The Coolant Pod

Finally able to get all the schedules in place to record our overview of the Classic tournament at Southern assault with honorary host JEM a.k.a. Jason Hansa and special guests Kaiserfalk and Lord Carbon.

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With all the hype about the new Aces box, it's time to learn about what the units that come in it can do on the table top. Welcome to a supersized force pack review of the mechs and vehicles that come in Aces: Scouring Sands.

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What happens with the Coolant Pod and some friends go to the largest Battletech tournament in North America? Endorsements and riches beyond our wildest dreams? nah, not even close. Bears in the woods? getting there... Pizza and Waffle House and Explosions...in that order? THERE WE GO!

Special guest Kaiserfalk joins us to walk through the 6 games of Alpha Strike played at Southern Assault and why YOU should come to this event ne...

In our first episode of season 3, we have a wonderful guest and exciting topic. Dan Zehner, owner of Bear Cavalry Paints stopped by to talk about his background, hobbying, the products Bear Cavalry produces and all kinds of other stories. These paints have quickly become fan favorites with everyone who tries them and we're exited to have our first ever hobby focused episode of The Coolant Pod.

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Slightly different format for the Coolant Pod for this episode but we hope you will enjoy.

Tonight, Jesty and Pirate are doing a recap of the recent Desert Hot Drop tournament in Las Vegas, NV with special guests: Chandler from On the Origins of Battlemechs, Matt the Northman from the Valhalla Club and our friend Phaz (also known as Phil).

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What a long strange trip it has been. Four guys who decided one day "Hell, we should start a podcast. Maybe someone would listen." And now we've been doing this for two full years. This episode is a retrospective and look forward. We dive into our own backstories with Battletech, talk about how this podcast came about, the lessons we've painfully learned and where we want to go with this podcast in the future.

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Anyone who has competed in a wargaming tournament knows that list building is half the battle. With Southern Assault, Desert Hot Drop, Toys for Tots and more tournaments all coming up soon, Jesty, Nitro and Pirate talk through how they cram in all the goodies they might need to bring to a competitive event and what they just can't leave home without.

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Recently, Nitroburst, Pirate and Tweezer all headed to scenic Nashville, TN to play in the annual MRC birthday bash Battletech tournament at Nashcon and compete for fabulous prizes like a new Broyhill dinette set and the long rumored elemental body pillow. How did we do? Did the sweat roll off in buckets? Stay tuned as we walk through our lists, the missions and game reports.

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Welcome to the latest episode of The Coolant Pod! In this episode we go back to lore with special guest Jason Hansa, and talk about the juggernaut of home world clans, purveyors of heavy lasers everywhere and general badasses - Clan Star Adder!

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Welcome to the latest episode of The Coolant Pod! In this edition, we are joined by Ray Arrastia and Aaron Cahall from Catalyst Game Labs and we get to learn more about two of them and explore their love for playing this game and the IP they have become so closely associated with.

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Welcome to the latest episode of The Coolant Pod! This time around we're looking at new plastic crack open coming out in the near future and walking through the break down of the mechs you'll be getting in the Kurita Ranger Lance and some of the more useful or interesting variants of these chassis.

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In this episode we have two special guests to help us understand everything that goes into designing and creating printable STL files, particularly for terrain - Matt from Cross Electric Designs and Christopher from Thunderhead Studio. These two put on a superb background and educational talk on the how to's, tools, design philosophies, etc. We at the Pod had a fantastic time listening to them during the recording and hope you ...

This episode is another tactical discussion on the merits of using Indirect Fire. The illustrious Jason Hansa is joining us in the pod again for this somewhat controversial topic on tool allowing you to shoot at your opponents without fear of reprisal. We won't be talking about artillery here, that's an episode all it's own at a later date.

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It's starting to get into peak tournament season and the Coolant Pod (with a guest in tow), headed up to Detroit to throw math rocks and have a blast with friends new and old at Motor City Mayhem, the second largest Alpha Strike event in the country. In this episode, we'll break down what decisions we make and how we think about list building for blind mission in the Assault format. Then we'll dive into the four games we played, an...

Ten meter tall mechs are the reason most of us got into this game. But in this episode, the Coolant Pod talks about a unit type that some feel are unheralded, some just don't understand and never take, and frankly WE feel naked going into battle without them. It's time to talk all things Battle Armor and how to use them effectively.

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Welcome to the latest edition of the Coolant Pod. When Catalyst dropped the Black Remnant pack at PAX, we were all surprised. And now that we've had a chance to play with these units, we've found some serious pain to bring to your next game.

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Welcome to the latest edition of the Coolant Pod. Putting together an event can be one of the most rewarding and thankless jobs at the same time. But the saying "if you build it, they will come" rings true. This episode is to talk through what aspiring tournament organizers should take into account, questions to consider and how to make sure your players have a good time.

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Welcome to the latest episode of The Coolant Pod! As Tweezer recovers from Brawl in the Bluegrass, we are reaching into the Patreon only archives to publicly release an episode we previously recorded for Patreon only. Jason Hansa is back as a special guest to play a game of Battletech Would You Rather?

The next episode is already recorded but needs to be edited so we may get something out sooner than 2 weeks from now.

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Welcome to the latest episode of The Coolant Pod! Pirate and Jesty have the controls in this one to talk about the Circinus Federation - a Pirate faction you may have heard of but most of us know nothing about.

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