Best Netrunner Podcasts (2025)

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Neon Static Episode 29 - Neon Statique ft Cobrabubbles 1:13:39

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7d ago1:13:39

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Eric and Nick are joined by Cobrabubbles to talk about Classique - a format where specific duel decks are chosen from Netrunner's history. The Classique Codex: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1EYaeFqWt7r9-44WIktQNHfVnCYafQ8QzChN_k-owcr0/edit?usp=drivesdk ▶PATREON◀⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/neonstatic⁠⁠⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/neonstatic…

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Episode 110a: Repairs and Updates 3:06

14d ago3:06

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Work has gotten in the way of producing new episodes this month, so rather than being later and later with each episode, it makes sense just to take a quick break and get back on schedule come January 10. But, hey: Don't miss out on Reboot Winter Worlds, coming December 14! Title card: Neutralize All Threats Reboot Project Discord server Play onlin…

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Erik Olofsson - Sorcery TCG | Gothic Reflections and Future 36:02

13d ago36:02

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At the end of our 12-hour Gothic release stream, we got to chat with Erik Olofsson—founder of Erik's Curiosa and co-founder of Grinding Gear Games—about Sorery's new Gothic set and the future of the game. That content was over the archive limit for YouTube live, so we're releasing it here in its totality. Enjoy!…

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The Shadow Net 61: Cardpool Sizequeens 53:54

13d ago53:54

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Phil and Sam bide their time in pre-Vantage Point purgatory. -Shocking opinions on banlist/organized play -In Search of lost Net Celebrity ~*Piss Break*~ -Elevation Wrapped Music: The Shadow Net - DJ FreqKing

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Episode 110: The Thickest Knots 1:40:42

24d ago1:40:42

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After reviewing a conversation that lays the groundwork for our analysis of the preconstructed decks, we'll examine one of those decks -- HB Fast Advance -- in depth. We'll also dig into the archives for the third part of Elusive's series on The Skills of Netrunner, focusing on the different types of decks. Presented in four segments: Title card: G…

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Episode 109: Stronger Under Pressure 1:53:58

1M ago1:53:58

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As was true for the Runners, the Corps each received two original cards in Reflections -- the first booster for the Reboot Project. We'll cover each of those cards in depth, along with analyzing the eight cards that were imported from the latter half of the FFG cardpool, closing with a card that was and then was not... Presented in nine segments: T…

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Neon Static Episode 28 - Dolls are ILLEGAL 1:11:37

1M ago1:11:37

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Nick and Eric talk about the new Standard Ban List 25.12! We also talk a bit about our experience at Worlds, local tournaments, and have a good long quality time. Come hang with us! Link to Neon Hustle, our new side channel where we play things like video games and board games and stuff: https://www.youtube.com/@neonhustle ▶PATREON◀⁠⁠⁠https://www.p…

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Episode 108: Check Out My New Ride 2:01:09

1M ago2:01:09

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Having reached the end of the primary portion of the Fantasy Flight cardpool, we now accelerate closer to the present to start looking at the booster packs for the Reboot Project. The first one, Reflections, brings in eight Runner cards from the latter half of the FFG cardpool ... and also adds in 6 original Runner designs that are exclusive to Reb…

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Episode 107: What Did You See? 1:55:47

2M ago1:55:47

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Data and Destiny concludes the Reboot Project portion of the FFG cardpool. Before moving forward in the podcast, we take a walk down memory lane. In this episode: an overview of the remainder of the cardpool, its competitive scene, and the eventual demise of the game -- including multiple perspectives on why a seemingly-successful game was ultimate…

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The Shadow Net 60: Worlds Hangover Feat. Rongydoge 1:31:53

2M ago1:31:53

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Sam and Ian go through all the stages of grief over the SnareBears losing worlds. Phil’s just here for the memes. Typical Phil. -Shadownet Intro Denial -Worlds Meta Anger -Worlds Events Bargaining -Worlds Spoilers Depression -Canadian Politics Acceptance Music: The Shadow Net - DJ FreqKing & DJ BACHYBACH STRIKES BACH…

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Episode 106: Nothing Comes Out 1:22:16

2M ago1:22:16

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As has become tradition of late, we'll take a look at a deck for each of the new identities that arrived for the Runners in Data and Destiny. In two of the cases, we have not only writeups by the deck authors but also a review of the deck by a blog at the time; in the third case, I'll present a deck of my very own from the past and subject it to a …

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Episode 105: Fire Up the Arc Welder 1:16:47

2M ago1:16:47

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Part two of the Runner analysis of Data and Destiny sees us looking at a few of the buffs that the Reboot Project has made. As usual, we'll also analyze the new breakers and economy cards (including a truly bad one ... and a truly janky deck trying to make it work), plus some of the flavor references the designers and developers may have included. …

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Episode 104: Bigger, Better, Boom 50:27

2M ago50:27

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Turning now to the Runner side of Data and Destiny, we'll take a look at the focus on the fourth Runner faction in the ... What's that you say? There are only three Runner factions? Well ... what are they going to do for the fourth deluxe box, then? We'll present a comment from lead designer Lukas Litzsinger about their philosophy surrounding this …

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Episode 103: Nothing But the Truth 1:02:36

3M ago1:02:36

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As a continuation of last week's episode, this time around we look at a couple of decklists for the third NBN identity released in Data and Destiny: New Angeles Sol, including getting a glimpse at how the first Most Wanted List impacted the meta. We'll also do an analysis of one of the Reboot preconstructed decks. Presented in seven segments: Title…

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Neon Static Episode 27 - Oracle Thinktank 52:51

3M ago52:51

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Eric and Nick talk about what decks they expect to do well at Worlds 2025, talk about what they're thinking about playing, and make some predictions on what IDs will win. ▶PATREON◀⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/neonstatic⁠⁠⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/neonstatic ▶DISCORD◀ New Hampshire Netrunners Discord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/SHbcRsgJ6T⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ GLC …

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Episode 102: Start the Fire 1:26:26

3M ago1:26:26

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TheBigBoy dropped a morsel of information about the future of boosters in the Reboot Project, so we'll cover that discussion right at the top of the show. But for the bulk of the episode, we have three decks on tap this week based out of two of the NBN IDs from Data and Destiny: SYNC and Spark Agency. The SYNC deck was built and piloted by Timmy Wo…

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Episode 101: Yes AND No 1:26:42

3M ago1:26:42

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We have finally arrived at the last piece of the Reboot Project puzzle (for certain definitions of "last"). Data and Destiny is the fourth deluxe expansion for Android: Netrunner and focused on the only Corp that hadn't received the treatment so far: NBN. We'll take a look at the numerous Corp nerfs that Reboot levies, plus the usual tour of some o…

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The Shadow Net 59: Creative Commiseration 54:02

3M ago54:02

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Phil and Sam rate and review the newset list. -Being Bad is OK -Not going to weddings is OK -Sting really though? Music: The Shadow Net - DJ FreqKing

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Episode 100: How He Does It 1:04:08

4M ago1:04:08

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Poised just before the introduction into the 2.1 group of the final Fantasy Flight expansion included in Reboot, we present an interview with the man who is largely responsible for the project being playable: Karl Holter, better known as Klerik. This wide-ranging, show-long episode covers his early days in Netrunner, the genesis of Reboot, and more…

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Episode 26 - Montréal and the Meta 1:14:39

4M ago1:14:39

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Nick and Eric recap their recent trip to Montréal for the 2025 Americas Continental Championship and discuss their hopes for the upcoming September 17th Standard Ban List update in light of the decks they saw at Continentals. Link to the Crown of Servers Event: https://tournaments.nullsignal.games/tournaments/4142 Link to the Main tournament result…

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Episode 99: The Advancement of Humanity 1:26:20

4M ago1:26:20

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The last pack of the SanSan Cycle -- which is also the last Data Pack from Fantasy Flight Games that is included in the Reboot Project -- is another Corp-skewed pack. We'll delve into the multiple different options on offer for the Corp. Presented in nine segments: Title card: Expo Grid 2:45 Anonymous Tip: Count your rez costs 7 Things You Can Do T…

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Episode 98: Diverting Energy Spikes 48:54

4M ago48:54

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This week's episode is centered mainly on the second part of the article series The Skills of Netrunner, as written by Elusive and posted originally on Stimhack; the first part of the series was covered in episode 89, "The Creators." This time around Elusive focuses more on the psychological aspects of Netrunner, as it pertains to each of us indivi…

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Episode 97: A Horde of Zombies 1:16:50

4M ago1:16:50

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We have arrived at the last Data Pack of the last cycle in the Reboot portion of the FFG cardpool. This episode focuses on the Runner side of that pack -- The Universe of Tomorrow -- with the final (regular, non-booster) cards for Anarchs, Criminals, and Shapers. This pack also has the most nerfs of any in the Reboot cardpool, which elicits a deep …

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Episode 96: Fired and Replaced 53:12

5M ago53:12

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Near the beginning of the 2015 regional season, eventual Oxford Regional runner-up and UK Nats top 16 competitor Andrew Hynes (Xenasis) published an article on Stimhack dealing with a competitive player's approach to eliminating various fallacies in Netrunner (and, to a certain extent, customizable card games as a whole). We'll read through that ar…

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Episode 95: The Windblasted Prairie 59:48

5M ago59:48

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No Data Pack in the Reboot portion of the FFG cardpool has such a skewed distribution between Corp and Runner as Old Hollywood, the fifth pack in the fourth cycle. We'll examine the nerf to the NBN ID in this pack, several of the buffs Reboot gives to help some weaker cards, and more. Presented in eight segments: Title card: Vanity Project 1:45 Cel…

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EP05 - Megacity and banlist 50:41

5M ago50:41

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This episode of Radio Heinlein brings you along to the Nordic Megacity tournament — a hot summer day in Stockholm. Interviews, banlist comments, and tournament report.Guests: hbarsquared, saintis, Council, and PostisLinks:- https://alwaysberunning.net/tournaments/4715/2025-nordic-megacity-championship-stockholmMusic: Add Some Synthwave Excitement w…

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227: Andrew Navaro - From Fantasy Flight Games to Earthborne Games 1:37:33

5M ago1:37:33

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"I think as long as you're following your heart, your life will take you wherever you're intended to go." Andrew Navaro, Former Head of Studio at FFG and current Head of Studio at Earthborne Games, sits down with us to talk about his journey so far. Join us as we discuss Netrunner, Asmodee, Earthborne Rangers, Hubworld: Aidalon and the many, many t…

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The Shadow Net 58: The Banlist Episode that was Promised 50:38

5M ago50:38

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Phil and Sam take a Deepdive into the NSGaol's newest prisoners. -Your friendly neighbourhood MegaCity -LUMINALS BACK YEAAAH BABY -PP's plight Victoria Summer Kickoff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJdf78zSg3w Music: The Shadow Net - DJ FreqKing

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Episode 94: My Gerbil 1:08:18

5M ago1:08:18

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The penultimate Data Pack in the Reboot cardpool has arrived in the form of Old Hollywood, which is the most corp-heavy pack in the pool. In addition to looking at the mostly-static Runner side of the expansion -- including a long digression about Rolodex -- we'll also check in again with the 2015 tournament season as the national championships swi…

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

6M ago1:06:09

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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

6M ago1:11:01

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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

6M ago1:05:14

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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

6M ago53:18

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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

6M ago1:22:52

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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

7M ago56:51

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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

7M ago38:27

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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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226: When Comic Books are the Answer - Alpha Clash 1:00:21

7M ago1:00:21

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Ridge Kiley, co-founder of Rising Empire Studios, sits down with Zach to discuss their recently announced Alpha Clash comic book series and how the comics allow for a top-down design approach that will completely reshape the Alpha Clash trading card game. Find out more: https://alphaclashtcg.com/news/alpha-clash-comic-book-series-launcheswhere-lore…

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Episode 25 - How Do Serial Killers Kill (ft. not_yeti) 1:14:16

7M ago1:14:16

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▶PATREON◀⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/neonstatic⁠⁠⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/neonstatic ▶LINKS◀ https://youtube.com/@tmkfnetrunner?si=U47g6P4B1VOwe7Js not_yeti's Hurt People Hurt People Prav list: https://netrunnerdb.com/en/decklist/8021efc7-fee8-4302-bc71-b2e0a5e603a7/hurt-people-hurt-people-2nd-4th-15th-at-online-showdown- passive_mult's Flood t…

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Episode 88: Cyberspace's Strongest Glue 57:38

7M ago57:38

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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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225: Alpha Clash Blazes New Path For Indie Card Games 1:29:32

8M ago1:29:32

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Garett Kiley, co-founder of Rising Empire Studios, sits down with Zach to discuss their recent move away from traditional distribution and into direct LGS relationships via their Champion Store program. This is the most honest accounting of what it's actually like working with traditional distributors as an indie publisher, and a must-listen for pu…

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Episode 87: Dreams and Nightmares 1:07:19

8M ago1:07:19

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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 24 - The Mohs Salinity Scale 1:14:50

8M ago1:14:50

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Eric and Nick express their love in terms of how scratchy new Elevation cards are to other new Elevation cards. Like with Rocks. ▶PATREON◀⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/neonstatic⁠⁠⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/neonstatic ▶Meme Contest Link◀https://youtu.be/GlBOBpAWI_c ▶DISCORD◀ New Hampshire Netrunners Discord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/SHbcRsgJ6T⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠…

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

8M ago51:20

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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

8M ago1:01:21

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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

8M ago1:24:32

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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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EP04 - Elevation spoilers 46:34

8M ago46:34

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This episode of Radio Heinlein is the final episode in the Awaiting Elevation series, leading up to the release of Elevation. The episode features two exclusive card spoilers.We explore the history and gameplay impact of two long-standing agendas and examine how their newly revealed counterparts may shape the post-rotation landscape. The discussion…