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The team is hired by a much more normal kind of client than usual. “Stormwood & Associates” uses the RPG system Super Awesome Action Heroes Second Edition with the optional Fantasy expansion and Advanced Combat Rules. View Archives and Subscription Options The post C3E30. HousePlant Castle-Tilt (Feeling Crabby Part 1) first appeared on Nerd & Tie Network.

The strangest negotiation Roxie and Rorgoth have ever been in continues. Glory to the Thunter Mountains! “Stormwood & Associates” uses the RPG system Super Awesome Action Heroes Second Edition with the optional Fantasy expansion and Advanced Combat Rules. View Archives and Subscription Options The post C3E29. Run Roxie Run (A Winter Fantasy Part 6) first appeared on Nerd & Tie Network.

All Hail Computer Overlord! Our casual adventurers have been tasked by the benevolent Computer Overlord to watch three episodes of Star Trek featuring societies run by computers to make sure Computer Overlord isn’t offended. In ‘Return of the Archons’, Kirk and the Gang are here for the Festival and for the first time, we get to see Captain Kirk talk a computer to death, then we return YET AGAIN to season One of TNG as Wesley and some of the Enterprise kids get kidnapped by an ancient civilisation led by Deep Throat from The X-Files to be given some new parents in ‘When the Bough Breaks,’ and finally Boimler discovers if he’s going to be a good boss or a bad boss when he’s tasked to lead a repair team ‘In the Cradle of Vexilon.’ All Hail Computer Overlord, the cake is a lie! EPISODES DISCUSSED: ‘Return of the Archons’ (12:17) ‘When the Bough Breaks’ (42:53) ‘In the Cradle of Vexilon’ (1:11:58) Talking Points Include: The Princess Bride, the Evercade Superpocket, Jeff Minter, classic computer games, creepy vibes right from the get-go, what is Festival actuallY for? These guys are the crappiest resistance movement, Lindstrom- the hot new Star Trek character find of 1966, Kirk being the most Internet Guy here in talking a computer to death, that one guy wants to use Festival to jump through windows, I think we’re going to run out of S1 episodes of TNG before anything else, Kylie Minogue, TNG needed more freeze-frame endings, we hate AI, you might have guessed, we really needed an episode of TNG which was basically Chopping Mall on the Enterprise, the whole ‘families on the Enterprise’ thing sometimes just feels weird, Wesley has definitely called Captain Picard ‘dad’ by accident, nice to see Jerry Hardin here pre-X-Files, koala, we just have a soft spot for ‘Move Along Home,’ have you ever been a Boimler? T’lyn is here to eff with Boimler, would people in the 24th Century haze others? [ Additional Show Notes ] Music by Alfred Etheridge-Nunn. Read Miles’s blog or Charlie’s blog. [ Support this show on Ko-fi ] Subscribe to this Podcast: Apple PodcastsSpotifyAndroidRSSThe post 99. I Have No Archons and I Must Scream first appeared on Nerd & Tie Network.

It’s July which means it’s time for the annual feedback/Q&A episode of the show! In this episode I sit down and answer questions that you, the audience, has been sending me over the last few months. It’s the same dance we do every summer, but maybe a surprise guest will show up and help me answer one of these. Trae is going to be at Big Minneapolis Anime Aug 8-9 2026 in Minneapolis, MN. Pre-order Trae’s new Novel The Perfect Host – out August 10th! ISBN: 9798295897726 Pre-order eBook: Kindle / Kobo ePub --> Pre-order Paperback: Amazon / Bookshop.org Also check out the rest of Trae’s Books and visit Trae’s website. (And, of course, don’t forget this show is part of the Nerd & Tie Network, and funded by listeners like you via Patreon. Consider joining our Discord or our forums!) Music: “The Man With One Eye,” “Untitled Nonsense” (Trae Dorn) / Random Loops (Apple Music Library)The post 97. Feedback/Q&A Special 2026 first appeared on Nerd & Tie Network.

Completing this deal is going to be way more irritating than expected. “Stormwood & Associates” uses the RPG system Super Awesome Action Heroes Second Edition with the optional Fantasy expansion and Advanced Combat Rules. View Archives and Subscription Options The post C3E28. The Thunter Mountain Way (A Winter Fantasy Part 5) first appeared on Nerd & Tie Network.

It’s time to meet the client’s client. That’s a thing, right? “Stormwood & Associates” uses the RPG system Super Awesome Action Heroes Second Edition with the optional Fantasy expansion and Advanced Combat Rules. View Archives and Subscription Options The post C3E27. Kayla and Roger (A Winter Fantasy Part 4) first appeared on Nerd & Tie Network.

Abracadabra! Prepare your magical runes and put on your pointiest hat because we’re going to be talking about Magic (without a ‘k’) and three different episodes where Magic is believed to be involved. Of course, unlike ‘The Magicks of Magus-Tu,’ we’re not delving into ‘so magic is actually real’ territory and instead, magic is more inferred. In ‘Spirit Folk,’ Tom Paris’ weird obsession with making Harry kiss a cow gets the crew of the Voyager into trouble on the holodeck while in New Eden, Pike, Michael Burnham discover a planet of people descended from survivors from World War III who have renounced all technology and Owosekun was there as well and then, in ‘The Elysian Kingdom’, M’Benga gets to play out his daughter’s favourite fantasy novel while in the real world, Anson Mount has way too much fun playing a cowardly cad! Are we sure this nebula isn’t evil? Alakazam! Time Codes: What Non-Star Trek thing have we enjoyed? (02:14) Spirit Folk (10:45) New Eden (38:40) The Elysian Kingdom (01:04:35) [ Additional Show Notes ] Music by Alfred Etheridge-Nunn. Read Miles’s blog or Charlie’s blog. [ Support this show on Ko-fi ] Subscribe to this Podcast: Apple PodcastsSpotifyAndroidRSSThe post 98. Abracadabra! first appeared on Nerd & Tie Network.

Rorgoth goes to a festival and gets mad that everyone there is having a good time for some reason. “Stormwood & Associates” uses the RPG system Super Awesome Action Heroes Second Edition with the optional Fantasy expansion and Advanced Combat Rules. View Archives and Subscription Options The post C3E26. Holly Jolly (A Winter Fantasy Part 3) first appeared on Nerd & Tie Network.

Right, everyone quit Oo-moxing for two minutes because we’ve got another episode talking about those hyper-capitalist scamps, the Ferengi; literally one of the few times here on the show where we can say without doubt that it’s a metaphor for capitalism! Our brave casual explorers watch three Ferengi-based episodes of Star Trek without any Quark-based antics, first up is probably TNG’s most successful attempt to try and sell these guys as the Big Bad as Captain Picard is forced to face his past as a revenge attempt leads him to relieve ‘The Battle,’ after that, Trip gets to do a Home Alone/Die Hard as the worst trio of Ferengi try to pull an ‘Acquisition’ on the Enterprise NX-01 and finally, the Lower Decks get to see what Ferengi TV and Miles’ AO3 account is like as ‘Parth Ferengi’s Heartplace’ makes us ask… do Rutherford and Tendi like each other… in a sexy way? Please send us two strips of Gold-Pressed Latinum for reading the show notes. Wait, you wanted to know the price up-front? THIS IS WHY YOU READ THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, GUYS!!! Episodes discussed: THE BATTLE (12:09) ACQUISITION (41:31) PARTH FERENGI’S HEARTPLACE (01:11:36) TALKING POINTS INCLUDE: Bioshock, Saturday Night Live UK, US Advert Breaks are the devil, the Ferengi did just as well as being the Next Klingons as the Voord did as being the next Daleks, it must be a World Cup year because Miles makes a football joke, TNG Season 1 has a naff charm, some great prop-acting from Patrick Stewart, its no surprise why Denise Crosby quit, Miles also wants to wear the Wesley-sweater and the male miniskirt from S1, Miles should not travel back in time to meet his 14 year old self, one day, we will cover the episode where Wesley Crusher nearly pulls. Why DO British people find the name ‘Jeff’ funny? Ethan Phillips clearly relishes playing Evil Season One Neelix, we’re right back to the TNG Season One idiot Ferengi, is this meant to be a comedy? Miles and Charlie discuss their Home Alone-style traps and just how badly they’d go, for an episode with a Darkplace homage title, there are very few Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace references, Miles misses binging television, Lower Decks shipping, even the best writers have done naff work, Mariner’s depressingly relatable character development backslide and what Ferengi TV show would Charlie get addicted to? [Charlie’s note: Miles kept spelling Ferengi wrong in this recap, as he’s just that casual, but I’ve changed it for your sanity and my own] [Trae from the network’s note: Charlie missed a couple of “Ferengi” misspellings, and apparently neither know how to spell “Tendi.”] [ Additional Show Notes ] Music by Alfred Etheridge-Nunn. Read Miles’s blog or Charlie’s blog. [ Support this show on Ko-fi ] Subscribe to this Podcast: Apple PodcastsSpotifyAndroidRSSThe post 97. Ferengi: I Apologise for the Amount of Times I Say “Capering” in this Episode first appeared on Nerd & Tie Network.

Look, there are two things I wanted to talk about this month, but didn’t have enough time to fully prepare an episode on either. So, instead, I’m just going to talk about my current thoughts on both of these (unrelated) topics. First off we have the US Military no longer recognizing about 180 different religions, and then after that I’m talking about my thoughts on Chaos vs Eclecticism. Like I said, unrelated topics. The annual Q&A/Feedback episode is coming up! I need your questions — send them via my contact form by July 10th 2026 if you want me to read your question on the show! Pre-order Trae’s new Novel The Perfect Host – out August 10th! ISBN: 9798295897726 Pre-order eBook: Kindle / Kobo ePub --> Pre-order Paperback: Amazon / Bookshop.org Also check out the rest of Trae’s Books and visit Trae’s website. (And, of course, don’t forget this show is part of the Nerd & Tie Network, and funded by listeners like you via Patreon. Consider joining our Discord or our forums!) Music: “The Man With One Eye,” “So I Said It,” “Putz and Pulse,” “Untitled Nonsense” (Trae Dorn) / Random Loops (Apple Music Library)The post 96. A Fireside Chat first appeared on Nerd & Tie Network.

The intern is still missing in the dream maze vault, and our team is trying to find him (and the way out). “Stormwood & Associates” uses the RPG system Super Awesome Action Heroes Second Edition with the optional Fantasy expansion and Advanced Combat Rules. View Archives and Subscription Options The post C3E22. The Upside Down (Vaulted Part 3) first appeared on Nerd & Tie Network.

Happy Monday, everyone! To celebrate the start of the working week, we’re looking at Star Trek episodes where people mess with the memories of our cast and put them through menial, awful work. O’Brien must continue to suffer in Hard Time, where he’s lived through decades of prison time just for being a bit nosey. Can he deal with the mind-shattering prison sentence, or will he still be traumatised and we’ll never speak of this after the episode’s end? Then our main feature is a two-parter where the crew of Voyager are brainwashed into factory jobs (apart from Paris who couldn’t even manage that). Watch the rivalry between the Emergency Command Hologram and Harry Kim! Janeway has a romance plot and there’s some bad CGI! Timecodes: 03:30 What Non-Star Trek Thing We’ve Been Enjoying 09:02 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine “Hard Time” 41:43 Star Trek: Voyager “Workforce” Talking points include: Poirot’s facial hair, talking Miles down from reading Ayn Rand, Mark Morrison, No Gods No Mayors, a harsh burn from Miles, DS9 has a counsellor? What is Miles’ middle name anyway? A bee gets loose in Charlie’s room. Buffy. Farscape. Tek War. Isn’t it good that prisons aren’t run for profit in the real world? Prestige TV ghosts of the mind. David Cage wishes he could get this emotional. Bryan Fuller doesn’t get weird with it. Tom can’t even hack being a brainwashed labourer. Just be Janeway’s consort, Jaffen! Charlie’s upsetting second Voyager: Across the Universe playthrough. Anything can pull rank on Harry. Charlie got contacted by Jehovah’s Witnesses. Oh, and occasionally Star Trek. [ Additional Show Notes ] Music by Alfred Etheridge-Nunn. Read Miles’s blog or Charlie’s blog. [ Support this show on Ko-fi ] Subscribe to this Podcast: Apple PodcastsSpotifyAndroidRSSThe post 96. It’s a Metaphor for Capitalism! first appeared on Nerd & Tie Network.

The team is now in a magical Fae vault, and things are going about as well as you’d expect. “Stormwood & Associates” uses the RPG system Super Awesome Action Heroes Second Edition with the optional Fantasy expansion and Advanced Combat Rules. View Archives and Subscription Options The post C3E21. Take Me to Church (Vaulted Part 2) first appeared on Nerd & Tie Network.

Well, it must be May, because I’m doing another book review! This time around I’m reviewing Thumper Forge’s “The Chaos Apple” (ISBN 9780738775432) which came out last fall. It is, unsurprisingly, a book on Chaos Magic – a topic it turns out I knew more about than I realized. And while overall I liked this book a lot, it does have one glaring issue for me… but only because I’m a pedantic nerd. The annual Q&A/Feedback episode is coming up! I need your questions — send them via my contact form by July 10th 2026 if you want me to read your question on the show! Find “The Chaos Apple” Online: Order The Chaos Apple on Amazon Order The Chaos Apple on Bookshop.org Pre-order Trae’s new Novel The Perfect Host – out August 10th! ISBN: 9798295897726 Pre-order eBook: Kindle / Kobo ePub --> Pre-order Paperback: Amazon / Bookshop.org Also check out the rest of Trae’s Books and visit Trae’s website. (And, of course, don’t forget this show is part of the Nerd & Tie Network, and funded by listeners like you via Patreon. Consider joining our Discord or our forums!) Music: “The Man With One Eye,” “So I Said It,” “Putz and Pulse,” “Untitled Nonsense” (Trae Dorn) / Random Loops (Apple Music Library)The post 95. An Honest Review of Thumper Forge’s “The Chaos Apple” first appeared on Nerd & Tie Network.

While the team is trying to play along with the mob, they actually have a real client they need to help. “Stormwood & Associates” uses the RPG system Super Awesome Action Heroes Second Edition with the optional Fantasy expansion and Advanced Combat Rules. View Archives and Subscription Options The post C3E20. A Talbert Tale (Vaulted Part 1) first appeared on Nerd & Tie Network.

Not all NPCs are romanceable. That’s an important life lesson. “Stormwood & Associates” uses the RPG system Super Awesome Action Heroes Second Edition with the optional Fantasy expansion and Advanced Combat Rules. View Archives and Subscription Options The post C3E19. Re-Kidnapped (A Rival Family Part 4) first appeared on Nerd & Tie Network.

The team returns to the office, and Eloise reacts to the morning’s events. “Stormwood & Associates” uses the RPG system Super Awesome Action Heroes Second Edition with the optional Fantasy expansion and Advanced Combat Rules. View Archives and Subscription Options The post C3E18. Eloise Explains Organized Crime (A Rival Family Part 3) first appeared on Nerd & Tie Network.

Miles and Charlie have come down with a case of the ‘too British for Star Trek’ and are coping with it the only way they know how, by once more becoming Space Scamps and hopping over to Moonbase Alpha for three more episodes of Space 1999! We’ve an unintentional theme of guest stars here as ‘Force of Life’ gives us a young Ian McShane coming down with a bad case of heat vamperism, while ‘Alpha Child’ gives us evil children, weird cosmic space incest with Julian Glover (he’s been in a lot of stuff). Finally, ‘Missing Link‘ gives us a guest turn by Peter Cushing in a costume choice slightly more dignified than Christopher Lee back in Space Scamps II, and Charlie asks us a terrifying question: why have we not watched any season 2 yet… EPISODES MENTIONED: Force of Life (09:14) Alpha Child (28:58) Missing Link (50:53)
 

TALKING POINTS: The Abominable Dr. Phibes, New Classic Doctor Who, The Employees, The House on the Borderland, Sailing, Rhinestone Cowboy, a very young Ian McShane who to Miles’ surprise is NOT playing a scumbag, coworkers coming into work while sick, Space 1999’s production values ALWAYS impress, Sunshine is a great movie, is this incest? Maybe. Avengers Issue 200 style shennanigans, Julian Glover, the Man the Myth the Legend, Alpha Child does TNG’s The Child CORRECTLY, what the hell was TV Show ‘Swat?’ also… who is second in command on Moonbase Alpha? Space-Rationalists are the worst. Space 1999 is the wrong show to be doing Logic vs. Emotion, this is why we have a stunt crew, Space 1999 would have made a great season of The Terror, we feel sorry for Moonbase Alpha’s catering department [ Additional Show Notes ] Music by Alfred Etheridge-Nunn. Read Miles’s blog or Charlie’s blog. [ Support this show on Ko-fi ] Subscribe to this Podcast: Apple PodcastsSpotifyAndroidRSSThe post 95. Space Scamps – Oh Good, Another Breeding Program! first appeared on Nerd & Tie Network.

What’s a little kidnapping on your way to work, really? “Stormwood & Associates” uses the RPG system Super Awesome Action Heroes Second Edition with the optional Fantasy expansion and Advanced Combat Rules. View Archives and Subscription Options The post C3E17. Hello, My Name Is Chum! (A Rival Family Part 2) first appeared on Nerd & Tie Network.

This episode is dedicated to Tolkien superfan Stephen Colbert. May he return to The Colbert Report! No matter what, we know that he will go on to far, far better things than the crumbling edifice that was once known as CBS. [ Full Show Notes ] Apple PodcastsSpotifyAndroidRSSThe post 100. What I’m Tolkien About first appeared on Nerd & Tie Network.

The team gets ready for work one morning, but someone tries to stop them. “Stormwood & Associates” uses the RPG system Super Awesome Action Heroes Second Edition with the optional Fantasy expansion and Advanced Combat Rules. View Archives and Subscription Options The post C3E16. The Chase (A Rival Family Part 1) first appeared on Nerd & Tie Network.

You can't grift a grifter, but you can grift a grifter's grifts. The post C3E15. I Need You to Calm Down (Under a Jeweled Sky Part 5) first appeared on Nerd & Tie Network.

Day two of the festival, and the team prepared to deal with any potential threats. And hangovers. The post C3E14. Blue Berry Muffin (Under a Jeweled Sky Part 4) first appeared on Nerd & Tie Network.

How many funnel cakes can a halfling shove into a drunken elf's mouth? The post C3E13. Eloise Buttersnap (Under a Jeweled Sky Part 3) first appeared on Nerd & Tie Network.

Sometimes a one size fits most bright yellow vest is a one size fits none. The post C3E12. Dwarves in Basements (Under a Jeweled Sky Part 2) first appeared on Nerd & Tie Network.

The team meets a potential new client, a dwarf who runs a local historical society. The post C3E11. Sour Patch (Under a Jeweled Sky Part 1) first appeared on Nerd & Tie Network.

Look, Marky may not be on the up and up. Is anyone actually surprised by this? The post C3E10. Marky Mark and the Hunky Bunch (Into the Autumnlands Part 5) first appeared on Nerd & Tie Network.

After fending off the handsome highway man, the team has to explain to Rorgoth why they shouldn't eat the guys they just killed. The post C3E9. The Detour (Into the Autumnlands Part 4) first appeared on Nerd & Tie Network.

Deep in the Autumnlands, the team is continuing to escort the gold filled wagon towards the capital. But wanted signs along the road warn of a Highwayman. A handsome, handsome highwayman. The post C3E8. A Pleasant Evening (Into the Autumnlands Part 3) first appeared on Nerd & Tie Network.

The team sets off on their journey into the Autumnlands, and maybe learns that saying something is an "escort job" might be interpreted differently based on who hears it. The post C3E7. Fast Journey (Into the Autumnlands Part 2) first appeared on Nerd & Tie Network.