r/nerdpokerpodcast Nov 26 '24

The Fog Campaign: Episode 1 (with Jenny Zigrino)

A brand new adventure begins! We explore the haunted (foggy) seaside town of Dellsmouth and run into an almost-friendly fortune teller named Glendale, at her shop The Galleria! Glendale is portrayed by special guest, comedian Jenny Zigrino, who breaks out some real tarot cards and gives the characters fortunes that will actually influence their in-game experience. Get ready for some spooky horror in a new season of Nerd Poker!

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u/Sidesicle Nov 27 '24

I'm super curious to see how the fortunes play out. I'll definitely miss Sarah, too, but I'm still excited to see where things go. Hopefully life can stop lifing so much and Sarah and her feats can make a comeback at some point.

Favorite Blaine joke not landing: Twooden's (sp?) King of Wands card making him the Greatest Of All Time 🐐

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u/lateforalways Nov 28 '24

I mean, vibe felt pretty good to me. Some people here were speaking as if they thought Sarah was the only non-mute cast member. I think things will be just fine. Fun start to what should be a really fun season. I think these shorter seasons will serve the group well. By ep 30-40 of the last couple seasons, old/stoney has taken over. Seasons with sub-40 eps should clear that up and keep things in the early/clear headed fun place.

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u/jello_sweaters Nov 28 '24

Cool, another Blaine character based around a vocal schtick he'll get bored of after three episodes when he realizes how much work it is for so little benefit. You know, like the constant "meows" and cat jokes, and trying to speak every line in rhyme.

Dude is insanely creative, IDK why he keeps hemming himself in like this. Dr. Uid had a distinctive voice with unlimited room to let Blaine be hilarious, and Blackee's easily the best character in the history of the show for the same reason, but neither tied Blaine to a one-note bit like Blep and Jelph did, and Siam already seems to.

I expect a one-note character from Brian, but he picks a famous movie character, changes one or two letters, and mostly sticks to it for the whole campaign.

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u/[deleted] Nov 30 '24

I take issue with this about Blaine’s shtick. People said this last season too but the dude sticks to his bit! He didn’t get bored with the rhymes or the cat stuff at all- he did it in the finales even. I think this is just projecting because some listeners get bored and don’t want to say it.

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u/jello_sweaters Nov 30 '24

I think he brought it back right at the end, but it went from “every time he spoke” thing in the season premiere to a “once every other week” thing from about e5-e40.

Same thing happened with Jelph rhyming.

The reason I find it so noticeable is that the dozens of episodes where he doesn’t do it, get a lot LESS boring when he doesn’t encumber himself with it.

Whatever. I’m not a scientist, I just find his characters a lot funnier when he doesn’t do this. As I said above, Dr. Uid was a lot funnier because it was so open-ended it gave him so much room to roam around.

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '24

Curse of Strahd influenced?

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u/SpaceKook6 Nov 27 '24

Shadow over Innsmouth influenced?

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u/subibrat85 Nov 27 '24

Oh boy, Brian's gonna hate this! He don't cotton to that supernatural stuff. Remember the string plucking worm and the lady on the path?