid in that vat. You're welcome (to just skip that part of the episode).   I want to apologize right now for the "wolf hunting" sub-plot that happens during the Q&A portion of the podcast. It was not planned, and I really don't know where it came from. Just after the 65 minute mark, we talk about the art above that depicts Black Fist and Legacy with Jansa Vi Dero. We don't look at the art - just talk about it from memory. Christopher thinks that Legacy's boots do a "flop-over thing". They do not. Adam thinks Legacy is wearing his underwear on the outside. Legacy is not. Both Christopher and Adam were wrong, and are ashamed. Next week, we talk about The Chairman and The Organization! See you then!

Omnitron and Omnitron and Omnitron and Omnitron! And more! This is both a villain and a hero episode! And even more! Show Notes: Run Time: 68:35 At the very beginning, we mention that our business partner Paul makes a video series with his brother where they talk about rockets and stuff. It's called Specific Impulse, and they have a bunch of great videos on YouTube! Check them out! At the top of these show notes you can see the initial iteration of Omnitron in its "Rampaging Robot" form, rather than its Factory form. We'll show a few different versions of Omnitron in these show notes as they come up in the episode. As promised in the episode, here is the chart that helps explain the Omnitron(s) timelines: For details on how this chart works and what each color refers to, listen to the episode! Warning: With the upcoming images in this point, we recommend you don't scroll through them all now, but wait and scroll down to each of them as we reveal their existence in the episode, just to have the correct forms of Omnitron in mind as we tell the various stories. Now, a parade of Omnitrons! Omnitron II, AKA Cosmic Omnitron: On Mars! Omnitron III, AKA Omni-Blade: Baron Blade, what were you thinking? Omnitron IV, which is not a robot entity so much as a barely intelligent robotics factory: The last non-hero incarnation of Omnitron in the Sentinels of the Multiverse Timeline! To jump ahead, Omnitron-X: Our hero! Then, Omnitron-U: And the event that brought Omnitron-U to life! Then, moving on to the Sentinel Tactics Timeline: Omnitron V! And its robotic soulmate, offspring, and counterpart, the Omni-Reaper! The combination of both together create the dual-bodied entity known as Omnitron VI! And in the upcoming Sentinel Comics RPG? What is the fate of Omnitron there? Only time will tell... At 63:35ish, Christopher says, "In the Sentinel Tactics timeline, we have the hero: Omnitron." As you can probably tell from context, he meant the Sentinel Comics RPG timeline. He just got caught up in the moment! Whoops! Thanks for listening! Join us next week for an episode about Mister Fixer, and the week after that for The Chairman! Get your questions in now!

Another member of the Freedom Five! It's Bunker! An important note before getting into the actual show notes for the episode. This episode was recorded at the beginning of the year, as we knew that this week, we would be unable to record an episode due to various conventions. As a result, the Q&A portion of the episode is MUCH shorter, as we had far fewer Bunker questions. Not to worry! On May 23rd, we'll be posting Episode 19 - Freedom Five Recap. That episode has been planned since just after we posted the episode about The Wraith, as we've gotten a bunch of follow up questions on both Legacy and The Wraith. That episode will just be a huge Q&A section covering all of your Freedom Five issues, including Bunker questions! So, apologies for the shortness of this episode, but we'll make it up to you in May! Get your questions in using our handy question form! Now, back to the standard show notes and such! Show Notes: Run Time: 45:23 Even though this episode is short, we're still proud of it because we get to talk a bit about how things work behind the scenes in Sentinel Comics, so that's cool. For hints at the Bunker and Wraith relationship, see images from the OblivAeon lead-up ARG, here and here. Episode enhanced by Rabit.

Time for some tricks - we're gonna talk about Kismet! Show Notes: Run Time: 75:06 In the intro, Christopher mentions the shirt he's wearing. Because he's a fun guy. We talk about The Block - an extradimensional prison detached from time and space - a few times in this episode. It's pictured behind Kismet there in the cover image for this episode. As mentioned, Kismet exists because of a winning entry to our 2012 Create A Villain Contest! Well done, Alex. Episode enhanced by Rabit.

Let's talk Setback!  Show Notes: Run Time: 84:16 We were really tempted to post this show a day late, just because of who this episode is about... but we didn't want to let our listeners down! If you haven't listened to the Expatriette episode yet, we suggest you do so before the Q&A portion of this episode - lots of connected stuff. We mention that the building he went to for medical testing was a RevoCorp building. More on RevoCorp in the Baron Blade episode! Not a lot of notes today! This episode is pretty self contained. See you next week for Setback's old flame and nemesis, Kismet! Episode enhanced by Rabit.

Time for another villain episode! Today, we talk all about the leader of the Citizens of the Sun!  Show Notes: Run Time: 86:41 As a note, today's episode is about a pretty terrible person. She's a villain, and not really a sympathetic one. Just so you know. Because of the impressive number of questions you all asked about Citizen Dawn, today's episode features a slightly shorter character overview segment, followed by a much longer Q&A section. Great work everyone - keep those questions coming! The character we're talking about this week is the mother of the character we talked about last week, so there's a lot of information you'll want in this episode. If you missed last week's episode, go check it out! Then come back. No rush - we'll wait. Here's the photographic evidence of Adam's inverted Citizens of the Sun mug: We mention that Citizens Hammer and Anvil are the best. They are. True fact. Next week, we talk about Setback! We're recording that episode on Thursday, February 16th - a day earlier than usual - so get your questions in by Thursday morning! This episode was enhanced by Brian Jewett.  

It's time for everyone's favorite gun-totin' purple-haired markswoman! Show Notes: Run Time: 83:05 Hoo boy! We're having trouble sticking to this "one-hour-show" thing, aren't we? We just have so much to say! We mention that Amanda Cohen - AKA Expatriette - is not related to Leonard Cohen. She's really not. But he's great. In attempt to appeal to younger generations, Christopher uses the phrase "on fleek". No, he doesn't know how to use it or what it means. But does anyone? We talk about Expatriette's first unfinished mission, in which she fought and failed to kill a mechanic in Slim's Auto Shop. I wonder who he could be... After Christopher and Adam briefly discuss six-sided dice vs. twenty-sided dice as "standard" dice, Christopher mentions he'll make a survey and put it in the show notes. Here it is! We'll probably stop taking responses at some point... maybe not, though! Both Christopher and Adam bust out their fake French accents during the Q&A portion of this episode. We're sorry. We're so sorry. See you next week for an episode about Expatriette's mom! Special thanks to Brian Jewett for helping enhance the episode.

Hey, folks! This Interlude is called the Trevorlude for reasons! Come and get it! Show Notes: Run time: 11:48 Right off the bat, we talk about a game of Sentinels of the Multiverse that we played. Christopher says that none of the heroes had hands. This doesn't mean that they had their hands chopped off - the players controlling those heroes had no cards in their hands. Just to be clear. Now, on to the important stuff - upcoming episodes! February 7th: Expatriette February 14th: Citizen Dawn February 21st: Setback February 28th: Kismet Got questions on those characters? Ask them now! Special thanks to Rabit for helping enhance this episode.

Our first villain episode had to be about Baron Blade, right? Show Notes: Run Time: 69:27 Oh, man. Some big reveals in this episode. Let's get to it! Just before the seven-minute mark, Christopher mentions that we've said before that we're not going to turn this into a Star Wars podcast. Trevor has to edit at least a few minutes of Star Wars discussion out of almost every episode. We like Star Wars. While discussing the "Trial of Baron Blade" story, we talk about the super-powered law blog, Law and the Multiverse. We recommend you check it out. On Thursday, we'll post an Interlude episode about what episodes you can look forward to in February. Got questions for us? We welcome them! Ask them using our handy form! Special thanks to Rabit for helping enhance this episode.

We're talking about The Wraith! Show Notes: Run Time: 78:01 In the first three minutes, Christopher says that there's another 45 minutes of episode to go. He vastly underestimated how much he and Adam are able to talk about The Wraith. By about half an hour. Because she lives, works, and fights there, we talk a lot about Rook City. Check out the Sentinels Wiki for more information on that terrible place. Adam perfectly NAILS the name "Madame Mittermeier’s Fantastical Festival of Conundrums and Curiosities" right off the top of his head. Props. Also, we linked to the Sentinels Wiki a bunch in these show notes. That's because the fine folks over there do such a great job. Keep up the good work, Wiki-mancers! Don't forget to rate us on iTunes! And anywhere else that we can be rated! Yelp? Foursquare? The Better Business Bureau? Rate us everywhere! Special thanks to Brian Jewett for helping enhance this episode.

Welcome to our first Interlude episode! Run Time: 21:46 Interlude episodes will be shorter episodes that we release on occasional Thursdays. We'll use these to answer general questions, additional questions about characters that we've covered in previous episodes, and other supplemental information. Today, we're covering a bit of overarching info about the world of Sentinel Comics - how it works, what our vision for it involves, etc. Also, we discuss what you might find in The Letters Page podcast, going forward. Only one Show Note for this episode: at the 19 minute mark, we mention that there have been a few episodes of The Letters Page at this point. Obviously, that's not true. We had recorded this Interlude with plans to release it after we had a few episodes in the bag, but upon listening to it, we realized it would be a great "Welcome to The Letters Page" episode, so here we are! No other Show Notes on this episode - everything else is pretty well contained in this Interlude! So, listen in as we talk about the Multiverse, Sentinel Comics, and what to look forward to in upcoming episodes of The Letters Page! Got questions for us? Ask them here! Special thanks to Rabit for helping enhance this episode.

It's our first episode! And it's about Legacy! If you have questions for Christopher and Adam, ask them here! Show Notes: Run Time: 66:50 We mention Joseph Parson's connection to Paul Revere and his famous ride. For more information on that, click this link. We apologize for alienating all listeners named Pauline in the first ten minutes of our first episode ever. Sorry to all of you for making fun of your antique name. Christopher says "um" a bunch in this episode. He's just really excited about actually getting to do this show. Please forgive him - he promises to not "um" as much in future episodes. We claim that the Baron Blade episode is coming in 3-6 years. We're confident that we can make that deadline... but look, things happen. We talk glowingly about Danny "D-Lo" Lott, who asked the first of our questions. Here is one of his videos. About some game or other.  Just after the 50 minute mark, we both say the word "alongside" a whole bunch of times. Not sure why this is a note, but hey, something to look forward to. If you're into that kind of thing. At the end of the episode, we mention that Legacy will be in the Sentinel Comics RPG in 2017. That's this year, folks. Stay tuned!