Here’s what’s worth staying inside and playing while your dopey relatives flirt with heat stroke at a Fourth of July parade.

I went to a cookout last year where they didn’t even bother heating the food; the raw meet just braised to safe temp inside your body.

Anyway, games:

Game of the Week: Cartographers (2:20)
Three episodes ago we met Stafford Airbiscuit, my cartographer from the hit Thunderworks flip and write of the same name. He was having a tough time in the field, what with the goblin attacks and general incompetence and all. We’re gonna check back in on Stafford and find out if he’s gonna stick it out or not.

Interlude (9:02)
Mantronix, “Sex-N-Drugs And Rock-N-Roll”

Tour Noisy Andrew’s Dope Vintage Fantasy Flight Games Silver Series Shelf (10:30)
The Fantasy Flight Games golden era retrospective continues to spin out of my control. My pal in Perth, Noisy Andrew, showed me a pile of vintage cardboard from the early 2000s that was way off my radar, so I asked him for a tour — and to rate which ones he still thinks are worth playing today.

Interlude (29:25)
• Fred Wesley and the J.B.’s, “Blow Your Head”
• Public Enemy, “Public Enemy No. 1”
• Freestylers, “Punks”

Music
Dow Jones and D.O. The Fabulous Drifter, “Wash Ya Ass”
℗ 2006 Five Points Plan

Danger Lion X, “Ghost Hallways” (Via Uppbeat)
License code: WDLNZS0KQM727RLL

Mantronix, “Sex-N-Drugs And Rock-N-Roll”
℗ 1990 Capitol Records, LLC

Fred Wesley and the J.B.’s, “Blow Your Head”
℗ 1988 UMG Recordings, Inc.

Public Enemy, “Public Enemy No. 1”
℗ 1987 UMG Recordings, Inc.

Freestylers, “Punks”
℗ 1990 Capitol Records, LLC

#BoardGames #Cartographers #FlipAndWrite #FantasyFlightGames #TabletopGaming #BoardGameCollection #BreakupGamingSociety
#BoardGamePodcast

This is Episode 120 of Breakup Gaming Society, a podcast for board game freaks, hip hop junkies, late adopters, and reluctant participants in the 21st Century.

I am your host, The Colonel Hector Bravado…in Park Hill, Denver, Colorado. I’m visiting the folks.

I wanted to see if the wildfire smoke and pollution here in Denver had a different nose or character than what I breathe down south. I’m still compiling my tasting notes. Keep an eye out for my byline in Filthy Air Enjoyer Quarterly.

Also, a quick apology for my valued regular listeners who were dismayed by the fabricated tale I posted on YouTube about the home invasion incident. Quick fact scorecard here: I do, for the moment, live in Starkville, Colorado. I do have a large tub of Warhammer 40,000 Conquest cards. The crime and orange chicken things were invented.

Extra apologies to listener, frequent guest and friend of the show Noisy Andrew, who asked for my orange chicken recipe after seeing the video. That orange chicken is made of lies. My advice, Noisy, would be to just get hold of an orange and a chicken and see where things go from there.

On to the table and the act of play. This week I’ve got two interview excerpts teed up:

• You’ll meet miniature wargame designer Phil Yates, known for the Flames of War franchise and others — and learn about his upcoming WW2 miniatures dogfighting game and why he and partner Ian Burgos are making a bid to get a new breed of player in the cockpit for the Battle of Britain.

• Also, a guest reading from Nate Tyler, one of a handful of people who make being on LinkedIn tolerable. He has craft and soul and a generous Midwestern wit.

When I found out he played hobby games with his kids, I wanted to hear his story. He over-delivered: A collection of vignettes that spans family play over four generations, from playing Mexican Train with grandma in the Midwest to, today, teaching newer strategy classics to his own kids in Taiwan. Then he raised his hand when I asked him if he wanted to read it. What a guy.

Nate’s piece got me all misty for well-made “back in the day” type hip hop songs, so I’m gonna pop in here and there for nostalgic interludes from Artifacts and Slick Rick.

Music
Dow Jones and D.O. The Fabulous Drifter, “Wash Ya Ass”
℗ 2006 Five Points Plan

Color Parade, “Boom Bap”
Uppbeat License Code: C8DCPMY8FKAXCEKD

Cécile Chaminade and Hans Barth, “The Flatterer,” 1924. Audio. https://www.loc.gov/item/jukebox-71450/.

Slick Rick, “Memories”
℗ 1999 Def Jam Recordings

Artifacts, “Whayback”
℗ 1994 Big Beat Recordings

#BoardGames #TabletopGames #MiniatureWargaming #WW2 #BattleOfBritain #FlamesOfWar #Wargaming #GameDesign #FamilyGaming #Tabletop #HipHop #SlickRick #Artifacts #Podcast

Contributing writer Fritz Godard heads to Starkville to undertake a three-day apprenticeship in Space Hulk: Death Angel, the classic and brutal Warhammer 40,000 co-op card game. We played it — and classic Golden Era hip hop CDs on his boombox — for three days straight.

I flipped the mic on and off with little regard to best recording practices as we stuffed our faces, guzzled beer, invented impossible sponsorship plans, and watched as Fritz went from a guy who couldn’t tell which direction his Blood Angels were facing to a guy who can do gunslinger tricks with a Storm Bolter.

Day One (1:14)
Fritz rolls up in the driveway. I heat up a Lou Malnati’s pizza, we crack some beers and review Fritz’s journey of discovery in board gaming — and where I think that journey leads next.

Interlude: “I Got it Bad Y’all” by King Tee feat. Tha Alkaholiks (10:36)

Day Two (12:44)
Lured out of bed via text the following morning with the promise of good company and complimentary powdered eggs, I head over to the Holiday Inn Express to meet Fritz for Day Two’s action.

Interlude: “Free Mumia” by KRS-One feat. Channel Live (19:13)

Day Three (20:53)
Fritz has already checked out of his room, but he’s waiting in the lobby for me to come back with the game because he wants one more go at it before his long drive. Is he ready to seize victory?

Interlude: “Nutin’ ta Lose” by Dred Scott (25:57)

Coda (27:44)
Fritz made it back to Denver under adverse circumstances. We review the cost of victory and our intentions to become permanent residents of the Holiday Inn Express.

Music
• Main Theme and Bumpers: “Wash Y’ass,” D.O. the Fabulous Drifter and Dow Jones, Five Points Plan
• Game of the Week Background: “Suit & Tie,” Sky Gienger via Uppbeat
License code: 0UY4C9TRFTVO4W0E

Tracks of the Week
• “Got it Bad Y’all,” King Tee feat. Tha Alkaholiks, ©️1993 Capitol Records LLC
• “Free Mumia,” KRS-One feat. Channel Live, ©️2004 X-Ray Records
• “Nutin’ Ta Lose” Dred Scott, ©️Vinyl Digital GmbH

#SpaceHulkDeathAngel #Warhammer40K #BoardGames #TabletopGaming #CooperativeGames #OldSchoolHipHop #PodcastLife #BreakupGamingSociety

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