About this episode

The episode discusses various gaming experiences, including a Magic: The Gathering scenario and a humorous take on Love Island.

Welcome to Episode 212! Today, stopping an opponent with your trap card (Dark Depths), a player quits Magic after dealing with a jerk in their playgroup, and a dad looking for an easy game gets a group hug stax game from hell. Also Tony and Mike explain Love Island to Sam. and we remind you that this isn't a children's show. Stay Salty! Sam, Mike, & Tony ____ Buy DragonShield products and our custom sleeves from our affiliate link! Use code "staysalty" all lowercase, all one word for a discount! Pick up one of our HSM hats! Find HSM shirts on our website and our Bonfire site! Get HSM playmats from our friends at Jank Mats! Use our affiliate link!! Email your salty stories to thehowlingsaltmine@gmail.com! Find links to all our social media pages on our Linktree! Check out our Moxfield! Podcast art by the talented Devin Burnett! @j.d.burnett

People in this episode

Hosts: Sam, Mike, Tony

Topics covered

• Magic: The Gathering
• gaming experiences
• social dynamics
• Love Island
• card games
• group games

Keywords

• Magic: The Gathering
• Dark Depths
• group hug stax
• Love Island
• gaming
• podcast

Sponsors

DragonShield

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: HSM, Jank Mats, Bonfire, Moxfield

Products: DragonShield

Books & works: Love Island

Places: Linktree

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