This week we explore our haunted emotions and some deserted billionaire bunkers via some of those keenly imagined settings in the business. Join us as we map the inexhaustible minds of Seb Pines and Will Jobst of Good Luck Press.

Interlude (1:32)
Getting into some spooky shit with selections from Gravediggaz and Tricky.

Games of the Week (4:56)
I’m halfway through the Dwelling solo journaling RPG, so I couldn’t think of a better intermission than getting to chat with its author, complain about my trauma and feelings of inadequacy, and — along with co-host, Walt — find out what else Good Luck Press worked on recently. Hear about the hazards of touring lost billionaire bunkers with Will’s upcoming Plasmodics RPG.

Interlude (48:29)
It occurred to me that Tricky recorded the theme to my play of Dwelling decades before I knew what a solo journaling game was. Selections from another track from his Pre-Millennium Tension LP.

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

Gravediggaz, “Diary of a Madman” © 1997 Gee Street Records/V2 Records

Tricky, “Vent” and “Christiansands” © 1996 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited

#SoloRPG #JournalingRPG #TTRPG #IndieRPG #TabletopRPG #DwellingRPG #Tricky

If you want the most YouTube-search-oriented five, I'd actually trim it to:

#SoloRPG #JournalingRPG #TTRPG #IndieRPG #DwellingRPG

Join Breakup Gaming Society episode sponsor Doghouse Reilly in being clever bastards and wearing clever things. 👇

Intro (0:00)
This episode is late because I was having too much fun repeatedly playing SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, to stop long enough to write about it. My bad.

This is Episode 124 of Breakup Gaming Society, a highly autobiographical podcast for board game freaks, hip hop junkies, and extras from space movies in control rooms who sweat and yell in front of a monitor just long enough to get their Screen Actors Guild card.

I’m the host of Breakup Gaming Society, Lord Colonel Bucolic Depressive Whatever, recording in Who Gives a Shit, Colorado.

Today we explore the scoring pathways of space and the patterns that a sample makes as it streaks across the decades of the musical firmament.

Does that sound like fun? It better, because that’s all I got.

Interlude: The Turtles and D-Nice (1:30)

Game of the Week: SETI (3:04)
Finally, a proper review of SETI: Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence. I got over the learning hump and have been playing the hell out of this for two weeks straight. I have informed opinions.

Interlude/Outro: The Turtles and De La Soul (16:05)

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

Pryces, “Last Stand” Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): License code: PUMUMAGZSKXCFDBH

The Turtles, “Buzzsaw” © 1968 Flo & Eddie, Inc.

D-Nice, “Call Me D-Nice” © 2011 Sony Music Entertainment

De La Soul, “Transmitting Live from Mars” © 2024 A.O.I. LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited

#BoardGames #SETI #TabletopGaming #SoloBoardGames #BreakupGamingSociety

Cast a vote for which middleweight historical conflict I learn and play next.

Before and after, kick back to two Golden Era beat selections from Philly.

Philly was on fire in 1987-88.

Track of the Week (2:38)
Jive Records. 1988. The album is Smoke Some Kill. The artist is Schoolly D. The track is “This is It (Ain’t Gonna Rain).” Punishing drum machine behind a real loose groove.

Games of the Week (4:52)
OK, here’s what’s sitting in my “to learn” pile:
• Shores of Tripoli, Fort Circle Games
• Taifa: Intrigue and War in Medieval Spain, Worthington Publishing
• Rocky Mountain Man, Blast City Games
• Imperium: Classics, Osprey Publishing
• Comancheria: The Rise and Fall of the Comanche Empire, GMT Games
• By Stealth and Sea, Dan Verssen Games
• Chicago’ 68, The Dietz Foundation

Directions on how to vote at the end of the segment.

Track of the Week (14:06)
“Rockin’ Music” from Steady B’s What’s My Name LP, where DJ Tat Money delivers a smooooooth workout over another heavy drum track.

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

Pryces, “All of My” Music from Uppbeat: License code: MWO094UAFAZMXYX3

Steady B, “Rockin’ Music” ℗ 1987 Zomba Recording LLC

Schoolly D, “This is It (Ain’t Gonna Rain)” ℗ 1988 Zomba Recording LLC

#HistoricalWargaming #SoloBoardGaming #Wargames #Comancheria #BoardGamePodcast #SchoollyD #PhillyHipHop #GoldenEraHipHop

Visiting The Olds for a solid week with no amplified music means I celebrate my return to Starkville right away with…

Interlude/Intro (0:39)
I demanded to hear “Shut ‘Em Up” by The Prodigy. Since I am the producer, I easily acquiesced. Sorry about the aggressive start.

Games of the Week
• Yap (3:15)
Walt and I chat with Frances Wiley, maker of this solo journaling game that lets you describe a character arc via online reviews. I introduce Brian, my cranky Xer character. He brawls with his brother and then gets ice cream.

• Pavlov’s House (25:24)
20 episodes after my first glowing review of this solitaire WW2 banger, I return for a 20-game, week-long binge with an eye for glory and hate in my heart.

• Interlude/Outro (33:20)
I sign off, but not before showcasing another rousing remix of Public Enemy’s “Shut ‘Em Down,” this time by the legendary Pete Rock.

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

"Shut 'em Up" (The Prodigy vs Public Enemy vs Manfred Mann)
℗ 2015 Take Me to the Hospital Limited under exclusive license to Warner Records Inc. from Cooking Vinyl Limited

"Shut 'em Down," Public Enemy (Pete Rock Remix)
A Def Jam Recordings Release; ℗ 1991 UMG Recordings, Inc.

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

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

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

Join Breakup Gaming Society episode sponsor Doghouse Reilly in being clever bastards and wearing clever things. 👇

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 designer whose task was to help faithfully imagine the world of Masamune Shirow’s legendary Ghost in the Shell manga as an RPG under the Mantic Games banner. He shows us his passion for the material and the nuts and bolts of play itself. You don’t want to just stroll into a firefight in this one.

• Chicago ‘68 (39:56)
A talk with Yoni Goldstein, designer of 2025’s Chicago ’68 — a game that models the battle between activist groups and the Chicago Police Department, the Democratic national establishment, and Mayor Daley’s administration, who are all fighting for yardage and mindshare during that summer’s wild Democratic national convention. You’ll learn about where this game sits in the tradition of historical conflict games — and what Yoni’s working on next.

Tracks of the Week

(76:32)
Three recipes: one for soul, one for rocksteady, one for dope. This recipe book starts in Memphis, stops in Jamaica, and ends in Houston’s 5th Ward..

Music
• Main Theme and Bumpers: “Wash Y’ass,” D.O. the Fabulous Drifter and Dow Jones, Five Points Plan
• Game of the Week Background: “Night Gatherings,” Pecan Pie (License code: XTGOLLHHPTLTQ6AM)
• Game of the Week Background: “Something Weird,” Pecan Pie (License code: ZRXYCMKOPDHXLZP9)
Tracks of the Week
• Memphis Soul Stew,” King Curtis and the Kingpins, ©️2006 Atlantic Recording Corp.
• “Soul Food,” Lyn Taitt and the Jets, ©️2023 Sanctuary Records Group LTD
• “Trigga Happy N****,” Geto Boys, ©️2002 RAP-A-LOT 2K RECORDS INC.

Join Breakup Gaming Society episode sponsor Doghouse Reilly in being clever bastards and wearing clever things.