Herein:

• Dropped in an ad for Fuck My Work Life (@fmwlpod), which was so compelling that I told my boss to eat my ass

• I try my hand at making the Spicy Moonshine Margarita, a recipe using Axe and the Oak’s Pikes Peak Hill Shine instead of tequila

• Game of the Week: unearthing the insane narrative system I built to keep me glued to Neuroshima Hex for more than 10,000 plays

• I highlight just three things that make “Now That Whodini’s Inside the Joint” a monster good time

Episode 51: That Time I Turned Neuroshima Hex into an RPG

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50th Episode. If a piece of crap like me can do it, so can you.

• Showing some love for @DecayinWtb, the most recent addition to my irreplaceable podcast family

• I drink some Suerte Añejo tequila, which is very good

• Game of the Week: notes from my early experiences with @GreyGnomeGames’ charming solo dungeon crawler, Tin Helm

• @avoidthehanoid and I give none-too-rehearsed love to Pete Rock’s remix of Public Enemy’s “Shut Em Down”

• 50 EPISODES BITCHES

Episode 50: In Praise of Lovely Little Friends

 

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Ooookay, lot going on here:

• Promo for my new fave podcast discovery, @thecultworthy, who is a nice person and doesn’t deserve to be juxtaposed with the horseshit that follows

• Widow Jane bourbon review. Bourbon is excellent. Review segment is…*rubs temples slowly*

• Cap’n Cato and I talk about what makes Z-Man Games’ Merchants & Marauders such a rollicking, hateful good time

• We go back to Run-D.M.C.’s King of Rock LP and highlight the gem, “Darryl and Joe (Krush Groove 3)

• I read my original poem, “Flaptoast”

Episode 49: A Mendicant, an ESL Student and a Fetus Walk Into a Bar

 

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Brendan Costello of the excellent @UnChefed podcast adroitly manages my volatile tangents.

He also walks us through how to make the Moneygun Hot Toddy, I bend his ear about a card game set during the Battle of Hastings, and he displays his excellent hip hop palate by adding People Under the Stairs to our Track of the Week list.

Episode 48: Brendan of UnChefed is Fielding My Frito-Lay Complaints

 

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I say goodbye to my ex-wife and my post-divorce romance, both with a heavy heart.

When all else fails, I paint miniatures to pass the terrible hours and, at the end, Kardinal Offishal is there to give a lift.

Episode 47: Grieving on the Mic and Painting Miniatures Again

 

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Dow Jones, the man who made our theme music, comes through and tells us a story about being on tour with Digital Underground in Colorado.

The JK divines the vortex of despair hiding inside Plaid Hat Games’ Battlelands.

Corzo Reposado is grabbed at random and enjoyed at length.

Episode 46: Which One of You Dirty Wookies Stole Humpty’s Nose

 

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Benjamin Schmauss, who contributed designs to the wild-looking Stationfall heist game, describes how his group in London played two simultaneous games of The Resistance: Avalon while drinking.

Rum is discussed.

I play an old Kool G. Rap song.

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Episode 45: Yo-Ho-Ho and a Bottle of Mindbending Chaos

 

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The Colonel heads to Denver, where Max Vitesse pours us his fave cocktail and NFTBag joins in for a round of Dominion, the daddy-of-em-all deckbuilding game.

We touch upon various Moms and celebrate the perfection of “Brother Czarquis.”

Episode 44: Playing Dominion in a Negroni Fever Dream

 

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Chief Rocka connects with the jovial cast of Drunk Theory, a Greenville-based podcast about getting liquored up and talking conspiracy theories.

We all mix up a vodka Rock & Roll drink that Kelli picked out, then she and I square up vs. Kara and Ryan to sing our guts out during the party game, Encore.

Funkdoobiest gets us open to the ill pornographic.

Episode 43: Boozing and Singing on Zoom With Drunk Theory

 

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Reflecting on why I fell so deeply in love with Warhammer 40,000: Conquest.

The oracle of Gtronic guides us to the spirit realm to confer with Big Ruck.

And a few choice thoughts at the end for my Congressman.

Episode 42: Warhammer 40,000 Conquest is Still My Favorite Game of All Time

 

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