{"id":2162,"date":"2025-11-28T11:00:03","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T16:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/?p=2162"},"modified":"2025-11-28T12:44:24","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T17:44:24","slug":"alpha-omega-the-encountered-and-conspiracy-theories-at-sea-after-hours-revised","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/2025\/11\/patreon-preview\/alpha-omega-the-encountered-and-conspiracy-theories-at-sea-after-hours-revised\/","title":{"rendered":"Alpha Omega: The Encountered and Conspiracy Theories at Sea &#8211; After Hours Revised"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/RPPR\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2163\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/2025\/11\/patreon-preview\/alpha-omega-the-encountered-and-conspiracy-theories-at-sea-after-hours-revised\/attachment\/ep9-art\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/wp-content\/uploads\/ep9-art.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1500,1500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ep9-art\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/wp-content\/uploads\/ep9-art-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2163\" src=\"https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/wp-content\/uploads\/ep9-art-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/wp-content\/uploads\/ep9-art-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/wp-content\/uploads\/ep9-art-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/wp-content\/uploads\/ep9-art-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/wp-content\/uploads\/ep9-art-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/wp-content\/uploads\/ep9-art-465x465.jpg 465w, https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/wp-content\/uploads\/ep9-art-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/wp-content\/uploads\/ep9-art-120x120.jpg 120w, https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/wp-content\/uploads\/ep9-art.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Alpha Omega is a Shadowrun-esque heartbreaker that covers a lot of territory. Its Wikipedia entry notes that its major claim to fame was the ARG\/fake conspiracy theory called Ethan Haas was Right, which was briefly thought to be part of the Cloverfield viral marketing campaign. It got a lot of things right and a lot of things so very wrong. We also talk about conspiracy theorists and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.divinetravels.com\/ConspiraSeaCruise2016.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Conspira-Sea Cruise<\/a>, which has a lot of great guest speakers! Enjoy another classic episode of After Hours, now featuring Caleb, Ross, Tom, and Aaron, now with improved audio quality!<\/p>\n<p>In RPPR Patreon news, I posted the first episode of our Megadungeon Meandering series on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/megadungeon-for-144326042\">Moria, the fabled lost dwarven city from Lord of the Rings, now available as a book for The One Ring. Check it out<\/a>! I also made a survey about what content I should write for next year on the RPPR Patreon. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/what-rpg-content-142836601\">See the scenarios I&#8217;ve made in the last year and let me know what you want to see from me.<\/a><\/p>\n<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Alpha Omega: The Encountered and Conspiracy Theories at Sea &amp;#8211; After Hours Revised\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2025-11-28T11:00:03-05:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1H28M53S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Alpha Omega is a Shadowrun-esque heartbreaker that covers a lot of territory. 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