Short Rest - Skaldova Ep. 6: The Solar Knights

Skaldova is honestly rivaling Eldermourne for my favorite NADDPOD setting. Love the more grim settings mixed with you guys' humor

Anyone who wants to think more about bog bodies should read The Bog Queen by anna north btw

I've never heard "bog standard" - is it something we don't have in the Bay Area? Like Shoneys and Friendly's?

I love that they helped the pig up the elevator just for it to still be trapped underground lol

Surprise round hypothetical at the end of this is so funny to me, I’m missing two teeth (plus my wisdom teeth) so I would probably tearfully thank the dentist and slide them a $20

This isn't in the short rest or skaldova collections

Emily and Caldwell really just swapped their characters from C1 with boggy and wellie

I had no idea that Roy Rogers was a restaurant. I only have known it as a coke with grenadine, named for the actor (similar to ordering an Arnold Palmer or a Shirley Temple). I'm maybe a year younger than the 2 Crew, but my only association with the upside-down clown ice cream cone is from the play fake food/grocery collection that my grandma had for us to play with.

You don't want to walk into a cranberry bog, unless you like 1,000s of wolf spiders climbing on you.

My whole life I lived right next to the Friendly’s HQ in Mass

Guys you forgot to put this one in the Skaldova collection

I couldn't find thus episode on the short rest collection list. Is there a glitch or just in a different collection?

Shoney's HASHBROWNS

As someone from the Midwest I have no idea what these restaurants are

I hereby dub someone puking in a kitchen sink is called Murphing up in my home life

Oh, we NEED more than 4 more episodes of Skaldova, PLEASE!

Shoney's sounds so much like Ponderosa, which was this really cheap restaurant in my small Canadian hometown. My dad took me and my brother there at least once a week because it was less than $5 per person for unlimited access to the salad bar. It was big news when they added an ice cream machine in the 90's.

You DO NOT want to walk through cranberry bogs. The first question they ask new workers is: "Are you okay with spiders?" This is because when the cranberry fields are flooded, all the spiders in the field are flooded as well, and when you walk through, they climb on you in an attempt to get to safety. And some of them are HUGE. I had a friend who worked in cranberry fields for a few summers.

The three times I went to Baskin Robbins as a kid I ended up puking all over myself and my seat in the family car. I can enjoy ice cream, just not BR. But I was a very vomit prone kid and now just a slightly vomit prone adult.

As someone who also grew up in middle Tennessee, Caldwell's simultaneous defense and slander of Shoney's is so real 😂😂😂 I'm literally crying while laughing at him describing the buffet. But, Shoney's breakfast buffet > salad buffet, no question.

The Jake’s mustache discourse had me in tears 😭😭😭

In high school my theater program did this fundraiser where we folded little boxes for free tile samples. The tile warehouse company paid (donated?) like $0.25 a box.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVcOIlITUR8 this is zudric hahhaa

At 37:28 jake makes a snippy remark at Caldwell that his Baskin Robins experience is not like the friendly’s experience, but the premade cakes Caldwell is talking about IS friendlys brand. Wrongful razzing

It's like the old Mitch hedberg joke, they did not have to separate them with me I would have been ok with one long curvy tooth

Do not let them erase the Fribble!

Murph's struggle between taking shots at parties with his friends and possibly throwing up because of his stomach problems. I felt that! And I'm with you Murph, I had the same issue.

WA state here, NEVER heard of ANY of these restaurants

Cranberry bogs are often full of spiders who protect the berries from other bugs

Have you guys ever considered doing a talk show again different character characters like bagging it with Balnor

Former warehouse worker here and I have to say personally I prefer 24 x 14 x (18 or 14) size boxes. But that's just personal preference I think all other boxes are valid!

Don’t forget about the massive amount of spiders that live in cranberry bogs

Gonna call my mom and ask for all my baby teeth back.

Shout out to diners after children concerts! Harbor House after Orchestra concerts for me

listening to this while working my warehouse job was a bit spiritual tbh

In Hebrew the word “Roah” can apply to either the wind or a ghost/spirit. So you are not the first ones to see the connection 🤔

All bogs of Skaldova should have the effects of gentle repose on dead bodies!

So Friendly's definitely still exists, but they closed a ton of them across New York state several years ago. They also stopped serving the Tuna melt, which is an affront to God and man alike, but last I checked they still served Fishamajigs so it's not a total loss

CW arachnophobia Cracking up at Emily talking about wanting to go in a cranberry bog. The people who work in those make *tons* of money specifically because those bogs are riddled with wolf spiders for natural pest control. You absolutely could not pay me enough 😭

What a missed opportunity to say the phrase "mouth feel" over and over and over and over and over

Warms my heart to hear how panicked Jake was saying he only wanted to do 4 eps total and is now proposing the idea of a multiple arc campaign :,) YOU ROCK YOU DUNGEON BABY

The sheer outrage in Murph's "WHAT?!" after Emily told him to say a Hail Mary 😂

lol Caldwell comparing a womb to Shrek’s swamp

That's how "bee boxing" was invented.

Fun fact cranberry farms are absolutely and I mean absolutely saturated with spiders 🕷

So my Dad ran a few Friendly's so I worked in several from 12 to 18 which would be mid 90s early 00s.. The difference between a Fribble and a milk shake at that time is Malt. You add it to the Fribble. I believe it's changed now and while the ice cream is still great the food is not great. Let's just say you wouldn't need a shot to fill a sink. Fun fact met my wife working at one.

Growing up in Tennessee I feel Caldwell's confusion with these local chains deeply. Shoutout Shoney's, a guy proposed to my mom on the way to a Shoney's breakfast buffet once by telling her to pull the ting out of his glovebox and he couldn't wait til they arrived (she said no).

You can't defend Shoney's. Leave Tennesseans alone.

Very funny to listen to this while cutting down cardboard boxes to turn them into cat scratchers

You fought zombies in campaign 1, the widow had buff chosen zombies

I love this campaign. I know Jake low balled himself for a short one, but I'd really love him to keep going!

Hey, I don't know the best place to ask this, but would it be possible to get collections of the short rests for each campaign? I'm relistening to c1 and it's nearly impossible to fine the correlating short rests.

Caldwell, the Shoney's breakfast bar kicked ass!

The Fribbles were good, but I was a sucker for the Friend z. Specifically the birthday cake friend z. It had blue icing and sprinkles in it, and the waitress who took out order would say it was made of Smurphs and that the sprinkles were their bones.

good to see Shoney’s hate is good and alive. i’m from SC and only remember it being Not Good

Caldwell needs to talk to Brennan about Shoney's

2:32 Can’t forget those fencers, those people drown in feints

I used to have to assemble big heavy duty cardboard boxes with a giant, foot pedal activated stapler at an old warehouse job. It was awesome.

Also, I had a Christmas party once where a friend got super drunk. He went to the bathroom and threw up...in the sink! Despite the toilet right next to him. He clogged it and and the weight of the puke totally busted the p-trap underneath covering the whole floor with puke water. Good times.

As a New Englander, where Friendly's originated, I was so excited for this discussion. Fribble was a superior milk shake and they still have fantastic sundaes.

As someone who has had to recite countless decades of the rosary for masses in my life, never have I been more jealous of Emily not knowing what they are!

For sure done want this crew to be over. The dynamic is so fun, the characters are so cool, and the world building is so great. It’s one of the best things the 2 crew has done since Hot Boy Summer

Can confirm, friendly’s still slaps

As a Canadian, it never ceases to amaze me how many regional restaurant chains exist in the US.

I'm a million percent on Caldwell's side y'all. Shoney's reeked of mediocrity and uncomfortable interactions with family.

Idk why, because Skaldova is the dreariest world they’ve played in - but I see so much of this campaign in my head in a studio Ghibli style. Certain moments like getting the giant boar onto the elevator feel straight out of Spirited Away.

As a Tennessean, I will not stand for Shoney's slander! They had an amazing breakfast buffet and you could get all the proteins that you wanted and no one was going to look at you weird! We're lacking in true buffet options now!

Shoney's salad bar was SOLID. Two types of homemade ranch that any 5 year old could freely ladel onto their lettuce, croutons, ham and cheese salad. Caldwell, know your worth.

It is very important to me that you know that "bog standard" comes from early meccano sets which came in "box standard" and "box deluxe" Box standard became bog standard in cocky slang, meaning normal and basic, while box deluxe became "the dogs bollocks" meaning the best

The New Jerseyan in me is compelling me to remind everyone that the cranberry bogs employ wolf spiders as natural pest control. So if you go in when they're flooded you go in with waders, you're the tallest thing around, so the wolf spiders will climb you to get out of the water and sometimes get in your waders. Also, the cranberry bogs have water moccasins which are a mean snake. So wade at your own risk

I LOVED FRIBBLES!

Nah, unlawful razz on Caldwell. Facial hair differences are HIGHLY recognizable. I'm convinced - without seeing Jake - the difference was noticeable enough that Caldwell had the cajones to give it props and love for the ever changing nature of his friend Jake... A love that Murph and Em missed out on appreciating! Solid (and uncommon!) L for Murph and Em! But y'all gave him appropriate razzing on the Friendly's vs Baskin Robbins cone head treat 😢

I used to love a Fribble (former friendlys employee and left that job to work at a Brighams Ice Cream Shoppe ~ OMG the drama 😂)

Please please please after this arc create more for this trio to play through, Cake. I would love to see more in this world and more from those weirdos

“Its a personality flaw” absolutely SENT me

Mr. Conehead. Truly an exceptional frozen treat for any age.

Agreed Emily. The bottom of lakes are no good. But! Cranberry bogs are full of spiders! Often cranberry harvesters will just become covered in spiders.

I once puked in a clear restaurant cup at my table in front of everyone. I think it still had beer in it too so it almost overflowed.

I have definitely puked in a sink in uni after a shot that didn't go down well.

Caldwell is really showing his Tennessee not knowing Friendly's. The day our small NY town's Friendly's closed is the day the Monster Sundae Died.

I feel ya Murph! I've done the same on a pub crawl and had to puke into the men's room urinal when the only stall was occupied. And separately, also a bathtub when a buddy was actively sitting on his own toilet... I've Hailed my Marys for both occurrences.

I was so excited to run here and tell Emily she could bake her dice in the upcoming solar eclipse tomorrow morning... only to find out that it's only going to be visible here on the east coast of the US :/

Since getting used to braces and then used to not braces took awhile (so much weird tonguing my teeth), adding extra teeth would be a sensory nightmare, Emily is correct.

The bottom of lakes scaring you is wild, my guy lol

Shoutout friendlys, miss the game controller shaped kids menu

I knew Fribble!

I think these are my favorites short rests where they just go off on random ass shit that i 100% relate to lol

shout-out to the ladies' room in Loretta's Last Call on Lansdowne St in Boston, the last place I ever drunkenly threw up in a sink.

Just wanna say -- y'all inspired me to read The Bright Sword, and it was SO GOOD! Great rec and very fun to read alongside this campaign. 👏

I can't stand this Shoneys slander. Their breakfast buffet was top tier. If you needed to go as a kid you at least had a great coloring page, decent kids meals, and a solid desert bar.

Just wanna say - Cranberry bogs are FULL of spiders. So you probs don’t want to explore one. 😅 they use them for natural pest repellent

I live down the street from a Friendly’s right now - CT shout out!

Did Murph say “wuder waders” or “what’re waders” New Jersey you’ve done it again

hearing jake’s “goofus and gallant” reference felt like two live wires touching in my brain

My town had a Friendly's, a Roy Rogers, AND a Shoney's

Long time listener here, but only recently have I caught up to the feed. It feels so nice to hear yall on fridays, like a weekly hang out with friends. I miss having nonstop episodes to listen to

God I miss Friendly’s

I’m literally building boxes right now 🔥

Next time you're in a UK pub you can say "excuse me mate, where are the bogs"

I love Fribbles so much

is went through generations im 23 and i remeber the post baseball ice cream face

Hell Yeah Friendly’s appreciation! Love that place

Fuck yes I fucking loved fribles!!!

Idk why but for me the imagery of the tooth column was 100x worse than the DS talk from a while ago😂

This still haunts me: I did a Jell-O shot and sneezed at the same time. I tried to hold it back and ended up blowing the jello right into my friends face, because of course we were in a friend circle in the kitchen. I was beyond embarrassed. The girl I splattered was so kind but I’m still living it down 35 years later!! I am old

Ok that’s twice: to be fairrrrr

Is Skaldova just a one arc thing? I'm loving it I'd gladly follow this crew through 100 episodes. I

we still have a shoney’s! the big things are the desserts. you want a tin roof sundae OR the strawberry pie. for new year’s eve there’s a breakfast buffet that starts at 12:30 am with a trough of scrambled eggs and bacon strips. it’s truly a nightmare.

Idk what happened but somehow I was on the exact same page as Murph and thought Emily wore the Ghostbusters House for Halloween and had to relisten because I was sure she had said it. But no, Murph just inceptioned me somehow

Core Friendly's memories unlocked

Tooth cathedral of bone? You mean a flossuary?

Wait till they find out about the spiders on cranberry bogs

I only started listening at the end of 2023, so Ive was playing catch up until the last few eps of campaign 3, and I’m so used to immediately having more episodes to listen to that I genuinely got sad when this one ended😭 I’m doing a re-listen though, bc I didn’t have the short rest the first time around, so I can still go back there :)

Jake hurwitz Wikipedia page has the full beard lmao!

When the tooth question moves to surprise round, can we spice the scenario up by having framed Tom Cruise posters on the dentist's operation room's wall? 😆

“that guy can fill a sink” jesus christ, guys 🤣

goofus and gallant, oh my god the highlights references 😩✨

Both my Brothers worked at Friendly's at the mall before it Closed Emily is very correct

DRAGONS are probally myth/religion based on the discorvery of Dinosaurs bones so wilma coexisting with a dragon ....

I used to Be a Butcher's apprentice but now im a "Meat Cutter" and work in a ware house and assemble/build boxes all the

As a kid I was really psyched anytime a buffet had bircher muesli. I never had it at home so it was really cool and novel

Wind is ghosts+hurricanes with lady names= Poltergusts

The further we get into Skaldova the more convinced I become that Jake was built in a lab to play and run Chaosiums Pendragon TTRPG, the arthurian knights RPG. Great EP

My mom has extra teeth removed because the dentist wanted to give the assistant more practice. At least thats what shes told me.

Ms axeford please look up cranberry spiders

One of the fastest uploads to episode ratio, you spoil me.

The oldest known bog body is the Koelberg Man! The skeleton dates back to around 8000 BC. The oldest "fleshed" bog body is the Cashel Man which is dated around 2000 BC... Fun Facts about bog bodies!

I'm absolutely loving lorelei and the laser eyes! Great recommendation! I'm 50 percent of the way through but I'm kind of...extremely stuck and could use some help (gonna post as a reply so it doesn't spoil anything)

A same evening short rest? Too bad it's time for my long rest 😭

dude...its so sweet of yall to releaze it same night. I completely forgotten and its such a nice surprise

Two in one night. What a treat.