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To celebrate the looming tenth anniversary for the Kickstarter of Unknown Armies 3rd Edition, Frank and Tormsen talk about the game with a decade of hindsight. The two get into the differences in the teams behind the editions, the issues they have with the game after running it for years, and what postmodern magick REALLY looks like.

Having discovered a strange crate labeled "What Might Have Been", Frank and Tormsen go through a few of the alternate universe versions of adept schools that have wound up on unnaturalphenomena dot com. Photomancy: https://www.unnaturalphenomena.com/wp/?p=3460 Tropamancy: https://www.unnaturalphenomena.com/wp/?p=3413 Cinemancy: https://www.unnaturalphenomena.com/wp/?p=3678 Sociomancy: https://www.unnaturalphenomena.com/wp/?p=3812 Ballistomancies: https://www.unnaturalphenomena.com/wp/?p=3505 https://www.unnaturalphenomena.com/wp/?p=2226 Sartorimancy: https://www.unnaturalphenomena.com/wp/?p=3008 Detritomancy: https://www.unnaturalphenomena.com/wp/?p=3597 Automancy: https://www.unnaturalphenomena.com/wp/?p=2071 Odomancy: https://www.unnaturalphenomena.com/wp/?p=2011

Perched atop a high mountain peak, Tormsen instructs Frank in the way of the Dao. Before Tormsen leaves for the west astride a water buffalo, student and teacher go into Daoism's history, the distinction between religious and philosophical Daoism, parallels between immortals and avatars, and how much jade you need to eat to live forever.

Frank hits Tormsen with some probing questions about unidentified flying objects and our brothers from outer space. Along our interstellar journey, we get into the various hypotheses behind UFOs, the emergence of abduction stories and UFO cults, and some ways to fit ET into Unknown Armies' humanocentric milieu.

Pulling themselves out of a memory loss-induced fugue, Frank and Tormsen piece together clues from the SoundCloud to recover the last five years of podcasting. While they get their bearings, they discuss plans for the new year, the status of Statosphere, and vacation destinations beyond the polar ice wall. The John Tynes Ain't Dead Jam Contest - https://docs.google.com/document/d/12uyspi1cwdZhMK7YpPNkzxhZ2EEP9UyUeYi9Nvk2JCY/ Kate's Ricketyland book - https://sailortitan.itch.io/ricketyland John Nephew's Statosphere update - https://forum.atlas-games.com/t/unknown-armies-community-content/174114/2 Frank and Tormsen on Mage: The Podcast - https://magethepodcast.com/avatars-adepts-and-the-comte-de-saint-germain-with-33-3-fm/

Escaped Convicts Frank and Tormsen discuss the quintessential 90s Unknown Armies con scenario Jailbreak, from the classic tome One Shots.

Reciting from golden plates he found in a stone box, Tormsen reveals this week's topic as the Church of Latter Day Saints. While discussing the history of this most American of religions, your two hosts cover matters involving coffin canes, rituals of the LDS inner circle, and entries from the old Unnatural Phenomena website. Geneamancy: https://www.unnaturalphenomena.com/wp/?p=2337 Jay “The Sissy” Landis: https://www.unnaturalphenomena.com/wp/?p=3779

Fresh from doomscrolling, Frank and Tormsen log in to a discussion of the occult underground in the social media landscape, from WitchTok to LinkedIn Alchemy. Like and subscribe and don't forget to ring that bell, it tolls for thee.

Frank and Tormsen visit Shelbyville with friends of the show Ben and Zomner to discuss the Simpsons, its occult legacy, and applicability to Unknown Armies. The Stonecutters managed to intercept the live broadcast, so enjoy an additional twenty minutes or so of almost Frank Tormsen free discussion. The Swedish cartoon referenced in the episode can be found here: https://www.messynessychic.com/2012/10/20/was-homer-simpson-stolen-from-this-vintage-cartoon-ca-1949/ The Simpsons is Real Footage conspiracy is detailed here: https://spinpasta.fandom.com/wiki/The_Simpsons_Theory

In this exclusive scenario written and run by Valiant for Unknown Armies, Frank, Tormsen, and CJ are nuns with secrets. Can the sisters get to the bottom of the strange happenings at their abbey, or will they be consumed by an outside threat? For overview and character sheets, see here: https://strange.domains/ua3e-scenario-cloister/

Frank and Tormsen ring in the new year with a trip to the mailbox, responding to some submissions from their Blessed Century. By popular demand, they give their piece on forgotten GMCs, D.B. Cooper, UA campaigns of the past and future, and more. Mellonbread's blog: https://bellenmred.blogspot.com/

Frank and Tormsen check out and give their takes on the submissions for the hopefully first annual Unknown Armies Halloween Jam. List of jam entries: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Gk7SCn3oA94yii2l4krKvIDwn2Doo_XOwDOI_ECiHDU/ Mellonbread's reviews: https://bellenmred.blogspot.com/2023/11/2023-unknown-armies-halloween-jam.html