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Title: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: bayonetbrant on January 26, 2016, 03:38:16 PM
Chat about it here :)
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Post by: mirth on January 29, 2016, 09:19:43 AM
Did anyone fish LB out from the bottom of the well he was skyping from?
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Post by: BanzaiCat on January 29, 2016, 11:13:54 AM
He sounded okay online, but in post, it was all but impossible to alter his sound, so I left it as it is except for trying to boost it. That sometimes made him unintelligible, though.
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: mirth on January 29, 2016, 11:15:16 AM
I was just worried about him ;)
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Post by: undercovergeek on January 29, 2016, 11:36:03 AM
I always imagined LB to have those kind of acoustics while he spoke
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Post by: Barthheart on January 29, 2016, 11:37:07 AM
LB was visiting his "good friend" Aquaman when he called in......
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: undercovergeek on January 29, 2016, 11:38:02 AM
Quote from: Barthheart on January 29, 2016, 11:37:07 AM
LB was visiting his "good friend" Aquaman when he called in......

Wouldn't his mouth be full?
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: mirth on January 29, 2016, 11:43:55 AM
Quote from: undercovergeek on January 29, 2016, 11:38:02 AM
Quote from: Barthheart on January 29, 2016, 11:37:07 AM
LB was visiting his "good friend" Aquaman when he called in......

Wouldn't his mouth be full?

LB can talk and eat a fish stick at the same time.
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Post by: bayonetbrant on February 02, 2016, 01:23:44 PM
Toonces stops by the GrogCast this week!
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Post by: Bison on February 02, 2016, 01:25:45 PM
Quote from: mirth on January 29, 2016, 11:43:55 AM
Quote from: undercovergeek on January 29, 2016, 11:38:02 AM
Quote from: Barthheart on January 29, 2016, 11:37:07 AM
LB was visiting his "good friend" Aquaman when he called in......

Wouldn't his mouth be full?

LB can talk and eat a fish stick at the same time.

It's a breath holding trick he learned from Aquaman.
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: mirth on February 02, 2016, 01:30:41 PM
Quote from: bayonetbrant on February 02, 2016, 01:23:44 PM
Toonces stops by the GrogCast this week!

Uggs!!!
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Post by: mirth on February 02, 2016, 02:26:04 PM
"They're all just guns, right?".  Jarhead is going to lose his mind :P
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Post by: BanzaiCat on February 02, 2016, 02:38:45 PM
Everyone, be sure to listen past the end, after the outro music.  O:-)
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Post by: mirth on February 02, 2016, 02:43:28 PM
Damn. A Fletcher Pratt reference. This pod cast has it all!
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Post by: mirth on February 02, 2016, 02:56:54 PM
Quote from: Banzai_Cat on February 02, 2016, 02:38:45 PM
Everyone, be sure to listen past the end, after the outro music.  O:-)

:2funny: :2funny: :2funny: :2funny: :2funny:
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Post by: Toonces on February 02, 2016, 03:44:11 PM
^ Yeah BC, that was pretty clever.  I thought I was listening to Sal and Richard hack up an audio book!

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Post by: bayonetbrant on February 12, 2016, 11:36:36 AM
David Heath stops by.

Yes, it's late; no the GrogCast is not pregnant.
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Post by: mirth on February 12, 2016, 11:42:44 AM
Quote from: bayonetbrant on February 12, 2016, 11:36:36 AM
Yes, it's late; no the GrogCast is not pregnant.

Phew. I was a little worried about the other night.
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Post by: mirth on February 12, 2016, 11:47:09 AM
Say there, BB. Where's the Ep 3 link? Not seeing it on ye olde front page. Or in either of the feeds.
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Post by: bayonetbrant on February 12, 2016, 11:57:32 AM
Quote from: mirth on February 12, 2016, 11:47:09 AM
Say there, BB. Where's the Ep 3 link? Not seeing it on ye olde front page. Or in either of the feeds.

it's on front page.  RSS might not have updated yet - not sure how fast it pulls.  iTunes / BGG feeds are usually an hour or two behind
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Post by: mirth on February 12, 2016, 11:58:56 AM
Quote from: bayonetbrant on February 12, 2016, 11:57:32 AM
Quote from: mirth on February 12, 2016, 11:47:09 AM
Say there, BB. Where's the Ep 3 link? Not seeing it on ye olde front page. Or in either of the feeds.

it's on front page.  RSS might not have updated yet - not sure how fast it pulls.  iTunes / BGG feeds are usually an hour or two behind

Okey-dokey.
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Post by: panzerde on February 12, 2016, 09:57:55 PM

Not seeing the actual podcast...

Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: mirth on February 12, 2016, 09:59:31 PM
I tried to tell him.
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: panzerde on February 12, 2016, 10:03:19 PM
I saw him just blow you off like that. There you were, trying to do him a favor...

Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: mirth on February 12, 2016, 10:05:14 PM
It's clearly some scam to get us to visit the bogus "front page".
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Post by: panzerde on February 12, 2016, 10:06:28 PM
It's always about the ad revenue, isn't it?

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Post by: mirth on February 12, 2016, 10:07:58 PM
It's getting very corporate here :P
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Post by: Bison on February 12, 2016, 10:08:23 PM
I thought the front page was just bonus content like those CDs you used to get in PC Magazine.
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Post by: panzerde on February 12, 2016, 10:09:29 PM
You just watch, the next thing they'll do is actually start moderating!  ;)
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Post by: mirth on February 12, 2016, 10:11:29 PM
If they do that, my days are numbered.
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Post by: bayonetbrant on February 13, 2016, 07:41:56 AM
You guys are a bunch of whiny bastards, y'know that? ;)

go check it now
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Post by: Staggerwing on February 13, 2016, 10:34:18 AM
Just listened to the Heath interview- good stuff! I'm intrigued about the computer version of Tank on Tank.




I'm dreading hearing any upcoming segment with me in it- seriously,

BRANT: "What'd you play this week?"  ME: "Uhhh.. ."  *looks down, scuffs dust with point of shoe* "N...nothin'..."  :-\
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: mirth on February 13, 2016, 01:42:29 PM
Victory in the Pacific! That's good parenting, David!
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Post by: mirth on February 13, 2016, 02:11:33 PM
Excellent podcast guys! Thanks to David Heath for his candid and detailed comments about what's happening at LnL. As a customer, everything David said was music to my ears. I was particularly pleased with what he had to say about cleaning up and standardizing rules. I've been a long time fan and player of LnL games and rules "wonkiness" was an area of weakness in the past.

Looking forward to many great new games from Lock n Load!  O0

Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: Crossroads on February 16, 2016, 01:09:27 AM
Quote from: mirth on February 13, 2016, 02:11:33 PM
Excellent podcast guys! Thanks to David Heath for his candid and detailed comments about what's happening at LnL. As a customer, everything David said was music to my ears. I was particularly pleased with what he had to say about cleaning up and standardizing rules. I've been a long time fan and player of LnL games and rules "wonkiness" was an area of weakness in the past.

Looking forward to many great new games from Lock n Load!  O0

Thanks guys, a most excellent podcast again. Great to hear what David Heath was saying about their approach. I am eagerly waiting for my printed LnL tactical demo sets to arrive, what a neat idea. I actually not only printed out the play through guide but laminated the couple of extra counters for it at work. Got my attention with this, they did  O0
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: bayonetbrant on February 16, 2016, 01:21:19 PM
Mad Russian joins the fray
New podcast is here today!
Listen now; don't delay ~
or I'll have to come up with another rhyme.
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: mirth on February 16, 2016, 01:24:19 PM
Did you actually post it this time?
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Post by: bayonetbrant on February 16, 2016, 01:44:51 PM
Maybe
Go look and let me know
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Post by: mirth on February 16, 2016, 01:49:18 PM
Already listening. That Mad Russian dude is nuts :P
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Post by: mirth on February 17, 2016, 02:56:34 PM
Another excellent podcast, guys. Mad Russian was a hoot. Appreciated getting his take on things.
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Post by: BanzaiCat on February 17, 2016, 06:10:50 PM
Yeah, he was fascinating to listen to.

Funny thing about this one - it starts in mid-conversation because Brant went to go do something with his kids and left us to chat. Cyrano immediately started grilling Mad Russian, so I just kept the recording going and edited all the pre-show crap out. Got a good 8 minutes or so before Brant came back and brought us all down.

(Just kidding, Brant.)
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Post by: mirth on February 17, 2016, 06:47:08 PM
Captain Bringdown :P
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Post by: bayonetbrant on February 23, 2016, 09:46:22 PM
GrogCast. Live. NOW!

Special guest this week - ESPN writer Christina Kahrl!
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Post by: mirth on February 23, 2016, 09:48:22 PM
It's a little late in the day :P
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Post by: bayonetbrant on February 23, 2016, 09:53:38 PM
Quote from: mirth on February 23, 2016, 09:48:22 PMIt's a little late in the day :P

socket, Skype-boy
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: mirth on February 23, 2016, 09:56:04 PM
Fucking Skype  >:(
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Post by: BanzaiCat on February 24, 2016, 08:18:04 AM
Quote from: mirth on February 23, 2016, 09:48:22 PM
It's a little late in the day :P

You know what? It took me ELEVEN HOURS to edit down this thing. You're more than welcome to take over this task and do it yourself next time. :P
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: mirth on February 24, 2016, 08:43:15 AM
Quote from: Banzai_Cat on February 24, 2016, 08:18:04 AM
You're more than welcome to take over this task and do it yourself next time. :P

You really don't want that.
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: BanzaiCat on February 24, 2016, 09:05:16 AM
Quote from: mirth on February 24, 2016, 08:43:15 AM
Quote from: Banzai_Cat on February 24, 2016, 08:18:04 AM
You're more than welcome to take over this task and do it yourself next time. :P

You really don't want that.

Ha! Saying that yesterday might have made me give you a different answer.

The original recording was almost 1 hour, 30 minutes. I cut 20 minutes from it just from removing extraneous crutch words. Not saying anything bad about that...everyone does it. And I'm far, far too anal over audio production to ever make this take a short amount of time.  :-\
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Post by: Bison on February 24, 2016, 09:17:09 AM
I'm not sure I want to risk the possibility of listening to MD going on and on and on about the Yankees 
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Post by: bayonetbrant on February 24, 2016, 09:39:22 AM
Quote from: Bison on February 24, 2016, 09:17:09 AM
I'm not sure I want to risk the possibility of listening to MD going on and on and on about the Yankees 

you're good; he doesn't too much
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Post by: Bison on February 24, 2016, 09:42:19 AM
Quote from: bayonetbrant on February 24, 2016, 09:39:22 AM
Quote from: Bison on February 24, 2016, 09:17:09 AM
I'm not sure I want to risk the possibility of listening to MD going on and on and on about the Yankees 

you're good; he doesn't too much

We may have different thoughts about what constitutes "too much" Yankees talk.  Is it more or less than 25 words?  :)
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Post by: republic on February 24, 2016, 01:50:52 PM
I just listened to the Mad Russian podcast (S3E4).  Really enjoyed it.  I have been swamped at work and life so I haven't had a chance to be here much, but you guys are doing phenomenal work with the Podcast and the Site in General.

I don't always have time to goof off on the internet...but when I do, I choose Grogheads.  :)
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Post by: bayonetbrant on February 24, 2016, 02:02:09 PM
thanks :)
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Post by: mirth on February 24, 2016, 02:14:08 PM
Another solid GrogCast entry. I learned more about baseball gaming than I could have possible asked for :P
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Post by: MetalDog on February 24, 2016, 07:24:23 PM
Quote from: Bison on February 24, 2016, 09:42:19 AM
Quote from: bayonetbrant on February 24, 2016, 09:39:22 AM
Quote from: Bison on February 24, 2016, 09:17:09 AM
I'm not sure I want to risk the possibility of listening to MD going on and on and on about the Yankees 

you're good; he doesn't too much

We may have different thoughts about what constitutes "too much" Yankees talk.  Is it more or less than 25 words?  :)

Less.  And I mentioned your name in my questions to the expert.  You could have taken up as much time as you wanted talking about the Royals, but you chose marital harmony instead.  Not my problem :P
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Post by: mirth on February 24, 2016, 07:28:54 PM
Fight! Fight! Fight!
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Post by: Bison on February 24, 2016, 07:31:51 PM
I have NEEDS!
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Post by: BanzaiCat on February 24, 2016, 07:33:01 PM
(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fassets.sbnation.com%2Fassets%2F2461789%2FPadres_Dodgers_melee.gif&hash=d2da8334b407d4188cc66a260ed1fc3015cb13bb)

About the most exciting thing about baseball.

Sort of the same with NASCAR.

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fassets.sbnation.com%2Fassets%2F2581191%2Fnascarcrash_medium.gif&hash=1d5eff9000c3d448afcac781f1c934df4b7a7928)
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Post by: mirth on February 24, 2016, 07:39:09 PM
Zzzzzzzzzz
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Post by: MetalDog on February 24, 2016, 07:44:52 PM
Quote from: Bison on February 24, 2016, 07:31:51 PM
I have NEEDS!

Again, not my problem ;)
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Post by: mirth on February 24, 2016, 07:47:00 PM
I'll tell ya what. This is more interesting than watching baseball.
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Post by: bayonetbrant on March 01, 2016, 02:28:08 PM
Artist Tim Allen (avrotim here at GH) is our guest this week on the podcast :)
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Post by: avrotim on March 01, 2016, 02:40:59 PM
Uh oh...
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Post by: bayonetbrant on March 01, 2016, 02:46:43 PM
Quote from: avrotim on March 01, 2016, 02:40:59 PMUh oh...

Don't sweat it.  Mirth is capably filling the lunkhead role for this one ;)
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Post by: mirth on March 01, 2016, 02:50:53 PM
That's why the bring me in.
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Post by: avrotim on March 03, 2016, 01:16:20 PM
Just a quick little expansion on one of the questions covered  in the interview-  Do I have any say on where and what charts and ancillary bits go on a map?  The short answer is I usually put then where they are already located on the beta-test map I get sent.  The longer answer would be that  I am reluctant to make those kinds of choices.  The way I see it, I am just the map-guy.  The designers and/or developers should know the game waaay better than me.  I should not be telling them what should and should not be on the map, they should be telling Me. 
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Post by: BanzaiCat on March 03, 2016, 01:36:37 PM
Quote from: avrotim on March 03, 2016, 01:16:20 PM
Just a quick little expansion on one of the questions covered  in the interview-  Do I have any say on where and what charts and ancillary bits go on a map?  The short answer is I usually put then where they are already located on the beta-test map I get sent.  The longer answer would be that  I am reluctant to make those kinds of choices.  The way I see it, I am just the map-guy.  The designers and/or developers should know the game waaay better than me.  I should not be telling them what should and should not be on the map, they should be telling Me.

Hey Tim...I usually co-host with Brant and do the production work but couldn't that night thanks to illness. Great interview. Wish I was on, as I do graphic design (I'm an instructional developer by trade) and have done plenty of map reworks just for myself, for older board games/VASSAL...though nothing I've shared. I agree, Illustrator is a pain; it's not nearly as intuitive as Photoshop is. And I've had to learn every piece of Adobe software from scratch on my own without any course work (except PageMaker and Photoshop around 2003 or so for my return to college). Illustrator makes beautiful vector graphics, but it's like wrangling cats to get it to behave sometimes. :)

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Post by: avrotim on March 03, 2016, 01:55:43 PM
I know right?  And the really annoying thing is, when you open up Illustrator, it Looks pretty much like Photoshop.  So you expect the buttons and tools to be in the same place and work the same way, but they dont!  For me the biggest hurtle so far is not learning Illustrator, but having to Un-learn how to do things The Photoshop Way.

And!  Why why why can't I open Illustrator files in Photoshop when I can open Photoshop files in Illustrator??  Com'on Adobe!  Get yer act together!
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Post by: BanzaiCat on March 03, 2016, 02:28:46 PM
One reason why I'm more clicky with Adobe interfaces is that a lot of the key commands don't transfer from one program to another; I drove my first supervisor crazy because I wouldn't learn them ('why don't you just click X and X? Dude, come on' was something I heard a lot). Illustrator would be much less a pain in the butt if it had similar commands or structure. I don't use it nearly often enough to maintain familiarity with it, unfortunately, but find that it's not too difficult to get back into it when I need to - at least, when doing basic designs anyway. Or when following a tutorial.

As far as PS files in IL - as far as I know you can indeed open them. What I've usually done is just drag the PS file into the IL stage area and it will pop up a window asking you about layering (that's another annoying thing about Illustrator is that layering doesn't work the same as it does in PS). I can't recall if you can import a multi-layered PS file, but I do know it will at least drop it in there. At least, it does with CC. We switched over to it last year. (Another gripe is having to pay monthly to access all Adobe CC products instead of licensing each version...but oh well.)
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Post by: avrotim on March 03, 2016, 02:36:27 PM
Ah!  So its easier with CC.  I am still working with CS4 (and CS2 at work).
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Post by: BanzaiCat on March 03, 2016, 04:45:18 PM
Quote from: avrotim on March 03, 2016, 02:36:27 PM
Ah!  So its easier with CC.  I am still working with CS4 (and CS2 at work).

Oooooooouch...

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mememaker.net%2Fstatic%2Fimages%2Fmemes%2F3699131.jpg&hash=36e0f32baa6707fde5a34b853086e7d0ea7b8e80)

LOL  ;D

Seriously, maybe that's a limitation of the earlier versions. I'm lucky to have a company that doesn't mind shelling out $200 a month just on licenses for the four of us so we get to stay on the edge of their latest versions, but...I've worked with Adobe products a long time (since early 2007) and I STILL barely scratch the surface with most of them, though PS, Premier, and Flash are probably the ones I feel most at ease with.
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Post by: bayonetbrant on March 10, 2016, 02:08:28 PM
New episode up today!  Yes, it's late.  Blame B_C

http://grogheads.com/?podcast=grogcast-season-3-episode-seven-ooooooo
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Post by: Barthheart on March 10, 2016, 08:52:12 PM
Holy gush mode Mirth!  :o  :2funny:
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Post by: mirth on March 10, 2016, 08:53:57 PM
I got a little carried away.
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Post by: Airborne Rifles on March 11, 2016, 07:24:26 AM
Thanks again for the kind words, mirth. I'm as vain as the next guy, and I enjoy being told I'm good at something.
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Post by: mirth on March 11, 2016, 07:35:41 AM
I stand by my gushing.
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Post by: Wes on March 11, 2016, 06:10:24 PM
Mirth, if you want a leg up on the South China Sea situation in gaming and haven't checked these out you might want to:

Interview with Jon Compton where he discusses games on the subject (including Breaking the Chains):

http://armsandinfluence.typepad.com/IBD/IBDEp59.mp3

The article Compton wrote is in Counterfact #1.

And the book he mentions (and it IS the bible on the subject):

Anti-Access Warfare: Countering A2/AD Strategies - Sam J. Tangredi

http://www.amazon.com/Anti-Access-Warfare-Countering-A2-Strategies/dp/1612511864/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1457737529&sr=8-1&keywords=Anti-Access+Warfare

Hope these help.
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Post by: mirth on March 11, 2016, 06:33:02 PM
Thanks, man!
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Post by: Wes on March 11, 2016, 06:57:10 PM
Quote from: mirth on March 11, 2016, 06:33:02 PM
Thanks, man!

Your welcome :)

And seeing you're a fan of AAR's (I don't know where I got that idea from...) this is a favorite of mine you might enjoy:

http://talk.consimworld.com/WebX?14@@.1dd52f7d/667

The word you are looking for is 'narrative'. Enrico Viglino (love him or hate him he is a true grog) mentions it throughout his videos. He looks for the story that the game is trying to tell you and while not going into as much descriptive detail as Joel went into I feel they are both describing the same thing. To me it is the most important part of the experience otherwise we're just pushing cardboard on paper.
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Post by: avrotim on March 11, 2016, 07:29:25 PM
Good episode guys.
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Post by: Wes on March 11, 2016, 07:42:23 PM
Quote from: avrotim on March 11, 2016, 07:29:25 PM
Good episode guys.

O0
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Post by: mirth on March 12, 2016, 01:59:52 PM
Wes, thanks again for the links and info. I just ordered the book you recommended  O0
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Post by: Arctic Blast on March 12, 2016, 03:15:22 PM
Good episode. I never knew mirth could be such a fanboy.  >:D
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Post by: Wes on March 12, 2016, 08:03:35 PM
Quote from: mirth on March 12, 2016, 01:59:52 PM
Wes, thanks again for the links and info. I just ordered the book you recommended  O0

No problem. After I listened to the podcast I bought Counterfact #1 and realized this was the book I was looking for. I loved Jon's comment that you could learn more from Monopoly about the SCS situation than from the games being created about it. I have Red Dragon and it just felt all wrong...like playing WWII PTO with China pasted over the JPN parts. :)

Here's some stuff if you want to get inside their head:

An Introduction to the Modern Chinese Science of Military Supraplanning
https://www.freidok.uni-freiburg.de/dnb/download/7726

China's New War Concepts for 21st. Century Battlefields
http://www.ipcs.org/pdf_file/issue/1577903632IPCS-IssueBrief-No48.pdf

The Emerging Anti-Access/Area-Denial Challenge
https://csis.org/publication/emerging-anti-accessarea-denial-challenge

Countering China's A2/AD Challenge
http://nationalinterest.org/commentary/countering-china%E2%80%99s-a2-ad-challenge-9099

Anti-Access/Area Denial: The Evolution of Modern Warfare
https://www.usnwc.edu/Lucent/OpenPdf.aspx?id=95

Some snacks there as well as full buffets...:)
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Post by: bayonetbrant on March 12, 2016, 08:58:30 PM
they were designing A2/AD games at last year's Connections
https://paxsims.wordpress.com/2015/07/29/connections-2015-day-2-aar/
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: Emeraldlis on March 18, 2016, 06:04:15 AM
Just wondering .......when does the next episode go up ? I'm missing my fix !!! I'm thinking it's going to be episode eight-ooooooo  :buck2:
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: bayonetbrant on March 18, 2016, 06:13:08 AM
We let B_C take a vacation (I know, right? what we were thinking?!?!) so it'll be next week, if he can get it done in time when he gets back
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: Emeraldlis on March 18, 2016, 09:40:14 AM
He'll be joining a union next ......and expecting holiday pay and such ...sheesh !!!!! He's no right to go off adventuring without first running it past the grogheads listeners committee ( that's a total of one at the moment  , moi !!, committee member that is, not listeners   :) )  :knuppel2:  :2funny:
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: bob48 on March 18, 2016, 09:57:25 AM
You may well be the only listener after you've heard me babble on for almost an hour..................
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: mirth on March 18, 2016, 10:08:00 AM
I'm looking forward to your wisdom on Frying Pan Avoidance.
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: KyzBP on March 19, 2016, 07:23:36 AM
Excellent episode, guys!

Airborne: I don't know if I mentioned this somewhere before but Matrix owes you a percentage of my purchase of Command.  I purchased that solely based on your AAR's and you first appearance on the Grogcast. 

Keep up the good work fellas and thanks for the mention at the end. O0
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: Emeraldlis on March 20, 2016, 03:14:41 PM
Quote from: bob48 on March 18, 2016, 09:57:25 AM
You may well be the only listener after you've heard me babble on for almost an hour..................

Be nice to hear a fellow native on the grogcast , so babble away I'll be listening ....along with others !! You'll do a grand job I'm sure  :)
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: bob48 on March 20, 2016, 03:22:30 PM
(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1076.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fw447%2FRobert_Ellis48%2FParty%2520Dress_zpshgzldz13.jpg&hash=b658b6cf1961c98199787232ed66efa8af8b1696)

Number one fan - my granddaughter in her party dress.
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: MetalDog on March 20, 2016, 03:23:27 PM
Precious, bob!  And so much sweeter than you, I am sure ;)
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: bob48 on March 20, 2016, 03:25:40 PM
Thanks, MD. And yes, she is indeed, by a long chalk.
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: Emeraldlis on March 20, 2016, 03:35:30 PM
Aw Bob she's really cute , none of us can compete with that :)  wouldn't want to either !! Love her dress , I'm doing a course on line for being a seamstress and I would love to get to a standard were I can make something like that  :)  one day hopefully  ::)
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: bob48 on March 20, 2016, 03:38:41 PM
Thank you! hard to think that she will be 3 in June, how fast they do grow up. Tomorrow, she's off to Euro Disney for a few days. All we have heard off her for the last few weeks is 'Going to see Mickey' :-)
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: mirth on March 20, 2016, 03:41:44 PM
She's adorable, Bob!
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: bob48 on March 20, 2016, 03:43:30 PM
Just like me, huh :-))
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: mirth on March 20, 2016, 03:45:38 PM
Sure, sure.
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: MetalDog on March 20, 2016, 03:45:45 PM
They tell me I do I fair voice impression of Mickey Mouse.  If I ever see ya, I'll do it for you in person :)
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: bob48 on March 20, 2016, 03:47:24 PM
Quote from: MetalDog on March 20, 2016, 03:45:45 PM
They tell me I do I fair voice impression of Mickey Mouse.  If I ever see ya, I'll do it for you in person :)
Y'know, its funny, but last time we were in Steam chat, I thought 'MD sounds JUST like MM'...............
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: Emeraldlis on March 20, 2016, 03:50:59 PM
She's going to love it  Bob , I was there myself in January and I loved it ! I stayed in the center of Paris and traveled in by train it was super easy , and Paris is stunning :)
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: MetalDog on March 20, 2016, 03:55:05 PM
Quote from: bob48 on March 20, 2016, 03:47:24 PM
Quote from: MetalDog on March 20, 2016, 03:45:45 PM
They tell me I do I fair voice impression of Mickey Mouse.  If I ever see ya, I'll do it for you in person :)
Y'know, its funny, but last time we were in Steam chat, I thought 'MD sounds JUST like MM'...............

The most foul mouthed mouse you ever heard I'm sure ;)
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: bob48 on March 20, 2016, 03:55:47 PM
My eldest (her dad) has been there several times, and to Paris and he would agree with you. I'm not totally convinced that at her age she will take it all in, although she is very bright for her age. just hope that she is not disappointed when she sees Mickey Mouse.

She'll probably say 'Hey, MM does a great MD impression...........'
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild
Post by: Emeraldlis on March 20, 2016, 04:03:51 PM
I think she'll just enjoy feeling like a princess for the day , I'm sure she'll remember that ! Most of the little girls there were wearing princess dresses , it was so cute . Heck me and my daughter felt like princesses and we are grown ups .....kinda !!  ;D we didn't wear the dresses though  :uglystupid2:  I did see one grown woman dressed as maleficent which is kind of worrying , lol , I wouldn't take it that far , I know the difference between fantasy and reality  :D  and if MD is Micky we all need to worry .........shudder  :2funny: :2funny:
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: bob48 on March 20, 2016, 04:07:04 PM
^You got that last bit right..............
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: MetalDog on March 20, 2016, 05:47:22 PM
:P atcha both!
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: bayonetbrant on March 27, 2016, 07:43:57 AM
And lo, the GrogCast has arisen again.  And among them came The Bawb, and the accent was strong with him.
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: undercovergeek on March 27, 2016, 07:57:32 AM
i thought the first few keys of the national anthem were going to be the imperial march!

and having played with Bob over teamspeak, i dont think thats bob - its an imposter - i would have laughed louder at the brummie accent
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: mirth on March 27, 2016, 08:10:48 AM
BAWB!!!
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: HBuchanan2 on March 27, 2016, 01:33:12 PM
Hey Guys

First time on the Forum and love the pod cast.

In the most recent podcast I heard you mention Liberty or Death.  I would be happy to connect by Skype/Vassal to go through the rules, answer questions or play a bit.

Let me know how I can help.

HB
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: bob48 on March 27, 2016, 02:01:47 PM
^Welcome! If that grogcast don't put you off, then nothing will :-)
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: MetalDog on March 27, 2016, 05:09:04 PM
Welcome!  bob is right.  If the Grogcast doesn't get ya', you can't be got ;)
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: Emeraldlis on March 28, 2016, 01:08:58 PM
Great job guys , hope you both feeling better soon Banzai Cat and Bayonet Brant  O0 really enjoyed listening , well done Bob ......great to hear another Brit on there , representing  :coolsmiley: you can certainly talk mate , but then again ....so can I !!!  ;D
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: bob48 on March 28, 2016, 02:43:13 PM
Ta. I was really worried that I had started to babble near the end, but then realised that I'd been babbling right from the start!
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: Emeraldlis on March 28, 2016, 03:27:43 PM
"Nah"..........no babbling detected mate , you made some interesting points  O0  I thought you relaxed and got into the flow really well , you did really good , well done  :)

Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: bob48 on March 28, 2016, 04:06:45 PM
..I vote for you as our first Lady grogcaster..................
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: bayonetbrant on March 28, 2016, 04:54:22 PM
Quote from: bob48 on March 28, 2016, 04:06:45 PM
..I vote for you as our first Lady grogcaster..................

Too late - we already had Christina Kahrl, and before that, B_C's daughter :D
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: bob48 on March 28, 2016, 04:58:56 PM
Oh yeah....silly ol' me. Forgot about that. They say that your memory is the fir...er...whut?
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: MetalDog on March 28, 2016, 06:08:36 PM
Quote from: bob48 on March 28, 2016, 02:43:13 PM
Ta. I was really worried that I had started to babble near the end, but then realised that I'd been babbling right from the start!


Quote from: Emeraldlis on March 28, 2016, 03:27:43 PM
"Nah"..........no babbling detected mate , you made some interesting points  O0  I thought you relaxed and got into the flow really well , you did really good , well done  :)



You should really respect your elders, Emeraldlis.  bob was right the first time ;)
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: BanzaiCat on March 28, 2016, 07:41:38 PM
You don't get much more eld than Bawb, but that just means he earns more respect than most around here. Sometimes.
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: Arctic Blast on March 28, 2016, 09:00:58 PM
About halfway through, and so far so good.
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: Emeraldlis on March 29, 2016, 08:42:02 AM
Quote from: bayonetbrant on March 28, 2016, 04:54:22 PM
Quote from: bob48 on March 28, 2016, 04:06:45 PM
..I vote for you as our first Lady grogcaster..................

Too late - we already had Christina Kahrl, and before that, B_C's daughter :D

Phew!!.......got off the hook there , thank goodness other women have gone before me ,and a fantastic job they did as well , not sure I could walk in there awesome footsteps  ::)

Quote from: MetalDog on March 28, 2016, 06:08:36 PM
Quote from: bob48 on March 28, 2016, 02:43:13 PM
Ta. I was really worried that I had started to babble near the end, but then realised that I'd been babbling right from the start!


Quote from: Emeraldlis on March 28, 2016, 03:27:43 PM
"Nah"..........no babbling detected mate , you made some interesting points  O0  I thought you relaxed and got into the flow really well , you did really good , well done  :)



You should really respect your elders, Emeraldlis.  bob was right the first time ;)


I do respect my elders , that's why I wished Brant and Michael well  >:D mwhahahahah .......
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: MetalDog on March 29, 2016, 05:25:57 PM
Sounds like she's got your numbers as well, gents ;)
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: Emeraldlis on March 30, 2016, 08:45:34 AM
Quote from: MetalDog on March 29, 2016, 05:25:57 PM
Sounds like she's got your numbers as well, gents ;)


Could be though that I just have a thing for older guys and I'm just deliberately provoking them ... ^-^
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: MetalDog on March 30, 2016, 09:24:22 AM
If by older you mean Jurassic, then you have the right demographic  O0
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: bob48 on March 30, 2016, 09:32:32 AM
....Who are you calling Jurassic, you young whippersnapper.
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: mirth on March 30, 2016, 09:36:30 AM
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/69/0a/b9/690ab984f09f532a824f2e77288693d6.jpg)
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: bayonetbrant on March 30, 2016, 10:08:48 AM
Quote from: MetalDog on March 30, 2016, 09:24:22 AM
If by older you mean Jurassic, then you have the right demographic  O0

You're about to get your ass kicked, yaknowthat?  :crazy2:
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: bob48 on March 30, 2016, 10:45:42 AM
<snort, snicker, guffaw>

...<chortle>


TEEHEE
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: MetalDog on March 30, 2016, 11:57:10 AM
Quote from: bayonetbrant on March 30, 2016, 10:08:48 AM
Quote from: MetalDog on March 30, 2016, 09:24:22 AM
If by older you mean Jurassic, then you have the right demographic  O0

You're about to get your ass kicked, yaknowthat?  :crazy2:

You'll have to catch me first :P
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: undercovergeek on March 30, 2016, 12:49:00 PM
ZIMMER RACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: bob48 on March 30, 2016, 01:53:57 PM
.....I've got 'Go Faster' stripes on mine - and its painted red, 'cause everybody knows that red 'uns go faster.
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: bayonetbrant on March 30, 2016, 02:33:38 PM
Guess what - another one already! 


hint:  Goats.
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: mirth on March 30, 2016, 02:39:26 PM
Quote from: bayonetbrant on March 30, 2016, 02:33:38 PM
hint:  Goats.

Fury!
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: undercovergeek on March 30, 2016, 02:43:40 PM
holy crap - where did you find him?!
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: mirth on March 30, 2016, 02:44:57 PM
In the barn.
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: Emeraldlis on March 31, 2016, 09:31:37 AM

WOAH .......another grogcast so soon , *swoon* , I need to go lie down and try to wrap my brain around that !!!  You guys are churning these things out on time and before time ........WHERE did the real grogcast guys go ???? :D

Not bad for a bunch of dinosaurs  :2funny:  although dinosaurs are priceless artefacts ......ANCIENT ....but priceless !!!!  :o  can't listen to you guys yet , but I'll be listening later , can't wait  :)
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: bayonetbrant on March 31, 2016, 09:41:49 AM
well, Michael had a 1-week, 2-week, 2-month backlog to edit together.
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: Emeraldlis on March 31, 2016, 11:20:44 AM
Quote from: bayonetbrant on March 31, 2016, 09:41:49 AM
well, Michael had a 1-week, 2-week, 2-month backlog to edit together.

Sheesh .........as if he didn't already have enough to do !! He sounds like he doesn't get much time for himself , let alone anything else , I guess we should cut him some slack , he does a great job with the editing I think :) I think you two make a good double act to be honest :) you guys and your guests are a lot of fun to listen to  O0
I'd be listening to the podcast right now if I could but I'm currently sat in a cafe waiting for my daughter to come out of the hairdressers , not a bad task really !!! But then I'm out after for most of the night , so it looks like tomorrow might be my listening day ... Sigh :(
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: Emeraldlis on March 31, 2016, 12:07:07 PM
Didn't mean to put laughing emojis there , I think my phones gone bonkers on me and put them in behind my back   >:( stupid iPhone  :knuppel2:
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: bob48 on March 31, 2016, 12:24:51 PM
....I blame it on the Guinness...............
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: mirth on March 31, 2016, 12:40:09 PM
Let us not speak ill of Guinness
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: bob48 on March 31, 2016, 01:01:16 PM
...after a couple of pints of it, I can hardly speak at all................
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: Emeraldlis on March 31, 2016, 05:56:19 PM
Ahhhhhh the black stuff....all good things come to those who wait  :smitten: and it certainly takes them a while to pull a proper pint of it in an Irish bar , but it's well worth the wait  O0 oh my goodness....I love Ireland !!!!!!

Speaking of not talking ....I don't believe for one minute, Bob , that a pint would slow ya down  :D
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: mirth on March 31, 2016, 06:19:03 PM
Quote from: Emeraldlis on March 31, 2016, 05:56:19 PM
I don't believe for one minute, Bob , that a pint would slow ya down  :D

No, but Bawb's stache is a mean drunk.
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: Emeraldlis on March 31, 2016, 06:35:14 PM
Quote from: mirth on March 31, 2016, 06:19:03 PM
Quote from: Emeraldlis on March 31, 2016, 05:56:19 PM
I don't believe for one minute, Bob , that a pint would slow ya down  :D

No, but Bawb's stache is a mean drunk.




Better hide the hard liquor then ..... Wouldn't want bawb to get a beating from his own stache  ;)
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: bayonetbrant on March 31, 2016, 07:41:11 PM
Quote from: Emeraldlis on March 31, 2016, 06:35:14 PMbawb to get a beating from his own stache  ;)

there's a new euphemism in there somewhere
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: mirth on March 31, 2016, 07:50:42 PM
In Soviet Union stache beats Bawb!
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: bob48 on April 01, 2016, 05:09:58 AM
....I did wonder about that............
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: Emeraldlis on April 02, 2016, 05:02:26 AM
Great episode guys  O0 I think you did banzai cat proud there Brant with the hosting , great job :) and yeah , getting older ,ouch , painful ! What I think though it's not so much the getting older bit that sucks , because honestly I wouldn't want to be stuck with the brain of a 21 year old forever , lol , but it's the looking older , omg , I hate aging !!!!!
great guests this week , you two guys were very entertaining I thought  8) it seems none of us will ever get the gaming time in we want unless we all get divorced or stay single  :2funny:  OR marry a fellow gamer !!!!  :crazy2:
Or maybe it's all about quality time not quantity , right ? ^-^
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: bayonetbrant on April 12, 2016, 12:11:22 PM
episode 10 today :)
Title: Re: GrogCast Season 3 is escaping into the wild!
Post by: Arctic Blast on April 14, 2016, 12:34:24 AM
The episode I missed while at work!  ::)

Banzai, from what I've heard FFG doesn't send review copies out to many people at all these days. A few of the absolute big boys, and that's it. We'll get there...eventually...