What kind of crazy does it take to decide that you're going to create, self-publish, and distribute your own TCG? Aaron and Josh sat down with John and Dakota, the minds behind The Journey TCG to find out EXACTLY what kind of crazy it takes.Journey is a 1v1 PvP focused TCG where players take a team of heroes armed with spells, abilities, items and equipment and throw down in a head to head match that is amazingly reminiscent of our favorite old school turned based RPGs! Check out all things Journey at https://www.journeytcg.com/Email us: [email protected] on our Facebook!www.facebook.com/TheHillsHaveNerdsCome inside our Discord!https://discord.gg/cruXwRyQjmCheck us out on Youtube for live stream game nights and other stuff!www.youtube.com/@ThehillshavenerdsWe want to thank our Ko-fi supporters! You help us make the show even better.Brittany JohnstonNick De RosaYou can support us on Ko-fi for membership rewards!www.ko-fi.com/thehillshavenerdsGet some awesome The Hills Have Nerds shirts from Mystic Stitches!https://mysticstitches.com/

Travis and Josh went to ANIMATE! Columbus! It was an awesome experience, a huge thanks to everyone involved and everyone we got to meet, play games with, and hang out with over the weekend!Email us: [email protected] on our Facebook!www.facebook.com/TheHillsHaveNerdsCome inside our Discord!https://discord.gg/cruXwRyQjmCheck us out on Youtube for live stream game nights and other stuff!www.youtube.com/@ThehillshavenerdsWe want to thank our Ko-fi supporters! You help us make the show even better.Brittany JohnstonNick De RosaYou can support us on Ko-fi for membership rewards!www.ko-fi.com/thehillshavenerdsGet some awesome The Hills Have Nerds shirts from Mystic Stitches!https://mysticstitches.com/ANIMATE! Columbus (by Galaxycon)https://galaxycon.com/pages/live-eventsJourney TCGhttps://www.journeytcg.com/The Guardtower Columbushttps://theguardtower.com/Vandal Marchenhttps://www.vandelmarchen.com/

We're celebrating three years of The Hills Have Nerds! Lee, Cody, and Josh sit down and reflect on the nerditry that has been, is happening, and will be! Thank you everyone for three great years of The Hills Have Nerds and heres to even more great nerding to come!Email us: [email protected] on our Facebook!www.facebook.com/TheHillsHaveNerdsCome inside our Discord!https://discord.gg/cruXwRyQjmCheck us out on Youtube for live stream game nights and other stuff!www.youtube.com/@ThehillshavenerdsWe want to thank our Ko-fi supporters! You help us make the show even better.Brittany JohnstonNick De RosaYou can support us on Ko-fi for membership rewards!www.ko-fi.com/thehillshavenerdsGet some awesome The Hills Have Nerds shirts from Mystic Stitches!https://mysticstitches.com/Lee makes great Retro RPG content on Youtube and streams!www.youtube.com/@Pixelbroleewww.twitch.tv/pixelbrolee

This episode the nerds, joined by special guest Ally (Fairly Grimm) dive into a world of minimalism and discuss the wide land of Single Page Table Top RPGs. This is basically the wild west of TTRPGs with themes and mechanics from the mundane and simplistic to the wacky, esoteric, and down right weird. Less words doesn't mean less fun!Also there are PUPPETS!Have you played any of these or any others? We want to know!Email us: [email protected] on our Facebook!www.facebook.com/TheHillsHaveNerdsCome inside our Discord!https://discord.gg/cruXwRyQjmCheck us out on Youtube for live stream game nights and other stuff!www.youtube.com/@ThehillshavenerdsWe want to thank our Ko-fi supporters! You help us make the show even better.Brittany JohnstonNick De RosaYou can support us on Ko-fi for membership rewards!www.ko-fi.com/thehillshavenerdsGet some awesome The Hills Have Nerds shirts from Mystic Stitches!https://mysticstitches.com/Go check out the awesome content from Fairly Grimm!Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@fairly.grimmYoutube - https://www.youtube.com/@fairlygrimmFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/people/Fairly-Grimm/100064718138842/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/fairly.grimm/?hl=en“Call” the Appalachian Mountain Monster Taskforce - fairlygrimm.comOne Page TTRPG Jamhttps://www.onepagerpgjam.com/Honey Heisthttps://gshowitt.itch.io/honey-heist10 Candleshttps://cavalrygames.com/ten-candlesBlood and Teethhttps://www.reddit.com/r/onepagerpgs/comments/1svisgi/blood_teeth_mutli_player_game_where_you_punch/Everyone is Johnhttps://overlycommonname.github.io/john.htmlMork Borg (Not a 1page ttrpg)https://morkborg.com/

This episode the Nerds sit down to discuss what drives we nerds to amass the collections we have. What do we collect? Why do we do it? And how do we go about it?Share your collections with us!Email us: [email protected] on our Facebook and share your stuff!www.facebook.com/TheHillsHaveNerdsCome inside our Discord and share your collections!https://discord.gg/cruXwRyQjmCheck us out on Youtube for live stream game nights and other stuff!www.youtube.com/@ThehillshavenerdsWe want to thank our Ko-fi supporters! You help us make the show even better.Brittany JohnstonNick De RosaYou can support us on Ko-fi for membership rewards!www.ko-fi.com/thehillshavenerdsGet some awesome The Hills Have Nerds shirts from Mystic Stitches!https://mysticstitches.com/Lee makes great Retro RPG content on Youtube and streams!www.youtube.com/@Pixelbroleewww.twitch.tv/pixelbroleeSystems and # of Games made for themhttps://www.mobygames.com/platform/Insane Collections of Things From Around the Worldhttps://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/gabrielsanchez/the-most-insane-collections-of-random-stuff-in-theThe Vinyl Revivalhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinyl_revivalVideo Game Preservationhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_preservationCorbin Ky Pinball Museumhttps://pinballcorbin.com/

Nerds! Sometimes you just have to adapt!Welcome to another completely normal episode of The Hills Have Nerds! Join all the usual hosts that you're used to hearing on the show as these definitely familiar boys sit down for a conversation all about adapting games, books, movies, and whatever else to different forms of media. We want to know what you think!Email us at [email protected] on our Facebook!www.facebook.com/The HillsHaveNerdsCome inside our Discord!https://discord.gg/cruXwRyQjmCheck us out on Youtube for live stream game nights and other stuff!www.youtube.com/@ThehillshavenerdsWe want to thank our Ko-fi supporters! You help us make the show even better.Brittany JohnstonNick De RosaYou can support us on Ko-fi for membership rewards!www.ko-fi.com/thehillshavenerdsGet some awesome The Hills Have Nerds shirts from Mystic Stitches!https://mysticstitches.com/Just for the heck of it, here's a link to Critical Encounter's Podcasthttps://open.spotify.com/show/3XJOGhuIaQwx2PaaEX0teU?si=7029156d814c4422https://www.youtube.com/@criticalencounterspod

This episode all the nerds are gathered to talk about the good, the bad, and ugly of Early Access games. From the first game to ever break that seal to the proliferation of it's acceptance in nerd culture.What are your thoughts? We want to know!Email us at [email protected] on our Facebook!www.facebook.com/The HillsHaveNerdsCome inside our Discord!https://discord.gg/cruXwRyQjmCheck us out on Youtube for live stream game nights and other stuff!www.youtube.com/@ThehillshavenerdsWe want to thank our Ko-fi supporters! You help us make the show even better.Brittany JohnstonNick De RosaYou can support us on Ko-fi for membership rewards!www.ko-fi.com/thehillshavenerdsGet some awesome The Hills Have Nerds shirts from Mystic Stitches!https://mysticstitches.com/Lee makes great Retro RPG content on Youtube and streams!www.youtube.com/@Pixelbroleewww.twitch.tv/pixelbrolee

40 years of saving Hyrule! 40 years of grunts and yalps! 40 years of it being dangerous to go alone!It's the 40th anniversary of The Legend of Zelda and the nerds sat down to talk the history of the original NES Game and their relationship with the series, the good and bad of all of it's sequels, the horrors of Tingle, the true antagonist, and for whatever reason, Lee's feet!What's your history with The Legend of Zelda?Email us at [email protected] on our Facebook!www.facebook.com/The HillsHaveNerdsCome inside our Discord!https://discord.gg/cruXwRyQjmCheck us out on Youtube for live stream game nights and other stuff!www.youtube.com/@ThehillshavenerdsWe want to thank our Ko-fi supporters! You help us make the show even better.Brittany JohnstonNick De RosaYou can support us on Ko-fi for membership rewards!www.ko-fi.com/thehillshavenerdsGet some awesome The Hills Have Nerds shirts from Mystic Stitches!https://mysticstitches.com/Lee makes great Retro RPG content on Youtube and streams!www.youtube.com/@Pixelbroleewww.twitch.tv/pixelbroleeThe Legend of Zeldahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_ZeldaRipened Tingle's Romantic Balloon Trip of Lovehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ripened_Tingle%27s_Balloon_Trip_of_Love

It's time to get literary up in here.Aaron and Josh sit down in this episode with Amazon Best-Selling and local Eastern KY author Ken Harris to talk about his new book Queen of the Frostfyre, a change from realistic fiction to fantasy, his own nerdom, and an arguably unhealthy obsession with Magic the Gathering.Check out "Queen of the Frostfyre" releasing at the end of February 2026, and Ken's other books "The Perfect Tree" and "Any Flavor Jellybeans but Black". Available on Amazon and Kindle and other places.Follow Ken Harris on social mediaThreads - https://www.threads.com/@ken_s_harrisInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/ken_s_harrisRead any Ken Harris? We want to hear about it!Email us at [email protected] on our Facebook!www.facebook.com/The HillsHaveNerdsCome inside our Discord!https://discord.gg/cruXwRyQjmCheck us out on Youtube for live stream game nights and other stuff!www.youtube.com/@ThehillshavenerdsWe want to thank our Ko-fi supporters! You help us make the show even better.Brittany JohnstonNick De RosaYou can support us on Ko-fi for membership rewards!www.ko-fi.com/thehillshavenerdsWant to represent The Hills Have Nerds in your wardrobe?https://mysticstitches.com/collections/the-hills-have-nerdsMusic: Beyond the Horizon by Alexander Nakarada (https://www.creatorchords.com/)Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 Licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

New Year Same Nerds! The Hills Have Nerds returns from the Holiday break with a brand new episode featuring Travis, Josh, and Cody! The boys discuss The 2025 Game Awards, their Nerd Year's Resolutions, and what nerditry they're currently getting into and hyped about for the upcoming year!What are your Nerd Year's Resolutions? We want to know!Email us at [email protected] on our Facebook!www.facebook.com/The HillsHaveNerdsCome inside our Discord!https://discord.gg/cruXwRyQjmCheck us out on Youtube for live stream game nights and other stuff!www.youtube.com/@ThehillshavenerdsWe want to thank our Ko-fi supporters! You help us make the show even better.Brittany JohnstonNick De RosaYou can support us on Ko-fi for membership rewards!www.ko-fi.com/thehillshavenerdsWorld of Warcraft Midnighthttps://worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com/en-us/midnightSteinhardt's Guide to the Eldritch Hunthttps://online.anyflip.com/eluvw/uebl/mobile/index.htmlGundam TCGhttps://www.gundam-gcg.com/en/Gundam Animehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GundamThe Game Awardshttps://thegameawards.com/Clair Obscur: Expedition 33https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clair_Obscur:_Expedition_33Hollow Knight: Silk Songhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollow_Knight:_SilksongDonkey Kong: Bananzahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donkey_Kong_BananzaSouth of Midnighthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_of_MidnightNo Man's Skyhttps://www.nomanssky.com/Umamusumehttps://umamusume.com/The Midnight Walkhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Midnight_WalkArc Raidershttps://arcraiders.com/