Great show guys. I have one huge complaint though. The show was only 34 minutes long. I especially enjoyed the segment about the lightsaber combat styles.

Keep up the great work guys and we will keep listening.

Hi, Bounty. And thanks for the kind words, feedback, and questions. We do appreciate getting notes like this.



Mark's BlooMilk account has a glitch that (hopefully Shinja can fix) doesn't allow him to post. So here's his reply:
. "Owen's thoughts are pretty much his own. I'll do some off camera prompting (ie. asking him to clarify something or explain it a little better), but I would say 95% of it is his own thoughts. I sometimes will help him come up with the best way of saying something, but that's about it. I want his thoughts to be his thoughts. I will tell him from time to time if his comment is inaccurate or needs more thought."

Brad's reviews are also his own. We usually have the card in front of him and he's thought some about what he's going to say. His first couple reviews he had notes to refer to since he was a little nervous (never having podcasted before), but he's stopped doing that. I also may ask him off-camera to clarify comments, but don't prompt him what his thoughts should be.

We want the kids' comments to be from their perspective and we try our best to keep it that way. We do not repackage dads' thoughts in kids voices. :>)




In our league games, we've left Mandos as 'fringe' because of their mercenary nature, but counted Vong as dark side to even out the number of factions.
light = Old Republic, Republic, Rebel, New Republic
dark = Sith, Separatist, Imperial, Vong
fringe = Fringe, Mandalorian
But we've seen that some other scenarios list them as dark side as you mention. I assume that's because (per Wookiepedia):
"Mandalorians were frequently allied with the Sith, most notably Exar Kun and much later as a prototype for the Clone trooper under the power of Darth Sidious and the Galactic Republic..."




Are you reading our minds? Do you have the SWMv studio bugged? Actually, the boys will be talking about their favorite figures in each faction. Your suggestion sounds like a good idea that we'll have to use in an upcoming show.




Gambit scoring comes from DCI Tournament Rules. At the end of a round (when all figures have activated and you're going to determine initiative), if you have a figure within 4 squares of the center of the board (counting diagonals as 2) you score 5 points (maximum of 5 per round). You add up your kill points for taking out opposing figures and gambit points; when you get to the team build points, you win. For example, we've built 150 point teams and you've killed 127 points of my figures and earned 25 gambit points = 152 points; you win!

Some venues follow DCI rules, some follow the SWM rulebook. The main differences are gambit scoring and # of activations after initiative is determined. Regional and convention tournaments use gambit scoring.

I think www.the-holocron.com has a full set of map pictures with gambit zones indicated.




Good to hear. And please share with us and the audience any ideas you come up with.

Thanks again for the great note. And don't wait so long in between show posts again.

I don't mind nearly as much now that I know the opinions are truly his that dad just helps to polish.