Our intrepid romancers are back with the continuation of our Valentine-themed romance RPG. While they literally try to herd cats, it becomes a romantic chase story. Who will find whom? What is happening with Magnus’ kids? Will this Valentine’s Day Dance ever happen? Tune in to join Betty (Kathy), Cameron (Will), Magnus (James), Mayor Miranda (Kirsten), Stella (Shelly), and Ms. Harper (Jean) in this rollicking romance.

Warmer in Winter RPG: Story #2

Annette Wierstra with Kathy Campbell, Will Wagner, James Thomson, Kirsten Goruk, Shelly Brisbin and Jean MacDonald

Listen to Part 1 of this romantic adventure: https://www.theincomparable.com/smooch/91/

Listen to our other romantic adventure: https://www.theincomparable.com/topics/post-532/

If you want to play your own version of Warmer in Winter from Will Lentz: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/369121/Warmer-In-The-Winter

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A long time ago, for our second anniversary, we recorded a Valentine-themed romance RPG. As we head back into the new year, with our third anniversary fast approaching, we are releasing part one of this delightful, cat-centric romance story. Join Betty (Kathy), Cameron (Will), Magnus (James), Mayor Miranda (Kirsten), Stella (Shelly), and Ms. Harper (Jean) as they try to plan the Valentine Dance of their dreams. This is our second romantic role-playing game using the Warmer in Winter game from Will Lentz.

Warmer in Winter RPG: Story #2

Annette Wierstra with Kathy Campbell, Will Wagner, James Thomson, Kirsten Goruk, Shelly Brisbin and Jean MacDonald

If you want to play your own version of Warmer in Winter: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/369121/Warmer-In-The-Winter

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It’s that time of year again! We’ve got our ugly sweaters on and some of the agents who are all in the same city gathered for snacks, cocktails, and a daylong holiday movie marathon! We discuss the ineffable definition of chemistry and why some actors have it and some don’t. We also evaluate the quality of the movies we’ve been watching from a variety of criteria:

A Christmas Movie Marathon

Annette Wierstra with Kirsten Goruk, Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky

The movies we watched:

Christmas With You: Feeling burnout, pop star Angelina escapes to grant a young fan’s wish in small-town New York, where she not only finds the inspiration to revitalize her career but also a shot at true love.

Angel Falls Christmas: Ally Morgan is a workaholic ER doctor struggling for work-life balance with her boyfriend, Josh. On the night they break up. Ally is miserable alone before a chance encounter with a handsome barista, Gabe leads her to fulfill a Christmas bucket list of fun activities she never would have done on her own.

A Hollywood Christmas: A successful Christmas movie director begins living her own Christmas movie when a handsome network exec shows up threatening to halt production on her latest film.

Kirsten and Annette want you all to watch:

Spirited: Each Christmas Eve, the Ghost of Christmas Present selects one dark soul to be reformed by a visit from three spirits. But this season, he picked the wrong Scrooge. Clint Briggs turns the tables on his ghostly host until Present finds himself reexamining his own past, present and future.

Movies we’ve also watched or want to watch:

Recipe for Kirstin’s Holiday Face Punch:

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We are back with Season 3 of Agents of SMOOCH. We couldn’t let prime romance movie season pass us by. So we are starting with Lindsay Lohan’s holiday offering: Falling for Christmas. Join our agents as they discuss what worked, what didn’t, which snow was fake, and what makes this a very good movie for our holiday bingo cards.

Falling for Christmas

Annette Wierstra with Kathy Campbell and Erika Ensign

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The fancy resort website where we will all meet for an Apres Ski.

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Join our Incomprehensible Agents of SMOOCH for a special Halloween movie commentary. Cue up the 1991 version of The Addams Family and get ready for some serious romantic gazes with the Addams Family. This movie is a family classic but under the surface has a lot of simmering heat that makes it perfect for a romantic Halloween mission.

The Addams Family (1991)

Annette Wierstra with Kathy Campbell, Jean MacDonald and Moisés Chiullán

This commentary is not safe for work or children due to expletives and drinking.

Drinking Rules

Drinks

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A brief announcement from our Director and a preview of what is coming in Season 3 of Agents of SMOOCH on starting October 28.

Season 3 Teaser

Annette Wierstra

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Join us for a mission of love of Ever After. Is it the perfect retelling of Cinderella? Possibly. For a movie that is 25 years old (seriously, we are all old), it generally holds up. All the Agents on this mission have been watching and rewatching Ever After for all those years and are prepared to pick apart what they like, what they would fix, and why they mute the credit. Get your apple throwing arm ready and join us for our happily ever after.

Ever After

Annette Wierstra with KatyBeth Schmid, Erika Ensign and Moisés Chiullán

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Our Agents revisit a modern classic or perhaps a cult favourite for many of us. A movie about books, authors, readers, and a cognizant watch that is, indeed, Stranger than Fiction. Some of our Agents have seen this movie repeatedly, but we have two Agents coming to it with completely fresh perspectives. We delve into the twists and turns of this movie to decide if this movie holds up and how we feel about Will Ferrell’s performance (variable). We’ve got romance, academics, and Emma Thompson, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Queen Latifah, and a very academic Dustin Hoffman. Grab a plate of warm cookies fresh out of the oven (trust us), and join us for love and death and taxes.

Stranger than Fiction

Annette Wierstra with Brian Hamilton, Shelly Brisbin, Jean MacDonald and Moisés Chiullán

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By special Agent request, our Agents are discussing a 2022 independently-published book Legends & Lattes: A Novel of High Fantasy and Low Stakes by Travis Baldree which will be re-released this November through Tor. This warm bath of a book gave us all a warm glow and we just wanted to share that feeling with all of you. Take some DnD style characters in a setting reminiscent of the Forgotten Realms but (mostly) put down your weapons and pull up a chair for a latte and warm pastries. We have so much we want to share with you.

Legends and Lattes Novel

Annette Wierstra with James Thomson, Sarah Hendrica Bickerton and Kathy Campbell

Books that might hit a similar vibe:

Shows that remind us of the gentle feelings this book gave us:

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Our agents want to talk about Stranger Things. It is a nostalgic-filled, horror-fueled, teen drama with SO many ships to sail. Join us on this mission that covers all four seasons of the show. This episode is full of spoilers but our Agents spend little time talking about the plot. We do talk about character arcs and relationship development. The Agents realize that they have impassioned opinions about OTPs the NOT OTPs and who is the most boring burger. Not even our Agents knew how much they cared until they got into it. We have a lot to say about all the ships. So buckle up and come with us on this mission to Jopperland.

We get a bit excited and a few expletives slip out. So be warned if that matters to you.

Stranger Things

Annette Wierstra with Sarah Hendrica Bickerton and KatyBeth Schmid

Winona Ryder and David Harbour on Jopper

Watch Suzie-poo and Dusty-bun sing together. You know you want to!

Maya Hawke in Little Women )

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