Nerdy Folks Podcast Matthew Seipel-Anderson

On this episode, Matt and Katie discuss all the Star Wars Tabletop games by Atomic Mass. They also discuss The Acolyte, which is set to release in June of 2024. Matt and Katie each choose three Star Wars Characters to face off in an imaginare battle that could conceivably be had inside one of these games. 

On this episode, Katie is back! Matt gives the D.L. on Warhammer and a new Warhammer Series that is currently in development and set to star Henry Cavill. There is also another interveiw from Adepticon in Chicago who is a memer of the Tundra Tactics Warhammer Team. 

We traveled to Adepticon in Chicago Illinois and connected with the Dever 40K Wolfpack! The guys were playing Warhammer at the convention and were gracious enough to share their homebrewed approach to Warhammer, which involves integrating on going storylines into the gameplay. Matt also talks about the rebirth of Hero Quest, a tabletop RPG from the 90s that found massive success on kickstarter in 2021. 

Matt caught up with his old friend Jeremy Owen at Adepticon. Jeremy is an experienced competitive tabletop gamer with a lot of insight into the culture of tabletop war games. Adepticon is the San Diego Comic Con of the table top world. It was a blast to get to hang out at the event! 

Matt discusses the video games of 2024 and about his figure skating debut, which really just amounts to skating circles around the ice with his daughter. What's your favorite game of the year so far? 

Matt and Ethan disucss video games as a medium for story telling. They also talk old school arcade games, the benefits of gaming, share some stories of years gone by and talk about how Jesus used story telling as an incredile way to teach.