Bikers, Dice, and Bars Podcast
A round-table format show about the geeky thematic overlap of biking, gaming, and dive bars.

BDaB Character Jam 16: Firefly Part 1: The Characters

In this new Character Jam, we make an _awesome_ set of new heroes for the excellent Firefly RPG. Please give it a listen, and then check out the special bonus Part 2 episode on Patreon, where we later meet back up and create our ship!

NOTE: This episode kicks off a major effort to clear out the editing backlog in the final weeks of 2020. The show notes on these are kept at a minimum until we clear out the log, which ends with the last of our new Mothership RPG Actual Play sessions.

In this new Character Jam, we make an awesome set of new heroes for the excellent Firefly RPG. Please give it a listen, and then check out the special bonus Part 2 episode on Patreon, where we later meet back up and create our ship!

Drop us a line! You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram as "Breakfastpuppy" or email us as either NPC, Justjacob, or DrXanderGerrymander at Breakfastpuppies dot com. We have a Discord Channel and a Facebook Page, too. And now we're live streaming our recordings on Twitch! And let us know your thoughts by leaving a review on iTunes! For even more info and options, check out our main website or our new low-bandwidth alternative feed site.

As always: Rubber Side Down, May your Dice ever roll Crits, Always Drink Responsibly, and Remember to Tip your Bartender (and your dancers and performers)!

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Running Time (We support chapters!): 01:46:56

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BDaB#49 – Horrible Life Choices with MD 2020

Listen closely, dear Listener, to this deep cautionary tale of poor decisions and destroyed souls. The BDaB crew finally (!) delivers on its long-mentioned promise of guiding you through a taste sampler review of all the flavors of MD "Mad Dog" 2020 wine that we could acquire. Why would we inflict this torture upon ourselves? For comedy and science, of course. We drink the Mad Dog, so you don't have to. Don't know what Mad Dog is? Give us a listen and you will very quickly find out!

Listen closely, dear Listener, to this deep cautionary tale of poor decisions and destroyed souls. The BDaB crew finally (!) delivers on its long-mentioned promise of guiding you through a taste sampler review of all the flavors of MD "Mad Dog" 2020 wine that we could acquire. Why would we inflict this torture upon ourselves? For comedy and science, of course. We drink the Mad Dog, so you don't have to. Don't know what Mad Dog is? Give us a listen and you will very quickly find out!

ALSO! With the return of everyone back to the studio once more, I'm officially declaring this episode to be the beginning of Season 5 of the Podcast. Yes, you are correct, there were only to date three seasons, at least as of the launch of this episode. This is because I didn't have the foresight to tag the last few months as Season 4: The COVID Stretch. I shall be retro-actively doing this shortly!

Drop us a line! You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram as "Breakfastpuppy" or email us as either NPC, Justjacob, or DrXanderGerrymander at Breakfastpuppies dot com. We have a Discord Channel and a Facebook Page, too. And now we're live streaming our recordings on Twitch! And let us know your thoughts by leaving a review on iTunes! For even more info and options, check out our main website or our new low-bandwidth alternative feed site.

As always: Rubber Side Down, May your Dice ever roll Crits, Always Drink Responsibly, and Remember to Tip your Bartender (and your dancers and performers)!

Credits:

  • Hosts: NPC, Just Jacob, Dr. Xander Gerrymander, and Poppy Beaujolais
  • Theme Song: "Bikers, Dice, and Bars" by Skip VonKuske
  • Drink of the Evening: A series of six increasingly soul-crushing flavors of MD 2020 so-called "wine"
  • Final Thoughts: MD 2020, now in a special new "Crime Scene" flavor

Timestamps (We support chapters!):

  • 00:00:00 Intro
  • 00:00:43 Welcome
  • 00:31:10 We Broke Xander
  • 01:00:25 Outro

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BDaB#48 – Getting the Band Back Together / Xander for Mayor!

We're getting the Band back together! And by that I mean that the Bikers Dice and Bars crew is finally starting the long-needed process of reassembling our podcast crew to record in-person again. After months of remote recording woes, we now have added safety measures to our studio to enable us to once again meet face to face, and joyfully record like we used to in The Before Times. Hooray!

We're getting the Band back together! And by that I mean that the Bikers Dice and Bars crew is finally starting the long-needed process of reassembling our podcast crew to record in-person again. After months of remote recording woes, we now have added safety measures to our studio to enable us to once again meet face to face, and joyfully record like we used to in The Before Times. Hooray!

As such, this episode is all about the idea of "getting the band back together," be it an old drinking circle, an old gaming group, and even a podcast team. We tell some stories of the groups we would love to reconnect with from out pasts, and talk about ways in which doing so is actually made somewhat easier now that everyone is adapting to an always-online way of life.

Also, this just in: Dr. Xander is running for mayor of Portland 2020! Be sure to write him in on your ballots when you can;t figure out which of the other candidates suck the least.

Drop us a line! You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram as "Breakfastpuppy" or email us as either NPC, Justjacob, or DrXanderGerrymander at Breakfastpuppies dot com. We have a Discord Channel and a Facebook Page, too. And now we're live streaming our recordings on Twitch! And let us know your thoughts by leaving a review on iTunes! For even more info and options, check out our main website or our new low-bandwidth alternative feed site.

As always: Rubber Side Down, May your Dice ever roll Crits, Always Drink Responsibly, and Remember to Tip your Bartender (and your dancers and performers)!

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Timestamps (We support chapters!):

  • 00:00:00 Intro
  • 00:00:39 Welcome
  • 00:07:58 Bar Talk
  • 00:33:15 Game Talk
  • 00:55:35 Bike Talk
  • 01:06:57 Last Call
  • 01:16:13 Outro

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BDaB#47 – Summer 2020 Retrospective

In this episode we return to our "classic" three-part format, taking a look back at the better times of this otherwise awful Summer in the otherwise terrible year that has been 2020. In our first segment we talk about our favorite rides (or lack thereof) taken during this past Summer. In our second segment, we discuss the gaming and general nerdery we've accomplished while on COVID lockdown the past few months. And in our third segment, we look at how our drinking has changed, and the ways we have adapted t

In this episode we return to our "classic" three-part format, taking a look back at the better times of this otherwise awful Summer in the otherwise terrible year that has been 2020. In our first segment we talk about our favorite rides (or lack thereof) taken during this past Summer. In our second segment, we discuss the gaming and general nerdery we've accomplished while on COVID lockdown the past few months. And in our third segment, we look at how our drinking has changed, and the ways we have adapted to keep ourselves sane. Sanity is apparently a running theme these days, so y'all be sure to do your best to hold on as best you can!

Also, due to a recent "lost episode" the last couple of releases were misnumbered. I've corrected this one, so going forward the release numbers should again be properly aligned with the live stream archives on our Patreon page.

Drop us a line! You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram as "Breakfastpuppy" or email us as either NPC, Justjacob, or DrXanderGerrymander at Breakfastpuppies dot com. We have a Discord Channel and a Facebook Page, too. And now we're live streaming our recordings on Twitch! And let us know your thoughts by leaving a review on iTunes! For even more info and options, check out our main website or our new low-bandwidth alternative feed site.

As always: Rubber Side Down, May your Dice ever roll Crits, Always Drink Responsibly, and Remember to Tip your Bartender (and your dancers and performers)!

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Credits:

Timestamps (We support chapters!):

  • 00:00:00 Intro
  • 00:00:39 Welcome
  • 00:05:59 Bike Talk
  • 00:27:19 Game Talk
  • 00:44:02 Bar Talk
  • 00:54:50 Last Call
  • 01:11:16 Outro

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Virtual Tabletops w/ Alex Hakobian

With Poppy and Xander absent, this time around JJ and NPC take a break from the normal format to record a fun bonus discussion with our good friend Alex Hakobian, developer of the Broadsword RPG. Our focus tonight is on the appeal and availability of "virtual tabletops" (VTTs) for playing RPGs online. We talk about the big fish in the VTT pond, as well as a number of additional offline and alternate options.

With Poppy and Xander absent, this time around JJ and NPC take a break from the normal format to record a fun bonus discussion with our good friend Alex Hakobian, developer of the Broadsword RPG. Our focus tonight is on the appeal and availability of "virtual tabletops" (VTTs) for playing RPGs online. We talk about the big fish in the VTT pond, as well as a number of additional offline and alternate options.

Drop us a line! You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram as "Breakfastpuppy" or email us as either NPC, Justjacob, or DrXanderGerrymander at Breakfastpuppies dot com. We have a Discord Channel and a Facebook Page, too. And now we're live streaming our recordings on Twitch! And let us know your thoughts by leaving a review on iTunes! For even more info and options, check out our main website or our new low-bandwidth alternative feed site.

As always: Rubber Side Down, May your Dice ever roll Crits, Always Drink Responsibly, and Remember to Tip your Bartender (and your dancers and performers)!

Links of Note:

Credits:

  • Hosts: NPC and Just Jacob
  • Guests: Alex Hakobian of Bloody Eye Games
  • Theme Song: "Bikers, Dice, and Bars" by Skip VonKuske
  • Final Thoughts: Live, Laugh, Love, CRIT!

Timestamps (We support chapters!):

  • 00:00:00 Intro
  • 00:00:39 Welcome
  • 00:01:42 Intro to VTTs
  • 00:08:32 The Biggest VTTs
  • 00:40:33 Offline VTTs
  • 01:04:08 Final Thoughts
  • 01:12:30 Outro

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BDaB Character Jam 15: Advanced Dungeons and Dragons (1st Edition)

FINALLY! We've had a lot of tech difficulties in the last month, resulting in two "lost" episodes and a whole new approach to the entire way we record. Hopefully things are worked out, so for now, here's our latest new character jam! This time we try our hand at drunkenly making characters for Advanced Dungeons and Dragons 1st Edition. And spoilers: it does not go well, but it's still hilarious through to the end.

FINALLY! We've had a lot of tech difficulties in the last month, resulting in two "lost" episodes and a whole new approach to the entire way we record. Hopefully things are worked out, so for now, here's our latest new character jam! This time we try our hand at drunkenly making characters for Advanced Dungeons and Dragons 1st Edition. And spoilers: it does not go well, but it's still hilarious through to the end.

Drop us a line! You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram as "Breakfastpuppy" or email us as either NPC, Justjacob, or DrXanderGerrymander at Breakfastpuppies dot com. We have a Discord Channel and a Facebook Page, too. And now we're live streaming our recordings on Twitch! And let us know your thoughts by leaving a review on iTunes! For even more info and options, check out our main website or our new low-bandwidth alternative feed site.

As always: Rubber Side Down, May your Dice ever roll Crits, Always Drink Responsibly, and Remember to Tip your Bartender (and your dancers and performers)!

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Credits:

Running Time: 01:45:56

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BDaB#45 – A Spontaneous Hour of Wine

Xander couldn't join us at the last minute, so Jacob, poppy, and NPC decide to do a spontaneous recording about their appreciation of good wines. We share out various wine stories, tangents about our 21st birthdays, origins of our wine appreciation, what we've learned, and what we love the most.

Xander couldn't join us at the last minute, so Jacob, poppy, and NPC decide to do a spontaneous recording about their appreciation of good wines. We share out various wine stories, tangents about our 21st birthdays, origins of our wine appreciation, what we've learned, and what we love the most.

Drop us a line! You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram as "Breakfastpuppy" or email us as either NPC, Justjacob, or DrXanderGerrymander at Breakfastpuppies dot com. We have a Discord Channel and a Facebook Page, too. And now we're live streaming our recordings on Twitch! And let us know your thoughts by leaving a review on iTunes! For even more info and options, check out our main website or our new low-bandwidth alternative feed site.

As always: Rubber Side Down, May your Dice ever roll Crits, Always Drink Responsibly, and Remember to Tip your Bartender (and your dancers and performers)!

Links of Note:

Credits:

Timestamps (We support chapters!):

  • 00:00:00 Intro
  • 00:00:39 Welcome
  • 00:04:41 Wine Talk
  • 00:23:06 How Our Tastes have Changed
  • 00:40:05 Favorite Wines
  • 00:53:36 Cheap Good Wines
  • 01:02:37 Wine Pairings
  • 01:09:20 Last Call

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BDaB#44 – Adapting Our Hobbies to this Brave New World

In this episode, we talk about the many ways in which the quarantine has impacted our hobbies, forcing us to adapt to the new world of uncertainty.

In this episode, we talk about the many ways in which the quarantine has impacted our hobbies, forcing us to adapt to the new world of uncertainty.

Drop us a line! You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram as "Breakfastpuppy" or email us as either NPC, Justjacob, or DrXanderGerrymander at Breakfastpuppies dot com. We have a Discord Channel and a Facebook Page, too. And now we're live streaming our recordings on Twitch! And let us know your thoughts by leaving a review on iTunes! For even more info and options, check out our main website or our new low-bandwidth alternative feed site.

As always: Rubber Side Down, May your Dice ever roll Crits, Always Drink Responsibly, and Remember to Tip your Bartender (and your dancers and performers)!

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Credits:

Timestamps (We support chapters!):

  • 00:00:00 Intro
  • 00:00:39 Welcome
  • 00:14:15 Bike Talk
  • 00:28:07 Game Talk
  • 00:54:02 Bar Talk
  • 01:13:57 Last Call
  • 01:20:51 Outro

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BDaB#43 – So You Want to Own a Firearm... (w/ PB of the LRA)

We're super excited to welcome special guest PB, founder of the Latino Rifle Association. PB joins us to talk about a subject that many folks have had on their mind in these conflicted times: firearms and the acquisition thereof. We look at good and bad reasons for wanting to own a gun, then talk about what you need to know in order to begin the process of legal acquisition. Along the way we share our own stories of past and present firearm acquisitions, and reinforce crucial safety rules and requirements t

We're super excited to welcome special guest PB, founder of the Latino Rifle Association. PB joins us to talk about a subject that many folks have had on their mind in these conflicted times: firearms and the acquisition thereof. We look at good and bad reasons for wanting to own a gun, then talk about what you need to know in order to begin the process of legal acquisition. Along the way we share our own stories of past and present firearm acquisitions, and reinforce crucial safety rules and requirements that all firearms users should follow.

Drop us a line! You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram as "Breakfastpuppy" or email us as either NPC, Justjacob, or DrXanderGerrymander at Breakfastpuppies dot com. We have a Discord Channel and a Facebook Page, too. And now we're live streaming our recordings on Twitch! And let us know your thoughts by leaving a review on iTunes! For even more info and options, check out our main website or our new low-bandwidth alternative feed site.

As always: Rubber Side Down, May your Dice ever roll Crits, Always Drink Responsibly, and Remember to Tip your Bartender (and your dancers and performers)!

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Timestamps (We support chapters!):

  • 00:00:00 Intro
  • 00:00:38 Welcome
  • 00:05:31 So You Want to Own a Gun
  • 01:08:48 NPC's Gun
  • 01:21:09 Maintaining Your Gun
  • 01:23:43 Recap
  • 01:25:00 Last Call
  • 01:32:23 Outro
  • 01:32:57 BONUS

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BDaB#42 – Dice, Cards, and Other Tools of the Tabletop

We talk about those cool physical game components that we all recognize as the iconic tools of tabletop role-playing. We talk about the tools as well as much of the common lexicon and "inside terms" that permeate modern games, so you too can sound like an expert in nerdy conversations. We also take a special look into Poppy's home-made "Dice Guide" that she made to help her learn which dice were which when she started playing more RPGs.

We talk about those cool physical game components that we all recognize as the iconic tools of tabletop role-playing. We talk about the tools as well as much of the common lexicon and "inside terms" that permeate modern games, so you too can sound like an expert in nerdy conversations. We also take a special look into Poppy's home-made "Dice Guide" that she made to help her learn which dice were which when she started playing more RPGs.

Also HOO DAMN this one is late to the feed. That one is on me, I've been crazy busy with life and everything else, and am finally (finally!) getting the chance to clear the backlog. Episode 43 is already done and should be out shortly on the trail of this one, too.

Drop us a line! You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram as "Breakfastpuppy" or email us as either NPC, Justjacob, or DrXanderGerrymander at Breakfastpuppies dot com. We have a Discord Channel and a Facebook Page, too. And now we're live streaming our recordings on Twitch! And let us know your thoughts by leaving a review on iTunes! For even more info and options, check out our main website or our new low-bandwidth alternative feed site.

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Timestamps (We support chapters!):

  • 00:00:00 Intro
  • 00:00:38 Welcome
  • 00:10:34 Dice and Cards
  • 00:56:23 Bennies and Tokens
  • 01:35:16 Last Call
  • 01:42:26 Outro

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