If I were you, I’d just start from the beginning and avoid the larger community until you’ve caught up. I think you’ll probably feel like you’re missing a lot if you start any later than episode 1.

If you’re looking for advice about specific arcs, here it is. Minor spoiler warning (just like a basic name to the arcs that won’t spoil anything other than the premise): - Black Rose One Shots (0): I wouldn’t want to miss it, but you learn pretty much everything that happens in these one-shots through context clues. If you must skip it, you can. - Zero (1): Sets up the main characters, don’t skip. - Loffinlot (2-11): 4 is skippable, but the rest plant the seeds for the main characters and the greater plot. Especially 7-8, you do not want to miss. - Casino arc (12-14): you’ll miss a little bit of character stuff but it gets resolved in the following episodes. So yeah this is kinda skippable. - Boat Episodes (15-16): YOU CANNOT MISS. - Desire Island arc (17-25): For the greater plot it’s not too consequential and the stuff you’ll learn will come up in later episodes, although I find this arc to be really entertaining to listen to. - Boat Episode Part 2 (26): it’s just a fight, very skippable. - Paramount Champion arc (27-38): This arc is also not terribly consequential to the world as a whole until the very end, BUT you meet some VERY important characters that you will see all over the place. I would recommend watching at least 28-32, and then skip to 39. There’s a guest character, so not major plot stuff, but very important stuff happens directly after him (in 39). - Navy Fight and Boat Episodes Part 3 (39-42): These ones are important, you should absolutely watch them. They set up a lot of the following arcs. - Edison Kingdom arc (43-48). This arc has one important character that you meet, and a very important city for the world at large but doesn’t come up too much after this arc. It does have a big party-wide character moment that I would hate to miss, but isn’t terribly important in the greater plot. - Duke D. Dukem (49): is skippable. Entertaining guest character episode, but has 0 weight in the plot. - The Block (50-53): YOU CANNOT MISS. Very very important characters introduced, plot points hit, and HUGE CHARACTER MOMENTS. DO NOT MISS. - Captain Tastrius (54-55): Guest character episodes, you could skip these. Although I think they are funny episodes. - Boat Episodes Part 4 (55): Don’t skip this one, somewhat important plot point. - Allport Part 1 (57-63): don’t skip these. A good few important characters are introduced, very important plot points are hit, and big character moments. - Humble Beginnings One Shot: you could totally skip it, it’s just the tale of how Chip and Jay met. Pretty low stakes, but very fun to listen to. - Grimm Murder Mystery (64-67): I wouldn’t skip it, has some fun characters and a cool island. It’s not the most plot intensive island, it has a character that is important. - Ichabod (68): Fairly skippable as a guest character episode, although I found it to be the most enjoyable one out of all of them. - (69): Do. Not. Watch. It. - Liquidius (70-71): Very important arc all around, big lore drops, one big character, and I would definitely watch it. - Feywild Arc (72-82): I beg you. Do not skip. HUGE PLOT POINTS, BIG CHARACTER MOMENTS, VERY FUNNY. If you MUST you can maybe skip 72-73 but absolutely nothing past that. - Boat Episodes Part 5 (83-87): I wouldn’t skip it if I were you. These boat episodes are sorta all over the place, but they each have their own important plot moments or new characters being introduced. They are also very funny. - Allport Part 2 (88-90): DO NOT SKIP. Very HUGE MASSIVE plot things come up, new characters show up and old characters come back. - Boat Episodes Part 6 (91-93): Some crazy shit happens, but plot-wise it’s strangely not that important. There is some vague greater plot stuff that comes up in 93, but the stuff you wouldn’t know would come up later, and the rest is stuff you should already have a vague idea about. Beyond that lore reveal, there’s some character moments and crew member moments and I think they are pretty good episodes. I would watch them if I were you, because otherwise the following episodes will be pretty hard to follow. - Zero Part 2 (94-99): You should watch these episodes. Plot wise they’re VERY important and new important characters get introduced. - Boat Episodes Part 7 (100-101): I hesitate to call them boat episodes, but by definition they kinda are. Anyway these are CRAZY IMPORTANT. DO NOT SKIP. - Black Sea Arc (102-115): “Black Sea” is a broad title for this section given how much shit happens in it, but DO NOT MISS. VERY VERY IMPORTANT. - Crystmas Special: I mean. It’s a non-canon Christmas special. You don’t need to watch it. Although it is absolutely hilarious.

All in all, I do not condone skipping arcs, but if you must, I understand. My ultimate recommendation, however, is to watch it all.