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Benjamin Thomas
@tappingleft.bsky.social
Bar stool counselor. Enjoyer of games. Girl Dad. Current property of of an Italian American wife and a German Shepard dog. Twin Cities. Go Cubbies!
Willing to share the deets on the case the card is in?
November 21, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I'm looking forward to the Fishwives of Chicago starting their march...
November 19, 2025 at 3:32 PM
All Sudz On Me
November 9, 2025 at 6:49 AM
First time powered cubers on arena seeing this post...
October 31, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Diners, Drive Ins, and Dives but it is Card Shops and it's hosted by Crim, Prof, and Wheeler. I'd watch.

What would be the "take me to flavor town" equivalent catch phrase?
October 31, 2025 at 8:11 PM
This statement would have drawn strays from the flat earthers on the other site...
October 31, 2025 at 2:45 PM
This is on my to-read list. I did The Road earlier this summer. I was too afraid to read them back to back. I just sat in silence for a while after finishing The Road.
October 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Squints ... Counts 8 basics....

Dana remains on brand...
October 29, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Historical losses can be felt at any scale because of the real feelings people have toward a thing. One of the crown jewels in your Louvre was defaced.

Bummer. Sorry Andy.
October 24, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Dogs....
October 20, 2025 at 5:22 AM
What time Thursday? This is a must get....
October 13, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Big oof...
October 12, 2025 at 2:49 AM
You just keep thinking Butch, that's what you're good at.
October 7, 2025 at 7:35 PM
If you could start a conspiracy theory and no one would ever find out it was you, what would the conspiracy theory be?
October 4, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Which is the better series: Lethal Weapon or Die Hard? You must consider all the movies in a series.
October 4, 2025 at 9:16 PM
If you could snap your fingers and give your pet the gift of speech, would you do it? Why or why not?
October 4, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Our digital overlords have determined your location to be a Hype Free Zone. Do not get excited, do not express your enjoyment, please proceed with only sadness and despair.
September 17, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Like Bones mentioned in the cast, I also haven't found an easy way to cut out, hand out, and peel the stickers other than to just put in the time. I did bring 8 small razors for my players.

I did enjoy listening to my players trouble shoot this process for 45 minutes with little progress made.
September 17, 2025 at 1:33 AM
My next project will be to do the same with the mana symbols. Seeing the difference between Blue Phyrexian and Green Phyrexian with the MSE printout was pretty rough for my players. Our lighting could have been described as "mood."
September 17, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Avery sticker paper here too. We often play in bad lighting. I'm not sure if it's my low quality printer or the lighting, but I found the text with the background from MSE washed out visually. So I made my own keyword sheet. This also allowed me to to get a higher density per sheet color code it.
September 17, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Be curious to see stats on listener retention for "new hotness" content. As players mature, do they naturally gravitate away from this material? I have, but I'm curious to know if that's typical.

Put another way, is the increased reach newly acquired players only? Or, is it experience agnostic?
September 16, 2025 at 9:57 PM
The group loved it. It was fun to watch trepidation turn into excited engagement. Everyone started walking around the room showing each other their creations.

It was fun to hear the group speculate on which cards will get retired first.

Thanks for putting the pod. This group appreciates it.
September 16, 2025 at 3:04 AM