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 letterspage@greaterthangames.com

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!