Featuring: Ashgar, Belghast, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen

Hey Folks! We are down a few people this week as we start up our show. Bel is in the process of trying to reboot "Bel Folks Stuff" and realized that he recorded an episode with Tam that never got released. We talk about this weird pre-pandemic time capsule. We discuss building a table for Infinity and how it is a game that wants something more akin to Mordheim. From there, Ash and Kodra discuss the Rabbit and Steel expansion and unlocking new content. We go down a bit of a continuation of a topic from a month ago as we discuss the games that we did not end up playing, and more specifically, Tam exploring what Ys has to offer. Ashes of Creation was one of the more successful Kickstarter MMORPGs, but that is no more, because the entire project imploded almost overnight. We talk a bit about that situation and also what goes wrong when trying to build a niche MMORPG for a limited audience. Finally, Tam shares some of his recent experiences learning to play Star Trek Online and trying to be successful at doing so.

Topics Discussed:

• Bel Folks Stuff Tam Episode

• Building an Infinity Table

• Rabbit and Steel Expansion

• Ys

• Games We Didn't Play

• Ashes of Creation Implosion

• Trying to be good at Star Trek Online

Featuring: Ace, Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Kodra, and Thalen

Good Morning Folks! We are down a Tam this week and had some topics that were sitting on our list for a bit. We start off talking about the official end of Anthem and the Mark Darrah video that effectively provides an autopsy for the game. Loosely related, we talk about the impending death of New World in January 2027. This forces us down the path of talking about what the heck even makes an MMO anymore, and how we largely agree that it requires random interaction with other players to count. We decided that the lobby-based games are PSOLikes since the first game we can remember that was that way was Phantasy Star Online on the Dreamcast. From there, we talk a bit about Shape of Dream,s another Roguelike that Ash and Kodra have been playing. Bel shares his thoughts on Legacy of Phrecia 2.0 in Path of Exile, and Kodra shares his endgame thoughts about Path of Exile II. We wrap the show up talking about the impending patch in Guild Wars 2 that is going to add quickplay for raids and the new Fashion Plates adjacent system.

Topics Discussed:

• Anthem is Offline

• New World will soon Die

• What Makes an MMORPG

• PSOLikes

• Shape of Dreams

• Path of Exile Legacy of Phrecia 2.0

• Path of Exile 2 - Endgame Thoughts

• Guild Wars 2 Fashion Plates

Featuring: Ace, Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen

Hey Folks! We are back in full force and continuing our adventure through the second part of the Games of the Year 2025 podcast. We cut the list in half, giving us fifteen games that we were talking about in each episode. This is not necessarily a numerical list, but the titles that appear later in the shows did get more votes. It was a great year for gaming, but also a year where we were constantly getting distracted by the next big thing coming down the pipe. While we played a lot of games… we did not necessarily FINISH a lot of games.

Topics Discussed:

• Fantasy Life - The Girl Who Steals Time

• Chess.Com

• Guild Wars Reforged

• Cauldron

• Ghost of Yotei

• Dune Awakening

• Atelier Resleriana The Red Alchemist & The White Guardian

• Deltarune Chapters 3-4

• Wanderstop

• Where Winds Meet

• Path of Exile Legacy of Phrecia

• Split Fiction

• Hades II

• Blue Prince

• Silksong

Featuring: Ace, AmmosArt, Ashgar, Belghast, Kodra, and Tamrielo

Good Morning Folks! We are running things a bit differently this year. Due to unforeseen reasons, Thalen could not join us this week. As such, we paused our games of the year show to record a brief intermission show. This week, we talked about Star Citizen, Pokémon Legends Z-A, Hytale, OrcaCon, Starfinder, Void Miner, the Amazing World of Retro Handhelds, and Kodra finally enjoying Path of Exile II. We ran a bit longer than normal and, as such, cut the show a bit more abruptly than usual. Pretty packed show for being something we pulled together on the spur of the moment, and also bumped a bunch of topics for our show after we wrap the games of the year.

Topics Discussed:

• Star Citizen Engineering

• Pokemon Legends Z-A

• Hytale

• OrcaCon

• • Starfinder Thoughts

• Void Miner

• Retro Handhelds

• Path of Exile II and Kodra

Featuring: Ace, Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen

Hey Folks! It is that time again, time to roll over into a new season, and time to record our massive two-part games of the year show. As we roll into Season 13, we have a minor revision to our lineup and two shows stacked with fifteen games each. As is our tradition, the list was divided into two parts, and the more votes a title got, the later in the show it appeared. It was a great year for gaming, but also a year where we were constantly getting distracted by the next big thing coming down the pipe. While we played a lot of games… we did not necessarily FINISH a lot of games.

Topics Discussed:

• Slormancer

• Sunderfolk

• Monster Hunter Wilds

• Hell Clock

• Grimshire

• Mercenaries of Trarthus

• Final Fantasy Tactics

• Digimon Story: Time Stranger

• Soulstone Survivors

• Ball x Pit

• Guild Wars 2 Fractal Incursion

• Xenoblade Chronicles X Def. Edition

• Dispatch

• Destiny Rising

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Featuring: Belghast, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen

Hey Folks! It is that weird time between holidays, and we are down about half of our folks for various reasons. We push forward and record a pretty focused show around a few topics. We start off discussing Q-Up, a game that effectively has a lot of things to say about League of Legends, and also discuss other games like Rabbit and Steel that are themselves commentaries on other games. From there, Kodra takes Bel to task about Path of Exile II, and mostly how the game seemingly has no interest in making sure you can beat Act 1 with any build and player experimentation. Thalen has been back in Warframe and attempts to recruit us all to the fold, and honestly… it is working. Lastly, we wrap the show with some discussion about the genre that evolved out of MMORPGs… where the games are far less massive, but still sort of feel like they are a multiplayer experience in spite of only focusing on a handful of players.

Topics Discussed:

• Q-Up

• Path of Exile II Still Uninterested in Experimentation

• Board Games

• Returning to Warframe

• The MMO Successor Genre

Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Kodra, and Thalen

Hey Folks! We are down a Tam and a Grace this week but push through with a limited crew. Bel gets called out by Kodra for being entirely too comfortable with excessive grinds… this time specifically talking about World Completion in Guild Wars 2. Kirby Air Riders is a weird game and we talk a bout it. Bel shares his extended thoughts about Path of Exile II and its current state as well as the Demon Bear being pretty freaking great. Kodra has been trying to wrap up Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and talks a bit about that. Ash is doing dumb things in Guild Wars 1 and apparently so is Kodra… so we talk about Guild Wars Reforged again. Ultimately Sheep Raccoon is the sequel to podcast favorite Ultimate Chicken Horse and we once again recommend it. Bel talks about the Paladin in Diablo IV and how it is almost as silly as the Last Epoch thorns build. Kodra talks a bit about Blitz Chess and Thalen is back in Warframe and talks about that.

Topics Discussed:

• Bel's Grind Quotient

• Kirby Air Riders is Weird

• Path of Exile II Bear is Great

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

• Guild Wars 1 Nonsense

• Ultimate Sheep Raccoon

• Diablo IV Paladin is Silly

• Kodra and Blitz Chess

• Thalen back in Warframe

Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, and Tamrielo

Hey Folks! We are down a Thalen this week but continue chipping away at our massive backlog of discussion topics after taking two weeks off due to holiday and illness. We start off with some talk about Dwarven Realms Season 5 and how it allows you to get all the loot without gating your access. From there, we talk about Star Citizen and how it has mostly kept all of its promises during the 2025 release schedule. Most of us have been playing Guild Wars Reforged, and we talk a bit about how much better the game looks and what we are playing. Grace discusses a Vampire-Survivors-like that has building sim functionality in the very long-named Monsters Are Coming! Rock & Road. Bel has ventured forth into the realm of FDM printing and talks about various lessons learned. Lastly, a quick topic as Bel shares that the POE2 bear is really good, but so is the recently shadow-dropped Paladin in Diablo 4.

Topics Discussed:

• Dwarven Realms Season 5

• Star Citizen 2025 Releases

• Guild Wars Reforged

• Monsters are Coming! Rock & Road

• Where Winds Meet

• Bel Loves FDM Printing

• POE2 Bear and D4 Paladin