The Consumer Aesthetics Research Institute (CARI) is an amazing website that categorizes popular aesthetic trends from the last 70 years in pop culture. Baz, Thad, and I browsed through the categories and used them to come up with ideas for new RPGs, campaigns for existing RPGs, D&D source books, and board games.

This is a preview of the full episode now on the RPPR Patreon. If you want to hear about our other game ideas, join today!

Check out Baz on Twitch

Thad on Twitter

Music: A Secret Meeting/Edrics Precience by L A N D S R A A D

Castle Greyhawk (module WG7) might be the worst official D&D module of all time. A massive dungeon of 12 levels, each written by a different author, sounds like a great hack and slash module, but Castle Greyhawk has a twist. It’s supposed to be…funny. Puns, pop culture references and other ‘jokes’ populate the pages of this adventure.

Caleb, Rob, and I read the first two chapters to see what this infamous module had to offer. It’s fart-powered rocket monsters, adversarial GMing, and a NPC reaction table you won’t believe. Dare you brave the halls of Castle Greyhawk?

If you enjoyed this episode, back the RPPR Patreon to listen to more episodes of After Hours! We also have other cool rewards like a community Discord server, early access to podcasts, and online games run by Ross Payton.

Follow us on Twitch or Youtube to get notified about our livestreams – every sunday at 6 pm CDT! Watch recordings of older episodes on the RPPR Patreon.

Check out Caleb’s projects.

Rob’s podcast and game, The Orpheus Protocol

Song: He casts a spell by BASIC DUNGEON

News: Check out Cody’s Kickstarter, Lose Your Own Paradise, a multiple choice adventure novel!

Cody’s back and we’re examining an interesting Ravenloft scenario, The Created. It’s about an evil puppet trying to murder all the adults in a village. Only a group of heroic adventurers can stop it! Cody and I review this scenario and talk through its unusual design.

If you like this episode, check out the RPPR Patreon and get access to many more episodes of RPPR After Hours.

Song: Alive after Death by John Carpenter