417Gamer Podcast Episode 38: The One with Tremendicon, David, and Finspan

·1 hr 20 min·5 clips

As soon as you put the piece in your mouth it melted away.

Rick and Andrea open with food. They swap four restaurants they've been enjoying or looking forward to, and that sets the tone before the hobby talk takes over. Then Finspan comes up. They review the Stonemaier Games title as an ocean-diving, fish-collecting game and talk through it in practical table terms. The discussion gets specific. They dig into what the game feels like in play, including whether its structure makes it more like a board game with card mechanics than a straight card game. The host duo keeps nudging the label into place. That back-and-forth lands on a simple conclusion: it is a board game, even if the cards do a lot of the heavy lifting. After that, David Stansfield from Tremendocon joins them. He explains what Tremendocon is, why people should go, and what makes the convention different from a pass-through signing event. The guest model matters here. David talks about wanting collaborative guests who do panels, run games, and actually interact with attendees. They spend time on the quiet-space detail too. The convention leaves room for interviews and for people who need a quieter session away from the main crowd. The examples are strong. Shane Hensley and Ross Babcock come up as guests whose presence turns the event into something more memorable because listeners can play the games with the people who made them. That part feels personal. The conversation settles on the kind of one-a-year experience a hobby fan remembers, the sort you choose carefully because it is that good. The back half stays conversational. David answers the show's seven questions, and the episode closes with the kind of practical hobby chat that sounds like people thinking out loud at the table.

As heard by us

Restaurant talk, a solid Finspan discussion, and a Tremendocon segment that stays practical and specific.

The episode settles into a loose two part rhythm. Rick and Andrea move from the usual event chat to restaurants they have been enjoying or looking forward to, then shift into Finspan and land on a simple point: it feels closer to a board game with card game mechanics than to a…

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You want a hobby show that starts with restaurants and then shifts into Finspan and Tremendocon.

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