Hey hey BATT Family! We are so excited to be back in your ears with Episode 27. Featuring the inimitable Chris Yi from the Dice Tower, we got to have our full episode with him in every segment. We got to talk what it's like to go back and focus on older games, try out a new version of what Mark considers a classic, and just riff off of each other a lot. We had a wonderful time with this recording session and we hope you enjoy it too. Be sure to hit us up after you listen to it and let us know what you thought at [email protected]!

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This episode's segments:

00:00:00 - Intro

00:04:54 - What's Been on the Table

00:07:01 - Topic of the Week: Returning to Older Games in a Sea of New Releases

00:26:09 - Grand Gamers Guild Sponsor

00:27:44 - Why Did I Play That: Sentient (2nd Edition)

00:39:59 - Table / Shelf / Trade

01:05:22 - Rotating Segment: Surprise Party!

01:15:52 - Yi Plugs! Soda Jerk and Raas

01:18:09 - Secret Door Sponsor  

01:18:59 - Meeple Source Sponsor

01:20:01 - Victory Roll Sponsor

01:20:50 - Contact Info for BATT and Theater Geeks

01:22:01 - Outro

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0) No real notes this week! Just a bunch of links. Also every time Scott has tried bringing up Tidal Blades 2 something weird has happened to the audio. It might be cursed. Probably how darn good the game is. 

1) Soda Jerk: https://www.allplay.com/board-games/soda-jerk

2) Dice Tower: https://www.dicetower.com, https://www.youtube.com/@thedicetower

3) Grand Gamers Guild's PAXU BGG Preview Page: https://boardgamegeek.com/geekpreview/80/pax-unplugged-2025-preview?parentitem=12081

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We'd like to thank our sponsors as well:

Grand Gamers Guild! https://grandgamersguild.com. Use Discount Code BATT10 to make sure that we are supported AND you let them know that we sent you.

Secret Door Games! They can be found at https://www.secretdoorgames.org or 215 S. Main St, Elkhart Indiana 46514.

Meeple Source! https://meeplesource.com/?PARTNER=battg Be sure to keep that partner bit (?PARTNER=battg) on the end of any link on their site, and you'll get us our affiliate linking!

Victory Roll Cafe! https://victoryrollcafe.com or 711 W McKinley Ave, Mishawaka, IN 46545.

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You can email us at [email protected].

We can be found at www.boardallthetime.com and on Facebook at Board All The Time. 

We're on BlueSky now and loving it! At this point it really feels like BlueSky is for board gaming, so definitely check us out on there at https://bsky.app/profile/boardallthetime.bsky.social

If you would like to check out Mark's Top 100 list, it can be found at: https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/347553/top-100-games-2024-edition

If you'd like to help support the show and assist with the hosting costs, you can do so with our Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/boardallthetime

Our Discord server, which is still in Beta, can be joined at https://discord.gg/VbRWEpc6

Theater Geeks! https://www.twitch.tv/theatergeeks

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We'd also like to thank SoulProdMusic for the intro/outro music. 

Hey hey BATT Family! The first major episode of Season Two is here! This was by far the biggest episode and most complex edit I've had to do yet. We have a great conversation with Curt Covert from Smirk and Dagger games for this episode and we break down the way they've seen the hobby change in the 22 years of their existence. Jason also has his first deployment of a game at Mark and Scott for Why Did I Play That and for the first time we have a guest join us for Table Shelf and Trade! It's a super fun episode and we had a lot of it end up going to an Odds and Ends in the future like the way we did with James Hudson because otherwise this thing would have been almost three hours long. Hope you enjoy this and we can't wait to hear what you think about it! Thanks for joining us for season two and getting to hear about all of our new sponsors as well!

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This episode's segments:

00:00:00 - Intro

00:02:25 - What's Been on the Table

00:07:01 - Topic of the Week: Smirk and Dagger Games

00:26:47 - Grand Gamers Guild Sponsor

00:28:05 - Why Did I Play That: Cowboy Bebop: Space Serenade

00:50:02 - Table / Shelf / Trade

01:13:06 - Rotating Segment: Where'd It Go?!

01:13:37 - Smirk and Dagger Upcoming Releases

01:20:04 - Contact Info  

01:20:51 - Secret Door Sponsor

01:21:39 - Meeple Source Sponsor

01:22:51 - Outro

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1) Smirk and Dagger Games Website: https://www.smirkanddagger.com 

2) Since the time of recording, Curt did provide the podcast with A Place for All My Books, Enthrone, Boom Patrol, Outfox the Fox, and Nevermore. We've played a lot of them and you can expect reviews on them sooner than later!

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We'd like to thank our sponsors!:

Grand Gamers Guild! https://grandgamersguild.com. Use Discount Code BATT10 to make sure that we are supported AND you let them know that we sent you.

Secret Door Games! They can be found at https://www.secretdoorgames.org or 215 S. Main St, Elkhart Indiana.

Meeple Source! https://meeplesource.com/?PARTNER=battg Be sure to keep that partner bit (?PARTNER=battg) on the end of any link on their site, and you'll get us our affiliate linking!

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You can email us at [email protected].

We can be found at www.boardallthetime.com and on Facebook at Board All The Time. 

We're on BlueSky now and loving it! At this point it really feels like BlueSky is for board gaming, so definitely check us out on there at https://bsky.app/profile/boardallthetime.bsky.social

If you would like to check out Mark's Top 100 list, it can be found at: https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/347553/top-100-games-2024-edition

If you'd like to help support the show and assist with the hosting costs, you can do so with our Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/boardallthetime

Our Discord server, which is still in Beta, can be joined at https://discord.gg/VbRWEpc6

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We'd also like to thank SoulProdMusic for the intro/outro music. 

Hey hey BATT Family! Welcome to Season Two of the podcast! We've got a whole slew of cool things planned for the season and we wanted to ease you in with the reintroduction of the BATT hosts, this time featuring Jason! We'll be releasing Episode 26 on Friday because we didn't want to overload you with four different episodes on the same day. We hope you're as excited as we are for the content we've got coming though. And if you are new, then welcome to the BATT Family! We're pleased you're joining us and hope you have a great time being part of the community. 

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This episode's segments:

00:00:00 - Intro

00:02:24 - Who We Are and How We Met

00:08:25 - What Types of Games Do We Like and Dislike

00:17:42 - Sponsors

00:19:50 - Why Should You Listen to Us

00:29:13 - Outro

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Notes!

1) This one is just for Mark. Around the 9:07 point, Scott refers to himself as a Dice Goblin. HA! (This note is so petty.)

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You can email us at [email protected].

We can be found at www.boardallthetime.com and on Facebook at Board All The Time. 

We're on BlueSky now and loving it! At this point it really feels like BlueSky is for board gaming, so definitely check us out on there at https://bsky.app/profile/boardallthetime.bsky.social

If you would like to check out Mark's Top 100 list, it can be found at: https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/347553/top-100-games-2024-edition

If you'd like to help support the show and assist with the hosting costs, you can do so with our Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/boardallthetime

Our Discord server, which is still in Beta, can be joined at https://discord.gg/VbRWEpc6

We'd like to thank our sponsors as well:

Grand Gamers Guild! https://grandgamersguild.com - We love their games and are so stoked to be partnered with them. Check them out as well as their most recent Kickstarter project, Endangered: Australia. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/grandgamersguild/endangered-australia

Secret Door Games! https://www.secretdoorgames.org - They can be found at 215 S. Main St. in Elkhart, IN as well, Tuesday - Sunday opening each day at noon.

We'd also like to thank SoulProdMusic for the intro/outro music. 

Hey hey BATT Family! Welcome to this Kickstarter preview for Rolling in Wonderland! The new 2-4 player dice placement and set collection game from Bellows Intent and Borogove Games, this is mid-lightweight game where you'll be rolling a handful of dice and triggering all sorts of asymmetric abilities. Today we are going to be covering everything the game is about as well as touching on some of the changes you'll be seeing if you've gotten to play the game in a prior form. The game does come to us from designer Daniel Alves with art by Arthur Mask. Be sure to check the episode out, hit up their Kickstarter page, and then get in touch with us about what you think about Rolling in Wonderland! We love the guys over at Bellows are are psyched that they wanted to partner with us again on this. Spoiler alert, the whole BATT crew really enjoyed this so hopefully you will as well.

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This episode's segments:

00:00:00 - Intro

00:01:37 - How the Game Plays

00:08:05 - Learning Curve / Ease of Teach

00:09:33 - Artwork / Components / Iconography

00:12:49 - Replayability / Player Count 

00:16:55 - What's to Like, What's to Dislike 

00:22:30 - Kickstarter Details 

00:25:23 - Outro

1) The Kickstarter Link! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bellowsintent/rolling-in-wonderland-0

2) Bellows Intent's Website: https://bellowsintent.com

3) Borogove Games' Website: https://borogovegames.com/games/riw

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You can email us at [email protected].

We can be found at www.boardallthetime.com and on Facebook at Board All The Time. 

We're on BlueSky now and loving it! At this point it really feels like BlueSky is for board gaming, so definitely check us out on there at https://bsky.app/profile/boardallthetime.bsky.social

If you would like to check out Mark's Top 100 list, it can be found at: https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/347553/top-100-games-2024-edition

If you'd like to help support the show and assist with the hosting costs, you can do so with our Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/boardallthetime

Our Discord server, which is still in Beta, can be joined at https://discord.gg/VbRWEpc6

We'd like to thank our sponsors as well:

Grand Gamers Guild! https://grandgamersguild.com - We love their games and are so stoked to be partnered with them. Check them out as well as their most recent Kickstarter project, Endangered: Australia. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/grandgamersguild/endangered-australia

Secret Door Games! https://www.secretdoorgames.org - They can be found at 215 S. Main St. in Elkhart, IN as well, Tuesday - Sunday opening each day at noon.

We'd also like to thank SoulProdMusic for the intro/outro music. 

Hey hey BATT Family! Welcome to this Kickstarter preview for Honor's End! The new 1-4 player co-op deckbuilding game from the mad scientists over at IV Studios, this is a beast of a game that has both an adventure mode as well as a full campaign. Today we are going to be specifically previewing that adventure mode and talking about how well the game plays at the 2-4 player ranges. Featuring wonderful art, you feel pulled into the world of Valoria here. Be sure to check the episode out, hit up their Kickstarter page, and then get in touch with us about what you think on Honor's End! There is a great opportunity right now (as of time of publishing) that you can still get in on the playtesting for the later chapters of the game, so we'll be putting a link to their Discord where the playtesting is occurring below as well.

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This episode's segments:

00:00:00 - Intro

00:01:00 - How the Game Plays

00:09:30 - Learning Curve / Ease of Teach

00:13:34 - Artwork / Components / Iconography

00:19:25 - Replayability / Player Count 

00:23:32 - What's to Like, What's to Dislike 

00:37:37 - Recommendations

00:39:13 - Final Thoughts / Outro

1) The Kickstarter Link! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ivstudios/honors-end

2) IV Studio's Website: https://shop.iv.studio

3) IV's Discord: https://discord.gg/iv-games-611272410880016390

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You can email us at [email protected].

We can be found at www.boardallthetime.com and on Facebook at Board All The Time. 

We're on BlueSky now and loving it! At this point it really feels like BlueSky is for board gaming, so definitely check us out on there at https://bsky.app/profile/boardallthetime.bsky.social

If you would like to check out Mark's Top 100 list, it can be found at: https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/347553/top-100-games-2024-edition

If you'd like to help support the show and assist with the hosting costs, you can do so with our Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/boardallthetime

Our Discord server, which is still in Beta, can be joined at https://discord.gg/VbRWEpc6

We'd like to thank our sponsors as well:

Grand Gamers Guild! https://grandgamersguild.com - We love their games and are so stoked to be partnered with them. Check them out as well as their most recent Kickstarter project, Endangered: Australia. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/grandgamersguild/endangered-australia

Secret Door Games! https://www.secretdoorgames.org - They can be found at 215 S. Main St. in Elkhart, IN as well, Tuesday - Sunday opening each day at noon.

We'd also like to thank SoulProdMusic for the intro/outro music. 

Hey hey BATT Family! Welcome to this review for Squirrel Away! Squirrel Away is a 3-6 player bluffing game that was provided to us by the publisher Floodgate Games. It is designed by Clarence Simpson and is legitimately a wonderful game. If you like bluffing and raucous moments in party games, you've gotta look into this one. Check out the review to find out what we thought of it and let us know what you think after listening by emailing us at [email protected]!

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This episode's segments:

00:00:00 - Intro

00:00:50 - How the Game Plays

00:04:12 - Learning Curve / Ease of Teach

00:05:02 - Artwork / Components / Iconography

00:07:17 - Replayability / Player Count 

00:10:30 - What's to Like, What's to Dislike 

00:12:24 - Recommendations

00:13:49 - Final Thoughts 

00:15:46 - Outro

1) No Notes! Other than I guess to say Hi Seppy! Thanks again for the game!

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You can email us at [email protected].

We can be found at www.boardallthetime.com and on Facebook at Board All The Time. 

We're on BlueSky now and loving it! At this point it really feels like BlueSky is for board gaming, so definitely check us out on there at https://bsky.app/profile/boardallthetime.bsky.social

If you would like to check out Mark's Top 100 list, it can be found at: https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/347553/top-100-games-2024-edition

If you'd like to help support the show and assist with the hosting costs, you can do so with our Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/boardallthetime

Our Discord server, which is still in Beta, can be joined at https://discord.gg/VbRWEpc6

We'd like to thank our sponsors as well:

Hey hey BATT Family! Welcome to Episode 25, another of our top ten lists with a special guest. This time was us getting Mark's good friend Austin onto the show to discuss the Top Ten Best Games We Don't Play Anymore. It's a fun topic for people who've played as many games for as long as we have to break down. We hope that you have as good of a time with us as we had recording it. This is also an episode where, yes, we are dedicating it entirely to older games but honestly it's to remind ourselves of good memories as well as maybe intrigue you in some games you may have never heard of or just haven't gotten to try. We played them all to where we're done with them, but that certainly doesn't mean that you wouldn't enjoy them. If you do try any of them out, let us know!

This is another moment of how long it's been since we recorded as well - this episode is coming out in September and I believe this was recorded back in May. The choices are all still valid, but the weird timeline jumps if you're listening to this back to back with Episode 24 is real. Regardless! Thanks for joining us on this final episode of Season One and we'll catch you on the start of Season Two on October 7th!

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This episode's segments:

00:00:00 - Intro / How Do We Know Our Guest

00:02:24 - List Selection Criteria

00:04:26 - Scott's 10 (Ticket to Ride)

00:06:23 - Austin's 10 (Star Wars Rebellion)

00:07:28 - Mark's 10 (Modern Art)

00:09:52 - Scott's 9 (Mysterium)

00:11:40 - Austin's 9 (Ra)

00:12:53 - Mark's 9 (Dead Men Tell No Tales)

00:15:03 - Scott's 8 (Atmosfear)

00:16:57 - Austin's 8 (Power Grid)

00:19:31 - Mark's 8 (Formula D)

00:21:16 - Scott's 7 (Formula D(e))

00:22:09 - Austin's 7 (Manhattan Project)

00:23:03 - Mark's 7 (Space Base)

00:24:57 - Scott's 6 (HeroQuest)

00:26:41 - Austin's 6 (Anachrony)

00:29:24 - Mark's 6 (Firenze)

00:32:09 - Scott's 5 (X-Men: Under Siege)

00:33:22 - Austin's 5 (Blood Rage)

00:36:00 - Mark's 5 (Quantum)

00:38:23 - Scott's 4 (Marvel Legendary)

00:40:47 - Austin's 4 (Kingdom Builder)

00:43:07 - Mark's 4 (Tortuga 2199)

00:45:34 - Scott's 3 (Talisman)

00:50:12 - Austin's 3 (Rising Sun)

00:53:03 - Mark's 3 (Mafiozoo)

00:55:53 - Scott's 2 (Dead of Winter)

00:59:18 - Austin's 2 (Five Tribes)

01:01:46 - Mark's 2 (Heroclix)

01:04:24 - Scott's 1 (Clue Master Detective)

01:06:19 - Austin's 1 (Food Chain Magnate)

01:09:30 - Mark's 1 (Android: Netrunner)

01:13:00 - Contact Info 

01:13:51 - Outro

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Notes!

1) Pub Meeple is an EXCELLENT free resource for the board gaming community for those that want to rank their ... whatever grouping. It has an API integration to BGG to scrape their database and allow you to create a list to rank. It can be found at https://www.pubmeeple.com/ranking-engine. You can use it for things other than board games, but why would you want to?

2) Wish we had more to discuss about Manhattan Project, but Austin was the only one of the three of us to have played it. 

3) The semi abrupt transition from Scott to Austin's number six was due to the dog getting up and barking like mad for a minute or two. We completely lost track of where we were, so we just moved on it seems like!

4) Turns out that Scott and Mark just kinda had a therapy session about Talisman and seemingly invited Austin to it. There was another about ten minutes on the game that got cut out. Austin's reactions were just too good to remove.

5) If you haven't heard it yet, go listen to Austin's story about Roads and Boats in our most recent Odds and Ends Episode: The Channel Update Edition. It's genuinely funny to me.

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You can email us at [email protected].

We can be found at www.boardallthetime.com and on Facebook at Board All The Time. 

We're on BlueSky now and loving it! At this point it really feels like BlueSky is for board gaming, so definitely check us out on there at https://bsky.app/profile/boardallthetime.bsky.social

If you'd like to help support the show and assist with the hosting costs, you can do so with our Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/boardallthetime

Our Discord server, which is still in Beta, can be joined at https://discord.gg/VbRWEpc6

We'd like to thank our sponsors as well:

We'd also like to thank SoulProdMusic for the intro/outro music. 

Hey hey BATT Family! Welcome to this review for FlipToons! FlipToons was very kindly provided to us by ThunderWorks Games and is an autobattler for 1-4 players with a playtime of around 30 minutes. It's a game with few rules and an easy teach that might be great for your next game night. Check out the review to find out what we thought of it and let us know what you think after listening by emailing us at [email protected].

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This episode's segments:

00:00:00 - Intro

00:01:23 - How the Game Plays

00:03:36 - Learning Curve / Ease of Teach

00:04:38 - Artwork / Components / Iconography

00:09:44 - Replayability / Player Count / Solo Mode

00:11:49 - What's to Like, What's to Dislike 

00:17:26 - Recommendations

00:19:33 - Final Thoughts 

00:23:47 - Secret Door Anniversary Sponsor

00:24:40 - Outro

1) No Notes! Other than I guess to say Hi Jess! Thanks for the game again!

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You can email us at [email protected].

We can be found at www.boardallthetime.com and on Facebook at Board All The Time. 

We're on BlueSky now and loving it! At this point it really feels like BlueSky is for board gaming, so definitely check us out on there at https://bsky.app/profile/boardallthetime.bsky.social

If you would like to check out Mark's Top 100 list, it can be found at: https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/347553/top-100-games-2024-edition

If you'd like to help support the show and assist with the hosting costs, you can do so with our Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/boardallthetime

Our Discord server, which is still in Beta, can be joined at https://discord.gg/VbRWEpc6

We'd like to thank our sponsors as well:

Secret Door Games! They can be found at https://www.secretdoorgames.org or 215 S. Main St, Elkhart Indiana

We'd also like to thank SoulProdMusic for the intro/outro music. 

Hey hey BATT Family! Thanks for the wait on this main episode to come out! August, even removing Gen Con from the equation, turned into (politely) a lot for the entire BATT crew. Between medical scares and surgeries, job changes, and all manner of other things it just became the month where we ended up needing to take the break. But we're stoked you're still with us and this episode is a lot of fun! We have some serious ups and downs on opinions through this one, so be sure to let us know how you feel about everything by emailing us at [email protected]! On with the show!

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This episode's segments:

00:00:00 - Intro

00:01:50 - What's Been on the Table

00:08:55 - Topic of the Week: Games We Care About in Themes We Don't

00:20:33 - Why Did I Play That: Nyet

00:36:16 - Table / Shelf / Trade

01:03:35 - Rotating Segment: Surprise Party

01:16:14 - Contact Info  

01:17:04 - Outro

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1) Endless Winter did leave the collection. It made Scott happy, but it was worth it to track down a super hard to find grail game for Mark. 

2) Sorry for how clumsy the guys were in this episode. Way more mic knocking than we've had in ages. Gonna blame that on it being very late the night we recorded.

3) Mark picked up Wrath of Fire Mountain at Gen Con 2024 for what it's worth. It took like ten months to table the thing.

4) The Table / Shelf / Trade segment this week got abbreviated because each of the guys brought two games and while the first game from each was short enough, each of their second games went on for over 15 minutes. We left Mark's in because of a later part of the episode, you'll hear Scott's as a standalone review in short order during season 2, and Jason's will be released in a future episode.  

5) Since the time of recording, Mark has played Fractured Sky more in both multiplayer and solo. His opinions have not changed at all. 

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You can email us at [email protected].

We can be found at www.boardallthetime.com and on Facebook at Board All The Time. 

We're on BlueSky now and loving it! At this point it really feels like BlueSky is for board gaming, so definitely check us out on there at https://bsky.app/profile/boardallthetime.bsky.social

If you would like to check out Mark's Top 100 list, it can be found at: https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/347553/top-100-games-2024-edition

If you'd like to help support the show and assist with the hosting costs, you can do so with our Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/boardallthetime

Our Discord server, which is still in Beta, can be joined at https://discord.gg/VbRWEpc6

We'd like to thank our sponsors as well:

Secret Door Games! They can be found at https://www.secretdoorgames.org or 215 S. Main St, Elkhart Indiana

We'd also like to thank SoulProdMusic for the intro/outro music.