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Ghost in the Shell TTRPG + Chicago ‘68 Designer Interviews | Episode 117
Games of the Week• Ghost in the Shell TTRPG (5:32)Our resident tabletop roleplaying curation hound, Walt, leads a conversation with the disarming Alessio Cavatore, a veteran miniature tabletop game…
Cartographers First Play aka Stafford Airbiscuit’s Whine-and-Write | Episode 116
Stafford Airbiscuit has to go back to the queen with a score of 37. Which translates into a job rating of -45 per the solo grading rules.“So what were we doing out there, exactly,” she says, holding…
Comanchería First Look, Family Fairy Tales, Long-Lost Demon Pals | Episode 115
Thank you again to episode sponsor Doghouse Reilly, purveyor of wearable visual puns and vintage hip hop lyrics.Games of the Week• Comanchería: The Rise and Fall of the Comanche Empire (3:24)My…
Metal Queens ov Skull Mountain RPG + My Magician Pal Mods Tarot | Episode 114
Weekend weather forecast for the Demon Wastes: Look for scattered sword-showers late morning through midafternoon Saturday, which should clear up just in time for the Parade of the Stricken. Games of…
Final Girl: A Knock at the Door - Post-Binge Report | Episode 113
Please welcome episode sponsor Doghouse Reilly — the Teemill storefront of my man Tim Sismey, who was our guest curator for last segment’s Track of the Week. Tim makes clever tees based on visual…
Fantasy Flight Retrospective: OMG They Killed Kenny’s LCG | Episode 112
My nervous system: the final frontier. These are the voyages of my moth-eaten brain. Its five-round mission: to play a fucking game correctly.Games of the Week (2:51)• SETI: Search for…
NINJA BORG RPG Actual Play + Stick This Up Your Language Model | Episode 111
Sam Altman and Marc Andreessen can frolic in my pickle water. The world they’re imagining sucks. We’re going to hide from it in the best way possible: An RPG actual play session where two ninjas have…
Indie Game Giveaway + Tannhäuser, the Lost Skirmish Gem|Episode 110
How the hell do you make a product called Tony’s Chocolonely and not do a special Valentine’s Day bar with a fentanyl center and a little space on the wrapper to write a suicide haiku.Games of the…
Episode 109: NINJA BORG RPG! Fantasy Flight Retro Bangers! Die, Boredom!
This episode is dedicated to the plucky neighborhoods of Minneapolis, out there in the freezing cold and getting blackbagged, maced, shot, harassed, and defamed for their troubles. Also want to shout…
Episode 108: SETI First Play + Arkham Horror Retrospective
Use the code BREAKUP to get 50% off anything on the Quirk Events calendar, including the Indie Boardgame Showcase that’s touring Beantown, Chicago, D.C., New York, Denver, and Philly in ‘26. Games…
Episode 107: Ryuutama RPG Overview, New Dwelling Session, Space Hulk: Death Angel Memories
Use the code BREAKUP to get 50% off anything on the Quirk Events calendar, including the Indie Boardgame Showcase that’s touring Beantown, Chicago, D.C., New York, Denver, and Philly in ‘26. Want to…
Episode 106: Josh Buergel Talks His Favorite Trick Takers and His Next Design
I retract forever my claim that Arkham Horror 2nd Edition can be played on an aircraft.Game of the Week (2:30)I interview Fox in the Forest designer Josh Buergel about trick-taking games he admires…
Episode 105: Final Girl Killer from Tomorrow vs. Madness in the Dark
Getting cool stuff from real people in the mail is the new Bitcoin. See what might be in your Breakup Gaming Society swag envelope.Game of the Week (3:17)Final Girl: Madness in the Dark is back on…
Episode 104: Lichoma TTRPG Deep-Dive Interview + SETI Preview
Was happy to learn that Fake Minotaur Buttholes, a game for the whole family, is now available at Target.Games of the Week (2:29)• SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence is set up and…
Episode 103 - Cave Evil Reprint: The Resurrection of the Pedal-to-the-Metal Cult Hit
Ah, Halloween, when I turn out every light in my house except for a floodlight trained on a pile of cursed items in my driveway.Game of the Week (4:04)I chat up fellow Coloradan (and fellow Nate)…
Episode 102: Cocktail Naming Contest + I Crown My Top Lightweight Game of 2025
Drink of the Week (2:28)Get in on the naming contest for our Chief Mixologist’s plum liqueur-and-whiskey drink. I’m sending goodies out to the clever bastard who submits the winning name.Game of the…
Episode 101: Resist! First Play Caps off a Very David Thompson Summer
Games of the Week (2:46)Put out the welcome mat for the underdogs: This house became a David Thompson house in 2025. First impressions of Resist! and follow-ups on Pavlov’s House and Battle…
Episode 100: Pyrotechnics Review, Playing With Dystopia, Surrendering Secret Wars
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…
Episode 99: Battle Card Review + Meet The Lads of “War With a Mate”
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…
Episode 98: Light and Get Away, It’s the Fall Small Games Preview
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…
