Weekender XLBS: Ready, Steady, Puke!
June 30, 2019 by warzan
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Happy *hurk* Sunday!! I’m okay, I’m okay… 🙂 😉 😛 😉 🙂
Having lived and worked in Asia for 6+ years when I was younger, nothing on that menu bothers me except Herring. I have a revulsion to Herring and I have eaten some pretty strange stuff in my time in Asia. Its more mental than anything else as there are people who are eating these things every day.
That’s what I told myself and just dove in
Well you know @dignity , as the saying goes “Once you get past the smell, you got it licked.” 😛
Happy Sunday ,funniest episode ever,
Finally! So much Australian wildlife, so many bugs and balls. Any time you guys want to go another round let me know
Laughed my cock off so to speak 😀
Better watch out, @dignity will be after that!
Send your detached cock in, there has to be a second vid of this.
Happy Sunday, do not watch this during your breakfast 😀
Too late for me, but save yourselves!
I don’t dare to watch it at all after this warning. 😀
Actually, my wife and I watched this while enjoying our country breakfast of three eggs sunny side up, five pieces of bacon, country sausage, jam on toast, and washed it down with a double shot hot macchiato.
It was a lovely breakfast with fine entertainment!
Happy Weekend
I have laughed my a** off on this episode.
Justin, remember me that I`ll buy you a glass of gherkin if we meet at Essen Spiel. ^^
Great episode gents. Weeping ?
“Not that sock!”
Bravo @dignity bravo.
Amen @dignity laughed my ass off!!
Normally i can sit assamble and paint models doing xlbs… this is not the day ;D oh and im sorry to hear you can handle my danish fish, nice to hear you like the snaps i send you 😉 And dont worry next time i get over I will bring more and show how to eat it 🙂 A deal i made with @avernos we will bring some more snaps, and beer aswell.
It almost seemed like me and christian is out to kill the entire crew. Gerry @lancorz is the only survive of this xlbs…. 😉
Sorry @warzan @dignity @lloyd… ;D Gerry the only one that can survive every where ;D
be watching sometime today… i was thinking the same… each weekend its them in the background and me painting…. have to put the paintbush down..!!!!
I broke my 6pounder cannon.. ;D oh well greenstuff and superglue will fix it later ;D
wait were we not? 😛
Hilarious, especially from an hour to the end. Just brilliant 😀
Laphroaig and liquorice <3
I think it’s safe to say that in a Zombie apocalypse Gerry will be just fine.
That’s what I was thinking! Even told my wife that, “Gerry will be fine he’s made of tuff stuff!”
Well done to the entire team for completing the eating challenge. I haven’t laughed that hard for ages!
I’m impressed @dignity for conquering his spider fear and eating the the tarantula, however, I remember you whinging about eating vegemite, yet not a single complaint about eating the marmite…. its the same bloody thing!
New challenge, to find some gastronomical delight that will actually phase the Great Irish Sasquatch. He looked like he enjoyed everything that was served. A true omnivore is Gerry!!
I’ve never eaten anything to date that I wouldn’t try again.
You need to try the post-pub takeaways round here, you’re made of the right stuff.
Gerry does seem to be enjoying himself
This RULES
There’s some amazing GIF’s to be made
Kangaroo Jerky is delicious. When I lived at Uni Accommodation I used to buy Kangaroo and Crocodile Meat because it was cheaper than Beef at my local shop. Australia’s a weird place
Jerry was probably right about that drink. When it comes to Mead there’s a very fine line between Alcohol and Rat Poison.
I’d write more but I am giggling like a child right now
There were two bottles of mead they got the unspoiled one. Gutted
It is so funny! LOL
Happy Sunday!!!!
Well done Justin for facing your phobia. All hail the great @dignity.
“Ladies and Gentlemen, lets hear it for the fearsome competitors.
It’s time for stomachs to RUMBLE!
Time for Super Mantasy Hurl !!”
Hahahaha thank you so much guys not been having a good time of late but watching this has me in stitches ???. You’ve made my day. Thanks
Everything else is yuck except Justin likes the mead that’s gone off… lol
There were two bottles. He necked from their one so we decided to open the other. Raging.
Only tried Mead once, one a bus to Dublin for a Metal gig. The two boys, who were drinking their homemade brew, were in some state by the end of the journey. Thought it was rather pleasant but it seemed rather potent.
hmm maybe i shall bring you some mead to go with the fish ;D
The recipe is super simple, and you can have it just how you want it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYFv-KJfQdM
This is the recipe I started with and it works and works really tasty. I set up the batch according to the video and then did a little basic web research to learn proper technique.
Literally woke my wife up by laughing too hard. “Not THAT sock!” ?
Ive got to be honest not what I pay for. The chat shows are normally entertaining. I am vegetarian and do find eating bugs because it’s “funny” slightly offensive. Thought you were better than I’m a celebrity. Anyway it’s probably not a popular view and the majority will find it funny. Hopefully people are mature enough here to except this is how I feel about it and I don’t need to have a million replies telling me how I should feel about it.
This was fun.
It seems Gerry had a lot of fun too.
I did 🙂
All the booze looked quite acceptable except for that purple gin abomination.
I’ll pretty much eat anything though I don’t like warm weather so I haven’t really been anywhere that exotic to try anything really weird stuff. I’ve had shark, just a very salty fish, love things like octopus and squid. The Australian restaurant in Armagh used to serve Kangaroo, but the chef wouldn’t cook it to order. It comes rare and they won’t serve it any other way and thought it was ok. I’m a big fan of offal, though only had tripe once but liked it, my granny from County Down loved it, must be something in the County Down gene pool for enjoying obscure foods 🙂
@dignity I’m not a fan of spiders either. People think it is hilarious when they see my reaction to spiders but the fear just runs through me. It is an evolutionary response and there is nothing you can do about.
Speaking of toe nails – one of the reasons I am one of the few people from Northern Ireland who doesn’t drink Buckfast (the other is it is stinkin’) was people had convinced me as a teenager that you had to let the bottle settle in case there was Monk’s toenails in it… Yes, I was naive enough to believe the Monk’s made it from crushing grapes with their feet lol
Lurgan Champagne
Happy Sunday… I have just cried with laughter…
Epic, loved it. Happy Sunday
I had to stop painting because I was laughing so hard. Great show guys.
LMAO, how the heck am I supposed to do my casual Sunday morning painting with XLBS while crying my eyes out with laughter, and how come the only item justin could take is cock? 🙂
Never have I beheld such glory.
Although I would love to see something that could make Gerry bat an eyelid
How about a bat’s eyelid?
I gave this episode a pass, but Happy Sunday anyway.
That was awesome, me and my boys were laughing all the way through. looks like the alcohol helped towards the end, there were definitely things I wouldn’t eat!!
Nice one guys!!
Jerry the food challenge king, at one point i was laughing so much i cried. a cracking start to any Sunday.
That was awesome guys! We’ll have to get some good alcohol for you when you come to Historicon
Herring isn’t bad, unless it’s that fermented type.
And I don’t know what insane person thought to serve it with curry ?
Maybe the same reason England invaded half the world looking for spices, to mask the taste of something foul tasting.
I’ve seen recipes for Herring curry before, but wouldn’t fancy it myself. Monkfish is the only fish I have ever put into a curry because it is the chicken of the sea!
I guess the English are used to having to mask their own cooking with spices 😉
Well thats what we do in Denmark 😉 you can also get it with mustard, karry is the norm ;D
I think it’s semi fermented, there were certainly bubbles and gas kicking off but not full on swedish surströmming
Is the Swedish one the one where the Van has to be opened under water because it’s a biohazard?
That’s the one. It’s not that bad, only some airlines have banned it ?
@avernos I don’t think I’ve tried that cheese. I presume it would be stronger than an extra ripe camembert?
Bonus round! Make Justin eat a salad 🙂
Laughed my f****** arse off. @avernos is definitely king for the day on this food challenge.
Oh and a very Happy Sunday to one and all.
Happy Sunday everyone!! Fantastic stuff!!!
Im glad you guys finally did this but oh god was that hard to watch..
Justin incredibly proud mate your a better man than me, Im not an arachnophobia and even I couldnt have done that
Less than ten minutes in and crying laughing already. Nice work guys.
having eaten a lot of weird stuff in my time.. you lot apart from Gerry are nesh lol… that was quite funny to watch especially Justin lol
Pure gold!
Laughing so damn hard, the wife came out to check if I am ok.
feel sorry for justin, the others too ? ? but is the funniest, so far of the year.
I take off my hat for you boys ?.
is this something that is also annual thing ??? ? ??
ps.here in antwerp we have a very large chinese warehouse, with some weird food ?? I’ve tried it myself, stink fruit juice, snake soup, turtle soup in the years that the turtle was still in a can now they all fly around with a disc world on their backs ?
I used to live around the corner from an Asian wholesaler that all the takeaways bought their stock from…I’ve eaten a lot of unnamed weird stuff
well done all, not sure I would have made it past the first course
Happy Sunday Backstagers/COG members
I like that this episode had a different intro. It really needs to be set apart from all the standard XLBS episodes.
My wife and I prepared a lovely country breakfast to enjoy while watching this. Washed it down with double shot hot macchiatos as well.
We were laughing so hard from the get-go. We placed bets on who would do the best at surviving and eating all that was put before them. I won that bet with my money on Gerry (@avernos). The Mrs had her money on Lloyd. I think she needs to watch more OTT to know Lloyd’s squeamishness and neatness tendencies to know that he was not geared for the championship run for the GOLD! 🙂
Well done all!
Jerry is a Trooper! Man… also I fear for Justin’s health with his diet… seriously no green food or vegs?
Gerry is the iron man… on the other end of the spectrum..come on Lloyd step up your game!
I think you went a bit too far asking Justin to eat some salad, that was just inhumane lol
It’s a good choice of whisky…
no Ardbeg but my second favourite
Brilliant show lads my sides are sore laughing. Feeling a little sick also if im honest.
I have had a very up and down week with my anxiety this past week, so watching this made me laugh so much. Thank you guys for bringing a smile to our faces. I don’t think I could have done it with the steeled grizzled resolve Gerry did. I would have been a cross between giggling like Warren and retching like Justin.
Great show guys. I would say “Keep them coming” but I think it will be a while for the next “Ready, Steady, Puke” (unless you want me to visit the studio and cook for you all. Then we can do “Ready, Steady, Run to the Bathroom!” )
Laughing so hard, I was crying. Maybe this should be an annual event like the Spring Cleaning.
The cheese is the worst part XD
nah … they only had disgusting English cheese.
If they had Limburger then they’d have disgusting truly cheese.
Trust me. I know.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limburger
I like Limburger… are you shocked?
given how you’ve eaten every ‘exotic’ food on the show today ?
Nope, not at all.
Also you should have used vodka as pallet cleanser 😉
Good morning, Backstagers!
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I actually cried with laughter when Lloyd was eating the big bug 😀
Soylent Green
I love Warren’s comment to “encourage” Justin, I pararphrase “Just pretend it’s a nice curry from the Kebab shop,….a fishy, semeny curry!”
I’m a modeler get me out of here.
that’s one hell of a XLBS starter Guys.
I bet people will be triple checking all the food at the boot camps from now on.?
I think this is why people should be glad that they’re not providing food as standard with bootcamps.
Then again … it wasn’t *that* bad.
That was flipping fun as f#ck!!!
Ha! Salty liquorice you’re welcome!
😀 I took two bags home, no one else likes it apparently!
Philistines. I bought myself a blood-pressure raising quantity and it didn’t do me any harm!
huzzah
Fair play lads, this episode had me in stitches! Full credit @dignity, there’s no way I could ever eat that spider!
arachanids and shit!
lol
Haha! Theres your next challenge, night vision camera and crypt. Face those demons and shit!??????
What’s that saying about “we only hurt the ones we love”. Some people really love you guys.
Howling! 😀
As a Welshman, I have to ask, why would you ruin a good tiger loaf with marmite? ?
Gerry’s comment about twenty years of smoking at the end suddenly explains his cast iron stomach throughout this challenge. ;p
Given Gerry’s description of bull’s balls being like liver or kidney makes it sound nice to eat.
Lance I am disgusted. Absolutely disgusted. Where at your whites, and the unhygienic hair. No wonder the team were puking.
Editor, not a chef.
You did put on a wonderful tasting menu. I was impressed with your choice of flavour combinations and choice of apertifs and digestifs!
Well that was different for an XLBS, had me splitting my sides which is not easy when your eating. Jerry for me was outstanding, and Justin on the other hand was a total surprise. Looking forward to the next one, maybe it could be sweet thing
s with a twist.Well done guys.
Gerry on the face of it you der man but Justin completing the challenge as probably the most freaked out to start with I take my hat off to you. your a star
all hail to Gerry
That was gross! You guys are nuts! I couldn’t stop laughing.
I love how Justin loved the honey mead but everyone else did not. The reactions to everything honestly was priceless entertainment. Thanks guys for putting your taste buds and stomachs on the line for us!
Two bottles and we got the spoiled one. #notimpressed
I had blast guys !
That was terrific. LMFAO as I believe the young people used to say a few years ago. Gerry clearly victorious. Well done sir.
Bloody hilarious show! That whisky is excellent, tell`em Justin.
Justin did a sterling job there! Better than Lloyd!
oh yeah, he smashed it. did u see what he munched on at the end? epic
Well what can I say….. that was F**kin hilarious 🙂
And well done @dignity for facing the phobia
The moment that really made me laugh was when Warren and Justin decide that the Gherkin was in fact a Sea Cucumber.
Well done to you all. I don’t think I’ll be eating most of that ‘food’ anytime soon.
Just got back from no-wifi holiday this morning and couldn’t wait to watch this. It did not disappoint!
Well done guys. Suffering so we don’t have to!
I laughed my bollocks off!
Hahahahaha! Such a Northern Irish view of food…. used to be the same myself.
I find dried crickets taste like chewing the end of a pencil
Gerry is totally the only grown-up at the table hahahaha!
I forsee a true “Gag Reel” this christmas
Truly, this had me more tense than any Horror movie… I lived it!