Solo Queue - A World of Warcraft Podcast

School’s Out!  Report Card Time - Ep 40 SOLO QUEUE DISCORD available at: https://discord.gg/nXQVqERcSU Show Notes  Welcome to Episode 40! – 2:13         40 episodes!  Happy 25th birthday to my Alex!  Big thanks to Rak and Kael for inviting me to celebrate episode 20 of The Ready Check!  Good to finally claw some time out to get this show out to you all!   Corrections – 9:44 Ep. 39 had a few stinke...

The Keys That Bind Us - Ep 39 SOLO QUEUE DISCORD available at: https://discord.gg/nXQVqERcSU Show Notes  Welcome to Episode 39! – 2:13         Feeling lots of gratitude and a little sadness which we will talk about. Big thank you to you for supporting long-form audio content! Gratitude for the recent wave of growth of SQ, which has been downloaded in 57 countries, including a small wave in Vietnam...

Midnight Meanderings - Ep 38 SOLO QUEUE DISCORD now available:  https://discord.gg/nXQVqERcSU Show Notes  Welcome to Episode 38! – 2:13         Time to pin you down and force you to listen to what I think of Midnight so far.  Or maybe just entertain you while you work or commute or mow the lawn or whatever it is you are doing.  Thanks for bringing Solo Queue along!  By the way, the countdown check...

State of Warcraft with Gershom 2, This Time It’s Midnight - Ep 37 SOLO QUEUE DISCORD now available:  https://discord.gg/N86fhRkDem Show Notes  Welcome to Episode 37! – 3:13         Gershom is back for our second annual State of Warcraft conversation!  Here are some of the topics we get into:   Looking back at TWW – 9:06 Midnight First Impressions – 16:18 Revamp of Zones – 39:42 Troll Talk – 48:48...

Seeking Acceptance - Ep 36 SOLO QUEUE DISCORD now available:  https://discord.gg/nXQVqERcSU   Show Notes  Welcome to Episode 36! – 2:49         Who knew it was so hard to get four player signatures to start a guild?  A sign from the universe, perhaps?  Too late, we started a guild!   News – 13:05 Solo Together Guild open – Yes!  But, RANT #1 INCOMING – the long road to 4 signatures Loner’s Run, th...

Kicking off 2026 with Denethar! - Ep 35 SOLO QUEUE DISCORD now available:  https://discord.gg/nXQVqERcSU   Show Notes  Welcome to Episode 35! – 1:24         Welcome to the Solo Queue to Denethar, host of Azeroth United, another fantastic podcast started in 2023   “What Have You Done Lately?” and a bit of news – 14:57   Projects and spreadsheets and Housing and Remix   Grand Tour Kind of Announced...

We had some technical difficulties at Solo Queue Headquarters as the year came to a close.  Fortunately, lost data was recovered and the episode is ready!  But, given it is New Year's Eve (here), I am skipping the show notes for now.  Enjoy and on to 2026! Dave

HDYS Interview with Jibbs and Kash of Azeroth Morning Radio! - Ep 33 Show Notes  Welcome to Episode 33! – 2:29         We dodged two goblin toughs for a few moments, but we will need to get the show going before they return.   “What Have You Done Lately?” and a bit of news – 3:07     Great response to Episode 32 and in particular the profile of my deceased uncle Did anyone notice the missing intro...

My WoW Family (Part 2) and the Story of Norm - Ep 32 Show Notes  Welcome to Episode 32! – 1:06         After the first part of My WoW Family dropped, I was sidelined by some horrible throat cold.  Hard to record without a voice.  Having mostly recovered, it is time to continue the journey.   “What Have You Done Lately?” and a bit of news – 6:53     I am going to Blizzcon! Tickets and hotel acquire...

My WoW Family (Part 1) - Ep 31 Show Notes  Welcome to Episode 31! – 3:13          After playing World of Warcraft alone for many years, it turns out that I have made some listeners, supporters, and friends along the way.  This episode (and the second half to follow shortly) aims to introduce you to my WoW family, the people who fit into my somewhat unsolo solo WoW life.   “What Have You Done Latel...

Midnight Re-Launch 2.0 Redux - Episode 30 Show Notes  Welcome to Episode 30! – 2:25          Could there be a few more roadblocks set to getting this episode out in an already busy part of my calendar?  Yes, I left that exact line from the Ep. 29 show notes because, well, same!  Couple people close to me needed some medical attention and they are on the mend now! But here we are in a news-filled e...

Midnight Oil Definitely Got Burned - Episode 29 Show Notes  Welcome to Episode 29! – 3:27          Could there be a few more roadblocks set to getting this episode out in an already busy part of my calendar?  Ep. 28 saw great numbers and a huge contribution to the recent surge was Denethar graciously interviewing me on Azeroth United and I am very grateful.  Also, I’m darn tired and dying to uploa...

11.Who Cares, It's Almost Midnight! - Episode 28 Show Notes  Welcome to Episode 28! – 1:45          There is so much to discuss as we are on the cusp of the eleventh expansion of World of Warcraft.  Naturally, I suggestions for Blizzard for improving the game as the main topic   “What have you done lately?” – 6:09 Holy crap, there is so much I have done.  Buckle up.  It all seems to revolve around...

Episode 27 – Gotta Collect Them All Show Notes  Welcome to Episode 27! – 2:59         A celebration in three parts, the first of which is celebrating my return to WoW and the SQ mic after an unforeseen absence.  Big thanks to Ali for coming on for Episode 24 and to Ali and Gin for having me on Live, Laugh, Lore to talk starting zones!   SQ Book Club – 8:11 A review of Dungeon Crawler Carl, the fir...

Episode 26 – HDYS Interview with Matt Rossi! Show Notes  Welcome to Episode 26! – 2:03         A wide-ranging interview with games journalist and fiction writer Matt Rossi!  I’m not even going to pretend to make a list of topics, but we talk about starting hit WoW career with his wife, how to approach WoW when your job demands that you spoil all new content as soon as it hits test servers, and his...

Episode 25 – Celebration! Warcraft 30, Down Time, and the Best NPC is… Show Notes  Welcome to Episode 25! – 1:54         A celebration in three parts, the first of which is celebrating my return to WoW and the SQ mic after an unforeseen absence.  Big thanks to Ali for coming on for Episode 24 and to Ali and Gin for having me on Live, Laugh, Lore to talk starting zones!   Warcraft 30th Anniversary...

Episode 24 – HDYS Interview with Ali! Show Notes  Welcome to Episode 24! – 1:45         An interview with the creator of the now-retired Dungeon Fables podcast and the current co-host of Live, Laugh, Lore, Ali Andras!  A variety of topics listed below but beginning with the current game in Undermine, DRIVE, and 11.5.   Talking some WoD – 28:35   How Does Ali Solo? – 39:44   Player Housing – 49:00...

Episode 23 – The 10 Years Ago Thing Show Notes  Welcome to Episode 23! – 4:42         Another full episode as we dive into three areas!   Best WoW NPC Tournament Coverage Rounds 1, 2, and 3 – 6:43 The upsets, the lopsided victories, and the first three rounds of this grueling six round tournament.  Coverage by region.  We end the segment with 8 NPCs left to fight for the (someday) famous title of...

Episode 22 – Bookending Gallywix, Best NPC Tournament, and Putting Light into the World Show Notes  Welcome to Episode 22! – 3:06         Big thanks to Ease, the host of Realm Maintenance, for interviewing me for that podcast a couple weeks ago; great conversation about WoW, 11.1, and Solo Queue; check it out on your podcast feed of choice or (hopefully) it will hit YouTube in video form A trimmed...

Episode 21 – Undermine, You Get My Drift? Show Notes  Welcome to Episode 21! – 8:58         Busy world in life, in game, and in podcast.  Lots of 11.1 going on!             “What have you done lately?” – 16:17 Love is in the Air recap Library in our Player Housing when? Barely hitting the 2000 points for the Trading Post An unexpected and difficult adventure to earn the Troll Heritage Armor   Main...

Episode 20 – The 1st Annual State of the Warcraft World Conversation with Gershom! Show Notes  Welcome to Episode 20! – 3:10         Solo Queue welcomes back Gershom, co-host of the Thrall’s Balls podcast and a big early supporter of me and this show one year after being the first How Do You Solo? Interview guest. We are here to talk about the state of World of Warcraft just before the 11.1 conten...

Episode 19 – Three Drinks in on Lunar Love, Confucianism, Socrates, 11.1, and a Meh Castle Show Notes  Welcome to Episode 19! – 8:04 A few words from me on the guiding principles of Solo Queue and why consistent publishing is not really one of them.  Sorry to miss the two episodes a month pattern on the very first month.  I am okay with that and hopefully you are as well.  Still hoping to get you...

Episode 18 – How Do You Solo? Interview with The Snek of Vol’dun! Show Notes  Welcome to Episode 18! First episode of 2025 and Season 2 of Solo Queue is an interview with The Snek of Vol’dun, a vocal proponent of making the Sethrak a playable race.  A chance social media encounter turned into a great conversation with a fellow solo player. Still planning for a regular episode in January as part of...

Episode 17 – The Real Anniversary Episode Show Notes  Welcome to Episode 17! First year of Solo Queue in the books and stumbling into some creative WoW-adjacent media got me thinking about all the value added to WoW by content creators outside of Blizzard.             Four Tanks and a Healer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A47d3fjDNSQ             Stormwind University:   https://www.youtube.com/w...

Episode 16 – How Do You Solo? Interview with Josh Allen Show Notes  Welcome to Episode 16! Not a lot in the way of show notes for this episode.  There is an intro with me trying to dream up the perfect person to talk about the past, present, and future of the Warcraft universe in the wake of Warcraft Direct.  Then…   Interview with Josh Allen, aka Lore, aka devolore – 3:13 An awesome, informative,...