Best Cocktail Contest Podcasts (2025)

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Episode 106: Josh Buergel Talks His Favorite Trick Takers and His Next Design 41:16

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13d ago41:16

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I retract forever my claim that Arkham Horror 2nd Edition can be played on an aircraft. Game of the Week (2:30) I interview Fox in the Forest designer Josh Buergel about trick-taking games he admires and plays — and preview his next design in the genre. Discussed: • Friedrich • Maria • Bridge • Fox in the Forest • The Crew • Arcs • The Six of VIII …

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Episode 105: Final Girl Killer from Tomorrow vs. Madness in the Dark 52:00

25d ago52:00

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Getting cool stuff from real people in the mail is the new Bitcoin. See what might be in your Breakup Gaming Society swag envelope. Game of the Week (3:17)Final Girl: Madness in the Dark is back on the table. I showed it to a non-tabletop buddy and he got so excited, he got his own base game and the Killer from Tomorrow movie. Hear what happens as …

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Episode 104: Lichoma TTRPG Deep-Dive Interview + SETI Preview 54:01

1M ago54:01

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Was happy to learn that Fake Minotaur Buttholes, a game for the whole family, is now available at Target. Games of the Week (2:29) • SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence is set up and previewed. It’s going to be a very Euro winter. • A deep-dive with Walt into the rancid alleys and bleak implications of Lichoma, an impressive indie meatpu…

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Episode 103 - Cave Evil Reprint: The Resurrection of the Pedal-to-the-Metal Cult Hit 46:08

2M ago46:08

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Ah, Halloween, when I turn out every light in my house except for a floodlight trained on a pile of cursed items in my driveway. Game of the Week (4:04) I chat up fellow Coloradan (and fellow Nate) Nate Hayden, one of the three cats who designed the wild demonic underground wargame, Cave Evil, which became a nigh-unobtainable cult hit in the years …

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Episode 102: Cocktail Naming Contest + I Crown My Top Lightweight Game of 2025 19:04

2M ago19:04

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Drink of the Week (2:28) Get in on the naming contest for our Chief Mixologist’s plum liqueur-and-whiskey drink. I’m sending goodies out to the clever bastard who submits the winning name. Game of the Week (5:21) Something’s wrong in the lush paradise of Ululu. Dickheads are showing up there just to score points; they don’t care about the ceremonie…

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Episode 101: Resist! First Play Caps off a Very David Thompson Summer 25:23

3M ago25:23

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Games of the Week (2:46) Put out the welcome mat for the underdogs: This house became a David Thompson house in 2025. First impressions of Resist! and follow-ups on Pavlov’s House and Battle Card. Track of the Week (20:38) My favorite RZA beat: “Careful (Click, Click)” by Wu-Tang Clan Thank You, Jason and Joseph Thanks to Jason and Joseph for contr…

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Episode 100: Pyrotechnics Review, Playing With Dystopia, Surrendering Secret Wars 38:16

3M ago38:16

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Drink of the Week (3:01) I head back to Kansas City, this time with an oversized ice cube and an orange twist. Games of the Week (11:24) • Review of Pyrotechnics from The Seahorse and the Hummingbird, a buoyant and sparkly two-player card contest about fireworks that packs a lot of smarts into an incredibly short playtime. • Walt returns to show us…

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Episode 99: Battle Card Review + Meet The Lads of “War With a Mate” 35:50

4M ago35:50

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Drink of the Week (1:53) A buddy stopped by on a road trip and left me a bottle of Kansas City Whiskey from West Bottoms Whiskey Co. I hit it a few nights ago and it hit back and now we’re friends. Games of the Week (5:39) • I’m through the first two of the six maps in Postmark Games’ Battle Card, which turns WWII strategy dilemmas into accessible …

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Episode 98: Light and Get Away, It’s the Fall Small Games Preview 34:21

4M ago34:21

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Always keep spare indie games in your duffel to pacify the constabulary while traveling. Drink of the Week (3:06) Made my first-ever homemade Paloma. Worth the squeeze, as a tequila I normally like to sip straight became suddenly disappointing. Games of the Week (6:43) • My attempt at rousing the locals with a gambling version of King of Tokyo fail…

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Episode 97: Sykes-Picot Plays With Colonial History (And Dry-Erase Markers) 25:59

5M ago25:59

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Cribbed my cold intro from a few lines of this Bukowski poem if you feel like reading the whole thing. Drink of the Week (2:19) It’s hot, so I keep it simple with a cooler of Michelob Ultra in the living room and try to reason out why I went all in on this podcast. Game of the Week (10:36) Finally got my hands on the trickery of Sykes-Picot: The Se…

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Episode 96: Carolina Death Crawl RPG (Lemonade Beer Punch Sold Separately) 39:30

6M ago39:30

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Walt of the Līber Lūdōrum blog and the TTRPG-making Bogfolk crew joins us for all three segments. You’re gonna dig Walt. Drink of the Week (3:01) Walt and I each made our own variant of a lemonade-vodka-beer punch. I went limeade-Stoli-fruity IPA. He went pink lemonade-Haku-fruity ale. Game of the Week (15:46) Carolina Death Crawl from Bully Pulpit…

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Episode 95: Vijayanagara Review or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bahmani 22:30

6M ago22:30

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Three boring drinks, a war for 13th Century India, and a luxurious summer cooldown track at the end. Drink of the Week (4:02) Sam Adams Summer Ale briefly rouses the poet in me. Stella Artois and Hurradurra Reposado put him back to sleep. Game of the Week (8:03) In southern India, the emergent Bahmani and Vijayanagara empires assert themselves agai…

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Episode 94: Avalon Hill Squad Leader - Shots Fired After Owning This for 40 Years 19:43

6M ago19:43

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Last week I sent my man Justin one of those DC Adventure Comics that had Aquaman, Plastic Man and Starman. Keep up with what people are picking in Breakup Gaming Society’s bonus swag giveaways. Drink of the Week (2:47) A Golden City Brewery tapminder gives you his fave flavors and colors to taste this summer from the GCB line. Game of the Week (7:3…

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Episode 93: Dwelling Solo Journaling RPG aka The Human Heart is Spooky AF 25:06

7M ago25:06

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No Drink of the Week this time out. But you can buy me the next round and be thanked with a copy of “Chaotic Shots and Cocktails That Will Hurt Your Friends” — plus your own Defiant Frog sticker made by my pals at Inkling Print Co. Game of the Week (2:30) Hear what I wrote so far as I encounter the ghosts of Dwelling, a solo journaling RPG book fro…

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Episode 92: Faraway Review + My First Time on Board Game Arena 18:55

7M ago18:55

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Still giving away weird old comics to friends who support the show. Christopher picked a copy of Spanner’s Galaxy from the DC six-issue series. See the details and what others picked out lately. Drink of the Week (2:02) Fritz Godard arrives in Starkville; we get gills-deep in some White Rascal (yes), Leinenkugel Berry Weiss (no) and Michter’s US★1 …

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Episode 91: Pavlov’s House Puts the “Fun” in “You’re Fundamentally Screwed” 22:20

8M ago22:20

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I don’t need to be in your pockets every month: Hit me off once and I’ll send you Breakup Gaming Society’s cocktail booklet and your own adorable Defiant Frog sticker. Check it out, it’s easy. Drink of the Week (3:14) Infused some Ketel One with medium-roast coffee beans and subbed Frangelico for Kahlua in a deluxe White Russian variation that got …

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Episode 90: Hadrian’s Wall Has a Spankin’ New Pict-Fil-A 22:20

9M ago22:20

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Take a look here to see some of the vintage ‘80s comic books I’ve already shared with friends who support the show. Drink of the Week (1:58) Try my hack for enjoying Lagunitas Brewing Co.’s Tiki Fusion Hazy IPA — a slightly mellowed wad of two 4-mg. pieces of cinnamon nicotine gum. It works. Game of the Week (4:06) The year is Rome. The challenge? …

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Episode 89: Escape the Dark Sector + New D&D NPCs for GMs 18:42

9M ago18:42

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I made a D&D resource for GMs that lets you insert one of 26 fun rappers into your dungeon scenario thingy: Download it free here. Drink of the Week (2:36) Take a whiff of this Jack Daniel’s Sinatra Select and the surprising depth of character on the shelves at Frontier Geeks in Trinidad, Colorado. Game of the Week (7:31) Got down and dirty on a sp…

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Episode 88: Project L Review and More Seductive Stouts 19:56

10M ago19:56

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Support the show and get not just the cocktail booklet, but an important frog sticker. Take a look at this rascal from Inkling Print Co. Drink of the Week (2:50) Ski In Ski Stout from Telluride Brewing Co., then I start dropping cinnamon whiskey into Four Noses’ El Jefe Con Leche Imperial Stout. Game of the Week (5:55) Casuals and hardcores alike s…

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Episode 87: Brian of The Bridge Teachers Puts Me Up on Game 41:16

10M ago41:16

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I continue the campaign to locate and eliminate the network of imposters using one of my handles. Pitch in if you can. Drink of the Week (2:24) Tippling on a Sunday at AlMack’s in Trinidad, Colorado. We happily down the Smokehound and the Porch Sitter. Game of the Week (6:31) Brian Reynolds fell in love with bridge in college. And with the woman wh…

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Episode 86: I Review Storm Above the Reich and My Seasonal Depression 36:46

11M ago36:46

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My buddy Christopher in LA asked that I spotlight three true-blue friends of his who contribute a lot their various scenes and who now have nowhere to live. Help if you can: • Master Craftsman Mark V. • Volunteer Firefighter Louis • The Zambrano Family Drink of the Week (2:28) The worst thing I had to deal with was a cold snap. Solution: switch up …

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Episode 85: 2024 Top Board Game Moments: 10 Indelible Scenes 26:48

12M ago26:48

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Don’t forget that somebody who supports the show before the end of Jan. 2025 will also get my copy of Mysterium. Details here. Drink of the Week (1:52) A gentle pre-Thanksgiving trot through half a bottle of Pendleton. Game of the Week (4:20) Snapshots of The Best Thanksgiving Week Ever, which included Vale of Eternity, Tokaido, Mouse Cheese Cat Cu…

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Episode 84: Enough Thanksgiving Board Games to Make You Puke 21:05

1y ago21:05

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Don’t forget that somebody who supports the show before the end of Jan. 2025 will also get my copy of Mysterium. Details here. Drink of the Week (1:52) A gentle pre-Thanksgiving trot through half a bottle of Pendleton. Game of the Week (4:20) Snapshots of The Best Thanksgiving Week Ever, which included Vale of Eternity, Tokaido, Mouse Cheese Cat Cu…

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Episode 83: Dark Colorado Beers and Rich-Tasting Boardgame Replays 32:38

1y ago32:38

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BGS salutes board game designers Marceline Leiman, J. Carmichael, and our hip hop North Star: Professor Mike Jordan. Drink of the Week (4:33) It takes a dark beer to break a dark mood. Notes on Bristol Brewing Company’s Winter Warlock, a stout from Goat Patch Brewing Company, and two Golden City Brewery beers — Coconut Chaos Porter and Core Sample …

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Episode 82: Jeremy’s Fall and His Climb to a WSOP Table 22:57

1y ago22:57

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This isn’t any goddamn game. (Preview Photo: PokerPhotoArchive.com) Drink of the Week (1:59) I tried a couple Fine and Dandies at The Hive, Trinidad’s newest spot. Game of the Week (5:00) My neighbor Jeremy Lanosga did not lose his appetite for risk or competition after the fall that left him partially paralyzed. He tells us how he ended up at the …

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Episode 81: Board Game Peeves, Rants and Passions 29:00

1y ago29:00

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Bonus points if you know what ATCQ line I’m referencing in the cold intro, it’s Golden Era 101. Drink of the Week (1:37) Bow before the Ruthless Megatron Bloody Mary. Game of the Week (5:11) I get super wound up talking about my favorite and least favorite things about board gaming. Track of the Week (23:24) ”Inventor, staying on point like a splin…

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Episode 80: Star Wars Outer Rim and a Nice Glass of Farmer’s Punch 30:29

1y ago30:29

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Breakup Gaming Society salutes Daybreak co-designer Matteo Menapace, who deserves an apology and an invitation back to the event from the sniveling milquetoasts who run Spiel des Jahres. Drink of the Week (3:10) Farmer’s Punch, as seen on Outdoor Test Kitchen. Here’s the recipe: ►Watermelon 1-inch cubes - X3 ►Simple Syrup - 3/4 oz ► Vodka - 2 oz ►C…

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Episode 79: After the Board Games of Summer are Gone 29:11

1+ y ago29:11

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Drink of the Week (2:27) Michelob Ultra. I can explain. Games of the Season in Review (4:17) • Vale of Eternity • Wingspan • Cascadia • Cockroach Poker Track of the Week (23:46) ”Trick Dice,” eLZhi & Oh No. A muscular 2023 artistic victory lap from a Detroit legend.By Breakup Gaming Society

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Episode 78: LSD and Chess — How to Learn, See and Win With Matt Thrower 34:50

1+ y ago34:50

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Drink of the Week (2:12) I crushed most of a fifth of Milagro Reposado and called my friend who worked in a foundry in Saginaw, MI in the ‘70s. It was educational. He let me record it. Game of the Week (11:09) Our winner—and entertaining runners-up—from our Boardgames and Debauchery story contest. Hear all the stories. Track of the Week (21:55) DJ …

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Episode 77: Final Girls, Bulldogs and Brooklyn Cowboys 26:38

1+ y ago26:38

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Drink of the Week (1:42) My summer officially began when I tried my first Bulldog at The Market Bar. Game of the Week (4:33) Final Girl: Madness in the Dark thrilled and demoralized me. Track of the Week (21:55) We’re full of tequila and we’re going to light the place up with ILL Bill, Mr. Hyde, Gortex and Necro.…

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Episode 76: Dustrunner vs. Tin Helm 21:34

1+ y ago21:34

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Drink of the Week (2:18) Pairing Larceny Bourbon with Avery Brewing Co.’s Stampede Colorado Gold Lager. Game of the Week (7:10) Will Dustrunner — the second game I’ve acquired from Grey Gnome Games’ Tin Series — steal any table time from Tin Helm? Let’s find out. Track of the Week (14:49) ”Practice,” by J-Live, from DJ Jazzy Jeff’s The Return of th…

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Episode 75: Tell Us Your Tales of Boardgames and Debauchery 18:38

1+ y ago18:38

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Drink of the Week (2:35) It’s the Battle of the $28 American Whiskies as two decrepit Southerners square off in a death match to win my praise. Game of the Week (7:21) Win a copy of fellow Trinidadian Dustin Hyman’s Gutter Punks and Breakup Gaming Society’s “Chaotic Shots and Cocktails That Will Hurt Your Friends” in our new story contest. The hitc…

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Episode 74: Wasteland Express Delivery Service Revisited 27:49

1+ y ago27:49

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I persist in my attempts to teach you how to party. Drink of the Week (2:35) The Fetid Haze, built around Pikes Peak Hill Shine and one of the five recipes in Chaotic Shots and Cocktails That Will Hurt Your Friends. Game of the Week (8:53) Staring back into the charred and radioactive eye sockets of Wasteland Express Delivery Service. I still love …

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Episode 73: Pocket Book Adventures Hits the Target 17:09

2y ago17:09

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Be the death of the party with “Chaotic Shots and Cocktails That Will Hurt Your Friends,” a booklet with four original shots and one cocktail recipe, all poured on the show. Drink of the Week (1:45) Had to drink home remedy tea because I got real sick the same week the cocktail booklet came back from the printer. I blame you. Game of the Week (6:13…

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Episode 72: Handsome Boy Close-Support Air Squadron School 14:38

2y ago14:38

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Celebrating the end of the holidays, a.k.a. America’s Triple Crown of Suicidal Ideation. Drink of the Week (2:48) Does an arbol chile, a stick of cinnamon, and several days of solitary confinement do the same magic for Jim Beam that it did for Tin Cup Whiskey? Let’s find out. Game of the Week (5:33) Chronicling my ongoing attempts to learn Thunderb…

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Episode 71: Bird Dog, Bohnanza and Street Platoons 15:38

2y ago15:38

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After I happily reported all the Mr. Beast cookie displays had been pulled from the Trinidad Safeway, they put one back out. I’m so pissed. Drink of the Week (2:35) Zero complaints from me or my pals upon knocking a big dent in a fifth of Bird Dog’s 7 Year Old Small Batch Bourbon. Game of the Week (5:37) Bohnanza, the bean farming game, still hits …

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Episode 70: Various Ass-Whippings, On and Off the Game Table 19:53

2y ago19:53

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Hogs will be cranked in celebration of a heroic Colorado Congressman. Drink of the Week (3:28) I used Tin Cup as a base for infusing my own l’il jar of cinnamon whiskey. I’m never going back to off-the-shelf cinnamon whiskey and neither should you. Game of the Week (7:07) Remembering board games with my intense Pappy, beginning with Stratego as a b…

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Episode 69: Drinking Bourbon, Building Decks and Catching Wreck 26:04

2y ago26:04

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My friends at Trap Queen(TM) tease their new product, Flav-R-Stompt Fish Dinners. Drink of the Week (3:27) I drank two bottles of Yellowstone Bourbon this summer and I loved them. Game of the Week (7:56) Ever had a casual game group where one player practices it on their downtime and shows up at your table in beast mode? That’s what happened with o…

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Episode 68: Meet My Sworn by Ghostlight TTRPG Character 28:19

2+ y ago28:19

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I got in trouble with my sponsor, Trap Queen(TM) Crab Remainders, for omitting their theme song, so this week I sang it for them. Drink of the Week (3:13) I’m on a little dryout, but we’ll have lots of things to say about Yellowstone Bourbon next episode. Game of the Week (5:15) The story so far of Achille Kickx, the character I made for the GM-les…

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Episode 67: I Drink Cantaritos and I Know Stuff 18:40

2+ y ago18:40

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We’d like to thank our latest sponsor: Trap Queen(TM) Crab Remainders. Drink of the Week (3:14) China down at the Market Bar on Commercial St. put me up on game with her Cantarito recipe. I remember only fragments of the rest. Game of the Week (6:21) Playing a stripped-down version of Trivial Pursuit by phone with Augustus Crimes in the wee, bleary…

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Episode 66: VOID 1680 AM (First and Very Sloppy Playthrough) 14:50

2+ y ago14:50

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Drink of the Week (3:45) Chilled Stoli w/lime and Chocolate Cake Shots Game of the Week/Tracks of the Week (7:37) Bumpers and listener call-ins from our first sloppy playthrough of Bannerless Games’ VOID 1680 AM. (You can find all 12 songs from our four sets here.6By Nate Warren

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Episode 65: Reflections on Hundreds of Sagrada Solo Plays 14:50

2+ y ago14:50

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Hey, there are still “thank you” gifties available as part of my June fundraising drive. Drink of the Week (2:49) The simple charms of the Banquet Beer and Dulce Vida tequila. Game of the Week (6:06) I’ve now played Sagrada in solo mode hundreds of times. Here’s why I like it. Track of the Week (10:29) The Lord Finesse tracks will continue until mo…

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Episode 64: Bullshit I’m Not Doing Anymore 27:00

2+ y ago27:00

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At the racetrack, God Complex Bacon Breakfast Toaster surprises everyone with a strong finish at the rail. Drink of the Week (2:14) A perfectly fine cinnamon whiskey that I’m not buying again. Game of the Week (7:17) Bullshit I’m not playing anymore: Cards Against Humanity, Uno, Talisman, Mysterium. Track of the Week (14:41) I simply cannot get thr…

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Episode 63: My Three Scum 27:00

2+ y ago27:00

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It’s my show, I can fart on the cold intro if I want. Drink of the Week (3:23) Riding out the last of the cold months by pairing a rotating cast of stouts — Guinness, Murphy’s, Dragon’s Milk — with a Jim Beam Devil’s Cut back. Game of the Week (6:54) Meet a hot-tempered former undertaker with wooden teeth, a wayward ranch hand who knows a lot about…

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Episode 62: A Christmas Boardgaming Miracle for a Drunken, Bitter Man 19:37:00

3y ago19:37:00

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Reunited with a lost buddy over the holidays in kind of a bleak hotel. We’re joined for a game of Cockroach Poker by a bunch of kids in the lobby. Later in the episode: rock with me to a Lord Finesse track and then a reading of a poem by Layla Benitez-James.By Nate Warren

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Episode 61: Degrade Yourself on Exciting New TTRPG Frontiers 19:37:00

3y ago19:37:00

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Don’t try to give yourself a Zoroastrian funeral before you’ve thought everything out. Trust me. Drink of the Week (3:44) Shook up a few glasses of mezcal with an orange/clove mixer. It turned out pretty good. Game of the Week (8:30) If tabletop roleplaying games hinge on imagination, then you should be able to imagine yourself playing something be…

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Episode 60: Bring Me More Cheladas and the Skull of the Gigazaur 19:37:00

3y ago19:37:00

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Things get spicy when one of the ladies from the HOA makes the mistake of getting involved in the Boomer condo orgy scene. Drink of the Week (3:12) Bud Light Cheladas. I can drink these walking right down the middle of the road where I live and nobody cares. Game of the Week (5:26) I decided that Richard Garfield’s King of Tokyo monster dicebrawlin…

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Episode 59: Vintage Cocktail, New Card Game, Vintage Beat

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We welcome a new sponsor: KRALM. Drink of the Week (2:41) The Bull Shot: if it was good enough for Malcom McDowell, it’s good enough for you. Game of the Week (4:37) Nathan Lund of Chubby Behemoth graciously helps me dip a toe into Party Meeple’s 60 Second Cocktail game. Track of the Week (8:16) Professor Mike of KABF 88.3 FM’s “The Old School New …

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Episode 58: Return to The Belt

3+ y ago

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An ad for Brendan Costello of @UnChefed, the man who started it all. Drink of the Week (5:16) Looking back at four drinks invented for this show that will fuck up your life. Game of the Week (8:43) Listen to the mission notes from the latest four of my hair-raising missions in A Couple of Drakes’ magnificent solo RPG, Dead Belt. Track of the Week (…

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Episode 57: I’m Tired Please Tell Me What to Drink and Play

3+ y ago

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A promo appears: give a listen to my pals at Talking SMAC (the nerd one, not the sports one). Drink of the Week (6:15) We unveil a Breakup Gaming Society cocktail original — Inoculation Against Predictability — created in tribute to Tzeentch and designed by my stromie, Skrrt Vonnegut. Game(s) of the Week (12:07) A sad thing brought us together, but…