Episode 257 - The Maelstrom Mixer

The Independent Characters | Warhammer 40k Podcast

Carl Tuttle

Workshop, Marine, Space, Tyranid, Warhammer, Eldar, Leisure, Hobbies, Forge, Ork, 40k, World, Games

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🗓️ 13 May 2025

⏱️ 149 minutes

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Summary

This episode of The Independent Characters starts off with the usual segments. With Josh out of town, Chelle is stepping in to discuss elite choice, hobby progress, and games played.

Then we pivot to discussions with on of the folks who have created and organized this years Maelstrom Mixer, a large narrative event in San Jose. Brett joins us to discuss what it took to put on the event, what they learned from previous years, and where it is going in the future!

Carl attended last year and had a fantastic time. So we will talk about the event, but also pull back the curtain on how one runs something like this.

We hope you enjoy this episode!

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0:00:00 - Show Intro, Elite Choice, Hobby Progress
1:02:20 - The Maelstrom Mixer
2:21:45 - Final Thoughts and show closing

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0:00.0	I didn't sell out son I bought in
0:03.0	keep that much Welcome to the Independent Characters episode 257.
0:28.9	This is Carl.
0:29.7	And this is Shell.
0:30.8	Hey, look.
0:31.3	Look who's joining me.
0:33.1	Thank you so much.
0:34.7	We got Josh out.
0:36.4	He's been traveling a bit and doing some contract work as a photographer, which is good.
0:42.0	I'm glad he's getting work.
0:43.7	And yeah, so you stepped into his shoes for the moment.
0:49.6	And this episode, we're going to be talking about an event i just attended called the maelstrom mixer
0:56.4	i've talked a little bit about it last year but uh it was much much more engaging this year i thought
1:05.9	it was a ton of fun last year wasn't the first year was it it was the first year for me but but not for not for the event
1:12.6	got it later we'll talk to brett uh i have brett who's one of the main organizers of the event
1:19.6	on and uh we'll interview him in depth about the event like what it took to kind of get it going and
1:26.0	what some lessons learned were from
1:28.1	previous years and this year and that kind of thing. So it was a pretty impressive event. One of the
1:34.0	things that, well, I'll get into that. But before I get into that, first, this show is sponsored
1:40.1	by two of our fantastic patrons, and that is Maxfield Suppler. And I think Max is brand new.
1:47.7	He just came up on the random draw. And Christopher Poland. So if you want to be cool like
1:54.1	Maxfield and Christopher, you can join our Patreon and help us out and help support us and help keep good content
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