Boars, Gore, and Swords

It's HBO's Westworld under the gun, as  Ivan & Red  dig deep into video game influences, violence in virtual worlds, homage on top of homage, and more. Support BGaS and hear our GBBO eps!-> patreon.com/boarsgoreswords Follow us on twitter-> @boarsgoreswords Find us on facebook-> facebook.com/BoarsGoreSwords

We're back in AFfC, as  Ivan  and  Red  continue their book club reading of the  Boiled Leather chapter order  combining George R.R. Martin's  A Feast for Crows  and  A Dance with Dragons . This week it's Brienne III, and Samwell II. Specific page numbers in various editions can be found here . Get our Great British Bake Off patreon eps!-> patreon.com/boarsgoreswords Follow us on twitter-> @boarsg...

This week is ALL ADwD, as  Ivan  and  Red  continue their book club reading of the  Boiled Leather chapter order  combining George R.R. Martin's  A Feast for Crows  and  A Dance with Dragons . This week it's Bran II (covered previously here ), Tyrion IV, and Davos II. Specific page numbers in various editions can be found here . Get the 3rd Great British Bake Off patreon ep!-> patreon.com/boarsgor...

The next chapter in FeastDance is Reek I in ADwD, which we have covered previously . Then it's back to AFfC this week, with Cersei III & The Soiled Knight covered this week as  Ivan  and  Red  continue their book club reading of the  Boiled Leather chapter order  combining George R.R. Martin's  A Feast for Crows  and  A Dance with Dragons . Specific page numbers in various editions can be found he...

When The Bannermen asked Ivan & Red to discuss The Great British Bake Off , they assumed it was a niche interest, and made it a patreon reward. Well, the response to that first episode blew them away and they've decided to cover the entire Series (AKA Season, for Americans) 7 of #GBBO on Patreon as well as release the first episode in the main feed. Everyone deserves a chance to hear Ivan talk Dri...

Strictly ADwD this week, with Davos I, Jon III,  & Daenerys II covered this week as  Ivan  and  Red  continue the  Boiled Leather chapter order  combining George R.R. Martin's  A Feast for Crows  and  A Dance with Dragons . Specific page numbers in various editions can be found here . Follow Ivan's new twitter account,  @octo_txt . Our Great British Bake Off ep is up for our patrons-> patreon.com/...

Sansa I (AFFC), The Kraken's Daughter (AFFC),  & Tyrion III (ADWD) are covered this week as  Ivan  and  Red  continue the  Boiled Leather chapter order  combining George R.R. Martin's  A Feast for Crows  and  A Dance with Dragons . Sansa I  has been covered before, so we only give it the briefest of summaries. Follow Ivan's new twitter account, @octo_txt . Listen to the bizarre Song Exploder menti...

  Cersei II (AFFC), Jaime I (AFFC),  Brienne II (AFFC) are covered this week as  Ivan  and  Red  continue the  Boiled Leather chapter order  combining George R.R. Martin's  A Feast for Crows  and  A Dance with Dragons . Brienne II  has been covered before, so we only give it the briefest of summaries. Patreon is nearing our next goal, bring it home!-> patreon.com/boarsgoreswords Follow us on twitt...

Preacher , a high profile comic book adaptation that was formative to Ivan 's view of people as meat bags, is a show that improves on the comic book–in its adaptation of women and hairstyles–and vastly disappoints. At Ivan's behest, they both watched the first two episodes in addition to Red reading the first four comic books in the series. This was originally done for t he show's patreon  months...

After skipping The Merchant's Man per the  Boiled Leather chapter order ,  Ivan  and  Red  cover Samwell I (AFFC), Jon II (ADWD), and Arya I (ADWD) in George R.R. Martin's  A Feast for Crows  and  A Dance with Dragons . They also mention the BGaS protomug . Patreon is nearing our next goal, bring it home!-> patreon.com/boarsgoreswords Follow us on twitter-> @boarsgoreswords Find us on facebook-> f...

Brienne I (AFFC), Jon I (ADWD), Bran I (ADWD), and Tyrion II (ADWD) are covered this week as  Ivan  and  Red  continue the  Boiled Leather chapter order  combining George R.R. Martin's  A Feast for Crows  and  A Dance with Dragons . Brienne I and Bran I have been covered before, so we just lightly summarize those chapters. Book club wouldn't exist without our patrons, support the show!-> patreon.c...

Book club continues with Cersei I (AFFC), Tyrion I (ADWD), and Daenarys I (ADWD) as Ivan  and  Red  continue the  Boiled Leather chapter order  combining George R.R. Martin's  A Feast for Crows  and  A Dance with Dragons . They discuss ceremonial robes that didn't make it to television, Cersei's continued fall down the priorities ladder, and which actors are too dignified to be stuck in a wine cas...

Stranger Things, the Netflix-original Spielbergian YA horror show starring Winona Ryder, David Habour, & Matthew Modine is on tap this week. Every fourth week Ivan  and  Red break from the book club and cover something different, and this time it was an easy choice, as Stranger Things is definitely What You Should Be Watching. Next week we will return to our coverage of FeastDance. This offseason...

The  Boars, Gore, and Swords  book club forges on with the  Boiled Leather chapter order  combining George R.R. Martin's  A Feast for Crows  and  A Dance with Dragons . In this week's episode,  Ivan  and  Red  cover the chapters "The Prophet" and "The Captain of the Guards" from A Feast for Crows. They discuss the religious importance of drowning, weapon-based objectophilia, and which European lan...

TODAY IS THE DAY WE BEGIN A FEAST FOR CROWS AND A DANCE WITH DRAGONS , books 4 and 5 of George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire. Per the will of our bannermen and our patrons , we've decided to cover these books in an interleaved order organized by Sean T. Collins . The first two chapters in this new order are both of the prologues, first ADwD and then AFfC, and so that's what we discuss in th...

With Season 6 of Game of Thrones in the bag, Ivan and Red return to their chapter by chapter book club. Using the reading guide  that was provided by Bannerman Michelle Victory prior to season 5 of Game of Thrones, they finish up A Storm of Swords by covering Samwell IV, Jon XI, skipping the previously covered Tyrion XI and then going on to Samwell V and Jon XII. Next week we'll move on to A Feast...

It's the season 6 finale, "The Winds of Winter", and Ivan and Red  are joined by  Kelly Anneken  to discuss Cersei's continuing stylistic reinventions, possible GIF-based meme density, Arya pulling a Cartman, ginger pride, and the greatest ongoing debate within male culture: how many kids you could fight at once. Support the show!-> patreon.com/boarsgoreswords Follow us on twitter-> @boarsgoreswor...

For "Battle of the Bastards", Ivan and Red are joined by writer Maggie Tokuda-Hall to discuss what make-up you bring to the negotiating table, the gender dynamics of war councils, how Daenerys/Yara is the new greatest ship, and Ramsay's fate still being better than he deserves. Support the show!-> patreon.com/boarsgoreswords Follow us on twitter-> @boarsgoreswords

For this week's "No One," Ivan and Red discuss Terminator chases, Sandor Clegane's murder negotiations, and the most offscreen of any offscreen death in television history. Support the show!-> patreon.com/boarsgoreswords , we have a special WYSBW on AMC's Preacher for our Patrons. Follow us on twitter-> @boarsgoreswords

It's reunion week for "The Broken Man," Ivan and Red discuss skateboarding preachers, Margaery's manipulations, Yara's immersion therapy, and how Lady Mormont is the greatest character on the show even if she's only ten. This week we'd really appreciate it if you would fill out our survey in order to help us find sponsors! Support the show!-> patreon.com/boarsgoreswords Follow us on twitter-> @boa...

On this week's "Blood of My Blood," Ivan and Red are accompanied by the fantastic Lisa Corrao to discuss new religious converts, bringing your north of the Wall girlfriend home to your family, Arya's position as theatre critic, and puppets both figurative and literal. Please help us find sponsorship by filling out our survey ! Support the podcast on Patreon !

For this week's episode,  "The Door," Ivan and Red are joined by the hilarious Lydia Popovich to discuss the Iron Islands' applause-based political process, theatrical dingdongs, the consequences of grabbing root, and the loss of our dearest, biggest friend. Support the podcast on Patreon !  

For this week's "Book of the Stranger,"   Ivan and Red discuss Ramsay Bolton's trolling, the High Sparrow's torture by backstory, Brienne and Tormund's sexual tension, and yes, they cover the flatulence of Pycelle which they somehow missed last week. Support the podcast on Patreon !

For this week's  "Oathbreaker,"   Ivan and  Red  discuss Varys's interrogation methods, the differing effects of puberty on actors, and possible ways to defeat a four hundred pound Icelandic zombie strongman. If you enjoyed the show, you can support it by donating to the  newly opened Patreon !

The sixth season of HBO's  Game of Thrones  continues, with surprising deaths and unsurprising returns from death. Each week following the show,  Boars, Gore, and Swords  recaps all the newest developments in the world of Westeros. To cover this week's "Home,"  Ivan  and  Red  are joined by  Walt Hickey , chief culture writer of  FiveThirtyEight , to discuss proper dragon training technique, start...