This Tablepop episode is a big hot mess of Alienses goodness. We start with the films and move onto Alien: Legendary Encounter, followed by Space Hulk, and finish up discussing our concerns about the future of the franchise! Game begin, man, game begin. Also, there’s a freely available abandonware Aliens game that you can print out... is this what you are looking for?

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Tablepop 9: Get away from her, you Mitch

This week/month/quarter, we present part 2 of our dungeon series, this time focusing on board and card games that scratch the dungeon delving itch. First of all, we get deep into some nostalgia with HeroQuest! and DungeonQuest, then onto the licensed, approved WOTC Dungeons & Dragons board games. We have a good laugh at Munchkin’s expense, and then... is this what you are looking for?

Tablepop 8: Dungeon Play part 2

In this episode, Mitch and Jason get a little kinky… oh no, wait. Wrong dungeon! What follows is some meanderous rambling as we discuss our experience with D&D, including personal history, pop culture, Vin Diesel, Jason’s secret desire to be a quaint hobbit and more. There’s no show times for this one, as it’s pretty fluid,... is this what you are looking for?

Tablepop 7: Dungeon Play Part 1

This episode tackles the great sprawling board game universe of Star Wars. 13:45 Mitch’s quote quiz. 18:20 Storytime with old man Mitch. 22:00 Wicket the Ewok Game. 25:40 Jason’s pocket history of Star Wars board games. 28:50 X-Wing Miniatures. Pew pew. 54:45 The Star Wars – a brief comic interlude. 58:00 Star Wars: the non-hypothetical... is this what you are looking for?

Tablepop 6: Scruffy Nerd Herders

This episode, we jack in and log on to Matrix and tackle the cyberpunk genre. Jason makes Mitchell do a quiz, and we talk about some of the defining cultural artifacts of the great genre of the 80s and 90s. At 34:45: we actually start talking about games, starting with One Zero One. 40:10 Jason doesn’t... is this what you are looking for?

Tablepop 5: do board games dream of electric tokens?

A special mini-episode of Tablepop, where we talk about a special thing each. Mitch talks about his experience as a Magic: The Gathering initiate (1:00-16:30) and Jason talks about the ideas behind his game Hedron (16:35 – end), now on Kickstarter. Please forgive, Jason’s poor explanation of Star Trek races and our failure to work... is this what you are looking for?

Tablepop A: Magical Hedron

Giant robots with people inside them. 7:00 When a mummy Mech and a Daddy mech love each other very much… 27:00 Hawken: the Real-Time Card Game 37:30 Mobile Frame Zero: Rapid Attack Links mentioned: Fragged Empire, Mobile Frame Zero, Robot Jox trailer and I did find an indie Mecha vs Kaiju RPG (it’s based on the... is this what you are looking for?

Tablepop 4: MegaBattle pt. 2 Mech

Godzilla SPOILERS warning, also SWEARS! Also also Jason lied when he said Hedron would be available to play at GO Lounge (he is a bad man) but it’s still free on the internet! 9:00 is where the actual spoiler start. 20:15 is where the games start. 46:20 wraps up with what Mitch and Jason are doing and... is this what you are looking for?

Tablepop Episode 3: MegaBattle pt. 1

This episode we tackle the zombie hordes. There’s less inflections at the end of sentences this week, but lots of things and stuff. We also get a little carried away, and double the episode length. We’ll get better! 9:00 Zombie pop culture. 34:15 Zombies on tables. 1:22:30 Australian Kickstarters

Tablepop 2: Cardboard Hell Pt 1

First podcast! Thanks for bearing with us while we find our feet and our tongues. Please ignore the glaring factual errors and enjoy the show. For corrections and apologies, see the references and apologies below the pictures.

Tablepop 1: Building Blocks

Tablepop focuses on the ideas and stories behind the games we love. Author Mitchell Tierney and professional dilettante Jason Kotzur-Yang stand at the intersection of pop culture and tabletop gaming, and tell you what they see. Each episode we pick a theme, like kaiju or Star Wars, and explore games that tackle the theme and make authoritative judgements on how well they do it.

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