Having recovered from the Tasha's Drinking Game over the last couple of episodes, Daffrid and Dysartes return to look at how to recover from one of the most troublesome ailments for a miniatures hobbyist - Painting Paralysis. How do we break the deadlock and get back to being productive?

On top of this discussion topic, we also catch up on what hobbying we’ve been doing over the last fortnight, we look at the news from Games Workshop, and we take a look at the news from the wider gaming world as well.

Originally recorded on August 12th 2024

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Following some technical difficulties - namely the blue smoke escaping from Daffrid's internet connection - our hosts are back to continue talking through their experiences at UK Games Expo 2026.

On top of our experience at the Expo, Dysartes managed to catch up with Will Kirkby, otherwise known as Chamonkee, Sheffield-based artist and creator. Will is the artist who did the illustration work for the award-winning Eat the Reich RPG, as well as some Critical Role products and his own projects.

As well as this discussion topic, we also catch up on what hobbying we’ve been doing over the last fortnight, we look at the news from Games Workshop, and we take a look at the news from the wider gaming world as well.

Originally recorded on June 29th 2026

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Daffrid and Dysartes have escaped from the Black Planet, and are ready to begin talking about their experiences at UK Games Expo. We did have to wait for Daffrid's voice to recover before we could record, however.

Dysartes managed to sit down with Chris and Hughie from Colour Forge, with that interview being in the discussion segment - the NEC is definitely a noisy spot to have a chat, even on the Friday.

On top of this discussion topic, we also catch up on what hobbying we’ve been doing over the last fortnight, we look at the news from Games Workshop, and we take a look at the news from the wider gaming world as well.

Originally recorded on June 8th 2026

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Note - Unfortunately, Daffrid lost his voice following UK Games Expo, so episode 52 is delayed. Instead, here's episode 4 to tide you over.

Daffrid and Dysartes finish taking a pause for breath, and return to looking at the changes to classes in the upcoming D&D 5e Revised (or 5.5, according to Dysartes). If you're partaking in the Tasha's Drinking Game, please do so responsibly.

On top of this discussion topic, we also catch up on what hobbying we’ve been doing over the last fortnight, we look at the news from Games Workshop, and we take a look at the news from the wider gaming world as well.

Originally recorded on July 29th 2024

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Daffrid and Dysartes return from the void to start looking at the changes to classes in the upcoming D&D 5e Revised (or 5.5, according to Dysartes). There's a lot to talk about, as our hosts have... thoughts, to the point this topic will be split across two episodes.

On top of this discussion topic, we also catch up on what hobbying we’ve been doing over the last fortnight, we look at the news from Games Workshop, and we take a look at the news from the wider gaming world as well.

Originally recorded on July 15th 2024

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Daffrid and Dysartes emerge from the shade once more to discuss which games they're wanting to try out at UK Games Expo 2026 - and there is quite the list.

On top of this discussion topic, we also catch up on what hobbying we’ve been doing over the last fortnight, we look at the news from Games Workshop, and we take a look at the news from the wider gaming world as well.

Originally recorded on May 18th 2026

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Daffrid and Dysartes are back, and continue with their look back at UK Games Expo 2024. Survive: Escape from Atlantis, Shadowrun, and Battletech all got a test run, alongside a discussion about Joyride, a new racing game from Rebellion.

On top of this discussion topic, we also catch up on what hobbying we’ve been doing over the last fortnight, we look at the news from Games Workshop, and we take a look at the news from the wider gaming world as well.

Note - We were still working on the audio at this point, so apologies for any issues.

Originally recorded on July 1st 2024

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Daffrid and Dysartes return to see how various AI models coped with digesting Daffrid's roleplaying scenario from the last episode, and how they did with regurgitating that content into new forms, as well as suggesting additions to what came before. Maybe we'll find out whether Dysartes is too cynical - or not cynical enough - when it comes to the Abominable Intelligence.

On top of this artifical discussion topic, we also catch up on what hobbying we’ve been doing over the last fortnight, we look at the news from Games Workshop, and we take a look at the news from the wider gaming world as well.

Originally recorded on May 4th 2026

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Hello, and welcome to The Encounter Deck. Join Daffrid and Dysartes for their first venture into the podcasting world, taking a look at the news from Games Workshop, stories from the wider gaming world, and covering the first half of their discussion of their experiences at UK Games Expo 2024.

Please note - as this was the first episode we recorded, there may be some audio issues as we needed to learn the process.

Originally recorded on June 17th 2024

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Daffrid and Dysartes return to tackle the deck's last challenge - follow a series of prompts from the Deck of Wonders to create a tabletop roleplaying scenario. It looks like one of our hosts has been a wee bit enthusiastic on this particular task...

On top of this novel discussion topic, we also catch up on what hobbying we've been doing over the last fortnight, we look at the news from Games Workshop, and we take a look at the news from the wider gaming world as well.

Originally recorded on April 20th 2026

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