Avowed is the new hotness, so a lot of our preshow this week revolves around the mushroom-headed Godlike. Joe hasn't been playing it yet because he has a passion for painting minis, which was also a hot topic. Plus, you might want to look around in your area for a brew pub that hosts a Magic: The Gathering 2025-02-27 20:22:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Death Knights, one of the most iconic, lore-heavy classes added to World of Warcraft, are the core topic of this week's Lore Watch, this time with a focus on what dead means, really. Join Joe and Matt as they discuss the other types of undead we know, and how their existence shapes current Death Knights. The concept ...
2025-02-25 21:28:37 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm not sure I've said that a week was "chill" at any point in recent memory -- I know better than to poke the ghost that haunts this website by now -- but this week seemed particularly, somewhat unexpectedly busy. On a scale from one to BlizzCon, I'd say we were at a solid 6 with announcements, seasonal turnovers, and lots o...
2025-02-21 23:06:04 +0000 UTC View Post
This month on Tavern Watch, we discuss the messy release of D&D's 2024 edition, which was staggered out into 2025... and seems to have lost some hype in the process. But Wizards of the Coast could turn things around, with an upcoming live action D&D show on Netflix and two new Forgotten Rea...
2025-02-21 17:00:17 +0000 UTC View Post
The news that Marvel Rivals was seeing layoffs despite being a runaway success by almost any metric was a hot topic for the crew during the preshow. Games that released somewhat less successfully, and then were allowed to blossom with time, like Cyberpunk 2077 and No Man's Sky, made their ...
2025-02-21 02:00:43 +0000 UTC View Post
In this week's Lore Watch Matt and Joe discuss the conflict between Alliance and Horde -- and more importantly, the lack of conflict some characters may feel when they're just out there adventuring. Even if their factions are opposed, we've had a ton of time collaborating and helping each other out on a personal level. Could ...
2025-02-18 23:09:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Valentine's Day was never really my favorite holiday. I can be romantic, but I'm one of those people who feels more cherished and loved when someone, say, folds my laundry rather than buying me something, or making a grand gesture. As such, discount heart-shaped-box chocolate day is totally up my alley. It's both thoughtful a...
2025-02-14 23:08:42 +0000 UTC View Post
The Eberron Express is about to pull into the station, and when it does Egan Bakker's killer could vanish forever. Can the passengers solve the mystery before time runs out... and do they even want to?
Join DM Elizabeth Harper on this trip across Eberron, with colorful group of characters:
Nick Marino as T...
2025-02-14 15:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
We hope you like animals, because not only are we excited about the cute animal content we've been adding to the site, but we extended that theme into the podcast pre-show. But come on, have you seen this baby tapir? Plus, Liz is inc...
2025-02-13 02:29:10 +0000 UTC View Post
This week around the office was mostly dominated by the World of Warcraft team giving us a teeny tidbit of news about Player Housing. I cannot express just how feral I already am for this feature, and I'm already excited to make it a beautiful day in the neighborhood -- yes, even if my weird neighbors go full Ho...
2025-02-07 22:47:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Someone on this train killed Egan Bakker, and the passengers of the Eberron Express are determined to track them down... but is the killer right in front of them? We'll see how the party fares one roll for initiative later.
Join DM Elizabeth Harper on this trip across Eberron, with colorful group of charac...
2025-02-07 15:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post
During the preshow this week, Joe debated starting a modded Minecraft server, while Phil Ulrich talked about his experience with the (woefully underrated) indie game 1000xRESIST. They also gave a few tips and tricks on how they like to select new TTRPGs to play. The preshow ends at 34:46.
Liz hosted the...
2025-02-06 18:53:31 +0000 UTC View Post
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This week's Lore Watch Podcast is a Q & A, but sometimes those questions can give us a chance to go off on a topic we love to discuss. For instance, why Odyn in World of Warcraft is just the worst. Maybe not the absolute worst given what horrors the setting has to offer, but he's certainly getting coal f...
2025-02-04 18:22:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Famed artificer Egan Bakker has invented a new weapon, and it's going to get him killed one day. As Bakker boards the luxurious Eberron Express, an unusual group or passengers joins him on the three-day route to Fairhaven... and because each of them have their own grudge against Bakker, the trip isn't likely to end well.
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It's Lunar New Year, so everything is snake-themed, even the hairstyles.
Here’s what happened this week, what’s happening next week, and more stuff.
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In the preshow the crew, with special recurring guest star Liz Patt, discussed their schedules -- specifically, how games these days don't seem to always fit in neatly anymore, and it's becoming a pretty big ask to keep up sometimes. They all have their season passes and their early accesses, and why is thei...
2025-01-30 19:05:49 +0000 UTC View Post
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This week Matt and Joe discussed how history seems to keep repeating itself in Diablo's Sanctuary. In answering a listener question, they establish one core fact, and it's spoiled by the title of the episode.
Pointy ears for ...
2025-01-27 21:34:47 +0000 UTC View Post
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I hope you enjoyed our first game of Starfinder 2e last week, because we're coming at you with part 2!
Our crew of seasoned spacefarers made it safely to the planet surface, so the hard part is over... right? All they have to do now is survive (which means not blowing themselves up), find a way h...
2025-01-27 15:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
This whole week has been a total mess. I feel like I’ve aged three years, but really I just need to drink a ton more water. The kids are finally back at school after our second snowpocalypse of the winter so I’m trying to catch up on everything that happened this week in the space of a few short carefree hours.
I gu...
2025-01-25 23:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Join us with special guest and resident Diablian Liz Patt as we discuss the new Season of Witchcraft arriving in Diablo 4, now that we’ve had a bit of a chance to get our hands on it — though all the rest of the Diablo fam is a bit of a seasonal mess.
Not Diablo 2, though. Diablo 2 is Gen X.
Plus, we discuss t...
2025-01-23 20:29:26 +0000 UTC View Post
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In preparation for the upcoming WoW patch 11.1 featuring the goblin capital The Undermine, we dive into the evolution of the goblin race throughout the history of Azeroth, the difference between the various cartels, and the transit...
2025-01-22 17:15:26 +0000 UTC View Post
This week everyone is saying Arrrr so I'm out here reminding you that Arrrr.
It's Friday (thank Yogg) so this is our roundup of what happened this week, what's going to happen next week, and some more fun stuff we'd like to share.
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Join us as we look into the improvements to the Plunderstorm event that has returned to the WoW servers for a limited time, the delay of the Cataclysm Classic Phase F...
2025-01-17 17:06:36 +0000 UTC View Post
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We just wrapped up our game of Sentai & Sensibility, and now we have another adventure in store as we shift into outer space adventure with a game of Starfinder 2e!
A dead pilot (maybe), a crashing starship (definitely), and a tiny problem that's causing the dead to rise. (Does that mean the ...
2025-01-17 15:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post
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Here is your ad-free access to the latest episode of Lore Watch.
Join us as speculate on a possible connection between Elune and Xal’atath as well as Elune's dual nature and her ties to cosmic forces like the Naaru and the Winter Queen.
We also dive into the concept of godhood and if th...
2025-01-15 18:26:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Okay, everyone, it’s happening. I am currently watching a Blizzard. It doesn’t get much better than this, especially since now that I got to play outside for a while, I can be inside and warm and snuggly. Truly the best of all worlds.
While we settle with some cocoa, here’s everything that happened this week and a...
2025-01-12 00:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello supporters!
It's time for the last episode of our game of Sentai & Sensibility! But while this series has to an end, we have a new game starting next week. Now, enjoy the show.
This week, a threatening swarm of robots isn't enough to delay the Queen's Winter Gala, and it's up to our heroes to safeguard t...
2025-01-10 15:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
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Join Joe, Liz, and special guest Phil Ulrich as we discuss the return of Turbulent Timeways to World of Warcraft, featuring seven weeks of Timewalking and a new Timely Buzzbee m...
2025-01-10 04:41:17 +0000 UTC View PostSorry everyone, but there will be no Lore Watch podcast this week. However, there will be new episodes of the Blizzard Watch and Tavern Watch podcasts this week as usual. I hope you enjoy this week's shows!
In the meanwhile, if you have a question for Lore Watch or a topic you would like us to cover, you can let us know...
2025-01-07 19:35:48 +0000 UTC View Post
I am resolutely getting back into the swing of things, which includes actually reading all the stuff we publish every week, apparently? Seems a little rude to expect of me, but here we go, once more around the sun.
Here’s everything that happened this week and a few reminders for next.
2025-01-03 22:00:07 +0000 UTC
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