Renaissance man and Fox in the Forest designer Josh Buergel gives us a tour of his favorite trick-takers and a look at what he’s working on next.

Name the cocktail that Skrrt’s making with his homemade plum liqueur and win modest prizes. Also, I crown my top multiplayer lightweight game for 2025.

Cheers, Breakup Gaming Society hits 100! “Ohh” and “ahh” to the clever card play of Pyrotechnics, then brace yourself for the twin dystopian visions of Burnout Reaper and Digital Angel.

Sykes-Picot: The Secret Treaty to Partition the Ottoman Empire hits the table for the first time. Also: Deeper explorations of Squad Leader, Star Wars: Outer Rim and the Dwelling solo RPG.

Tip a lemonade-beer punch with us and learn about Carolina Death Crawl, a Southern Gothic RPG set during the Civil War.

Take your seat as one of three empires vying for control of 14th Century India with the thrilling Vijayanagara: The Deccan Empires of Medieval India 1290-1398.

Squint at the analog majesty of Squad Leader, Avalon Hill’s classic infantry combat game from 1977.

I’m wandering deeper and deeper into the haunted chambers of the heart with Good Luck Press’ Dwelling solo journaling RPG.

My first three tries running this slick gamification of Pavlov’s House, one of Stalingrad’s most legendary tooth-and-nail standoffs.

I review Hadrian’s Wall, where Rome — in all its cupidity, muscle, and rot — comes alive under your Sharpie.

The acrid tang of sweat on a space station, a whiff of Jack Daniel’s Sinatra Select, and why D&D and rap go together.

It was like being inside a warm cardboard computer, hands and mind humming in tune with the circuitry.

Cinnamon whiskey and hot chonklit vs. the cold. Introspection vs. depression. WWII vs. boredom. Sadat X vs. your boring playlist.

2024’s 10 most memorable board gaming scenes, a cocktail recoo from our Chief Mixologist, and a Craig Mack track.

Thanksgiving ‘24: An admonishment to the tenebrous heart that spends too much time counting its wounds. Also, board games.

Jeremy plunged off a rock face in 2004 and decided to climb green felt surfaces after that. All the way to the WSOP in 2014. (Photo: Jamie Thomson, Vegas Photo Studio)

The board game passions, biases, and peeves that make me the irascible podcaster that I am.

Mix Farmer's Punch, shake with Star Wars Outer Rim, garnish with diss track by Masta Ace.

Vale of Eternity, Wingspan, Cascadia and Cockroach Poker: Boardgaming highlights of Summer 2024.

My first Bulldog cocktail, my first Final Girl game, and then we ride out with a bunch of Brooklyn mic psychos. Giddyup.