This week on the Girl Meets Nerd podcast, Tristan and I are joined by Jonatan Perrier-Daigle, a friend of ours who loves to 3D print! Honestly, the idea of 3D printers seems like magic – or at least some futuristic technology used by a civiliza

Episode 28: What the Heck is Competitive Gaming with Jordan Wilbur

Jun 25th, 2021 1h 23m

This week on the Girl Meets Nerd podcast, Tristan and I are joined by our friend Jordan Wilbur. According to him, Jordan likes to play competitive video games – according to us, Jordan is a fighting game aficionado and future gamecube controlle

Episode 27: What the Heck is the MCU?

May 14th, 2021 49m 20s

This week on the Girl Meets Nerd Podcast, Tristan and I are sitting down to discuss a major topic in our nerdy lives: The Marvel Cinematic Universe! If you are thinking “Megan, what the HECK is the Marvel Cinematic Universe??” then this is the

Episode 26: Pe Metawe Games

Apr 30th, 2021 1h 10m

This week on the Girl Meets Nerd podcast, Tristan and I are joined by David and Jayde of Pe Metawe Together. Together David and Jayde run youth workshops using role-playing games and operate a community focused gaming space in Edmonton, Alberta

Episode 25: Designing a Boardgame from Scratch with RAMSTAR Games

Apr 16th, 2021 55m

This week on the Girl Meets Nerd podcast, Tristan and I are joined by Sean Chappell – idea man, artist, and co-designer of the new board game Hivernation! At some point, I think everyone wants to create something. How many times have you thoug

Episode 24: What the Heck is Pokémon?

Apr 2nd, 2021 1h 7m

This week on the Girl Meets Nerd podcast, Tristan and I are joined by Anirudh, PM/DM/GM of Not a Scratch podcast, host of the Ahdurin Region, and lover of all things Pokémon! I have to admit, even though I’ve gone a bit off the deep end into th

Episode 23: 25 Things We learned from a Year in Lockdown

Mar 18th, 2021 45m 47s

Happy birthday to Meg, happy birthday TO YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR COVID-19 LOCKDOWN…. Normally I celebrate my birthday alone, but this year I get to share it with a little special something: the COVID-19 lockdown. At this time last year, things

Episode 22: What the Heck are Asymmetric Games?

Mar 5th, 2021 51m 40s

This week on the Girl Meets Nerd podcast, Tristan and I are joined by Clay Capra, host of the Mindful Games Lab podcast and Sales Director for one of our favorite game design studios, Leder Games! A couple years ago Tristan came home from board

Epsiode 21: Character Creation with Darby & Harper

Feb 19th, 2021 59m 53s

This week on the Girl Meets Nerd Podcast, Tristan and I are joined by Darby, Harper, and their contagious energy, to learn more about how they create characters for tabletop role-playing games! Character creation is one of my favorite parts of

Episode 20: A Beginner’s Guide to Watching Anime

Feb 5th, 2021 41m 49s

This week on the Girl Meets Nerd Podcast, Tristan and I share our journey of discovering anime and how you can start loving it too! I’ll be honest: anime has always kind of intrigued me. Even though I had never really taken the leap, there was

Episode 19: What the Heck is Larping?

Jan 22nd, 2021 48m 1s

This week on the Girl Meets Nerd Podcast, Tristan and I learn all about live action role playing with Austin Moraga of the Iron Bound Chest! Of all of the nerdy things that I’ve been introduced to by Tristan and have discovered in my own world

Episode 18: The Best? of 2020

Jan 8th, 2021 37m 45s

Well friends, we are back and we made it to 2021! We are sooooo excited to get back to building our beginners guide to the nerdverse. BUT FIRST. It’s important to reflect on the past, at least that is what they say. While 2020 was no walk in t

Episode 17: Season Finale Q&A

Nov 27th, 2020 54m 19s

Happy Holidays friends! This week on the Girl Meets Nerd Podcast, Tristan and I are answering your questions! We asked our lovely friends on Twitter and Instagram what questions they’d like our answers to and we were overwhelmed by their wonder

Episode 16: Cooperative Two-Player Video Games for Beginners

Nov 13th, 2020 37m 16s

This week on the Girl Meets Nerd Podcast, Tristan and I sit down together to talk about 3 very different, but equally lovable, two-player cooperative video games. Tristan loves the idea of a video game night: homemade pizza, delicious snacks, a

Episode 15: Getting Spooky with the Tipsy Pod

Oct 31st, 2020 47m 57s

For our Halloween episode of the Girl Meets Nerd Podcast, we join the lovely Stephanie and Courtney of “They’re Terrified and Tipsy” – the scary movie review podcast. Something you may or may not know about me, but that you definitely should, i

Episode 14: What the Heck is a Dungeon Master?

Oct 16th, 2020 35m 33s

This week on the Girl Meets Nerd Podcast, I sit down with Tim from the Knights and Nerds podcast to talk about what it is like being a Dungeon Master and running a game of Dungeons and Dragons! When Tristan first told me that he was the Dungeon

Episode 13: Gateway Games for Friday Night

Oct 2nd, 2020 50m 32s

This week on the Girl Meets Nerd Podcast, Tristan and I are joined by the wonderful Matt & Jon of The Friday Knight Games Podcast to talk about genres of board games, what makes a great gaming experience, and even more gateway game suggestions!

Episode 12: Storytelling & Friendship in RPGs with Brianna

Sep 18th, 2020 42m 9s

This week on the Girl Meets Nerd Podcast I sit down with my Twitter nemesis, Brianna, to chat about the impact that role-playing games can have on personal relationships! Intriguing I know. Brianna is a DM and storyteller who joined the TTRPG c

Episode 11: Cartoons are for Everyone

Sep 4th, 2020 39m 13s

This week on the Girl Meets Nerd Podcast, Tristan and I sit down to share with you three of our favorite cartoons that are so well crafted, they have something for everyone to enjoy! For a long time, I didn’t really give cartoons other than my

Episode 10: What the Heck is an RPG Video Game? With Austin Moraga

Aug 21st, 2020 1h 5m

Welcome back! Join Tristan and I this week as we learn more about role playing video games from Austin Moraga of The Iron Bound Chest! As you may remember from Episode 6 on Video Games and Cereal Boxes, for a long time I thought call of duty wa

Episode 9: What the Heck is Magic the Gathering with The Natural 1 Podcast

Aug 7th, 2020 50m 3s

This week on The Girl Meets Nerd Podcast we learn about the mysterious game Magic the Gathering from Logan of the Natural 1 Podcast! Before sitting down with Logan I knew nothing about Magic the Gathering. If I am being honest with you, I figur

Episode 8: On Playing Dnd for the First Time with Emily

Jul 23rd, 2020

So we have talked about what the heck dnd is but what actually happens when you sit down at the table to play? How do you create a character? What do all the numbers on your character sheet mean? What do I do with all these dice?On this episod

Episode 8: On Playing Dnd for the First Time with Emily

Jul 23rd, 2020

Episode 7: A Padawan’s Guide to Star Wars

Jul 10th, 2020

Welcome back to Girl Meets Nerd, a podcast about my adventure into the Nerd-verse and your beginner’s guide to becoming one.On this week’s episode of the Girl Meets Nerd Podcast we are diving into the world of Star Wars! If you have ever felt

Episode 7: A Padawan’s Guide to Star Wars

Jul 10th, 2020

Welcome back to Girl Meets Nerd, a podcast about my adventure into the Nerd-verse and your beginner’s guide to becoming one. On this week’s episode of the Girl Meets Nerd Podcast we are diving into the world of Star Wars! If you have ever fel