The Long Game || Freelancers: a Crossroads Game

 Manae: !next
  LRRbot: Next scheduled stream: The Long Game (The crew settles in for a board game journey. Game: Freelancers: A Crossroads Game) at Thu 05:00 PM PDT (0s from now).
 CaptainSpam: !next
 CaptainSpam: We win!
 Manae:  
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 TehAmelie: 
 public_key_reveal_party:   
 letfireraindown: Heh i got here just in time to see the lights
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DideRobot: LRR: Time for The Long Game! Tonight Ben, James Dale and Cori continue with Episode 2 of Freelancers: a Crossroads Game. https://twitch.tv/loadingreadyrun (has image) | https://kind.social/@LoadingReadyRun/115029846336622997
 RealGamerCow: Probably my favorite Road Quest song
 djalternative: chut, chet, chit, chot, chyt
 djalternative: Greetings, Chet.
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 TehAmelie: what's up chåt
 public_key_reveal_party: I still love the long game intro, it's so good
 TehAmelie: hiya
 hyralt: Dale!  Dale!  Dale!  Dale!
 definenull: hello! and welcome back dale!
 singinnonsense: star wars shirt !
 Cptasparagus: a whole two months since the subathon
 Dread_Pirate_Westley: Speaking of which, what's going on?
 hyralt: DALE!
 public_key_reveal_party: that part was amazing
 public_key_reveal_party: and glad cori remembered her star wars shirt
 Dread_Pirate_Westley: Veldimax the GREAT.
 calculated_uncertainties: 100 1 1 1 1 1
 e_bloc: and Youtube chat thanks you
 TehAmelie: "the Lesser" is such an underutilized honorific
 PMAvers: Well, he did some slight of hand magic, so... that's something I guess.
 definenull: yep.
 Dog_of_Myth: 
 RatherLargeToad:   
 hyralt: I want to be best friends to frogs.
 spethycakes: 
 Blip2004: oh yeah, the void
 e_bloc: and Void, the Squeetzle gazer
 TehAmelie: wombs are so common though
 definenull: 
  Juliamon: Enemy to Automod
 spethycakes: no ego whatsoever
 hyralt: Yep...that class still gets caught by the automod.  
 RandomTrivia:  Ego-less
 TehAmelie: ah yes, remember Automod prefers the euphemism c***digger
 e_bloc: I did this
 Dog_of_Myth: !store
  LRRbot: The LoadingReadyRun store has returned! Merch selection is currently limited but there is more on the way. Check out https://store.loadingreadyrun.com/ and maybe buy a thing or two!
 RandomTrivia: For one second, I thought you meant that Automod had been told to filter the word "Jorts" 
 djalternative: can the store be back in cube form?
 TehAmelie: @RandomTrivia expect a chorus of mods going "we don't need automod for that"
  Juliamon: TehAmelie what
 TehAmelie: everyone wants to ban jorts, right? the internet told me so
 definenull: can you double back?
 e_bloc: "completely hurt" is an interesting euphemism for dead
 definenull: DALE 
  Sarah_Serinde: 
 RealGamerCow: Dale's a helper
 RandomTrivia: Dale have you met Ben 
 e_bloc: Dale absolutely throwing down the gauntlet
 gualdhar: called the fuck out lol
 hyralt: This is why Dale is the best.
 TehAmelie: mm, ham
 e_bloc: thats where they make the pigs kosher
 KaleidoscopeMind: it is the Long Game
 Twilight_Spark: Big money no whammies.
 HadesLeprechaun: how many weapons does the crew have that's good against the dragon? because they know its weakness, might just need more loot
 definenull: chaos
 definenull: !box
  LRRbot: In the box is: stuff
 Dread_Pirate_Westley: There are some discs in there.
 e_bloc: I believe in Dale Friesen (clap, clap)
 spethycakes: 
 Mazrae: Shouldn't someone else pull that way they can Tell Dale
 HadesLeprechaun: did Ben press campsite icon?
 ghyllnox: OW
 RandomTrivia: Wait is that Takahata101?
 KaleidoscopeMind: oh right the audio levels
 definenull: hehehe
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 RealGamerCow: New York Citaaaaaay?
 e_bloc: @spethycakes Thank you!
 HadesLeprechaun: more time isn't really that 'safe', tbf!
 RandomTrivia: Welp
 definenull: 
 Sapphic_Shenanigans: Ben!
 RatherLargeToad: Dale’s got a brand new pair of roller skates, Ben’s got a brand new key🎵
 HadesLeprechaun: see? not so safe after all
 RockPusher:  
 Earthenone: !secret
  LRRbot: That's my secret, I'm always telling Dale.
  Sarah_Serinde: !addquote (Dale) [now] I can do worse! Just give me a minute.
  LRRbot: New quote #9380: "I can do worse! Just give me a minute." —Dale [2025-08-14]
 Dread_Pirate_Westley: Wheel shoes.
 RandomTrivia: Oh no I looked it up - My brain recognised the voice of Piccolo and immediately mis-identified a member of TFS. It's actually Chris R Sabat 
 RatherLargeToad: wheel shoes
 Mazrae: I heard Whale shoes
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 HadesLeprechaun: also just to double check, Dale cleared 'all' threat tokens after increasing the level, right? not just the row that got filled?
 definenull: UHHH
 Dog_of_Myth: 
 RockPusher: 
 e_bloc: dwarf I would like to . ..
 RatherLargeToad: Dwarf I’d like to fellowship?
 ghyllnox: Is the narration supposed to be this loud?
CaptainTalon447: Cori's getting high!
 Peregrine234: venemous boars, nothing unusual
CaptainTalon447: Damn
  Juliamon: ghyllnox it doesn't have volume controls
 RandomTrivia: Ah, it must be the steely gays taking camp actions 
 ghyllnox: @Juliamon Wonderful 
 Dog_of_Myth: 
 letsbelgo: JAMES
 spethycakes: that is quite bad
 RandomTrivia: 
 SkylerRingtail: Deja vu
 TehAmelie: wow, a called fumble
CaptainTalon447: James has the Wheaton curse
 tehfewl: Curse!
 e_bloc: the curse lives
 Dread_Pirate_Westley: The Ranger draws 7 lands in a row.
 KaleidoscopeMind: it is just as statistically likely as any other number
 TehAmelie: but calling a 2 and rolling one, that's about a 1:400 chance
  Juliamon: Please tell me they retrieved the knife first
 definenull: and this is on a failure?!?
 e_bloc: NGL dilf takes me out of the immersion
 TehAmelie: Elf Ranger the Trailer?
 RandomTrivia: What a pleasant supplies!
 definenull: oh no
 definenull: 
 spethycakes: 
CaptainTalon447: What does the radioactive symbol do again?
 nishwastaken: 
 dutchmoose: radioactive ham sandwich
 e_bloc: this stream brought to you by Imagine Dragons
 RandomTrivia:  Welp
 WiJohn:   
 Peregrine234: good start
 HadesLeprechaun: come now Ben, Dale's killing *all* of you!
 e_bloc: do you gain a feet
 tehfewl: Not Gary!
 hyralt: Temba, his arms wide.
 RockPusher: poly mashed potato tank is an image
 Twilight_Spark: Damn.
 tehfewl: didn't bring anything, and took food home...
 HadesLeprechaun: you LEFT
 PMAvers: I mean you didn't want to party, so
 Twilight_Spark: Safe route of gathering extra supplies.
 spethycakes: if you don't stay for story, you don't get story
 WiJohn: You did leave
 Twilight_Spark: p
 hyralt: Let's see what 86 is all about.  And maybe stay this time instead of getting to-go boxes.
 e_bloc: yeah but there could be Rocky II
 hyralt: Go riiiiiight
 Micalovits: When have you ever made smart choices?
 RandomTrivia: You already know what Chat wants
 definenull: !dungo
  LRRbot: It's a big dungeon! https://media.wizards.com/2024/wpn/w10/MTGCLB_EN_CmmndrPrty_4C_Page_1.png Instances of venture and taking the initiative move the players through it.
 ShaneLeeAtk: BEEG DUNGO
 Micalovits: "But loooot!"
 RatherLargeToad: oh no, it’s a Dungeon Sprint Meeting!
 Cptasparagus: Ah the most evil position: project manager
 GasCityGaming: PMs? When did this become my work? 
 RatherLargeToad: Agile Dungineering
 hyralt: Elf Ranger should go in
 GasCityGaming: It's a dungeon crawl.... 
 RandomTrivia: 
 Diabore: "No"
 definenull: inb4 the dwarf gets winnie the pooh-ed
 Micalovits: One person, one vote - Cori is the one person, and has the one vote
 letsbelgo: cya
 shendaras: 2?
 Diabore: cmon 18 and 1
 Diabore: 17 then?
 Diabore: isnt that enough?
 hyralt: Threat is 20
 spethycakes: a "greater than or equal to" situation
 Dread_Pirate_Westley: It's a 25% chance on either die.
 SkylerRingtail: James is just cursed
 definenull: did they really win, though?
 Dog_of_Myth: 
 NotCainNorAbel: first try!
 PMAvers: CRAB
 Twilight_Spark: 
 Dog_of_Myth: 
 spethycakes: 
 RatherLargeToad: 
 phoenixfeather14: 
 Diabore: NOPE
 NotCainNorAbel: 
 HadesLeprechaun: do we know it's just over? maybe you can fail and choose that player on a future task
 RandomTrivia: 
 KaleidoscopeMind:  
 hyralt: 
 RatherLargeToad: aw, how cute
 letsbelgo:  
 WiJohn: Time for crab
 djalternative: 
 ContingentCat: lrrCRAB
 selarom: 
 Lamebert1415: 
 ContingentCat: * 
 ArdCollider: 
 e_bloc: these are the seven spiders you eat in your sleep
 ContingentCat: what could go wrong?
 WiJohn: Everyone's a winner!
 Diabore: @WiJohn "but i didn-" "everyone!"
 WiJohn: Elf ranger has a lot of things that want him to kill followers...
 Twilight_Spark: Easy game for babies.
 Twilight_Spark: Not the Chuckle F- I expected.
 tehfewl: Chuck's feed and seed
 Earthenone: i wonder if the inverse will be true, some sort of adoption agency offering easy babies for gamers
 TehAmelie: gosh, i wish i had an experience
 TehAmelie: wait, this stream counts!
 HadesLeprechaun: I wouldn't trust the spare eyeball after Alien: Earth
 definenull: ranger with gun
 vinewood_og: Did Adam write this?
 shendaras: A ranged weapon on a ranger?
 vinewood_og: @hadesleprechaun 
 Micalovits: Or the gunslinger can sling the gun
 HadesLeprechaun: every 4 titles also gives XP
 KeytarCat: @HadesLeprechaun is it every 4 or is it 4 and 8?
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 HadesLeprechaun: @KeytarCat technically both are true, but you can only have a max of 8 titles, so, doesn't really matter
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 TehAmelie: i'd totally eat at the slop tap
 Twilight_Spark: I think I know at least 3 companies that are in the same business as the Slop Tap!
 TehAmelie: maybe you can ask to see the tap
   LoadingReadyRun: Coffee with Squeetzle
 Dog_of_Myth: 
 spethycakes: lawful for sure
  Sarah_Serinde: 
 hyralt: Chaotic, trigger the thing
  Sarah_Serinde: 
 ArdCollider: the Yagermeister
 hyralt: Not "another player"
 ArdCollider: (that's the lawful title, though)
 Sapphic_Shenanigans: Doesn't say a dog can't play basketball.
 djalternative: !updog
  LRRbot: The stream has been live for 6:40:17. 
 djalternative: I can't believe you've been going for nearly 7 hours
 shendaras: Also, shoes, right?
 spethycakes: @djalternative closer to 0:57:46
 hyralt: Not the shoes 
 Dog_of_Myth: 
 hyralt: Supplies surprise!
 djalternative: @spethycakes yeah but that's nearly 7 hours in dog time... which is what lrrbot provided
 spethycakes: Surprise! It's a RomCom
 djalternative: wait. there's cars? why didn't we just drive here then?
 Blip2004: Is this Truckasaurus?
  Juliamon: there *were* cars. they no longer function.
 comrade_cards: Cori has a lot of luck
 comrade_cards: Ben has a +10
 Micalovits: I think the corruption is for the entire roll - including re-rolls. But not 100% sure
 Strebenherz: damn, the roast
 HadesLeprechaun: I forget what that purple companion symbol with the ? means?
 spethycakes: oh geez, concrete is awful on the joints
   LoadingReadyRun: @HadesLeprechaun you push that if you draw a companion from the time bag
 hyralt: That's a lot of armour
 Strebenherz: PFFFFFFFT
  Sarah_Serinde: Is there an option to take the dragon's side?
 NotCainNorAbel: lol
 Strebenherz: the voice acting continues to be amazing
 definenull: i thought we already went 
 KaleidoscopeMind: oh they're divorced
 MacbethSeemsSus: Cake or death
 WiJohn: @KaleidoscopeMind I think his wife may have left him for the dragon
 Shad0w1r0n: they are totally exs
 NorthstarTex: uh... I feel like this is between him and the dragon
  Sarah_Serinde: What has this wizard even done for us anyway
 RatherLargeToad: ah, he’s dipped in chocolate now
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 HadesLeprechaun: Veldimax definitely *not* worth freeing, right? having demonstrated no magic...but might be funny
  Sarah_Serinde: He's talked a lot about how great he is but he's given us zero demonstrations
 Micalovits: He also summoned a chocolate coin!
  Sarah_Serinde: Okay, one (dubious) demonstration 
 lamina5432: veldimax seems like a chapter two boss fight
 spethycakes: is there a Veldimin?
 Micalovits: I would take that
 definenull: can't wake up!
  Sarah_Serinde: There's a first time for everything I suppose
  Sarah_Serinde: 
 Wrexadecimal: Journey to the west O:
 topsoil_iris: @lamina5432 or perhaps a Veldimid
 RandomTrivia: wat
 definenull: interesting that the project manager is also the unhelpful... 
 hyralt: Oh that's the opposite of what happened to me in D&D.  My 10-foot pole became a 9-foot pole.
 Micalovits: Imitating real life
 definenull: (huge \j)
 SharktoothJack: XD lol
 Dog_of_Myth: 
nonchalantavenger: is this game like ticket to ride?
nonchalantavenger: guessing no
 phoenixfeather14: and titles!
  Sarah_Serinde: Not even a little bit, no
  Juliamon: Not even remotely
  Sarah_Serinde: It's more like beginner-friendly D&D
 definenull: oh no
 SkylerRingtail: Almost feels like a meant to lose fight
 HadesLeprechaun: @SkylerRingtail it's definitely not
 gsyhiap: Didn't something proc when a player loses a follower?
 Dog_of_Myth: ^^
 gsyhiap: Ah, ok.
  Sarah_Serinde: 
 KaleidoscopeMind: just screm
 KaleidoscopeMind: most powerful screm
 gsyhiap: It was simply voice-activated
 fcloud: i was gonna buy a regular velda, but i ponied up for the veldaMAX and i'm so glad i did
 fcloud: a real luxury experience
 definenull: welp
 Kentosaurus: twist!
 Strebenherz: THE REVEAL
 gsyhiap: More like Veldamin
 RandomTrivia: 
 spethycakes: oh NO 
 NorthstarTex: the improv comes back to haunt!
  Sarah_Serinde: This is my shocked face 
 Aceviru: Damn, sick burn
NonchalantAvenger: voice acting is top
 definenull: HA
 KaleidoscopeMind: RIP
 gsyhiap: 
 Dog_of_Myth: 
 gsyhiap: What a waste
 definenull: uh oh
 definenull: oh phew
 NotCainNorAbel: https://www.twitch.tv/loadingreadyrun/clip/DeterminedMoistAdminSMOrc-4HBcXoYzAApOm7lS
 djalternative: with an app based game, spot the weekness would've been fun as a hidden object game
 Micalovits: Wait, so James HAVE to roll a 20?
 definenull: ggs 
 comrade_cards: Wink and nod 20?
 HadesLeprechaun: wait, did we confirm he doesn't get his +d6 after the first reroll?
 Micalovits: Yup, we did
 62MGcobra: James you have to ask nicely
 letsbelgo: 
 Aceviru: o7
 definenull: o7
 Strebenherz: o7
 lamina5432: o7
 ContingentCat: O7
 CaptainSpam: o7
 CaptainSpam: "...as her ferocious maw speaks one final time: 'Ow!'"
 comrade_cards: L°
 djalternative: veggies instead of birthday cake? that doesn't sound like James
Catbird0nAStick: cant tell if this guy sounds like Vegeta or Brad Pitt
 Aceviru: Never skip the cake
 HadesLeprechaun: @Catbird0nAStick it's literally Vegeta
 Twilight_Spark: Damn narrator you scary.
Catbird0nAStick: @HadesLeprechaun for real? that's funny
 definenull: savepoint? save scumming is a thing?
  Sarah_Serinde: If they really wanted to win they could've fudged it earlier, it's fine
 Sapphic_Shenanigans: 
 GhostValv: wowie
 letsbelgo: ben seems a bit salty
 HadesLeprechaun: I think you can just hit the back arrow on the top right if you wanna just 'win'
  Sarah_Serinde: Next up, something new!
 ghyllnox: 
 vinewood_og: 
 hyralt: I'm going away for some quick fluid changes, but I'll brb.
 lamina5432: adam may have appreciated that ending
 KaleidoscopeMind: time to rotate the fluids
 HadesLeprechaun: so a lot of the random locations like taverns and encounters are different on replaythroughs, and you can take different paths, so they can end up being pretty different
 HadesLeprechaun: but also just starting up the second mission would also be totally valid, I feel
  Sarah_Serinde: Yeah it'll probably be more interesting to start something different. But it's great that it's got replayability
 KeytarCat: Double Tinker Tailor this month is also valid 
 HadesLeprechaun: but yeah also can just back up and fake the win if the crew was feeling like getting the closure without having to do a whole replay of that first mission
  Sarah_Serinde: If you wanna see the victory, you'll just have to play it yourself 
CaptainTalon447: So new game from Plaid Hat?
CaptainTalon447: Wandering Galaxy just released
 DigitalSeahorse: 
 NotCainNorAbel: 500
 definenull: 
 Dog_of_Myth:  
 spethycakes: 
 lamina5432: gnight o7
 definenull: more bird-based gaming with G & P!
 djalternative: it's Graham and Paul plays birds again
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 Aceviru: Eyy
 Aceviru: Old cardboard hell yeah
NonchalantAvenger: is good morning moonbase like good morning vietnam? 
 pn55: Ooo nice!
 definenull: not a gargoyle walking sim?
 Dog_of_Myth: 
 KeytarCat: Thanks for streme!
 pn55: The bois back together! 
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 KWardJenx: Thanks so much for the stream. Love The Long Game
 Dog_of_Myth:   
 spethycakes: Thank y'all!
 Aceviru: 
 Mai_Andra: wait... I only looked away for a minute... 
 nishwastaken: Same 
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