
A PODCAST ABOUT BOARD GAMES, BOOZE AND HIP HOP
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Getting crushed by Franco in the Spanish mountains during my first game of Resist! and reflecting on how designer David Thompson conquered my table this summer.
Cheers, Breakup Gaming Society hits 100! “Ohh” and “ahh” to the clever card play of Pyrotechnics, then brace yourself for the twin dystopian visions of Burnout Reaper and Digital Angel.
I review the first few salvoes of Postmark Games’ Battle Card, a series of six affordable and pretty print-and-play WWII strategy puzzles for solo play.
I’m going on an indie tabletop small-game binge: Hear previews for Pyrotechnics, Battle Card, Dive Dive Dive and Lichoma.
Sykes-Picot: The Secret Treaty to Partition the Ottoman Empire hits the table for the first time. Also: Deeper explorations of Squad Leader, Star Wars: Outer Rim and the Dwelling solo RPG.
Tip a lemonade-beer punch with us and learn about Carolina Death Crawl, a Southern Gothic RPG set during the Civil War.
Take your seat as one of three empires vying for control of 14th Century India with the thrilling Vijayanagara: The Deccan Empires of Medieval India 1290-1398.
Squint at the analog majesty of Squad Leader, Avalon Hill’s classic infantry combat game from 1977.
I’m wandering deeper and deeper into the haunted chambers of the heart with Good Luck Press’ Dwelling solo journaling RPG.
First time on Board Game Arena, I get hooked on Faraway and Race for the Galaxy. Also, a moonlit debauch in Starkville.
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I wrote down and recorded my favorite simile-bearing sentences from J.G. Ballard’s debut novel, The Drowned World.
Three David Thompson wargame designs — Resist!, Pavlov’s House and Battle Card — sold me on their balance of theme, pace and interpretive panache.
check out this dope-ass press release about my board game podcast’s 100th episode
The tangy batter reverted to paste that glutted every receptor. I had pancakes and I went blind: No sensation except the sugar lift, the fluff and goo.