The friends are now gearing up to starting their official Campaign for North Africa on 30 October, which will coincide with the podcast’s 100th episode.<\/p>\n
“I think when we start the full game, it’ll be exciting,” Purcell says.<\/p>\n
“And then from there we’ve got the sort of void of 20 plus years that it’ll take to finish the game.<\/p>\n
“So I’m kind of worried that the excitement might wear off and then we’re just locked into this thing for two decades.”<\/p>\n
War With A Mate already has listeners from around the globe, many of whom are happy they get to experience the game without having to do hundreds of hours of legwork.<\/p>\n
“I think at certain times it’ll be our biggest regret starting it and sometimes it’ll be some real highs,” Taeger says.<\/p>\n
“But I think it’ll be part people listening along to our deteriorating mental state.”<\/p>\n
It is certain the pair’s lives will look different after 20 years, when they hope to have completed the game.<\/p>\n
Purcell says: “It’s sort of weird knowing that we’ll be 20 years older.<\/p>\n
“We can have any sort of different living circumstance, careers, so it’s strange that this game is going to be a constant through that and it already has for two years.<\/p>\n
“So it’ll be interesting to see how it maps across.”<\/p>\n
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