Lair of Secrets is back for Season 5!
The podcast, which David Moore and I launched back during the pandemic, is dedicated to all manner of geeky things, with a particular focus on role-playing games. We tend to venture beyond the Dungeons & Dragons mainstream, playing games like Cyberpunk RED, Scum & Villainy, and Fallout 2d20.
Shadowdark: Defend the Light!
This season, we’re doing a lot with Shadowdark, the lightweight, 5e-derived fantasy RPG where light is a critical resource. I’m running it for Gamer Working Group, and David’s run a bunch of sessions for friends and family. Recent Shadowdark episodes include:
- S5E1 d8 Shadowdark House Rules
- S5E3 d8 Shadowdark Hacks (aka d8 MORE Shadowdark House Rules)
- S5E6 d6 Shadowdark Oozes, Cubes, & Puddings
- S5E7 DarkSpace Interview: Sci-Fi for Shadowdark
We also ran a three-part Shadowdark actual play based on the Raiders of the Lost Temple adventure:
- S5E4 Raiders of the Lost Temple, Part 1/3 (Shadowdark actual play)
- S5E5 Raiders of the Lost Temple, Part 2/3 (Shadowdark actual play)
- S5E9 Raiders of the Lost Temple, Part 3/3 (Shadowdark actual play)
Finally, we put together a list of helpful Shadowdark websites:
Fallout: More Radioactive Goodness
Having run a radioactive-themed website for 30 years, its no surprise that I’m playing Fallout 2d20. Over at the Lair, we’ve got an episode dedicated to things we love about Fallout 2d20:
We’ve got an actual play based on my Crawl Out through the Fallout, which I originally ran at MEPACon Fall 2025.
- S5E8 Crawl Out Through the Fallout, Part 1
- S5E11 Crawl Out Through the Fallout, Part 2
- Crawl Out Through the Fallout, Part 3 (coming soon)
Campaigns & Coffee
Campaigns & Coffee is our cozy Saturday morning, short form (20-30 minute) show where we talk about our campaigns, new games we’re playing, or topics we find interesting. We kicked off Season 5 by getting cozy – talking about what cozy means to us, and then running down our big list of cozy video games.
Random Geekery
And then we’ve got all the other geeky things we do!
How Tos
Geek Archeology
Looking Ahead
What’s next for the podcast? Actual play wise, we’re finishing up the Crawl Out Through the Fallout one-shot, After that, its either a return to our Fallout 2d20 campaign (run by David) or Arc 3 of our Cyberpunk RED campaign (run by me).
Topic-wise, we’ll be doing more with Shadowdark – we’re looking at talking about even more rules hacks, our favorite adventures for the game, and maybe journey deeper into DarkSpace once the kickstarter ships. We’ve got some cyberpunk conversations queued up and a few more unboxings (as David and I finally get to play with the toys we got for Christmas…)
Wnat to keep up with the show? Visit our website at LairOfSecrets.com, subscribe to the show on YouTube or follow us on Bluesky and Mastodon.
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Stalactites at Carlsbad Caverns National Park. Credit: Pexels.