• Solo Queue - A World of Warcraft Podcast

  • By: Dave Gagne
  • Podcast

Solo Queue - A World of Warcraft Podcast

By: Dave Gagne
  • Summary

  • A monthly podcast about adventuring alone in the World of Warcraft. Host Dave Gagne shares his years in Azeroth steering clear of most group content for various reasons. Why do you fight alone? Come for tips on solo play, diving into various aspects of WoW, and even finding your first steps into dungeon and raid content. Stay for the aural ambience, the drink of the month, and WoW news affecting solo players (and lately, the news is good). This is a new podcast adventure so climb aboard now. Available on Apple, Spotify, Amazon/Audible, YouTube, Podbean, Goodpods, and many other podcast feeds. To contact, find soloqueuewow on all socials and at Gmail. I’ll see you out there!
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Episodes
  • Episode 18 - How Do You Solo? Interview with The Snek of Vol'dun!
    Jan 23 2025

    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 the twice-monthly plan for this new year.

    Interview with The Snek of Vol’dun – 8:52

    • Why the Sethrak?
    • A connection with the many snakes in Australia?
    • Lore of the Sethrak
    • A role to play fightinh Xal’atath?
    • A Sethrak in a Delve? “Enough to get you hooked.”
    • What classes could Sethrak play? Give us a Sethrak monk!
    • All the pieces are there: starting zone, back story, models, more
    • WoW 30th Anniversary Tour headed to Sydney
    • How did you start playing WoW, especially as a younger player?
    • Obligatory crapping on the writing during Shadowlands
    • Obligatory praising of Chris Metzen and his return
    • Snek as a solo player
    • Time zones are strange
    • Bits of Sethrak info in the Exploring Azeroth: Islands and Isles book
    • Should Sethrak be available to Horde or Alliance or both?
    • Predictions for what’s to come in the WoW story?
    • Updating “old” world zones for graphics and story could be easier with story progress and the presence of so many “Classic” versions
    • Blizzard, heed the command of The Snek of Vol’dun, the Sethrak’s strongest soldier!

    Closing comments – 1:34:48

    My thanks to The Snek of Vol’dun for coming on the show.

    Outro – 1:36:30

    • Thanks to Blizzard and OGRE for audio, my lovely wife, and you for listening.
    • Support the show at https://www.patreon.com/c/soloqueuewow
    • Thank you to contributing patrons Andrew, Righteous Bandy, ThatSkyGuy, Cyn, TheSnekofVol’dun, and Friends of Wumpus! Thanks to free patrons Max, Eddie, Tim, Bear, and Jon.
    • Subscribe to the podcast at your podcast feed of choice, Apple, Spotify, and all the rest.
    • The Snek of Vol’dun is on BlueSky at bsky.app/profile/snekofvoldun.bsky.social, on Twitter at x.com/TheSnekofVoldun and has a YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/@TheSnekofVoldun
    • You can contact me at soloqueuewow at gmail.com, Bluesky, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Threads.
    • January episode coming soon…

    “We will see you out there."

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    1 hr and 40 mins
  • Episode 17 – The Real Anniversary Episode
    Dec 30 2024
    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/watch?v=7sgpgEy-UW8 Karazhan Library: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkDNwkGDS84 “What have you done lately?” – 16:52 Trivia is now 42 characters every day – the end is in sight, January 7For max leveling efficiency, that meant getting 5 characters to 80I made my 2 Earthen charactersMonthly inventory for first time in 3 monthsSporadically getting weekly meta quests done to keep gearing the 5 level 80s Addon Recommendation: Altoholic – 25:39 Tracks gold, levels, achievements, time played, and many more bits of individual character info account-wide, server by server, faction by faction. …and Siren Isle – 27:03 Yes, it feels a lot like 10.0.7, but it is kind of differentGameplay is…fine; better than the alternative of nothing until 11.1Story is hard to take in, maybe just for me? News – 46:34 Still 2 story questlines to come in 11.0.7, Dalaran epilogue and Lingering ShadowsTurbulent Timeways coming January 7 – 5 weeks of timewalkingNew game modes coming to the Character select screen? Might it be…Plunderstorm returns January 14 with less demanding reward system, new rewards, same battlefieldAnd two holidays are wrapping up next week, Anniversary event January 7 and Winter Veil January 5! Winter Veil in your Garrison! – 56:36 The second-best place to celebrate Winter Veil is in your WoD Garrison, which naturally gets decorations and there are WV dailies to add more decorations. If you haven’t done it, why not now? I did, during the recording. And, I’ve been thinking about WoD lately, which had its 10th anniversary in November. 2025 is my 10th anniversary in WoW. Throughout the coming year, I am going to go through some of the highlights of this much-maligned expansion to show what is still enjoyable, including featuring the 3 WoD raids in Raid of the Month throughout the year. Raid of the Month: Antorus (Legion) – 1:12:02 Speaking of RotM, we visit the final raid of Legion, Antorus, the Burning Throne and see where that giant sword came from. Is it worth it? Lots of running around, Eonar a slow encounter, but if you want the 2 mounts and various transmog, then yes, get in there, at least a few times. Did I get any mounts? Listen to find out – no spoilers! Also a plug for the website simplearmory.com – check it out to see all of your collectable items, along with a planner to go hunt them all down! Drink of the Month – 1:30:20 All that raiding has me thirsty for Dwarven Mead and Greatfather’s Winter Ale at the Stonefire Tavern in Ironforge, in sight of Greatfather Winter himself! Main Topic: Yep, more Winter Veil, including *SPOILERS* presents opened! – 1:31:50 We head across the molten channel in Ironforge to check out Winter Veil activities, including a ride out to kill the Greench, unwrapping the 2024 presents live, and sharing my Winter Veil wish list, now for 2025. Plans for 2025 and gratitude for the influences that led me to SQ – 1:41:18 SQ plans for the coming year, a Season 2, if you will. Biggest is the goal of two episodes each month, a traditional (and shorter) episode, and a second episode of various formats, including interviews, single topic deep dives, or overflow topics for the month. I want to close this episode with gratitude for my sources of inspiration for Solo Queue including traditional radio, some Blizzard podcasts no longer with us, and many that are. Thank you, fellow podcasters! Honored to be among your ranks. Solo Queue Mailbox – 2:04:16 The second and third reviews on Apple Podcasts from Mr Rascolwitz and Cyn (psmst1). #grateful Truly, thanks for a great first year of Solo Queue! I hope you keep listening and sharing it with friends. Outro – 2:08:47 Thanks to Blizzard and OGRE for audio, my lovely wife, and you for listening.Support the show at Patreon.com/SoloQueueWoWThank you to patrons, Andrew, Righteous Bandy, ThatSkyGuy, and welcome Cyn! Thanks to free patrons Max, Eddie, Tim, and Jon.Subscribe to the podcast at your podcast feed of choice, Apple, Spotify, and all the rest.You can contact me at soloqueuewow at gmail.com, Bluesky, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Threads. “I will see you out there."
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    2 hrs and 12 mins
  • Episode 16 - How Do You Solo? Interview with Josh Allen!
    Nov 22 2024
    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, insightful, and wide-ranging interview with Josh getting to know him as a content creator and his experiences work at Blizzard as a Community Manager, a look into the creation process of WoW, his experience and perspective on the employment harassment and discrimination problems that were exposed beginning in 2021, and a look into the future of WoW, Classic, Remixes, player housing and much more. Buckle up and listen! Interview with Josh Allen, aka Lore, aka devolore – 1:13:35 Perhaps the slowest moving Lightning Round, with blamed laid equally on both of us! Outro – 1:26:05 •A ton of thanks to Josh for coming on to share his knowledge and experiences! •Thanks to Blizzard and OGRE for audio, #dontplaymuted, my lovely wife, and you for listening. •If you want to support the show, SoloQueueWoW at Patreon.com •Thank you to current patrons, Andrew, Righteous Bandy, and ThatSkyGuy! And welcome free patrons Max, Eddie, Tim and Jon! •Also, big thanks to ThatSkyGuy for the base logo artwork on the show image today! •Subscribe to the podcast at your podcast feed of choice, Apple, Spotify, and all the rest. •You can contact me at soloqueuewow at gmail.com, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram,Threads, and Threads. “We will see you out there."
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    1 hr and 30 mins

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