Exploring Khoursara with Coleman Conley (Episode 230)

Exploring Khoursara with Coleman Conley (Episode 230)

Author: Tabletop Journeys June 6, 2025 Duration: 54:39

🔗 Support the Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/colebotman/khoursara-city-of-seven-sentinels-egypt-dieselpunk-setting

Welcome, travelers! In this episode of Tabletop Journeys, we sit down with Coleman Conley, the creative force behind Khoursara: City of Seven Sentinels, a dazzling science-fantasy setting inspired by ancient Egypt, dieselpunk aesthetics, and layered metaphysical themes. Learn how art history, cultural cycles, and technological spirituality shape this evocative RPG world.

00:00 – Introduction

03:54 – Meet Coleman Conley, creator of Khoursara

08:50 – Why Egypt? Myth, memory, and meaning

13:34 – Afterlives and the digitization of the sou

l18:48 – The canopic monitors and tech-spiritual fusion

22:50 – Noble houses, corporations, and power politics

34:00 – Factions for flavor and playability

37:27 – The included adventure: Apopic Machination

42:20 – Kickstarter details and backer rewards

50:00 – Closing remarks and upcoming show teasers

🛠️ What’s in the Khoursara Campaign Setting?

A richly layered science-fantasy city inspired by Ancient Egypt

New ancestries, a custom class, and dozens of flavorful items

Seven powerful noble houses and rival corporate guilds

A built-in adventure: Apopic Machination, spanning levels 1–10

Gorgeous artwork, evocative writing, and meaningful mechanics

📦 Kickstarter Perks Include

✅ Digital & hardcover book options

✅ STL mini of Medjed the Mysterious

✅ 50+ illustrated item cards

✅ Potential dice sets and stretch goals!

📲 Find Coleman and the Project

🔗 Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/colebotman/khoursara-city-of-seven-sentinels-egypt-dieselpunk-setting

📸 Instagram: @khoursaracityofsevensentinels

🧭 Next on Tabletop Journeys:

🎭 Bard Class Warfare, run by Michael Ross

🖖 Plus: Catch our Star Trek Actual Play series Preservations every Tuesday!

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Three longtime friends, with a combined century of experience around the gaming table, invite you into their ongoing conversation. Tabletop Journeys is a podcast born from decades of shared history, not just as gamers but as people who have spent a lifetime thinking deeply about the worlds we create together. You’ll hear the easy, often hilarious dynamic of a group that has played in and run every kind of tabletop and live-action roleplaying game imaginable. Their discussions are the kind that usually happen late at night, after the dice are put away, where ideas get pulled apart, rebuilt, and passionately debated. Each episode feels like pulling up a chair in one of those living rooms, listening in as they dissect everything from game mechanics and storytelling techniques to the unexpected life lessons found in collaborative imagination. It’s less a formal review show and more a chronicle of a lifelong journey through games, packed with the kind of insight and friendly argument that only comes from truly knowing your fellow travelers. Tune into this podcast for a natural, deep, and often very funny exploration of why we play.
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