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Beyond the Wall, Season 3 Episode 3

Beyond the Wall Podcast Nate French Istaril Darknoj 10 year anniversary

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This one runs long, but I'm quite certain you'll forgive us. We have our usual intro & news, of course, a little bit of a report from Istaril's SC, and a Tip of the Week - but does any of that really matter? To celebrate his 10 year anniversary working at Fantasy Flight Games, Nate French joins us for a retrospective. We take a look at how his experiences over the years have shaped A Game of Thrones, the only game that matters.


Relevant links:
- The NEW Annals of Castle Black (Data Collection)
- Thrones Chat on Discord
- The NEW Setup Analyzer
- Thrones WAR: Place your Bets!
- Jousting Pavillion, a new Tourney Software.
- UK Nationals Announcement
- Dice/Token Bags, from Tarrah at Home

Errata:
-We didn't know at the time we recorded, but NW/Lion (a version of what Dan S. built on the cast with us last week) topped the Swiss at Winds of Winter (30 people)!
-I feel I didn't do enough to acknowledge Guillaume B., the winner of the Quebec SC, who recovered from a loss to me in the swiss to a confident victory in the finals.
-Ooo, more errata. It turns out that 16 *doesn't* let me play a 4 round swiss top 4. That's 17 (which should be 5 rounds, damnit). So not only did I break the rules, I lied about it on the cast :P.

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11 Comments

Some quick Errata:
1) We didn't know at the time we recorded, but NW/Lion (a version of what Dan S. built on the cast with us last week) topped the Swiss, in his hands, at Winds of Winter!

2) I feel I didn't do enough to acknowledge Guillaume B., the winner of the Quebec SC, who recovered from a loss to me in the swiss to a confident victory in the finals.

    • PulseGlazer and KruppSteel like this

Enjoyed the interview immensely, was great to hear that inside perspective. Great job gentlemen!

 

And Valar...oh my.

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PulseGlazer
Feb 15 2016 03:58 AM

Great job, boys!

    • darknoj and majormarkd like this

Ooo, more errata. It turns out that 16 *doesn't* let me play a 4 round swiss top 4. That's 17 (which should be 5 rounds, damnit). So not only did I break the rules, I lied about it on the cast :P.

    • darknoj and taider54 like this

Is a 16-person tournament not meant to have no cut at all? Naughty Istaril...

 

 

Hrmph, looks like Drakey used "not the comments section" to get the drop on me...

    • WWDrakey likes this

Ooo, more errata. It turns out that 16 *doesn't* let me play a 4 round swiss top 4. That's 17 (which should be 5 rounds, damnit). So not only did I break the rules, I lied about it on the cast :P.

 

No need to thank me for letting you know! ;)

    • JCWamma and istaril like this

We're all naughty around here. We do 6 rounds for 40 players and top 8 for 32. We don't lie about it, though :P

Probably one of my favourite casts you guys have done to date.  Nate's insight into the industry was fascinating.  Also poker correlations were pretty apt I must say.  Valar!!

    • darknoj and istaril like this
The new tourney system is not well liked in our region either, having half the field at 2-1 and not playing another round is ludicrous (my opinion) Also Love the interview ! #dontfearthevalar
    • darknoj likes this

FINALLY that Nate interview we've been promised forever.  Great interview guys!  So much insight into the development of the different games was very cool.  

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Great episode guys! :D Im really looking forward to the future of the only game that matters. Somehow this episode reminds me a little bit of the episode with ktom one season ago - some insight about the history of our lovely game.
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