{"id":1707,"date":"2016-02-13T06:00:42","date_gmt":"2016-02-12T17:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/?p=1707"},"modified":"2016-02-09T18:39:34","modified_gmt":"2016-02-09T05:39:34","slug":"episode-seventy-a-coffee-shop-named-holy-grounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/2016\/02\/episode-seventy-a-coffee-shop-named-holy-grounds\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode Seventy &#8211; A Coffee Shop Named &#8220;Holy Grounds&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6866\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1707-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-70-HolyGrounds.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-70-HolyGrounds.mp3\">https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-70-HolyGrounds.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-70-HolyGrounds.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/?powerpress_pinw=1707-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-70-HolyGrounds.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"BRC-70-HolyGrounds.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_Images\/70%20-%20A%20coffee%20shop%20named%20HOLY%20GROUNDS.jpg\" alt=\"A Coffee Shop Named HOLY GROUNDS\" width=\"614\" height=\"470\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Baristas battle for the fate of the world in coffee-making competitions. On rooftops. With Queen soundtracks.<\/p>\n<p>A coffee shop where powerful entities meet to negotiate their ways out of ancient conflicts.<\/p>\n<p>A slice of life game about the staff of a coffee shop as they deal with magical customers, magical ingredients, and the occasional magical troublemaker.<\/p>\n<p>The church coffee shop is one of the few remaining places of safety &amp; centres of community after a supernatural apocalypse.<\/p>\n<p>Callahan&#8217;s Crosstime Saloon, but with coffee.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Holy Grounds&#8221; is an accorded neutral ground in a coffee shop inside a remodelled church.<\/p>\n<p>Just how far can you push your line of BS as you keep the other folks in the caf\u00e9, and your host, Holly Grounds, entertained?<\/p>\n<p>Holy Grounds is down a twisty narrow alley through a door you&#8217;d swear wasn&#8217;t there before, and serves a quite literally angelic cup of coffee, with a side of advice.<\/p>\n<p>Times are tough and things are hard for a theatre troupe, so a command performance for the Dark Overlord can&#8217;t be passed up, even if it&#8217;s not really a good idea. 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