Episodes
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HAPPY HALLOWEEN! The Red Rains have created a horrible sea monster hellbent on wreaking havoc in everything and everyone in its wake! On this episode Red Rains designer Nick is talking about the new evil chimera coming to the world of Ashes Reborn early 2025! So get pumped and become a subscriber today through our partners Team Covenant.
Plus Donald comes up with a rigged game of his making to determine which Phoenixborn have certain vices!
Read the Flood of Mooncove announcement here!
Theme song by Alex Eding.
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Colby, Jerry and Niki are back from Essen Spiel! Plaid Hat Games had it's biggest booth to date, demoing Summoner Wars and Wandering Galaxy: A Crossroads Game. Find out what adventures the gang got into in Germany, from the Essen Light Festival to fun vending machine toys!
Theme by Alex Eding!
Learn more about Wandering Galaxy.
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Nick and Niki talk about their time at Grand Con and are excited about upcoming Summoner Wars decks as Donald attempts to categorize each Plaid Hat employee. Which Dragon Ball character are they? What type of Magic mana do their spirits represent? Donald gets to the bottom of all those burning questions in this episode!
Theme song by Alex Eding!
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We're joined by our friend, game designer, and demoer Jeffrey Joyce in this episode where we recap our Gen Con 2024 experiences! From games played, food ate and activities rendered, find out what the Plaid Hat crew was up to this convention!
Theme music provided by Alex Eding!
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Donald, Jerry, Bistro and voice actor Elizabeth Maxwell discuss the audio for Wandering Galaxy: A Crossroads Game. Hear all the ins and outs of recording actors for board games!
Wandering Galaxy is live on Kickstarter now - http://kck.st/3y1Db94
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Donald, Jerry and Colby discuss the ongoing Kickstarter for Wandering Galaxy, answering some FAQ that we've received from backers.
Learn more about Wandering Galaxy here!
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Donald, Jerry and Joe discuss the first day of our very first Kickstarter for the upcoming game Wandering Galaxy: A Crossroads Game. We funded about an hour after the campaign launched and the support is still rolling in! They talk about the small hiccup we had (Sleeve Gate) and all the behind the scenes gossip your little hearts desire.
Learn more about Wandering Galaxy here!
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We're back for the summer talking about the newly announced Summoner Wars factions - The Filth and Chosen Grove, and the upcoming Ashes Reborn Red Rains expansion - The Spawn of Shadowreck!
Plus Niki shares her experiences at Origins Game Fair, where she showed off Wandering Galaxy: A Crossroads Game to media!
Get notified when Wandering Galaxy launches on Kickstarter this July.
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Joe and Donald discuss their ultimate goal in life - being in a dad band, along with the new Summoner Wars factions releasing next week.
Plus they participate in a game where they guess and discuss Board Game Geek ratings for classic tabletop games.
The Storm Goblins and Shimmersea Fae faction decks release next week and will be playable on SummonerWarsOnline.com on the 14th!
Theme song by Alex Eding
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Ashes Red Rains designer Nick gives an update on what's happening with the Ashes Reborn line. The divine magic set Siege of Lordswall is due to release very soon!
Plus Joe quizzes Niki and Nick on their Ashes card lore. See whose brain is full of flavor text knowledge.
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Theme song by the great Alex Eding!
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This summer we'll boldy go where Plaid Hat Games has never gone before - Kickstarter!
For the first time ever we'll be using the popular crowdfunding site to launch Jerry Hawthorne's (Stuffed Fables,Mice&Mystics) newest title - Wandering Galaxy: A Crossroads Game. In this episode we give a sneak peek of what to expect in this upcoming Space Opera, and find out what science fiction media inspires us.
Plus we discuss why we've decided to utilize crowdfunding after 15 years of straight to retail publishing for new game releases.
Get Notified for Wandering Galaxy Kickstarter Launch
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Theme by Alex Eding!
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Get ready for the best science and history lesson of your life!
Colby, Joe and Niki share some exciting news about Summoner Wars Online, coming soon to iOS and Android!
Colby gets confused by Fae fantasy creatures and they discuss other upcoming factions - including the electrifying Storm Goblins!
Get notified for the launch of Wandering Galaxy - coming this summer.
Theme song by Alex Eding!
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Our First Episode of 2024!
Each of us at PHG have a few gaming resolutions for the New Year and we're sharing them with the world. Will we make that Commander deck? Finally finish Tears of the Kingdom? Play games with gasp strangers?! Now y'all gotta hold us accountable!
Plus we tease a new board game that we're announcing next month!
Theme song by Alex Eding!
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On this episode of the Plaid Hat Podcast we discuss our experiences at PAXUnplugged, from games to food and bathroom emergencies! We also let listeners know what's coming up at the beginning of 2024 with Ashes Reborn and Summoner Wars 2nd Edition.
This is the last episode of 2023, so get your Plaid Hat fix before the year ends!
Theme song by Alex Eding!
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Ashes Reborn playmats can be found here! And don't forget to become a subscriber.
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We discuss our upcoming Plaid Friday sale that starts this Wednesday, November 22nd! Get 30% off select Summoner Wars and Ashes Reborn games.
Plus we'll be at PAXU in a few weeks demoing Freelancers: A Crossroads Game.
Nick, Donald and Niki also talk about what they're most thankful for since Thanksgiving is almost here. *Spoilers: Nick has been playing a lot of Ticket to Ride Legacy with the gaming group he's thankful for.
Plaid Friday Sale - https://www.plaidhatgames.com/store/
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Colby and Niki recap their experience at Essen Spiel this year along with demoer Philipp. Find out how Germany treated the Plaid Hat crew in their first fair there since becoming independent again!
Theme music by Alex Eding!
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Find out what's coming up next for Summoner Wars Second Edition from designers and developers Colby and Joe! The Goats and Vamps are coming this month, so make sure to become a subscriber today to be among the first to receive these new factions!
Try Summoner Wars for free at SummonerWarsOnline.com
Theme song by Alex Eding!
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Ashes Reborn Update!
The newest Red Rains Expansion Set - The Frostwild Scourge just released to Team Covenant Subscribers. Now find out what is next for Ashes Reborn with the developer and Red Rains designer Nick Conley. Also featuring special guests Lark and NoSuchMethod, both veteran playtesters for Plaid Hat Games!
Become an Ashes Reborn subscriber through our partners Team Covenant.
Theme by Alex Eding.
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Gen Con 2023 was fun, exhausting, and turned out to be Plaid Hat's best Gen Con ever!
We released our new game Freelancers: A Crossroads Game at the con, and our booth was popping. Find out what else made this year's convention special, what our favorite games were, and how many of us came home sick in this episode!
Theme music by Alex Eding!
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We follow up with Kuni, one of the creators of Super Auto Pets, about what's new for their fantastic auto battler game. SAP has some exciting updates coming, and some are available now! Kuni talks about building community and responding to playtesters that you may or may not agree with.
Play Super Auto Pets for FREE!
Theme song by Alex Eding!
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