E-9: Thruple with SirAcha, Community Discussion, Shatterpoint Anakin Tech
Release Date: 07/18/2025
E-15: Boss Games and Fish Tales, Fish tank View of Nova's Shark Tank
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Our hosts discuss recent games, a local event, and some of the biggest models driving the meta in Shatterpoint.
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E-14: Game Review round-robin, Movie Review Time: -5/+5 System Deepdive
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Join the hosts as they recap weekly games, and dig deep on a non-gaming detour of their most favorite movies and least entertained watches, with a custom rating system!
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E-13: Many Games with New Toys, Last of the GenCon Prep
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Overview 2Legs, Pooz, and SirAcha dive into miniatures gaming again. Starting with questionable art school stories, birthday celebrations with pink eye, and enough old man activities to warrant AARP memberships. Between flamethrower weed control and pickleball courts, they manage to squeeze in actual Shatterpoint discussion featuring new list experiments with Cassian, debates about Obi-Wan counters, and the challenges of playing into Republic. Key Moments 1:19 - Art School Critique Horror Stories 12:29 - New Moff/Grand Inquisitor List Testing 28:38 - Hunter/Lumi Anti-Meta...
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E-12: GenCon After Dark
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Join 2Legs, SirAche and Pooz as they have a fun after hours session during GenCon after the first Round of Shatterpoint play. Now with even more meandering, and feels about cosplay.
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E-11: A TO's Life and Gen Con Dreams
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Overview 2Legs and Pooz dive into the sweaty realities of garage gaming and they exploring the nuts and bolts of tournament organizing. Between Avatar, The Last Airbender-inspired Inquisitor paint schemes and erotic Weequay pirates. They cover 2Legs' upcoming Tournament Organizer debut. Then onto Pooz's Gen Con preparation; Featuring deep dives into meta homework, list pairing strategies, and the Art of dodging tournament busters. Key Moments 2:47 - Garage Sweat Lodge Updates & 2Legs’ Fight Club 16:00 - Tournament Organizing 101: From Rules to Measurements 44:20 - GenCon GT Prep: Player...
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E-10: Why We Play, What We Play
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Overview 2Legs and Pooz dive deep into the psychology of tabletop gaming! This episode explores why we play games in the first place, what draws us to tabletop (vs video games), and how we choose our factions and models. The dynamic duo discusses their gaming journeys from War Machine to Shatterpoint, debates the merits of different dice systems, and reveals their personal motivations for miniature gaming. Expect philosophical musings on the nature of play as practice, confessions about painting courage versus detail obsession, and plenty of tangents about everything from Polish trains to...
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E-9: Thruple with SirAcha, Community Discussion, Shatterpoint Anakin Tech
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Overview Join 2Legs, Pooz, and special guest SirAcha as they form their first "thruple" podcast experience! This episode dives deep into SirAcha's gaming origins. The trio explores Pooz's anti-Anakin tech with an Obi-Wan/Ahsoka Republic list, discusses the social contracts of tournament play, and shares horror stories about nickel-and-diming opponents. They also tackle community standards, painting pressures, and why some people are immune to bad dice while others lose their minds. Plus: hippo characters in D&D, Jerry worm confessions, and the eternal struggle of explaining tabletop games...
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E-8: Shatterpoint games, The Never-Ending Tier List Finale
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Overview After 9 hours and three episodes, 2Legs and Pooz finally drag themselves across the finish line of their Shatterpoint box tier list. Between garage construction updates, IHOP disappointments, and enough wine to fuel a small spaceship, they tackle the remaining boxes including Separatists, Empire holdouts, and the shiny new releases. Featuring luke warm debates about Grievous vs Dooku, the Han Solo and Chewy list-building curse, Ewok village terrain printing marathons, and why Ki-Adi-Mundi makes Mount Rushmore's worst Jedi list. Plus game reports from 2Legs' week of defeats and...
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E-7: Shatterpoint Portland Recap, Box Tier Review PTII
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Overview Join 2Legs and Pooz as they recap their weekend tournament adventure in Portland, where Pooz went undefeated (again) with his controversial Andor/Moff Gideon lockdown list while 2Legs experimented with "Take Your Kids to Work Day" Vader and Luke. They share tournament war stories, discuss the eternal struggle of brain stamina, and settle their pathetic Boosh vs. Cassian bet over fancy rosé. Then they dive deep into their box tier list project, evaluating everything from Ewok murder bears to helicopter lightsabers based on vibe checks, fun factor, and synergies. Spoiler: apparently...
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E-6: Tournament Results and Shatterpoint Box Product Tier List
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Overview 2Legs and Pooz sweat through a Pacific Northwest heat wave, ranking every Shatterpoint box from S-tier BUY NOW to D —”maybe save this for later." Using their patented four-point criteria system (Vibe Check, Out-of-Box Playability, Mix & Match Potential, and Fun Factor), they debate which boxes new players should prioritize. Plus, tournament prep discussions, and the spicy side bet involving Boush and Cassian. Key Moments 1:00 - Old Man Weather & Aches Report (featuring suburban sweat lodge technology) 6:00 - Gaming Drought & Middle School Graduation Vibes 10:40 - Game...
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Join 2Legs, Pooz, and special guest SirAcha as they form their first "thruple" podcast experience! This episode dives deep into SirAcha's gaming origins. The trio explores Pooz's anti-Anakin tech with an Obi-Wan/Ahsoka Republic list, discusses the social contracts of tournament play, and shares horror stories about nickel-and-diming opponents. They also tackle community standards, painting pressures, and why some people are immune to bad dice while others lose their minds. Plus: hippo characters in D&D, Jerry worm confessions, and the eternal struggle of explaining tabletop games to mere mortals.
Key Moments
- 10:12 - Gaming Origins: SirAcha's journey
- 26:50 - Anti-Anakin Tech: Obi-Wan hunkers and a kill-less Anakin game
- 50:30 - Player Challenge for SirAcha (Strike Obi-Wan DOWN)
- 1:00:00 - The Hipster Problem: Why SirAcha refuses to play the meta and seeks balance in the Force
- 1:06:10 - Tournament Etiquette Rants: Nickel-and-diming opponents vs. being gracious with mistakes
- 1:24:30 - Community Standards: Painted model requirements
- 1:31:31 - Social Contracts: The commitment and ambassador mentality required for tabletop gaming
- 1:45:00 - Where SirAcha's name comes from
Highlights
- SirAcha's confession about pissing off even the most patient opponent (Bart) with excessive bitching
- Revelations about gamer immunities to dice, bitching, the order deck, and other peeves
- SirAche's losing streak against Obi-Wan and might need therapy about it (he does)
- Wrecker's hilarious "potato launch" of Snips off the high ground
- The Jerry worm admission that nobody wanted, but we all deserved
- Pooz's filter for explaining nerd games: "Do you really want to know?" and "How much time do you got?"
- Tabletop is a luxury
- Hot sauce sponsorship dreams and fusion condiment businesses