BungleTech: A BattleTech Podcast (Nathan Hunt)
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| 07 Feb 2023 | Episode 1 - Why BattleTech? | 00:55:58 | |
In today's deployment of BungleTech we talk about 'Why BattleTech?' with our Spheroid co-host Michael, reflect on a dead summoner pilot in our battlefield highlight, talk about a hugeeeeeee rule mistake we have been making, and read a sample of a story from Shrapnel. Its gonna get spicy, strap on your cooling vests mechwarriors and lets get this deployment on the battlefield. Seyla! --- We are now on Patreon! Want to support our bungling adventures? We reward backers with exclusive prizes, unique opportunities for recognition, and the ability to be involved in shaping the direction of our podcast. Search BungleTech on Patreon or click here for more details. --- Segment Start Times
Want to connect? You can find us on Twitter @ BungletechTweet, via email at BungleTech@outlook.com, or on the BungleTech text channel on the Valhalla Club Discord linked here. Also, want to check out our game modes? We have shared them all in a handy BattleTech podcast community resource linked here. | |||
| 31 Aug 2023 | Episode 9 - INSERT YOUR NAME HERE's BattleTech Favourites | 02:16:35 | |
In our ninth deployment of BungleTech my spheroid co-host Michael and I take a journey through our Favourite BattleTech things as we walk through a comprehensive list of our most loved well… everything, return to our battlefield outcome report with the cautionary tale of a Jenner IIC that thought it could but really couldn't, stand tall and proclaim how we recently became conscious of our consciousness roll mistakes, and read a sample from the emotional short story Undefeated written by Giles Gammage. Steel Vipers foreverrrrrrr! --- We are now on Patreon! Want to support our bungling adventures? We reward backers with exclusive prizes, unique opportunities for recognition, and the ability to be involved in shaping the direction of our podcast. Search BungleTech on Patreon or click here for more details. --- Segment Start Times
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| 27 Aug 2024 | Episode 21 - Bungling the Bungler | 01:13:01 | |
In our twenty-first deployment of BungleTech my spheroid co-host Michael and I take a detour from our regular variety format as we share some news in our Extraordinary Proclamation segment and then deep dive the creation process we just leveraged when designing our logo Mech; the Bungler! Our Honourable Patreon Supporters
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| 24 Jul 2023 | Episode 8 - Storytelling with Tren Sparks | 01:46:06 | |
In our eighth deployment of BungleTech my spheroid co-host Michael and I are joined by one of the legendary voices of BattleTech Tren Sparks as we discuss storytelling in the BattleTech Universe, we deviate from our BattleField Report with something extra special, take a moment to discuss a variety of mistakes keeping us jumping around like fools, and read the short story Run, Locust, Run by Westin Riverside. So sit back, sip a cocktail of Necrosia, and relax for this deployment MechWarriors, we're going on a vision quest! --- We are now on Patreon! Want to support our bungling adventures? We reward backers with exclusive prizes, unique opportunities for recognition, and the ability to be involved in shaping the direction of our podcast. Search BungleTech on Patreon or click here for more details. --- Segment Start Times
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| 27 May 2024 | Episode 18 - When Losing is Winning | 01:40:17 | |
In our eighteenth deployment of BungleTech my spheroid co-host Michael and I discuss a few situations when losing initiative is actually winning, we reflect on the epic Vibro Mine trap we encountered in a recent game in our battlefield outcome report, discuss an engine critical hit mistake I am relatively confident only we have made, and read a short story from BattleTech Legends written by Randall N. Bills. Our Honourable Patreon Supporters
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| 27 Dec 2024 | Episode 25 - Creator Proclamations with BigRed | 01:35:13 | |
In our twenty fifth deployment, we break away from our regular format and deep dive community creator proclamations with our legendary guest BigRed40Tech. Our Honourable Patreon Supporters
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| 29 May 2023 | Episode 6 - The BattleMech Manual with Keith Hann | 02:01:52 | |
In our sixth deployment of Bungletech my spheroid co-host Michael and I are joined by the Precentor Martial of the BattleMech Manual, Keith Hann, as we have an in-depth discussion on this amazing BattleTech resource, in our Battlefield Outcome Report highlight the plight of a poor pitiful Piranha, in our Rule Discovery segment discuss how our rule mistakes regarding water had us splashing around in the 'Mech kiddie pool, and read a sample of the short story Protector of the Blood by Charles Gideon. Take a shot of Can-Do and power up those fusion engines MechWarriors, lets get this deployment on the battlefield! --- We are now on Patreon! Want to support our bungling adventures? We reward backers with exclusive prizes, unique opportunities for recognition, and the ability to be involved in shaping the direction of our podcast. Search BungleTech on Patreon or click here for more details. --- Segment Start Times
Want to connect? You can find us on Twitter @ BungletechTweet, via email at BungleTech@outlook.com, or on the BungleTech text channel on the Valhalla Club Discord linked here. Also, want to check out our game modes? We have shared them all in a handy BattleTech podcast community resource linked here. Also also, want to check out Gallery 3025? You can find it linked here. | |||
| 27 Jun 2024 | Episode 19 - Martial Arts in BattleTech with the Mechbay | 01:58:05 | |
In our nineteenth deployment of BungleTech my spheroid co-host Michael and I are joined by Denham Hardman from the MechBay podcast as we talk martial arts in the BattleTech universe, we share the ominous tale of some brash enough to face the Black Marauder in our battlefield outcome report, chat about a few different rule mistakes including one our wise guest had been making, and read a sample of BattleTech Legends selected by our Loremasters in our stories of the inners sphere segment. Our Honourable Patreon Supporters
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| 27 Sep 2024 | Episode 22 - The BungleTest | 01:17:50 | |
In our twenty-second deployment of BungleTech my spheroid co-host Michael and I discuss and share our Bodacious BattleTech Bungle Questionnaire named the BungleTest as we put the question to you of 'How Bungle proof are we all really?', in our extraordinary proclamation segment we formally change the name of our bungling clan as we welcome new members to it and announce the official name of our totem 'Mech the Bungler, in our battlefield outcome report breakdown the devastating destruction of our very own 'Mech on the battlefield, and inn our stories of the inner sphere segmetn read a sample of the short story Glorious Labor for the Celestial Wisdom: A Capellan Servitor's Guide to Proper Conduct! QUICK NOTE: The test will be open till November 10th not October 10th as mentioned in the episode! Also, forgive Nathan for pronouncing chaff as chafe he has been punched in the head far too many times and now has a strange at times understanding of the English language! Hey, at least he didn't mispronounce penal as penile again! :D Our Honourable Patreon Supporters
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Test will be available until end of day November 10th 2024! Get it done soon! | |||
| 27 Jan 2024 | Episode 14 - BattleTech Resolutions with Tex | 02:12:55 | |
In this episode we are joined by the voice of BattleTech, as defined by Tren Sparks, Tex as we chat about what it is that makes Tex tick, we spend some time sharing our BattleTech New Years resolutions, get a little weird in our Battlefield Outcome Report, discuss an engine and walking mistake, and read a sample of the short story Flying Kites by Daniel Isberner. Let's start this New Year out right MechWarriors, hop into the hot seat, and get ready for a bumpy ride! Segment Start Times
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| 27 Jul 2024 | Episode 20 - The Narrative BattleTech Experience with Randall Bills | 01:45:29 | |
In our twentieth deployment of BungleTech my spheroid co-host Michael and I are honoured to be joined by the Creative Director of BattleTech Randall Bills as we discuss Operation Reunification and the BattleTech narrative experience on the table, we welcome a few new members to our clan in our extraordinary proclamation segment, discuss a spicy heat mistake Randall was making in the days or yore, and read a sample of Deep Curtains found in Empire Alone. Our Honourable Patreon Supporters
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| 27 Mar 2025 | Episode 28 - Batchalling Bad 'Mechs with Sean Murray from SARNA | 01:15:59 | |
In our twenty-eighth deployment of BungleTech my spheroid co-host Michael and I are joined by Sean Murry from SARNA as we discuss why Bad 'Mechs are the Best 'Mechs in our Primary Topic segment, before talking about a few rule mistakes Sean has been making on the Alpha Strike table in our Rule Check Discovery segment, and in our Extraordinary Proclamation segment we share a few exciting announcements regarding the Global Campaign Initiative as we welcome new members to Clan Kodama. Our Honourable Patreon Supporters
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| 27 Oct 2024 | Episode 23 - Global Campaign Initiative | 01:14:20 | |
In our twenty-third deployment of BungleTech my spheroid co-host Michael and I discuss our Global Campaign Initiative we are brainstorming that we want you to participate in, we welcome some new members into Clan Kodama in our extraordinary proclamation segment, we discuss a hugeeeeeee rule mistake we were making with PSRs in our rule check discovery segment, and read Bad 'Mechs - Champion written by the syrupy Sean at SARNA. Our Honourable Patreon Supporters
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| 01 Apr 2024 | Bonus - INN Boots on the Ground Special Broadcast | 00:11:42 | |
In a special episode of INN Boots on the Ground, Nathaniel Smithson takes a break from his battlefield reporting and interviews famed holovid producer Jason Hansa regarding his newest risque creative exploit scheduled for release across the Inner Sphere next year. | |||
| 27 Apr 2024 | Episode 17 - Our Review Remembrance | 01:23:42 | |
In our seventeenth deployment of BungleTech my spheroid co-host Michael and I take some time to step back and reflect on the reviews our podcast has garnered so far and what they mean to us, we regale on the hot death of a Catapult in our battlefield outcome report, and discuss a recent strategic bungle we made on the table. Our Honourable Patreon Supporters
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| 24 Nov 2023 | Episode 12 - Artificial Intelligence on the BattleTech Table with Lynnvander Studios | 01:49:44 | |
In our twelve deployment of BungleTech my spheroid co-host Michael and I are joined by Lynnvander Studios as we talk BattleTech Aces and AI on the BattleTech table, we share some BungleTech news in our extraordinary proclamation segment, relish the vicious kill of a Warhammer by a Shrike in our Battlefield Outcome Report, reflect on a woods cover rule our venerable guest had been making, and read a sample collection from Operation Lancaster by Devon Ramsey and Donald Butler. Our Honourable Patreon Supporters
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Operation Lancaster The winners of the Custom Hunt of the Black Marauder Initiative Deck draw were Aster117, Atlas, Ham Pants, MagnumDanger, and Rose. | |||
| 27 Jan 2025 | Episode 26 - BattleTech's Most Controversial Opinion | 03:30:15 | |
In our first deployment of season 3 of BungleTech, Michael and I throw some shade as we scientifically and irrefutably determine the most controversial BattleTech opinion in our primary topic, we discuss a minor and common rule mistake we see on the table regarding the Minimum Range band in our rule check discovery segment, and we then read the story Ace Darwin and the Battle of the Beer Fridge written by James Bixby. Get those flamers juiced up MechWarriors, its time to burn the world down! Our Honourable Patreon Supporters
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| 17 Nov 2023 | Episode 11 - INSERT YOUR NAME Survey Results + The Black Marauder | 02:52:52 | |
In our eleventh deployment of BungleTech we are back to our regular format starting off with my spheroid co-host Michael and I reviewing the results of our INSERT YOUR NAME HERE's BattleTech Favourites survey, we regale on an epic Cyclops sniper shot in our Battlefield Outcome Report, discuss a recently discovered OMEGA bungle, read a sample from the Marauder Anthology by Lance Scarinci, and share a quick special announcement in our extraordinary proclamation segment. --- We are now on Patreon! Want to support our bungling adventures? We reward backers with exclusive prizes, unique opportunities for recognition, and the ability to be involved in shaping the direction of our podcast. Search BungleTech on Patreon or click here for more details. --- TychorionDraws Twitter (artist of the Black Marauder intiative deck art): https://twitter.com/tychorion1 Segment Start Times
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| 04 Apr 2023 | Episode 4 - Hidden Objectives | 01:16:56 | |
In our fourth deployment of BungleTech we wrap up the journey through our mad minds by explaining the hidden objectives we leverage in our game modes, regale on an absolutely destroyed Mad Dog in our Battlefield Outcome Report, discuss a falling mistake that led to some comical results, and read a sample of the short story Tales from the Cracked Canopy: Blind Arrogance. Mechwarriors, lock those machine guns on rapid-fire and get prepped to embrace the heat, this deployment is gonna get hot. --- We are now on Patreon! Want to support our bungling adventures? We reward backers with exclusive prizes, unique opportunities for recognition, and the ability to be involved in shaping the direction of our podcast. Search BungleTech on Patreon or click here for more details. --- Segment Start Times
Want to connect? You can find us on Twitter @ BungletechTweet, via email at BungleTech@outlook.com, or on the BungleTech text channel on the Valhalla Club Discord linked here. Also, want to check out our game modes? We have shared them all in a handy BattleTech podcast community resource linked here. Note: A quick correction to the pronunciation of Waco Rangers in the Stories of the Inner Sphere segment. The pronunciation used in the sample read of WHACK-O is used primarily by the Wolf Dragoons, a more accurate pronunciation would be WAY-KO. | |||
| 26 Apr 2023 | Episode 5 - Most Broken and Useless BattleTech Initiative Cards | 01:34:23 | |
In our fifth deployment of BungleTech my spheroid co-host Micheal and I take a deep dive into my true love, the Battletech Initiative Deck, and talk about our top 4 picks for most broken and most useless initiative cards, in our Battlefield Outcome Report highlight a vengeful kill on a Victor, talk about an order of operations mistake we have been making with artillery, and read a sample of the short story The Plowshare by D.G.P. Rector. Get down and take cover MechWarriors, cause those longtom shots are creeping in hex by hex, this deployment is gonna be a blast! --- We are now on Patreon! Want to support our bungling adventures? We reward backers with exclusive prizes, unique opportunities for recognition, and the ability to be involved in shaping the direction of our podcast. Search BungleTech on Patreon or click here for more details. --- Segment Start Times
Want to connect? You can find us on Twitter @ BungletechTweet, via email at BungleTech@outlook.com, or on the BungleTech text channel on the Valhalla Club Discord linked here. Also, want to check out our game modes? We have shared them all in a handy BattleTech podcast community resource linked here. The Most Broken & Useless Battletech Initiative Deck card survey has now closed, the results are reviewed in Episode 7. | |||
| 26 Sep 2023 | Episode 10 - Interviewing BattleTech Podcast Creators | 03:59:33 | |
In our tenth deployment of BungleTech we are doing something extra special. I took some time recently to reach out to all active BattleTech podcast content creators to chat and I heard back from the vast majority of them. This episode consists of sharing these interviews, interwoven with a little intellectually sensual treat from my spheroid co-host Michael. Due to the total length of these interviews, we will be taking a break from our other regular segments which will return in glory in Episode 11 next month with a special surprise! In this deployment I am privileged to chat with Battle Babes, BattlePod, Battletopia Stories, the Calgary BattleTech League, the MechBay, Mercenary Star, Of Mechs and Men, On the Origins of BattleMechs, Renegade HPG, Unicorn Company, the Valhalla Club, and Wolfnet. Timecodes for each interview can be found in the podcast description in case you want to jump around. My MechWarrior friends, let's get this deployment on the battlefield! Interview Segment Start Times:
--- We are now on Patreon! Want to support our bungling adventures? We reward backers with exclusive prizes, unique opportunities for recognition, and the ability to be involved in shaping the direction of our podcast. Search BungleTech on Patreon or click here for more details. --- BungleTech Links:
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| 27 Feb 2024 | Episode 15 - The Flavour of BattleTech | 01:50:13 | |
In our fifteenth deployment of BungleTech my spheroid co-host Michael and I savour the flavour of BattleTech as we share our favourite flavour text excerpts from the BattleMech Manual and Campaign Operations, we highlight the absurdity of a recent Solaris VII tournament in our Battlefield Highlight, discuss both a targeting and critical hit mistake that made units so much harder to kill, and read a excerpt from Behind the Stick written by Jason Hansa. Segment Start Times
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| 22 Feb 2023 | Episode 2 - How We Play | 01:28:31 | |
In our second deployment of BungleTech we chat with Michael about how we play our games and why we play this way, report on the death of a Zeus by a self-inflicted fist to face in our Battlefield Outcome Report, share a small yet important rule mistake we made recently, and read a sample of the short story Up Close found in Shrapnel issue 11. Its time to hot load those LRMs, give a quick pray that our launchers don't get crit, and get this deployment onto the battlefield, seyla! --- We are now on Patreon! Want to support our bungling adventures? We reward backers with exclusive prizes, unique opportunities for recognition, and the ability to be involved in shaping the direction of our podcast. Search BungleTech on Patreon or click here for more details. --- Segment Start Times
Want to connect? You can find us on Twitter @ BungletechTweet, via email at BungleTech@outlook.com, or on the BungleTech text channel on the Valhalla Club Discord linked here. Also, want to check out our game modes? We have shared them all in a handy BattleTech podcast community resource linked here. | |||
| 20 Mar 2023 | Episode 3 - Custom Game Modes | 01:22:59 | |
In our third deployment of BungleTech we take some time to break down our radical, and probably not balanced, house game modes, report on an epic attack by Aidan Pryde in our Battlefield Outcome Report, talk about a critical rule mistake that led to some whacky on the table outcomes, and read a sample of the short story Airs Above the Ground by Jason Hansa. Hold down those triggers Mechwarriors, and get those PPCs charged up, this deployment is gonna be a blast! --- We are now on Patreon! Want to support our bungling adventures? We reward backers with exclusive prizes, unique opportunities for recognition, and the ability to be involved in shaping the direction of our podcast. Search BungleTech on Patreon or click here for more details. --- Segment Start Times
Want to connect? You can find us on Twitter @ BungletechTweet, via email at BungleTech@outlook.com, or on the BungleTech text channel on the Valhalla Club Discord linked here. Also, want to check out our game modes? We have shared them all in a handy BattleTech podcast community resource linked here. | |||
| 27 Mar 2024 | Episode 16 - Diving Deep with Constantin from Hired Steel | 02:39:43 | |
In our sixteenth deployment of BungleTech my spheroid co-host Michael and I are joined by Constantin from Hired Steel as we talk well… we talk about a LOT, we share some interesting clarifications from our last episode in our extraordinary proclamation segment, reflect on the Classic BattleTech mistakes Hired Steel's pilots were making on the battlefield, and read The Great UrbanMech Uprising written by Eric Salzman. Our Honourable Patreon Supporters
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| 27 Feb 2025 | Episode 27 - Most Systems Nominal, Launching the Global Campaign | 00:54:33 | |
In our twenty-seventh deployment of BungleTech my spheroid co-host Michael and I dodge our standard format as we officially launch the Global Campaign Initiative. We take a few moments to walk you through the details of how to get involved as we discuss our fresh off the presses release of the Operations Manual. Our Honourable Patreon Supporters
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| 27 Nov 2024 | Episode 24 - BungleTest Results | 02:03:55 | |
In our twenty fourth deployment of BungleTech my spheroid co-host Michael and I are once again both privileged and honoured to be joined by the rule master himself Keith Hann from Catalyst Game Labs as we review the results of Episode 22's BungleTest, we share some BungleTech news in our extraordinary proclamation segment, and relish the tricky death from above attack leveraged by a Spider against an Axman in our battlefield outcome report. Our Honourable Patreon Supporters
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| 29 Dec 2023 | Episode 13 - Bringing Back the Party to Classic BattleTech | 01:35:36 | |
In our thirteenth deployment of BungleTech my spheroid co-host Michael and I take a detour in the spirit of the season and share our appreciation for all those across the BattleTech community that have made an impression on our journey so far, we offer some exciting and equally strange ideas to bring the party back to Classic BattleTech, and read an excerpt from A Fox on Galatea by Bryan Young. This is it MechWarriors, your official BungleTech Holiday Special let us pray to Kerensky it does not go down in history with infamy. Segment Start Times
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| 29 Jan 2023 | BungleTech: A BattleTech Podcast - Trailer | 00:01:22 | |
BungleTech is a BattleTech podcast created by lovers of, not experts in, BattleTech. Stomp with us through the Inner Sphere to the Deep Periphery as we share the adventures and stories we have discovered throughout the Classic BattleTech Table Top universe! This episode is a trailer of the adventures to come. Future podcasts to include:
Feedback and comments can be sent to us on Twitter @BungletechTweet or via email at BungleTech@outlook.com. Seyla! | |||
| 27 Jun 2023 | Episode 7 - Roleplaying in the BattleTech Universe | 01:38:53 | |
In our seventh deployment of BungleTech my spheroid co-host Michael and I are joined by roleplaying extraordinaire Dante as we discuss our experiences roleplaying in the BattleTech universe, highlight an insane Death From Above moment, take a look at a shared misconception on piloting checks that helped keep us out of the muck, discuss the results of our BattleTech Initiative Deck survey, and read a sample from Clan Wolverine: A Shattered Sphere Sourcebook written by our guest Dante Abbey. Crank up those tunes and drown out the bass of those ACs cracking through your carapace, this deployment is gonna get dicey! --- We are now on Patreon! Want to support our bungling adventures? We reward backers with exclusive prizes, unique opportunities for recognition, and the ability to be involved in shaping the direction of our podcast. Search BungleTech on Patreon or click here for more details. --- Segment Start Times
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