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 out Minnesota native and wargame YouTuber Zilla Blitz, and current Minneapolis resident Liz Davidson of Beyond Solitaire. On successive days, they posted short videos on their channels about what’s happening to the place they love. I was heartened to see it and it encouraged me to start off this way.Games of the WeekNinja Borg TTRPG (3:38)We’re talking to Walton Wood and Rugose Kohn about a bunch of riffs that they processed into an all-you-can-kill buffet called Ninja Borg, a polished book full of freewheeling violence that lets you act out your own hysterical remix of the ridiculous ninja B-movies of the ‘80s and ‘90s.Fantasy Flight Games’ Golden Age (33:46)A special guest enriches my retrospective of Fantasy Flight Games that took over our house in the 2010s. Board game reviewer Matt Thrower about what that prodigious era of board game design looked like from his table. I’ll share an excerpt from that talk.Track of the Week (48:04)“We’re Gonna Get Ya,” by The Sonarphonics off The Bass That Ate Miami compilation. This entertaining cut is the first I’ve found in which a Miami bass crew (playfully) dared to call out New York at the peak of its grandeur. Then a selection from a NY Golden Era supergroup who, unlike their peers, went out of their way to show Miami and its souped-up electro beats some love.May I send you a cocktail book full of bad ideas and a charming frog sticker? Here’s how.