An episode about a nonsensical character who has too much power for anyone's good!
Show Notes:
Run Time: 103:16
Right off the bat, we talk about Cosmic Contest - want more info? Listen to last week's Editor's Note!
Then, right off the bat, we hit the ground running with the story told in Wager Master's first appearance in Sentinel Comics!
From there, we cover many other Wager Master stories. He's such a scamp! Also, terribly evil, mostly through forcing people to play his dangerous and destructive games.
We begin considering your questions about 44 minutes into the episode, starting off with us getting an issue number wrong, once again. Can you trust anything we say? Unlikely!
And then we're back to even more long stories. That's what we do! This may be our most "stories and stories and stories" episode so far.
The future section begins a bit after the 95 minute mark, and in it, we finally reveal the names our two primary post-Multiverse realities!
Next week is the long-overdue Spite episode. Happy Halloween!
(Did anyone catch the two-word cameo early on in the episode?)
Yet another Editor's Note on all manner of things!
Run Time: 88:39
Topics of today's Editor's Note:
Here is a link to the PDF you can fill out with your guesses about how the Cosmic Contest goes. When you do, please e-mail it to us at letterspage@greaterthangames.com
Also! Here's a link to the Legends of Sleepy Hollow Kickstarter. Worth checking out! We both like the game a bunch.
Upcoming Schedule:
The day after this Editor's Note goes live, we're recording the episode about Wager Master! So, get those Wager Master questions in now or forever hold your peace.
Our first episode with a special guest, invited or otherwise!
Show Notes:
Run Time: 109:14
Our long awaited Episode 40 is here, and wow is it a strange one!
We'd like to apologize right now for being so mean to Guise in this episode. He took us by surprise. We don't deal with being surprised by wise-cracking shapeshifters in our recording space very gracefully, apparently.
We take our time with the Overview segment this time, as we've got a bunch of stories to tell that don't really come out in the card game other than in little hints here and there. Also, we cover quite a few stories in the more in-depth, line-by-line way. No spoilers as to what we're talking about here, though! Gotta find out by listening! Anyway, as a result, we don't get to the Questions segment until a few minutes past an hour into the episode. Whew!
Lots of good questions! From lots of great people!
We get called out about not being good at counting pool balls in a question just before 71 minutes in. Yup, we goofed.
Then back to more story-related questions! Of which there are many! Also, lots of "how the heck does Guise do [blank]" questions. Fair, fair.
A minute or two before the 90 minute mark, we get a question about the Celestial Tribunal and their view of Guise and The Scholar. It's one of my favorite little glimpses of Guise from an outside perspective. Just throwing that out there.
At just past the 103 minute mark, we close the Question section with a short but very good letter, and then jump into the future section, in which Guise takes the wheel for a brief moment and essentially goes off-roading. We get it back on track pretty quick, though. Mixed metaphors, galore!
Thanks so much for listening! We've got a hefty Editor's Note this coming Thursday, and then we'll be recording the Wager Master episode on Friday, so get your Wager Master questions in now!
A pharmacist, an apothecary, a teacher, and more! It's The Scholar!
Show Notes:
Run Time: 101:36
Everyone should go to Adam's Halloween party. Except Christopher.
There are a lot of rabbit trails in today's episode, but that's mostly because The Scholar's story does a fair bit of wandering. Also, it features some depressing bits, so we wander to keep from getting too down.
Fastest transition to the Questions section ever! We end the Overview segment only 8 minutes in!
At the 11 minute mark, we field a Powerhound question about us messing up published issue numbers again. And! To be fair! We did mess it up. *sad trombone sound* But not entirely! That's worth something, right? Right? Look, we give a slight hint about a Sentinel Comics RPG Starter Kit as a result, so hopefully that makes up for it.
Finally, right around 25 minutes in, we get into the proper tale of The Scholar's backstory. His way-back-story, really. Buckle up!
Just after 34 minutes in, Adam claims that a "soda" is a "tincture". It is not. Oh well. You don't listen to this podcast for medical advice/terminology, do you? Gosh, I hope not.
We finally get back to your questions at the 47 minute mark. Whew! Longest answer ever! Over 20 minutes?! What were we thinking?!
Right after 50 minutes in, we reveal the true origins of the thing that became The Scholar's Philosopher's Stone. Ominous!
Just before the 66 minute mark, we drop the biggest lie of all! Please don't think we were being serious! We definitely weren't!
Right after that, we get into another big story - another progression of The Scholar's story. Bit by bit, we'll get through this whole thing!
A little after 76 minutes in, we get back into the topic of Progeny's head flying through space. Cool: y/n? You decide!
The question we get an hour and a half in reveals a bit of story involving The Scholar, Guise, and even OblivAeon! This is a big story that we don't fully explain... got questions? Sure you do! Ask them here before Friday, October 20th and we'll follow-up in the next episode!
See you next week!
Like last week, another character with wings and a sword! Unlike last week, this one's a villain!
Show Notes:
Run Time: 108:51
Much like the Fanatic episode, we recommend not listening to more than the first 5 minutes of this episode if knowing the truth of Fanatic and Apostate would ruin the characters for you. We do brief overview type stuff before getting into the dark truths of Apostate, but after that, all bets are off. Next week, we'll get away from all this stuff and dig into a character who has had his hands in more of the Multiverse than you might assume!
Around 9 minutes in, we accidentally do a preview of what the episode on Biomancer will sound like. I'm so sorry.
Just after the 24 minute mark, we learn that Adam doesn't care for Christopher's singing. Jerk.
49 minutes in, we get to your questions!
A bit after the 90 minute mark, Christopher attempts to craft an analogy using gelatin. It goes poorly. Everyone ends up the worse for it.
Lots of great info in this episode - we hope it further explains what's going on with Apostate, Fanatic, and [redacted].
Join us next week for The Scholar! Get your questions in now!
It's everyone's favorite avenging angel!
Show Notes:
Run Time: 86:49
This is a big one, folks. Not a super long one, but a big one, nonetheless.
The first sixteen minutes of the podcast are focused on covering who Fanatic is, how she grew up, how her powers manifested, and a couple of her early notable stories. Then, we give a notable disclaimer that I'm going to reiterate here: if knowing the nitty-gritty truth of Fanatic would in some way ruin the character for you, stop listening after the 16 minute mark. Just call it a day and pick up with another episode. Probably not next week, as that's Apostate, so we'll be going even deeper into divine spoilers territory, but the week after that is The Scholar and then Guise after that, so those are fair game. Anyway, point is, you have to decide for yourself if you want to know Fanatic's truth better than she does, or if you want to keep living by faith alone. Up to you.
I'm keeping the show notes pretty brief today, so as to not put any spoilers in the text for folks that are choosing to skip the rest of the episode.
About half an hour in, we start talking about blood magic and vampires, and end up covering a bit of Court of Blood business as well. Bonus info in this already info-filled episode!
We get into your questions at the 36 minute mark. Lots of great questions this episode! We do our best to not let you down with our answers.
If you have questions about Apostate or The Host, get them in now! We're looking forward to answering them when we record on Friday!