In our thirty first episode of BungleTech I am back in the command seat and accompanied by the effervescent Michael as we go dark and dive as deep as we can into BattleTech Gothic. Our Honourable Patreon Supporters MechWarriors: Canaan McKenna, Ed Magilton, Fiddler, HeyZeus, Lorian Sunrider, Malathis, MetalEd, Phil Raider Roby, Slurski Lispers Technicians: Blunderdome, Chris Cannon, DarkTremere, Dire Situation, Keflyn, Klint, Matthew Hopper, ML8211, Seth WhiteFox, Zemer Bondspersons: Fullmetal G...
Jun 27, 2025•1 hr 40 min•Season 3Ep. 6
In our thirtieth deployment of BungleTech, my spheroid self Michael will be running the show because my clanner co-host Nathan is away this month. But fortunately I am joined by our friend and frequent opponent Paul! A talented and well-traveled demo-agent who knows a thing or two about what it’s like bringing new players into the game, and more importantly what kinds of bungles they make! Paul also shares with us a story of extremely rapid immolation on the battlefield and I will read a clip of...
May 27, 2025•1 hr 18 min•Season 3Ep. 5
In our twenty ninth deployment of BungleTech my spheroid co-host Michael and I share some updates in our extraordinary proclamation segment, before we take a moment to appreciate the registered tables in the Global Campaign initiative. Taking a look at who is playing, why they're playing, and what their playing! Our Honourable Patreon Supporters Loremasters: RetroLazer MechWarriors: Canaan McKenna, Ed Magilton, Fiddler, HeyZeus, Lorian Sunrider, Malathis, MetalEd, Phil Raider Roby, Slurski Lispe...
Apr 27, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Season 3Ep. 4
In our twenty-eighth deployment of BungleTech my spheroid co-host Michael and I are joined by Sean Murry from SARNA as we discuss why Bad 'Mechs are the Best 'Mechs in our Primary Topic segment, before talking about a few rule mistakes Sean has been making on the Alpha Strike table in our Rule Check Discovery segment, and in our Extraordinary Proclamation segment we share a few exciting announcements regarding the Global Campaign Initiative as we welcome new members to Clan Kodama. Our Honourabl...
Mar 27, 2025•1 hr 16 min•Season 3Ep. 3
In our twenty-seventh deployment of BungleTech my spheroid co-host Michael and I dodge our standard format as we officially launch the Global Campaign Initiative. We take a few moments to walk you through the details of how to get involved as we discuss our fresh off the presses release of the Operations Manual. Our Honourable Patreon Supporters Bondspersons: Eric Dacus, G, Gus, Hilux, Rob Prescott Technicians: Blunderdome, Chris Cannon, DarkTremere, Dire Situation, Klint, Matthew Hopper, Michae...
Feb 27, 2025•55 min•Season 3Ep. 2
In our first deployment of season 3 of BungleTech, Michael and I throw some shade as we scientifically and irrefutably determine the most controversial BattleTech opinion in our primary topic, we discuss a minor and common rule mistake we see on the table regarding the Minimum Range band in our rule check discovery segment, and we then read the story Ace Darwin and the Battle of the Beer Fridge written by James Bixby. Get those flamers juiced up MechWarriors, its time to burn the world down! Our...
Jan 27, 2025•3 hr 30 min•Season 3Ep. 1
In our twenty fifth deployment, we break away from our regular format and deep dive community creator proclamations with our legendary guest BigRed40Tech. Our Honourable Patreon Supporters Bondspersons: Eric Dacus, G, Gus, Hilux, Rob Prescott Technicians: Blunderdome, Chris Cannon, DarkTremere, Dire Situation, Klint, Matthew Hopper, Michael Shelley, Ryan Fletcher, Sandman, Seth WhiteFox MechWarriors: Ed Magilton, Fiddler, HeyZeus, Lorian Sunrider, Malathis, MetalEd, Phil Raider Roby Loremasters:...
Dec 27, 2024•1 hr 35 min•Season 2Ep. 13
In our twenty fourth deployment of BungleTech my spheroid co-host Michael and I are once again both privileged and honoured to be joined by the rule master himself Keith Hann from Catalyst Game Labs as we review the results of Episode 22's BungleTest, we share some BungleTech news in our extraordinary proclamation segment, and relish the tricky death from above attack leveraged by a Spider against an Axman in our battlefield outcome report. Our Honourable Patreon Supporters Bondspersons: Eric Da...
Nov 27, 2024•2 hr 4 min•Season 2Ep. 12
In our twenty-third deployment of BungleTech my spheroid co-host Michael and I discuss our Global Campaign Initiative we are brainstorming that we want you to participate in, we welcome some new members into Clan Kodama in our extraordinary proclamation segment, we discuss a hugeeeeeee rule mistake we were making with PSRs in our rule check discovery segment, and read Bad 'Mechs - Champion written by the syrupy Sean at SARNA. Our Honourable Patreon Supporters Bondspersons: Eric Dacus, G, Gus, Hi...
Oct 27, 2024•1 hr 14 min•Season 2Ep. 11
In our twenty-second deployment of BungleTech my spheroid co-host Michael and I discuss and share our Bodacious BattleTech Bungle Questionnaire named the BungleTest as we put the question to you of 'How Bungle proof are we all really?', in our extraordinary proclamation segment we formally change the name of our bungling clan as we welcome new members to it and announce the official name of our totem 'Mech the Bungler, in our battlefield outcome report breakdown the devastating destruction of ou...
Sep 27, 2024•1 hr 18 min•Season 2Ep. 10
In our twenty-first deployment of BungleTech my spheroid co-host Michael and I take a detour from our regular variety format as we share some news in our Extraordinary Proclamation segment and then deep dive the creation process we just leveraged when designing our logo Mech; the Bungler! Our Honourable Patreon Supporters Bondspersons: Eric Dacus, Hilux Technicians: Dire Situation, Klint, Matthew Hopper, Michael Shelley, Ryan Fletcher, Sandman, Seth WhiteFox MechWarriors: Gus, Lorian Sunrider, M...
Aug 27, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Season 2Ep. 9
In our twentieth deployment of BungleTech my spheroid co-host Michael and I are honoured to be joined by the Creative Director of BattleTech Randall Bills as we discuss Operation Reunification and the BattleTech narrative experience on the table, we welcome a few new members to our clan in our extraordinary proclamation segment, discuss a spicy heat mistake Randall was making in the days or yore, and read a sample of Deep Curtains found in Empire Alone. Our Honourable Patreon Supporters Bondsper...
Jul 27, 2024•1 hr 45 min•Season 2Ep. 8
In our nineteenth deployment of BungleTech my spheroid co-host Michael and I are joined by Denham Hardman from the MechBay podcast as we talk martial arts in the BattleTech universe, we share the ominous tale of some brash enough to face the Black Marauder in our battlefield outcome report, chat about a few different rule mistakes including one our wise guest had been making, and read a sample of BattleTech Legends selected by our Loremasters in our stories of the inners sphere segment. Our Hono...
Jun 27, 2024•1 hr 58 min•Season 2Ep. 7
In our eighteenth deployment of BungleTech my spheroid co-host Michael and I discuss a few situations when losing initiative is actually winning, we reflect on the epic Vibro Mine trap we encountered in a recent game in our battlefield outcome report, discuss an engine critical hit mistake I am relatively confident only we have made, and read a short story from BattleTech Legends written by Randall N. Bills. Our Honourable Patreon Supporters Bondspersons: Hilux Technicians: Dire Situation, Klint...
May 27, 2024•1 hr 40 min•Season 2Ep. 5
In our seventeenth deployment of BungleTech my spheroid co-host Michael and I take some time to step back and reflect on the reviews our podcast has garnered so far and what they mean to us, we regale on the hot death of a Catapult in our battlefield outcome report, and discuss a recent strategic bungle we made on the table. Our Honourable Patreon Supporters Technicians: Dire Situation, Gus, Matthew Hopper, Ryan Fletcher, Seth WhiteFox MechWarriors: Caleb Edward, Lorian Sunrider, MetalEd Loremas...
Apr 27, 2024•1 hr 24 min•Season 2Ep. 4
In a special episode of INN Boots on the Ground, Nathaniel Smithson takes a break from his battlefield reporting and interviews famed holovid producer Jason Hansa regarding his newest risque creative exploit scheduled for release across the Inner Sphere next year.
Apr 01, 2024•12 min
In our sixteenth deployment of BungleTech my spheroid co-host Michael and I are joined by Constantin from Hired Steel as we talk well… we talk about a LOT, we share some interesting clarifications from our last episode in our extraordinary proclamation segment, reflect on the Classic BattleTech mistakes Hired Steel's pilots were making on the battlefield, and read The Great UrbanMech Uprising written by Eric Salzman. Our Honourable Patreon Supporters Technicians: Dire Situation, Gus, Klint, Ryan...
Mar 27, 2024•2 hr 40 min•Season 2Ep. 3
In our fifteenth deployment of BungleTech my spheroid co-host Michael and I savour the flavour of BattleTech as we share our favourite flavour text excerpts from the BattleMech Manual and Campaign Operations, we highlight the absurdity of a recent Solaris VII tournament in our Battlefield Highlight, discuss both a targeting and critical hit mistake that made units so much harder to kill, and read a excerpt from Behind the Stick written by Jason Hansa. Segment Start Times Extraordinary Proclamati...
Feb 27, 2024•1 hr 50 min•Season 2Ep. 2
In this episode we are joined by the voice of BattleTech, as defined by Tren Sparks, Tex as we chat about what it is that makes Tex tick, we spend some time sharing our BattleTech New Years resolutions, get a little weird in our Battlefield Outcome Report, discuss an engine and walking mistake, and read a sample of the short story Flying Kites by Daniel Isberner. Let's start this New Year out right MechWarriors, hop into the hot seat, and get ready for a bumpy ride! Segment Start Times Extraordi...
Jan 27, 2024•2 hr 13 min•Season 2Ep. 1
In our thirteenth deployment of BungleTech my spheroid co-host Michael and I take a detour in the spirit of the season and share our appreciation for all those across the BattleTech community that have made an impression on our journey so far, we offer some exciting and equally strange ideas to bring the party back to Classic BattleTech, and read an excerpt from A Fox on Galatea by Bryan Young. This is it MechWarriors, your official BungleTech Holiday Special let us pray to Kerensky it does not ...
Dec 29, 2023•1 hr 36 min•Season 1Ep. 13
In our twelve deployment of BungleTech my spheroid co-host Michael and I are joined by Lynnvander Studios as we talk BattleTech Aces and AI on the BattleTech table, we share some BungleTech news in our extraordinary proclamation segment, relish the vicious kill of a Warhammer by a Shrike in our Battlefield Outcome Report, reflect on a woods cover rule our venerable guest had been making, and read a sample collection from Operation Lancaster by Devon Ramsey and Donald Butler. Our Honourable Patre...
Nov 24, 2023•1 hr 50 min•Season 1Ep. 12
In our eleventh deployment of BungleTech we are back to our regular format starting off with my spheroid co-host Michael and I reviewing the results of our INSERT YOUR NAME HERE's BattleTech Favourites survey, we regale on an epic Cyclops sniper shot in our Battlefield Outcome Report, discuss a recently discovered OMEGA bungle, read a sample from the Marauder Anthology by Lance Scarinci, and share a quick special announcement in our extraordinary proclamation segment. --- We are now on Patreon! ...
Nov 17, 2023•2 hr 53 min•Season 1Ep. 11
In our tenth deployment of BungleTech we are doing something extra special. I took some time recently to reach out to all active BattleTech podcast content creators to chat and I heard back from the vast majority of them. This episode consists of sharing these interviews, interwoven with a little intellectually sensual treat from my spheroid co-host Michael. Due to the total length of these interviews, we will be taking a break from our other regular segments which will return in glory in Episod...
Sep 26, 2023•4 hr•Season 1Ep. 10
In our ninth deployment of BungleTech my spheroid co-host Michael and I take a journey through our Favourite BattleTech things as we walk through a comprehensive list of our most loved well… everything, return to our battlefield outcome report with the cautionary tale of a Jenner IIC that thought it could but really couldn't, stand tall and proclaim how we recently became conscious of our consciousness roll mistakes, and read a sample from the emotional short story Undefeated written by Giles Ga...
Aug 31, 2023•2 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 9
In our eighth deployment of BungleTech my spheroid co-host Michael and I are joined by one of the legendary voices of BattleTech Tren Sparks as we discuss storytelling in the BattleTech Universe, we deviate from our BattleField Report with something extra special, take a moment to discuss a variety of mistakes keeping us jumping around like fools, and read the short story Run, Locust, Run by Westin Riverside. So sit back, sip a cocktail of Necrosia, and relax for this deployment MechWarriors, we...
Jul 24, 2023•1 hr 46 min•Season 1Ep. 8
In our seventh deployment of BungleTech my spheroid co-host Michael and I are joined by roleplaying extraordinaire Dante as we discuss our experiences roleplaying in the BattleTech universe, highlight an insane Death From Above moment, take a look at a shared misconception on piloting checks that helped keep us out of the muck, discuss the results of our BattleTech Initiative Deck survey, and read a sample from Clan Wolverine: A Shattered Sphere Sourcebook written by our guest Dante Abbey. Crank...
Jun 27, 2023•1 hr 39 min•Season 1Ep. 7
In our sixth deployment of Bungletech my spheroid co-host Michael and I are joined by the Precentor Martial of the BattleMech Manual, Keith Hann, as we have an in-depth discussion on this amazing BattleTech resource, in our Battlefield Outcome Report highlight the plight of a poor pitiful Piranha, in our Rule Discovery segment discuss how our rule mistakes regarding water had us splashing around in the 'Mech kiddie pool, and read a sample of the short story Protector of the Blood by Charles Gide...
May 29, 2023•2 hr 2 min•Ep. 6
In our fifth deployment of BungleTech my spheroid co-host Micheal and I take a deep dive into my true love, the Battletech Initiative Deck, and talk about our top 4 picks for most broken and most useless initiative cards, in our Battlefield Outcome Report highlight a vengeful kill on a Victor, talk about an order of operations mistake we have been making with artillery, and read a sample of the short story The Plowshare by D.G.P. Rector. Get down and take cover MechWarriors, cause those longtom ...
Apr 26, 2023•1 hr 34 min
In our fourth deployment of BungleTech we wrap up the journey through our mad minds by explaining the hidden objectives we leverage in our game modes, regale on an absolutely destroyed Mad Dog in our Battlefield Outcome Report, discuss a falling mistake that led to some comical results, and read a sample of the short story Tales from the Cracked Canopy: Blind Arrogance. Mechwarriors, lock those machine guns on rapid-fire and get prepped to embrace the heat, this deployment is gonna get hot. --- ...
Apr 04, 2023•1 hr 17 min
In our third deployment of BungleTech we take some time to break down our radical, and probably not balanced, house game modes, report on an epic attack by Aidan Pryde in our Battlefield Outcome Report, talk about a critical rule mistake that led to some whacky on the table outcomes, and read a sample of the short story Airs Above the Ground by Jason Hansa. Hold down those triggers Mechwarriors, and get those PPCs charged up, this deployment is gonna be a blast! --- We are now on Patreon! Want t...
Mar 20, 2023•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 3
