Listen "99: Keep Sending Ops Until They Fix It"
Episode Synopsis
John doesn’t study herpetology, Alison knows lots of words, and Liz goes first.
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Content warnings this episode: Games, SMOFs
If I Ran the Zoo… Con
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Hard copy from NESFA
Bidding Phase:
3401 Pre-Supporting Memberships by Leslie Turek
5501 Kill the Wabbit by Priscilla Olson, John Pomeranz, Leslie Turek, Mark Olson
Planning Phase:
2201 The “Relationship” by Priscilla Olson, Mark Olson
5901 We’re in the Money by Glenn Glazer, Leslie Turek
Modest food
Privy’s props
Privy’s cast
At-Con Phase:
701 The Lady and the Snake by Mark Olson, Leslie Turek
1101 The Dungeon Master by Joe Rico
2901 The BNF by Priscilla Olson, Fred Isaacs, Leslie Turek
Credits
Cover art: “Game of Privies” by Alison Scott
Alt text: John, Alison and Liz are on a large privy holding drinks with a snake wrapped around the privy. Speech bubbles surround them: “Have you seen my emotional support python?” “The perfect spot for the old pharts photo”, “It’s another ‘what if…’ episode”, and “Oi! There’s a queue here mate”. A banner with “Punctuation Worldcon 2030” appears at the top and the words “Octothorpe 99” appear at the bottom.
Theme music: “Fanfare for Space” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)
Points at the end of each phase:
Phase
People
Financial
Goodwill
Bidding
2
0
1
Planning
5
4
1
At-Con
6
5
7
Please email your letters of comment to [email protected], check out our subtitles/transcripts, and tag @OctothorpeCast (on X or on Mastodon) when you post about the show on social media.
Content warnings this episode: Games, SMOFs
If I Ran the Zoo… Con
PDF version
Hard copy from NESFA
Bidding Phase:
3401 Pre-Supporting Memberships by Leslie Turek
5501 Kill the Wabbit by Priscilla Olson, John Pomeranz, Leslie Turek, Mark Olson
Planning Phase:
2201 The “Relationship” by Priscilla Olson, Mark Olson
5901 We’re in the Money by Glenn Glazer, Leslie Turek
Modest food
Privy’s props
Privy’s cast
At-Con Phase:
701 The Lady and the Snake by Mark Olson, Leslie Turek
1101 The Dungeon Master by Joe Rico
2901 The BNF by Priscilla Olson, Fred Isaacs, Leslie Turek
Credits
Cover art: “Game of Privies” by Alison Scott
Alt text: John, Alison and Liz are on a large privy holding drinks with a snake wrapped around the privy. Speech bubbles surround them: “Have you seen my emotional support python?” “The perfect spot for the old pharts photo”, “It’s another ‘what if…’ episode”, and “Oi! There’s a queue here mate”. A banner with “Punctuation Worldcon 2030” appears at the top and the words “Octothorpe 99” appear at the bottom.
Theme music: “Fanfare for Space” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)
Points at the end of each phase:
Phase
People
Financial
Goodwill
Bidding
2
0
1
Planning
5
4
1
At-Con
6
5
7
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