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TURN ZER0 GAMING

TURN ZER0 GAMING

By Chris Kirkpatrick

Welcome to TURN ZER0 GAMING! We are a podcast that talks about tabletop gaming. Currently we are enjoying playing Star Wars: Destiny and Marvel Crisis Protocol. So come on in and enjoy as our cast talks about the casual, competitive and hobby aspects of the games that we love.
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57 - TTS Season 6 Semi-Finals! Colossus, Gambit, and Juggernaut!

TURN ZER0 GAMINGNov 24, 2021

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57 - TTS Season 6 Semi-Finals! Colossus, Gambit, and Juggernaut!

57 - TTS Season 6 Semi-Finals! Colossus, Gambit, and Juggernaut!

Howdy folks! Holy moly it's the most regular update since Nashcon, something must be wrong...or right...I don't know but I do know we're back with another episode!

This week Chris and Sooner get together again sans Todd and talk all things TTS Season 6 where our very own semi-finalist Sooner regales us with his exploits and talks about his top cut matches to get to this point. We also address Sam Spam taking up the entire top 4 and ruminate on some other balance questions as well as what power affiliations will show up in the next league when changes hit. Casual Chris updates everyone on shop happenings at TAG recently, and we go over the new X-Men/Brotherhood spoilers. That and a whole lot of rambling to be had on this Thanksgiving episode of the Turn Zer0 Podcast! Enjoy the holiday, friends and we'll see you next time!

Nov 24, 202158:36
56 - New Old Character Updates!

56 - New Old Character Updates!

Crazy how fast time passes! A whole month since our last episode, jeez! Sorry folks, Sooner abandoned us, and then Todd abandoned us, but never fear we're here with a fresh episode of the Turn Zer0 Podcast!

This week is as straightforward as it gets, with Todd on the lam playing Flesh and Blood, Chris and Sooner get together to talk about new updates for some of our older characters. We talk Medusa, Valkyrie, Enchantress, and the Guardians! We also introduce Sooner's TTS Corners new theme music as voted on by the Turn Zer0 Music League, answer a listener question, and talk about the state of the game.

It's been a bit of a crapshoot ever since Nashcon but we're working on getting back to regular schedule for you guys, we appreciate you listening as always and please enjoy this week's Turn Zer0 Podcast!

Nov 03, 202158:35
55 - Ministravaganzathoncon Models and Rules Changes!

55 - Ministravaganzathoncon Models and Rules Changes!

Hey everybody the OGs are back together and ready to podcast!

This week Chris went super-maximum low-effort on the editing and presents to you a slightly tuned-up live-streamed podcast featuring Todd, Chris, and Sooner talking about Hulkbuster, Magik, Rogue, Ms. Marvel, and some much-needed rules updates for MCP! We've got some spicy takes alongside our usual highly refined dialogue so come hang out with us! We're back to talking MCP and back on a regular schedule so you better like it or I swear I'll turn this car around!

Enjoy this weeks Turn Zer0 Podcast!

Sep 15, 202101:18:44
54 - Nashcon Top 4 Roundtable

54 - Nashcon Top 4 Roundtable

This episode brought to you by the top 4 and ONLY the top 4! You heard me right all scrubs to the bench! 

Sooner kicked Chris and Todd to the curb to host this one and brought along his new best friends Mike DeLuca, Merzain, and Jimmydehand for a top 4 Nashcon roundtable, and no I'm not bitter at all why do you ask? Anyway, the guys talk strategy, tournament prep, results, anything and everything you can think of related to showing up and showing out at the biggest IRL MCP tournament of the year!

The rest of us will be back to our regularly scheduled programming in a week or two now that tournament hijinks have settled down. But for now please enjoy this weeks Turn Zer0 Podcast!

Sep 01, 202101:38:25
Danger Room/Gamer's Guild/Turn Zer0 Nashcon Mashup!

Danger Room/Gamer's Guild/Turn Zer0 Nashcon Mashup!

Turn Zer0's Merzain, Kenny, and Sooner join the Danger Room boys and Nate of the Gamers Guild and host of Nashcon MCP 2021 to discuss their experiences at the event from August 20th-22nd at the Music City Sheraton in Nashville, TN! Come hang out with the dudes while they chat and reminisce on the good times which was the first time most of us met up in person! 

Aug 30, 202102:04:08
53 - Lizard, Kraven, Ancient One, and Moon Knight

53 - Lizard, Kraven, Ancient One, and Moon Knight

Hello friends - we have an interesting episode for you today. 

We went into this with just a terrible plan in place to read some character cards and riff on Twitch comments and Discord questions for a whole episode. We successfully did that. HOWEVER, it went off the rails in a few places. Number one, nobody hit record on our audio recorder so this audio is ripped directly from the Twitch stream and is therefore of questionable quality and essentially uneditable..or at least it would take more effort to edit than I have. Also, we were a little loose with the booze from the three hours we spent at a bar before the podcast while waiting for Sooner to be ready so it gets a little wild.

ANYWAY. We do in fact talk about all the things in the episode title but there's also a lot of nonsense, which is basically our calling card now. So we hope you enjoy and we'll catch you for the next one!

Jul 28, 202101:29:00
52 - Reroll Clarification, Omega Red, Jean Grey, and Cassandra Nova

52 - Reroll Clarification, Omega Red, Jean Grey, and Cassandra Nova

Hey folks! We're back after a bit of a hiatus after that tier list nonsense. This week Sooner, Todd, and Chris are here to talk about reroll rules "clarifications", cover some TTS league business, and dig into Omega Red, Jean Grey, and Cassandra Nova's character cards. This week the episode was streamed live on Twitch and we think we're going to keep that up going forward so keep an eye out for links that will post to our Facebook page a few hours before showtime every other Sunday. We'll do our best to keep it consistent but we're a mercurial bunch so if it doesn't happen one week don't freak out!

Also, I have nothing to give you except maybe a special Discord role but I'm looking for suggestions for a little music introduction for "Sooner's TTS Corner" which is what we've named the segment where Sooner updates us scrubs on TTS league happenings. We'll have a post in the "Daily Discussion" channel of our Discord for suggestions, if we choose your suggestion we'll make sure to give you something valueless but fun!

Thanks for listening everyone and enjoy this week's Turn Zer0 Podcast!

Jul 14, 202101:31:44
51.5 Tier List Part Two

51.5 Tier List Part Two

Holy moly we did it! Chris, Todd, Sooner, Mike, Menion, Merzain, and Justin all got together and live-streamed a drunken tier list episode. This thing gets crazier every time and lasted FIVE HOURS. We've broken the thing into two pieces (only because Anchor wouldn't let the full thing post at once) so you can digest it at your own pace.

Enjoy as you listen to us try to coherently rate every character in the game as Chris, Todd, Sooner, and Mike descend into a drunken stupor. Lots of yelling, cursing, and inappropriate joking takes place to listen at your own risk!

Thanks to everyone who was present at our stream and check out the Facebook for links to the video as well as links to a Google drive document with our rankings on it.

Jun 26, 202102:31:02
51 - Tier List Part One

51 - Tier List Part One

Holy moly we did it! Chris, Todd, Sooner, Mike, Menion, Merzain, and Justin all got together and live-streamed a drunken tier list episode. This thing gets crazier every time and lasted FIVE HOURS. We've broken the thing into two pieces (only because Anchor wouldn't let the full thing post at once) so you can digest it at your own pace.

Enjoy as you listen to us try to coherently rate every character in the game as Chris, Todd, Sooner, and Mike descend into a drunken stupor. Lots of yelling, cursing, and inappropriate joking takes place to listen at your own risk!

Thanks to everyone who was present at our stream and check out the Facebook for links to the video as well as links to a Google drive document with our rankings on it.

Jun 26, 202102:28:00
50 - Scarlet Witch, Captain America, and War Machine

50 - Scarlet Witch, Captain America, and War Machine

This week Sooner, Chris and Todd are on deck and start things off with a little TTS update and then finally catch up on releases by talking Scarlet Witch and her impact on the game, and especially TTS rosters since her release. We also talk about War Machine, and the new Captain America who brings a fun new affiliation ability to the Avengers which might give the OG faction a new lease on life! We also wrap up with some listener questions. Be on the lookout for an updated tier list in the next few weeks!

Jun 02, 202101:20:39
49 - Quicksilver, More Busted Extracts, and Mister Sinister Redeemed?!

49 - Quicksilver, More Busted Extracts, and Mister Sinister Redeemed?!

This week Sooner, Todd, and Chris are joined by Mike to talk about new releases! We cover Quicksilver and his impact or lack of impact on the game, the possibility of redemption for Mister Sinister, and yet another busted extract messing up the game for us (this was recorded before the announcement that the objective should be on map C). We tried to limit our conversation to characters we've played from the new release so we don't get to Sin and Scarlet Witch this episode but we still have plenty to talk about! Come hang out and enjoy this week's Turn Zer0 Podcast!

May 19, 202101:15:09
48 - Meh-ster Meh-nister, Iron Fist, Luke Cage, and the Banned/Restricted List

48 - Meh-ster Meh-nister, Iron Fist, Luke Cage, and the Banned/Restricted List

This week Sooner left Todd and Chris home alone while he went on vacation and of course, they ran amok with their neighborhood pal Menion. The kids talk Iron Fist, Luke Cage, and Mr. Sinister who Todd refers to as the most "Meh" of all the "Meh" characters in the game. Can a take that boring be spicy?? Anyway, we also get into the new banned/restricted list where our old friend Hired Muscle makes a re-appearance almost 6 months after we announced the card was busted on the podcast. Hope you enjoy this weeks episode of the Turn Zer0 Podcast!

May 05, 202101:05:19
47 - Serpent Squad

47 - Serpent Squad

Chris, Todd, and Sooner are here this week and start off with an update on the online happenings with our inside man Sooner which leads to a talk about the state of Battlerealm. We then jump to introducing Sin and Viper and our impressions on these two characters releasing in May. Chris and Todd then talk local with an update on their in-person Infinity War League. We wrap up by taking some listener questions which ends strong with some ideas on how to fix some ongoing "runaway" extract objective problem plaguing the competitive scene.

Apr 21, 202101:26:17
46 - Look Out! Here Comes The Spoiler-Man!

46 - Look Out! Here Comes The Spoiler-Man!

AMG hit us with some high-powered spoilers this week so we had to enlist some extra help to talk about them all! This week Chris, Todd, and Sooner are joined by our "Advanced" R&D compatriots Merzain and Kenny! We talk about the TTS league finals, jump into Cable and Domino as well as our feelings on X-Force, and finish with a lot of discussion about Mysterio, Carnage, and especially The Amazing Spider-Man!

Mar 24, 202101:53:20
45 - The (TTS) Matrix or the Real World?

45 - The (TTS) Matrix or the Real World?

This week we have Chris, Todd, Sooner, and special guest Mike! We talk TTS top 4 featuring our good friend Merzain, as well as discuss Bob, Agent of Hydra. We spend the last half of the podcast talking about a mildly controversial topic involving the TTS league and its relationship to in-person games. We discuss whether skills are transferrable between the two and how the tournament structure affects play.

Mar 10, 202101:01:41
44 - Something From Nothing

44 - Something From Nothing

This week Todd, Sooner, and Chris get together to discuss a whole lot of.....not much going on the last two weeks but don't worry we keep it entertaining for you as usual. We talk TTS Season 4 results for Todd and Sooner, dig into what we think might show up in the finals with roster changes imminent, talk about Inhumans now that we've gotten them on the table, plus answer your podcast questions! Talk about something out of nothing, right??

Feb 24, 202152:05
43 - Turn One and Done

43 - Turn One and Done

In this episode Todd, Chris, and Sooner get together to talk about current TTS season 4 results then jump right into Inhumans! We do a short breakdown of each Inhuman character and what makes them strong, but take a deep dive on the bulldog and go into the kinds of plays he can enable on the field and whether it's good for the game. We then switch gears to talk about the state of turn one plays and their impact on the game right now and what we expect going forward.

Feb 10, 202101:00:18
42 - The Grab Bag

42 - The Grab Bag

This week Sooner, Chris, and Todd tackle a number of topics and have too much to say to limit us to one theme so welcome to the grab bag! We talk TTS Season 4 updates, playing against the meta, how to deal with dice that sometimes go bad, A-Force, TAG auction draft results, and more! It's a free-flowing MCP stream of consciousness so feel free to come hang out with us and (hopefully) pick up some solid advice.

Jan 27, 202101:06:48
41 - Back In Business

41 - Back In Business

Hello folks! This week we have Chris, Sooner, and Todd on to talk about everything going on or having gone on since our break in December started. We've got She Hulk, A-Force, Mutantfall league, TTS Season 4, and more on the agenda so come hang out with the guys and get yourself caught up on the world of MCP and also a healthy dose of Todd and Sooner talking trash which it how you know we're officially back in business.

Jan 14, 202101:09:28
40 - 2020 The Year in Review

40 - 2020 The Year in Review

A Word Of Warning: Adult content and explicit language in this episode!

This week Chris, Todd, and Sooner are joined by some guests from the past. Sugi and the one and only Mike jump in to break down our favorite parts of the year. We kept this one loose with minimal editing and left all of Mike's BS in for everyone to enjoy the good times. Keep an eye out for us to to be back on track in 2021!

Dec 23, 202001:16:59
39 - A New Teammate Arrives?
Dec 02, 202043:03
"Advanced" R&D EP 4 - The Dank Jank Tank

"Advanced" R&D EP 4 - The Dank Jank Tank

Welcome to "Advanced" R&D, our crew is ready to innovate roster-building on the fly with little to no preparation. Got a friend who plays MCP? Do they hate MODOK? Have they ever seen RCorvus vaporize someone? Tired of seeing Drop Off played against you? Us too!

This week we bring on Morgan Reid from the Strike Better podcast to build a roster with these stipulations:

He must take the Brotherhood and Web Warriors, but he cannot use Mystique's Leadership or Spider-Gwen.

What will this wild crew come up with? Tune in to find out what jank they put together!

Nov 23, 202001:28:03
38 - X-Men And Brotherhood Tactics
Nov 19, 202001:34:52
"Advanced" R&D EP 3 - Jank Christmas Land
Nov 18, 202001:22:01
"Advanced" TURN ZER0 EP 37 - Building X-Men and Brotherhood Rosters
Nov 04, 202001:48:48
"Advanced" R&D EP 2 - Is That Your Final Answer?
Oct 31, 202001:36:46
36 - The Brotherhood Of Mutants

36 - The Brotherhood Of Mutants

A Word Of Warning: Adult content and explicit language in this episode

We are getting closer and closer to the release of the X-Men and  Brotherhood models in November. AMG revealed both Toad and Magneto's character cards and we talk all about these new models. Todd and Chris recap a local event and we answer your listener questions on this week's episode!

We are announcing a special giveaway! Thanks to Todd and Total Access Games, we are giving away 5  Vibranium Heist Kits to our amazing fans.

  1. We are giving away 3 kits on social media. To enter, like our Facebook page! Leave a review of the podcast for a second entry!
  2. We are giving away a kit on this week's Twitch stream with Todd vs Lanza (Wednesday evening approx 4 PM CST/5 PM EST)
  3. We are giving away a kit during the finals match of the TTS League Season 3. We will be streaming the finals and giving away 1 Heist Kit to one lucky viewer.

A few stipulations for these kits.

  • We are shipping to the USA only for 4 of these kits. (Social media and the Todd vs Lanza stream)
  • The TTS League Finals Kit, we will ship worldwide.

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Oct 28, 202001:42:33
"Advanced" R&D EP 1 - What Have We Here?

"Advanced" R&D EP 1 - What Have We Here?

Welcome to "Advanced" R&D, our crew is ready to innovate roster-building on the fly with little to no preparation. Got a friend who plays MCP? Do they hate MODOK? Have they ever seen RCorvus vaporize someone? Tired of seeing Drop Off played against you? Us too.

This week we bring on Todd from TURN ZER0 GAMING to build a roster with these stipulations: 

  • Must take Guardians of the Galaxy 
  • Must take Criminal Syndicate
  • No MODOK

What will this wild crew come up with? Tune in to find out what jank they put together!

Oct 23, 202001:30:03
35 - X-Men Previews
Oct 21, 202001:16:27
"Advanced" R&D Teaser

"Advanced" R&D Teaser

Welcome to "Advanced" Rosters N' Development. We bring the "best" rosters to the table and find new ways to innovate. Get ready for some off the wall s*** as we premiere this brand new podcast soon. 

Oct 20, 202000:41
34 - What? Drop Off Got Banned?!?
Oct 15, 202001:59:59
33 - The Criminal Syndicate's Tactics
Oct 09, 202001:45:43
32 - Tierlist 2.0 Part 2
Sep 30, 202001:52:54
31 - Tierlist 2.0 Part 1
Sep 23, 202002:33:24
30 - How We Build Rosters
Sep 09, 202001:11:50
29 - How To Roll 64 Attack Dice Against Your Opponent
Sep 02, 202001:04:15
28 - GenCon 2020 Online
Aug 05, 202001:14:32
27 - X-Men Reveal (Micro Episode)
Jul 30, 202021:01
26 - Spider Foes On The Way
Jul 29, 202001:13:30
25 - Web Warriors Swing Into Action
Jul 24, 202001:47:40
24 - The TTS League Wave 2.5
Jul 04, 202001:43:16
23 - The Mad Titan
Jun 20, 202001:33:12
22 - The Next Wave
Jun 12, 202001:25:54
21 - TTS League Season 2
Jun 03, 202001:33:14
20 - New Characters Incoming!
May 21, 202001:54:08
EP 19 - An Interview With Mark Sorastro
May 13, 202001:05:15
EP 18 - New Kids On The Block
May 06, 202001:09:58
EP 17 - How To Throw Your Game

EP 17 - How To Throw Your Game

Greetings True Believers! This week we are talking strategy with throws,  terrain, line of sight, and cover. Mike wrote a phenomenal article here on the TZG blog covering the fine details on how throws work and damage coming from attacks versus throws. We take the information from the article and dive into how throws change the math of the game and your ability to force the opponent to roll more dice on defense or dodging through the course of a round. Plus, we answer listener questions and discuss if Disarm is the most underrated tactic card in the game.


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Apr 29, 202001:19:27
EP 16 - An Interview With Duncan Rhodes
Apr 29, 202001:20:49
EP 15 - Wakanda Wave VS BDT
Apr 22, 202001:34:26