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Game of Groans

Emily Bateman and Kate Koballa

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Emily Bateman, a millennial woman who never got into Game of Thrones, finally sits down to watch and analyze each consecutive episode of the popular HBO show. With the help of her sister, Kate Koballa, and sometimes a guest, Emily tries to figure out what the heck is going on in the show, why it was so popular at the time and who is actually going to win the game of thrones (if there actually is a winner at the end).
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We seek out great indie-published fantasy and discuss magical philosophy. Every week we'll recommend a book and on Monday we'll review it.Join the book club and discover well-written, original, and exciting works of fiction by independent authors.
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The Rift

Kate Bateman

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A steampunk, monster-hunting adventure through Victorian England and the surrounding Universes. It's steampunk Victorian England and monsters are invading the otherwise peaceful balls and tea parties. The Baroness, gutsy and eccentric, funds a team of monster hunters that include her brother, a scholar who recently found out he was the father of a teenager, her protegee, a young scientist whose mother wants her to spend more time flirting than tinkering with machines, and her man-servant Gun ...
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This week on Game of Groans, Emily and Kate are joined by Andrew Kimball from Your Friendly Neighborhood Gamers to talk about Episode 2 of Season 1, The Rogue Prince. They discuss Westeros small claims court, sea carnage, too many council meetings, the movie adaptation Rampage, and the confusing title sequence. Additionally, Emily doesn't believe t…
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This week on Game of Groans, Emily and Kate are joined by Eliah Nelson from Super Bracket Bros to talk about House of the Dragon Episode 1 of Season 1, The Heirs of the Dragon. They discuss weird vibes, good CGI dragons, too many council meetings, really bad communicators, GOT nostalgia, big Jorah energy, and that Daemon is the Hot Topic Targaryen.…
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This week on Game of Groans, Emily and Kate list everything they collectively know about House of the Dragon before starting to watch the series. They discuss the Aryan race of Game of Thrones, Hot Fuzz, British actors and incest. Additionally, Kate explains why she didn't want to watch HOTD originally, and they both make a large prediction about t…
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This week on Game of Groans, Emily and Kate react to listener voicemails and then take some Game of Thrones character quizzes. They discuss bad acting from Bran, Vin Diesel, that chapter books should have numbered chapters, love gets everyone killed in GOT, an Olenna Tyrell backstory would be dope, and that super villains never have good lives. Add…
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This week on Game of Groans, Emily and Kate talk about The Last Watch, the HBO Max Documentary. They discuss spoilers for Frozen 2, table read politics, actors on Cameo, the heroes of the documentary, the dope wrap jackets, the sad looking Ghost head and how stressed everyone was. Additionally, Emily really has come around on Kit Harrington as a pe…
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This week on Game of Groans, Emily and Kate talk about Game of Thrones as an entire series, Emily's prior "knowledge" of GOT, as well as some links and videos pertaining to GOT. They discuss Kit Harrington and Rose Leslie's wedding, the Coldplay Game of Thrones Musical, practical effects and sets, vaguely European accents, murder butterflies and pl…
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This week on Game of Groans, Emily and Kate talk about the series finale Episode 6 of Season 8, The Iron Throne. They discuss the short recap, the happiest Dany has ever looked, red flags, dramatic irony, evil dictator vibes, democracy, Tyrion’s joke from season 1, what happened to Arya’s horse, that the episode didn’t feel like a finale, renting V…
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This week on Game of Groans, Emily and Kate are joined by Jay Davis from Super Bracket Bros to talk about Episode 5 of Season 8, The Bells. They discuss Hunchback of Notre Dame, the reserve Dothrakis, aggressive dog breeds, Arya’s concussion count, Rotten Tomatoes scores, unnecessary scenes, copy-pasted ships, the Oberyn special, closure vs neat li…
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This week on Game of Groans, Emily and Kate are joined by Andrew Kimball from Your Friendly Neighborhood Gamers to talk about Episode 4 of Season 8, The Last of the Starks. They discuss that winter has ended, Mean Girls, loose ends that don’t need to be wrapped up, giant horses, how Jon would be a good house husband, Dany’s tiny army, the Starbucks…
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This week on Game of Groans, Emily and Kate are joined by Nav from A Song of Ice and Fire Symposium to talk about Episode 3 of Season 8, The Long Night. They discuss the lack of dialogue, if GOT were a horror movie, Breaking Bad, sad piano music, Beric's crucifixion pose, Marvel's Endgame, and the Unsullied not wearing enough layers. Additionally, …
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This week on Game of Groans, Emily and Kate are joined by close friend Sarah Sheppard to talk about Episode 2 of Season 8, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. They discuss how people respond when doom is inevitable, fast travel, "peak" Cersei, Bridgerton, closure for Jorah, Tiktok fan edits, Jaime being bad a plans, where Ghost came from, face acting, …
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This week on Game of Groans, Emily and Kate talk about Episode 1 of Season 8, Winterfell. They discuss episode length for the final season, the Fast and Furious movies, a well-done recap, Euron's manic confidence, Jon not knowing how to talk to girls again, the Saw movies, all of Bran's weird eye contact and Cersei needing just one female friend. A…
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This week on Game of Groans, Emily and Kate are joined by Andrew Kimball from Your Friendly Neighborhood Gamers to talk about Episode 7 of Season 7, The Dragon and the Wolf. They discuss this being the longest episode to date, Jaime's puppy-dog eyes, Godzilla's atomic breath, beautiful music design, speed-running character growth, satisfying deaths…
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It's time once again for the Super Bracket Bros, The Friendly Neighborhood Gamers, Game of Groans, and The Wait For It podcast to gather around a holiday topic and argue about it. This year the gang aims to find out what the best Christmas song of all time is. It goes about as well as you would expect... Check out the playlist of songs that were de…
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This week on Game of Groans, Emily and Kate are joined by Dylan Wren from Your Friendly Neighborhood Gamers podcast to talk about Episode 6 of Season 7, Beyond the Wall. They discuss inconsistent body-counts, a lovestruck Tormund, how fast ravens can fly, Dany's second amendment rights, Arya having big feelings, and the deus ex machina of Uncle Ben…
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This week on Game of Groans, Emily and Kate are joined by Eliah Stokes from Super Bracket Bros to talk about Episode 5 of Season 7, Eastwatch. They discuss weird little guys, fast travel, the goth season, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, fantasy tropes, wholesome dude energy, operation zombie drop, Jon’s horse girl moment, Varys drinking wine, Arya’s lac…
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This week on Game of Groans, Emily and Kate are joined by Allison to talk about Episode 4 of Season 7, The Spoils of War. They discuss Stranger Things, Dany's pride, that this show still hates horses, Sansa can't fight her own battles, Davos correcting grammar, Stark kid reunions, murder daggers, and therapy. Additionally, Emily realizes she is in …
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This week on Game of Groans, Emily and Kate are joined by Sarah Sheppard to talk about Episode 3 of Season 7, The Queen’s Justice. They discuss Dragon House comparisons, Varys's comfy coat, Ocean's Eleven, the goth season of GOT, fast travel, post-murder blowjobs, Cersei friend-zoning Euron, the definition of backchannel, and getting tetanus from t…
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This week on Game of Groans, Emily and Kate are joined by Emily’s husband Chase Bateman to talk about Episode 2 of Season 7, Stormborn. They discuss Melisandre’s prophecy, who the Warden of the South is, Chase not taking notes, a giant crossbow, Euron embodying chaotic evil, Umbrella Academy, that Dragonstone would be full of mold, that it’s very d…
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Kate and Orland discuss Will's aversion to romance, the morality of sacrificing one for the many, and snarky voices in our heads. Thank you Will Wight for the great ride! A couple announcements: First, we apologize for the late release! We will be pushing back our backlog by one month to give each of these books the time they deserve. Second, we ar…
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This week on Game of Groans, Emily and Kate about Episode 1 of Season 7, Dragonstone. They discuss Season 7 hype, the Barbie movie, ED SHEERAN, Sam and Gilly’s rent, shaved heads, Little Caesar’s Pizza, Breath of the Wild, Jim Broadbent’s acting career and zombie movie logic. Additionally, Emily is conflicted about her attraction to Jaime, Kate que…
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This week on Game of Groans, Emily and Kate are joined by Nav from A Song of Ice and Fire Symposium to talk about Episode 10 of Season 6, The Winds of Winter. They discuss the amazing soundtrack, Cersei being a bad mom, Sweeney Todd, the Targaryen flag, Broadchurch, Dany’s breakup and Emily’s death predictions for Season 6. Additionally, Emily cons…
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This week on Game of Groans, Emily and Kate are joined by Eric Silver from Join the Party, Games and Feelings and Tell Me About It to talk about Episode 9 of Season 6, Battle of the Bastards. They discuss GOT at the height of its popularity, Jon's motley crew, the Bechdel test, rebirth, show deaths post-Hodor, the show Succession, bird families, pr…
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This week on Game of Groans, Emily and Kate talk about Episode 8 of Season 6, No One. They discuss whether the world of Westeros is flat, The Hound as John Wick, Mission Impossible, the business model of the House of Black and White, the Cabbage Guy, Tommen doing his best, the height of the pyramid and the Terminator. Additionally, Emily decides th…
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Kate and Orland discuss ghosts, muscles and romance, and the importance of the right accessories in a 52-card magic system. A big thank you to everyone who has asked us to review their book or has provided us with book recommendations. We will be covering several of them in the next few months. Talk to you next time when we chat about Waybound, by …
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This week on Game of Groans, Emily and Kate talk about Episode 7 of Season 6, The Broken Man. They discuss American Gods the tv show, the fact that Cersei is the drama, Davos has girl-dad vibes, the best outlook on religion and that Jaime is hot when he is in charge. Additionally, Emily didn't notice the cold open, and they both don't know what the…
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Kate and Orland are joined by their beautiful, opinionated co-host and discuss farming, profound principles, and the benefits of pocket rats. As a reminder, we are holding a survey of which book from the Cradle series to read during the month of August in honor of Waybound's release (Kate recommends book 12). Let us know your thoughts at indiefanta…
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This week on Game of Groans, Emily and Kate talk about Episode 6 of Season 6, Blood of My Blood. They discuss that drifting a dragon would be dope, Podrick would be a good wingman, Walder Frey’s reappearance, and that most of the show is Bran’s fault. Additionally, Emily is disappointed in Sam, Kate enjoys the scene transitions and they both agree …
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This week on Game of Groans, Emily and Kate are joined by Andrew Kimball and Dylan Wren from Your Friendly Neighborhood Gamers to talk about Episode 5 of Season 6, The Door. They discuss the face library, honest portrayals of theater people, sick mutton chops, the Mystery Men movie, driftwood decorations, sad Jorah and Theon’s haircut. Additionally…
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This week on Game of Groans, Emily and Kate talk about Episode 4 of Season 6, Book of the Stranger. They discuss fantasy Australia, crafting, Carrie Underwood vibes, Jorah being a sloppy bitch, the Lion King and Bluey. Additionally, Emily loves that Grey Worm and Missandei are voicing their opinions and Kate enjoys Emily’s well placed rage. New epi…
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Kate and Orland discuss life in a void, whether you are morally obligated to save a stranger, and spend WAY too much time discussing Zekrom's tail. We made it onto a list! Next month's book: Beware of Chicken: A Xianxia Cultivation Novel: Book 1 (which has an audible version for someone who wants to, for example, real-life farm while listening to f…
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This week on Game of Groans, Emily and Kate talk about Episode 3 of Season 6, Oathbreaker. They discuss clunky swordplay, tree Jesus, fortune cookie truths, weaponized mint, the Terminator, Arya joining a cult, business casual Jaime, and the one acceptable penis joke. Additionally, Emily declares the Hound isn’t dead and they both agree on the inte…
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This week on Game of Groans, Emily and Kate are joined by Eliah Stokes from Super Bracket Bros to talk about Episode 2 of Season 6, Home. They discuss the movie Airplane, that Bran feels irrelevant, big man smashes small man, the gang fight from Anchorman, Men in Black, Arya's toxic relationship, the Salt Throne and HBO ravens. Additionally, Eli sa…
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This week on Game of Groans, Emily and Kate talk about Episode 1 of Season 6, The Red Woman. They discuss that killing Jon wasn't a popular opinion, walking like a rich person, floppy discs, Dany's dragon necklace, and Gwendolyn Christie being hot with a sword. Additionally, Emily expresses her distaste for nudity and Kate comments on the comedic a…
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This week on Game of Groans, Emily and Kate talk about Episode 10 of Season 5, Mother’s Mercy. They discuss the ship room, CGI budgets, the musical Cats, redemption arcs, That’s So Raven, and if scissors exist in Westeros. Additionally, Emily forgets the word Dothraki and Kate points out good cinematography. New episodes biweekly, the next episode …
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This week on Game of Groans, Emily and Kate talk about Episode 9 of Season 5, The Dance of Dragons. They discuss sneaky one-liners, no rainbows in Westeros, where Arya gets her oysters from, fake snow, dragon vibes, the Gold Mask Squad, accepting death hand-holds. Additionally, Emily doesn't trust Ellaria and they both agree that Mace is awesome. N…
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This week on Game of Groans, Emily and Kate are joined by Jay Davis from Super Bracket Bros to talk about Episode 8 of Season 5, Hardhome. They discuss the GOT multiverse, Ted Lasso, the power of belief, bad fathers, Invader Zim, Jon losing his sword, The Wall not being child-proofed and a white walker with a beard. Additionally, they agree the Hou…
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Kate and Orland discuss trusting slimeballs in RPGs, living life in a virtual world, and wandering out into the woods by yourself -- safe for titans, not safe for werewolves. Check out Warwagon on Audible! Send us recommendations for great books (or decent and entertaining books) at indiefantasybookclub@gmail.com Next month's book: Apocolypse Tamer…
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This week on Game of Groans, Emily and Kate talk about Episode 7 of Season 5, The Gift. They discuss modular units, The Ring movie, Jorah being desperate, ADR for babies, the kink mastermind and sarlacc pits. Additionally, Emily is doesn't know the definition of contrition and Kate wants the gods to have names. New episodes biweekly, the next episo…
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This week on Game of Groans, Emily and Kate talk about Episode 6 of Season 5, Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken. They discuss A ROOM FULL OF FACES, quoting yourself in your own paper, Myranda’s cleavage dress, The Witch movie, rulers have a short shelf life, and that Little Finger is an awful little rat man. Additionally, Emily questions where Varys is, Ka…
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This month on Game of Groans, Emily and Kate talk about Episode 5 of Season 5, Kill the Boy. They discuss Logan Lucky, Brienne being intense, children as weapons, fake baby bundles, the too long blackout scene, the lack of therapy in Westeros and that Season 4 was the hottest season. Additionally, Emily is sick and sounds different, Kate thinks Tor…
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Kate and Orland discuss how many men are necessary in the apocalypse, sturdy ankles, and regulating impossible to regulate magic. Next Month's Book: Nova Terra Titan series book 1, by Seth Ring (thank you Godfried for the recommendation) Support the podcast by checking out the TIFB t-shirt. And call your mother in the apocalypse!…
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Welcome to the Third Annual Podcast Holiday Crossover Special! The podcast gang adds a new duo to the insanity of the holidays this year. We have Super Bracket Bros, Your Friendly Neighborhood Gamers, Game of Groans and The Wait for It Podcast all joining together to bring holiday cheer from the Super Bracket Bros Universe. This year, the gang deci…
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This month on Game of Groans, Emily and Kate talk about Episode 4 of Season 5, Sons of the Harpy. They discuss if the GOT world is flat or round, Jaime looking hot again, dumpster fire moms, wrap dresses, fantasy racism, Muppet Treasure Island, spears going "boop", Owl House and the fakest looking snake ever. Additionally, Emily actually cries duri…
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This month on Game of Groans, Emily and Kate talk about Episode 3 of Season 5, High Sparrow. They discuss Jacquen’s accent, Margaery being bitchy, Cersei converting, how Sansa dyed her hair, Ramsay’s murder girlfriends, hobo Jorah and My Cousin Vinny. Additionally, Emily attempts to understand Westeros religions, Kate admits to being an aggressive …
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Kate and Orland discuss dating in the apocalypse, mysteries of the dao, and hatchets vs axes (and what could actually be used to dismember a body). Next Month's Book: Mark of the Fool by J.M. Clarke. We want suggestions! If you've written a book that your mom likes, then send us the link so we can check it out. indiefantasybookclub@gmail.com Suppor…
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