Breakup Gaming Society

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)MusicDow Jones and D.O. The Fabulous Drifter, “Wash Ya Ass”℗ 2006 Five Points PlanPryces, “Last Stand” Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): License code: PUMUMAGZSKXCFDBHThe Turtles, “Buzzsaw” © 1968 Flo & Eddie, Inc.D-Nice, “Call Me D-Nice” © 2011 Sony Music EntertainmentDe La Soul, “Transmitting Live from Mars” © 2024 A.O.I. LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited#BoardGames #SETI #TabletopGaming #SoloBoardGames #BreakupGamingSociety

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.MusicDow Jones and D.O. The Fabulous Drifter, “Wash Ya Ass” ℗ 2006 Five Points PlanGravediggaz, “Diary of a Madman” © 1997 Gee Street Records/V2 RecordsTricky, “Vent” and “Christiansands” © 1996 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited#SoloRPG #JournalingRPG #TTRPG #IndieRPG #TabletopRPG #DwellingRPG #TrickyIf you want the most YouTube-search-oriented five, I'd actually trim it to:#SoloRPG #JournalingRPG #TTRPG #IndieRPG #DwellingRPGJoin Breakup Gaming Society episode sponsor Doghouse Reilly in being clever bastards and wearing clever things. 👇

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 FoundationDirections 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.MusicDow Jones and D.O. The Fabulous Drifter, “Wash Ya Ass”℗ 2006 Five Points PlanPryces, “All of My” Music from Uppbeat: License code: MWO094UAFAZMXYX3Steady B, “Rockin’ Music” ℗ 1987 Zomba Recording LLCSchoolly 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.MusicDow 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.MusicDow Jones and D.O. The Fabulous Drifter, “Wash Ya Ass”℗ 2006 Five Points PlanColor Parade, “Boom Bap” Uppbeat License Code: C8DCPMY8FKAXCEKDCécile Chaminade and Hans Barth, “The Flatterer,” 1924. Audio. https://www.loc.gov/item/jukebox-71450/.Slick Rick, “Memories”℗ 1999 Def Jam RecordingsArtifacts, “Whayback”℗ 1994 Big Beat Recordings#BoardGames #TabletopGames #MiniatureWargaming #WW2 #BattleOfBritain #FlamesOfWar #Wargaming #GameDesign #FamilyGaming #Tabletop #HipHop #SlickRick #Artifacts #Podcast