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Episode 174 -- The Netplay Simulator Lockdown Blues Apr 20, 2020

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Here we are in the new world order, or rather, the chaotic world order.

We're just trying to survive and maybe discuss a few games and other things of cultural import. Just trying to raise our spirits.

It's a journey. Thanks for your company on the ride.

TICKETS:

00:20:11 -- Surprising Lack of Games on the Table during Lockdown 00:26:57 -- Netplay, Strat-O-Matic Style 00:39:55 -- Tabletop Simulator (yes, it works!) 00:52:49 -- Pax Transhumanity (update) 01:00:41 -- Architects of the West Kingdom: Age of Artisans (in-depth sessions) 01:12:23 -- The Appreciation Level of Others 01:24:44 -- 1974 01:32:52 -- New Music (Bill Frisell, Melt Yourself Down) 01:42:54 -- Illicit Maneuvers 01:46:05 -- The Cactus League, by Emily Nemens

A Whiskey for the End of the Worm, Part 5 Apr 09, 2020

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Struggling for sanity, we put together another installment of our virus lockdown series.

In this one we answer the question, which five non-GMT titles should’ve been developed and published by GMT? There might be something about someone getting drunk as well.

Hopefully this will distract you for a little while.

Episode 173 -- Raw Nerves, Live Wires Apr 02, 2020

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Live from Portland, the 173rd stop on our world tour, presented in it's entirety without cuts or overdubs, our latest show in all its glory.

Will there be technical difficulties? Yes.

Will we stumble trying to answer tough questions? Possibly. Will it be good? Sure? SETLIST: 00:11:31 -- Freedom of Thought or Just an Illusion 00:28:40 -- Unhelpful Billionaires 00:31:12 -- Bruxelles 1897 00:41:13 -- Ora et Labora for Two? 00:44:59 -- Table Top Simulator 00:47:20 -- Barrage: The Leeghwater Expansion 00:58:59 -- A Daily Dose of Metheny, Shakaba and the Ancestors 01:09:13 -- Glenmorangie Quinta Ruban 01:12:39 -- Top 5 Mechanisms, sort of. 01:24:20 -- Top 5 GMT Games 01:33:02 -- Watch Outnumbered.

A Whiskey for the End of the World, Part 4 Mar 26, 2020

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Part 4 of this series and we've settled in a little to the new reality.

Having solved his technological difficulties, Joe returns to add his wisdom to the question of getting games to the table with your significant other. Also, we discuss table games played via computer vs. computer games. All in All, 25 % less dread, 50 % more games.

A Whiskey for the End of the World, Part 3 Mar 24, 2020

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Join us as we enter week two of the lockdown. We desperately want to keep in touch with our listeners. Hopefully we can keep each other sane as we navigate this brave new world. Included are some tips on gaming with your partner while on lockdown.

A Whiskey for the End of the World, Part 2 Mar 20, 2020

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In part 2 of our limited series we get Joe setup with a recording rig at home. We talk a little more about the current predicament and then migrate our book discussion over and take a look at Lydia Fitzpatrick's Lights All Night Long.

A Whiskey for the End of the World, Part 1 Mar 18, 2020

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Hey all.

The Punching Cardboard team is in Isolation. Isolation sucks. It's lonely. It's unnerving. It's stopping us from playing games and talking about them. But we still have voices, and we think just maybe you'd like our voices to visit the wilderness of your own isolation. You know, to counteract the ones in your brain urging you to scream and never stop.

So, for now, while this disruption lasts, we're gonna send you this series. Our way of talking through the absurdity that is life, especially now that it's truly absurd. These episodes will be shorter and much more frequent (because what the hell else do we have to do) and probably much more free of form and topical, not like we do the PCP any other way. We hope you dig it.

Episode 172 -- Exploits in Group Dynamics Mar 04, 2020

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There are times when you need to make something out of nothing. Entering the studio for episode 172 was one of those times. I mean, we had next to nothing. A game session, a new dram, a couple albums.

But we pulled it together, rambled into other territories, consolidated some stray ideas, and in the end lasted for the marathon. Yea us!?

PATHS:

00:04:17 -- The 2020 PCBA Baseball Season: Last Call 00:08:00 -- Couch, Whiskey, & Digression 00:35:09 -- Bingo Time 00:43:11 -- Back in Good Graces: Time of Crisis 00:47:50 -- I've Never Played Automobile 00:56:45 -- Divinity 2: Orifginial Sin (Group Dynamics A) 01:16:11 -- Bull Run American Whiskey Aged in Pinot Noir Casks 01:25:23 -- Music: Drive By Truckers 01:30:40 -- Memory: Pat Metheny and the best album of 2020 01:51:14 -- Kohle & Kolonie (Group Dynamics B)

Episode 171 -- Kinda Like Jimmie Vaughn Feb 20, 2020

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If you're only here for our in-depth, main game discussion, then skip the first two hours of the show. If you want to know a little about a lot of game related things, then tuck in at the beginning and enjoy the ride. ANSWERS: 00:07:01 -- Book List 00:14:10 -- Bingo Begins 00:19:52 -- The Q&A Session Starts Here 00:26:01 -- Fatigued? 00:33:57 -- Will We Attend Any Conventions? 00:41:55 -- To Deluxify or Not to Deluxify? 00:44:26 -- Taking Tricks 00:48:32 -- Of Trains and Wars 00:52:29 -- Feedback in Games 01:04:28 -- Pax Alluring. 01:33:29 -- The Greatness 01:39:09 -- Terra Mystica: Merchants of the Seas (first take) 01:49:47 -- Port Charlotte 10-yo Heavily Peated 01:57:20 -- Music (The Flower Kings, Tame Impala, Spanish Love Songs, The Jayhawks) 02:07:41 -- Flotilla (in-depth) 02:42:44 -- The Night Tiger, by Yangsze Choo

Episode 170 -- Jury Duty Mishaps Feb 06, 2020

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The water flows. The oil moves. The beat goes on. A new era begins, same as the old era. We continue on. Enjoy. RATES:

00:05:00 -- The State of the Podcast 00:19:19 -- An Adjacent Thought or Two 00:28:45 -- Teasing Terra Mystica's New Expansion 00:34:00 -- Bingo Rules 00:39:27 -- Strat-O-Matic Baseball (of dice and the 2019 PCBA World Series) 00:53:44 -- The Christradamus Predictions 00:55:20 -- Wildcatters (session) 01:09:31 -- Barrage (in-depth)

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