TheLordChiefRockaNumberOne
@natewarren.bsky.social
Broadcast node for Breakup Gaming Society, a podcast about board games, booze and hip hop with an autobiographical, comedic and melancholic bent
Step 1: The box lands in the driveway. Feel the heft of that box. Holy moly, it’s a two-hander! Curl it every morning, for three to four days. Three sets of 10.
I finally got in my first solo play of SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence.
#boardgames #seti #soloboardgames
Episode link 👇
I finally got in my first solo play of SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence.
#boardgames #seti #soloboardgames
Episode link 👇
January 18, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Step 1: The box lands in the driveway. Feel the heft of that box. Holy moly, it’s a two-hander! Curl it every morning, for three to four days. Three sets of 10.
I finally got in my first solo play of SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence.
#boardgames #seti #soloboardgames
Episode link 👇
I finally got in my first solo play of SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence.
#boardgames #seti #soloboardgames
Episode link 👇
Found a two-page letter from 1967. A destroyer commander deemed my Dad a complete fuckup. Audio's below 👇
January 6, 2026 at 3:55 AM
Found a two-page letter from 1967. A destroyer commander deemed my Dad a complete fuckup. Audio's below 👇
I held on for the whole ride, wondering if God took Kirk's vision away at age two so he could show you what sunlight on the trees looks like in a valley where a clamorous parade of the dispossessed honks and wails its suffering and joy like the culminating scene in some magical realist folk opera.
January 1, 2026 at 6:53 PM
I held on for the whole ride, wondering if God took Kirk's vision away at age two so he could show you what sunlight on the trees looks like in a valley where a clamorous parade of the dispossessed honks and wails its suffering and joy like the culminating scene in some magical realist folk opera.
Ep. 107 includes the Ryuutama and Dwelling RPGs — and the first of my Fantasy Flight retrospective, starting with Space Hulk: Death Angel, which I still break out multiple times a year. The FF catalog set the rhythm of our Saturday nights for years.
Episode link below 👇
Episode link below 👇
December 31, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Ep. 107 includes the Ryuutama and Dwelling RPGs — and the first of my Fantasy Flight retrospective, starting with Space Hulk: Death Angel, which I still break out multiple times a year. The FF catalog set the rhythm of our Saturday nights for years.
Episode link below 👇
Episode link below 👇
"I was her boyfriend, so it was my job to keep those copper eyes flashing with the right fuel mix. The deal was I kept her high so I could show her off. I kept me high so I wouldn’t think too much about the deal."
My Dwelling solo RPG Session 6 is in the bag. Link below. Has sex and drug content.
My Dwelling solo RPG Session 6 is in the bag. Link below. Has sex and drug content.
December 29, 2025 at 8:35 PM
"I was her boyfriend, so it was my job to keep those copper eyes flashing with the right fuel mix. The deal was I kept her high so I could show her off. I kept me high so I wouldn’t think too much about the deal."
My Dwelling solo RPG Session 6 is in the bag. Link below. Has sex and drug content.
My Dwelling solo RPG Session 6 is in the bag. Link below. Has sex and drug content.
Learning about Ryuutama with @liberludorum.com turned out to be the pastoral intermission I needed from the world.
For 19 minutes, we talked about the rascally adventures bards can have in the Japanese countryside.
Link to interview's down there 👇
#ryuutamarpg #indiettrpg #podcast
For 19 minutes, we talked about the rascally adventures bards can have in the Japanese countryside.
Link to interview's down there 👇
#ryuutamarpg #indiettrpg #podcast
December 21, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Learning about Ryuutama with @liberludorum.com turned out to be the pastoral intermission I needed from the world.
For 19 minutes, we talked about the rascally adventures bards can have in the Japanese countryside.
Link to interview's down there 👇
#ryuutamarpg #indiettrpg #podcast
For 19 minutes, we talked about the rascally adventures bards can have in the Japanese countryside.
Link to interview's down there 👇
#ryuutamarpg #indiettrpg #podcast
Had the pleasure of talking trick-taking with the brilliant and generous Josh Buergel about The Fox in the Forest and the candlelit game of Knockout Whist with his kids that got him thinking about his next design. Also, he holds forth on DJ Q-Bert to great effect.
👇Hear our talk with link below
👇Hear our talk with link below
December 15, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Had the pleasure of talking trick-taking with the brilliant and generous Josh Buergel about The Fox in the Forest and the candlelit game of Knockout Whist with his kids that got him thinking about his next design. Also, he holds forth on DJ Q-Bert to great effect.
👇Hear our talk with link below
👇Hear our talk with link below
All three of these stacks went into my neighbor JoJo's car last night. I'm putting my house on the market and these can't come along. Do you have memories or stories of any of these titles? Put them in the comments, I'd love to hear yours. (Complete list with link below) 👇
December 7, 2025 at 7:11 PM
All three of these stacks went into my neighbor JoJo's car last night. I'm putting my house on the market and these can't come along. Do you have memories or stories of any of these titles? Put them in the comments, I'd love to hear yours. (Complete list with link below) 👇
In Wyoming, my man Fritz played his first-ever game of Final Girl (Killer from Tomorrow). The same weekend, I got my Madness in the Dark movie back out. I interviewed him before and after our games. Hear our talk with link in comments 👇
#FinalGirl #Podcast #SoloBoardGame
#FinalGirl #Podcast #SoloBoardGame
November 30, 2025 at 9:26 PM
In Wyoming, my man Fritz played his first-ever game of Final Girl (Killer from Tomorrow). The same weekend, I got my Madness in the Dark movie back out. I interviewed him before and after our games. Hear our talk with link in comments 👇
#FinalGirl #Podcast #SoloBoardGame
#FinalGirl #Podcast #SoloBoardGame
Let's say you've got a Thanksgiving-week email campaign going out for a pretty good-size CPG. Here's how you message and segment that:
SUBJECT LINE: hows it goin
BODY: im drunk as hell
LISTS: All
SUBJECT LINE: hows it goin
BODY: im drunk as hell
LISTS: All
November 22, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Let's say you've got a Thanksgiving-week email campaign going out for a pretty good-size CPG. Here's how you message and segment that:
SUBJECT LINE: hows it goin
BODY: im drunk as hell
LISTS: All
SUBJECT LINE: hows it goin
BODY: im drunk as hell
LISTS: All
Congrats to @notinventedhere.bsky.social for generating the winning name — The Icebox — for @skrrtvonnegut.bsky.social's cocktail. You're getting some neat stuff in the mail.
Recipe and official announcement — including a few clever runners-up who made it a tough call — with link in comments 👇
Recipe and official announcement — including a few clever runners-up who made it a tough call — with link in comments 👇
November 18, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Congrats to @notinventedhere.bsky.social for generating the winning name — The Icebox — for @skrrtvonnegut.bsky.social's cocktail. You're getting some neat stuff in the mail.
Recipe and official announcement — including a few clever runners-up who made it a tough call — with link in comments 👇
Recipe and official announcement — including a few clever runners-up who made it a tough call — with link in comments 👇
I interviewed @liberludorum.com about the grisly near future of Lichoma, the visual triumph of the artifact itself, and what you can expect as a resident of The Wen.
#ttrpg #dystopia #interview #tabletop
Listen to Walt talk this thing with me👇
#ttrpg #dystopia #interview #tabletop
Listen to Walt talk this thing with me👇
November 15, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I interviewed @liberludorum.com about the grisly near future of Lichoma, the visual triumph of the artifact itself, and what you can expect as a resident of The Wen.
#ttrpg #dystopia #interview #tabletop
Listen to Walt talk this thing with me👇
#ttrpg #dystopia #interview #tabletop
Listen to Walt talk this thing with me👇
When somebody supports the show, sometimes a gem will pop up outta that '80s comics box. Bet you can guess which one this donor picked.
#comicbooks #giveaway #podcast #boardgames
#comicbooks #giveaway #podcast #boardgames
November 14, 2025 at 8:12 PM
When somebody supports the show, sometimes a gem will pop up outta that '80s comics box. Bet you can guess which one this donor picked.
#comicbooks #giveaway #podcast #boardgames
#comicbooks #giveaway #podcast #boardgames
Excited to once again be working with @printinkling.bsky.social on developing a boffo new wearable for Breakup Gaming Society. It won't be for sale, but it will be part of the — if I may say so — inspired small gift package I send to people who follow through on the Donate page. Stay tuned.
November 13, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Excited to once again be working with @printinkling.bsky.social on developing a boffo new wearable for Breakup Gaming Society. It won't be for sale, but it will be part of the — if I may say so — inspired small gift package I send to people who follow through on the Donate page. Stay tuned.
Your stocking stuffer and problem is solved. Give Midnight Market a look and shop some small game makers.
The Midnight Market by @lunarpunk.games is now open and you can buy some awesome indie games! Check the comments for an outline of each game available.
#boardgames #indie
#boardgames #indie
Lunarpunk Games | Midnight Market
Coming midnight of November 7th with. . .
Tootin' & Hollerin'
Pyrotechnic
What if I'm the Devil?
Duck, Duck, Choose & What Does My Rival Desire?
the night is for indie games . . .
A boutique-style...
www.lunarpunk.games
November 9, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Your stocking stuffer and problem is solved. Give Midnight Market a look and shop some small game makers.
Started a living post at Breakup Gaming Society where capsules and links for all my #indie #ttrpg interviews with @liberludorum.com will live. Episode 104, dropping in six days, will feature a chat about the soul-flensing and stunning Lichoma.
@natewarren.bsky.social and I are only just getting started. www.breakupgamingsociety.com/blog/best-in...
Wild and Plucky Indie TTRPGs You Could Be Playing Instead of D&D — Breakup Gaming Society
The dark. The ribald. The inventive. The bold. A curated interview series about the best in indie TTRPGS.
www.breakupgamingsociety.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Started a living post at Breakup Gaming Society where capsules and links for all my #indie #ttrpg interviews with @liberludorum.com will live. Episode 104, dropping in six days, will feature a chat about the soul-flensing and stunning Lichoma.
I'd never seen anything like Cave Evil when it hit my radar in 2011. An utter commitment by three friends who simply had to design the dungeon wargame they wanted to play.
I interviewed co-designer and fellow Coloradan Nate Hayden about the decision to reprint it in 2024. Interview's down there 👇
I interviewed co-designer and fellow Coloradan Nate Hayden about the decision to reprint it in 2024. Interview's down there 👇
November 2, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I'd never seen anything like Cave Evil when it hit my radar in 2011. An utter commitment by three friends who simply had to design the dungeon wargame they wanted to play.
I interviewed co-designer and fellow Coloradan Nate Hayden about the decision to reprint it in 2024. Interview's down there 👇
I interviewed co-designer and fellow Coloradan Nate Hayden about the decision to reprint it in 2024. Interview's down there 👇
"Once your eyes map a face in the night boughs, you’ll start searching it out whether you want to see it or not; mine is a giant or golem with a steam shovel jaw."
- From Session 5 of my ongoing work with Dwelling, a solo RPG for ghosts from @goodluckpress.co
Listen or read: link in comments 👇
- From Session 5 of my ongoing work with Dwelling, a solo RPG for ghosts from @goodluckpress.co
Listen or read: link in comments 👇
October 30, 2025 at 7:05 PM
"Once your eyes map a face in the night boughs, you’ll start searching it out whether you want to see it or not; mine is a giant or golem with a steam shovel jaw."
- From Session 5 of my ongoing work with Dwelling, a solo RPG for ghosts from @goodluckpress.co
Listen or read: link in comments 👇
- From Session 5 of my ongoing work with Dwelling, a solo RPG for ghosts from @goodluckpress.co
Listen or read: link in comments 👇
Alula, a hidden land that reveals itself to travelers in the Faraway card game, is coming to grips with an influx of wiry fintech people in Mercedes-Benz sprinter vans, bringing with them what might be the modern analog to blankets infected with smallpox: podcasts.
I reviewed 8 of them 👇
I reviewed 8 of them 👇
October 22, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Alula, a hidden land that reveals itself to travelers in the Faraway card game, is coming to grips with an influx of wiry fintech people in Mercedes-Benz sprinter vans, bringing with them what might be the modern analog to blankets infected with smallpox: podcasts.
I reviewed 8 of them 👇
I reviewed 8 of them 👇
My man @skrrtvonnegut.bsky.social puts his homemade plum liqueur over an ice cube 1:1 with rye or blended whiskey and a preserved cherry garnish.
Help name this cocktail. Submit your name ideas in the comments. At end of Nov. Skrrt and I pick a winner, who gets some Breakup Gaming Society swag.
Help name this cocktail. Submit your name ideas in the comments. At end of Nov. Skrrt and I pick a winner, who gets some Breakup Gaming Society swag.
October 17, 2025 at 3:37 PM
My man @skrrtvonnegut.bsky.social puts his homemade plum liqueur over an ice cube 1:1 with rye or blended whiskey and a preserved cherry garnish.
Help name this cocktail. Submit your name ideas in the comments. At end of Nov. Skrrt and I pick a winner, who gets some Breakup Gaming Society swag.
Help name this cocktail. Submit your name ideas in the comments. At end of Nov. Skrrt and I pick a winner, who gets some Breakup Gaming Society swag.
I wrote down some of my favorite sentences from J.G. Ballard's debut novel, The Drowned World (1962).
Hit the link below if you want to hear me read my Drowned World simile collection (and hear plot spoilers) 👇
#sciencefiction #jgballard
Hit the link below if you want to hear me read my Drowned World simile collection (and hear plot spoilers) 👇
#sciencefiction #jgballard
October 6, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I wrote down some of my favorite sentences from J.G. Ballard's debut novel, The Drowned World (1962).
Hit the link below if you want to hear me read my Drowned World simile collection (and hear plot spoilers) 👇
#sciencefiction #jgballard
Hit the link below if you want to hear me read my Drowned World simile collection (and hear plot spoilers) 👇
#sciencefiction #jgballard
Use a maqui's most powerful action and they may end up tied to a chair somewhere, coughing up teeth and secrets.
I contend with the evocative mechanical dilemma at the heart of Resist! from @saltandpeppergames.bsky.social in Episode 101 of Breakup Gaming Society.
👇Listen with link in comments
I contend with the evocative mechanical dilemma at the heart of Resist! from @saltandpeppergames.bsky.social in Episode 101 of Breakup Gaming Society.
👇Listen with link in comments
October 2, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Use a maqui's most powerful action and they may end up tied to a chair somewhere, coughing up teeth and secrets.
I contend with the evocative mechanical dilemma at the heart of Resist! from @saltandpeppergames.bsky.social in Episode 101 of Breakup Gaming Society.
👇Listen with link in comments
I contend with the evocative mechanical dilemma at the heart of Resist! from @saltandpeppergames.bsky.social in Episode 101 of Breakup Gaming Society.
👇Listen with link in comments
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Well... this is what I get for devoting my energy to a dying industry. My department has been made redundant and I'm out of a job.
If you know anybody who's looking for an emotionally dysfunctional super-genius, tell 'em you know a guy.
If you know anybody who's looking for an emotionally dysfunctional super-genius, tell 'em you know a guy.
September 28, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Well... this is what I get for devoting my energy to a dying industry. My department has been made redundant and I'm out of a job.
If you know anybody who's looking for an emotionally dysfunctional super-genius, tell 'em you know a guy.
If you know anybody who's looking for an emotionally dysfunctional super-genius, tell 'em you know a guy.
Coming up in just a few days: Episode 101, featuring my first plays of Resist! from @saltandpeppergames.bsky.social and a retrospective of David Thompson designs that conquered my table this year.
#cardgames #podcast #soloboardgames #wargames
#cardgames #podcast #soloboardgames #wargames
September 28, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Coming up in just a few days: Episode 101, featuring my first plays of Resist! from @saltandpeppergames.bsky.social and a retrospective of David Thompson designs that conquered my table this year.
#cardgames #podcast #soloboardgames #wargames
#cardgames #podcast #soloboardgames #wargames