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18/04/2022

A slimline holiday episode featuring Big Blake:

Jacob gets to have a 1-on-1 chat with one of the rising stars from Season 7 of the TTS league: Big Blake. We talk about his "Killkanda" list, and more generally about tall Thanos 'beat face' lists. Want to continue the conversation? Join our free discord: https://discord.gg/2mdBecm7A8 If you enjoy o...

03/01/2022

Dyzard trying to write articles, focusing on a series over xforce !

DyzardJanuary 3, 2022January 3, 2022 Intro: Well hello, and welcome to the inaugural article within a series focusing on X-Force. For those who do not know, I go by Dyzard (pronounced like lizard) on the various Discord’s related to Marvel Crisis Protocol (MCP) as well I am one of the hosts on The...

05/07/2021

Jacob and Sploosh are joined by Travis Foss to talk about the maths of rerolls on defense, hot takes on Omega Red and Travis sharing his thoughts and experiences with Wakanda.

This week Jacob and Sploosh are join by Travis Foss to talk about the maths of rerolls on defense, hot takes on Omega Red and Travis sharing his thoughts and experiences with Wakanda. Have a question for the cast? join our discord and check out the podcast questions section and let us know! Join us....

28/06/2021

Jacob and Sploosh are join by Pat Dunford to talk about the maths of denying crits on defense, hot takes on Jean Grey and Pat and Jacob sharing their experiences with Defenders, heavy on the Pentagrams.

This week Jacob and Sploosh are join by Pat Dunford to talk about the maths of denying crits on defense, hot takes on Jean Grey and Pat and Jacob sharing their experiences with Defenders, heavy on the Pentagrams. Some links we mention in the show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zs7ti-EBgmQ (turn on...

21/06/2021

This week Jacob and Sploosh are join by Morgan Reid to talk about defensive dice math, hot takes on the new Falcon Captain America (Sam Wilson) and to go deep on Brotherhood.

This week Jacob and Sploosh are join by Morgan Reid to talk about defensive dice math, hot takes on the new Falcon Captain America (Sam Wilson) and to go deep on Brotherhood. Have a question for the cast? join our discord and check out the podcast questions section and let us know! Join us on our Di...

14/06/2021

This week Sploosh and Jacob are joined by Dave den Ouden aka UtilityCookie. We try to explain statistical significance of results from season 5 so far, hot takes on Lizard and pick Dave's brain on Black Order and the best way to counter it.

Sploosh and Jacob are joined by Dave den Ouden aka UtilityCookie. We try to explain statistical significance of results from season 5 so far, hot takes on Lizard and pick Dave's brain on Black Order and the best way to counter it. Find Dave et al's first Black Order article here: https://acrossthebi...

06/06/2021

Doing a focus on listener questions tonight for this week's episode! If you have something leave a comment below!

24/05/2021

This week we get Lief AKA Suzume Kazo to run us through some shorthand ways of measuring things in the game, as well as some Can I Borrow that? maths and hot takes on Sinister’s cards.

This week Sploosh is magically replaced with a very precise leif, also known as Suzo on the discords, We hit our hot takes on some sinister tactics cards, your favorite Xavier Protocols segment, and then get into some measuring tricks within MCP and how to level up your game of being more accurate!....

17/05/2021

An important episode this week: as well as maths on Quicksilver and hot takes on the twins, Jacob and Sploosh try to explain a big issue they see coming with a new crisis: Deadly Legacy Virus Cured?

This week Jacob and Sploosh dig in to some numbers on Quicksilver, hot takes on the twins and then have strong opinions on the Deadly Legacy Virus Cured? crisis, as well as a quick bit on Research Station Attacked! Have a question for the cast? join our discord and check out the podcast questions se...

12/04/2021

This week on the danger room! We cover some listener questions, hot takes on xforce and a deep dive into xmen and why we like them in the competitive format!

This episode has been published and can be heard everywhere your podcast is available. This week we go over some listener questions, hot takes over xforce, and a deep dive into xmen! Have a question for the cast? join our discord and check out the podcast questions section and let us know! Join us o...

29/03/2021

We gather a few minds with experience playing with portals to talk about the pentathletes roster.

Listen carefully to Jacob throughout the podcast for Easter Eggs that tie in to the outro in our last episode before Easter.

We get a few guests - UtilityCookie, Quotemyname and Kevin Stewart - who have experience playing with the Pentagrams style list, and Sploosh leads us on a guided tour of some using and playing against the roster. Also, as our Easter Episode, keep an ear out for Easter Eggs being dropped by Jacob, th...

11/03/2021

Final top 4 interview: Pat Dunford.

https://anchor.fm/the-danger-room/episodes/Season-4-Top-4-Interview---Pat-Dunford-es7vqn

Rounding out our top 4 interviews: Pat Dunford with his A-force-Wakanda roster. See the full roster here: https://tabletop.to/tts-mcp-season-4-finals/list/patrick-dunford2

10/03/2021

The third interview from the top 4: Travis Foss with his Brotherhood/Wakanda roster.

https://anchor.fm/the-danger-room/episodes/Season-4-Top-4-Interview---Travis-Foss-es19ls

The third interview of the season 4 top 4: Travis Foss with his Wakanda-Brotherhood roster. See the full roster here: https://tabletop.to/tts-mcp-season-4-finals/list/travis-foss2

09/03/2021

Second interview with the top 4 of season 4: Morgan Reid with his (mostly) Brotherhood Roster:

https://anchor.fm/the-danger-room/episodes/Season-4-Top-4-Interview---Morgan-Reid-ertvn7

The second interview with the top 4 of season 4 of the TTS league: Morgan Reid. You can see Morgan's roster here: https://tabletop.to/tts-mcp-season-4-finals/list/morgan-reid3

08/03/2021

In a change to our regular format, this week we’ll be putting out interviews with the top 4 in the TTS league. First up, Merzain with his Asgard roster:

https://anchor.fm/the-danger-room/episodes/Season-4-Top-4-Interview---Merzain-ertv68

Jacob starts the first of four interviews with the top 4 of season 4 of the TTS league: Merzain. You can see his roster here: https://tabletop.to/tts-mcp-season-4-finals/list/merzain

15/02/2021

The guys dig in to some stats on what’s winning in the league, with some reasons behind some of the patterns we are seeing, and then spend the longest hot take yet digging in to everyone’s favourite supersized teleporting doggo. As you might guess from the episode title, we aren’t as hot on him as the rest of the internet seems to be.

https://anchor.fm/the-danger-room/episodes/Whos-a-Fair-to-Good-Boy-eqe32e

This week we have our Xavier Protocol's segment, and a pretty lengthy hot take on Lockjaw! Join us on our Discord server: https://discord.gg/5NMyGVx Check out these awesome sponsors and find a great price for MCP minis and other needs! :https://blackgategames.co.uk/ https://www.discountgamesinc.com/...

08/02/2021

This week on The Danger Room: Jacob goes through the maths of Deadpool going Bang, Bang, Bang!; we give our hot takes on Medusa and we invite one of our Patrons, TheWargamingDad, on to the show to talk about a list idea he’s been playing around with.

https://anchor.fm/the-danger-room/episodes/Are-you-a-WargamingDad-eq4475

This week we invite the WargamingDad onto the show to discuss his new list style, we also discuss hot takes, and a special XP segment Join us on our Discord server: https://discord.gg/5NMyGVx Check out these awesome sponsors and find a great price for MCP minis and other needs! :https://blackgategam...

01/02/2021

Sploosh takes over the XP section to talk 3-0 league stats, we hot take Black Bolt, and we dig in to playing with and against A-force.

https://anchor.fm/the-danger-room/episodes/Can-you-control-the-A-Force-epouu2

This week we review our week 3 league games, some hot takes on BB, Sploosh's protocol? and our thoughts on A-Force Join us on our Discord server: https://discord.gg/5NMyGVx Signups for the team tournament! https://tinyurl.com/ttsteamtourney Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDangerRo...

25/01/2021

We are joined by Hugo AKA Huggy Bear who has a unique approach to the game that really gets us thinking. We also get to some stats from this weekend’s online tournaments and our recent league experiences. https://anchor.fm/the-danger-room/episodes/Something-to-Bear-in-mind-epds2n

We are joined by Hugo, AKA HuggyBear to talk about his mindset when approaching winning the game. We also hit on some stats coming out of the weekend online tournaments as our recent league games. Join us on our Discord server: https://discord.gg/5NMyGVx Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.c...

18/01/2021

This week we have a special guest on: TBE Matt, champion of Thanos. He's been running him with some significant success for a few months - at 9 threat! As well as digging in to how and why he runs it, we have some "hot" takes on Enchantress (with a little side of Enchantress maths from Jacob) and we (finally) get to a few listener questions.

https://anchor.fm/the-danger-room/episodes/Breaking-Thanos-with-TBE-Matt-ep4bei

This Episode is all about Thanos, we deep dive with TBE Matt one of our Patrons to discuss Thanos, some hot takes on Enchantress, answer some listener questions as well as your favorite Xavier Protocols segment We hope you enjoy and look forward to more from us. Check out the ATB nexus at https://ac...

11/01/2021

We have delayed recording our episode this week so we can talk about the rosters that were locked in last night. We hope to get it out with about a 24 hour delay on our usual Monday release.

28/12/2020

Jacob gets a chance to interview one of his podcasting heroines: Rebecca Banky. Rebecca is a gamer who is trans, and we talk about some of her experiences as a trans woman in the world of gamers, with some amazing insights and some practical advice. https://anchor.fm/the-danger-room/episodes/An-Interview-with-Rebecca-Banky-eoa983

Jacob gets a chance to interview one of his podcasting heroines: Rebecca Banky. Rebecca is a gamer who is trans, and we talk about some of her experiences as a trans woman in the world of gamers, with some amazing insights and some practical advise. Unlike our usual podcast, the odd swear word creep...

21/12/2020

New episode: Dyzard is back to talk stats from the online tournaments this weekend, She Hulk and the A-Force and M:CP resolutions. https://anchor.fm/the-danger-room/episodes/Hi-Resolution-eo28qs

Dyzard returns to talk with Jacob and Sploosh about some results from recent online tournaments, hot takes on She Hulk and wider about the A-Force and we make some M:CP resolutions. We hope you enjoy and look forward to more from us. Join us on our Discord server: https://discord.gg/5NMyGVx Follow u...

14/12/2020

Jacob and Sploosh chat formats and are joined by the father of one them - Coffey Time: https://anchor.fm/the-danger-room/episodes/Coffey-on-Draft-enoskt

Jacob, Sploosh and special guest Coffey Time talk new formats: some stats from the three drafts that have happened, our hot takes on the new official AMG game formats, and we get Coffey on to talk about the draft format he shaped. Aussie draft: https://www.facebook.com/110702183938680/videos/1783347...

07/12/2020

Dyzard couldn’t be with us this week, so we asked Dave Den Ouden AKA Utility Cookie to join us to talk Hired Muscle amongst other things.

https://anchor.fm/the-danger-room/episodes/A-smart-Cookie-eneu3t

Jacob, Sploosh and special guest Dave (AKA Utility Cookie) touch on "pivot" teams, give some rapidly cooling takes on the Mutant Extremists Target U.S. Senators! crisis, and then pick Dave's brains on the Dashguard list (ab)using Hired Muscle, talk through some possible counters and general effect o...

25/11/2020

A special episode of the Danger Room: to celebrate one year of M:CP we gather together content creators from around the world - the Illuminati - to talk all things Crisis Protocol.

Just in time for your long Holiday drive, this round table discussion included Pat (Across the Bifrost), Chris (Turn Zer0 gaming), Will (House Party Protocol), Nate (the Gamers Guild), Morgan (Strike Better), Charles (Omnus Protocol) and Mark (Roster Doctor), chaired by Jacob.

https://anchor.fm/the-danger-room/episodes/Illuminati-Year-One-emuo0n

16/11/2020

This week we compare Cyclops with Peter Parker in terms of durability, hot takes (with some experience) on Cyclops and reflect back on season 3 of the TTS league.

https://anchor.fm/the-danger-room/episodes/Seasoned-to-Taste-emh7ae

In this Episode we go over our hot takes segment and your favorite: Xavier Protocols segment, then we go into a review of season 3 TTS League and our predictions of the game going forward We launched a Patreon for the channel heres the Link! https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=41793927 We hope you en...

09/11/2020

This week, we speculate about set symbols, give some initial impressions about Mystique and then talk about tilt and how to deal with it.

https://anchor.fm/the-danger-room/episodes/Tilt-a-Whirl-em71ub

In this Episode we go over our hot takes segment and your favorite: Xavier Protocols segment, we discuss Tilt and how it affects you and just a general discussion on it. Link to mindfulness: https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/drugs-and-treatments/mindfulness/about-mindfulness/ We launched a...

07/11/2020

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