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Hi there, we have some news for you about the future of Watch Out for Fireballs! and Bonfireside Chat. We think it\u2019s pretty exciting.\n\nThe short version of it is that Bonfireside Chat is ending in August, and will be replaced with more frequent episodes of Watch Out for Fireballs!.\n\nThe long version can be found below. We\u2019ve got a lot of stuff to talk about, and we want to hear what you think. So we\u2019ve set up a survey to gather your input. And we\u2019re giving away three (3) $20 Steam gift cards to some randomly drawn people from the respondents. Please read everything here before you complete the survey, if you could.\n\nHere\u2019s a link to the survey: https://duckfeed.typeform.com/to/LDPTnY\n\nTable of Contents\n\n\nBonfireside Chat is Ending\nHow is Bonfireside Chat going to end?\nWhat\u2019s Replacing Bonfireside Chat?\nWatch Out for Fireballs! is Going Weekly\nWOFF! Will Change Schedules in August\nWhat\u2019s Happening to the Crystal Chronicles?\nWhat\u2019s Happening to Other Shows on the Network?\nHow is the Patreon Changing?\nEarly Release is getting better.\nWe\u2019re changing the Slack access tier.\nWhat are some open questions?\nWe\u2019re holding a survey.\n\n\nTimeline of Changes\n\nNot all of this is happening immediately. Here\u2019s a brief timeline so you can know what takes effect when.\n\n\nJanuary: WOFF! expands beyond retro games.\nMay: Brayton replaces Gary on Check It Out, Comrade!\nLate June: Changes to the Duckfeed Patreon will take effect.\nJuly 1: Early Release shifts to 1 week early instead of 1 day early.\nJuly 9: Bonfireside Chat Victory Lap season begins.\nAugust 1: Watch Out for Fireballs! schedule change takes effect.\nAugust 20: Final Bonfireside Chat airs.\n\n\nBonfireside Chat is Ending\n\nIt\u2019s strange to begin an announcement about Watch Out for Fireballs! with news for a different show, but the fate of Bonfireside Chat affects everything on the network. We\u2019ve thought about it long and hard, and we\u2019ve decided to end Bonfireside Chat in August of 2017.\n\nBonfireside Chat and the Dark Souls series have both been very good to us. We\u2019ve met a ton of great people doing the show, built an audience, and made some great episodes. But the Dark Souls 3 season kind of broke us. It was the first time we had to spend so much time playing, examining, and talking about a game that we\u2019re not crazy for.\n\nWe knew the end of Bonfireside Chat would happen some day. As early as a year ago, FromSoft told us that the series was concluding. We entertained the notion of continuing the show by talking about SoulsLikes, but those are of wildly varying quality. And all of our thoughts come back to this: Dark Souls was a game that was so good that we couldn\u2019t **not* do a show about it.* Most of the sequels were as well. But it makes no sense to bind ourself to things that merely imitate something that we love.\n\nWhat if From releases a new SoulsBorne game?\n\nE3 is in a few weeks, and it\u2019s totally possible that From will announce something related to Souls. This won\u2019t change our decision. Instead, that game will be covered on Watch Out for Fireballs! The same applies to any really good SoulsLikes.\n\nHow is Bonfireside Chat going to end?\n\nWe have a plan for ending Bonfireside Chat, and we\u2019ve alluded to it before. This summer, we\u2019re walking back through the whole series in the opposite order that we\u2019ve covered it. Each game will get an episode + appendix pair, and we\u2019re going to talk about each entry in the broader context of the series now that we know how it ends.\n\nSo that means the order is as follows:\n\n\nBloodborne (July 2)\nDark Souls 2 (July 16)\nDemon\u2019s Souls (July 30)\nDark Souls (August 13)\n\n\nThese episodes will have guests, and they\u2019re already chosen from our Bonfireside Chat After Dark tier backers. They are John Hurst, Mitch Benes, Randy Walker, and Kilo Pascal.\n\nPrior to that, we\u2019r\u2026