Montclair the Magic Pig, aka artist Al Vigil, pays farewell to Trinidad by cracking a Banquet Beer and playing The Grizzled (a cooperative card game about WWI) with your host.

Happy trails, pal!

Episode 41: Artist Drinks Beer, Plays The Grizzled, Flees Trinidad

 

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The JK discusses aspects of his I Ching practice after having done more than 10,000 readings. Inquisitor Cinnamon Apple Cheesedick tries to relate by making strained board game analogies.

Also discussed: Beanie Siegel, nostalgia as prelude to fascism, and why boxing is an unwatchable tragedy.

Episode 40: Consulting the I Ching and Beanie Siegel for Timely Wisdom

 

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We drink reposado with The Olds, learn about a new game from my cousin, Justin, then I pick an awesome Golden Era hip hop track.

You need more than this?

Episode 39: The Crew Card Game and Tasting Tequila With Geriatrics

 

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Allfather, Allmama learn more in one game of Splendor than I’ve apparently learned in three years. Why do people say Catan is a better gateway game than this?

I mix a fruity summer vodka drink and play some bangin’ shit from Tricky.

Episode 38: I Got Owned at Splendor by NOObz

 

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Allfather, Allmama and Lily (that’s the dog) show up on a slow afternoon: Allfather brings the show’s first bottle of Scotch in for Drink of the Week, then shows us Farkle, perhaps the most wholesome way to act out family grudges while inebriated.

Episode 37: Scotch, Farkle and Small Quadrupeds Are Involved

 

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The Allfather shows up and we drink all the Jameson.

Then, a detailed account of our Blood Angels’ foray into Space Hulk: Death Angel.

Brother Leon’s autocannon goes BRRRRRRRRR.

The air is heady with victory, so we then have a long, embarrassing white guy argument about Biggie and Tupac.

Episode 36: Fuck Genestealers, All My Homies Hate Genestealers

 

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Juan Alberto Delaroca (aka Juando Calrissean aka El Rey de la Playa) of Far Quarter Gravel shows us how his vision of Trinidad gravel biking dovetails with local history I knew almost nothing about.

Then we just get housed on White Russians and play my dead grandparents’ copy of Trivial Pursuit.

Episode 35: Trivial Pursuit While Riding a Wave of White Russians

 

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Our guerrilla recording style proves incompatible with yet another shitty hotel.

Xian is reunited with their stolen lighters, HP leads us in some drinking stories and we try to play the new trick-taking card game, Anasazi.

Druncle bugs out on a track from Your Old Droog.

Episode 34: We Probably Shouldn't Record in Hotels Anymore

 

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Hey, there’s a relationship seminar you missed at Hilton Gardens Inn.

Sadder even yet: Bardamu and Faetor the Tainted set upon a bottle of Stoli and rip the shrink wrap off of Cry Havoc, a “Deadly Intense Strategy Game” for 1-4 players.

Shock G and MF DOOM are honored.

Episode 32: Unboxing Cry Havoc and Unbottling Stolichnaya

 

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Bardamu has his training wheels torn from him and does a splendid job teaching Faetor some of the basics of cognac (Deluze, in this case).

Cry Havoc sees actual test play (with a little after-the-fact help from ShoSho) and it seems like a cool game I want to play more of this summer.

Then we listen to some 7L & Esoteric.

Episode 33: Getting Gills Deep in Cognac and More Cry Havoc

 

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