Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome back to well not really another episode of the Goblin Lore Podcast! So we had a planned episode that had to be pushed due to illness. Which reminded us that it's a good time to just mention the holidays/winter. This was done by Alex and (oh yeah) new co-host Taya [https://twitter.com/tayatranscends]!! Taya has been on the show multiple times in the past and was previously a host of the Loregoyfs. This was announced last week, you should go check it out!

Again we would like to state that Black Lives Matter [https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/]

We also are proud to have partnered with Grinding Coffee Co [https://twitter.com/grindincoffeeco] a black, LGBT+ affiliated and owned, coffee business that is aimed at providing coffee to gamers. You can read more about their mission here [https://grindingcoffee.co/pages/about-us]. You can use our partner code [https://grindingcoffee.co/?ref=GOBLINLOREPODCA] for discounted coffee!

We also finally have a Linktree [https://linktr.ee/GoblinLore] with all of our discounts/resources

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As promised, we keep Mental Health Links available every episode. But For general Mental Health the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) [https://nami.org/Home] has great resources for people struggling with mental health concerns as well as their families. We also want to draw attention to this article [https://www.nami.org/blogs/nami-blog/october-2017/9-ways-to-fight-mental-health-stigma] on stigma from NAMI's site.

If you’re thinking about suicide or just need someone to talk to right now, you can get support from any of the resources below.

 * National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: [https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/] 988
 * Veteran's can Press 1 at anytime to be taken to the Veteran's Line
 * Crisis Text Line: [https://www.crisistextline.org/] Text HOME to 741-741
 * International suicide hotlines [http://www.suicide.org/international-suicide-hotlines.html]: A comprehensive resource list for people outside the US.
 * IMAlive [https://www.imalive.org/]: Click Chat Now to access a live online network of volunteers through instant messaging.
 * TrevorLifeline, TrevorChat, and TrevorText (LGBTQ+ crisis support) [https://www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help-now/]: 1-866-488-7386, or text “Trevor” to 1-202-304-1200
 * Trans Lifeline [https://www.translifeline.org/] (US): (877) 565-8860

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Opening and closing music by Wintergatan (@wintergatan [https://twitter.com/wintergatan]). Logo art by Steven Raffael (@SteveRaffle [https://twitter.com/SteveRaffle])

Goblin Lore is proud to be presented by Hipsters of the Coast, and a part of their growing Vorthos content – as well as Magic content of all kinds. Check them out at hipstersofthecoast.com [https://www.hipstersofthecoast.com/]

Episode 169: Annual reminder that the holidays are here (and they have initiative)

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome back to another episode of the Goblin Lore Podcast! Today Alex and Hobbes have a very exciting announcement. The Goblin Lore Podcast is growing with the addition of the uber-talented and eloquent Taya [https://twitter.com/tayatranscends]!! Taya has been on the show multiple times in the past and was previously a host of the Loregoyfs. She joins Alex and Hobbes today (and moving forward) to discuss Goblin... Listen it seemed fitting

Again we would like to state that Black Lives Matter [https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/]

We also are proud to have partnered with Grinding Coffee Co [https://twitter.com/grindincoffeeco] a black, LGBT+ affiliated and owned, coffee business that is aimed at providing coffee to gamers. You can read more about their mission here [https://grindingcoffee.co/pages/about-us]. You can use our partner code [https://grindingcoffee.co/?ref=GOBLINLOREPODCA] for discounted coffee!

We also finally have a Linktree [https://linktr.ee/GoblinLore] with all of our discounts/resources

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As promised, we keep Mental Health Links available every episode. But For general Mental Health the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) [https://nami.org/Home] has great resources for people struggling with mental health concerns as well as their families. We also want to draw attention to this article [https://www.nami.org/blogs/nami-blog/october-2017/9-ways-to-fight-mental-health-stigma] on stigma from NAMI's site.

If you’re thinking about suicide or just need someone to talk to right now, you can get support from any of the resources below.

 * National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: [https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/] 988
 * Veteran's can Press 1 at anytime to be taken to the Veteran's Line
 * Crisis Text Line: [https://www.crisistextline.org/] Text HOME to 741-741
 * International suicide hotlines [http://www.suicide.org/international-suicide-hotlines.html]: A comprehensive resource list for people outside the US.
 * IMAlive [https://www.imalive.org/]: Click Chat Now to access a live online network of volunteers through instant messaging.
 * TrevorLifeline, TrevorChat, and TrevorText (LGBTQ+ crisis support) [https://www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help-now/]: 1-866-488-7386, or text “Trevor” to 1-202-304-1200
 * Trans Lifeline [https://www.translifeline.org/] (US): (877) 565-8860

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Opening and closing music by Wintergatan (@wintergatan [https://twitter.com/wintergatan]). Logo art by Steven Raffael (@SteveRaffle [https://twitter.com/SteveRaffle])

Goblin Lore is proud to be presented by Hipsters of the Coast, and a part of their growing Vorthos content – as well as Magic content of all kinds. Check them out at hipstersofthecoast.com [https://www.hipstersofthecoast.com/]

Episode 168: NEW HOST ALERT! NEW HOST ALERT!

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome back to another episode of the Goblin Lore Podcast! Today it's Hobbes's turn to be solo and he had no clue what to do so he asked all of you... Thanks to Dan [https://twitter.com/Swole_Dan] we found our topic. How did Hobbes get into psychology. This episode uses Andy Zupke [https://twitter.com/AndyZupke]'s profile [https://commandersherald.com/portrait-of-an-edh-mind-hobbes/] of Hobbes to ask the important question. When/Why/How did Hobbes spark?

Again we would like to state that Black Lives Matter [https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/]

We also are proud to have partnered with Grinding Coffee Co [https://twitter.com/grindincoffeeco] a black, LGBT+ affiliated and owned, coffee business that is aimed at providing coffee to gamers. You can read more about their mission here [https://grindingcoffee.co/pages/about-us]. You can use our partner code [https://grindingcoffee.co/?ref=GOBLINLOREPODCA] for discounted coffee!

We also finally have a Linktree [https://linktr.ee/GoblinLore] with all of our discounts/resources

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As promised, we keep Mental Health Links available every episode. But For general Mental Health the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) [https://nami.org/Home] has great resources for people struggling with mental health concerns as well as their families. We also want to draw attention to this article [https://www.nami.org/blogs/nami-blog/october-2017/9-ways-to-fight-mental-health-stigma] on stigma from NAMI's site.

If you’re thinking about suicide or just need someone to talk to right now, you can get support from any of the resources below.

 * National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: [https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/] 988
 * Veteran's can Press 1 at anytime to be taken to the Veteran's Line
 * Crisis Text Line: [https://www.crisistextline.org/] Text HOME to 741-741
 * International suicide hotlines [http://www.suicide.org/international-suicide-hotlines.html]: A comprehensive resource list for people outside the US.
 * IMAlive [https://www.imalive.org/]: Click Chat Now to access a live online network of volunteers through instant messaging.
 * TrevorLifeline, TrevorChat, and TrevorText (LGBTQ+ crisis support) [https://www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help-now/]: 1-866-488-7386, or text “Trevor” to 1-202-304-1200
 * Trans Lifeline [https://www.translifeline.org/] (US): (877) 565-8860

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Opening and closing music by Wintergatan (@wintergatan [https://twitter.com/wintergatan]). Logo art by Steven Raffael (@SteveRaffle [https://twitter.com/SteveRaffle])

Goblin Lore is proud to be presented by Hipsters of the Coast, and a part of their growing Vorthos content – as well as Magic content of all kinds. Check them out at hipstersofthecoast.com [https://www.hipstersofthecoast.com/]

Episode 167: How Hobbes Sparked

Hello Podwalkers! Today Alex is joined by Amy and Hunter of Two Shrinks Pod [https://twitter.com/TwoShrinksPod], and Dan [https://twitter.com/MightyMegatron0] of Leftover Army Monster podcasts in our first major collaboration with the Fireside Alliance [https://www.firesidealliance.com/], to discuss the Civilization video game series (turn based strategy games where your goal is to bring a civilization from a single city to global dominance through any of a number of different types of victories).  This wide ranging conversation includes topics around problematic elements in a game that is supposed to represent real history to some degree, and more technical aspects. There is also general goofiness and fun stories/favorite strategies.  While this episode does not discuss Magic elements, the topics of community and mental health are present.  It’s a fairly big departure from our normal topics, but was a way to higlight collaboration with other creators who are part of the Fireside Alliance. We hope y’all enjoy it! 

Again we would like to state that Black Lives Matter [https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/]

We also are proud to have partnered with Grinding Coffee Co [https://twitter.com/grindincoffeeco] a black, LGBT+ affiliated and owned, coffee business that is aimed at providing coffee to gamers. You can read more about their mission here [https://grindingcoffee.co/pages/about-us].

We also finally have a Linktree [https://linktr.ee/GoblinLore] with all of our discounts/resources

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As promised, we keep Mental Health Links available every episode. But For general Mental Health the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) [https://nami.org/Home] has great resources for people struggling with mental health concerns as well as their families. We also want to draw attention to this article [https://www.nami.org/blogs/nami-blog/october-2017/9-ways-to-fight-mental-health-stigma] on stigma from NAMI's site.

If you’re thinking about suicide or just need someone to talk to right now, you can get support from any of the resources below.

 * National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: [https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/] 988
 * Veteran's can Press 1 at anytime to be taken to the Veteran's Line
 * Crisis Text Line: [https://www.crisistextline.org/] Text HOME to 741-741
 * International suicide hotlines [http://www.suicide.org/international-suicide-hotlines.html]: A comprehensive resource list for people outside the US.
 * IMAlive [https://www.imalive.org/]: Click Chat Now to access a live online network of volunteers through instant messaging.
 * TrevorLifeline, TrevorChat, and TrevorText (LGBTQ+ crisis support) [https://www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help-now/]: 1-866-488-7386, or text “Trevor” to 1-202-304-1200
 * Trans Lifeline [https://www.translifeline.org/] (US): (877) 565-8860

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Opening and closing music by Wintergatan (@wintergatan [https://twitter.com/wintergatan]). Logo art by Steven Raffael (@SteveRaffle [https://twitter.com/SteveRaffle])

Episode 166: Civilizations with the Fireside Alliance

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome back to another episode of the Goblin Lore Podcast! Today Alex is solo and talking about a topic that's been on his mind recently, trying to find a balance in hobbies to help mitigate burnout.  This topic is relevant to a lot of hobbies, including Magic, and Alex touches on that briefly, but does mostly talk about this topic in the context of returning to World of Warcraft: Classic recently.  That game is the main focus of this episode, though Alex did try to keep it high level enough folks who don't play that game should be able to follow along

Again we would like to state that Black Lives Matter [https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/]

We also are proud to have partnered with Grinding Coffee Co [https://twitter.com/grindincoffeeco] a black, LGBT+ affiliated and owned, coffee business that is aimed at providing coffee to gamers. You can read more about their mission here [https://grindingcoffee.co/pages/about-us]. You can use our partner code [https://grindingcoffee.co/?ref=GOBLINLOREPODCA] for discounted coffee!

We also finally have a Linktree [https://linktr.ee/GoblinLore] with all of our discounts/resources

____________________________________________

As promised, we keep Mental Health Links available every episode. But For general Mental Health the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) [https://nami.org/Home] has great resources for people struggling with mental health concerns as well as their families. We also want to draw attention to this article [https://www.nami.org/blogs/nami-blog/october-2017/9-ways-to-fight-mental-health-stigma] on stigma from NAMI's site.

If you’re thinking about suicide or just need someone to talk to right now, you can get support from any of the resources below.

 * National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: [https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/] 988
 * Veteran's can Press 1 at anytime to be taken to the Veteran's Line
 * Crisis Text Line: [https://www.crisistextline.org/] Text HOME to 741-741
 * International suicide hotlines [http://www.suicide.org/international-suicide-hotlines.html]: A comprehensive resource list for people outside the US.
 * IMAlive [https://www.imalive.org/]: Click Chat Now to access a live online network of volunteers through instant messaging.
 * TrevorLifeline, TrevorChat, and TrevorText (LGBTQ+ crisis support) [https://www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help-now/]: 1-866-488-7386, or text “Trevor” to 1-202-304-1200
 * Trans Lifeline [https://www.translifeline.org/] (US): (877) 565-8860

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Opening and closing music by Wintergatan (@wintergatan [https://twitter.com/wintergatan]). Logo art by Steven Raffael (@SteveRaffle [https://twitter.com/SteveRaffle])

Goblin Lore is proud to be presented by Hipsters of the Coast, and a part of their growing Vorthos content – as well as Magic content of all kinds. Check them out at hipstersofthecoast.com [https://www.hipstersofthecoast.com/]

Episode 165: Bringing Balance to the Hobbies

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome back to another episode of the Goblin Lore Podcast! Today Hobbes and Alex say congrats to Hipsters of the Coast on reaching 10 years of producing content... This celebration happened awhile ago... But us being us... we're a little late. Also the idea was to do a top 10  (which Alex and Hobbes did not tell each other anything about their lists) and of course we talked for almost two hours so this is ummmm the second half of our lists... but only kind of because we actually did 6 things last week...

Again we would like to state that Black Lives Matter [https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/]

We also are proud to have partnered with Grinding Coffee Co [https://twitter.com/grindincoffeeco] a black, LGBT+ affiliated and owned, coffee business that is aimed at providing coffee to gamers. You can read more about their mission here [https://grindingcoffee.co/pages/about-us]. You can use our partner code [https://grindingcoffee.co/?ref=GOBLINLOREPODCA] for discounted coffee!

We also finally have a Linktree [https://linktr.ee/GoblinLore] with all of our discounts/resources

____________________________________________

As promised, we keep Mental Health Links available every episode. But For general Mental Health the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) [https://nami.org/Home] has great resources for people struggling with mental health concerns as well as their families. We also want to draw attention to this article [https://www.nami.org/blogs/nami-blog/october-2017/9-ways-to-fight-mental-health-stigma] on stigma from NAMI's site.

If you’re thinking about suicide or just need someone to talk to right now, you can get support from any of the resources below.

 * National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: [https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/] 988
 * Veteran's can Press 1 at anytime to be taken to the Veteran's Line
 * Crisis Text Line: [https://www.crisistextline.org/] Text HOME to 741-741
 * International suicide hotlines [http://www.suicide.org/international-suicide-hotlines.html]: A comprehensive resource list for people outside the US.
 * IMAlive [https://www.imalive.org/]: Click Chat Now to access a live online network of volunteers through instant messaging.
 * TrevorLifeline, TrevorChat, and TrevorText (LGBTQ+ crisis support) [https://www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help-now/]: 1-866-488-7386, or text “Trevor” to 1-202-304-1200
 * Trans Lifeline [https://www.translifeline.org/] (US): (877) 565-8860

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Opening and closing music by Wintergatan (@wintergatan [https://twitter.com/wintergatan]). Logo art by Steven Raffael (@SteveRaffle [https://twitter.com/SteveRaffle])

Goblin Lore is proud to be presented by Hipsters of the Coast, and a part of their growing Vorthos content – as well as Magic content of all kinds. Check them out at hipstersofthecoast.com [https://www.hipstersofthecoast.com/]

Episode 164: More of our Top 10?

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome back to another episode of the Goblin Lore Podcast! Today Hobbes and Alex say congrats to Hipsters of the Coast on reaching 10 years of producing content... This celebration happened awhile ago... But us being us... we're a little late. Also the idea was to do a top 10  (which Alex and Hobbes did not tell each other anything about their lists) and of course we talked for almost two hours so this is ummmm half of our lists... we think...

Again we would like to state that Black Lives Matter [https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/]

We also are proud to have partnered with Grinding Coffee Co [https://twitter.com/grindincoffeeco] a black, LGBT+ affiliated and owned, coffee business that is aimed at providing coffee to gamers. You can read more about their mission here [https://grindingcoffee.co/pages/about-us]. You can use our partner code [https://grindingcoffee.co/?ref=GOBLINLOREPODCA] for discounted coffee!

We also finally have a Linktree [https://linktr.ee/GoblinLore] with all of our discounts/resources

____________________________________________

As promised, we keep Mental Health Links available every episode. But For general Mental Health the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) [https://nami.org/Home] has great resources for people struggling with mental health concerns as well as their families. We also want to draw attention to this article [https://www.nami.org/blogs/nami-blog/october-2017/9-ways-to-fight-mental-health-stigma] on stigma from NAMI's site.

If you’re thinking about suicide or just need someone to talk to right now, you can get support from any of the resources below.

 * National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: [https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/] 988
 * Veteran's can Press 1 at anytime to be taken to the Veteran's Line
 * Crisis Text Line: [https://www.crisistextline.org/] Text HOME to 741-741
 * International suicide hotlines [http://www.suicide.org/international-suicide-hotlines.html]: A comprehensive resource list for people outside the US.
 * IMAlive [https://www.imalive.org/]: Click Chat Now to access a live online network of volunteers through instant messaging.
 * TrevorLifeline, TrevorChat, and TrevorText (LGBTQ+ crisis support) [https://www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help-now/]: 1-866-488-7386, or text “Trevor” to 1-202-304-1200
 * Trans Lifeline [https://www.translifeline.org/] (US): (877) 565-8860

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Opening and closing music by Wintergatan (@wintergatan [https://twitter.com/wintergatan]). Logo art by Steven Raffael (@SteveRaffle [https://twitter.com/SteveRaffle])

Goblin Lore is proud to be presented by Hipsters of the Coast, and a part of their growing Vorthos content – as well as Magic content of all kinds. Check them out at hipstersofthecoast.com [https://www.hipstersofthecoast.com/]

Episode 163: Top 5 of our Top 10s

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome back to another episode of the Goblin Lore Podcast! We wanted to let everyone know that September is Suicide Awareness/Prevention Month. As promised, we keep Mental Health Links available every episode. But For general Mental Health the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) [https://nami.org/Home] has great resources for people struggling with mental health concerns as well as their families. We also want to draw attention to this article [https://www.nami.org/blogs/nami-blog/october-2017/9-ways-to-fight-mental-health-stigma] on stigma from NAMI's site.

On today's episode we have the triumphant return of Chase [https://twitter.com/ManaCurves] after too long of an absence. We are also joined by returning guest Reinhardt [https://www.thereinhardtexperience.com/about] as the four Goblins attempt to tackle Impostor Syndrome. The cast previously discussed this topic way back in Episode 59 [https://zencastr.com/z/D0Od0FPS] through the lens of Tiana. Alex and Hobbes felt that this topic needed a revist and more perspectives. Also giving Chase the reins means we get more tangential video clips [https://youtu.be/1tO0QV6VYu4] to watch!

Again we would like to state that Black Lives Matter [https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/]

We also are proud to have partnered with Grinding Coffee Co [https://twitter.com/grindincoffeeco] a black, LGBT+ affiliated and owned, coffee business that is aimed at providing coffee to gamers. You can read more about their mission here [https://grindingcoffee.co/pages/about-us]. You can use our partner code [https://grindingcoffee.co/?ref=GOBLINLOREPODCA] for discounted coffee!

We also finally have a Linktree [https://linktr.ee/GoblinLore] with all of our discounts/resources

____________________________________________

If you’re thinking about suicide or just need someone to talk to right now, you can get support from any of the resources below.

 * National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: [https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/] 988
 * Veteran's can Press 1 at anytime to be taken to the Veteran's Line
 * Crisis Text Line: [https://www.crisistextline.org/] Text HOME to 741-741
 * International suicide hotlines [http://www.suicide.org/international-suicide-hotlines.html]: A comprehensive resource list for people outside the US.
 * IMAlive [https://www.imalive.org/]: Click Chat Now to access a live online network of volunteers through instant messaging.
 * TrevorLifeline, TrevorChat, and TrevorText (LGBTQ+ crisis support) [https://www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help-now/]: 1-866-488-7386, or text “Trevor” to 1-202-304-1200
 * Trans Lifeline [https://www.translifeline.org/] (US): (877) 565-8860

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Opening and closing music by Wintergatan (@wintergatan [https://twitter.com/wintergatan]). Logo art by Steven Raffael (@SteveRaffle [https://twitter.com/SteveRaffle])

Goblin Lore is proud to be presented by Hipsters of the Coast, and a part of their growing Vorthos content – as well as Magic content of all kinds. Check them out at hipstersofthecoast.com [https://www.hipstersofthecoast.com/]

Episode 162: Impostors Are We

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome back to another episode of the Goblin Lore Podcast! We wanted to let everyone know that September is Suicide Awareness/Prevention Month. As promised, we keep Mental Health Links available every episode. But For general Mental Health the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) [https://nami.org/Home] has great resources for people struggling with mental health concerns as well as their families. We also want to draw attention to this article [https://www.nami.org/blogs/nami-blog/october-2017/9-ways-to-fight-mental-health-stigma] on stigma from NAMI's site.

On today's episode Hobbes has to eat crow (not the literal bird but I mean maybe he should...). Over the past couple of years Hobbes has been known to rant about Squee and comments that Squee has been done dirty. Well with Dominaria United, our lovable friend Squee (and his toy) get their own story [https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/death-and-salvation-2022-08-16]. We were fortunate enough to have Dan Sheehan [https://twitter.com/ItsDanSheehan] (the writer of this storye and also the cohost of the Commander Sphere [https://twitter.com/CommandSphere] podcast) stop by and talk about the responsibility of creating the world around Squee.

Again we would like to state that Black Lives Matter [https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/]

We also are proud to have partnered with Grinding Coffee Co [https://twitter.com/grindincoffeeco] a black, LGBT+ affiliated and owned, coffee business that is aimed at providing coffee to gamers. You can read more about their mission here [https://grindingcoffee.co/pages/about-us]. You can use our partner code [https://grindingcoffee.co/?ref=GOBLINLOREPODCA] for discounted coffee!

We also finally have a Linktree [https://linktr.ee/GoblinLore] with all of our discounts/resources

____________________________________________

If you’re thinking about suicide or just need someone to talk to right now, you can get support from any of the resources below.

 * National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: [https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/] 988
 * Veteran's can Press 1 at anytime to be taken to the Veteran's Line
 * Crisis Text Line: [https://www.crisistextline.org/] Text HOME to 741-741
 * International suicide hotlines [http://www.suicide.org/international-suicide-hotlines.html]: A comprehensive resource list for people outside the US.
 * IMAlive [https://www.imalive.org/]: Click Chat Now to access a live online network of volunteers through instant messaging.
 * TrevorLifeline, TrevorChat, and TrevorText (LGBTQ+ crisis support) [https://www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help-now/]: 1-866-488-7386, or text “Trevor” to 1-202-304-1200
 * Trans Lifeline [https://www.translifeline.org/] (US): (877) 565-8860

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Opening and closing music by Wintergatan (@wintergatan [https://twitter.com/wintergatan]). Logo art by Steven Raffael (@SteveRaffle [https://twitter.com/SteveRaffle])

Goblin Lore is proud to be presented by Hipsters of the Coast, and a part of their growing Vorthos content – as well as Magic content of all kinds. Check them out at hipstersofthecoast.com [https://www.hipstersofthecoast.com/]

Episode 161: SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome back to another episode of the Goblin Lore Podcast! We wanted to let everyone know that September is Suicide Awareness/Prevention Month. As promised, we keep Mental Health Links available every episode. But For general Mental Health the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) [https://nami.org/Home] has great resources for people struggling with mental health concerns as well as their families. We also want to draw attention to this article [https://www.nami.org/blogs/nami-blog/october-2017/9-ways-to-fight-mental-health-stigma] on stigma from NAMI's site.

On today's episode Hobbes is joined by Sheldon Menery [https://twitter.com/SheldonMenery] the Godfather of EDH. As many may know Sheldon has been in a battle with cancer for going on 6 years. Hobbes and Sheldon discuss how this can affect his ability to engage in Magic, any changes in his relationship with the game and the community as well as the concept of legacy. We discuss acceptance and the concept of intentionality and engagement. Finally Sheldon encourages people to come to the RC Discord [https://discord.com/invite/commander], the best place to find him these days.

Again we would like to state that Black Lives Matter [https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/]

We also are proud to have partnered with Grinding Coffee Co [https://twitter.com/grindincoffeeco] a black, LGBT+ affiliated and owned, coffee business that is aimed at providing coffee to gamers. You can read more about their mission here [https://grindingcoffee.co/pages/about-us]. You can use our partner code [https://grindingcoffee.co/?ref=GOBLINLOREPODCA] for discounted coffee!

We also finally have a Linktree [https://linktr.ee/GoblinLore] with all of our discounts/resources including the fact that Hobbes is now a Brand Amabassador for Quiver

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If you’re thinking about suicide or just need someone to talk to right now, you can get support from any of the resources below.

 * National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: [https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/] 988
 * Veteran's can Press 1 at anytime to be taken to the Veteran's Line
 * Crisis Text Line: [https://www.crisistextline.org/] Text HOME to 741-741
 * International suicide hotlines [http://www.suicide.org/international-suicide-hotlines.html]: A comprehensive resource list for people outside the US.
 * IMAlive [https://www.imalive.org/]: Click Chat Now to access a live online network of      volunteers through instant messaging.
 * TrevorLifeline, TrevorChat, and TrevorText (LGBTQ+ crisis support) [https://www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help-now/]: 1-866-488-7386, or text “Trevor” to 1-202-304-1200
 * Trans Lifeline [https://www.translifeline.org/] (US): (877) 565-8860

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Episode 160: The Grandfather... ermmmmmm Godfather of EDH

A Magic:The Gathering podcast that sometimes talks about characters, lore and
story, but always centers the community and mental health.