Lovely Bird Friend : What’s New @ the Table (Patreon)

Goblin sexuality. Did I want this to be the newsletter title? Of course. But I could never do that to your inboxes, dear readers. Last week we took a holiday break from Perpetua, but released five whole episodes of Side Story looking back on some of the varied interesting gaming experiences we’ve had this year.

Jack and Austin discussed Earthborne Rangers, a card-based co-op tabletop game that evokes the breadth and vibrancy of open world videogames like Breath of the Wild.

Sylvi shared the baffling ins and fascinating outs of PS1-era rpg Moon with Jack. And, of course, explained Love.

I sat down with Keith and Austin to revisit Pokemon Legends: Z-A and talk about the long-held itches it manages to scratch, and the ones it doesn’t.

Related: Keith, Andrew and Art got together to chat about nostalgia and revisiting games from years (even decades) past.

For the final Side Story year-end podcast we dug deep into Blue Prince and the pleasure of earning a Fun Little Surprise, and Horses–pleasureless, disquieting beasts…

You are not startled by the sights and sounds of their bones. 🙂 In addition to all of that, $5+ patrons got a special Christmas present this year: Realis 16 - Out of the Burning City Pt. 3!

We are all English French tonight. In the mood for a little post-holiday intrigue? A little blood in your belated New Year's day mimosa, even? Last week we streamed the ashcan version of The Locked Room Murder Mystery Game (and even I think they overdid it on the names this time.)

Bonus! It’s 2026 Friends at the Table Bingo! I’ve been seeing a lot of folks making prediction bingo cards for the new year, so i couldn’t help but ask everyone in the cast to contribute some ideas for things that could possibly happen in 2026 both in Perpetua and within Friends at the Table as a whole. Play along throughout the year and let us know which squares you manage to mark off!