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Here at the ending of one year and the beginning of another, Stephen, Bryan, and Cameron sit together in a circle to share stories and reminisce about the past 365 days but it’s actually a triangle because there’s only three of them. Please, by all means join them— and have a pretty good 2022 while you’re at it!
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“Liar, liar, hat on fire” and “A girl in hand is worth two in the bush” Join us in this more or less eloquent episode of Bridging the Barrier, where we play our first game, consisting of us trying to guess the meaning to idioms around the globe. Or rather in our four countries. Also, this is the first episode that Tim edited and he can praise his editing here, since he’s also writing this, what a conniving plan. Tabletop Simulator and the mentioned discord server Fun Fact, the BTB...
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Happy New Years! This episode is late, but who could have guessed that organizing a podcast around the globe in the holiday season could be difficult. Join the now reunited crew in this year starting episode of Bridging the Barrier, where we talk about our New Years traditions, how to get illegal fireworks in Ireland (if they ask, you know nothing from nowhere) and some superstitions. Happy New Year in Irish: Athbhliain faoi mhaise duit! Picture of Lead-pouring kit and all the possible...
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Yellow? Yeah we’re late. Join us in this soundly episode of Bridging the Barrier, where we answer phones in funny accents. As answering phones is surprisingly different in different countries. Our theme music is Wallpaper from Incompetech and all sound effects are from Orangefreesounds and Freesound.
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Bridging the Barrier is a weekly culture and society podcast aimed at making the world a smaller place. Archived from iTunes at https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bridging-the-barrier/id1174380759. Items in this collection are restricted.
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Is something missing from your life? Do you wake up every morning violently shaking at the thought that you could be enriching your life with something a little more exotic? Suteki Jam is just the show you need to replace those shakes with quakes. Feel the power of the very best in Japanese music from anime, games, and indie artists. Each week features one of three hosts bringing you their distinct flavor and personality. Archived from iTunes at...
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With Blackrock Mountain behind them, the Hearthaholics regrouped to decide what their future might hold. Though Billy lobbied hard for an all Runescape all the time format, Runeaholics just didn't have the same ring to it. Instead the trio decided on focusing their discussions around everyday Hearthstone strategies, and how through discussion with one another they could improve as players, and get even more out of their mutually beloved game. Join Andres, Billy and Bryan as they test this new...
HANDLOCK! In case you can't tell from the episode name, or the episode artwork, or the fact that I just yelled "Handlock", this episode largely discusses Bryan's crucial question: "How the heck do I play Handlock?" Meanwhile, Andres dives deep discussing the idea of teching cards and adapting your deck while Billy ponders about what a 2v2 mode could mean for Hearthstone. We celebrate our first iTunes review, discuss the exciting potential of a moddable Hearthstone, and much...
Okay! So turns out Reno Jackson was pretty good! Undeterred, however, Bryan and Andres have returned to wax analytical about the remaining class cards (aka, the interesting cards) from League of Explorers. This review comes in two parts: Neutral cards, and class cards. Each card will be assigned a letter grade by Andres and Bryan independently, and their quest to finally have a good argument or at least mild disagreement continues throughout. One thing we do stress is that no opinions are...
Turns out we were all right! Cards were indeed revealed! Billy, Andres, and Bryan are here to break down the latest Hearthstone news: the announcement of the Grand Tournament! Though running through 20 new cards without getting wildly sidetracked is a daunting task, the Hearthaholics crew manages to (mostly) do so unscathed, tossing out wild predictions like confetti. So join us in celebration, as we convene over the bright future of Hearthstone fun to come! References The Grand Tournament...
Wow! This episode ended up being a bit longer than out other ones, but that's because we're so excited about these Un'goro cards! Join us as we discuss all the quests and some of the more distinct cards coming out soon! We had fun making this episode and hope you enjoy it! If not feel free to yell at us through any of the following mediums: Add us on Hearthstone! Benbezzler#1472 Caburnicus#1106 EU: Glutschwert#2895 Join our discord! https://discord.gg/S2KH5Ps Twitter: @Hearthaholics Ben:...
2015 was a pretty awesome year for Hearthstone! It saw the release of Blackrock Mountain, The Grand Tournament, League of Explorers, and most importantly, this podcast! Unfortunately, not everything has the longevity of Secret Paladin, and after some deep introspection and consideration, Andres and Bryan have decided Hearthaholics won't be carrying forward into 2016. At least not for now. However, that won't stop them from doing one last final retrospective over the last year of Hearthstone,...
It's time for the Thanksgiving PSA! Wherein Bryan explains our Thanksgiving break and addresses an issue that's been cropping up regarding audio sync issues and interruptions. We hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving, and will talk to you again next week!
With Andres out on assignment (aka, battling against a demonic invasion for the good of the realm), Billy and Bryan take it slow, recovering after the craziness that has been The Grand Tournament's release. Some might call it meandering, others charmingly chill, but in any case it's certainly a break from the frantic and fast-paced card reviews of recent times. Pleasantly surprising cards are discussed, as are the best ways to deal with the cavalcade of new information bombarding the meta....
Support the show at Patreon.com/Hearthaholics! This week on Hearthaholics, the hosts tackle a myriad of topics! Well, namely 3: The Year of the Mammoth announcements, the Blood Magic Tavern Brawl, and beast decks. Enjoy! We had fun making this episode and hope you enjoy it! If not feel free to yell at us through any of the following mediums: Add us on Hearthstone! Benbezzler#1472 Caburnicus#1106 EU: Glutschwert#2895 Join our discord! https://discord.gg/S2KH5Ps Twitter: @Hearthaholics...
Bryan has always been a bit confused about the Hearthstone tournament scene. This mostly comes from the fact that he hasn't watched many tournaments, and thus is pretty clueless about the upcoming Blizzcon World Championship. Andres, in the goodness of his heart, has decided to sit Bryan down and run through a class of Hearthstone Tournament Fundamentals 101. What are formats? What's the Conquest format? What are some good strategies for the Conquest format? Who are these up and coming...
Ben Brode singing! Go listen to that link above. Why are you still reading this? Go listen to the link. ... Did you do it? Don't keep reading until you've done it. Ok good. Enjoy this episode :D We had fun making this episode and hope you enjoy it! If not feel free to yell at us through any of the following mediums: Add us on Hearthstone! Benbezzler#1472 Caburnicus#1106 EU: Glutschwert#2895 Join our discord! https://discord.gg/S2KH5Ps Twitter: @Hearthaholics Ben: @Benbezzler,...
Andres has returned enlightened from his coaching session with Justsaiyan and ready to impart his new-found wisdom upon the unwashed masses! (aka, Billy and Bryan) As we emerge from the strategic dark ages we manage to discuss the value of coaching, share our respective trading card game origin stories, and take a look at Billy's most recent custom card in a segment we really cannot think of a name for. (Seriously, if you have any ideas let us know. Email address is right down there!)...
Things are changing for Hearthaholics going forward, and Bryan's here to spend a little time explaining what exactly is going on. In short, Billy will be taking an extended break from Hearthaholics due to scheduling conflicts, a new show format and focus will be starting next week, and Bryan is really bad at writing talking points, as you will hear. Sound effects are from Freesound and RoyalFreeSound. Music is from Incompetech.
With 34 new cards to cover, the Hearthaholics throw caution to the wind and dive in, taking as long as they need to argue over each and every one. Just how much arguing there will be is a point of contention, however, and you can join Andres, Billy, and Bryan as they place their bets on just how non-unanimous this bout of opinionating is liable to be. Mysterious new class legendaries, another slew of befuddling weapons, and more await you in this latest episode of Hearthaholics! References The...
Whoa! It's June! How did that happen? It's almost like the constant, inexorable force of time has pushed us through another 30 days since last time we had a changing of the months. Crazy. But you know what that means. That's right! Time to talk about how the ladder system needs improving! But really, we also have plenty of positive thoughts as well, including what our plans are this coming season and how we're definitely totally going to get to legend (though probably not). We follow that up...
So you know that thing where everyone gets frustrated facing hunter? Well, Bryan always took the high road and assured everyone that hunter was fine, it was a good aggressive balance to the meta, and there were always ways to tech and work around it. Turns out he was wrong. Hunter is the worst. And how he needs the help of Billy and Andres to figure out how the heck to stop losing horribly to it over and over again. Somehow the crew also has time to tackle the question of how to approach...
With League of Explorer's beginning its epic quest for treasure and glory, we decided now would be an excellent time to run over some of the basics of card evaluation. After all, half the fun of new cards is trying to figure out whether they're actually worth playing! Andres and Bryan share some of the primary ways to analyze a new card, including the vanilla test, card potential, and a neat trick known as quadrant theory. In addition to being a useful guide for the basics of card evaluation,...
This is it: the final episode before the long-awaited release of The Grand Tournament! With an amount of card reveals roughly equivalent to the population of New Zealand, Billy, Bryan, and Andres have instead each brought their top 5 new cards to discuss away. This broadens into a larger conversation about what new deck archetypes we can expect to see as the meta takes a turn for the crazy, and just about the only thing we can all agree upon is that people will probably be playing... decks....
Refreshed and ready to go after a holiday break, Andres and Bryan are back to mediate a metered meta meeting. The Meta Mashup is their attempt to provide a field report of what they've been seeing out there on the ladder, and clue you listeners in on some of the choice new decks seeing play. League of Explorers has ushered in a new era of exploration and experimentation, and we at Hearthaholics couldn't be more excited! (It's a turn of phrase; don't be so literal!) References Overload...
The Hearthaholics have returned! Andres and Bryan are back and ready to teach some fools (aka, intelligent and open-minded listeners!) some Hearthstone! Join us for the inaugural episode of our new format: an in-depth strategy workshop tackling a different aspect of Hearthstone each week. This week is going to be Part 1 of our introductory Beginner's Guide, where we'll be covering the core concepts of Hearthstone. As good a place to start as any, eh? This will hopefully serve both as a...
After a hard week of technical issues, we find our heroes triumphantly returning to record! This week we talk about the new twist on the Encounter at the Crossroads Tavern Brawl and then discuss our views on Heroic Tavern Brawl. Then we talk about our deck building Challenge! Penn and Teller! We had fun making this episode and hope you enjoy it! If not feel free to yell at us through any of the following mediums: Add us on Hearthstone! Benbezzler#1472 Caburnicus#1106 EU: Glutschwert#2895...
Un'goro is coming soon! All the cards have been released now and we're so excited to keep discussing them, and we're even more excited to start building decks with them! We had fun making this episode and hope you enjoy it! If not feel free to yell at us through any of the following mediums: Add us on Hearthstone! Benbezzler#1472 Caburnicus#1106 EU: Glutschwert#2895 Join our discord! https://discord.gg/S2KH5Ps Twitter: @Hearthaholics Ben: @Benbezzler, Twitch.tv/Benbezzler,...
Un'goro is finally here! Join your hosts in our discussion of how much we love this new expansion! We talk about what decks we've been playing and what we've been building with all these new cards. Enjoy!!! We had fun making this episode and hope you enjoy it! If not feel free to yell at us through any of the following mediums: Add us on Hearthstone! Benbezzler#1472 Caburnicus#1106 EU: Glutschwert#2895 Join our discord! https://discord.gg/S2KH5Ps Twitter: @Hearthaholics Ben: @Benbezzler,...
It's been awhile since our last guest, and much our surprise and delight, someone agreed to come onto the show! And that someone happens to be Noxious: prolific Hearthstone enthusiast, caster of ATLC, and champion of really weird decks. Things are kept loose today, as Andres, Billy, and Bryan pick Noxious' brain about card design theory, deckbuilding, and how game-breaking Charge in general really is. References Turtle Warrior Decklist: https://gyazo.com/158a25d27b9ac58161df93a12b72baf2 The...
With The Grand Tournament nearly upon us, Andres, Billy and Bryan prepare by discussing the last batch of cards before the full and final reveal. Things are more relaxed this week as fewer cards allow for broader and slower discussion, including a Lowly Squire Report from Billy, and a convincing argument for a warlock card that many seem to dread. So join us in this final calm before the storm that is WAY MORE CARDS. References The Grand Tournament...
We didn't mean to spend the whole episode discussing Blizzard's announcement of an announcement! I promise! But once you get the Hearthaholics crew rolling, they rank with the best in getting utterly sidetracked by their own excitement. Luckily this sidetracking lead to a lot of interesting discussion, centering around the future of Hearthstone, and everyone's hopes, dreams, and aspirations for the future. (Spoiler: Billy still wants 2v2 mode.) Close things out with a new card from Billy and a...
With the season ending, the Hearthaholics get reflective as they think back on what they learned from this last eventful month of Hearthstone play. Billy's learned how to better cope with and understand loss, Andres has learned to be more mindful of his opponent's play, and Bryan has learned he's still not legend. Some things never change, I suppose! Midrange paladin is also discussed, along with another intriguing card from Billy's imagination. Top all that off with a couple intense...
TAVERN BRAWL! TAVERN BRAWL! WHAT'S THE FIRST TAVERN BRAWL GONNA BE GU-- oh, wait, they already announced it? Shoot. This is becoming a pattern. Luckily, the Hearthaholics hedged their bets this week and kept their predictive tangents to a minimum! Andres, Billy and Bryan cover their qualified excitement over the new heroes, Bryan's uncharacteristic climb to Rank 5 (and how to keep that climb going), the future of card games as a medium, and, of course, Tavern Brawls! References Tavern...
BUTTON! THE BUTTON! GUYS, WHAT IS THE NEW BUTTON GOING TO B-- wait, what? They announced that already. Oh. Well, let's pretend they didn't so you can hear us theorize without also knowing we're all totally wrong! :D The Hearthaholics are here to celebrate 10 episodes of being the world's (roughly) #1 Hearthstone podcast. Surprises are in store for Billy and Andres as Bryan unveils a new segment, after which the usual format is put on hold to discuss the crazy amounts of news coming out from...
There's much to celebrate this week! Fellow Hearthstone podcast The Angry Chicken is celebrating its 100th episode, Andres is back, and Bryan no longer hates Hearthstone! The Hearthaholics take advantage of this reunion to regroup and settle what dust they can regarding The Grand Tournament and what they've taken away from it thus far. Is Secret Paladin here to stay? What's the verdict on Tavern Brawl? Is Lock and Load *actually* a good card? These questions and more are given non-committal yet...
Scheduling got rough this week, but in a heroic effort to put something up, Andres and Bryan banded together to deliver a mini-episode that's actually pretty good! It's mostly just a relaxing chat about their respective histories of strategy gaming, so if that sounds interesting to you, by all means give it a listen! In any case, Hearthaholics will be back in full form next week. References The Angry Chicken Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/TACPodcast/ We had fun making this episode and...
At long last the Leagues have been successfully Explored, and the last of the new cards have been unearthed. Given all the tumult and chaos that has been Hearthstone's meta lately, Andres and Bryan have decided to extend this month's meta mashup into a two-parter. The introduction of Elise Starseeker and the renewed march of the murlocs are both of particular interest this week is we delve deep on a couple trends and decks that have been defining Hearthstone's exciting new future! Thijs Murloc...
This is it! The climax! The finale! The omega! The terminus! The coup de grace! The swan song! The denouement! The last part of our 3-part Beginner's Guide! This week we focus on the last great fundamental of Hearthstone strategy: predicting the unpredictable. There's a lot of unknown information in Hearthstone, from what your opponent has in his hand to where a Mad Bomber is going to lob his creations of chaos, but there are ways to analyze and control this information so that it works for...
Support the show at Patreon.com/Hearthaholics! Video of Benbezzler vs Heavy Mental! In this episode we talk about The Battle of Tol Barad! After a few minutes of that we talk about our favorite way to kill your opponent without hitting them directly... Milling! We talk about mill Druid and Rogue and get you set up to fatigue your opponent to death. Enjoy! We had fun making this episode and hope you enjoy it! If not feel free to yell at us through any of the following mediums: Add us on...
Oh my gosh! We have a guest this week! We're finally a real podcast! :D John Horstmann from Well Met joins the Hearthaholics crew to have a rousing round of Hearthstone talk. The gamut is thoroughly run this week; we kick things off by running through the 7 reasons why we (sometimes) suck at Hearthstone before moving into new card mechanics, preferred deck playstyles, and an insightful listener topic. John was an awesome guest, so be sure to check out fellow Hearthstone podcast Well Met when...
Things get deep this week as we ruminate upon the philosophical mysteries of Hearthstone. What are the ramifications of Power Creep? Will the constant and frequent addition of new content eventually create a bloat that will collapse in upon itself? Is net decking a crucial component to strategy, or an anathema to creativity and the true skills of deckbuilding? And, most importantly... why no reach, bro? References Hearthstone Netdecking Is A...
Billy's out this week, but guesting in his absence is friend of the show and fellow podcaster Rob May! As a recent graduate of Legend University (home to the famed LU Leper Gnomes; go team!), Rob has come to Hearthaholics flush with ladder-centric wisdom. So much wisdom, in fact, that the crew manages to go an hour and a half without even realizing it! Conversation and information abounds, however, so anyone with an interest in taking their ranked play to the next level should hopefully enjoy...
What would a new Hearthstone expansion be without a cornucopia of guesses and predictions from every corner of this fine internet of ours? Andres and Bryan aren't ones to miss out on the fun (well, Bryan actually does; frequently. But that's another story!), and they've brought their A-game to the first full Hearthaholics set review. (They also brought their F-game for cards like Fossilized Devilsaur, in case you were wondering.) The review will be in two parts: Neutral cards, and class...
So many exciting new cards this week! Unfortunately, it was so exciting that Billy forgot there was an episode, but Bryan and Andres do their best to find *something* do disagree about. They very nearly succeed, too! A bevy of new Grand Tournament cards are analyzed one by one as the pair of Hearthaholics speculate about inspire's role, the potential new pace of the game, and whether Turtle Warrior will become a thing. Follow this up with some great listener topics, and you've got yourself a...
This week Ben and Leon talk about the Tavern Brawl and what they're building with Un'goro cards. Come check it out! Oh! And Dustin wasn't able to make it, but as Hearthaholics, we had to keep going. We had fun making this episode and hope you enjoy it! If not feel free to yell at us through any of the following mediums: Add us on Hearthstone! Benbezzler#1472 Caburnicus#1106 EU: Glutschwert#2895 Join our discord! https://discord.gg/S2KH5Ps Twitter: @Hearthaholics Ben: @Benbezzler,...
This week we discuss strategy about a brawl that is all random cards... with all random mana costs... But we do a great job! Enjoy listening as we talk about the best classes and strategies for this brawl :) We had fun making this episode and hope you enjoy it! If not feel free to yell at us through any of the following mediums: Add us on Hearthstone! Benbezzler#1472 Caburnicus#1106 EU: Glutschwert#2895 Join our discord! https://discord.gg/S2KH5Ps Twitter: @Hearthaholics Ben: @Benbezzler,...
