Best Android Netrunner Podcasts (2025)

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Episode 93: Whaddya Buyin'? 1:06:09

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2015 UK Nationals winner Alex White was so enamored of the Anarch card Street Peddler that was released in The Underway that he wrote an entire article about it; we will present that article in this episode. We'll also update the regionals report that we started in episode 90 with those that were played when The Underway was legal. Presented in thr…

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Episode 92: The Fine Print 1:11:01

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Focusing on the Corp side of The Underway this time around, we'll explore in some depth the nerf to a sysop released in this pack, as well as some fairly extensive discussion around some weaker cards that have been buffed. Presented in five segments: Title card: Test Ground 1:50 Celebrity Gift: The Underway, Corp side Nerf: Marcus Batty Buffs: Defe…

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The Shadow Net 57: The GOATs and WOATs of all time 1:05:14

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Phil and Eric catch up on travels, life, loves, hates. -QTMpod stonks tank -Lower MegaCity Land report -Guess i'm Nostalgic🎶 Nats Writeup: https://netrunnerdb.com/en/decklist/4e3ac074-c2c5-4e83-97dd-87ea7b6fa98b/ode-to-megacity The best Netrunner podcats to ever be published, Aksu keep trying you'll get there one day bud: https://soundcloud.com/use…

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Episode 91: Everything Has a Price 53:18

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Turning the corner into the second half of the SanSan Cycle, the fourth Data Pack -- The Underway -- brings the most nerfs in one pack that we've seen yet: 3 for the Runners and 1 for the Corp. We'll discuss the reasons behind those Runner nerfs as well as running down the other new Runner tools this release provided before taking a look at a Geist…

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Episode 90: A Destination Unto Itself 1:22:52

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Ten years removed from the 2015 regional season for Android: Netrunner, it's time for a trip down memory lane. We'll take a necessarily-brief overview of the season, which was largely contained to the portion of the cardpool that we've discussed thus far, up to Chrome City. Presented in fourteen segments: Title card: Midway Station Grid 1:50 Rabbit…

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Episode 89: The Creators 56:51

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Shortly after Worlds 2016, Stimhack author Elusive began posting a series of articles discussing various aspects of the theory and skills in Netrunner. The first article in that series comprises the main portion of this episode. Prior to that we'll review the changes just posted in the first -- and potentially last -- patch for the latest Reboot bo…

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The Shadow Net 56: The Elevated Experience 38:27

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Phil and Eric pour out all their adoration of the new set. Just kidding! Its a classic half hour of complaining! -Big meany meta that keeps hurting us -Memein' aint what it used to be -The boxes were unstuffed Shaper Deck: https://netrunnerdb.com/en/decklist/c21c73c1-4cc6-4921-a67f-93158ab5f3d6/control-madani-undefeated-broken- Farewell Rapanui: ht…

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Episode 88: Cyberspace's Strongest Glue 57:38

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This episode kicks off with an article from The Winning Agenda about how the Runner can best interact with Corp scoring windows. We'll also dig into a Stimhack thread about a stifling Runner archetype that does just that. Presented in three segments: Title card: Little Engine 3:35 Anonymous Tip: How Much is a Credit Worth?: The Concept of the 'Crit…

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Episode 87: Dreams and Nightmares 1:07:19

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TheBigBoy has said that if you could capture the FFG cardpool at any one point, the release of Chrome City would be the game at its healthiest. So we'll cover the buffs the Reboot Project has made to the Corp cards in this pack (since we haven't seen the bulk of the nerfs from this cycle yet), look at a deck using the latest Haas-Bioroid identity, …

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Episode 86: Even More Complex Than It Sounds 51:20

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Reaching the halfway point on FFG's final cycle of Data Packs in Reboot is the third pack in the SanSan Cycle: Chrome City. This episode will cover the changes that the Reboot Project has made to several of the Runner cards, discuss in a little more detail why one of the cards (Analog Dreamers) needed a buff, and then break down the pros and cons o…

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Episode 85: Let Some Spittle Fly 1:01:21

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The final nine cards have been spoiled for the upcoming 30-card Fate and Freedom, the fifth booster pack for the Reboot Project, including the console for the new minifaction and a new Jinteki identity. Most of the rest of the episode focuses on a glacier archetype out of Blue Sun, as based on a Stimhack article by Ben Blum. Presented in four segme…

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Episode 84: Universal Scholar 1:24:32

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Seven more cards have been spoiled out of the upcoming 30-card Fate and Freedom, the fifth booster pack for the Reboot Project, and we give a brief rundown of all of them, including the breaker suite for the new minifaction and an asset that's similar to Jinteki Biotech. But the bulk of the episode is taken up with an examination of four different …

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The Shadow Net 55: Live from Daily Casts 2: The Two Towers Feat. Ysengrin 1:19:07

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Phil and Eric and Jeff somehow get three adults to do a thing at the same time. The thing is talking about scoops. -Would you rather organize or play, manager? -Shoutouts to the Spherize tool in GIMP -Political opinions of an elections official If you are looking for card images in the podcast description you are a real champ and I just want to say…

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Episode 83: Owners of Beachfront Property 1:13:51

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Another week, another seven cards spoiled out of the upcoming 30-card Fate and Freedom, the fifth booster pack for the Reboot Project. We also pontificate on the concept of power creep and how Netrunner has been affected over time, before taking a look at the mostly-untouched-by-Reboot Corp side of Breaker Bay, the second Data Pack of the SanSan Cy…

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Episode 82: So Little Time 56:51

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With the release of the fifth Reboot booster just a few weeks away, we'll do a brief overview of cards spoiled thus far. Then we'll dig into the Runner side of the second Data Pack in the SanSan Cycle -- Breaker Bay. Presented in eight segments: Title card: Beach Party 1:50 Anonymous Tip: Variance 7:20 Precognition: Fate and Freedom spoilers, part …

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The Court of the Shadow Net. Case 1: At least they didnt send a letter. 58:18

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Phil and Eric try a new format for news delivery. -Drama -Hubworld -Scooptalk Music: The Shadow Net - DJ FreqKing

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Episode 81: Black Sheep 48:34

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The fifth Reboot booster pack, Fate and Freedom, is due to launch in May, and we're going to kick off the episode by bringing you the first spoiler from that pack. After that, we'll move on to covering an article by SimonMoon that was published on Stimhack about 10 years ago discussing aggressive Runners. Presented in three segments: Title card: Ma…

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Episode 80: A Little Corporate Restructuring 1:19:43

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The release of The Valley brought the introduction of Clot, which was designed to put the brakes on fast advance. Probably no deck was as ready to incorporate this card as the juggernaut that had become Prepaid Kate. The bulk of this episode will be focused on the infamous Stimhack thread that discusses this archetype, catching us up on its develop…

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Episode 79: Life Imagined 1:08:38

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Similar to the Runner side, the Corp side of The Valley also contained some groundbreaking cards. While not quite as meta-shaking or -defining, the new Jinteki identity that arrived did present some new game mechanisms. We'll take an extensive look at that ID, plus a roundup of all the other Corp cards in the pack, including the others that have re…

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The Shadow Net 53: Dicks of Netrunner and Where to Find Them 57:20

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Phil and Eric review their opinions on the upcoming season of organized Play. -Eric wasting time until we talk about scoops -Dublin Worlds Confirmed -Special EDutainment segment after the credits Tuno's cool guide: https://qtm-netrunner.gitlab.io/spike/ New merch soon: https://theshadow.net/afterdark Music: The Shadow Net - DJ FreqKing…

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Alchemists 1:12:04

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Unravel mysteries in Alchemists, a brain-burning deduction game where players mix ingredients, publish theories, and bluff their way to academic fame. With a clever app-driven system, strategic risk-taking, and cutthroat competition, this game is pure magic. Todd, David, and Paul share our ideas about why this game is so good. Give us a listen!…

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Episode 78: Turns a Night Owl Into an Early Bird 59:30

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The Valley is the first Data Pack in the SanSan Cycle, which is the fourth and final cycle of the Fantasy Flight Games' run of Android: Netrunner that is included in the Reboot Project. It was highly anticipated at the time, thanks to a long-awaited tool that promised to slow down fast-advance strategies. We'll cover that card and the rest of the R…

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Episode 77: Maximum Punk Rock 1:03:11

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For the second installment based on the Runner side of Order and Chaos, we'll take an approach similar to what we did a couple episodes back with Corp: presenting different decks. In this case, there are just two decks, and they're both out of just one of the identities: MaxX. Similar to last time, both decks are by well-known members of the Netrun…

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Episode 76: Nom Nom Nom 1:23:02

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The featured faction for the Runner side of Order and Chaos was Anarch. We'll cover the changes made by the Reboot Project -- including a couple of nerfs -- with particular focus on cards like Eater and Edward Kim ... and probably too much attention paid to Sacrificial Clone. Presented in eight segments: Title card: Eater 1:15 Satellite Uplink: Ord…

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It's a Wonderful World 1:13:34

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In It’s a Wonderful World, you’ll draft cards, build an empire, and race to optimize your resource engine before your rivals. With sharp strategy, tight decisions, and stunning art, this game delivers pure drafting bliss. David, Greg, and Todd talk about this 2019 game from La Boîte de Jeu. Give us a listen!…

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Episode 75: Protection Guaranteed 51:34

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For the second installment based on the Corp side of Order and Chaos, we present three different decks: one for each of the new identities. These were all posted on NetrunnerDB by content creators around the time of this expansion's release. We'll examine the development of a Titan Transnational fast advance deck from CodeMarvelous, a taxing horizo…

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Episode 74: Investing in Your Future 1:04:19

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Order and Chaos was the third deluxe expansion released by Fantasy Flight Games for Android: Netrunner. The Corp side focus of this expansion was the Weyland Consortium, and in this episode we'll review the adjustments that the Reboot Project has made to that portion of the expansion (which includes a nerf to Titan Transnational) as well as examini…

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Iron Dragon 1:13:32

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Embark on a fantasy rail-building adventure in Iron Dragon! Use crayons to draw tracks across treacherous lands, from scorching deserts to icy tundras, with the help of foremen and ships. Greg, Paul, and Todd discuss this train game that deserves a reprint!By Todd Lewis

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Episode 73: The Forge Must Never Run Cold 1:03:57

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The release of The Source ended a drought of nine consecutive releases with no bioroid ice. This prompted Nagnazul to develop a deck in the largely-ignored and maligned Haas-Bioroid identity Stronger Together. In addition to revisiting that article, we'll also present a recent discussion from the Reboot Discord server about how to deal with the cor…

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Episode 72: Dis es ton auton potamon ouk an emvaiis 1:23:18

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A packed episode, kicked off with a post from El-ad Amir about deckbuilding and an FFG interview with developer Dan Clark about the Runners in the original core set, then followed by an examination of the Runner portion of the final pack in the Lunar Cycle, and concluding with a reading of the sixth and final part of the story about Nasir Meidan's …

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Ready Set Bet 58:35

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Experience the thrill of high-stakes horse racing in Ready Set Bet! This fast-paced party game combines real-time betting with strategy and luck, creating electrifying moments as players wager on unpredictable races. Megan, Paul, and Todd discuss how well this game has shown with our group. Give us a listen!…

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Episode 71: Achieve the Impossible 1:14:46

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After dusting off some archived memories, we dive into the sixth and final release from the Lunar Cycle: The Source. We have quite a bit to say about one of the two cards that was nerfed, as well as a card that wasn't adjusted for Reboot due to other cards not being part of the Project and assorted buffs. Plus we'll put a bow on the reading of Part…

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The Shadow Net 52: Its Shapeover (Trudover Edition) 50:31

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Phil and Eric recover from the holidays by regaling in netrunner news. -It aint easy being green -Purple pains -Pepe dyslexia Music: The Shadow Net - DJ FreqKing

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Episode 70: A Two-Way Solution 1:16:09

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The two major segments in this episode are a reading of an interview with Lukas Litzsinger posted a little over ten years ago about competition and the near-term future of the game from back then plus an in-depth look at an Anarch resource denial deck from near the end of the Lunar Cycle. Presented in four segments: Title card: Data Leak Reversal 2…

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Episode 69: Its Bark 1:02:24

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One of the more important icebreakers was released as part of All That Remains, the fifth Data Pack in the Lunar Cycle. As Chaos Theory says, "Its bytes are worse than its bark." We'll also examine the notable Reboot nerf to the Criminal identity Leela Patel and the several buffs to Runner cards in this pack. Presented in nine segments: Title card:…

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Episode 68: Woe Unto Thee 56:54

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The fifth Data Pack in the Lunar Cycle definitely brings some sets of cards. For the Corps, we see a set of 3/1 agendas, the final morph ice, some more zodiac ice, and the third main grail ice, along with some of the usual useful tools. We'll also discuss briefly why the rez cost of ice is so finely tuned, and take a look at some of the flavor on H…

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Episode 67: The Mod Is the World 1:20:03

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Before moving onto the next Data Pack, we'll take another long look at the 2014 World Championship for Netrunner through the eyes of Dan D'Argenio (aka "mediohxcore"), the eventual world champion. Presented in three segments: Title card: Tinkering 3:40 Experiential Data: Mediohxcore’s 2014 World Championship Report: 1st Place Corp deck | Runner dec…

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Android: Netrunner 1:23:01

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Step into the world of Android: Netrunner, a gripping cyberpunk card game of strategy, bluffing, and asymmetrical gameplay. Will you hack the corp's secrets as a daring Runner or protect your assets as a ruthless Corporation? Dive into tense battles of wit and deception! David, Paul, and Todd talk about a longtime favorite of ours that literally ke…

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Episode 66: Keeping Tabs on the World 1:02:25

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Up and Over (the most recent Data Pack added to the 2.1 group) was also the last Data Pack released before the 2014 World Championship for Netrunner. In this episode we'll cover the tournament report provided by spags, who finished top seed in the preliminary rounds of that tournament. Presented in four segments: Title card: Bernice Mai Participant…

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Wyrmspan 1:01:56

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Wyrmspan is based upon the popular game Wingspan, where players act as dracologists, building sanctuaries to attract dragons. Through strategic card play and resource management, players excavate caves, entice dragons, and explore their habitats. It has stunning artwork, and a dynamic Dragon Guild system for strategy enthusiasts and dragon lovers a…

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Episode 65: Do Some Damage 1:06:24

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We'll examine the Runner side of Up and Over, the fourth Data Pack in the Lunar Cycle, spending entirely too much time discussing cards that aren't good -- I'm looking at you, Angel Arena -- while also analyzing how best to build around Switchblade in Andromeda. Plus, we'll finish our review of TheBigBoy's classic set of articles on improving as a …

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Episode 64: Reasonable Prices 1:13:00

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Moving into the second half of the Lunar Cycle, Up and Over provides some powerful cards that see play in a number of decks. We'll explore what cards like Architect and Blue Sun are and why they're good, plus also providing a portion of a strategy article from TheBigBoy about how much ice to include in a Corp deck. Presented in eight segments: Titl…

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The Shadow Net 51: Team Vancouver: Worlds Police Feat. Aruzan 1:01:09

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Phil and Eric get Aruzan's expert analysis on last months big event. We also talk about Worlds. - Tournament report. Sorry this ep has so much Netrunner in it. - Eric thought he could get away with not talking about startup - I asked for real advice and he delivered Music: The Shadow Net - DJ FreqKing…

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Darwin's Journey 1:02:31

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Darwin's Journey is a complex worker-placement Eurogame in which players recall Charles Darwin's memories of his adventure through the Galapagos islands, which contributed to the development of his theory of evolution. Al, Paul, and Todd explore its myriad depths in this episode. Give us a listen!By Todd Lewis

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Episode 63: I Will Serve You ... For a Time 57:33

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After the release of Honor & Profit, Jinteki received sufficient tools to make a shell-game, net-damage deck successful. We'll look at the deck that archetype that Chris Hinkes popularized in his win at the Cambridge, Massachusetts, regional in the summer of 2014 ... which was subsequently piloted by Minh Tran to a runner-up finish at Worlds in 201…

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Space Station Phoenix 1:07:43

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In Space Station Phoenix players start with the best production engine they will ever have and proceed to break it down part by part. David, Paul, and Todd take an in-depth look at this unique game. Give us a listen!By Todd Lewis

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Episode 62: When You Don't Fit In 1:18:36

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Most of the stealth options are available for Runners upon reaching First Contact, and we'll analyze those cards and the other changes made by the Reboot Project to this third Data Pack in the Lunar Cycle. In addition, we'll take a look at representation in Netrunner through the new Anarch identity in this pack: Quetzal. Presented in eight segments…

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Mysterium 1:25:48

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Mysterium is a cooperative board game where players take on the roles of psychics attempting to solve a murder mystery. In this episode Megan, David, and Todd are attuned to one another. Mostly. Give us a listen! Additionally, here is the teaching aid for The Mysteries of Harris Burdick that was mentioned during the show: https://mrsgraveswebsite.w…

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Episode 61: Lack of Imagination 1:17:04

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We are now reaching the halfway point of the Lunar Cycle, and in this episode we'll examine the Corp side of the third Data Pack: First Contact. We'll also cover the first in a series of Anonymous Tip segments designed to help intermediate players improve, plus explore a detour in the development of Prepaid Kate. Presented in seven segments: Title …

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Race for the Galaxy 1:14:17

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Race for the Galaxy is a card game where players build space civilizations by developing tech, settling planets, and managing resources to earn victory points. Fast-paced rounds and diverse card combos create strategic opportunity as players race to expand their empires!By Todd Lewis