Matter of Pact: A Minions Podcast

As the year comes to an end, so does this podcast. Thanks to all our loyal listeners that have stuck with us over 35 episodes!! At least we leave on a high note with almost zero discussion about cartoon genitalia. 00:00 Intro00:35 Farewells10:25 Outro10:40 Behind the scenes - AMoP after dark

This episode is a bit abbreviated due to holiday feasting cutting into the normal bacon feasting time, but we celebrate Happy Holidays with SaD lists! Sturm and Drang that is!

In this episode we delve into the dojo for our newest Minion member and address a Rasky listener challenge. 00:00 Intro 00:01 Metric Temperature is Hot 00:02 Conversational Rulings 00:04 A Whole New Frog, A New Fantastic Point of View 00:13 Beast Buddy Bro-Down 00:23 Bull Snappers Still Suck 00:24 Big D!!! 00:31 The Actual Key, This Time for Real 00:37 Rickard's Significantly More Boring Than Gaston's Dojo 00:40 Lesserless Rask is Greater 00:44 Neo-Modern Rask 00:48 Post Neo-Modern Rask 00:50 Minion Caster Art Challenge

In this episode we discuss the new upcoming Croak Lesser Warlock, as well as Rickard's time at the WTC, and how Minions did at the WTC as a whole. 00:00 Intro 00:01 Con Crud Home Remedies 00:04 Get Mire'd at WMW 00:10 How Many Croaks Makes a Theme? 00:12 CalaBANNED? 00:14 CalaBUFFED! 00:15 The Hugo Awards 00:17 Rickard Starts His WTC 00:36 The Last Russian Cowboy 00:40 The Swedish Finnish Strong 00:42 Maelocking for the Future 00:48 We Judge Strangers.... 00:52 Why Not Posse? 00:56 MEAT THRESHER #1 BATTLE ENGINE OF WTC 01:02 Sexual Chocolate    

Ghost Snakes are eating faces and taking names when Rickard and Gaston unleashes Rask. There are battle reports galore and WTC stats with some fresh tech mixed in in this episode. 00:00 intro01:05 Random thoughts about SR2018 and list construction04:45 Battle at Lund tourney short tourney reports06:15 Rask vs Makeda207:40 If you're going to trade Spoopy Ghost Pig, primal him09:00 Rask vs Calandra. Croak Raiders are OP!12:45 Rask vs Makeda113:10 Down on attrition? Just kill caster not problem.15:05 Rask vs Magnus2 dice-off for Watchmachine and cold beers16:00 Rask vs Nemo320:10 Team tourney time, Rask into Kolgrima22:55 Mudfoot success story!24:15 Rask vs Dreamer28:00 Jaga vs Denny230:35 Jaga list changes, needs more solos for scoring flags34:10 Some random Husk dojo35:25 Rask into Anamag 39:30 Longing for Mortality40:45 Maelok posse spam in the meta tangent41:20 Random Maelok into Harby chat43:55 Gaston helps with hard list decisions44:50 Gaston goes to NOVA open45:50 Jaga vs Kreoss249:00 Rask vs Thagrosh152:00 Rask vs Child53:40 Rask vs Locke55:45 Toss-Snake is dead, long live Spoopy Ghost Snake!1:00:00 Free attrition is pretty souieeeeet1:00:55 WTC segment1:01:05 Cryx has a very high representation and this needs to be stated in every podcast including ours1:04:00 Looking at the WTC minion statistics1:07:25 Some closer looks at lists, Australia what?!1:18:00 Outro

Hello everyone! Plot twists aplenty as Rickard ditches his old list pairing and Gaston breaches into the medium base meta with super thresh tech. Apologies in advance for some mic breathing issues. 00:00 Intro00:35 Vacation like a swede01:15 French team tournament02:55 Maelok lamentations06:10 Champions of the order of the Wall are such a pleasant play experience :)09:10 When picking sides in SR18 it's important to factor in the scorching sun10:45 WTC bootcamp11:00 BLoB problems #Bloblems12:45 Some cute dark shroud shenanigans in Blindwater13:30 Going forward with a new fresh list pair!14:00 Jaga gunline into Dark Industries19:00 Slaughter fleet tangent21:55 Gaston's Jaga list22:10 Feat fodder discussion29:00 Rask revisited32:25 The Gaston threshness in a medium base meta38:15 Rask thresher list and discussion42:10 Rask-thresher success stories45:15 There's no positioning answer to the Thresher/Horror combo!50:15 MoP-cast - where we endorse the battle engines50:35 Gaston mathematically explores some combat solos into medium bases58:40 Outro

Hello All! In this episode we talk about Minion representation in OTC, how to tackle Primal Terrors, LnL, and ADR!!! 00:40 Old Podcast Dad Jokes 01:30 Minions in OTC 04:00 Jaga Appreciation Tour 08:30 Thrullg Unappreciation Tour 09:00 Primal Terrors Meta Bender 15:30 Hellmouth Buddy System 20:30 Madrak1 Follow Up 23:30 Rickard's BLOB Adventure Update 29:30 LnL Christmas Model Preview 32:30 New ADR Talk 38:00 Thornfall Non-Sequitor 41:00 Not Snakes Gaming Games BLOBwater

Hello all! In this episode we talk about tournament results, dive into a user question for Lesser Warlocks, and wrap up with some Calalovin'. 00:00 Intro00:30 Rupper Chicken Midas 01:30 One Day Maximus02:00 Rickard Does America in Star Spangled Stretchies04:00 Rickard Also Does Minimum Maelok 20:00 Good Listener Questions 20:45 Blob Zoo 21:15 Longchops Does Not Wiggle 34:30 The Bigger Lesser Question 37:45 Girls Dig Snakes 41:15 Wongjaw and Snap Eye 44:05 Bear Necessities 46:30 Scary Beary 49:30 MOLIK CON CARNE53:30 Calalovin'58:30 Outro

Hello all! In this episode we are joined by Bret Fogel, winner of Adepticon Masters, who gives us some insights into Maelok and talk a little about the minion faction overall. 00:00 Intro00:30 Introducing our special guest for this episode01:50 In MK3 Minions hogged (lol) all the Circle design space03:35 Maelok in the meta14:15 Battlegroup loadouts20:15 Maelok in WWFF23:50 Solos and Death Pact28:50 Tangent into the jank-tank31:30 Thrullg chat34:50 Single or double Witch Doc40:10 Alternatives to fourth Posse unit44:20 Pull Success story47:20 Midas sidetrack49:10 Now we just ramble on about various things in minions58:30 Why Grymkin is bad for Maelok1:05:30 Outro

Hello all! Are we back or is this just a very high-effort April fool's joke? Anyway, we talk a little about all the new stuff in a post-CID world now that all the Blindwater releases has hit the shelf. Apologies for the sound in advance. It came out a little off but we're working on that for our next cast. 00:00 - Intro02:00 - The new minion fury support package05:30 - What's a blob?05:55 - Gaston gushes over the With Doc Croc08:30 - PSA don't sac strike solos09:00 - A little husk talk12:45 - Theme ranking18:15 - Valkyrie vs. Posse comparison28:30 - Gaston shares some Jaga experiences34:00 - Kwaak & Gub chat37:45 - Barnabas, the lord of Blob49:15 - Hot take blob power ranking52:20 - Outro

Hello all! Welcome to our recap of Lock and Load model spoilers! Buckle in your seatbelts this episode brings you Laughs, Excitement, and even a few crocodile tears! Get ready to jump on the Barna-bus!   00:00 - Intro and Swedish "ride the gator" pride week 05:00 - French Team Tournament recap with Rickard 09:00 - Luggage advice with Rickard 20:00 - Some Blindwalker Chat 40:00 - Ambushing in a Farrow amount 43:00 - Lock n' Load releases!  44:00 - Muppet Farrow 48:00 - Gatorman Husk 53:00 - Gatorman Spell Slave 57:00 - Boil Master and Spirit Cauldron  65:00 - Croak Trappers 67:00 - Dracodile 73:00 - Kwaak slickspine and Gub 78:00 - LongChops 80:00 - BarnabUs  86:00 - Open up your facebooks check out the pictures!  87:00 - Agata 90:00 - Valkaries 96:00 - Cast News 99:00 - Meme Guide to the Facebook page    

Welcome all! Here we are with a slightly shorter episode this week bringing you discussion of about the Vault during the CID month! Enjoy the soul sucking goodness!   00:00 - Intro and recap of Cid changes 4:00 - Vault Talk 7:00 - Venethrax 13:00 - Vault vs. offensive spells 16:00 - Passive abilities 22:00 - Limitations of abilities and things to look at for CiD changes 27:00 - Battle Report 2 S&D w/ Thresher vs. Ossurm 34:00 - Calaban vs. Skorne 41:00 - ghost fleet counter list 46:00 - Alex joins from the pig sty 51:00 - Deathly Dominion tech 54:00 - Abillity tech talk 61:00 - This joke is not a hairy dog story

We’re actually on top of things for once?! The crew gathers again to talk about CID and the updated battle engines. There are also reports of Blindwater against relevant meta lists and Gaston gets to first base with his long time love Meat Thresher. 00:00 - Intro01:20 - Sinks full of booze, vodkatinis and spiced up watermelon is how we put the purge in walpurgis02:40 - Cid-chat. Nobody gets infractions like Gaston04:10 - Blindwater dances with some tryhards06:00 - Rickard is salty about Cygnar imagine that13:30 - SR2017 musings. Dudes like boobs, jacks likes squares.20:45 - Triggerwarning: Adulthood27:40 - Product placement29:50 - Calaban hates on Ghost Fleet35:45 - Let’s get to the meat (thresher) of things!43:20 - Rickard makes a dire threat44:30 - Some gun math47:50 - Gaston’s threshery Midas list49:35 - Gaston’s threshery Sturm and Drang list53:25 - Two heads require two meat threshers though - Rickard’s SaD list57:20 - Un-veiling the Rask thresher dojo 1:05:35 - Sacral vault chat1:14:15 - MoP goes to MoM-Con1:15:20 - Muppetthresher shout-out1:16:30 - Ending the cast on a painful note

Hello All! We are here today with episode #22 and a lot of glorious news!  We discuss the new theme list, CiD and a lot of battle reports and games! Strap yourself down and get a big bucket of gumbo because this is a content filled episode!    00:00 - Do we actually have names on the forums anymore?  03:00 - We chat about the need for a centralized chat area and/or the need more memes!  06:00 - Rask is a Boston Bruins player 08:30 - CiD update! Psshhh we didn’t need it!  16:00 - Alex gets inturrupted by totally relevant content called Battle Reports by Rickard for Jaga! 36:00 - BlindWater Theeeemee! 6 benefits, count them! 41:00 - Rickard and Gastone discuss unimportant stuff without Alex 42:00 - Theme Theory and Free models discussed for strength       48:00 - Witch Doc Thoughts       50:00 - Mat 6 posse *sadface*         57:00 - Barnabas        66:00 - Calaban 70:00 - Adepticon      Congradulations to David!       Min/Max discussion 76:00 - Gaston Lists in theme: Max units like a real man 98:00 - Rickard: Min units like a Champ        

In this Episode, we sit down with Azahul from the forums to cover the latest hotfix errata, the changes in SR2017, and why he pigs Carver and Arkadus and so should you! 00:00 - Liam, Azahul, introduces himself.  03:00 - We find Rickard in the Salt Mines and talk about our week 06:00 - We discuss the Errata and news  15:00 - We ask Liam about his meta 17:00 - We continue to talk about the Errata  23:00 - We make Rickard talk in Swedish. 24:00 - SR 2017 Rumors/information 27:00 - We talk about Burnubus, Rurrsk, Murlick, and culubun.                 Actually in all serious, Gaston tracks super sweet data about minions in competative formats.  35:00 - We talk about release schedule 43:00 - We give Liam the floor.  51:00 - Gaston take the stage 55:00 - Liam practically tells Gaston to be quiet with his stellar tech. 68:00 - That moment when we all agree that Sturm and Drang need a bit of help, or just play Sturm and Drang + Carver in the same list *wink* 69:00 - We steal some Arkadius tech from our good man Liam  75:00 - We give a lesson in being american  78:00 - Gaston argues his list 82:00 - Play the theme, don’t ambush anything.       

In this episode, Alex and Gaston rescue Rickard from the treacherous salt mines and the cast unlocks the entire meta with the most unlikely of heroes: Jaga-Jaga!!!

Hello everyone! In this special christmas(ie) epsiode we chat about a few hot topics! Errata prediction + Maelok + what to do with all your terrible Christmas presents! Join Rickard and Gaston as Alex appears, and leaves, cool-aid-man style while we all try and stay posse-tive!   00:00 - You may hear Alex in the opening credits, but he is totally not here… 00:30 - Gaston does a way better job at opening intro than Alex and Rickard is supah tired of Christmas 03:00 - Alex comes into the show like a glorious Kool-aid-man 04:00 - Errata talk! 10:00 - Should Rask get a nerf? Will he? 16:00 - Some posse chatter and guesses 22:00 - we are possetive i swear 25:00 - Alex Lies on camera 26:00 - Talk about units 31:00 - Maelok 46:00 - Everyone should buy two squids 49:00 - Alex leaves without looking back at the explosion… but does the episode end? 50:00 - Do they serious talk about reviving swamp gobbers? 54:00 - Careful about listening to throwing tech, since it was erratted out. 56:00 - Prey 59:00 - Using models that we hate in a possetive way! 65:00 - Greeemlins! 66:00 - Lynus helps Targ heal beasts 68:00 - Gatormen Posse! 79:00 - Closing remarks 80:00 - Now you all know we record our outro  

This episode, we cover such topics as farting penguins, the new theme force, Midas, Una, Helga, puns, and how to cross-dress your bacon. Usually there are time stamps, but Alex was out of town, so we left it to Gaston, who was too lazy to be bothered. 

1:00 - Finland Väinämöinen 5:00 - Rickard Jumps to the Minion Bandwagon 7:30 - How does this WTC work anyway? 16:30 - FINNISH THEM! 20:30 - WTC Battle Reports 1:12:00 - Regleant and Azahul Thread Shoutout 1:16:00 - Hand Egg Kickoff 1:21:00 - Throw Errata Talk 1:26:00 - The 5% 1:36:00 - Greater Talk about Lessers 1:41:00 - What Units???

Hello all!  We are back after chatting with Hungerford last episode! This episode we bring you the Hungerford challenge, to take models that were underplayed/underused in mark2 or significantly changed in mark3! Gaston Brings you some Sturm and Drang, while Rickard picks his first love, Rask.  00:00 - Intro 02:00 - News and Preparations 03:00 - Rickard’s summer Warmachine experience in Europe and being a sweet bachelor  06:00 - GenCon recap, Shout out to Clayton  10:00 - Hungerford Challenge  10:35 - Gaston: Orin Midwinter, Sturm and Drang, Blythe and Bull 16:00 - Gaston gets 2 extra inches he didn’t know about  34:00 - Threat Ranges and pre-measuring  35:00 - Rickard talks throwing 54:00 - Should we throw?  57:00 - Gaston will search Drop Bears but not Warroom!?  58:00 - Rickard and Rask, a match made in heaven 75:00 - Lessers are so good 86:00 - Gudrun is Rickard’s Swedish Auntie