This here formerly-exclusive episode is the first of two sessions we played of The Quiet Year, a collaborative map building game that we absolutely fell in love with!

From the book itself... "This is a map-drawing game. Together, you play as a community rebuilding after the collapse of civilization. Your decisions will define the values and future of this community, and these decisions will get added to a map which is constantly evolving. This map blends literal cartography with symbols, creating a rich visual record of land and people. Players collaborate to steer the fate of the community, while also introducing problems and tensions along the way."

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Wolf the Dog played "My Life is Great and It's All My Fault" by Altar Girl.

Time to see who listens closely. Those who do will understand. Mostly.

Alternative titles include: Equality and Dads More Blood Magic Wish For War, Please Don't Sl*t-Shame My Daughter War's Back on the Menu

This episode features Scott Dorward from The Good Friends of Jackson Elias and Ellinor DiLorenzo from The Lost Mountain Saga and The Glass Cannon Network's Androids & Aliens.

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Wolf the Dog played "My Life is Great and It's All My Fault" by Altar Girl.

Alternative titles include: What About A World... She's a Beautiful Bird Diggory Was Always Wrong We're Brainstorming

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Wolf the Dog played "My Life is Great and It's All My Fault" by Altar Girl.

Alternative titles include: Turns Out There's One Right God An Acceptable Compromise Everybody's Full Father Figure You Are Magic Man Mast Vajority The NASCARhole I'll Follow You Into the Dark Ionic Dirt Is Over There Aunt Crawling

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Wolf the Dog played "My Life is Great and It's All My Fault" by Altar Girl.

One Cattle After Another would work as an episode title, but no one said it. Though I don't think that movie was out yet when we recorded this episode.

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Wolf the Dog played "My Life is Great and It's All My Fault" by Altar Girl.

Can The Bastard stop The Dastard? Fird ord nord!

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The Expanded City Action News Team tours the Fred Factory.

Alternate titles include: A Regret of God Horndog for Raw Footage Cryptopods Full of NFT Monkeys

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IT'S CHARITY MONTH AT 694.2 PTBP!

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Wolf the Dog played "My Life is Great and It's All My Fault" by Altar Girl.

Shoutout to Giboticus on Discord for the episode title suggestion -- nailed it.

Alternate titles include: Deep in the Beer River City Life is Beautiful (Roberto Benigni) The World of the Dead and the Damned Leave the Body; Take His Head

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Wolf the Dog played "My Life is Great and It's All My Fault" by Altar Girl.

It's dire; coming down to the wire. Will our "heroes" expire before they acquire what they desire?

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