Podcasts about Modoc

We have a cornucopia of topics this episode as we recap our experience with BSERCON4 Online and the games we played, talk about some of our favorite RPG communities and community resources, and finally discuss our impressions with the game I ran at BSERCON, Jackals. CheersYou can support Titterpigs for as little as 99 cents a month. Click the Support button on our homepage:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/titterpigs⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Check out our Patreon:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/titterpigs?fan_landing=true&view_as=public⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠You can Email us at⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠titterpigspod@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠with your comments, questions, or soundbites.Episode Intro by Dr. Mitch. You can follow Dr. Paul Mitchener on Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@TheTweedmeister⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠for more ukulele goodness and also to check out his many TTRPG offerings. Most especially⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Liminal ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Give us a follow on all our socials:Twitter:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@Titterpigs⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠facebook.com/Titterpigs⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@titterpigs.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Scott:Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@HailOrcusdorkus⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mastodon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠dice.camp/@orcusdorkus⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@orcusdorkus.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube at⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠OrcusDorkus' RPG Shenanigans⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Keith:Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@DM_Modoc⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mastodon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠dice.camp/@Modoc⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@modoc.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and his blog⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Rolling Boxcars Blog⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by Erika R. from PixabayMusic by Trygve Larsen from Pixabay

Emery O'Leary is a Producer, Director and Screenwriter. Emery's projects include a short about the Modoc War that occurred during the 1870's in California. Also known as the Lava Bed War, the US military closed on Indians and began a conflict that quickly became a problem. Eadweard Muybridge photographed much of the conflict. The experiences of the Modoc and Military were captured in a screenplay written by Emery. Emery is from Lovely Benicia. He's a graduate of Benicia High School. That means Pete A Turner is going to work to lift up O'Leary's work. Further, Emery and Pete are efforting some of Pete's favorite projects. Watch This is Their Land a documentary short on YouTube at https://youtu.be/iJb91SDqNUQ?si=sYOWEaPx9WrPomQt

Original Air Date: November 25, 1953Host: Andrew RhynesShow: The Lone RangerPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Stars:• Brace Beemer (Lone Ranger)• John Todd (Tonto) Writer:• Fran Striker Producer:• George W. Trendle Director:• Fred Flowerday Music:• Ben Bonnell Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK

Original Air Date: November 25, 1953Host: Andrew RhynesShow: The Lone RangerPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Stars:• Brace Beemer (Lone Ranger)• John Todd (Tonto) Writer:• Fran Striker Producer:• George W. Trendle Director:• Fred Flowerday Music:• Ben Bonnell Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK

We are back in the studio to get caught up on what the Titterpigs have been up to and then have a chat with Sam Byford about The Warlock Returns, a fanzine for the fantastic RPG Advanced Fighting Fantasy. Cheers. You can find Advanced Fighting Fantasy and The Warlock Returns at the following Drive-Thru link: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher/667/arion-games/category/25223/advanced-fighting-fantasy You can support Titterpigs for as little as 99 cents a month. Click the Support button on our homepage: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/titterpigs⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out our Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/titterpigs?fan_landing=true&view_as=public⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ You can Email us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠titterpigspod@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ with your comments, questions, or soundbites. Episode Intro by Dr. Mitch. You can follow Dr. Paul Mitchener on Twitter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@TheTweedmeister⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for more ukulele goodness and also to check out his many TTRPG offerings. Most especially ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Liminal ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Give us a follow on all our socials: Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@Titterpigs⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠facebook.com/Titterpigs⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Bluesky: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@titterpigs.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Scott: Twitter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@HailOrcusdorkus⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Mastodon ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠dice.camp/@orcusdorkus⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Bluesky: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@orcusdorkus.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠OrcusDorkus' RPG Shenanigans⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Keith: Twitter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@DM_Modoc⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Mastodon ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠dice.camp/@Modoc⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Bluesky: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@modoc.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and his blog ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Rolling Boxcars Blog⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Music by FaithVentureMedia from Pixabay --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/titterpigs/support

We touch upon on more Gen Con highlights, go into detail about the WOTC Press Conference, and general ramble on about other bits & bobs. We apologize for the occasional echo but it was something with the live stream and couldn't fix it in post. You can support Titterpigs for as little as 99 cents a month. Click the Support button on our homepage: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/titterpigs⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out our Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/titterpigs?fan_landing=true&view_as=public⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ You can Email us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠titterpigspod@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ with your comments, questions, or soundbites. Episode Intro by Dr. Mitch. You can follow Dr. Paul Mitchener on Twitter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@TheTweedmeister⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for more ukulele goodness and also to check out his many TTRPG offerings. Most especially ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Liminal ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Give us a follow on all our socials: Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@Titterpigs⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠facebook.com/Titterpigs⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Scott: Twitter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@HailOrcusdorkus⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Mastodon ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠dice.camp/@orcusdorkus⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and YouTube at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠OrcusDorkus' RPG Shenanigans⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Keith: Twitter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@DM_Modoc⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Mastodon ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠dice.camp/@Modoc⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and his blog ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Rolling Boxcars Blog⁠⁠ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/titterpigs/support

The Supreme Court heard arguments about a major homelessness case last week. Here's what to expect going forward and how it could affect unhoused residents in Chico. Also, Lassen, Modoc and Plumas County residents will need to carry permits before doing any residential burning starting tomorrow, and Caltrans officials say they're making progress toward reopening Highway 70 through the Feather River Canyon.

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In this episode we speak with rancher Myles Flournoy of the Likely Land and Livestock Company in Modoc county about the prevalence of wolves in the area, the effects that they can have on ranching operations and what can be done, if anything,  to mitigate it.

Happy 2024! The Titterpigs ease into the new year with a light topic conversation about the various technology that you can use at the table to enhance your gaming experience and also touch on some of the headaches that come with them. We also bring back an old segment, Mailbag, and brag about some of the goodies that we recently received. Thank you all for supporting our podcast and we look forward to what 2024 has to offer us and the hobby throughout the year.  You can support Titterpigs for as little as 99 cents a month. Click the Support button on our homepage: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/titterpigs⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out our Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/titterpigs?fan_landing=true&view_as=public⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ You can Email us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠titterpigspod@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ with your comments, questions, or soundbites. Episode Intro by Dr. Mitch. You can follow Dr. Paul Mitchener on Twitter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@TheTweedmeister⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for more ukulele goodness and also to check out his many TTRPG offerings. Most especially ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Liminal ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Give us a follow on all our socials: Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@Titterpigs⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠facebook.com/Titterpigs⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Bluesky: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@titterpigs.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠ Scott: Twitter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@HailOrcusdorkus⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Mastodon ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠dice.camp/@orcusdorkus⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Bluesky: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@orcusdorkus.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠OrcusDorkus' RPG Shenanigans⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Keith: Twitter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@DM_Modoc⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Mastodon ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠dice.camp/@Modoc⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Bluesky: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@modoc.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠ and his blog ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Rolling Boxcars Blog Music by Alexi Action from Pixabay Music by QubeSounds from Pixabay Music by Maksym Dudchyk from Pixabay Sound Effect by floraphonic from Pixaba --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/titterpigs/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/titterpigs/support

Episode 0062: What up Famiglia?! How we doin out there?! I hope everyone is doing well so far this year. This week we have a special guest hailing from Modoc, CA. With 20 years of growing experience under his belt, CB Macho Midz Wilson seeks to unleash the power of the plant medicine on the masses by providing both humor and education in his work as a solo source cannabis sommelier, host, judge, and creative for multiple brands in the cannabis and psychedelic space. Macho Midz is a wild character that could fit right in a MAD TV or an SNL episode and he brings that character to life within the cannabis community. We covered a lot of ground in this episode from Macho Mid'z growing history to his experience and love for hash, and even way back when he was crushing pizza slices as a young bull. This fella has a story to tell for sure! I am going to apologize in advance for all the “brutherrrrs” I dropped in this episode… When you hang with Macho Midz, it is what it is! Y'all know what time it is… Roll em fat, torch your rigs, fire up your bongs, do what you gotta do because we're about to take this journey with Macho Midz Randy Dabbage Bruutherrrrrrrrrrrr! (last one I swear lol).Side Note/Reminder: Mark your calendars and get your tickets for our 1st Annual Good PizzZa Day Party that's going down on 2/9/24 in Sacramento! The link for the tickets on Eventbrite is in all 3 of our Instagram bios. See you there! Peace, Love, & Good PizzZa,JPSupport the showShop Merch: goodpizzza.comInstagram: @good.p1zzzaInstagram: @goodpizzzapodcastShow some love: patreon.com/goodpizzza

SynopsisLate in 1941, Russian composer Igor Stravinsky was living in Hollywood — at 1260 N. Wetherly Drive, to be precise.Notoriously unflappable, and eminently practical when it came to commissions, Stravinsky apparently did not even bat an eye when he received a phone call from choreographer Georges Balanchine with an offer from Barnum's Circus to write a short musical work for a ballet involving elephants. Again, to be precise, for Barnum's star elephant ballerina, Modoc, who would be accompanied by 50 other elephants and dancers, all in tutus.“For what?” Stravinsky said.“For elephants,” Balanchine said.“How many?” Stravinsky countered.“A lot,” Balanchine replied.“How old?” Stravinsky asked.“Young,” Balanchine assured.”Well, if they're young, I accept,” Stravinsky concluded.Stravinsky's work, Circus Polka, had its debut at Madison Square Garden in New York by the Barnum Circus and was performed by what Stravinsky once called Barnum's “respectable quadrupeds” some 400 times. Stravinsky then arranged his Circus Polka for symphony orchestra and conducted the premiere of that version (minus the elephants) with the Boston Symphony in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on today's date in 1944.Music Played in Today's ProgramIgor Stravinsky (1882-1971) Circus Polka; London Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, cond. RCA 68865

A very Happy New Year to one and all. We take a look back at our podcasting highlights, memories, and also this crazy year in our hobby. Thank you all for listening and we look forward to providing you more joyful and fun episodes in 2024.  Cheers, Keith and Scott Enjoy, and as always we welcome any and all feedback.  You can support Titterpigs for as little as 99 cents a month. Click the Support button on our homepage: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/titterpigs⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out our Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/titterpigs?fan_landing=true&view_as=public⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ You can Email us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠titterpigspod@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ with your comments, questions, or soundbites. Episode Intro by Dr. Mitch. You can follow Dr. Paul Mitchener on Twitter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@TheTweedmeister⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for more ukulele goodness and also to check out his many TTRPG offerings. Most especially ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Liminal ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Give us a follow on all our socials: Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@Titterpigs⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠facebook.com/Titterpigs⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Bluesky: ⁠⁠⁠@titterpigs.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠ Scott: Twitter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@HailOrcusdorkus⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Mastodon ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠dice.camp/@orcusdorkus⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Bluesky: ⁠⁠⁠@orcusdorkus.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠ YouTube at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠OrcusDorkus' RPG Shenanigans⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Keith: Twitter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@DM_Modoc⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Mastodon ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠dice.camp/@Modoc⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Bluesky: ⁠⁠⁠@modoc.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠ and his blog ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Rolling Boxcars Blog --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/titterpigs/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/titterpigs/support

This week's episode is exclusively about the Modoc, the ship of the Earthrace conservation that ventured among the Chinese Overseas Fleet of squid fishing vessels to film documentary footage highlighting the global overfishing problem.  We interview Jack Bundle and Josh Martin, two crewmembers of the Modoc, about how they got involved with Earthrace, their experiences working on the boat, and what life was like day-to-day. (0:30-36:30). We then talk to Captain Pete Bethune, the captain of the Modoc, about the genesis of the project, the operation of getting the film crew aboard one of the fishing vessels, and how the documentary footage was shot. (36:35-59:38) Note - this episode does include descriptions which may be troubling to some listeners. Please listen with a note of understanding that fishing, especially commercial fishing, can be a dangerous business.  ~Reminder~ Free Descent is intended as entertainment, and not to replace formal dive instruction. Always follow the instructions of your dive instructors and divemasters. Stay safe, and have fun out there!

The Titterpigs are back, well sort of, as due to Keith's absence this episode, we have on a special co-host to man the mike. Bud from BudsRPGReviews and Bud & Griff's Gaming Creepshow. Scott and Bud carry on in Episode 31 as they interview the Demon Lord himself, Robert J. Schwalb, as he talks about his early beginnings in game design, the onus for his wildly popular RPG, Shadow of the Demon, and also he brings us the details of his current Kickstarter, Shadow of the Weird Wizard. Have a listen as you will find Rob lives up to his legendary stories and humor that surround his career. :-) You can still hop on Robs Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/432417423/shadow-of-the-weird-wizard You can follow Rob on Twitter (X) at: @schwalb_ent Also check out Schwalb Entertainment's website: schwalbentertainment.com You can follow Bud on: Twitter: @BudsRPGreview Bluesky:budsrpgreview.bsky.social Youtube: youtube.com@BudsRPGreview Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bud-and-griffs-gaming-creepshow/id1676080780 You can support Titterpigs for as little as 99 cents a month. Click the Support button on our homepage: ⁠⁠⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/titterpigs⁠⁠⁠ Check out our Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/titterpigs?fan_landing=true&view_as=public⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ You can Email us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠titterpigspod@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ with your comments, questions, or soundbites. Episode Intro by Dr. Mitch. You can follow Dr. Paul Mitchener on Twitter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@TheTweedmeister⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for more ukulele goodness and also to check out his many TTRPG offerings. Most especially ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Liminal ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Give us a follow on all our socials: Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@Titterpigs⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠facebook.com/Titterpigs⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Scott: Twitter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@HailOrcusdorkus⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Mastodon ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠dice.camp/@orcusdorkus⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and YouTube at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠OrcusDorkus' RPG Shenanigans⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Keith: Twitter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@DM_Modoc⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Mastodon ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠dice.camp/@Modoc⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and his blog ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Rolling Boxcars Blog⁠ Transition Music by: Music by Toma Mutiu from Pixabay Music by Geri Art from Pixabay Music by Paolo Argento from Pixabay --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/titterpigs/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/titterpigs/support

Have listen as The Titterpigs grouse on a bit about the Ennie Awards and then grab a horn of mead and join us around the long house fire as Ian Stuart Sharpe regales us with the creation and history of his Viking Verse novels and comics and how it came to become the TTRPG, When the Wolf Comes.  You can preorder a physical copy of When the Wolf Comes here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/vikingverse/when-the-wolf-comes-rpg You can get a PDF copy of When The Wolf Comes here: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/443491/When-the-Wolf-Comes You can find Ian on Twitter: https://twitter.com/IanStuartSharpe?s=20 You can support Titterpigs for as little as 99 cents a month. Click the Support button on our homepage: ⁠⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/titterpigs⁠⁠ Check out our Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/titterpigs?fan_landing=true&view_as=public⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ You can Email us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠titterpigspod@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ with your comments, questions, or soundbites. Episode Intro by Dr. Mitch. You can follow Dr. Paul Mitchener on Twitter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@TheTweedmeister⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for more ukulele goodness and also to check out his many TTRPG offerings. Most especially ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Liminal ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Give us a follow on all our socials: Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@Titterpigs⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠facebook.com/Titterpigs⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Scott: Twitter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@HailOrcusdorkus⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Mastodon ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠dice.camp/@orcusdorkus⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and YouTube at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠OrcusDorkus' RPG Shenanigans⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Keith: Twitter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@DM_Modoc⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Mastodon ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠dice.camp/@Modoc⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and his blog ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Rolling Boxcars Blog Transition Music by: Music by OB-LIX from Pixabay Music by Julius H. from Pixabay --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/titterpigs/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/titterpigs/support

California has not been spared from the national teacher shortage. The state Department of Education reported more than 10,000 teacher vacancies during the 2021-2022 school year, and Los Angeles Unified School District has 450 teacher openings for this new school year. But shortages are particularly acute in rural communities: Alturas Elementary School, in northern California's Modoc County, is missing a quarter of its necessary teaching staff. From retention to credentialing requirements to logistically impossible state mandates, the problems plaguing Modoc are common among rural districts. We'll talk about the problems California's rural school districts are facing in the new school year and hear potential solutions. Related link(s): ‘No one is coming to our rescue': Inside rural California's alarming teacher shortage Low-income students are more likely to be in classrooms with underqualified teachers Guests: Hailey Branson-Potts, staff writer, Los Angeles Times - who reported the piece, "‘No one is coming to our rescue': Inside rural California's alarming teacher shortage" Lisa Pruitt, professor, UC Davis School of Law - whose work focuses on rural communities Tom O'Malley, superintendent, Modoc Joint Unified School District in Alturas, CA Laurel Rulison, kindergarten teacher, Alturas Elementary in Modoc County

Welcome to a special collaborative episode of Titterpigs where we team with Scott on his YouTube channel, Orcusdorkus's RPG Shenanigans, along with our friends, to bring you a play report and commentary of the excellent Runequest campaign, Six Seasons in Sartar.    You can find Six Seasons in Sartar at the Jonstown Compendium on DriveThru: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/313871/Six-Seasons-in-Sartar You can support Titterpigs for as little as 99 cents a month. Click the Support button on our homepage: ⁠⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/titterpigs⁠⁠ Check out our Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/titterpigs?fan_landing=true&view_as=public⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ You can Email us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠titterpigspod@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ with your comments, questions, or soundbites. Episode Intro by Dr. Mitch. You can follow Dr. Paul Mitchener on Twitter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@TheTweedmeister⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for more ukulele goodness and also to check out his many TTRPG offerings. Most especially ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Liminal ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Give us a follow on all our socials: Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@Titterpigs⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠facebook.com/Titterpigs⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Scott: Twitter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@HailOrcusdorkus⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Mastodon ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠dice.camp/@orcusdorkus⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and YouTube at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠OrcusDorkus' RPG Shenanigans⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Keith: Twitter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@DM_Modoc⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Mastodon ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠dice.camp/@Modoc⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and his blog ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Rolling Boxcars Blog --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/titterpigs/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/titterpigs/support

We are back, sliding in our Ennie predictions and picks right before the 11th hour, with our good friends Lloyd and James. There was some decent discourse going on here, with just the right amount of contention you would expect for this kind of episode. ;-P We hope you enjoy this episode and feel free to let us know how our picks are 100% incorrect. :-D You can support Titterpigs for as little as 99 cents a month. Click the Support button on our homepage: ⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/titterpigs⁠ Check out our Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/titterpigs?fan_landing=true&view_as=public⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ You can Email us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠titterpigspod@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ with your comments, questions, or soundbites. Episode Intro by Dr. Mitch. You can follow Dr. Paul Mitchener on Twitter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@TheTweedmeister⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for more ukulele goodness and also to check out his many TTRPG offerings. Most especially ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Liminal ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Give us a follow on all our socials: Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@Titterpigs⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠facebook.com/Titterpigs⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Scott: Twitter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@HailOrcusdorkus⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Mastodon ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠dice.camp/@orcusdorkus⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and YouTube at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠OrcusDorkus' RPG Shenanigans⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Keith: Twitter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@DM_Modoc⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Mastodon ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠dice.camp/@Modoc⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and his blog ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Rolling Boxcars Blog⁠ Transition music and sound effects by: Music by AleXZavesa from Pixabay, Sound Effect by FreeGroove from Pixabay, Music by dopestuff from Pixabay --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/titterpigs/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/titterpigs/support

We are back with a doozy of an episode! Episode 28 is here with a round table discussion about possibly one of the most divisive topics currently within our hobby, Artificial Intelligence. Sit back and enjoy as we discuss and debate the pros and cons with two friends of the show who have extensive experience with A.I., Shane and Griff. We are absolutely sure this will not rattle any chains or create any sort of discord with our listeners or our future robot overlords. You can support Titterpigs for as little as 99 cents a month. Click the Support button on our homepage: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/titterpigs Check out our Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/titterpigs?fan_landing=true&view_as=public⁠⁠⁠ Episode Intro by Dr. Mitch. You can follow Dr. Paul Mitchener on Twitter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@TheTweedmeister⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for more ukulele goodness and also to check out his many TTRPG offerings. Most especially ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Liminal ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ You can Email us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠titterpigspod@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ with your comments, questions, or soundbites. Give us a follow on all our socials: Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@Titterpigs⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠facebook.com/Titterpigs⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Scott: Twitter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@HailOrcusdorkus⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Mastodon ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠dice.camp/@orcusdorkus⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and YouTube at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠OrcusDorkus' RPG Shenanigans⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Keith: Twitter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@DM_Modoc⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Mastodon ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠dice.camp/@Modoc⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and his blog ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Rolling Boxcars Blog Transition music and sound effects by: Music by AleXZavesa from Pixabay, Sound Effect by FreeGroove from Pixabay, Music by dopestuff from Pixabay --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/titterpigs/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/titterpigs/support

The Titterpigs are back with another creator interview, chatting with Pat Mooney about his Revolutionary War setting for 5e called Nations & Cannons.  It was very interesting conversation as Pat went through the details as to why he chose this era, his reason for utilizing the 5e rule set, and the paths he chose to provide a historical setting that is fun and yet sensitive to history from whence it came.   You can get yourself a copy of Pat's game along with the other offerings mentioned in the episode here: https://www.nationsandcannons.com/shop  Give a follow to Flagbearer Games on Twitter: @FlagbearerGames  Check out our Patreon: ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/titterpigs?fan_landing=true&view_as=public⁠⁠ Episode Intro by Dr. Mitch. You can follow Dr. Paul Mitchener on Twitter ⁠⁠⁠⁠@TheTweedmeister⁠⁠⁠⁠ for more ukulele goodness and also to check out his many TTRPG offerings. Most especially ⁠⁠⁠⁠Liminal ⁠⁠⁠⁠ You can Email us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠titterpigspod@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ with your comments, questions, or soundbites. Give us a follow on all our socials: Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@Titterpigs⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠facebook.com/Titterpigs⁠⁠⁠⁠ Scott: Twitter ⁠⁠⁠⁠@HailOrcusdorkus⁠⁠⁠⁠ Mastodon ⁠⁠⁠⁠dice.camp/@orcusdorkus⁠⁠⁠⁠ and YouTube at ⁠⁠⁠⁠OrcusDorkus' RPG Shenanigans⁠⁠⁠⁠ Keith: Twitter ⁠⁠⁠⁠@DM_Modoc⁠⁠⁠⁠ Mastodon ⁠⁠⁠⁠dice.camp/@Modoc⁠⁠⁠⁠ and his blog ⁠⁠⁠⁠Rolling Boxcars Blog --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/titterpigs/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/titterpigs/support

The Titterpigs are back after a bit of a hiatus with another AP. After taking a moment to catch up with the lads, join us and friend of the show Ros, as we venture forth into Kevin Borrup's fantastic game, Burn 2D6.  Be sure and follow Kevin to see when his game will drop to the general public near the end of June, so you can pick up your own copy. BURN 2d6 Kickstarter:  https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/burn2d6/burn-2d6-core-rulebook-an-indie-rpg-system Give a follow to Kevin on:Twitter: @SaltheartRMastodon: @Saltheartrpg@dice.campItch.io: saltheartrpg.itch.io Check out our Patreon: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/titterpigs?fan_landing=true&view_as=public⁠ Episode Intro by Dr. Mitch. You can follow Dr. Paul Mitchener on Twitter ⁠⁠⁠@TheTweedmeister⁠⁠⁠ for more ukulele goodness and also to check out his many TTRPG offerings. Most especially ⁠⁠⁠Liminal ⁠⁠⁠ You can Email us at ⁠⁠⁠titterpigspod@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠ with your comments, questions, or soundbites. Give us a follow on all our socials: Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠@Titterpigs⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠facebook.com/Titterpigs⁠⁠⁠ Scott: Twitter ⁠⁠⁠@HailOrcusdorkus⁠⁠⁠ Mastodon ⁠⁠⁠dice.camp/@orcusdorkus⁠⁠⁠ and YouTube at ⁠⁠⁠OrcusDorkus' RPG Shenanigans⁠⁠⁠ Keith: Twitter ⁠⁠⁠@DM_Modoc⁠⁠⁠ Mastodon ⁠⁠⁠dice.camp/@Modoc⁠⁠⁠ and his blog ⁠⁠⁠Rolling Boxcars Blog --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/titterpigs/message

Interred at Laurel Hill East are four young Philadelphians who died before they reached the age of 30 while battling indigenous people on the frontier. George Montgomery Harris died of wounds received in the Lava Beds of northern California while battling Captain Jack and the Modoc tribe in 1873.  Benjamin Hubert Hodgson was killed during the 1876 Battle of Little Big Horn in Montana against Cheyenne and Arapaho warriors – fellow Laurel Hill tour guide Tom Keels tells his story.  Jonathan Williams Biddle, whose father Henry Biddle had been killed in the Civil War, lost his life in the Battle of Bear Paw, also in Montana, in 1877 against Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce.  James Hansell French was killed in the San Mateo Mountains of New Mexico territory in 1880 as his Buffalo Soldier troops pursued the great Apache chief Victorio and his warriors.    Note: I acknowledge that many indigenous peoples reject the name "Indian", but most of what I tell you in this podcast occurred at least 140 years ago when the term was used universally and even respectfully.  All four of these men have the word "Indian" carved on their gravestones.  The podcast title "Killed by Indians" is in quotation marks for this reason.  

ABC #051 - Part 2 George Montgomery Harris died of wounds that he received in the Lava Beds of northern California while battling Captain Jack and the Modoc tribe in 1873. 

In this episode we will be concluding our series on the Modoc War of 1872-73. With the Modoc on the run, they retreated to a stronghold on the toe of a lava field, providing a bastion to protect their families from the U.S. Army. It took time to gather soldiers and supplies and did not attack until January 1873. It failed. In an attempt to break the impasse, negotiations led by General Canby were met with violence, coming to a sudden conclusion with the assassination of the general. A second attack in April 1873 succeeded, but not before the pursuing troops were ambushed by the retreating Modoc. Captain Jack and other leaders were captured in the spring. In a show trial, four Modoc, including their leader Captain Jack, were hanged in October 1877. The Modoc are still here, but the trauma of the event still lives with them.  Have a question, comment, concern, or compliment? Contact us at americawarpodcast@gmail.com. You can also leave comments and your questions on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/americaatwarpodcast/. Thanks for listening!

Al and Jonnie talk about Florence Timings 00:00:00: Theme Tune 00:00:30: Intro 00:01:36: What Have We Been Up To 00:14:03: News 00:27:36: Florence 00:34:36: Spoiler Zone 01:01:00: Outro Links Sun Haven DLCs Farming Simulator 23 Gameplay Trailer Farming Simulator 20 on Apple Arcade Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life Localisation Blog Florence Contact Al on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheScotBot Al on Mastodon: https://mastodon.scot/@TheScotBot Email Us: https://harvestseason.club/contact/ Transcript [00:00.000 –> 00:29.000] G [00:31.000 –> 00:35.000] Hello farmers and welcome to another episode of The Harvest Season. [00:35.000 –> 00:37.000] My name is Al. [00:37.000 –> 00:38.000] And my name is Johnny. [00:38.000 –> 00:42.000] And we’re here today to talk about Cottagecore Games. [00:42.000 –> 00:46.000] Hello Johnny, how are you? [00:46.000 –> 00:50.000] I’m good. I’m tired. I’ve been doing some big hours at work. [00:50.000 –> 00:53.000] So I’m pleased with the game that we’ve got to talk about today. [00:53.000 –> 00:55.000] It was not a huge time suck. [00:56.000 –> 00:57.000] Yeah, yeah. [00:57.000 –> 01:03.000] So just before we get into that, let you know transcripts are available in the show notes and on the website. [01:03.000 –> 01:05.000] So if you need them, go for that. [01:05.000 –> 01:12.000] Yeah, so today we’re going to talk about Florence, which is a very short game. [01:12.000 –> 01:17.000] It’s so short that I hadn’t actually played it before today. [01:17.000 –> 01:21.000] So I was like, oh, and I finished it. [01:21.000 –> 01:24.000] So I was like, oh yeah, I should probably actually play that game. [01:24.000 –> 01:28.000] I knew it was going to be this short, so that’s why I didn’t play it before today. [01:28.000 –> 01:31.000] But I was like, I really ought to actually play it. [01:31.000 –> 01:35.000] But yeah, so it’s all good. [01:35.000 –> 01:38.000] Before that, we’re going to have some news. [01:38.000 –> 01:40.000] But first of all, Johnny, what have you been up to? [01:40.000 –> 01:42.000] What have I been up to? [01:42.000 –> 01:46.000] As usual, when I’m on the podcast, there’s got to be a little bit of Marvel Snap Talk. [01:46.000 –> 01:50.000] And I’m just really into the game right now. [01:50.000 –> 01:53.000] I’m not playing it a lot like I was when I first started. [01:53.000 –> 01:59.000] But it’s kind of just become a really nice game that I’ll play when I’m on the bus or have a few minutes to do. [01:59.000 –> 02:03.000] I’ll just jam a game and I feel like it’s in a really good space. [02:03.000 –> 02:10.000] The monetization is terrible, but that’s actually great because it means I don’t spend money on the game and it’s just a lot of fun. [02:10.000 –> 02:18.000] Yeah, I’ve still not paid any money, spent any money on the game, but I have been playing on and off. [02:18.000 –> 02:23.000] I think I didn’t. I basically didn’t play last. Was it last? Not last season. The season before last. [02:23.000 –> 02:26.000] What was that one? The Modoc one? [02:26.000 –> 02:27.000] Oh, yeah. [02:27.000 –> 02:30.000] I think I basically didn’t play the Modoc season. [02:30.000 –> 02:36.000] And then I got back into it like halfway through last season and just like plunged through everything. [02:36.000 –> 02:40.000] And I’ve not done a huge amount this season, but I’ve done a wee bit. [02:40.000 –> 02:52.000] So I’m hoping to try and get into sort of like a rhythm of casualness rather than like either not playing at all or playing it every free second of every free day, which is what I seem to be doing just now. [02:52.000 –> 02:57.000] Yeah, it can be a little bit like that where you’re just like, oh, I’ve just got two minutes. [02:57.000 –> 03:20.000] I can probably I could probably fit a game in it. It’s like, oh, this, you know, you need like five for a game, but it just does such a good job of compressing those card game mechanics from, you know, whether it’s Magic the Gathering or Hearthstone or whatever, that sort of feeling into such a small timeframe that it really, you know, it’s a satisfying game to play. [03:20.000 –> 03:27.000] I think because it’s only introducing a few cards every season, it doesn’t feel like the game completely changes when you pick it back up again. [03:27.000 –> 03:34.000] Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, there’s some good consistency to it, which I think is awesome. [03:34.000 –> 03:35.000] Yeah. [03:35.000 –> 03:48.000] And other than Marvel Snap, I haven’t really been playing anything, but there’s a new show out on Apple TV called Silo, which is based on the Wool series of books. I don’t know if you’ve ever read those books, Al. [03:48.000 –> 03:49.000] I have not. [03:49.000 –> 03:57.000] Generally, if you wonder whether I’ve read a book, the answer is almost certainly no. [03:57.000 –> 04:06.000] Well, it is it is one of my favorite book series and the premise that it’s about people who are living in a silo underground. [04:06.000 –> 04:21.000] And it’s the first episode was one of those episodes where I felt like it was a really great reflection of what I was imagining when I read the books, like it felt like a really true to the book translation. [04:21.000 –> 04:23.000] And it’s been a few years since I’ve read the books. [04:23.000 –> 04:31.000] I’m sure there’s some things that just, you know, that they have changed that, you know, weren’t important or I don’t remember. [04:31.000 –> 04:46.000] But for a first episode of a show, I was just blown away by how how true it seemed to the source material, because I know that a lot of shows recently, you know, sometimes for the conceits of TV have to change things quite substantially. [04:46.000 –> 04:50.000] But it was really nice for a series that I liked to have such a strong start. [04:50.000 –> 04:55.000] That’s cool. Yeah, that shows on my list, but a lot of things are on my list. [04:55.000 –> 05:03.000] I would highly recommend on the basis of the one episode and what I know of the story. It’s a very compelling story. Really, really write it. [05:03.000 –> 05:17.000] Fair enough. Well, I’ve still got, I think, about a month and a half on my Apple TV plus free trial, my net current free trial. [05:17.000 –> 05:21.000] So, yeah, that’s that’s really what I’ve been up to. What have you been playing? [05:21.000 –> 05:40.000] Yeah. So interestingly, so normally when I cover a game for the podcast, I’ll like put the game down after the podcast, because I end up just being so engrossed in it for so long or like either for so long or so intently for such a short period of time that I kind of burn out on it. [05:40.000 –> 05:48.000] But I actually picked Coral Island back up again for a couple of days after recording the last podcast. [05:48.000 –> 05:57.000] I have now put it down, but I just felt like I’ve wanted to finish a few things before I put it down, which is, I guess, the mark of a good game if I actually want to continue playing it. [05:57.000 –> 06:13.000] Yeah. And listening to to last week’s episode on Coral Island, it was I feel like, you know, this is the year where I was really down about statue clones and with all of the ones that we’ve sort of covered, I’m actually getting really excited about all of these and want to start getting into some of them. [06:13.000 –> 06:14.000] Oh, no mistake. [06:14.000 –> 06:17.000] I know. I know. [06:17.000 –> 06:29.000] Yeah. I mean, I will. It will be interesting to see what I end up choosing at the end of the year is my my game of the year, because I mean, at this point, I just I just don’t know what it’s going to be because there’s so much. [06:29.000 –> 06:39.000] There is a lot this year. And I think one of the things that’s probably going to determine it for me over the course of the year is what’s actually in 1.0 versus. [06:39.000 –> 06:40.000] Yeah. [06:40.000 –> 06:41.000] You know, still in early access. [06:41.000 –> 06:54.000] Yeah. Yeah, that’s fair. That’s fair. Yeah, I guess there’s this it’s hard. It’s not that we haven’t done it, obviously, but it’s hard to convince yourself to choose an early access as a game of the year. [06:54.000 –> 07:05.000] And if if the 1.0 isn’t like doesn’t feel bigger than the early access significantly, then also like can struggle to hit that point. [07:05.000 –> 07:07.000] I don’t think I really explained what I was thinking properly there. [07:07.000 –> 07:20.000] No, no, I get what you mean. Right. It’s like sometimes particularly I think in farming games, because it’s probably one of the more niche communities in gaming that a lot of people get in on early access. [07:20.000 –> 07:26.000] So, yes, that’s when a lot of the hype cycle, you know, the traditional release hype cycle for these games sort of takes off. [07:26.000 –> 07:53.000] And, you know, I think over the last few years, I’ve seen 1.0 releases not be not feel that big, right? They don’t feel like traditional game releases that tends to feel more like when early access opens up, which I think is, you know, something that that, you know, developers need to consider about these games and whether or not that potentially limits the overall upside and, you know, players that they can attract with these games. [07:53.000 –> 08:04.000] Yeah, it’s definitely difficult. I think the one exception I can think of that actually did manage to do that on both early access and 1.0 was Ooblets. [08:04.000 –> 08:18.000] Like, I felt like when the early access was first released and when the 1.0 came out, there was quite a big hype cycle around it, which is interesting, because, yeah, that that rare to happen, you know, no matter what you think about the game personally, you know, that like that. [08:19.000 –> 08:20.000] No, I agree. [08:20.000 –> 08:28.000] Was interesting to see happen. And I wonder, it’s hard to know, right, but I wonder how much of it was the same people and how much of it was new people. [08:28.000 –> 08:38.000] Yeah, I’m willing to bet with a game like that, it was a lot of new people because I, you know, personal feelings of the game aside, I think that was a game that, you know, really got that right. [08:38.000 –> 08:50.000] You know, and I look at some of the more recent releases, one which we’ll talk about in the news cycle that I think have really sort of failed to do that despite looking like really strong games. [08:50.000 –> 08:57.000] Yeah. Also, it does probably help the Ooblets. I think the Switch version came out with 1.0 relevant afterwards. [08:58.000 –> 09:12.000] And that can massively help because even with the Steam Deck coming out recently, like the Switch hype is still there, like people still want to on Switch because, you know, most people can’t afford a Steam Deck as well as a Switch and they already have their Switches. [09:12.000 –> 09:15.000] So, you know, that’s what they want their games on. [09:15.000 –> 09:32.000] Absolutely. But I think we’ll all be, you know, relieved from the game of the year debate this year because we’ve got Mika and the Witch’s Mountain coming out and we all know that that’s a strong contender, even though none of us have played it. [09:32.000 –> 09:36.000] No, no, don’t put that into the universe, Al. [09:37.000 –> 09:48.000] Well, this is the thing, right? You know that something’s going to be delayed to next year because we still have 40 games that are currently scheduled to release this year and there’s no way they all do, right? [09:48.000 –> 09:50.000] Definitely not. [09:50.000 –> 10:02.000] Yeah. Well, I mean, interesting. We’re not far off halfway through the year, just a month and a half to go until we’re halfway through the year. So, you know, be interesting to take stock at that point. [10:03.000 –> 10:13.000] Oh, yes. I never finished talking about what I was up to. So, also, obviously, I played Florence today and, as mentioned, I’ve been doing a bit of Marvel Snap. [10:13.000 –> 10:20.000] But, you know, what’s also interesting is I have also been playing quite a significant amount of Fall Guys. Remember that game? [10:20.000 –> 10:28.000] I do remember this game. I played it when it first came out and I sort of ducked back in at some point last year. I’m really curious, like… [10:28.000 –> 10:31.000] Was it the Switch release when you got back in the second time? [10:31.000 –> 10:36.000] Yeah, it was around the Switch release because I think that was sort of, you know, a few people were sort of jumping back in. [10:36.000 –> 10:39.000] That’s when it became free to play. [10:39.000 –> 10:44.000] Right, right. So, what do you think? Are you enjoying Fall Guys? [10:44.000 –> 10:56.000] Yeah, I mean, I’ve kind of been playing it on and off and I think I only play it as much as I do because my four-year-old is obsessed with it and all he wants to do just now is watch me play it. [10:56.000 –> 11:05.000] He doesn’t play it himself. He just loves to watch me play it. So, he’ll be like, oh, can we play Fall Guys while we’re eating tea or whatever. [11:05.000 –> 11:12.000] He’ll just be constantly wanting to play Fall Guys. So, yeah, that tends to be when I play it. [11:12.000 –> 11:17.000] And, like, if I play it with him, I’ll then, once he goes to bed, I’ll play it a little bit more. It encourages me to go. [11:17.000 –> 11:22.000] Like, I do enjoy the game. It is good fun. It certainly helps that I’m not too bad at it either. [11:22.000 –> 11:27.000] Like, I’m not constantly winning, but I am constantly getting into finals and coming second and third. [11:27.000 –> 11:32.000] So, that kind of helps when you’re, like, almost winning. It’s like, I can almost get there. [11:32.000 –> 11:34.000] Just one more. Just one more. [11:34.000 –> 11:41.000] Exactly. So, no, I still enjoy it. I still really enjoy it. And it has enough people playing that you get into games pretty quickly. [11:41.000 –> 11:50.000] Yeah, because that was going to be my next question is, are enough people playing for it to still be ticking over? [11:50.000 –> 11:57.000] And right now I am seven levels away from reaching level 100 on the season pass, the current season pass. [11:57.000 –> 12:05.000] So, I am probably going to grind to get to that point because I’ve never hit a level 100 on the season pass. [12:05.000 –> 12:13.000] It does help that they extended the season by four weeks because they delayed the next season. So, that helps. [12:13.000 –> 12:15.000] But, you know. [12:15.000 –> 12:16.000] Definitely does. [12:16.000 –> 12:21.000] Does your four-year-old dress your little bean man? [12:21.000 –> 12:33.000] So, he wants the guy to be in a duck costume. So, he decided on that, like, eight months ago and hasn’t let me change him since. [12:33.000 –> 12:44.000] Which, I don’t know. It might be, if I do hit level 100 on the season pass, I may have to pay for the season pass and get the SpongeBob costume. [12:44.000 –> 12:47.000] And I think he might want it to be dressed as SpongeBob if I do that. [12:47.000 –> 12:49.000] That is entirely reasonable. [12:49.000 –> 12:56.000] I’m not promising anything to him yet, right? Because I do not want to get into the situation where I fail to get the season pass and he’s disappointed. [12:56.000 –> 12:59.000] But, we’ll see where we go with that. [12:59.000 –> 13:07.000] Cool. That sounds awesome. Maybe I have to get in and try a few more games of Fall Guys because it is fun, right? Like, it’s just good, dumb, sort of silly fun. [13:07.000 –> 13:14.000] Yeah, yeah. As far as, like, you know, free-to-play games, it’s kind of the most obvious what you need to do. [13:14.000 –> 13:26.000] And they’re very good at updating it regularly. The new seasons have a bunch of new maps and there’s constantly, like, new costumes and stuff that obviously you have to pay money for. [13:26.000 –> 13:32.000] Like, it’s an absolute money sink if you’re not careful. But, I haven’t spent any money on it yet. [13:32.000 –> 13:38.000] And again, it’s the good sort of monetization, right? Where it’s all cosmetic and none of it actually helps you play the game better. [13:38.000 –> 13:49.000] Exactly, exactly. So, it’s good fun. They do, like, different shows and stuff so you can go, oh, this is the, like, they do, like, an extreme one where instead of, like, respawning you just get eliminated. [13:49.000 –> 13:57.000] And if you, but, like, there’s higher rewards for that one and stuff like that. So, there’s always stuff to do if you want to play. [13:57.000 –> 14:03.000] If you have, like, one free-to-play game that you’re going to be playing, like, it’s not a bad one to choose. [14:03.000 –> 14:04.000] Yeah, absolutely. [14:04.000 –> 14:06.000] Alright, should we talk about some news? [14:06.000 –> 14:08.000] Let’s do it. [14:08.000 –> 14:25.000] So, I presume this is what you were talking about. Sunhaven, they have announced some DLCs, which is an interesting choice to announce some stuff that you’re going to let people buy when the Switch version still isn’t out. But, there we go. [14:25.000 –> 14:37.000] That was my immediate reaction is, I guess I’m just a little bit confused with what the Sunhaven, I hesitate to say devs, but the wider company structure is doing. [14:37.000 –> 14:49.000] Because they released Sunhaven, like, a week after they announced a second game and they still have on their website that the Switch release was supposed to come at the same time as they went to 1.0. [14:50.000 –> 15:02.000] And we are now probably a month or two past that date. There seems to be no info on a Switch update. The DLCs are small from what I can see. It looks like just a couple of cosmetic packs. [15:02.000 –> 15:11.000] Yeah, it’s still not good. I mean, it’s the same thing we were talking about. I think it was you that was on the episode where we were talking about the other game, the Sundown that they made. [15:11.000 –> 15:29.000] Where it’s like, it’s not like we can understand why you would do this. It’s not the same people working on the two things. But it is a bad look. Like, you’re still going, hey, buy more stuff, even though the stuff that we’ve already sold you, you can’t get yet. You know, it just doesn’t feel great. [15:29.000 –> 15:41.000] No, absolutely. Yeah. And I was on that episode. And, you know, I really like the look of Sunhaven when it first came out, because I couldn’t get it because Switch hadn’t released. [15:41.000 –> 15:57.000] You know, I was watching a few people play it and it looked like the sort of game that I wanted to get into. But I increasingly find myself not wanting to play games because of the way the wider communication strategy seems to be operating. [15:57.000 –> 16:12.000] And that’s something I find across the board, you know, that really annoys me is when, you know, I don’t mind if the Switch is going to be delayed, but when it’s not clearly communicated and I was getting excited because Sunhaven was coming up and it looked cool. [16:12.000 –> 16:21.000] And then to kind of be a month and a half past and there’s not even an idea of when I can play it, it’s just kind of like, well, there’s so many other games, I’m just going to go play one of those. [16:21.000 –> 16:37.000] Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, no, I agree. I don’t like I will probably play well, I will almost certainly play this game at some point. But yeah, it is difficult, especially like the Switch port was like the late so I’m just double checking there. [16:37.000 –> 16:52.000] They never officially said like, oh, Switch port is no longer coming with 1.0. In the announcement of the 1.0 date, they said they had a coming soon list, essentially the roadmap and at the top was the Nintendo Switch port. [16:52.000 –> 17:04.000] And so you’re like, oh, okay, right, fine. But like, that’s, that’s literally the last thing I can see that we’ve been told about it. And there’s a bunch of stuff underneath it that has been that has already come out now. [17:04.000 –> 17:16.000] You know, including the DLCs there that the 1.0 1.1 update that includes most of the stuff that’s in that list. Like, Switch is basically the only thing in that list that hasn’t happened yet. [17:16.000 –> 17:28.000] We haven’t had any indication as to where or when it’s happening. They haven’t even said, Hey, Luke, something’s come up. It’s taking longer. They’ve just said it’s coming. And everything else they said is coming is come, basically. [17:28.000 –> 17:52.000] Yeah, so it’s, it’s a little concerning at this point that there’s just no communication on it, right? It could be things like, you know, I know a few game developers, and I know that releasing things on Switch seems to be harder than other platforms, because of some of, you know, Nintendo’s controls. But even just an announcement to say it’s delayed would be would be better than nothing. [17:53.000 –> 18:15.000] Yeah, yeah, literally, you just need to say, it is still coming. Here’s the issues we’re having. And like, I think that Concerned Ape was always really good to this with Stardew, like the 1.5 update for mobile came out age, like a year after all the other updates. But he was constantly saying, like, I’m really sorry, this is, this is still coming, we are working on it. [18:15.000 –> 18:28.000] You know, every month or so he was like, just is coming, I promise. It’s just taking time, these things happen. And people are willing to accept that when they when they know that you when you when you communicate, they’re willing to accept that these things happen, you know? [18:28.000 –> 18:57.000] Yeah, absolutely. And maybe just to talk about the actual DLC of that, because I think I went straight into my wider rant on Sun Haven. So it looks like in the DLC packs, there’s there’s two or no, four DLC packs that they’ve got. So one for two for pets, and two for mounts, it looks like any sort of a theme, one being more spooky, and the other being more cute from the looks of things. [18:58.000 –> 19:12.000] Um, and I guess also, if you are still interested in Sun Haven on via steam, it’s 20% off until actually, it’s 20% off until today. So if you’re listening to this, it is no longer 20%. [19:12.000 –> 19:31.000] Yeah, yes. Yeah, all the DLC is already out. And they’re basically a fiver each to presumably similar sort of pricing in different places. So yeah, I’m not gonna buy the DLC, because I don’t have the game yet. [19:32.000 –> 19:44.000] We’ll be interested to see when we get it if we get the 1.1 update when we get the the 1.0 release on switch or whether we have to wait for the 1.1 update on switch. We’ll see. [19:44.000 –> 20:00.000] We will. And I’m going to take this next news item because I feel like every time I’m on the show, there is some small part of farming simulator news. And so we’ve got a gameplay trailer for farming simulator 23. And let me tell you, this looks like some farming simulator. [20:00.000 –> 20:23.000] Yeah, this is the game that like, this is this is the FIFA of the farming world, right? Like it does things in such a like you’re we’re going to release the game every year. And if you really care about the games, you will love the update, you will love the changes that we’ve done. And if you don’t really care about the game, you’ll be like, okay, what’s different here? [20:23.000 –> 20:52.000] So I was able to pick up on one thing that looked very new from my time with playing farming simulator 22 is it looked like there was some logging or not not quite forestry, but you know, chopping down trees on around the farm and then loading those up that that definitely looked looked new. And one of the things that it got me thinking about, I don’t know if you watched Clark’s video, but I think I watched it. [20:52.000 –> 20:54.000] You watched Clarkson’s Farm, Al? [20:55.000 –> 20:57.000] No, no, I did not. [20:58.000 –> 21:16.000] Jeremy Clarkson is a horrible human being, right? That being said, Clarkson’s Farm is a surprisingly entertaining watch of just, you know, old white dude with no idea what he’s doing tries to run a farm. And it made me wonder because it’s a it’s a wildly popular show. [21:16.000 –> 21:35.000] It has made me wonder, are the farming simulator devs kind of just looking and watching that show for ideas of what they should be bringing in because that’s sort of what’s at the top of the, you know, people that aren’t on farm sort of mindset because the logging stuff that definitely has happened in on Clarkson’s Farm like the machines were all the same machines. [21:36.000 –> 21:38.000] Maybe it’s just a standard, I don’t know. [21:39.000 –> 21:41.000] Yeah, interesting. [21:43.000 –> 21:44.000] Still not going to play the game. [21:44.000 –> 21:50.000] I’ve decided though, this is definitely this is a case where this is a farming game, but it’s definitely not a cottagecore game. [21:51.000 –> 22:04.000] I think that is exactly right. There is nothing cottagecore about it. To me, it’s much closer to a real time strategy game. Not in that it’s, you know, a lot of resource management and those sorts of things. [22:04.000 –> 22:17.000] But it’s that constant like, I have to go here, do this, pick this thing up, do the next thing, you know, hook this up, like it’s a constant flow of things you just have to be doing. [22:18.000 –> 22:27.000] And there’s no real time to just pause and sit and enjoy or, you know, chat to villagers or those sorts of things that are really at the heart of the games that we like to cover. [22:28.000 –> 22:30.000] Yeah, interesting. [22:30.000 –> 22:34.000] So that’s enough Farming Simulator. Shall we talk about some more? Farming Simulator! [22:35.000 –> 22:50.000] This is absolutely bizarre to me, right? So this is this is Farming Simulator coming to Apple Arcade. Farming Simulator 20, that is. [22:50.000 –> 23:11.000] This feels like a constant thing with Farming Simulator because we had that bundle. There was a farming bundle or some bundle. Oh, no, it was a chat. Was it the Ukraine bundle? I think there was a big charity bundle and there was a Farming Simulator in it, but it was Farming Simulator 18. [23:12.000 –> 23:27.000] You’re like, oh, OK, that’s like a six year old game. Like, so generous of you. OK. Yeah, 20. So 20 was released in 2019. So three and a half year old game. [23:28.000 –> 23:39.000] Yeah, like watching the trailer for Farming Simulator 20, I was like, if I watched these two trailers more than like 10 minutes apart, I might not be able to tell that they were in fact two different games. [23:40.000 –> 23:55.000] Yeah. Yeah. Fascinating. Anyway, now actually moving on from Farming Simulator, Story of Seasons A Wonderful Life, we have the first of their localization blogs. So they’ve done this for the last few games. [23:56.000 –> 24:08.000] As they’ve been localizing the game, they’ve come out with these blog posts to talk about the challenges and how interesting it is to translate with the different cultural expectations. [24:09.000 –> 24:23.000] And especially, I think this one seems to be focusing a lot on the names, which is interesting because there’s obviously lots of focus on names. People like to see, oh, this character’s name could be translated in multiple different ways. [24:23.000 –> 24:30.000] And some of the names were translated differently in this version than they were in the first version of the game. [24:31.000 –> 24:51.000] So, yeah, I just think this sort of transparency is really cool to see. And I think it’s particularly when you’re remaking a game and they clearly know that people have a lot of affinity for the original translation, but it maybe doesn’t hold true to the vision that they’re trying to create. [24:51.000 –> 25:09.000] So by getting out ahead of it, it’s, you know, it’s good from a transparency perspective. But for people that feel, you know, would otherwise feel disappointed or sad, it kind of means that hopefully their first experience and actually get to hold the game is not, oh, the character that I like a lot from my first experience has changed massively. [25:10.000 –> 25:30.000] Yeah, yeah. And I think it’s nice as well, like they’re going into the reasoning behind it. They’re not just like, oh, sorry, we did this. They’re like, this is why we did this. And they actually, they start off by saying, you know, lots of people hold, whereas with many fans having deep attachments to this game, its characters and its world, we felt that it was vital for us to talk about our approach to this localisation. [25:31.000 –> 25:46.000] So it’s like, they’re aware of why they’re doing it as well. They’re not just doing it because they do it. And it’s, yeah, it’s very detailed on the characters. I think this one’s specifically character based. I haven’t actually read the entirety of it, I’ve kind of just scanned it. [25:46.000 –> 26:10.000] I’ve read most of it. One thing that I want to call out is that towards the bottom of the blog post, they call out that just a number of character redesigns were necessary after 18 years, there were several designs that did not stand the test of time, which is just undoubtedly going to be true. So it’s good to see again, just being, you know, honest about where games were at from a diversity perspective when this was first released, versus where things were going. [26:17.000 –> 26:44.000] And updating that, you know, in a way that sort of still respects the original intent of the character, which I think is really important, right? Because for many characters, the original intent is not skin tone or hair colour or any number of those, you know, sort of outward facing features. It’s the personality that they bring. So I just really, you know, impressed with this level of transparency. [26:44.000 –> 26:50.000] It’s also not just diversity, right? Is this not the game that had like a literal child as a marriage candidate? [26:50.000 –> 26:52.000] You are potentially correct. [26:52.000 –> 26:59.000] Because I know there was certainly one that was like that. I feel like it was this one. And I believe they’ve changed that in the in the remake. [26:59.000 –> 27:08.000] Yeah, so not just to beat up on Sun Haven a little bit more, but this is the sort of communication that I’m looking for that makes me more likely to want to play a game, right? [27:08.000 –> 27:18.000] You don’t even need to go into this much detail, right? Like this is I think, this is very high above the bar rather than the bar that you need to cross. [27:18.000 –> 27:19.000] Absolutely. [27:19.000 –> 27:28.000] But certainly if you do this, we’re not going to complain. Yeah, I’ll have the link to the blog post in the show notes if you want to read it. [27:28.000 –> 27:36.000] All right, I think that’s all of the news. Pretty light week. That’s okay. These things happen. We’ve blabbered on about other things instead. [27:36.000 –> 27:39.000] Let’s talk Florence. So I guess… [27:39.000 –> 27:43.000] I love this game so much, Al. [27:43.000 –> 27:47.000] How many times have you played this game so far? Is it just the twice? [27:47.000 –> 28:00.000] No, I think I think I’ve played it four times. So Florence came out, I want to say 2018, maybe originally. [28:01.000 –> 28:05.000] And I think so I’ve probably played it like once a year since it came out. [28:05.000 –> 28:06.000] Okay. [28:06.000 –> 28:14.000] And it came out on iOS. And so, you know, I can just once a year, I probably think about Florence and I download it and I play it and I’m like, that was really satisfying. [28:14.000 –> 28:23.000] Yeah, yeah, yeah. So it does look like it was 2018. And then it came to Mac OS, Windows and Switch in 2020. [28:23.000 –> 28:30.000] Yeah. And so I guess just talk a little bit about what Florence is. It’s more of an interactive novel than a game, right? [28:30.000 –> 28:39.000] The gameplay elements are very light touch and ultimately don’t have any real impact on the story that’s being told. [28:39.000 –> 28:42.000] Yes, there’s no failing. [28:42.000 –> 28:53.000] Yeah, I guess as a first question, how do you feel about that, you know, sort of that balance between, you know, it’s obviously game like mechanics, but it’s, it’s hard to call it a game. [28:53.000 –> 28:58.000] So, you know, how do you feel about that as a thing that you interact with? [28:58.000 –> 29:04.000] I’m going to try really hard not to get into debate about what a game is. [29:04.000 –> 29:13.000] I mean, so I mean, it’s a storytelling thing. What’s the word I’m looking for? It’s a way of telling a story, right? [29:13.000 –> 29:22.000] And there are many different ways of telling stories. And it is not, it is not a book. It is not a film. It is not a TV series. [29:22.000 –> 29:30.000] It is very definitely, if you line them up like that is a game, right? Like, I don’t think you can debate it as being something else. [29:30.000 –> 29:42.000] Right. I think if we want to differentiate interactive novels or visual novels or whatever from games, then sure, but that feels unnecessary, right? [29:42.000 –> 29:52.000] Like, if you’re looking for a challenging game, this is not it. If you’re looking for a storytelling experience, there are lots of games that are great storytelling experiences, and this is one of them. [29:52.000 –> 30:02.000] So if you look in your games for any sort of story, then this is for you. If you’re like, oh, I can’t stand story in games, then this is not for you. [30:02.000 –> 30:08.000] That’s kind of the key point. But there are many other games that people wouldn’t like if that was the case as well. [30:08.000 –> 30:14.000] Yeah, I think that’s really well put because it’s, and I think I agree. [30:15.000 –> 30:30.000] Not fussed on whether or not it’s called a game, but I agree because what I love about it, and I think what I love about games in general is them as storytelling devices, and this is purely a storytelling device. [30:30.000 –> 30:40.000] This is doing storytelling in ways that nothing else can. And that’s why I think it’s perfectly legitimate to call it a game because that’s what games do. Games tell stories in ways that nothing else can. [30:40.000 –> 31:01.000] Yeah, no, I agree. And I think that is what makes it right. If you just read the story or scroll through the story because it’s probably more of a visual novel style from that perspective, it would not carry the same weight if you just removed all of the interactive elements. [31:01.000 –> 31:11.000] Yeah, absolutely. And they use, we’ll get into this later on, but they use it, they use the interactive elements really well in the storytelling as well. They add a lot. [31:11.000 –> 31:20.000] So I guess I kind of described the mechanics as like WarioWare, but it’s actually telling you a story. [31:20.000 –> 31:34.000] So like with WarioWare, you’re like, hey, you’ve very quickly got to figure out what you’re meant to do. And it’s like one very small mechanic, and then you move on to the next minigame. It’s kind of like that. Each part of it has like a different way of interacting with the story. [31:34.000 –> 31:53.000] And initially, it doesn’t necessarily tell you how to do it, although if you wait, it will then give you the indication. But it kind of encourages the exploration of trying to figure out what you’re doing and then giving you hints if you can’t figure that out, which I think is a really interesting way of doing that. [31:53.000 –> 32:14.000] Yeah, and I think it’s a great way of doing tutorials, not just for games like this, but for games in general, because it encourages that exploration aspect and then gives you the nudge if it seems like you’re not making progress, right? Because it’s always satisfying when you can work things out without help, no matter the sort of game. [32:14.000 –> 32:39.000] Yeah, yeah. So there’s there’s some which is just like scrolling through and they’ve got kind of panels, kind of comic comic book esque panels. And then there’s other bits where there’s like very small puzzles, like jigsaws and scratch off panels and stuff like that. I mean, puzzle even calling it puzzle is still a little bit of a stretch. But, you know, there’s activities, shall we call it? [32:39.000 –> 32:55.000] Yeah, I like activities because yeah, you’re right. They, they feel puzzle like, but you’re not going to be sit there stuck on any of them. Maybe other than the there’s one puzzle where you have to bring things into focus. Yes. And it was always a little bit more difficult than everything else. [32:56.000 –> 33:24.000] Yeah, yeah, that one took me about maybe a quarter of the whole game’s time because I was trying to figure out what I was actually meant to do, because it wasn’t just like doing like one kind of slider to get a focus. It was two sliders and you had to like align them in the right way. But there’s no like visual indication with that other than the picture. So you have to do one of them and like get as focused as you can and then go on to the second one. And then that will be when you can then get it fully focused. [33:25.000 –> 33:27.000] I was very confused initially. [33:28.000 –> 33:35.000] I have to say every time I go back and play Florence, that is the one puzzle that I always get stuck on on what I’m meant to be doing and it takes me a few minutes to work it out and remember. [33:36.000 –> 33:48.000] Cool. So we obviously need to talk about this game and spoil a lot of it. Before we do that, is there anything else you want to talk about? But the mechanics? I think I’ve talked about everything I can without giving story spoilers. [33:49.000 –> 34:04.000] Yeah, no, I think I’m in the same bucket. But just if you are listening to this and what we’ve said so far is appealing, now is a great time to pause the show, take 40 minutes, go through and play Florence and then come back and listen to the rest of this conversation. [34:05.000 –> 34:15.000] That is a very good point because this is the rare situation where you can just go and do it and come back. Like when you say go play a game before you listen to the rest of it, normally it would take you multiple weeks. [34:16.000 –> 34:26.000] It literally will take you maybe half an hour if you’re fast, maybe an hour if you’re doing it very leisurely. But an hour is the absolute longest if you’re actually doing it. [34:26.000 –> 34:35.000] It is a really nice short thing. And last I checked it was on sale on the eShop on Switch, but it probably isn’t by the time this episode comes out. [34:36.000 –> 34:37.000] Right, should we get into spoilers? [34:38.000 –> 34:46.000] Let’s do it. This is your spoiler warning. Do not keep listening if you want to play the game and don’t want to be spoiled. This is your last and final warning. [34:47.000 –> 34:53.000] I’ve got a bunch of stuff that I want to talk about and I guess it’s all metaphors. There’s so many metaphors in this game. [34:54.000 –> 35:02.000] I guess the conversations one was the first one that was quite interesting to me and there’s lots of different things in the conversations that I thought was a really interesting way of showing things. [35:03.000 –> 35:10.000] So obviously when you’re doing the conversations you do have your visual indication of the players. You do see their facial expressions and stuff like that. [35:10.000 –> 35:13.000] But they do other things as well to kind of give you hints about what’s happening. [35:14.000 –> 35:26.000] So one thing I found really interesting was when you’re having your first date, the conversation, the way it works for people who haven’t played the game is you’re basically building up a puzzle. [35:27.000 –> 35:31.000] You’ve got a bunch of puzzle pieces and you have to put them together inside your speech bubble. [35:31.000 –> 35:39.000] And as the conversation progresses, there are fewer and fewer pieces for the same size of conversation bubble. [35:40.000 –> 35:46.000] And I don’t know if this is what they meant to do, but it felt to me like what they were saying is the relationship is developing. [35:47.000 –> 35:58.000] It wasn’t just the first date, sorry, it was the whole start of the relationship. As they got to know each other and as they felt more comfortable, the conversation got easier to make. [35:58.000 –> 36:04.000] There’s less work, less effort that needs to go in to make that conversation. [36:05.000 –> 36:18.000] Absolutely, yeah. And I think you’re exactly right. I think that is exactly what they were going for is the difficulty of completing those two puzzles was exactly related to how easy the conversation was to flow. [36:18.000 –> 36:33.000] And it felt like such a brilliant representation of that. And I’m not sure if we did cover it, but I guess the overarching story of Florence is following the relationship between Florence and, oh my God, his name just walked out of my head. [36:34.000 –> 36:41.000] Chris, thank you very much. Yeah, so it’s following their relationship, but from Florence’s perspective. [36:42.000 –> 36:50.000] And so when you’re filling in those conversations, you’re filling it in from her perspective and it gets easier over time. [36:51.000 –> 37:05.000] And then as their relationship develops and they have their first argument and some of the pieces become hard-edged and then eventually they become pointy and a little bit jagged. [37:05.000 –> 37:20.000] And I think the thing that I like the most is when they start arguing, there kind of becomes this time pressure element where the conversation sort of leans one way or the other, depending on who’s getting more words in, which I thought was brilliant. [37:21.000 –> 37:30.000] I thought it was also interesting if you continue the metaphor of how easy it is to say things like when you’re doing that bit, the time pressure bit of like just trying to do it as fast as possible. [37:30.000 –> 37:40.000] It’s one single piece. There is no puzzle. And so I guess that’s kind of like when you’re in an argument, it’s almost too easy to say things because you end up saying the wrong things. [37:41.000 –> 37:49.000] You end up saying things that hurt rather than actually things that build up and things that help and that aspect of it’s just a single one. You just throw it in the right place. [37:50.000 –> 37:56.000] You’re just throwing things out there to say things rather than to actually do something useful. [37:56.000 –> 38:09.000] Yeah, I think that’s a brilliant point because when the conversation is easy between them, it’s never a single piece. It’s always still a few, which I think absolutely represents that thoughtfulness that you have when you genuinely care about someone. [38:10.000 –> 38:19.000] And you want to have a meaningful conversation versus what you just said around arguing where you just sort of say the first thing that comes to mind and consequences be damned a little bit. [38:20.000 –> 38:26.000] And you’re not waiting to listen. You’re not listening to the question. You’re just throwing out those words. You gotta win. [38:27.000 –> 38:37.000] Exactly. Exactly. So I agree. I think for me, this is probably the strongest point of the game is those conversations and where they sort of happen. [38:38.000 –> 38:48.000] One of the other things that I really, really liked was when they eventually move in and you unpack and you get to kind of pick what goes where and what gets put in the box. [38:49.000 –> 38:58.000] And then how that flows through, I guess, to I guess we’ve already given the spoiler warning when they later moved out. [38:59.000 –> 39:05.000] And I believe I actually can’t remember, but I believe some of your choices persist through that. [39:06.000 –> 39:15.000] Yeah, you end up when you’re when you’re packing at the end, it’s almost the same as the way you unpacked. But yeah, there’s a few changes, I think. [39:15.000 –> 39:23.000] Which was it’s just really nice, right, to see that continuity from those decisions that you made and see some of that still there and some of it has changed. [39:24.000 –> 39:40.000] Yeah. Yeah. No, the unpacking decisions was interesting. It took me a while to figure out whether I was unpacking my stuff or sorry, Florence’s stuff into Chris’s house or the other way around, which I think it was the other way around. It was Chris moving in with Florence. [39:41.000 –> 39:43.000] It was Chris’s stuff, yeah, into Florence’s house. [39:43.000 –> 39:52.000] And so, like, initially I was like, oh, all this stuff in the box because I don’t need any of this stuff. And then I realized, oh, no, I was putting his stuff in the box. Oh, no. [39:55.000 –> 39:59.000] Yeah. Yeah. No, I thought that was that was really interesting as well. [40:00.000 –> 40:16.000] My other kind of biggest metaphor that I liked was the this again in two parts, you’ve got the point where when they’re starting the relationship, they’re looking at it’s either mirrors or windows or whatever. It doesn’t massively matter. [40:16.000 –> 40:29.000] And you do the scratch off minigame, you scratch off the mirror or the window and you’re basically showing their hopes and dreams for them individually and the relationship as a whole. [40:30.000 –> 40:44.000] And then when you get to the point where they’re clearly struggling, but before they’ve broken up and you’re presented with those hopes and dreams again, and then you scratch off to see the reality underneath, which is not as rosy as they’d hoped it would be. [40:44.000 –> 41:01.000] And that is really this is a funny thing, because like I was looking through some of my I was doing some tidying up today and I was reading through some stuff that I’d found, which was like letters that my wife wrote to me before we were like when we were just starting our relationship. [41:01.000 –> 41:12.000] And it’s interesting to kind of look back on that and see how then like think about that person and what their their thoughts and hopes were for the future and what life is. [41:12.000 –> 41:22.000] And you could you can constantly worry about that and think, well, life is not what I hoped it would be, but that doesn’t mean that it’s not good. It doesn’t mean that it’s not something that you can continue. [41:22.000 –> 41:33.000] It’s just it’s really easy to to look at those hopes and dreams and go, that is my failure. That’s what we could have had, whereas in reality, it never was. [41:34.000 –> 41:48.000] And just that that act of scratching away those hopes and dreams and seeing the reality, what is clearly showing at that point as being the sadder reality was quite something. [41:48.000 –> 41:57.000] Yeah, I don’t really have much to add on that, because I think that was just really well, really well said and just really well done in the game. [41:57.000 –> 42:02.000] Sort of those, you know, reflection of hopes and then seeing how those progress over the course of the story. [42:05.000 –> 42:12.000] I was going to ask, maybe you can maybe you can help me with the the job metaphor, because I feel like I’m kind of half there. I’ve just not quite figured it out. [42:13.000 –> 42:32.000] So, yeah, I’ll talk about the job metaphor where you’re sort of matching numbers and in the background and at the start, it’s very clearly Florence is just not enjoying her job, is very sort of worn out with it. [42:32.000 –> 42:41.000] And to me, it’s kind of that’s the most difficult. I believe the first time you do it is the most difficult version of the puzzle. [42:41.000 –> 42:50.000] And you do it sort of, I think, three times over the course of the game and they reflect different stages, technically four times. But yeah, right. Yeah, four times. [42:50.000 –> 43:04.000] So it reflects different stages of, you know, how Florence feels about her life affects her performance at her job, because the second time you do it, she’s still in the same job, but she’s in the relationship with Krish. [43:04.000 –> 43:14.000] And it’s easier, right, because she’s happy outside of work, which even though she doesn’t enjoy the job, it’s easier for her to do. [43:14.000 –> 43:26.000] And then there comes a time where she has her own business and is doing what she loves. And it’s super, you know, it’s super easy for her because she is in a good space. [43:26.000 –> 43:36.000] Oh, actually, I think the fourth time, which I just remember is in between the second of the ones that I mentioned there when they’re broken up and it goes back to being really difficult for her to do again. [43:36.000 –> 43:49.000] Yeah, so this is where I’m a little bit confused, right? So, yeah, the first one definitely, it’s like, you know, just starting out, I think she’s just starting out the job at that point, you know, is kind of getting used to figuring out what to do. [43:49.000 –> 43:57.000] And so obviously things as you start there, they’re kind of slow. The second one, I kind of read it as I didn’t make any connection with the relationship. [43:57.000 –> 44:09.000] I made it more like she is at the point where she’s good at her job now and, you know, kind of like enthused by the fact that she’s good at it now and just, you know, breezing through stuff. [44:09.000 –> 44:16.000] But by the time you get to the third one, although, yes, they have broken up by this point, I felt like that bit was more. Oh, no, they hadn’t broken up by that point. [44:17.000 –> 44:34.000] It was just before the breakup, I think, wasn’t it? I more thought that was like disillusionment with the job rather than necessarily the outside, the other life situations and therefore not putting in as much effort rather than the difficulty. [44:34.000 –> 44:40.000] Because the second time you as the player don’t actually do anything, like Florence just does it all almost straight away. [44:40.000 –> 44:52.000] Whereas the third time you have to do it again. And that I kind of read as the lack of enthusiasm and being disillusioned with the job, which then moves into the fourth one of being her own business. [44:52.000 –> 45:06.000] She’s now chosen to do something else. But that one, presumably, then you have to do that again. So it’s not as easy as the second time you did it because it’s a reasonably new thing at that point, the new business. [45:06.000 –> 45:19.000] Yeah, I think probably what I took away is a little bit of the outside in and it’s a little bit, you know, to me, I didn’t really associate the job piece with her competence at it. [45:19.000 –> 45:30.000] For me, it was a little bit of a, you know, when things are going well, it is easier for other things to feel not so bad or to go better. [45:30.000 –> 45:39.000] So for me, it was kind of a little bit of the story of Florence, I think is, I guess, recognizing that every aspect of your life is interconnected. [45:39.000 –> 45:49.000] Right. So, you know, personally at the moment, right, work is in a tough spot and part of that flows into my personal life. Right. [45:49.000 –> 45:58.000] It’s, you know, I’m more tired, I’m probably a little bit more irritable to be around some of those sorts of things. And the reverse is true, right? [45:58.000 –> 46:07.000] When, you know, sometimes in your personal life is going really good, it’s easier to come into work and to be happy and to let some of those negative things that happen sort of, you know, bounce off you. [46:07.000 –> 46:27.000] And that was my takeaway of what I thought the work was. And often work was also associated with a call from your mum, which I always found to be a really interesting aspect because it was very much like Florence is meant to be 25 in the story. [46:27.000 –> 46:38.000] And it’s a little bit of that, you know, not quite out of the adolescent sort of mindset yet being a little bit grumpy with mum who’s calling in the middle of the workday. [46:38.000 –> 47:07.000] Yeah, I also took that as a little bit like there&

This is part two of a three episode arc on the Modoc War of 1872-73. With an increasing number of Euro-Americans settlers coming into the Klamath Basin astride the Oregon/California border after the end of the Civil War, tensions rose. Modoc's feared a loss of access to their homeland and it became an issue with both parties. It put increasing pressure on the Lost River band of the Modoc Tribe to remove themselves to the Klamath Reservation. Governed by two different agreements, one approved by Congress and the other not, created tension. In November 1872 the powder keg exploded when the Lost River band clashed with the U.S. Army. What became known as the Modoc War commenced. Have a question, comment, or compliment? Contact us at americawarpodcast@gmail.com. You can also leave comments and your questions on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/americaatwarpodcast/. Thanks for listening!

The Titterpigs are back to answer a listener email asking us about our opinions on VTTs (Virtual Tabletops). We discuss the pros and cons about those that we are familiar with and also highlight some others that might be worth checking out. Also, hold tight until the end where we introduce our new Patreon and how you can help our podcast grow and prosper. Cheers! Check out our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/titterpigs?fan_landing=true&view_as=public Episode Intro by Dr. Mitch. You can follow Dr. Paul Mitchener on Twitter ⁠⁠@TheTweedmeister⁠⁠ for more ukulele goodness and also to check out his many TTRPG offerings. Most especially ⁠⁠Liminal ⁠⁠ You can Email us at ⁠⁠titterpigspod@gmail.com⁠⁠ with your comments, questions, or soundbites. Give us a follow on all our socials: Twitter: ⁠⁠@Titterpigs⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠facebook.com/Titterpigs⁠⁠ Scott: Twitter ⁠⁠@HailOrcusdorkus⁠⁠ Mastodon ⁠⁠dice.camp/@orcusdorkus⁠⁠ and YouTube at ⁠⁠OrcusDorkus' RPG Shenanigans⁠⁠ Keith: Twitter ⁠⁠@DM_Modoc⁠⁠ Mastodon ⁠⁠dice.camp/@Modoc⁠⁠ and his blog ⁠⁠Rolling Boxcars Blog⁠⁠ Transition Music by: Music by BrightestAvenue from Pixabay and Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/titterpigs/message

We are moving into our season on the wars of the western frontier. We are starting on the Pacific coast with the Modoc War of 1872-73, California's only large post Civil War conflict with a native people. This episode sets up the events of the war. The Modoc homeland, in the far reaches of Northern California in the Klamath Basin, was under pressure with waves of immigration that occured in the aftermath of the Civil War. Tensions between settlers and Modoc gradually rose through the 1850s and 1860s that built resentment and pressure for action. Two treaties were negotiated, one in California and the other in Oregon, causing confusion and further tension. With disagreements over who had the right to the land, it would set up the conditions for conflict. Have a question, comment, or compliment? Contact us at americawarpodcast@gmail.com. You can also leave comments and your questions on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/americaatwarpodcast/. Thanks for listening!   

The Titterpigs dredge through the mud and bleak despair of a dying world to have a fantastic chat with the creators of MÖRK BORG, Pelle Nilsson and Johan Nohr. We inquire about their early beginnings within the hobby, the inspirations that lead to MÖRK BORG, the highs and the lows of the surging exposure of one of the gaming worlds most well received and also somewhat hated game in years, and also thank them both for being some of the most righteously cool creators to hit this hobby. Give a listen or may the Two-Headed Basilisks rend your soul into rotblack sludge. :-P You can find MÖRK BORG here: https://morkborg.com/ You can follow MÖRK BORG on Twitter at: @MorkBorg Episode Intro by Dr. Mitch. You can follow Dr. Paul Mitchener on Twitter ⁠@TheTweedmeister⁠ for more ukulele goodness and also to check out his many TTRPG offerings. Most especially ⁠Liminal ⁠ You can Email us at ⁠titerpigspod@gmail.com⁠ with your comments, questions, or soundbites. Give us a follow on all our socials: Twitter: ⁠@Titterpigs⁠ Facebook: ⁠facebook.com/Titterpigs⁠ Scott: Twitter ⁠@HailOrcusdorkus⁠ Mastodon ⁠dice.camp/@orcusdorkus⁠ and YouTube at ⁠OrcusDorkus' RPG Shenanigans⁠ Keith: Twitter ⁠@DM_Modoc⁠ Mastodon ⁠dice.camp/@Modoc⁠ and his blog ⁠Rolling Boxcars Blog⁠ Transition Music by: Music by BrightestAvenue from Pixabay and Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/titterpigs/message

"Black Indigenous people of color in the 21st century are navigating the digital space and grounding ourselves in joy, community, beauty, skincare, dancing, and storytelling, all through connection to land.” - Lofanitani Aisea  Did you say "influencer"? Seedcast's first ever Artist-in-Residence, Lofanitani Aisea (Black and Tongan, Modoc, Tahlequah Cherokee, and Klamath tribes), has gone viral on TikTok for her stories that celebrate her cultures and shine a light on others. Lofanitani speaks with Laura Obregón Cañola (Colombian of Indigenous / Embera Katío descent), another influencer who shares stories on TikTok to uplift Indigenous Colombian artists, decolonize folklore, and mobilize mutual aid resources.  As Lofanitani explains, “storytelling, and undeniably uplifting our rights as Indigenous peoples, is vital in nurturing our connection to land and culture.” Host: Jessica Ramirez. Producer and 2022 Seedcast Artist in Residence: Lofanitani Aisea. Mentor and Audio Editor: Stina Hamlin. Story Editor and Sound Mix: Jenny Asarnow.  Follow Lofanitani and Laura (Pülasü.co)  on TikTok. Seedcast is now a Webby Award-nominated podcast...and we need YOUR help to get us the rest of the way. VOTE TODAY to help us win in our category!Seedcast is a production of Nia Tero, a global nonprofit which supports Indigenous land guardianship around the world through policy, partnership, and storytelling initiatives.Enjoy the Seedcast podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and your other favorite podcast platforms. Keep up with Seedcast on Instagram and use the hashtag #Seedcast.

The Titterpigs had an absolutely fascinating and likewise raucous chat with Scott A. Woodard, author of such Savage Worlds titles as The Sixth Gun, Flash Gordon, and the up and coming Pinebox Middle School, but you will find Scott is a man of many more talents. Novelist, playwright, FX engineer, and down right hilarious dude. Give a listen. We hope you enjoy this episode as much as we had making it. Cheers. You can find many of Scott's works here: https://peginc.com/ You can find Scott's book on Cinema and Sorcery here: https://greenroninstore.com/products/cinema-and-sorcery-a-comprehensive-guide-to-fantasy-film You can find info and updates about Pinebox Middle School here: https://peginc.com/campaign/pinebox-middle-school/ Episode Intro by Dr. Mitch. You can follow Dr. Paul Mitchener on Twitter @TheTweedmeister for more ukulele goodness and also to check out his many TTRPG offerings. Most especially Liminal You can Email us at titerpigspod@gmail.com with your comments, questions, or soundbites. Give us a follow on all our socials: Twitter: @Titterpigs Facebook: facebook.com/Titterpigs Scott: Twitter @HailOrcusdorkus Mastodon dice.camp/@orcusdorkus and YouTube at OrcusDorkus' RPG Shenanigans Keith: Twitter @DM_Modoc Mastodon dice.camp/@Modoc and his blog Rolling Boxcars Blog Transition Music by: Music Arranged and Produced by Didier Martini / https://didiermartini.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/titterpigs/message

Seedcast is back on March 15 with a new season, and host Jessica Ramirez will continue guiding us through a whole new series of stories at the intersections of Indigenous land guardianship, culture, and rights. Indigenous peoples protect 80% of the world's biodiversity, and Indigenous cultures, knowledge, and practices of reciprocity are the best guide to the future we all want to live in. In Season 3, we'll go around the world to hear from Indigenous peoples who want to grow our knowledge together. Featured voices include Laura Obregón Cañola (Colombian of Indigenous / Embera Katío descent), Lofanitani Aisea (Black and Tongan, Modoc, Tahlequah, and Klamath tribes), Leo Cerda (Kichwa community of Serena in the Ecuadorian Amazon), and Eric Terena (Terena People of Brazil). Featured song: Tetchi'arü'ngu (Remix) by Eric Terena and Djuena Tikuna.  Seedcast is a production of Nia Tero, a global nonprofit which supports Indigenous land guardianship around the world through policy, partnership, and storytelling initiatives.Enjoy the Seedcast podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and your other favorite podcast platforms. Keep up with Seedcast on Instagram and use the hashtag #Seedcast.

David Larkins, Head Line Editor for Pendragon 6th Edition, graciously runs The Adventure of the Sword Tournament for the Titterpigs and friends. Ros and Pookie join us as we take our young knights to Londinium, to seek honor and glory at the famed tournament, and bare witness to the beginning moments of a glorious new age for the Britons. You can obtain a copy of the Pendragon 6e Quickstart here for free at: https://www.chaosium.com/content/FreePDFs/Pendragon/6th%20Ed%20-%20QuickStart/Pendragon%20-%20The%20Adventure%20of%20the%20Sword%20Tournament.pdf You can find David's work at: Chaosium.com You can follow David on Twitter at: @SirLarkins You can find Pookie on Twitter @RlyehReviews at Mastodon at dice.camp/@pookie his blog: http://rlyehreviews.blogspot.com/ and at YouTube at UnboxingintheNook Episode Intro by Dr. Mitch. You can follow Dr. Paul Mitchener on Twitter @TheTweedmeister for more ukulele goodness and also to check out his many TTRPG offerings. Most especially Liminal You can Email us at titerpigspod@gmail.com with your comments, questions, or soundbites. Give us a follow on all our socials: Twitter: @Titterpigs Facebook: facebook.com/Titterpigs Scott: Twitter @HailOrcusdorkus Mastodon dice.camp/@orcusdorkus and YouTube at OrcusDorkus' RPG Shenanigans Keith: Twitter @DM_Modoc Mastodon dice.camp/@Modoc and his blog Rolling Boxcars Blog Transition Music by: Music by TommyMutiu from Pixabay Outro Music by: A Robust Crew by Darren Curtis | https://www.darrencurtismusic.com/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/titterpigs/message

You've made it this far, but please know that going forward with this story is going to be hard. The conclusion of this series is easily the darkest material we have covered on STM, but the story should be told. And if it were up to us, the whole world would know the story of the Modoc people.Join our Patreon for extra content! patreon.com/spillthemeadMusic is composed by Nicholas Leigh nicholasleighmusic.comFind us on Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, and Facebook @spillthemeadFind Madi @myladygervais on Instagram and @ladygervais on TikTokFind Emily @ladybourdon on Instagram and @lady.bourdon on TikTok

Captain Jack is back! And he's not leaving without a fight. In this episode we get to know some more of our Modoc warriors at the Stronghold, and set the scene of what is going to be the hardest story we have covered this far. But as we learn, it is sometimes the most tragic stories that are worth telling.Join our Patreon for extra content! patreon.com/spillthemeadMusic is composed by Nicholas Leigh nicholasleighmusic.comFind us on Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, and Facebook @spillthemeadFind Madi @myladygervais on Instagram and @ladygervais on TikTokFind Emily @ladybourdon on Instagram and @lady.bourdon on TikTok

The Titterpigs gather together some knowledgeable minds of the history of our hobby to have a round table discussion about the early days of RPG fanzines. We discuss some early examples, how they impacted hobby, and touch upon the evolution into what zines mean to us in the modern day. This was both extremely entertaining and enlightening and we hope you enjoy this episode as much as we did recording it. Cheers. Periodical List: Click the link for the full list of Fanzines mentioned in the episode. https://linktr.ee/titterpigs?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=e9dc372e-fb7d-4802-9ae6-c6827865ddc7 You can find James Holloway on Twitter @gonzohistory at Mastodon at dice.camp/@gonzohistory and his podcast Monster Man. Also, be sure to check out his zine offerings Pamphlet of Pantheons and The Magonium Mine Murders here https://james-holloway.itch.io/ You can find Pookie on Twitter @RlyehReviews at Mastodon at dice.camp/@pookie his blog: http://rlyehreviews.blogspot.com/ and at YouTube at UnboxingintheNook You can find Andy Markham on Twitter @AndyAction and the Facebook OSR Group You can Email us at titerpigspod@gmail.com with your comments, questions, or soundbites or jump on our Discord channel at https://discord.gg/bPNk5byrb7 Episode Intro by Dr. Mitch. You can follow Dr. Paul Mitchener on Twitter @TheTweedmeister for more ukulele goodness and also to check out his many TTRPG offerings, most especially Liminal. Give us a follow on all our socials: Twitter: @Titterpigs Facebook: facebook.com/Titterpigs Scott: Twitter @HailOrcusdorkus Mastodon dice.camp/@orcusdorkus and YouTube at OrcusDorkus' RPG Shenanigans Keith: Twitter @DM_Modoc Mastodon dice.camp/@Modoc and his blog Rolling Boxcars Blog --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/titterpigs/message

Captain Jack, Scarface Charley, Hooker Jim, and the rest of the brave Modoc people are in place at the lava beds, with the army moving in. Are you nervous? You should be, the conclusion of this story is WILD.Join our Patreon for extra content! patreon.com/spillthemeadMusic is composed by Nicholas Leigh nicholasleighmusic.comFind us on Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, and Facebook @spillthemeadFind Madi @myladygervais on Instagram and @ladygervais on TikTokFind Emily @ladybourdon on Instagram and @lady.bourdon on TikTok

First Segment: The Titterpigs reflect on the transition and growth of the podcast throughout 2022, highlighting many key and hilarious events, and also look forward to the future and what it may hold in 2023 for the podcast. Second Segment: We highlight our favorite game of 2022 with friends of the podcast, Debbie and Pookie, and then reveal what our most anticipated game of 2023 is going to be. You can find Debbie on Twitter @dragongirl74 at Mastodon at dice.camp/@Dragongirl74 and her blog at dragongirl74.blogspot.com You can find Pookie on Twitter @RlyehReviews at Mastodon at dice.camp/@pookie his blog: http://rlyehreviews.blogspot.com/ and at YouTube at UnboxingintheNook If you enjoyed this episode or other Titterpigs episodes, be sure and give us a follow and rating on your podcaster of choice. You can Email us at titerpigspod@gmail.com with your comments, questions, or soundbites or jump on our Discord channel at https://discord.gg/bPNk5byrb7 Episode Intro by Dr. Mitch. You can follow Dr. Paul Mitchener on Twitter @TheTweedmeister for more ukulele goodness and also to check out his many TTRPG offerings, most especially Liminal. Give us a follow on all our socials: Twitter: @Titterpigs Facebook: facebook.com/Titterpigs Scott: Twitter @HailOrcusdorkus Mastodon dice.camp/@orcusdorkus and YouTube at OrcusDorkus' RPG Shenanigans Keith: Twitter @DM_Modoc Mastodon dice.camp/@Modoc and his blog Rolling Boxcars Blog Transition Music by: Caffeine_Creek_Band, Muzaproduction and Skilsel from Pixabay --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/titterpigs/message

We're calling it for the indefinite future gang. Thanks for tuning in and thanks for the support. Lots of love from Geoff and Nate... Magnolia, Hard Eight, Philip Baker Hall, Seinfeld, Deliverance, Ned Beatty, Paul Dooley, ADHD podcast, Garlock “but”, Geoff's good skin, Waxwork, Waxworks, House of Wax, Gremlins 3, storytelling, Modoc, David Warner, Julian Sands, Warlock, Arachnaphobia, House 2, John Ratzenberger, Kate Berlant, William DeVane, Cheers, Rolling Thunder, dialogue on a soundtrack, 90s movie soundtracks, Reality Bites, Singles, Trainspotting, Natural Born Killers, Pink Floyd, Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits, Judgment Night, Can't Hardly Wait, Sherri Shepherd, The Real Bowl, retiring, what have we learned… Support the show

Ka'ila Farrell-Smith is a Klamath Modoc visual artist, writer, and activist. Utilizing painting and traditional Indigenous art practices, her work explores space in between the Indigenous and western paradigms. Her painting Enrollment is featured in the exhibition Many Wests: Artists Shape an American Idea on view at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art through December 18, 2022.

50 Modoc defied the U.S. Army for nearly a year; outwitting and outfighting them on more than one occasion, killing a General in the process. This is Part 3 of the series on Captain Jack and the Modoc War.   Captain Jack & the Modoc War Pt 1 – https://open.spotify.com/episode/08Z5EY1dTdb9vTGRm1OoTb   Captain Jack & the Modoc War Pt 2 - https://open.spotify.com/episode/4aveLbPW47jLSlqdeqvUkW   Check out my website for more true tales from the wild and woolly west https://www.wildwestextra.com/   Email me! https://www.wildwestextra.com/contact/   Buy me a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wildwest   Join Patreon for bonus content! https://www.patreon.com/wildwestextra   Become a YouTube Paid Member for bonus content! https://www.youtube.com/c/WildWestExtravaganza   Subscribe to the Newsletter! https://wildwestjosh.substack.com/

This is part 2 in the series on the Modoc war. If you haven't already listened to part 1, you may want to do so. Captain Jack & the Modoc War | Part 1 - https://www.wildwestextra.com/captain-jack-the-modoc-war/ We've already discussed the Modoc people, a bit of their history, and the unfortunate events leading up to the war. About how Captain Jack and his band weren't content with the living conditions on the Klamath reservation, so they simply left and headed south, back to their homeland around Tule lake. And we ended that episode with the first shot of the war and the beginning of the Battle of Lost River. This episode we'll cover the first Battle of the Stronghold, the Peace Commission, months of negotiations, and finally – a treachery.   Check out my website for more true tales from the wild and woolly west https://www.wildwestextra.com/   Email me! https://www.wildwestextra.com/contact/   Buy me a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wildwest   Join Patreon for bonus content! https://www.patreon.com/wildwestextra   Become a YouTube Paid Member for bonus content! https://www.youtube.com/c/WildWestExtravaganza   Sign up for the free newsletter!!! https://wildwestjosh.substack.com/   The Story Out West | The Stronghold - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCJ35JYWecA   The Modocs and Their War by Keith A. Murray - https://www.amazon.com/Modocs-Their-Civilization-American-Indian/dp/0806113316/ref=sr_1_8?crid=2PZDA5FRSWSOS&keywords=modoc+war&qid=1664153682&s=books&sprefix=modoc+war%2Cstripbooks%2C130&sr=1-8   Remembering the Modoc War by Boyd Cothran - https://www.amazon.com/Remembering-Modoc-War-Redemptive-Directions/dp/1469633345/ref=sr_1_3?crid=2PZDA5FRSWSOS&keywords=modoc+war&qid=1664153623&s=books&sprefix=modoc+war%2Cstripbooks%2C130&sr=1-3   Chief Joseph & the Nez Perce War - https://www.wildwestextra.com/joseph/

In 1874 Kintpuash – better known as Captain Jack - led his small band of the Modoc people off of a reservation in southern Oregon and back to their homeland in Northern California. What occurred after would be one of the most expensive wars ever fought on U.S. soil; one which pitted just 50 to 60 Modoc warriors against nearly a thousand U.S. troops and volunteers.  Check out my website for more true tales from the wild and woolly west https://www.wildwestextra.com/   Email me! https://www.wildwestextra.com/contact/   Buy me a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wildwest   Join Patreon for bonus content! https://www.patreon.com/wildwestextra   Become a YouTube Paid Member for bonus content! https://www.youtube.com/c/WildWestExtravaganza   Modoc Nation - https://modocnation.com/   The California Genocide - https://fullertonobserver.com/2020/07/07/the-california-native-american-genocide/   Bloody Point sources - https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/labe/endnotes.htm

Hello and welcome back to another episode. Let me ask you something. What ever happened to predictability? The milkman, the paperboy, the evening TV?! If you answered "yes" to one or more of those questions, please tune in and listen to today's episode. It's about Marvel Comics' character, MODOK. Enjoy!

Protocols are the basic set of rules that define how information can be exchanged whether it is a biological cell or the transfer of data between computers, even cryptocurrency. This week we explore the theme of Infinite Possibility, represented by the delphinium, and learn about spiritual protocols from Michael Pom Preston from the Winnemem Wintu tribe of Mt. Shasta in Northern California. He claims spiritual responsibility to the winnemem wywakit (McCloud River) and this is the spiritual background that he speaks from. He is also an enrolled member of the Susanville Indian Rancheria in Susanville California as a descendent of the Wada Ticutta Numu (Seed Eater Paiute), Modoc, and Ilmawi/Madesi Pit River tribes. He shares how ceremony and spiritual enlightenment are the highest technology there is, even in our day-to-day life. There are rules to it and spiritual bypassing is not allowed as a matter of physics.Collect the Delphinium Infinite Possibility NFT.Find encouragement to practice with the Gratitude Blooming cards in our metagarden community on discord: https://discord.gg/MeRrhxKax4We appreciate your support and help so we can bloom! Please take a moment to give us 5-stars and share a review. You can always email us at hello@gratitudeblooming.com. We want to hear from you! Give the gift of the Gratitude Blooming card deck at www.gratitudeblooming.com

There is no singular Indigenous experience. We take a walk with five Indigenous peoples from five different regions of Turtle Island in what is currently known as the United States to hear their stories about their identities, their cultures, and their connections to land.  Guests featured are John Scott-Richardson (Haliwa-Saponi Tribe, Tuscarora lineage from Six Nations), Carey Flack (Muscogee Creek descent, Choctaw Freedmen, and Cherokee Freedmen), Jeremy Dennis (Shinnecock Indian Nation), Lofanitani (Black, Tongan, Modoc, Klamath, and Cherokee descent), and Colette Denali Montoya (Pueblo of Isleta and Pueblo of San Felipe.)Host: Jessica Ramirez. Producer: Stina Hamlin. Story editor: Tracy Rector.  WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU! How is your Indigenous identity connected to land? The Seedcast team is inviting our Indigenous listeners to record your thoughts in a voice memo and send them to: Seedcast@NiaTero.org. We plan to share your voices in a future episode! Learn more: Producer Stina Hamlin: Instagram / Twitter; Projects: Remaining Native Documentary, Sonic Occupation Colette Denali Montoya: Instagram / Website; opportunities to support Ukraine, to combat fracking in Colette's homelands, and to support Pueblo survivance. Jeremy Dennis: @jeremynative / @mashousestudio / JeremyNative.com / Ma's House StudioLofanitani: TikTok / Instagram / WebsiteJohn Scott-Richardson: Instagram

Columbia Center for the Arts and The Dalles Art Center are showcasing prints created by more than two dozen Native American artists during residencies at the Crow's Shadow Institute of the Arts, an arts center and printmaking studio located on the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Pendleton. Crow's Shadow invites a select number of visual artists and sculptors each year to participate in a two-week residency to produce limited edition prints of their own design. Lillian Pitt, a Native artist from the Wasco, Yakama and Warm Springs Tribes, and Natalie Ball, an Afro-Indigenous artist from the Klamath, Modoc and Tahlequah Tribes, join us to talk about their art and their experiences at Crow's Shadow. They are also featured in the “Contemporary Native Voices: Prints from the Crow's Shadow Institute of the Arts” exhibit at the Columbia Center for the Arts in Hood River.

The Modoc ancestral run has been taking descendants of Modac people to native lands of historical and spiritual importance for the past 11 years. This year, for the first time in 150 years, the Modoc people slept on the top of the Peninsula, the first piece of land the Modoc creator made when constructing the world according to the people's history. Monica Yellowowl is the founder and run leader of the Ancestral Run and joins us to share details on how the run was so different this year than any year before.