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Playin' & Slayin'
by Basement of Death
A podcast from the Basement of Death featuring news, anecdotal experiences, and raucous reviews of life in the adventurous wilderness of Hobby gaming!
Episodes
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#102 | We're Still Playin' and Slayin'
Send us Fan Mail After a summer hiatus, Ty and Troy are finally back in the BoD Studio! They catch up on a whole summer’s worth of gaming, hobby projects, books, conventions, and assorted geekery. Playin' and Slayin' is proud to be a member of the Tabletop Battles Media Network. Find more…
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#101 | New Edition: Cheer or Jeer?
Send us Fan Mail Fresh off the milestone 100th episode, Ty and Troy kick off "Season 2" of Playin' & Slayin' with a discussion about new editions in tabletop gaming. They share recent gaming adventures, hobby projects, crowdfunding finds, books, podcasts, and video games before diving into when a...
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#100 | Adepticon 2026
Send us Fan Mail Ty and Troy celebrate 100 episodes of Playin’ and Slayin’ with a laid-back but heartfelt look back at nearly a decade of gaming, hobbying, and podcasting. After kicking things off with classic drinks, they dive into what they’ve been playing, building, and backing before heading...
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#99 | Relic Blade
Send us Fan Mail Troy and Ty are back with Weekender game highlights, hobby updates, and Space Marine skirmishes; it’s the usual Playin’ and Slayin’ chaos. Ty then steps into full sales mode with his review of Relic Blade, aiming to convince Troy to play. There is also a video version of the...
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#98 | Our Favorite Things of 2025!
Send us Fan Mail Happy New Year! As we look back at our favorite games, books, minis, shows, and moments of 2025—plus what we’re playing, painting, backing, and watching as we kick off 2026. Also: MMOs, Kill Team, Zombicide, LitRPGs, and an Adepticon giveaway. There is also a video version of the...
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#97 | 2025 Reading Wrap-Up
Send us Fan Mail In Episode 97 of Playin’ and Slayin’, Ty and Troy settle in for a cozy, late-year catch-up: games played, hobby progress, Kickstarters backed, and a little Adepticon/DepthCon narrative plotting. They also expand the library segment into a mini year-end reading chat, talking...
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#96 | GameholeCon, Dragon Fall, and Dragon Days
Send us Fan Mail Brice returns to the show, joining Ty and Troy as they recap a busy stretch of events — GameholeCon, Dragon Fall, and Dragon Days. There is also a video version of the podcast: https://youtu.be/6XzKdmqrb1w Our theme music is by *FADEBACK* Playin' and Slayin' is proud to be a…
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#95 | Keep the Dice Rollin’ (Even as Adults)
Send us Fan Mail In Episode 95 of Playin’ and Slayin’, Ty, Troy are again joined by Raf and dive into what they’ve been playing—Frosthaven, Zombicide Invader, Blood Bowl, and more—plus hobby wins, Kickstarter finds, and recent reads and watches. The main topic tackles how to play more games as…
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#94 | The Gen Con Return
Send us Fan Mail Ty and Troy return from Gen Con 2025, and special guest host Raf Cordero takes the interviewer’s chair! From first impressions and surprise discoveries to gaming highlights, hidden gems, and funny convention moments, Raf guides Ty and Troy through their Gen Con 2025 recap. Plus,...
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#93 | The Gen Con Time Machine
Send us Fan Mail Ty and Troy are joined by Raf Cordero as they crack some drinks, talk hobby progress, and revisit Gen Cons past in “The Gen Con Time Machine.” From their first unforgettable trips to Parkside and Milwaukee to late-night gaming in Indy, it’s a nostalgic dive through decades of…
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#92 | Of Zombies, Knights, and Tabletop Adaptations
Send us Fan Mail Ty and Troy share what they’ve been playing, building, and backing—from Zombicide: White Death and Frosthaven to Pendragon 6E and Legions Imperialis. They also talk hobby progress, new Kickstarters, and Ty and Raf’s new Goonhammer podcast The Campaign Trail. The main topic dives...
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#91 | Summer Gaming Goals
Send us Fan Mail Ty and Troy discuss their summer gaming goals, including Trench Crusade table planning, terrain accumulation, and a RelicBlade game. They also share updates on games they are playing, such as Dorf Romantik and Drakkenheim, and their hobby progress. There is also a video version…
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#90 | Adepticon 2025
Send us Fan Mail Adepticon Milwaukee has drawn to a close and the guys have made the much shorter trip home. Ty, Troy, and Josh recap the games played, friends new and old seen, and some of the highlights of their time at the Baird Center in Milwaukee for Adepticon. Thank you to everyone for...
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#89 | Adepticon 2025 Preview
Send us Fan Mail Ty and Troy sit down pre-Adepticon to share what they have been playing, hobbying, and reading. Then, they preview some of the many cool things to do and see at Adepticon. Playin' and Slayin' is proud to be a member of the Tabletop Battles Media Network. Find more podcasts like...
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#88 | Imperium Maledictum | Adepticon Prep
Send us Fan Mail Ty, Josh, and Troy sit down for a lively banter-full episode. They are deep into planning for Adepticon and share their experiences from playtesting the Imperium Maledictum RPG. The guys discuss their hobby progress in preparation for the BoD events at Adepticon. They also…
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#87 | Midwinter Gaming Convention | Adepticon 2025 MKE Primer
Send us Fan Mail Ty and Troy sit down to review their experiences at the Midwinter Gaming Convention held at the Ingleside Hotel in Pewaukee, WI. They then provide a brief update on the status of Basement of Death events at Adepticon and share the first of their mini-advice sessions for…
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#86 | Weekender, Tainted Grail, Marvel Crisis Protocol, Oathsworn, More 2024 Favs
Send us Fan Mail The Weekender that Was - Ty, Josh, and Troy are back from a solid weekend of storytime gaming with Ty. Listen as they talk about the games that were played; including Oathsworn and Tainted Grail: Kings of Ruin. As well as recapping some of what they have been reading and watching...
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#85 | A few of our favorite things
Send us Fan Mail Troy and Ty gather in advance of the Thanksgiving Holiday to discuss not only their favorite dishes, but a few of their other gaming/hobby related favorites. The episode brings a few updates on the hobby plans for winter, a brief review of reading progress, and some discussion...
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#84 | GameholeCon, Dragon Fall, Dragon Days
Send us Fan Mail Fresh off of their GameholeCon Experience, the guys gather to talk about the sights, sounds, and coffee of GameholeCon. They also check in on the Unknown Worlds Backerkit (Hint: It's fantastic), and Troy provides his account of two recent events in D&D's hometown of Lake Geneva,...
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#83 | Unknown Worlds Interview
Send us Fan Mail Ty, Josh, and Troy gather to discuss what they've been playing while trying to reset hobby energy for the Long Winter ahead. They are joined by friends of the show, Paul and Jen DK from Anvil 8 Games to share a preview of their brand new TTRP Unknown Worlds. Unknown Worlds is a...
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#82 | Gen Con 2024 | Convention Coffee Klatch
Send us Fan Mail Between Troy's Gen Con updates, the riveting discussion on the fate of the Detolf display cabinet from Ikea, and the hype around Amazon projects and other adaptations you would think there is no way the guys have time for more. Somehow, Ty, Troy, and Josh find time to hold a good...
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#81 | BoD Con I at Gamers Ranch
Send us Fan Mail Once(maybe) in a Lifetime Experience : BoD Con Gaming Convention at The Gamers Ranch. Ty, Troy, and Josh return from their excursion to the woods and hills of Missouri to review their experience at Gamers Ranch. In addition they recount the hobby, gaming, and usual banter that…
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#80 | A look back at the BoD Community
Send us Fan Mail For Episode 80 Ty and Troy reflect on the BoD as a community, the importance of having that space to play games, and where they see it going from here. Along with a lot of playing, a little bit of reading, and a small amount of hobby. There is also a video version of the podcast:...
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#79 | Frosthaven
Send us Fan Mail Playin' and Slayin' is back with their first episode of the summer, and it is a scorcher! Josh, Troy, and Ty gather to talk about what they have been playing, some Adepticon Milwaukee news, and then they discuss a few questions that have been bouncing around Ty's head for a…
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#78 | Adepticon 2024 | Space Hulk
Send us Fan Mail The Thunderhawk has landed, and the guys have returned home from Adepticon, the world's largest miniature-gaming convention. Troy, Ty, and Josh are sharing their experiences and highlights from the event. Troy provides a detailed recap of the Space Hulk events that he ran over…
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#77 | Adepticon Preview | Space Hulk
Send us Fan Mail Ty and Josh find Troy between Space Hulk prep hobby sessions to discuss Adepticon 2024 and a brief preview of their schedules, events, and hobby plans. During games played, there is a brief review of the cozy tile placement game Dorfromantik, adapted from the PC game of the same...
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#76 | Midwinter Gaming Convention | 2024 Look Ahead
Send us Fan Mail Happy New Year! In this episode, our hosts share their excitement about some gaming-related things that they are looking forward to in 2024. But before that, Ty, Troy, and Josh take you on a journey through their adventures at the Midwinter Gaming Convention, which was truly...
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#75 | Holy Havoc | Weekender | 2023 Favorites
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Brice and Ty recount their time at the consistently outstanding Holy Havoc event in November. The four also discuss all the games played at the recent Weekender, including Nemesis, Dwellings of Eldervale, Eclipse, Blades in the Dark, and a tremendous cinematic…
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#74 | GameholeCon | Dragonfall | True Dungeon
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, the guys share their experiences at BriceCon 2, Dragonfall, and Gamehole Con. With lots of games played and quite a bit of hobby accomplished, they provide their updates. Troy talks about the state of competitive 40k after his battles at Dragonfall as well. It...
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#73 LitRPG | GenCon 2023 | Dungeon Crawler Carl
Send us Fan Mail All four of your favorite hosts are together again. In this episode, the group talks about what they have been playing, Troy’s Gen Con weekend, and other topics. The main discussion is all about the LitRPG genre and a spoiler-free discussion of the Dungeon Crawler Carl series....
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#72 Carl Tuttle Interview
Send us Fan Mail Playin' and Slayin' is generally all about MSU, but this episode the guys welcome an Independent Character to the show. Guest Carl Tuttle of the Independent Characters Podcast joins Ty, Troy, and Josh to talk about his gaming origin story and then settles in for some questions…
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#71 T & T Banter
Send us Fan Mail Troy and Ty catch up on everything they are playing, building, buying, reading, and watching. Ty then asks Troy some hard-hitting gaming questions. There is also a video version of the podcast https://youtu.be/Fb8zeVdeBY4 Follow us on twitter @PlaynSlaynShow Our theme music is by...
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#70 Seraphon Battletomb Review with Brendan Melnick
Send us Fan Mail A Battletomb Review?! We are joined by AoS Mistro himself, Brendan Melnick, for our first-ever battletomb review on Playin and Slayin. Brendan walks us through the new Seraphon book to help us plan our Charity Army list. Before that, Josh, Troy, and Ty cover the normal banter of...
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#69 ADEPTICON 2023
Send us Fan Mail It's Adepticon 2023! The guys recount their experiences at the world's largest wargaming convention, including Space Hulk, the AoS champs and team tournaments, buying $300 worth of paint, and the pants incident! There is also a video version of the podcast...
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#68 The Weekender
Send us Fan Mail We talk about games played at our recent Weekender event, and all the hobby that we did in prep for that event as well as the upcoming Adepticon. We also head into the BoD library to discuss everything we've been reading and watching, and in crowdfunding, Troy shares some of his...
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Random Encounter #3 | Holy Wars
Send us Fan Mail Brice and Ty share some hobby banter and talk about their experiences at Holy Wars. Holy Wars is a narrative Age of Sigmar event near Chicago organized by Steve Herner @HolyHammerHern where all proceeds go to supporting Hesed House. Hesed House is a Non Profit providing housing…
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#67 Hobby Charity Army
Send us Fan Mail We kick off 2023 by sharing our plans for creating an army for charity as our group hobby challenge. The episode starts off with our normal chat about what we've been playing (Marvel Champions, Wingspan, and more), hobbying (3 color challenge), and watching and reading (Last of...
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Goonhammer Media Network
Send us Fan Mail We're happy to announce that we're joining the Goonhammer Media Network. There is also a video version of the podcast https://youtu.be/rwfuSTsycSM Follow us on Twitter @PlaynSlaynShow Our theme music is by FADEBACK Playin' and Slayin' is proud to be a member of the Tabletop…
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#66 Favorites of 2022
Send us Fan Mail Happy New Year! The entire Playin' and Slayin' gang is here to review their favorite gaming items and moments of 2022. There is also a video version of the podcast https://youtu.be/orj-uCHZzYU Follow us on twitter @PlaynSlaynShow Our theme music is by FADEBACK Things we’ve been...
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#65 Raf Cordero Returns
Send us Fan Mail Raf Cordero returns to the podcast to share his adventures at the GW Chicago Open in his first AoS tournament. We also chat about a variety of other gaming topics, including MtG coaching. Get comfortable; it's a long one! Find more from Raf @ Insta: @rafpaints Twitter:...
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#64 Marvel Champions
Send us Fan Mail It's a threesome with Ty, Troy, and Josh. In this episode, they review and discuss a game that's been hitting the table a lot lately, Marvel Champions. In the normal Playin & Slayin banter Ty shares his favorite new DM aid, the AI powered map generator Dungeon Alchemist. The One...
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#63 - Gen Con & NashCon 2022
Send us Fan Mail It's a full house as all four hosts gather to share their experiences at two recent events, Gen Con 2022 and the NashCon AoS tournament. They also provide the usual banter on what they have been playing, buying, and building. A hobby challenge update and BoD library segment....
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#62 - Teras Cassidy of Geek Nation Tours
Send us Fan Mail We are thrilled to be joined by the head geek himself Teras Cassidy. Ty, Josh and Troy chat with Teras about his gaming origin story, the past and present of Geek Nation Tours, and his amazing home gaming studio. Be sure to check out geeknationtours.com Rantathon 3rd annual...
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Random Encounter #2
Send us Fan Mail Brice and Josh are both off on vacation but that didn't stop Ty and Troy from chatting about everything they have been playing, slaying, and purchasing. Meph's Rantathon III Mental Health charity stream - July 30th Donate Here 40K Radio interview Sushi Go Milwaukee By Night -...
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#61B - Playin and Slayin - Red Toads and Wizard Wands | The Weekender | Fiasco | MCP
Send us Fan Mail Live from the Playin' & Slayin' Weekender, Ty, Brice, Josh, and Troy share everything they've been doing on their weekend gaming adventure. HeroQuest Fiasco Magic the Gathering Commander Lost Ruins of Arnak Marvel Crisis Protocol Wonderland Wars Geek Nation Tours - Adepticon 2023...
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#61A - Playin' and Slayin' - The Two of Us - Terrain Challenge - Clank
Send us Fan Mail Down a couple of crew members, Troy and Ty forge on. They review the terrain pieces that everyone did for the hobby challenge for this month. As well as discuss everything they have been building, buying, and playing in the last month. 7 Wonders - Architects VektoRace Clank...
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Random Encounter #1
Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Random Encounter #1. These will be shorter than our normal episodes and feature our discussion of current news or releases and possibly a game review or two. This first episode we touch on the news about D&D Beyond, Exploding Kittens, and what we thought of the D&D...
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#60 - Adepticon 2022
Send us Fan Mail Adepticon is back! Troy, Brice, and Ty share their time at the World's Premiere Wargaming Convention. Before that the guys cover everything they have been playing, hobbying, and consuming in the last month+. Things we've been playin' and slayin' (show notes) Kemet Blood and Sand...
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#59 - Playin' and Slayin' - Brice is Back
Send us Fan Mail The whole gang is here! We welcome Brice back and discuss our hobby objectives for 2022. Things we've been playin' and slayin' (show notes) Magnate My City D&D - Rime of the Frostmaiden HeroQuest Guess Who World of WarCraft: Wrath of the Lich King Boardgame Relic Pokemon TCG…
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#58 – Playin’ and Slayin’ – Favorites of 2021
Send us Fan Mail Happy Holidays! It’s the end of the year so the trio shares their favorites of 2021. There is also a video version of the podcast https://youtu.be/Q6ahDCuUSN0 Follow us on twitter @PlaynSlaynShow Our theme music is by FADEBACK Things we’ve been playin’ and slayin’ (show notes) My...
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A podcast from the Basement of Death featuring news, anecdotal experiences, and raucous reviews of life in the adventurous wilderness of Hobby gaming!
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