
Playin' & Slayin'
A podcast from the Basement of Death featuring news, anecdotal experiences, and raucous reviews of life in the adventurous wilderness of Hobby gaming!
Episodes
95 episodes
#87 | Midwinter Gaming Convention | Adepticon 2025 MKE Primer
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 thei...
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#86 | Weekender, Tainted Grail, Marvel Crisis Protocol, Oathsworn, More 2024 Favs
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 ...
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#85 | A few of our favorite things
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 o...
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#84 | GameholeCon, Dragon Fall, Dragon Days
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...
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#83 | Unknown Worlds Interview
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 ...
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#82 | Gen Con 2024 | Convention Coffee Klatch
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, T...
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#81 | BoD Con I at Gamers Ranch
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 rec...
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#80 | A look back at the BoD Community
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....
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#79 | Frosthaven
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 ...
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#78 | Adepticon 2024 | Space Hulk
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 S...
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#77 | Adepticon Preview | Space Hulk
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, a...
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#76 | Midwinter Gaming Convention | 2024 Look Ahead
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 Gam...
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#75 | Holy Havoc | Weekender | 2023 Favorites
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 ...
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#74 | GameholeCon | Dragonfall | True Dungeon
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 40...
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#73 LitRPG | GenCon 2023 | Dungeon Crawler Carl
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 d...
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#72 Carl Tuttle Interview
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...
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#71 T & T Banter
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
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#70 Seraphon Battletomb Review with Brendan Melnick
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. B...
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#69 ADEPTICON 2023
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 ...
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#68 The Weekender
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...
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Random Encounter #3 | Holy Wars
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. ...
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#67 Hobby Charity Army
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 chall...
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Goonhammer Media Network
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/r...
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