Elevated Boardgames

It's Part 4 of this Call of Cthulhu solo adventure, and I could not be more unbothered. Again, my podcast partner and husband, Shane, doesn't listen to these, so I sure hope he doesn't mind that I fully took the throttle on this episode and moved the action from here to there with lightning speed. (I doubt he noticed.) We have a new protagonist, tycoon Ernest What's-His-Name, and I...

Again, my podcast partner doesn't listen to these, and at this point, I'm not sure who would. Stuff happens, someone dies and good lort, please vote in the Midterms. Might be the last time you get to if the Dems don't take over the House and the Senate. And I loooove to vote. Shouldn't we all? Using our voices and stuff? Episode art is from the book and the illustrator is Krawczyk.

It's part 2 and we're on a boat. Woot. (Shane admitted to me that he doesn't listen to these, so I can't really get too excited about whatever I pop in here. Who has the energy, here and at the end of the world?) I hope everyone has voted in the Midterms, and here's hoping that the "anxiety ball" in the pit of my stomach won't be there after Nov. 3rd. Otherwise, i...

Just in time for SPOOOOOOOOPY SEEEEASON!!! This is one of those games made for lonely people who find it difficult to get a true sesh of D&D accomplished. The full title is "Alone Against the Dark: Defying the Triumph of the Ice" and it's written by Matthew J Costello, and illustrated by Krawczyk. It's published by Chaosium Inc under the direction of Arkham House. (We really...

It's 2026. Sometimes we just effing wing it. So, we found Superfight in one of our fave thrift shops and between here and there, finally took a crack at it and discovered a mad opportunity to combine it with Cards Against Humanity. Here's the result, and yeah, as they say, you get what you pay for, but luckily, no one has to pay for anything. (We have a mission to purchase potentially mad...

I literally GASPED when Shane and I found this one on the shelf at our local thrift-- and gasped again when we found 2 anniversary cards addressed to Scott and Sharon on their 12th wedding anniversary, because guess what-- we are also celebrating our 12 wedding anniversary today! Pretty sure this is a cursed game; RIP Scott and Sharon. It's not advisable to play the game, or read the book this...

Part 2 of the "end of the world", and if you've seen that doc on Netflix about AI and trying to be an optimistic person-- you know what? I'm still not too concerned about the personal impact. I have more thoughts, of course, and if you want to enjoy a questionably "fun" end-of-the-world type game, then please enjoy the ensuing ramble. (Oh, and we're pretty sure we m...

Who knew that the end of the world could be such fun? Creators Justus and Andrew Meyers (with the developmental help of Chris Svehla and Eric McCoy) have birthed a game that miiiiight involve a little too much math but just enough evolution. We both really loved it and think the "replayability" is, pardon the pun, pretty high. As were we. Blaze it up, and enjoy the next catastrophe!

Well, it's just the two of us, so I don't think the word "party" applies. However, we did have a fun time, and continue to wish for more friends with which to get elevated and play games. Oh, the good old days. Here's Stanley (otherwise known as "Handsome Stan" by the ladies at vet clinic) modeling the game for us. Enjoy and blaze it up, babybbbbbyyyy!

Well, this one really stretched our brains, and we had a great time discussing and playing. My continued thanks to the Borger family for taking this one to Goodwill so we could buy it for like, 5 bucks. A great time was had, and I'm really glad that we recorded it because while we had a great time, I don't remember much. Except that I won. SPOILER ALERT!

Well, we've finally made the leap to more video, in fact, we've finally set up a YouTube channel as well, and figured Mysterium was the perfect game to launch it with. (Don't forget that you can find all episodes on The Podcast App, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts as well. ) Yes, we had a lot of fun with Mysterium, which was lovingly produced with a fabulous team of artists from Libellud....

No scoring, no competition, just gentle banter and a combination of 2 different versions of a fabulous game, Balderdash. Truly, it's a fabulous game for a party of at least 3-5 goofballs, so I hope y'all can find a copy at your local thrift, and also have about 3-5 friends that may want to play. Follow up, if you have 3-5 friends who like to play boardgames, we would not at all be opposed...

It's actually the Baby Boomer edition from Trivial Pursuit, not "boomer" as in "oh no, it's a boomer heading my way and I can see their opinions on their face because they have need therapy for at least 50 years". Looks like I might have a bias. At any rate, we didn't do horribly, but I really don't care for Gene Autry or his damn horse.

What can I say? The Ghost in the Machine will stay in the machine, because we (I mean, I) got very bored of it way too quickly. So anyhoods, here's Taboo!

Apologies for the inconsistency of the available accents. We're working on it. In our defense, there's really no way to NOT have whimsical banter when you're this ELEVATED. Anyhoods, enjoy a tale told in liminal space. It's the best space there is. (This game, and many more like it, can be found at https://mysteriouspackage.com)

I guess that I'm getting quite tired of this one, and I've gotta say that, even though we leave it a little ambiguous at the end, Shane and I are ready to take on a true crime-ish murder mystery. Shane has even promised to attempt a character with an accent, so I'm pretty excited about that possibility. Anyhoods, Ken and the magnificent (if untrusting of my enthusiasm) Daisy stopped by...

Well, this one was a roller coaster, and we are humbled. Looks like we're gonna have to have a Part 3, and that's okay. We're learning stuff. Go see The Odyssey, y'all. We discussed it, of course, but come on-- it's so good. Go see it, Ken!

This one was put together and fully designed by Shane, who combined 9 different trivia-based games to bring us, MEGAQUIZ (cue flashing lights and a coolass 80's reverb). Apologies for the lateness of the upload, but there were a lot of technical difficulties for today. It's okay now, I hope, but all of that is really up to the ghosts.

You know what? This one was pretty dang fun! I'd also like to think that Shane and I might actually have learned something-- of course, whether or not we retained any of this information? That's up for a wild debate. Okay, love y'all, take good care! <3

Apologies to those of you who clicked on the earlier episode which was unfortunately, uploaded by a crazy person. That mistake has been drowned in a river and hopefully, no one will hear it ever again. Many thanks to our lovely Ken, who very kindly sat through the deceased recording and let me know that there was an issue. You're a precious gem, Ken! Anyhoods, here we go again, fire it up and...

What can I tell you-- we really love this game! Endlessly educational and stupid at the same time, honestly. Get baked, stay elevated, and be a silly gooooose!

Oooooof, this one was a challenge. Connecting 2 things is quite difficult when you're "elevated"-- 3 seemingly random things? Yeah, no.

You know what? It's not a bad trivia game at all. Yes, the depressing Vietnam War-related questions are an overall bummer, but I can report that Shane and I feel at least 12-14% smarter than we did before. Blaze it up and enjoy! <3

I know I promised that we wouldn't do anymore games that extend longer than 1 episode, but trust me, I did try. Shane just cannot leave something well alone, but luckily, there are only 2 parts of this game.

For the hardcore SNL fans, and truly, we thought we were. And then we found out that we have more work to do. I will say that I really loved the lil' plastic classic characters that were included as our tokens. Super cute! I believe the game set us back $4.99, and I don't think it's gonna be in constant rotation, but those lil' figurines are just adorable!