The Garnet Wager

We're back with more of The Genius! It's time for a reworked repeat game, both for Main Match and Death Match. We also talk about a forgotten cyberpunk classic in Strange Days, and talk about how a movie that was politically prescient in 1995 feels a bit dated in 2021. All this and more on this episode of The Garnet Wager! If you want to play Fantasy Genius with us, we've got everything you need!...

On The Genius, they're playing the king of card games: poker! Alliances are formed and crumble, and the cast spy pays the price. Here on the Wager, we're playing Dota, watching kdramas and spending gregnets. Then... regret. Only regret. If you want to play Fantasy Genius with us, we've got everything you need! The RSS feed has episodes explaining the rules, and here is a link to Google Document ve...

When did this become the Kyunghoon show? I'm not complaining, I just didn't see it coming. Used to be he was just that kid who was too excited by the idea of betrayal that he couldn't think two moves ahead. We're all ready to see Jungmoon go home, and Nick made us watch a movie about geese. Figures, doesn't it. If you want to play Fantasy Genius with us, we've got everything you need! The RSS feed...

Betrayal in the House of Bandages! It's time to play Resistance, because this main match is just Resistance, y'all. Or Werewolf, or Mafia. Which is good! Except for when it isn't. We also watched That Thing You Do, and then we get into some Indian Poker. If you want to play Fantasy Genius with us, we've got everything you need! The RSS feed has episodes explaining the rules, and here is a link to...

Squid, one dollar! Squid one dollar here! We're back with another episode of The Genius, and it's time to sell some fish! Unspoken heroes rise, with secret teams running the show. We also watched Silence of the Lambs, because Nick is just like that. If you want to play Fantasy Genius with us, we've got everything you need! The RSS feed has episodes explaining the rules, and here is a link to Googl...

There are many types of apology in this world. Sincere or insincere. Non-apologies, where you redirect blame. Half apologies. But I come to you today to say, a full, proper, sincere apology. I'm sorry this episode turned out this way. Maybe some people will find enjoyment in this train wreck that is Six (me), Allen, and Nick playing a tabletop game very VERY loosely themed around James Bond, and m...

The Genius strikes back this week with one of if not THE best episodes of this show we've ever seen. Great Main Match, ASTONISHING Death Match, amazing character development. Twists and turns. And not just on the tv show... in our very midst as well! The Bandage Man answers back after last week's stunning Cager scheme. If you want to play Fantasy Genius with us, we've got everything you need! The...

Already, the appearance of The Garnet Cager has thrown our favorite fantasy game into chaos. Our main match, Horror Race, leaves our contestants dumbfounded, our own homework, Goldfinger, leaves us players shaking our heads, and a Tactical Yutnori death match merely piles onto the mess. If you want to play Fantasy Genius with us, we've got everything you need! The RSS feed has episodes explaining...

Here we go. The Grand Final of The Genius is underway, and so many friends are here. Your host friends Allen, Nick and Six watch your contestant friends from three seasons of The Genius meet up and compete, and our first main match is a doozy. This is gonna be a wild season, gang. If you want to play Fantasy Genius with us, we've got everything you need! The RSS feed has episodes explaining the ru...

Allen, Nick, and Six return, under the watchful eye of the Bandage Man. There is more Genius to watch: one final season. Fantasy Genius rules are in full effect, and so we start like all good fantasy competitions: with a draft. But it is more than just a draft, of course, for where the Bandage Man is involved, a game is sure to follow. But perhaps this season, the mysterious host of The Garnet Wag...

Has it come to this? Six, Allen, and Nick assemble to bring Crime Scene Season 1 to a finale... and also The Garnet Wager, as it turns out. All the friends are here: NS Yoonji, Park Jiyoon, Hong Jinho, Jun Hyunmoo, Kang Yongsuk... Jaina Na'Stee and Koubi Ze Bief? Investigations, murders, games, gags, plugs, announcements... please tune in for this mega ep, this grand farewell.

Sports! Goals! Cheering for our favorite teams! Are you ready to foot the ball with Six, Allen, and Nick on this week's Crime Scene? Guest kpop artist Key joins the team for a football pitch murder, where the most suspicious thing is the victim themselves. Who killed the ref? And more importantly, were they doing the world a favor? Well, no. That's a terrible thing to say. Murder is bad. But... th...

This is not a normal episode of The Garnet Wager! We skipped last week because Nick was out of town. He got back this week, but he was still a little too swamped for a normal recording. But, we didn't want to put nothing out, so.... Six will be your GM, while Allen and Nick play the roles of Jaina Na'stee and Keoubi Ze Bief, a duo of criminal investigators. Uhm. That's investigators who are also c...

We may be spread across this planet, with different languages and customs, but there's one language we all speak: fried chicken. And so when someone dares, in COLD BLOOD, to murder someone while they're enjoying a nice ten piece?! Well. I don't mind tellin you, it's more than I can bear. From Seoul to Nashville, there is nothing so sacred as a batter-fried fowl. Derrick Sanders, how low can you st...

The clink. The lock up. The big stinkover. People don't call it that, actually, that's fake. We're talking about JAIL. But in a fictional context so we don't have to talk about how broken and despicable the penal system of the United States is. But we mention it anyway. Whoops! When every suspect (except one) is a criminal to begin with, truly ANYONE could be guilty. God, that phone poster. Incred...

The business world is a dangerous one. Competition is fierce, and everyone's out for themselves. But who knows? If you play your cards right, you might even make a killing... I said... a KILLING... because somebody gets murdered? in this show? Well, anyway. This week on Crime Scene, an actual detective joins the cast as we check out the world of international business, and also of Sonic the Hedgeh...

This week, Six, Allen, and Nick are headed to the United Kingdom to discuss a crime most deadly… MURDER. I, uh. I think it’s going to be murder every week, actually. So maybe that’s not that remarkable. That said, you HAVE to be impressed by the rogue’s gallery of high school hoodlums and teenage terrors that our cast will be taking on the role of this week. The class presi...

Welcome to the scene of the crime. On this season, Six, Allen, and Nick will investigate Crime Scene, a murder mystery game show from South Korea. This is our first episode of the new season, so it’s a time for introductions: to hosts, to crimes, to players, to rules. How quickly will this cast adapt to the detective work before them? I guess only time will tell.

What’s next for The Garnet Wager? I mean. Just listen. We’re gonna tell you. It’s not even long. Just tune in. Special thanks to Bulbamike, creator of the 8 bit version of Scott Joplin’s The Entertainer.

There are garnets to be won. There are battles to be decided. Dongmin and Hyunmin clash, perhaps for the last time (All Stars? I legit don’t know) under three Death Matches to decide the winner of Season 3 of the Genius. Meanwhile, the Fantasy Genius battle between Six and Allen is settled, as well as a few quizzes and some discuss of old MTV animated show Daria. If you want to play Fantasy...

Guests again! On this week’s episode of The Garnet Wager (and its associated The Genius episode), we’re all about betting! Betting on yutnori, betting on black and white! Betting on lies and truths! With our final three competing to make the most profit off of the fortunes and deceits of previously eliminated players, only those of insight and with the hand to guide fate will prevail....

What a long, strange journey it’s been to getting this episode published. Last week we took a break, and then this week, any number of scheduling issues, medical catastrophes, internet outages, and so much more have made this ep as late as it is. Well, anyway, we’re finally back talking about The Genius, and I couldn’t be happier. The gang’s all here! Or at least the last 4...

No, you’re not misreading… it’s Middle Race again. It’s the same Main Match from this SAME SEASON. They added and removed roles, they made some balance changes, it’s being played with guests, but it… it’s still Middle Race. But at least we’ve got a new DM to freshen things up! …Oh. We don’t have that either. It’s the Memory Maze DM...

Capitalism is the enemy and objective once again with this week’s episode of The Genius, as the contestants tackle investment and charity, and trying to maximize profits while avoiding seeming like a scumbag. It definitely has a sort of Stormy Stock Market feel, but with its own spin on the idea. Then we head to a new DM, and it’s… a maze? Huh, I didn’t see that one coming....

Finally! A good DM this season! It’s a shame it came paired with a less good Main Match, but, you have to take the good with the bad. It’s a good opportunity to talk about Dongmin, reflect on Sangmin, and wonder at what point teasing becomes bullying, and psychological pressure becomes cruelty. It’s a difficult line to draw, and I can see how others might have a different perspec...