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The Download is a weekly podcast hosted by game designers, life-long friends, and gigantic nerds, Andy Looney (creator of Fluxx) and Keith Baker (creator of Gloom).
The word is Party! The nerds talk about various parties, starting with a party of adventurers catering a dinner party, which was the concept...
The word is tarot, and the nerds spend a lot of time talking about tarot decks: what they like about them, which tarot decks are their favor...
The word is Haggis, since Keith just said goodbye to his beloved cat of that name. Keith talks about what a great cat he’d been, and how emp...
The word is Academy, since the new Star Trek series about Starfleet Academy just debuted. They discuss the show at a high level, saving the...
The word is Song, since the holidays just ended and Christmas songs were in the air and on their minds. They discuss their favorite holiday...
The word is Dejarik, since this year’s holiday gift from Looney Labs is Looney Dejarik, which Andy explains at length. Then the nerds talk a...
The word is Costume, since it was just halloween. The nerds discuss their favorite costumes, from childhood to LARPing to what to wear when...
The word is Pets, since Keith is mourning the loss of his dog Ping, while Andy is celebrating the adoption of two kittens. Speaking of cats,...
The word is Tokyo, because Keith and Andy recorded this episode during their trip to Japan! The show begins with a discussion they had on th...
The word is Konniccichwa, because Keith and Andy are preparing for their big trip to Japan. But first, Andy talks about his recent trip to B...
The word is Pallet, because Keith and Andy have pallet-related stories to tell about their recent adventures at GenCon. Then Keith gives a f...
The word is Goodloe, which is the first name of the guy who’s been drawing the doodles that illustrate this podcast for the past 347 episode...
The word is Rewatch, and the nerds start by discussing classic shows they’ve been watching again, including their favorite shows to watch ov...
The word is Cones, and after some discussion about the different types of ice cream comes, the subject of the Cones of Dunshire leads to ver...
The word is Smartypants. The nerds talk about a web series called SmartyPants and being a smartypants in general. Then they discuss their fa...
This week the word is Jeopardy and the subject of favoritism is game shows. They have a lot to say about game shows, including fictional gam...
This week the word is snacks, so the nerds discuss their favorite snacks. In quite a bit of detail. Eventually, after dropping the spoiler c...
This week’s word is surplus, and the nerds talk about surplus stores, their favorite leftovers, unfinished business from the Twilight Zone,...
This week the word is Twilight, as in the Twilight Zone, which is the subject that dominates most of the episode. They compare notes on thei...
This week the word is Trekkie and the nerds spend the entire episode discussing their favorite episodes from each of the 11 different Star T...
This week the word is Biscuit so the nerds talk about biscuits (and cookies and scones). Then Keith reports on his recent travels, including...
This week the word is Santa, since Keith and Jenn got Santa to work in their booth with them at Pax Unplugged. Then they get into a very len...
This week the word is tragedy, since Andy lost two close friends recently (Amber Cook and Kory Heath). After discussing the concept of trage...
This week the word is horror. The nerds discuss different aspects of the horror genre and why it’s appealing (or not). They also discuss the...
This week the word is canal, because Andy just had a root canal. The nerds tell stories about both teeth and canals. Then they discuss their...
This week the word is Western. The nerds discuss the elements of a classic western, and Keith talks about his new western-themed Eberron boo...
This week the word is hoard. The nerds discuss the differences between a collector and a hoarder, and various hoards they each have. Then th...
This week the word is delay because Keith recently had some serious travel delays, which he tells us all about. Andy also talks about a few...
This week the word is horse because Andy has decided to learn to ride a horse, since his friend Firefly just happens to teach horseback ridi...
The word is Car and the nerds discuss their favorite cars, in various categories, including real-life cars, sentient cars, and versions of t...
The word is Eleven and the nerds start by discussing things they like about the number 11. Andy also mentions 11 Fluxx ideas he’s been worki...
The word is Chrononaut and the nerds are here to discuss their favorite time travel movies. But first, they have to discuss terms and edge c...
The word is castle because Keith just got back from running 9-days of D&D games in an actual castle. Next the nerds talk about their favorit...
The word is breakfast and the nerds talk at length about their favorite breakfast foods, with particular focus on their favorite breakfast c...
The word is movies and the nerds talk at length about the movie-going experience, categories of movies, and in particular, their favorite sc...
The word is bars, in particular candy bars. The nerds spend a lot of time talking about their favorites, including limits on what counts as...
The word is videogames, and the nerds spend a lot of time talking about their favorite videogames, breaking the subject down by type, era, a...
The word is favorite and the nerds give their own answers to five “What’s your favorite…?” questions which it’s essential for every pediatri...
The word is character so the nerds talk about their favorite characters, what makes for a fun character to role-play, who’s really the main...
The word is calendar and the nerds talk about calendars, in particular Advent Calendars and Andy’s Y2K Calendar T-shirt. Other holiday relat...
The word is paradox and the nerds have many thoughts about paradoxes and time travel and alternate realities. Topics include Zeno’s paradox,...
The word is charcuterie, so the nerds start by sharing their thoughts on charcuterie boards. Andy announces that Leila is taking over the jo...
The word is camping. The nerds discuss their love of camping trips and Andy mentions that Camping Fluxx just went to the printer. Then they...
The word is remix. The nerds recorded this episode live when Andy visited Keith during his big Across America road trip, and they start by c...
The word is musical. The nerds talk about special musical episodes, musicals in general, and the new musical episode of Star Trek. Then Keit...
The word is well. The nerds have a surprising amount to say about wells. Then they talk a bit in non-spoilery terms about the stuff they’ll...
The word is Leila since this is episode 313 and Leila’s birthday is 3/13. (They forgot to mention it on the show, but Leila provided all the...
The word is leftovers so the nerds talk about leftovers of various sorts, including pizza, mac&cheese, french fries, and a TV series from a...
The word is bingo and Keith has a lot to say about homemade bingo cards. Andy mentions receiving his copy of Cool Cool Cool and Keith tells...
The word is masks and it turns out the nerds have very different views on these. Andy detests wearing a mask, while Keith actually enjoys it...