Breakup Gaming Society

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 Burnout Reaper and Digital Angel, two near-futur...

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 puzzles for a casual player and a fun diversion f...

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 failed • Check out previews for a gang of indie TTRPGs...

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 Secret Treaty to Partition the Ottoman Empire from H...

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 Games . A Southern Gothic card-driven and GM-less...

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 against the iron grip of the Delhi Sultanate. And I to...

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 (7:35) With the help of my adoptive big bro Noisy And...

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 from Good Luck Press. Track of the Week (20:56) Abo...

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 Kentucky Straight Rye (yes). Chickens are smoked....

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 me ‘60s housewife drunk. Game of the Week (6:21) C...

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? Build a thriving slice of Roman colonial life with...

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 space station with Escape the Dark Sector ( rev...

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 should all be playing Project L from Boardcubator....

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 who taught it to him. Now they’re The Bridge Teache...

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 my home-infused cinnamon whiskey base and get some...

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 Cucumber, Saboteur and Survive! Escape from Atlantis...

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 Cucumber, Saboteur and Survive! Escape from Atlantis...

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 Baltic Porter. Game of the Week (11:13) Deeper...

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 World Series of Poker 10 years after his accident...

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 splinter/Design a rhyme like Oscar de la Renta.” Nice a...

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 ►Campari - 1/4 oz ►Tomato juice - 1 oz Fresh Presse...

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.

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 Magic Mike (the Orlando production/turntable monst...

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.

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 the Magnificent.