For many years now, Russ and Craig have had many wide-ranging conversations with folks from all over the gaming world.

This is one of those conversations.

D6G, the lost chapter.

So what did you got there, Russ?

Today I'm trying out another Boston cream. Spina what's said a Boston cream donut. So, you know, having a Boston cream and a little coffee. Uh-huh. Have you tried the Father's Day donut? I have not. What is in the Father's Day? I have no idea. I just saw a picture of it as I walked in and I thought, you know what? I really, really, really want. Wait a minute. Is that Pat Lewis over there?

I think it is.

Zipi. From the Mantic Booth? I think he gave me the demo, my Dead Zone demo, that caught me to, I've spent more money than I even want to possibly think about on Dead Zone. Pat, how you doing? Guys. Hey, have a seat. What are you eating there?

I got myself a little blueberry and an apple fritter.

Oh, good choice.

Oh, nice. Hey, hey, have a seat. What are you eating there? I got myself a little blueberry and an apple fritter.

Ooh, good choice.

Oh, nice. Going outside the box on that. Well, you know, sometimes you got a, that fritter is something good. That is true. The fritter is very true. There's no the wrong with the fritter. It's all right. Now, interestingly enough, Russ and I have been spending an awful lot of time chatting and talking about Dead Zone, of course, and we reviewed it for the show.

But the thing that we keep talking about that's cool is sort of the interesting and unique

fluff and that we're not talking about Eternal War war and gothic blah blah blah and grim dark

blah blah blah and how nice and refreshing it is to be in a in a different universe that's full of war

and death and mayhem and um pat since we have you with us we thought why don't we talk a little bit

about the fluff of dead zone and a little bit about the fluff of Dead Zone? And of course,

that includes the fluff of Dreadball, because that takes place in the same universe and the fluff of

Warpath. And so could you give us like a quick sort of rundown first about sort of the basics of where

we are in this universe?

Like what's the what's the overview, if you will, of the galactic situation at the start

of the dead zone story arc?

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