While Hobbes is away (taking a well earned break, self-care is important!) Taya and Alex take this chance to talk about anime once again! This time they talk about characters from a number of different series and what colors they might be if printed in a Universes Beyond product. If you enjoy this conversation please join us in the Discord and cont…

Welcome back to the Goblin Lore Podcast!! This week Taya and Alex continue on with the Bloomburrow love (no really, Wizards, we love this plane, bring back blocks). Today they sit down with author Valerie Valdes to discuss her foray into this adorable anthropomorphic world. We also finally have a Linktree with all of our discounts/resources _______…

Welcome back to the Goblin Lore Podcast!! This week Taya and Alex discuss their favorite cards from Bloomburrow. Which of these adorable animals caught their attention? Which baker had the best flavor? Find out now! Also join us next week when writer of the Bloomburrow stories (Valerie Valdes) will be joining the show! Send us any questions on Twit…

Welcome back to the Goblin Lore Podcast!! Today Alex and Taya are diving into the Bloomburrow story. Prior to getting to this review Hobbes recorded an announcement about the fact that he will be taking a break from recording. He plans to be back in September and wanted to be transparent about recent difficulties. The show will be coming out regula…

Welcome back to the Goblin Lore Podcast and our return from our little break in June!! Today Alex and Taya return to the topic of Anime! Taya and Alex use Hobbes’ absence as an excuse to talk anime again, this time focusing on shows they’ve been watching recently. Next week we are planning to be back with Bloomburrow story! We also finally have a L…

Welcome back to the Goblin Lore Podcast and the celebration of 6 years of doing this show (first episode was posted 6/18/2018 but we had to re-record it after we lost it... so we'd TECHNICALLY been around...). The goblins gather to celebrate 6 years for the podcast and to talk about what the cast stands for and the major recurring themes that perme…

Welcome back to the Goblin Lore Podcast and our final episode for May (aka Mental Health Awareness Month). Sure it's June but Goblins are gonna be Goblins. We are returning to a topic that Alex introduced way back in Episode 84 on Self-Compassion and Self-Care especially in the era of a Pandemic. Today all three hosts are here to talk about the str…

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome back to another episode of the Goblin Lore Podcast! May is Mental Health Awareness Month and the plan is for all the episodes this month to relate to important topics within Mental Health. And while that was the plan... things happen. So our final planned topic for MH Awareness Month will hopefully be next week. In th…

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome back to another episode of the Goblin Lore Podcast! May is Mental Health Awareness Month and the plan is for all the episodes this month to relate to important topics within Mental Health. Today is a little different because thanks to Wizards of the Coast we also have 3 free preview cards to discuss!! Each host takes …

CW: Mental Health Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome back to another episode of the Goblin Lore Podcast! May is Mental Health Awareness Month and the plan is for all the episodes this month to relate to important topics within Mental Health. We are also participating (along with other excellent creators) in partnering for a Mental Health Charity Event …

Hello Podwalkers, and welcome back to the Goblin Lore Podcast! All three hosts are back for the third week in a row (will wonders never cease). Today the hosts discuss about Mental Health Awareness Month, the plan for the show to highlight topics related to this all month on, and share a little about why it's so important for us to talk openly abou…

Hello Podwalkers, and welcome back to the Goblin Lore Podcast! All three hosts are back for the second week in a row! Today is a fairly serious conversation about the state of our Mental Health and some of the difficulties we have all faced since we last checked in about this. It's also a great lead in to May being Mental Health Awareness month. We…

Hello Podwalkers, and welcome back to the Goblin Lore Podcast! All three hosts are back for the long awaited discussion on the Story from Thunder Junction. For much more in depth analysis of each episode we highly recommend checking out our friends The Vorthos Cast, while we look at higher level themes, story direction, the metaphysics of omenpaths…

Hello Podwalkers, and welcome back to the Goblin Lore Podcast! The full spoilers are out for Outlaw of Thunder Junction. Today Alex and Taya look at the flavor/mechanics of the set and discuss what cards they are excited to try out! We also finally have a Linktree with all of our discounts/resources ____________________________________________ As p…

Hello Podwalkers, and welcome back to the Goblin Lore Podcast! We were fortunate enough to have Wizards graciously provide us with a free Preview Card for y'all from Outlaws of Thunder Junction. And guess what... IT'S OUR BUDDY BREECHES!! That's right we are doing a complete Goblin Profile around this legendary Goblin from Ixalan (and his good frie…

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome to the Goblin Lore Podcast! Today Hobbes and Taya are joined by Michelle to discuss the evolution of the representation of parenting in Magic Story as well as their own experiences as parents who play Magic. This looks at impact and changes this can have on their relationship with this game, as well as simply the joys…

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome to the Goblin Lore Podcast! Today Alex and Taya return to a past topic about Social Anxiety! They discuss managing this distress while attending events both as a general congoer and also as a volunteer! We also finally have a Linktree with all of our discounts/resources ____________________________________________ As …

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome to the Goblin Lore Podcast! Today Alex and Taya review the Magic Psychographics and then discuss how they can be applied to other games. What do your goblins think about Vorthos in D&D or Spikes in RTS games? We also finally have a Linktree with all of our discounts/resources __________________________________________…

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome to the Goblin Lore Podcast! Today we are back with Universe Beyond and the world of Fallout! Follow along as Taya and Alex explain the lore and flavor to a clueless Hobbes! We also finally have a Linktree with all of our discounts/resources ____________________________________________ As promised, we keep Mental Healt…

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome to the Goblin Lore Podcast! TW: trauma, PTSD, sexual violence, rape, combat violence, death, social anxiety, depression. Way back in Episode 2 of the show we discussed what trauma is and how it differs from – but relates to – post-traumatic stress disorder (PSTD), and describes the resilience people find to work throu…

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome back to another episode of the Goblin Lore Podcast! Today Alex and Taya talk about one of Alex’s favorite commander decks while also managing to tangent their way through a number of other topics (seriously though, it's an impressive amount of tangents even for us). We also finally have a Linktree with all of our disc…

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome back to another episode of the Goblin Lore Podcast! Today Alex and Taya are rejoined by Seanan McGuire to discuss the Murders at Karlov manor story. Did we just talk about Krenko for an hour? You’ll have to listen to find out. Also check out the DVD Extras for Seanan's Stories as they play heavily into today's convers…

Hello Podwalkers, and welcome back to the Goblin Lore Podcast! We were fortunate enough to have Wizards graciously provide us with a free Preview Card for y'all from Murders at Karlov Manor!! You've already seen Krenko, BUT have you see the Buzzcrusher he has flying around?? We've seen it, and on this episode we discuss it (and maybe a LITTLE bit o…

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome back to another episode of the Goblin Lore Podcast! This week Taya presents a special episode with audio from the Queers Across the Multiverse panel from OrcaCon 2024. Taya hosted local Seattle Vorthos Lilian Young and Magic story authors Seanan McGuire and Alison Luhrs to talk about how queer representation in Magic …

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome back to another episode of the Goblin Lore Podcast! Today is a very special miraculous episode (aka we are back form our break). We took the month of December off to recharge and it was needed. So why not come back with a topic that's important to us (so much so that we talked about it previously here and here). That'…