Breakup Gaming Society

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 replays and some rethinks on Thunderbolt Apache Leader, Final Girl: Madness in the Dark, Wingspan and Star Wars: Outer Rim.

Track of the Week (29:21)
The blunt-force brilliance of Ultramagnetic MCs’ “Kool Keith Housing Things".”

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.

Track of the Week (19:30)
”Gimme the Finga,” Black Sheep, from their debut 1991 LP.

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 and Smooth are in the house.

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 Pressed
►Lime Juice - 3/4 oz Fresh
►Soda - Topper

Garnish
►Cherry Tomatoes
►Parsley
►Watermelon

Technique
1. Add watermelon and simple into a shaker and muddle
2. Add the vodka, Campari, tomato juice, lime juice, and ice to the shaker and shake until well chilled
3. Double strain into an iced glass and garnish with tomato and parsley

Game of the Week (7:14)
Overcame my loathing for Star Wars as a business and had a ball with Star Wars Outer Rim as a rollicking personal adventure. Got my copy at Pueblo’s Game Knight Games. Good shop. Give ‘em a visit.

Track of the Week (25:00)
Highlights from Masta Ace’s coruscating 2001 diss track, “Acknowledge."

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 monster, not the movie) shows us the pure joy of what happens when Miami Bass meets house in 1988.

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.

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 hitch? You gotta tell us about a debauch that happened to include board games.

Track of the Week (13:02)
Skits on hip hop albums became a contagion by the ‘90s. But here are two I like from Ghostface Killah and Slum Village.

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 her.

Track of the Week (13:12)
Focusing on Tha God Fahim’s and Black Thought’s inspired verses from “Pravda,” a drumless posse track from Your Old Droog.