E-9: Thruple with SirAcha, Community Discussion, Shatterpoint Anakin Tech
Release Date: 07/18/2025
E-22: Obi Wan Can Cause Cancer
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Our hosts spend too much time complaining about the ways in which General Obi Wan has affected their lives. Too much, and not enough therapy was had.
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E-21: Dia de los Bartlos, Shatterpoint CritCon Recap
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Special, Halloween Episode with Bartlow and Pooz, where they recap their adventure to Portland to play in the CritCon Shatterpoint event. Much talk of what was brought, how much fun was had, and how to irritate Obi players as much as sand irritates Anakin.
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E-20: Shatterpoint Learn to Play, and Learn to Love to Play
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Join our full cast again for discussion of local Cons where new players refresh their energy and fuel their fun tanks. The crew discusses learning how to turn the page on your game mastery and keeping focus on fun before the "meta".
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E-19: Shatterpoint Win Conditions & List Building, 2-less Legs, and Wookie Hygiene
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Join the spicey, new, and lanky hosts as they discuss how to evaluate if your shatterpoint list has any win conditions, or if its meant for the drain on the Melenium Falcon.
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E-18: Shatterpoint Strategy vs Tactics
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Join our hosts as they stumble through discussing strategy and goals of a shatterpoint game, and how they use and abuse tactics during gameplay.
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E-17: Inside the Mind of a Pun Artist, Shatterpoint List Building
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Join our hosts 2Legs, Pooz, and SirAche as they interview the beautiful mind of Bartlow the Punny. He share exploits of bounty hunter lists, his distaste for straight forward lists, and a knack for getting emotionally abused by 5 year olds.
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E-16: From the Outer Rim to Endor, Shatterpoint Smite Club Open
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Join our hosts as they discuss their latest gaming exploits in Shatterpoint, and Pooz's adventure to the Smite Club Open, where he was clubbed by the big kids and they took his lunch credits.
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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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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