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We’re celebrating the leap year with milkshakes and munchies at The Malted Meeple! There may not have been a lot of geek news over the past week, but there are a couple of big stories regarding DC and Disney that we need to cover. Plus, we discuss a few upcoming events that you might […]
Ken and Miss Dawn are hanging out at The Malted Meeple with Leah and Dan to talk about some of the movies coming out through the end of the year. We have some last minute Con on the Cob details to share and Dan also tells us a bit about his new D&D podcast. […]
If it is the end of the quarter, then that means that GW1 is back at the Malted Meeple and it is time to talk about the next run of upcoming movies! Along with that, we have OddMall talk, news and A NEW SPONSOR!! So, kick back, relax and get ready to take notes! […]
Geek Watch One is four years old! Yeah, we have no idea how that happened either, but it’s time to celebrate at The Malted Meeple. And they gave us a surprise – we got to go through one of their new escape rooms! We have some details (without giving away any secrets), including the fact […]
This is today's Celestial Attic Podcast, the weekday calendar edition. This is also a format change to a shorter calendar-only podcast for consumption in your daily flash brief on Amazon's echo or other audio device. Look for longer podcasts featuring news, reviews and interviews on the weekends. Today we have your chance to win a pair of passes to Cleveland Cinemas. Just listen for the trivia question, and send us your answer. Email your answer to CelestialAttic2018@celestialattic.com. Read and listen to enter the drawing to be drawn each Wednesday and Saturday, with in-person drawings at the Worldcon Party and Picnic at the End of the Universe. Immediate family members of Celestial Attic's owners and employees are ineligible to win. You must be 18 and older to win. No purchase is required to win. Be sure to check out our sponsors, Cleveland Cinemas, Imaginary Worlds Comics and Collectables, Library of America, Mac's Backs Books of Coventry, The Malted Meeple, The Mummy and the Mo
It’s time again to talk about movies! We’re at The Malted Meeple to talk about the movies coming out over the next few months – and there are more than we expected. We also have a bit of an update for Con on the Cob and Oddmall. Plus there is news to share about some comicbook […]
The movie we’ve been waiting 10 years for has finally arrived! So this week, joined by a few friends at The Malted Meeple, we have all the details and a full, spoiler-filled review of Avengers: Infinity War. Plus, we share details on the new series Cobra Kai following the characters from the original Karate […]
It’s that time again, when our monthly Meeplecast meets movie previews. A few friends joined us at the new location of The Malted Meeple to talk about some of the more interesting movies coming out over the next few months, from blockbusters to a few potential sleeper hits. Of course, we have some of […]
We have a bit of a mixed bag for you this week in our final Meeplecast from the original location of The Malted Meeple. With no big movie release to talk about (don’t worry, we do have box office updates on Black Panther), we picked a few interesting stories that you may not have […]
This week we’re at The Malted Meeple celebrating our third birthday! It’s hard to believe we’ve been at this for three years already… and we still get along with each other! In addition to a bit of reminiscing, Kylan brings us his first book review of the year. And we’re talking Oscar nominations – […]
It’s our last show from 2017 and we’re celebrating the year that was with some friends at The Malted Meeple. We cover what we enjoyed in tv, movies and more from the past year and talk about what we’re anticipating in the new year. Plus, we have a couple of quick movie reviews and, […]
This issue finds Kylan and Ken at The Malted Meeple without Dawn and Vicky!! It’s the quarterly movie issue, so do some movies sneak in that otherwise wouldn’t be on the list? Do shenanigans ensue? Guess you’ll have to listen to find out!! Who knows what can happen when it’s a Bachelor Issue!! […]
It’s our monthly Malted Meeple issue and our buddy Marcus Calvert decided to join us. By now you’ve heard (and seen) a lot of what came out of Comic-Con International (aka San Diego Comic-Con or SDCC), but we want to make sure you know about some of the cool stuff that was a bit […]
It’s time for the Meeplecast again, recorded live at The Malted Meeple in Hudson, Ohio. This time we’re talking coming attractions for the next few months, from the obvious summer blockbusters to the questionable releases. Plus we have updates on a few fandom projects in the works, chat about the change in directors for Han […]
We’re at The Malted Meeple this week with our crew and some friends, talking about a few season finales and premieres. We start out with lots of Oddmall news… because it’s less than a couple weeks away! Plus there are some just-announced movie release dates and a couple of new tv trailers to cover. […]
It’s the end of the month and we’re enjoying ourselves at The Malted Meeple once again. After we get through Kylan’s various theories on dance movies, there’s a little bit of news to share and then it’s on to Disney. We have a review of the new live action version of Beauty and the Beast and […]
It’s our monthly Meeplecast and we have a full house at The Malted Meeple. Andy shares some news about an awesome new event happening at the May Oddmall in Akron, we get into a bit of geek news and then it’s time to chat tv, with an emphasis on time travel shows. Updates – Con […]
This week we talk about a very manly weekend, we wonder if the The Batman's director instability will destroy DC's Cinematic Universe, we interview Karington Hess and Dana Miller, Game Masters at the Malted Meeple board game cafe about what makes for a fun table top gaming experience and what goes into a great milkshake, and we make sure the podcast does not drop below 50 mph as we check the Box Office Barometer for the year 1994.
Happy Anniversary to us! Somehow, someway we’ve made it to the two year mark. So we have a bunch of friends with us at The Malted Meeple to celebrate. And the cake was not a lie! Of course, we’re chatting a bit of news and goings on, but then we get into some of our […]
It’s our first issue of 2017 and we’re welcoming in the new year at The Malted Meeple. We talk about some of the good stuff from 2016 (and avoid the bad as much as we can), plus a little of what we’re looking forward to seeing this year. What did you get for Christmas? […]
In this month’s Meeplecast, we cover the final quarter of movies for 2016 – there may not be many, but there are a few big ones. We have Karington with us too sharing Malted Meeple news and we have some updates about a few comic tv shows. Notes Malted Meeple update from Karington, including […]
In our monthly Meeplecast we’re covering the geek shows in the fall tv schedule that we’re looking forward to. But first, there’s news from The Malted Meeple, a bit of reminiscing and we pimp a couple of fundraising efforts. Karington reports the Meeple news Remembering Gene Wilder’s movies A new kickstarter from Andy Hopp […]
In this month’s Meeplecast, we bring you our thoughts on the new Star Trek movie and talk just a little bit about a couple of cons. Then we get into the universe of Hanna-Barbera! Malted Meeple and Ravenwood Castle news from Karington We have SDCC coverage coming soon in a crossover with We Be […]
We’re back at the Malted Meeple and it’s time to talk about movies coming up in the third quarter. We’re joined by the Permanently Geek crew, as well as our bloggers and friends. What’s up with Permanently Geek Oddmall and Con on the Cob, briefly News – Kick Ass relaunch, a transgender superhero from AfterShock […]
We’re back with another Meeplecast, recorded on Memorial Day out on the patio at The Malted Meeple. And it’s our first video episode, thanks to Randy and Dana from Permanently Geek! We have lots of gaming talk and get into what we really thought about X-Men: Apocalypse. Kylan bought the Meeple’s game of the […]
In this episode, Craig is flying solo for the main review section so he talks about his two favorite games from Level 99 Games: Argent the Consortium and Pixel Tactics. Since he's solo, the games only get a quick overview and gush session, but there's enough info in there to wet your whistle for what each game is about. Also, Craig is joined by his family for a run down of a slew of games they played together, both at home and at the Malted Meeple. We hope you enjoy the episode and join us next episode for our 50th episode celebration! Show Times: Intro: 0:35 What the Family played: 6:57 Argent the Consortium (Lvl 99): 43:10 Pixel Tactics (Lvl 99): 56:41
In episode 47, we celebrate International Tabletop Day bytalkingabout our experience at the Malted Meeple board game cafein Hudson,Ohio, and the games we played throughout the day. Craigis joined byTyler and Will to discuss a small trove a games theyplayedthroughout the day, and joined by Tyler and Erin to talkabout thegames they played throughout the week. Also, Craig had ashort, butspecial interview with ITTD special guest at the MaltedMeeple, JonGilmour, the designer of Dead of Winter and Vault Wars.We hope youall got some amazing games in during InternationalTabletop Day andwe will be back in two weeks with a regularepisode!Show Times:Introduction: 0:35Family Chat: 5:55Sushi Go (Gamewright): 6:55Tsuro (Calliope): 9:25Timeline (Asmodee): 15:20Mission Red Planet (Fantasy Flight): 17:55Viticulture (Stonemaier): 20:30International Tabletop Day!: 27:45Stone Age (Rio Grande): 31:20Bad Beets (Stoneblade): 35:25Camel Up (Z-Man): 37:50Tsuro of the Seas (Calliope): 41:40Hey That's My Fish! (Fantasy Flight): 47:45Le Boomb! (Mayfair): 51:45Welcome to the Dungeon (Iello): 54:00Special Interview with Jon Gilmour: 56:45Wrap-Up: 1:00:45
We’ve made it to 50 issues! We’re celebrating with some geeksters at The Malted Meeple with our usual geeky goodness. And we thought it only fair to cover the 50th anniversary of Star Trek this time around. Oddmall is coming up – swing by for artsy, geeky goodness and check out our live show […]
Alan Gerding of Tuesday Knight Games joins Jeremiah as they make a big announcement about a partnership between Theology of Games, Tuesday Knight Games, and The Malted Meeple! NOTE* There is a noticeable issue with Jeremiah's audio so that crackle you hear is not a problem with your earbuds. This is a result of Jeremiah using duct tape and bubble gum in order to have guests on the show! Produced by: Jeremiah Isley Background Music: Bensound.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rollpodcast/support
It’s our monthly show from The Malted Meeple in Hudson, Ohio. This month we’re joined by Bart, Vern and Kam, along with Karington repping the Meeple, Northeast Ohio Ghostbuster Trevor and author Marcus Calvert. We’ve got geek on geek violence (no, not really) as we talk about the good and the bad of Batman v […]
We’re having fun at The Malted Meeple on Leap Day! A bunch of geeksters joined us to talk about some local happenings, coloring book drinking games, the Oscars and the future of comic book movies. What we’ve been up to – Kylan and Miss Dawn saw The Witch (and give a short, spoiler free […]
Join in the conversation today as we chat about gaming lounges, such as @MaltedMeeple and @KingmakersCBus. Produced by Jeremiah Isley Bakground Music: Bensound.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rollpodcast/support
This week we get all spoilery about Deadpool and talk about the “classic” The Ice Pirates. And we’re joined by Andy, Heather, Julie and Rick (aka The Ninth Doctor, aka DJ Jack Burton). GW1 at The Malted Meeple on Feb. 29! Mutha Oith Update – be the Con on the Cob Attendee Guest of Honor, […]
We made it! It’s our first anniversary and we’re celebrating with geeksters at The Malted Meeple. As Kylan and Ken promised each other when this all started, the one year mark means a Buckaroo Banzai episode. That’s right, we chat all about the classic scifi/comedy/adventure. GW1 news Mutha Oith update What’s on at The Malted […]
The entire crew is with us at The Malted Meeple, plus Karington (rep’ing the Meeple), our buddy Nate and even Miss Dawn’s Mom. We have a bit of news, some new movie details to mention and plenty of talk about the next chapter of a little space opera that came out a couple weeks ago. […]
This week we’re joined by Andy and Heather Hopp as well as special guest Rob Turk, aka Gandersnitch the Goblin. GW1 news – Empire of Imagination book review coming soon, monthly Malted Meeple show Mutha Oith Update – 4th of July in December Sale, request Low Life at your local gaming shop Interview with Rob […]
We’re live at The Malted Meeple with our friends Nate, Vern and Bart. This week we’re talking Marvel and DC television news, plus we discuss the Captain America: Civil War trailer. And we get stupid… like really stupid… and we’re pretty sure it’s all Vern’s fault. Shout out to Kilted Bros. for Kylan’s kilt We’re […]
We binged the entire Netflix series Jessica Jones and we need to talk about it! And we’ve got a bit of news to share too, about upcoming shows and general geek stuff. Don’t forget we’re live at The Malted Meeple on November 30 at 7 p.m. Shout out to Carmen from Ambling Tortoise for knitting […]
For the first time, the whole crew is together in person – Kylan, Ken, Vicky, Miss Dawn, Vern, Kam and Bart – and we’re all at The Malted Meeple, joined by Jim and Karington. We discuss heroes and villains and television and comics… a bit of everything this week! Recovering from Con on the Cob […]
The first of our weekly issues finds us at The Malted Meeple, a gaming cafe in Hudson, Ohio. We’re joined by Jim and Karington for details on gaming events and getaways, plus there’s plenty of superhero television news and, of course, Star Wars. We definitely had a little too much fun, but when don’t we?! […]
In episode 18, Craig and guest co-host Duke discuss the struggle of scaling their four and five player games down to a two player format for spousal gaming: What games do it right? What games do it wrong? How can designers better figure in scalability? They also discuss a number of games including Deus from Pearl Games, XCOM The Board Game from Fantasy Flight, and Star Realms from White Wizard Games. They talk some kickstarter games such as Vault Wars from Floodgate Games, Entropy from Allen Chang, and Valeria Card Kingdoms from Daily Magic. In their What the What?! segment, Craig defines what a 4x game is and what must exist for a game to be called a 4x game. Lastly, they recap some local gaming events with the grand opening Pi day celebration at the Malted Meeple, and the Board Game flea market at Underhills Games before subjecting Duke to a little game of Know Your Podcaster Lightning Round. Show Times: Deus (Pearl Games): 2:15 XCOM The Board Game (Fantasy Flight): 9:15 Star Realms (White Wizard): 19:45 Entropy (Allen Chang): 20:45 Vault Wars (Floodgate): 22:45 Valeria Card Kingdoms (Daily Magic): 25:45 Castles of Mad King Ludwig Expansion (Bezier): 27:30 Malted Meeple Opening and Underhills Games Flea Market: 30:45 What the What?! 4x Defined: 43:15 Topic: Scalability of Games to 2 Players: 46:00 Know Your Podcaster Lightning Round: 1:26:00
In episode 12, Craig and Dave discuss a few online board gaming platforms such as Vassal, Tabletop Simulator, and Board Game Arena, loking at both the pros and cons of each. They also talk about the games they finally got each other to play: Dead of Winter, Warhammer 40,000 Conquest, and Diamonsters. Lastly they talk some games they're getting to the table soon with Bausack and Dystopian Wars. In their "What the What?" segment, Craig defines Worker Placement games, and they discuss their excitement for the Malted Meeple, a new Board Game Pub in Northeast Ohio. Show Times: But Wait There's More Extra Content: 1:30 Dead of Winter (Plaid Hat): 6:30 Diamonsters (IDW): 13:30 Warhammer 40,000 Conquest (Fantasy Flight): 23:30 Bausack (Zoch): 32:00 Dystopian Wars (Spartan Games): 34:45 What the What? Worker Placement Games Defined: 44:30 Show Theme: Digital Board Game Platforms: 49:00 (Tabletop Simulator, Vassal Engine, Board Game Arena) Malted Meeple: 1:08:45
In Episode 11, Craig and Dave discuss the Uwe Rosenburg 2 Player game, Patchwork, Viticulture from Stonemaier games, and Stone Age from Rio Grande. They dig in depth into Campaign games such as Mordheim, Gorkamorka, Arcadia Quest, and Pathfinder the Card Game. They take time to define the gaming term AP (Analysis Paralysis), talk some kickstarter games, discuss a new gaming pub opening up in their home state of Ohio, and get hyped over hanging with BotchNation at Origins and Gen Con. Lastly they look at two gaming websites: Gameshelf.se and the Humble Card Game Bundle. Show Times: Malted Meeple: 4:00 Shadows of Brimstone (Flying Frog): 7:00 Gen Con/Origins: 11:00 Exploding Kittens(Elan Lee): 16:00 Patchwork (Mayfair): 17:30 Viticulture (Stonemaier): 24:00 Stone Age (Rio Grande): 27:30 Botch Definitions--AP: 34:00 Campaign Games: 42:30 Humble Card Game Bundle: 1:08:00 Gameshelf: 1:11:00 Conan Kickstarter (Monolith): 1:13:00 Epic PVP Kickstarter (Fun to 11): 1:16:00