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In this episode of the "Grown Men Playing With Toys" podcast, Erik shows up to record still licking his wounds, this time from a rough road race -except this time his own son quoted the podcast back at him like a tiny, devastating life coach.  

Steve is delighted. Erik is not sure how to feel about that.

What follows is an off-the-cuff deep dive into one of the most underrated reasons we play this game in the first place — the test. Not the winning. Not the math hammer. The test and what it says about you.

Along the way they tackle:

• Hold My Dice — why we voluntarily sign up for hard things.....on the tabletop, behind the mics, and on the pavement
• The Bags Don't Hit Back — what list hammer and math hammer can't prepare you for and why that's actually the point
• Dice Gods, Dice Demons — the completely irrational and deeply relatable ritual of switching dice mid-game and blaming the French judge when it still doesn't work
• Concede or Commit — what a Votann vs. Chaos Knights blowout taught one of us the hard way about why staying in the hard thing is a part of the test
• The Clock Is Also Your Opponent — time as a resource, a weapon, and an excuse all at once

Whether you've ever switched dice out of pure superstition, rage-conceded on turn three, or just needed someone to remind you that showing up to the starting line is already passing the first test — this one is for you.

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