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We’re so glad you enjoyed Hint!, our four-part murder mystery game. In this fireside chat, we answered some of your burning questions… and yes, Aabria kept trying to flambé them.

And you might be wondering... what’s next? Well… we’ll give you a hint: something spooooOooOky this way comes.

We’ve got all sorts of tricks, treats, and surprises planned. Thanks for joining us by the fireside.

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hewhocutsdown

This mini series went way harder than it had any right to. You have inspired me and I'm now running a game of Wield using Monopoly pieces as objects of power.

Sven the Scribe

It was Taylor, on the Patreon, with the Fireside

Claytron

The talking heads link gave me a nice giggle

Jackie

I made a baked alaska with my aunt last winter! Very fun but sugar overload

Forsythe

22 minutes in, Aabria & Erika talk over each other & I can’t make out what either of them says. Can anyone help me out?

Bex

Hostile But Kind: the energy I aspire to every day

mary o donoghue

Me, an Irish person, listening to this: 😦

Zack

The moment at 22:11? Aabria says 'To be clear, she wasn't sad that he did it' and Erika starts to say 'when did you guys...' but doesn't finish the sentence.

CarpeBootium

How do we get Brennan a Almond Snickers bar? He's not himself when he's hangry.

CarpeBootium

Also, thank you for making the Ame to Professor Plum comparison because I felt that as soon as Lou did his monologue of I wasn't always a nice man. That had so much the "Be Kind" energy.

The Wizard Seeker

And he murdered his nemesis: the guy who made ProTools

BestWorseCaseScenario

Hehe - Looking up the price of Clue FX... yeah... i'm willing to put down some money into whoever wants to purchase it... (crowdfund our way into season 2!)

Taylor Adee

Brennan is wrong. It’s pronounced Reesees

Anyo

I'll have some Eem-a-Neems with my Tweaks and Sneakers. They melt in your hand, not in your mouth.

Anyo

I finally googled Baked Alaska. I thought it was a fish dish, like Alaskan pollack. Everything is so much more clear to me now but also more questions. Lol

Jane

I can’t believe I’m the first person to clock this, but… Well, actually, “Murphy bed” isn’t a slur! They’re simply named after their inventor. They’ve also always been more expensive than regular beds, so it being a term for something related to poor Irish households wouldn’t track. Sorry Brennan! ❤️

Rachael

Biggest dumper isn't Mrs. Peacock?! Smh

Rachel Yadlowski

Love that Brennan broke everybody with Tweaks and Sneakers bars. Then had to rip cord out of the episode 😂

Katrina Patrick

It is 100% pronounced the way Brennan said it. And than you Brennan for standing up for the truth, the way the others were saying it hurt my ears, lol.

Eric

My question! Hurray!

Eric

Also: I, pronounce Reese’s the same as Brennan. (And I have a corgi named Rhys.)

EligorRigby

I need to voice my solidarity with Aabria about saying "Reese-ees Piece-ees."

Lauren

shout out to my fellow hive mind members!

ScoutHooligan

Thank you Brennan for being the voice of logic on Reese's. it's a cup THAT BELONGS TO REESE! It's Reese's cup.

Anyo

Skootles Taste the...carpet?

blue

it's on fire!

Nathan Armstrong

Thank you, Brennan! I’ve never been able to grasp peoples’ mispronunciation of Reese’s. Especially in reference to the little bits. There is precisely one way to say the word Pieces

Nathan Gold

Re: dump truck, cASSidy Green was sitting right there!! You know they called him Cass the Ass around the dorms!

Julianne Hughes

No one expects the Spanish Inquisition....or Lou Wilson!

Christina Eichorn

No effing way aabria was born the same year Clue came out.

brokenallbroken

I loved the full LARP of it all within the Clue frame, and loved the 84 endings in the finale mirroring the multiple endings of the movie. Which classic board game is next?

Alyssa

Aabria is 100% correct, it’s Reese’s and Reese’s pieces (pee-sees) Much like Suvi, she has never been wrong and continues to never be wrong!!!

Lulu

Reese's vs Reesees is becoming as contentious as the debate of; are hot dogs sandwiches, and I'm delighted by the silliness ❤️

GC

Taylor: lightning round: FMK Nuendo Reaper ProTools: go

GC

Yes, just excellent work all around. I would like once more to nominate Snakes and Ladders

The Wizard Sojourn

Alright, who's sending clue fx to the gang? If you're sending clue fx, you have to disclose

The Wizard Sojourn

Chiming in- totally pro Reesees peecees, bc culture, but unfortunately for Aabria it's still a Reese's cup from me

SoZettaSlow

After Brennan was talking about it being crazy that you could win Clue by figuring out you did the murder, I had a vivid memory of this being in the old SNES clue game. I googled it and found a YouTube video of all possible endings. The characters catching themselves starts at about 10 minutes in. https://youtu.be/fdnedgTwZyc?si=JGFFKeAM1Q2cUczm

Heather Jackson

I eat Reese's Cups exactly the same way as Aabria. Except I never had a dog to share the peanut butter puck with. But yeah. Chomp the ridges on the outside and then peel the chocolate slats off the top and bottom and bonus points if you got the rings off in one go. I also eat kit kats in an unhinged way. Cheers! lol

The Wizard Swift

I have never felt more vindicated in my life finding out Brennan shares my passion for the correct pronunciation of "Reese's"

Beanz

Me too! I always picture a big pink fish laid out. I guess I'm tying it to "Alaskan salmon." Even though I know nothing about that fish either. But I do know I'm wrong any time "baked Alaskas" come up. So I make it a fish shaped cake in my head instead. 🤷‍♀️

Beanz

I'm so glad Aabria mentioned Itsa Winner Baby. I just relistened to the County Affair and noticed the other Rutherford. Will there be a grand tradition of shitty Rutherfords?

The Pompous Peasant

yus? is it teh mystery of touchinh funny style and teh whotenast is rku up brennans little tiny soooo lolol;lok

RahneFace

RE: Aabria and Reese's, that's how I eat kitkats, I flay the chocolate off 😂

Tina Cassell

Brennan is right. It's pounced Reese-is.

mguin

Great minds! If we weren't meant to eat them by the layer why do they have layers?

Jestmessy

Love that this fireside on just desserts ends with Brennan championing justice for Reese’s pieces desserts. LMAO

Alyssa

Brennan, you laud the whimsy of 3-way intersections yet admonish the whimsy of my good bitch Reese and his pieces? For shame!

~lex valentine, Witch of the Waivering Gender

Listen, whether you flay or not, whether you think to flay the chocolate is herecy or not, it matters not. Because we all must come together now to hold Brennan accountable for the act of MURDER he committed at the end there. I mean God damn, talk about abusing Host-to-guest power dynamics -- the way he RIPPED into his "friend" Aabria, then gave himself a social out by going "and thats all for today folks!" Truly, it astonishes me, your honor.

Artificer _

I was operating under the assumption that the reason someone can win clue by guessing themself if they are the killer is that, in universe, they clean up all the clues so it can't be pinned back to them and they get off scott free. I don't think there's literally any basis for this assumption though

Alyssa

Same for me but with 3 Musketeers 😂 it’s so much better flayed!!

Honest Dice

Please do Oreo cookies next… please please please! I need to know.

Benedict Lelijveld

Was the Jockey from a County affaire related to the victim? Or just a fun coincidence?

Matt Thackray

Holy crap my question got asked!?!? Amazing! Just like this episode, golly gee. I will say, though, there was a fearful moment there where I thought that Mrs. White might have poisoned Mr. Body before he got attacked and her locking them in the room during the fire was her way of cleaning up loose ends. So happy that the panic induced imaginings did not come to pass! I like Ms. White too much.

Hex Sharpe

BRENNAN IS RIGHT AND HE SHOULD SAY IT. "Reesies Piecies" is an abomination, what is wrong with all of you.

Alyssa

I HAVE CLUE FX!!! Now I just have to figure out how to get it to Erika…🤔

Carter Milius

Just here to say Brennan is correct!! It is Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup, not Reese’ees🙂‍↔️

mary o donoghue

Follow up to the Reese’s conversation, anyone from Europe/UK/Ireland know Crunchies? I eat the chocolate around the edges and eat the honeycomb as its own separate bite - it makes me feel like a beaver or other woodland beast

Beanz

"My good bitch Reese and his pieces" deserve better than the likes of us.

Beanz

The few sentence exchange between Green and Plum: "then I killed 2 men this night, it seems." ::chuckle:: "You did." Brief but powerful. I feel that moment in my gut, even though the game is comical. But how was the fate of the will decided in the end? I'll admit I was surprised that Cassidy was successful. Btw, the use of "imagination fighting" needs to become part of my vocabulary.

Reid Bathgate

I really want to say how much I enjoyed this miniseries. You all nailed it with creating such fleshed out characters and backstories based entirely on board game pieces. Absolutely outstanding.

Gabriel Graywood

Anyone else just realize that a baked Alaska isn't baked salmon? >.<

GC

No coincidences, no loose ends

GC

That's the Lou Wilson short space campaign, right? Before Aabria's long one?

Ellie

Wait, Murphy beds *weren’t* invented by someone named Murphy? My world is permanently altered by this knowledge.

Jayfeather

genuinely, when aabria locked the door i fully thought she was trying to kill everyone else to cover things up for her reputation. i’d forgotten she didn’t really have a reason to do that

TreVorpalSword

Just finished listening and I only have one question... Was Hint short for Hintgomery?

Noda

I've learned so much about American food since YouTube's algorithm introduced me to Brennan about 3 years ago...

Olivia

Here is me, gettin in the comments to say yes Brennan is right about the Reece’s pronunciation. (He started yelling and I’m programmed like Pavlov’s dog to do so when that happens)

The Witch of the Wandering Ways

I hope when it's Erika's turn to do a long campaign it's Monopoly inspired and each episode is about a round of the game. We see one PC purchasing land, one PC visiting one of the other's property, and one PC that has been stuck for four episodes trying to escape prison. Normally this concept would flop but I have faith in their abilities to make any concept shine

Nathan Tunell

For once it appears Brennan was wrong, they seem to be named after William Lawrence Murphy, president of the Murphy Bed and Door Company.

Luke Hampshire

I'd like to imagine Brennan's mini Reese(e)'s Rant at the end is just an in-world conversation that actually occurred later between Green and Plum

Alyssa

CLUE FX HAS BEEN DELIVERED TO ERIKA!!! 🔍 I gave it to them last night and it was the nicest ding-dang interaction 😭 A-CLUE-CLUE

Stephanie

Aabria’s found her siblings, I guess. And the oldest one is a very pale redhead who won’t beat “reesees” out of her but he will have a very stern talk about it. Also, he’s right, it’s very clearly Reese’s.

Myles Lee

Justice for Brennan and the correct pronunciation of Reese's

Beanz

I appreciate every person who said this. There doesn't seem to be many of us but I still love us. I wonder if it's a pun from a cartoon or something we just embedded.

Trevor Sion

“Baked Alaska” would be a great title

Thezoz

Aabriya Iyengar: GUARDIAN DEITY OF YOUR GAMING TABLE!

Miyaa

I just saw the TikTok video!

Peej Peej

THIS WAS SO FUCKING GOOD HOLY FUCKING SHIT ERIKA

Tallulah M.E. Grey

My family’s Agatha Christie headcanons: Miss Marple is a Time Lord, and Poirot is ALWAYS THE MURDER.

Candlelighter

I very confidently told my mom about this and *then* fact-checked it... egg on my face, but I really did trust Brennan

Ellie

I don’t know why, but I feel so relieved. I’ve never even seen a real Murphy bed in person, but this still makes me feel so much better. Thank you!

Claire Wilson

LOL, as someone with Irish grandparents on both sides, raised Catholic in the west of Scotland, I fully clutched my pearls to hear someone say what Brennan said at 21:03. I haven't been called that since '96!

Saoirse

Y'all did such a great job with this one. I put off listening to it for ages since it was outside of Umora, but I absolutely loved it. Such a satisfying, funny, and narratively compelling execution of a classic murder mystery, with great critical engagement with the time period and power dynamics and that cast chemistry we know and love.

Uncle Arson

It should go without saying that I was especially pleased by the climax of this episode.

Ro Lara

Im a bit high and hearing Aabria and Erika call it reesies was making me question my sanity

Aviva

Chalk one up for the Fenian hordes.

Aviva

And only the most daring co-eds.

Aviva

I will fight you.

Aviva

Amazing. I forgive you—and only you—for Reesee and his piecies.

Taylor Adee

After 2 months your comment had me real worried for a second lol. But let’s fight! I have oldest daughter energy and I’m not afraid to use it

Alyssa

😂 I also gave Aabria and Erika each a Reese’s cup shaped like a pumpkin because they are CORRECT! Reesees and Reesees pee-sees for life!

kelsey laughs

I submit to the midnight society for the sign off, “A Clue Clue, Grackle Grackle” - grackle being a type of blackbird whose collective noun is “a plague of grackles.”

Ari Yovel

Does this fireside chat have a transcript? There's a couple jokes that I can't quite parse on sound alone.

JustAlilBonsi

I HAVE won a game of Clue by guessing myself before; It was I! Colonel Mustard!