Thoughtless Casual Gaming
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All things wargaming, gaming, hobby... 2 guys talk games they've played, hobby they've done, and stuff they want to buy.
Episodes
- Thoughtless Sevens - Final predictions for this season
The season is almost at a close! With only a game or two, then finals to play, we give you our thoughts and feelings at the teams in the running to be crowned this seasons champion. How wrong will we be? Let's find out together! Come play…
- Paint something old! The reveals
We ran a(nother) paint event. We asked people to paint something. The theme: "Something old". People chose to interpret that however they wanted, and now we get to review all these visual mediums and describe them to you via an audio mediu…
- TCG Shorts - Adepticon
Adepticon is a big deal. Well, as far as pretty damn massive wargaming convention things go, it smells like rich mahogany. We didn't go. But thanks to the wonder of the internet, it's like we did. We chat through some of the stuff that got…
- Questing Through the Dark Water
We got a chance to play through the first act of Warhammer Quest: Darkwater... Twice! We chat about the game, what we like, how it plays, and why you might like to journey to reclaim the jade temple as well! Come play games with us on a Tu…
- A new place to play!
Our regular Tuesday night games at Seaview have come to an end. The community has banded together and found a new weekly gaming venue. Come play games with us on a Tuesday at the East Belmont Saints Baseball Club: Pioneer Park, Waurn Ponds…
- Thoughtless Sevens - EIGHT! A new Blood Bowl Sevens Season
It's about damn time we kicked off a new season of blood bowl sevens! Thoughtless sevens eight is the latest and... latest season. 16 coaches, rosters are locked - hear our predictions of who will come out on top, which dark horses to watc…
- TCG Shorts - A new paint event "Something Old"
New year new us. Ok, same old us... but a new painting event! We encourage you to paint something using the theme "Something Old" What does that mean exactly? Listen on friends, listen on. Check out the new and improved TCG website Wanna c…
- BrettCon - 20 board games in 36 hours
We are old. Old enough to celebrate milestone birthdays. That gives us the chance to play ALL the games that we have had sitting in boxes waiting for the right time and people. 36 hours. Somewhere between 6-9 people. Enough boxes of games…
- TCG Shorts - What's on the hobby table
A tale as old as time... What have you currently got on the hobby table? We show you ours... or at least describe it to you in graphic detail. Our current projects that is... Check out the new and improved TCG website Wanna chat blood bowl…
- TCG Shorts - What's your ink mean?
Because staying on topic is never a strong suit, and because we wanted to - we chat tattoos. Why, how many, how much thought does one put into them? All these questions and only 10 minutes! Check out the new and improved TCG website Wanna…
- New revolution, same resolutions... What we hope to be in 2026
It's a whole new year! You already knew that. Last year we spent our first episode talking about what we had achieved, and what we were hoping to achieve in the next 12 months. Without any better ideas, we decided to copy paste that format…
- Blood Bowl Season 3! What does this mean for sevens?!
Have we mentioned how excited we are for season 3 of blood bowl? No? Well... sit down, grab a cool refreshing beverage and get ready for every single thing you need to know! We make a bunch of assumptions about how the game may or may not…
- Its the way it shatter-points that matters Star Wars Shatterpoint
Finally, another episode with a guest speaker! It's about time we get some sense and logic, and knowledge... We chat with Paris, friend of the show, Wargamer from long ago, and local pillar of the Shatterpoint community. He explains how St…
- A not so serious aftermath.. WSS4 wrap up
The biggest event in the Australian Blood Bowl calendar has been and gone. Also Why So Serious 4 has been run and is also over. We chat about the day, the different rounds, the people that came and made it amazing... Amongst some other non…
- Shame! A pile of games we own, but have never played
Ok, we'll come clean. This is just an excuse to list a bunch of stuff we WANT to play... But haven't got around to yet. We own things for it... But life, the universe, everything just gets in the way! So really we want you to come and show…
- TCG Shorts: Excited about a new game!
Guess who played a new game and was so super excited about it they couldn't possibly wait until we had both played and could talk with any meaning, authority, or credible information? That's right!! 10 minutes of boundless enthusiasm, Here…
- The hobby you can print at home
Did you know you can now manufacturer your own hobby right at home? Of course you do, it's 2025. 3d printing is the thing literally everyone is doing. Feels about time we caught up and chatted about it. Resin, FDM, differences, what they a…
- Blood Bowl Season 3 - All Aboard The Hype Train
You read the article. You listened to everyone else speculate and give opinions. Now it's our turn! Blood Bowl is getting a new edition! Updated rules, new box, and some changes. We chat through what we know, what we think we know, and som…
- Why So Serious 4 - How we make it happen...
Reading players packs is hard work... Why read, when you can have us read it to you? It's an audiobook version of the WSS4 player's pack with special extended edition directors commentary... We also talk about the round rules, some of our…
- TCG Shorts - Are you still listening to audio the old way?
No this isn't relevant to anything... but we needed an idea for a 10 minute ep on something and Jas felt like ranting. And you still have to listen to us via your favourite streaming platform anyway, so this content seems redundant at best…
- A brief history of Blood Bowl
Listen up whipper snappers! I know you've just picked up this new fandangled game called blood bowl - but it wasn't always like it is today... Back in my day we didn't have any of those block dice... Times were different. Come with us on a…
- Fixing the blood bowl team tiers - What's the most fun team?
There are these blood bowl team tiers that try to categorize teams into "goodness" pfft. That's not what people need to know. They need to know what teams are fun to play!! Here's our hot take on which teams we find the most fun-nest. Do B…
- TCG Shorts - The most popular blood bowl sevens teams
Because it's not about how successful or clever you are. It's about being popular. We chat about the teams that people have chosen to play over 7 seasons now... Which ones are the cool kids? Who's wagging and smoking on the oval? Which tea…
- Thoughtless Bowl 6, Thoughtless Sevens 6 - All the wrap ups
2 things have finished, and you NEEEEEEED to know what happened. Well, maybe not need, but I'm sure it would be a worthwhile use of your time. Thoughtless Bowl 6 - Funnily enough, not the 6th Thoughtless Bowl we have run.. sortof. But it w…
- Roleplay - You in?
Sometimes the hobby we want is to craft and play out new scenarios... Explore new worlds, try on another character for size. Keen? Thoughtless Bowl 6 : The Blood Bowl Sevens event you need to be at Check out the new and improved TCG websit…
- M-m-motivation. What gets you up and hobbying?
Beating the... burnout Powering through for a big finish... of that project you've been working Why do we play the games we play? Why do we paint the little tiny peoples? What keeps you going? We chat about what keeps us coming back to sup…
- TCG Shorts - The best big guy in blood bowl sevens
Finally an answer to the eternal debate - Which is the best big guy in blood bowl sevens? You asked, we listened. Ok, neither of those things are true, but listen to our unfounded opinions anyway. Thoughtless Bowl 6 : The Blood Bowl Sevens…
- TV, Movies, Board games, and better podcasts than ours
Finally another guest episode! We chat with Mitch, geekiest and most dudesome of Geek Dudes about stuff we have been watching, TV you may or may not wanna get across, cinema blockbusters, and the slippery slope into board game addiction. E…
- Paint A Story - The Other Half
We gushed over half the entries in the last episode... Now we are re-hydrated and ready to gush again. Paint a Story was the most recent paint event we ran. Paint a thing, post it, along with a story... That easy. So many of you did exactl…
- Paint A Story - Half of the results
Paint a Story was the most recent paint event we ran. Paint a thing, post it, along with a story... That easy. So many of you did exactly that (and a few got confused). We talk through some of the entries... Thoughtless Bowl 6 : The Blood…
- TCG Shorts - Help Brett pick a blood bowl team
The dude can't make up his mind... There are tournaments to go to, and teams that need to be painted and played. Apparently different ones for each tournament. Thoughtless Bowl 6 : The Blood Bowl Sevens event you need to be at Come Paint A…
- Tournaments Reportaments! Gold Crush and WarpMaster
We went to things and played games! Brett played at Gold Crush. A Blood Bowl tournament in Ballarat Jas went to WarpMaster - A Warmaster Revolutions tournament in Melbourne Hear about our prep, our travel, our games, all the shenanigans! T…
- TCG Shorts - How do you choose what tournaments to go to?
There are so many different tournaments and events on! Big ones, small ones, some as big as your head... So how do you choose which ones you spend your hard earned dollars (and brownie points) on? We don't know. But we do know how we choos…
- Starting A Blood Bowl 7s League? Start here
Finally, someone other than us to listen to! Joined by TCG Patreon, Discord member, Wargamer extraordinaire, the original Jaggy Twat, and a guy looking to start a blood bowl 7s league, Sedge He has questions. We probably don't have answers…
- TCG Shorts - Is Disposable Income a Hobby Killer? (The answer will shock you)
Welcome to some gratuitous attempts at generating extra content... TCG Shorts. It's more of us... But shorter. Spoiler: The answer won't at all shock you - we have no clue! Does adult money mean you don't value your hobby as much? Does it…
- Eventathon There's so much on
So no-one told you life was gonna be this way... There's soooooo many things you can get involved in! Events, tournaments, games, all the things! Among the usual rubbish we chat: Paint A Story - A TCG Paint Event Goldcrush Blood Bowl WarpM…
- Shorts What are they, and some 3d printing chat
Welcome to some gratuitous attempts at generating extra content... TCG Shorts. It's more of us... But shorter. 3d printing... Its a science, it's an art, it's something people have questions about when they first get into it. Brett is one…
- The games, the hobby, It's a good start!
Only a month into the year and we chat about how we are tracking with those commitments we made a whole episode ago... What have we played? What hobby has been done? Mint Slice or Tim Tams? So many important questions will be answered... C…
- New Year, New Us! plans for 2025
Absolutely the same us, but in theme with the start of a new year, we err on the side of mindless optimism and wonder at all the things that could be. Here are our hopes and dreams for the next 12 months. Will we achieve them all? some of…
- 2024 A Year In Reveiw
Is it a review? A retrospective? Regardless, we chat about the year, the things we did, and frankly set up our 2025 kick off episode. Welcome to unashamed content generation... Check out the new and improved TCG website Wanna chat blood bo…
- A Big Cheeky V Report
Australia's #2 sevens event was run recently, alongside it's baby brother, the premier blood bowl 11's event around. We are talking the Cheeky V, and the Big V. Honouring with our presence is the winner of Cheeky V, and all round wonderful…
- Paint a thing - the rest of the things
So we didn't quite get through all of them last time... We fix that this episode and chat about the rest of the incredible things that everyone painted. Put down a waterproof sheet, because we are about to gush! Check out the new and impro…
- Paint A Thing... Finally!
It's been 84 years... But We have FINALLY got ourselves into gear and chat about all of the amazing entries in our "Paint a thing" event from earlier this year. Well... Most of them... Ok... Some of them. But that's a start, right? Check o…
- Why So Serious 3 AND Thoughtless Sevens 5 - A Recap
The biggest few weeks in local bloodbowl are in the past. But just like boomers, we refuse to let the past go and admit society has moved on and the world is a better place. Why So Serious 3 - The TCG flagship event and fundraiser for Beyo…
- Back in the saddle
Too long it has been, but let the lamenting come to an end! Here be the cast of pods that you have been awaiting. Cry into your pillows no longer. But seriously - it's been longer than we would have liked. Glad to be back. We have done som…
- Thoughtless Sevens 5 - The league to be
And the league to be in! We chat through the latest thoughtless sevens league, the divisions, players, teams, predictions, and all that fun stuff. It's back, and sillier than ever before: Why So Serious 3 Have 1 thing to paint? C'mon and P…
- Star Necro Wars Munda Unlimited - Necromunda and Star Wars Unlimited
We have played games! Not together... Also not the same game... But that's unimportant! Necromunda - Jas has had some games, and chats about reliving his youth in a hive made of toilet paper rolls and cereal boxes. Star Wars Unlimited - Br…
- Thoughtless Bowl 5 - That's a wrap
That's 5 whole thoughtless bowl sevens events we have run! We chat with the effervescent Ant about his games over the day, along with our uninformed thoughts and opinions. We talk moments that made us giggle, results, and what makes it a d…
- Another sevens league done and dusted
Thoughtless sevens. It's the blood bowl sevens league that has been played in Geelong for 4 seasons now... Season 4 has officially come to a close, and we chat through just how poorly we played this time around... Also something about winn…
- Finishing the finish a thing event wrap up
That unfinished wrap up of the finish a thing painting event? We finished it! It's another thing we finished - too bad it was late for entry into the event... We chat through all the other entries, announce winners, and stuff like that. Th…