A chat with Brian Reynolds about learning and loving bridge, cocktails at my favorite Trinidad spot, and comparing two mixes of MC Lyte’s “Ruffneck.”

Cinnamon whiskey and hot chonklit vs. the cold. Introspection vs. depression. WWII vs. boredom. Sadat X vs. your boring playlist.

2024’s 10 most memorable board gaming scenes, a cocktail recoo from our Chief Mixologist, and a Craig Mack track.

Thanksgiving ‘24: An admonishment to the tenebrous heart that spends too much time counting its wounds. Also, board games.

We reconsider Thunderbolt Apache Leader, Final Girl: Madness in the Dark, Wingspan and StarWars: Outer Rim with four pints of the dark stuff.

Jeremy plunged off a rock face in 2004 and decided to climb green felt surfaces after that. All the way to the WSOP in 2014. (Photo: Jamie Thomson, Vegas Photo Studio)

The board game passions, biases, and peeves that make me the irascible podcaster that I am.

Mix Farmer's Punch, shake with Star Wars Outer Rim, garnish with diss track by Masta Ace.

Vale of Eternity, Wingspan, Cascadia and Cockroach Poker: Boardgaming highlights of Summer 2024.

Milagro and molten steel; the winners of our Boardgames and Debauchery story contest; Miami Bass meets house in ‘88.