The Midwest Scrubcast

What, the Scrubcast talking about X-Wing? Fitwest winner Conor returns for his slightly more legitimate prize of dubious value, which ends up being a chance to wax nostalgic about X-Wing. The news of X-Wing's end of official development gives rise to an emotionally complicated mix of grievance and hope.

The winner of the prize of dubious value for the Fitwest Scrub April is very belatedly announced. And the Scrubs review the variety of board games that we played at Geekway to the West board game convention.

The most important information in this episode is that the Scrubdown is postponed to an unknown date, maybe this summer, it depends on when our venue mysteriously returns or we break down and find a different one. The less important information is what we did at Adepticon, stuff about dinosaurs, then somehow we got from there to sports where you hit each other, and then founding fathers trivia. I don't know!

The Scrubs are getting geared up to go to Adepticon, and to start in on Fitwest April! We discuss various games we're currently playing such as Helldivers, Senjutsu, and the Fast & Furious board game. Unfortunately, the details of the Scrubdown are still up in the air due to our venue vanishing with no ETA on reappearance. We'll provide updates when we have something.

I don't even know how to summarize the stream of consciousness that is this episode, but it is time to get excited about Adepticon, and then Fitwest April, and then Geekway to the West, and then The Midwest Scrubdown itself! It's going to be a fun spring!

Most importantly, this episode announces the tentative date for the Midwest Scrubdown 3! Less importantly, there's Nintendo trivia, mead, and laser eyes.

At long last our October Fitwest winner of the dubious prize has joined us, and it's not the winner that was foretold! Thank you to Conor for joining us to talk about teeth and Deadlands and etc. Join our Discord if you like: https://discord.gg/92WJYpz

We're drawing the winner of the Fitwest Prize of Dubious Value [00:08:00], and this leads to all kinds of health and fitness talk, along with tales of Dan's roomba. Thanks for participating in the Fitwest October Challenge, and we hope you'll join us again in April!

If you're a tabletop gamer, which we have to assume you probably are, check out the soon-to-be-releasing game Senjutsu, which Clint describes about 40 minutes into the episode, it's a really neat Samurai-themed concept. Senjutsu website: https://www.stoneswordgames.com/senjutsu Senjutsu overview video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCgRD0JM8xM Senjutsu TTS mod: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2869392837

It's the start of the October Fitwest Challenge, and among other things we're talking about why don't school buses have seatbelts, why aren't pies made of oranges, and what is a Kolache to you? Join our Discord to participate in Fitwest October! https://discord.gg/92WJYpz

Like a lot of other nerds, the Scrubs are getting into Baldur's Gate 3 right now, but first we had to talk about broken feet and Lorcana and Crystal Pepsi. Join our Discord! https://discord.gg/92WJYpz

This episode is definitely not an ad for Pokemon Unite. It's also not an ad for chaos the board game and Pope Joan and the worst place to go canamping. Join our Discord! https://discord.gg/92WJYpz

In an episode with nothing related even to Star Wars, the Scrubs discuss Spartan racing, Starship Troopers, and Skyrim the campaign style board game. Starship Troopers is at least space themed, right? Join our Discord! https://discord.gg/92WJYpz

Congratulations to Travis, randomly drawn winner of the prize of dubious value of guesting on the podcast! With Travis along for the ride, we discuss park runs, backpacking, and board games. Timestamps: [00:00:33] Intro starts | [00:00:37] Intro derailed| [00:10:00] Intro finally concludes, Fitwest related content begins | [00:55:00] Geekway and board games Join our Discord! https://discord.gg/92WJYpz

The cast recaps the glory of the Midwest Scrubdown 2: The Empire Scrubs Your Back with tournament winner Will Scott. And also there's some fresh centaur content.

The Scrubs are fueled by free desserts, and ready to wrap up the story of the SWRPG campaign. Join our Discord! https://discord.gg/92WJYpz

The Scrubs are alive, after all contracting COVID at Worlds, and after a brief reminiscence on Adepticon, we're ready to continue the tale of SWRPG. Timestamps: [00:02:00] Worlds | [00:15:00] SWRPG Join our Discord! https://discord.gg/92WJYpz

The Scrubs relate the epic adventure of their Star Wars RPG characters, and discuss some of the narrative strategies and game mechanics used by Clint to keep things entertaining and at least more on track than a Scrubcast opening. It's almost Fitwest Scrub April Challenge time, so if you want to participate make sure you get in the Discord! https://discord.gg/92WJYpz

If you've been thinking about giving the most recent Star Wars Roleplaying Game from FFG a try, hang on til about halfway through this thing, and we'll get around to starting to tell you about our experiences with it!

Clint wrecked our content plan by being absent, so we're going rogue, and talking about...wire sheathing? And plausible zombies and eels. And the arrival of metal objective markers! If you want to pick up your order at World's please contact us. Join our Discord! https://discord.gg/92WJYpz

The Scrubs ramble with the official winner of the Fitwest Scrub Challenge prize of dubious value. We learn about long days, bees, and trains, and get a casual European player's perspective on the new AMG changes. Join our Discord! https://discord.gg/92WJYpz

Color us Andor fans. Especially Matt. But most importantly, the date for the Midwest Scrubdown 2: The Empire Scrubs Your Back (working title) is announced! Timestamps: [ANDOR] | [the last 7 minutes] Announcements Join our Discord! https://discord.gg/92WJYpz

Our guest today is the backup winner of the Fitwest Scrub October Challenge randomly drawn prize of dubious value, Drew Brody, whose excellent photographs are a joy to us all during Fitwest season. Featuring the surprising power of walking to keep your organs from exploding, and the promised centaur content (https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/922213722049642496/1044283457670488166/unknown.png). Stay tuned til the end for Drew's fascinating perspective on why Dan and Clint never succeeded in math. Timestamps: [00:04:30] Scrub AA Meeting | [00:30:00] The Crazy Benefits of Walking | [00:45:00] Centaur Content | [01:00:00] Drew's Ted Talk Join our Discord! https://discord.gg/92WJYpz

The Fitwest Scrub October Challenge randomly drawn winner of the prize of dubious value is announced! Also, the Scrubs disagree philosophically with SOS, and Matt shares what he's learned about the possibly no longer cannon legend of Jar Jar's father. Timestamps: [00:02:00] Fitwest October Wrapup | [00:14:00] Actual X-Wing Talk | [00:33:00] George R Binks | [00:50:00] Announcements Join our Discord! https://discord.gg/92WJYpz

The Scrubs welcome back special crew member Johnn (with 2 N's) to regale our listeners with the tales of our recent Fitwest-themed adventures. Also, Matt hates droids, and Clint's burning curiosity about Johnn is finally satisfied. Join our Discord! https://discord.gg/92WJYpz

The Scrubs share some Fitwest adventures, and give positive recommendations for bidets. Stick around til at least minute 41 for the bad news about the scrub objective markers... Join our Discord! https://discord.gg/92WJYpz

The Scrubs explore their feelings on new pilots and the recently announced 2.0 Legacy errata and rules changes, worry about TTT, plug Unmatched, and plot to abolish daylight savings. To find points updates, rules, and other information about the Legacy X-Wing initiative such as links to their Discord and squad builder, go to https://x2po.org/. If you want in on the Fitwest Scrub challenge, join our Discord: https://discord.gg/92WJYpz

Matt reports on his continual un-scrubby tournament performances, and we debate the merits of 2 point ships. Also, get yourselves mentally prepared for the fast approaching Fitwest Scrub October Challenge! Join our Discord to get in on the Fitwest action! https://discord.gg/92WJYpz

Some familiar voices from the X-Wing podcasting world join the Scrubs to talk about their latest, less Star-Wars-related endeavors. We took advantage of having guests experienced in reviews to finally air all our joys and grievances about the Kenobi series! For some much better reviews of TV and film than we Scrubs can manage, you can find Spoilers Intended at https://www.spoilersintendedpodcast.com/ or wherever you get your podcasts. And if you somehow don't know where to find it already, let me direct you to https://www.etsy.com/shop/CurledPawCreatives for all your X-Wing acrylic needs! Join our Discord! https://discord.gg/92WJYpz

Gencon first impressions from the Scrubs who watched it, and then we get to what Dan actually cares about, grilling Matt about how Minecraft works. Timestamps: [00:17:00] Gencon | [00:42:00] Games We've Been Playing | [01:23:00] Announcements Join our Discord! https://discord.gg/92WJYpz

We Scrubs meant to talk about more than just this one recent Disney Star Wars series, but somehow we talked about other things and then got stuck on Boba Fett for way too long. Timestamps: [00:03:00] Actual X-Wing Talk Devolving Into Nonsense | [00:20:00] Games We've Been Playing | [00:40:00] Book of Boba Fett Join our Discord! https://discord.gg/92WJYpz

With the excitement of the Scrubdown past and no guests to entertain us, the Scrubs have to re-remmeber how to make content. Hang on til the end if you want food talk! Before that, Matt shares the 2.5 tournament he actually enjoyed playing in, and Outer Rim is a definitively better game now. Timestamps: [00:03:00] Windy City Trials | [00:24:00] Outer Rim Expansion | [00:46:00] Matt's 1v1 League Join our Discord! https://discord.gg/92WJYpz

Several members of the interim council of 2.0 X-Wing are on the cast to explain their mission to keep everyone in the game, regardless of which edition they prefer to play. You can find the X-Wing Legacy squadbuilder at https://xwing-legacy.com/ and here is an invite link to the Legacy 2.0 discord: https://discord.gg/rU5agW6W5u

The champion (Tommy Adams) and runner up (Doug Howe) of the possibly-inaugural Midwest Scrubdown join the cast to cover the tournament.

Congratulations to the randomly drawn winner of the April Fitwest Scrub prize of dubious value! He joins us in this episode to talk about pushups and ARC-170s.

The Scrubs recount their first X-Wing adventure with the whole cast since The Changes, and then eventually get to what they really care about this week, a recently discovered board game.

Turns out, brains are really weird. And the Midwest Scrub Himself has a more different brain than most of us! Dan shares how his SDAM does (and doesn't) affect the game of X-Wing and the game of life.

Matt reports back from the first big 2.5 event, and we discuss details for the Scrubdown and for the Fitwest Scrub April Challenge! Join our Discord! https://discord.gg/92WJYpz

The Scrubs get nitpicky with version 2.5 Join our Discord! https://discord.gg/92WJYpz

The Scrubs seek insight from our friend Goose (or Drew), who is one of the lucky few to have experienced version 2.5 tournament play in the Cherokee Open. Join our Discord! https://discord.gg/92WJYpz

The Scrubs welcome Ben of the Rogue Outpost blog, who has dropped by to talk about content creation in the current era of X-Wing. You can read the insightful X-Wing words of Ben and his fellow contributors at https://rogueoutpost.co.uk/. And don't forget to join our Discord! https://discord.gg/92WJYpz

Matt reports on a excellent LVO run that is bringing his status on the podcast even further into question. Join our Discord! https://discord.gg/92WJYpz

Amid the usual detours, the Scrubs are reviewing a homebrew Aces High scenario from community member Goose, and answering some excellent audience questions. Timestamps: [00:06:30] Secret Sith! | [00:21:00] Audience Question | [00:57:00] Announcements and Nonsense Join our Discord! https://discord.gg/92WJYpz

Since we won't be recording over the holidays, the Scrubs are happy to instead present this extra episode, featuring Italy's Filippo Bosi discussing (in between our many tangents) the SW Chain initiative. You can see one version of his press release post explaining the highlights here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/flybetter/permalink/3222569077975599/. Keep your eyes open for developments on this very exciting effort!

It's a milestone episode, and the Scrubs are answering all your listener questions, whether insightful or nonsense! Join our Discord! https://discord.gg/92WJYpz

The infamous Bruno LaVigueur is here to give us a French Canadian perspective on the X-Wing world. Who is Joann, and how badly can some scrubs butcher the French language? You can (and should) find all the episodes of the Loremaster Quiz at: http://www.milleniumcondor.com/ For more scrubby insanity, join us on our discord! https://discord.gg/92WJYpz

The Scrubs welcome Johnn with 2 Ns, the winner of our Fitwest Scrub October drawing! We had some things to say about X-Wing, some things to say about vegetables...and our eyes have been opened to the power of interns. Join our Discord! https://discord.gg/92WJYpz

We tried to at least have fun with the bread that surrounds the the inevitable sour lunchmeat inside this episode sandwich. Timestamps: [00:07:30] Fitwest Scrub Challenge Winners! | [00:20:00] What else can you talk about except ROAD? | [00:57:00] Annoucements and Nonsense Join our Discord! https://discord.gg/92WJYpz

The Scrubs have several recent adventures to relate, both X-Wing related and not. Turns out we're not just Scrubs about X-Wing games! You can follow Wolf Squadron here to stay tuned in for news about next year's NEA Game Fest if you're interested: https://www.facebook.com/groups/wolf.squadron.ar Join our Discord! https://discord.gg/92WJYpz

The Scrubs welcome special guest Jan Ullerup, creator of the Pink Brain Matter X-Wing statistics site. He tells us all about the magic behind it, and what the data says about our beloved mascot Guri. You can find Pink Brain Matter here: https://www.pinksquadron.dk/pbm/ and Thule Squadron Radio here: https://thulesquadronradio.podbean.com/ Timestamps: [00:07:30] Pink Brain Matter Behind the Scenes | [00:30:00] Guri Data | [00:55:00] A Pink Brain Matter Perspective on New Changes & Points Join our Discord! https://discord.gg/92WJYpz

Sorry that some of this episode is newscasting, we haven't really had anything else on our minds except the AMG announcement of the end of the bid. And vegetables, I guess. Join our Discord! https://discord.gg/92WJYpz