Friends of the Pod | The Laundry

[@MrGreedylou]

As a British person I would just like to say Josephine’s accent is impeccable ❤ she is channeling Sandi Toksvig

[@jamesthelimey1738]

Who, of course, is Danish… 😉

[@Wraithing]

​@@jamesthelimey1738 lol - but some of us still live in the Danelaw! We secretly kept it going to confuse the post-William the Conqueror crowd in London. And Sandi taught many of us better English vocabulary by hosting the sandwich quiz and opening the doors of No.73 to us on Saturday mornings in the '80s. Okay, that one's a stretch just to make a deep-cut kids TV reference!

[@jamesthelimey1738]

@@Wraithing Believe it or not, I remember that (I’m in my fifties)! 😂

[@Wraithing]

@@jamesthelimey1738 🤘😂

[@0shlem0]

Fantastic, would love a show of this.

[@jackosbornerichardseon9095]

This NEEDS to be a regular show

[@BCSully83]

I'd watch that!

[@ellenmacisaac8312]

Agreed!

[@ellenmacisaac8312]

Speaking as a public servant, the least believable part of this was the catered lunch during the training segment, lol. Great to see the Haunted City crew back!

[@SurfRlyeh]

Hearing Troy & Joe give a quick preview was one thing, but seeing this group navigate the horrors of bureaucratic abominations and middle-management angst was a lot of fun. I know Jared and the Blades regulars could make a compelling game based around reading an old phone book aloud, but the flavor and pure potential for this one is really unique. Bonus points for Mary Lou's chipperness and Ross's DJ turned government specialist. Thanks for another great one, GCN.

[@TheGlassCannon]

Thanks for watching!

[@blaxicanman55]

I would watch a 100 episode series of this

[@TheGlassCannon]

Nice!

[@matthewhare5820]

Ross made a very respectable attempt at a Mancunian accent (I think he was going for manc anyway) Very rare to see an American attempt any British accent that isn’t some variant of Estuary English, keep it up Ross

[@CarlosRodriguez-dd4sb]

A masterclass in British accents coming up :)

[@jamesthelimey1738]

And Jared! 😂

[@tukkerintensity5575]

This is great. Up there with some of rhe best content on the GCN. Moooaaaaarr! Or do Rivers of London :)

[@matthew_thefallen]

This is everything Delta Green doesn't approve 😂😂😂 love it!

[@jonathanhill4366]

One of my very favorite sci-fi novel series. Would love this to be a regular show.

[@bohort]

having mechanics in a demo for pc's staying awake from the boredom is an interesting move

[@russellcharlton7814]

Oh some of my favourite players

[@JohnBlowers]

Abu and his rolls. "when I roll die, I roll 5's" 😂 😂

[@Ren_Brands]

This was a lot of fun, hopefully you play more of this Game or at least have more Episodes of Friends of the Pod in General coming out soon.

[@TheGlassCannon]

We do! Blade Runner next week!

[@Ren_Brands]

​@@TheGlassCannon Awesome, completly fogot that was planned.

[@Detson404]

@@TheGlassCannonHooray! I love all of you guys, but I subbed on patreon because of Haunted City.

[@nonsensicaljellyfish3571]

Please make this a show!

[@VaughanCockell]

The existential horror that is prepackaged tortilla wrap sandwiches! Ahhhh!!

[@TheGlassCannon]

If you know, you know.

[@snappylarry]

“That which is not dead can eternal lie…”

[@SoFlyBmOr3]

I missed Jared! 🎉 Also I agree with everyone else let's make this a regular thing pretty please! 😅

[@BF-up5xw]

Jared, great work on the pacing. Even checking the rules you kept the beat going. It was a lot of fun!

[@Angyrr]

Thanks!

[@TheGlassCannon]

Thank you!

[@colindowling5498]

Maxwells tape guy is actually 1980-1981 vintage… me and my cane will see ourselves out…

[@DonovanLinge-vd4cn]

Mary Lou's cat was the best part of the show! And it was a great time, looking forward to the next season of Haunted City

[@CooldaddyBBQ]

Mary Lou's facial moves and voice are cracking me up. She has a innocent look on the podcast. Great job everyone.

[@dmeep]

I am very excited for this. I will have a cup of tea ready for when it goes live

[@TheGlassCannon]

As you sould!

[@Detson404]

Omg my favorite players and my favorite dm adapting one of my favorite settings!

[@Gooboy25]

🎶The boys are back in town!🎶

[@matthewmolnar1285]

Thank you Jared and All. I very much enjoyed this. Jared, Troy, GCN please give us alot more of The Laundry.

[@AminWT]

This needs to be a show in the network 😅

[@matthew_thefallen]

Mary Lou's cat just chilling there is adorable 🥲 And Josephine's doggy under the blankets too! 🥲🥲

[@cadenceclearwater4340]

_Baracluff,_ darling, _Baracluff_ !!

[@jamesthelimey1738]

I cringed each time… I’m surprised Abu didn’t correct them.

[@cadenceclearwater4340]

@@jamesthelimey1738 He's probably used to it by now, and it's probably bad form. But still...

[@TheSnearwils]

Also, Mannering

[@cadenceclearwater4340]

@@TheSnearwils Indeed 🧐

[@Oleg-dp2fh]

Great session, thanks for playing! And the setting feels unique indeed! Also DJ Software sounds much better in your video than on Spotify (I wish I could find that “Riot” track…).

[@KhairulHisham]

I had a lot of fun with the first edition of the game! I expanded it so Capital Laundry Services has branches (some of them nationalized) in member countries of the Commonwealth of Nations.

[@rahjar]

I'm afraid of no goats (to the tune of I'm afraid of no ghosts from Ghostbusters)

[@thomassmart4088]

like Slow Horses for the occult - this is a great!

[@jhs7947]

Make it a show!

[@jamesthelimey1738]

Um, isn’t that what they’re doing? 😉

[@russellcharlton7814]

It's not a one shot.

[@crushingit5128]

Was hoping to see a more light hearted comedic show with Jared as a player. He takes himself too serious as a GM.

[@Kanonshot]

Hard seconding this

[@gracekinsley3142]

that was a lot of fun

[@teecee7475]

I love this, The Men from the Ministry meets Cthulhu

[@Detson404]

Read the books! They’re good.

[@teecee7475]

@@Detson404 just got the first book started in Audible, good stuff.

[@Detson404]

@@teecee7475 Good to hear (pun intended). Personally I like book 3 (the Fuller memorandum) the best; book 2 is perfectly fine but things really come to a head with 3.

[@TeskoLove]

More Jared! I miss Game Garage!

[@BON3SMcCOY]

This is gonna be sick

[@TheGlassCannon]

It really is!

[@mildsoup8978]

This was an awesome group 👏 ❤️

[@darktrent182]

I love Mary Lou's kitty

[@AndrewG99]

I can't stop looking at it lol

[@TheGlassCannon]

She has two and they are both very cute! They make cameos in most every show she is in.

[@darktrent182]

@@TheGlassCannon *two* kitties? ❤️🧡💛

[@LeeCarlson]

To my mind, "Field Support" provides equipment to agents in the field, and a "Curator of Acquisitions" may be deployed into the field to acquire something that ought not to be in the hands of civilians. The "Medic" cares for the trauma left by an encounter with a Basilisk Gun that was too close, and if you read the Laundry Files, you know that Bob Howard started out in the "IT Department."

[@deathpunchdingo2981]

YAAASSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!! Blades Cast plus M-Dawg say woooot!!!!!!! They should just play their blades characters again; Mary Lou can play Ecphelia. Nailed it.

[@That_Eriksson]

How can everyone have perfect skin in this cast...?! Mary Lou

[@jbirkins]

Zoom filters.

[@TheGlassCannon]

It's all natural!

[@rufinosalgado4126]

Grass Fed

[@lllorez]

Supernatural Slow Horses, nice.

[@thomassmart4088]

eyyy - you get it

[@ichifish]

I was so so sad not to see another Blades in the Dark series in the pipeline... Until now.

[@davidstrickland3592]

Great job all!

[@TheGlassCannon]

Thanks!

[@JessiNaka]

Damn, Josephine sounds EXACTLY like Sandi Toksvig :O

[@ericlesage316]

I miss the SoB crew. I wish Jared was available to us plebes to listen to on a weekly basis. Alas i have subscription fatigue so Ill wait till the next season of Haunted City

[@Cenedir]

Seemed great fun! Do feel like most tests were too easy, but perhaps thats just how the adventure was written or Jared getting his bearings with the system

[@HHGilean]

Love some Lovecraftian bureaucracy

[@DadalorianCreates]

That NEEDS to be a shirt or poster - Incomplete Pentacles Emit Tentacles

[@scottwalker6947]

"You have weird dreams? That is unique." "It is so unique that you like dogs." Which of those statements actually surprised the person running the therapy session?

[@noahjaybee]

One of these days, Princess needs to be a PC... Give her some buttons to press for actions and let her be the star she is 😂

[@timwhitney3504]

Jared bringing up pictures of tractors displays a deep knowledge of British politics. 🚜 🍆

[@BradleyYoung-bg6ti]

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[@jackosbornerichardseon9095]

Ooohhhhhhh anything but Milton Keynes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jackosbornerichardseon9095]

Ross's characters name should be pronounced bara-cluff I know it sounds wierd for the spelling but that's England for you lol

[@jamesthelimey1738]

Enough is enough! It might be rough to understand, but that’s just tough! 😁

[@jimhudson6313]

And Mainwaring NPC should be “Mannering”!

[@jamesthelimey1738]

@@jimhudson6313 Yeah, but who remembers “Dad’s Army” these days? 🤓

[@jrlonergan6773]

Joe would be perfect as a pedantic agent in this system.

[@TheGlassCannon]

He totally would!

[@andrewpanter1819]

Sounds a bit like Torchwood

[@Detson404]

Yes, but considerably more bureaucratic and less angsty.

[@leemcalister4125]

Very cool

[@russellcharlton7814]

Isn't every Wednesday rainy in England?

[@simmonslucas]

This reminds of Cabin in the Woods. I imagine the movie was inspired heavily by the The Laundry Files books.

[@MrBudNess]

It’s a shame this is a one shot.

[@Samurowow]

I see Ross, I press play ❤️

[@FarseerOfCearath]

Not sure what it says about me, but I thought the magical techno-babble bit used to annoy and exhaust the characters both made perfect sense and was kind of interesting...

[@yserbius123]

I have to point out that Boris at 1:33 isn't actually Russian. He's an Englishman with a Russian accent due to a magical accident.

[@Smittumi]

Those names are pronounced "Baracluff" and "Mannering"

[@shela404]

HYPE

[@TheGlassCannon]

So are we!

[@nightcatarts]

I would love to see more from this world; it's so weird and mundane at the same time. Mainwering is pronounced as mannering though, because.. because.

[@mrwidget42]

Right. You could have gotten away with using your necronom-iphone to rip out the ARP table from the switch as corporate offices won't permit independent routers.

[@ahnaflabib6825]

Yessssss

[@BlueSapphyre]

Interesting. Is the laundry like an SCP type setting?

[@dmeep]

Its the British intelligence service paranormal division think delta green but England. Also based on a series of novels if you want to know more

[@TheGlassCannon]

It's part British spy thiller, part eldrich horror. Based on the Charles Stross book series, The Laundry Files.

[@BlueSapphyre]

@@dmeep oh! Delta green is that one scp game right? Kinda like that video game Control?

[@dmeep]

@@BlueSapphyre Delta green is based in the lovecraft mythos, think more men in black and x-files with lovecraftian horrors. I havent interacted with SCP in over 10 years but as i remember it it was more of a supermax prison for anything from ghosts to gods. It was also a writing prompt for creative writing. I dont know if its under a creative commons now or what the deal is or if all contributors keep the rights to their individual creations. while my understanding of SCP today might be wrong i would see this more as the local agencies capturing stuff that might end up in SCP while having no connection to the SCP universe as such as the rights to use it is probably a nightmare and mythos is public domain. If you like SCP this is probably in your wheelhouse but i dont think it has anything to do with SCP but it is adjacent.

[@133TME]

Highly recommend reading them if you like delta green, but think it needs more tedious bureaucracy. It's great.

[@augrad0653]

Metallica pun is fantastic I love it. I'm sold on this system now

[@tristanirons1801]

Rad

[@Here_are_the_Gumboots]

Barraclough is pronounced "BA-ra-cluff". "BA" as in "BAT", "cluff" ryhmes with "rough". Mainwaring is pronounced "MAN-ner-ring".

[@martinphillpot2010]

I'm not impressed with this adventure, it seems like the first act is a set up to failure which leads to a tedious training session. The players mostly don't know how British names and accents work either.