Beer'd Gamers

Hello, and welcome to the dungeon, baby! Wake up, because it’s time to play Munchkin, Steampunk edition! Munchkin is a multiplayer card game where the players take on the roles of heroes attempting to enter a dungeon and defeat the minions, monsters, and more that lurk within. With the Steampunk expansion, we also get cool things like gears, goggles, and more to improve our stats and help in our fight against evil.

This week in beerded goodness we’ve got Robert on the show, who interestingly enough isn’t drinking beer at all! He’s got another Mike’s Harder Lemonade, this time watermelon flavor, which triggers sugar-addled PTSD in all of us. Schnell goes flavored, as well, with Shipwrecked Cherry Wheat Ale from Door County Brewing Company; Nelson continues his self-flagellation with more Coors Light, and Teej brings it all home with Oscar’s Chocolate Oatmeal Stout by Sand Creek Brewing Company, AREALWISCONSINBEER!

Welcome to this week’s episode of Beer’d Gamers! We take a step into the Dungeons and Dragons universe today, specifically into the depths of Castle Ravenloft, which, ironically enough, is also the name of the game! Castle Ravenloft can be played solo or as a multiplayer adventure and comes with a book that sets up more than 30 different encounters for players, each one with its own storyline. Players work together to solve the mysteries of the dungeon while defeating enemies that lurk within. As players progress, experience points are earned and be cashed in to level up as the game goes on, much like a game of D&D.

Castle Ravenloft has an MSRP of $64.95 and based on our opinions and the massive amount of replayability, we think it’s definitely worth the price tag and would serve as a great addition to your collection!

This week in beers we’ve got Teej sitting out nursing his hangover with a V8 Energy, Schnell mixing it up with Pear Street’s Breakfast Beer and New Holland’s Dragon’s Milk, and Nelson brings it back Wisconsin-way with Spotted Cow from New Glarus.

We may not run silent; we may not run deep. However, this week we’re coming at you with They Come Unseen, a game for 2-5 players (recommended at 4) that sees a team of submarines working to blow up a team of destroyers’ naval bases. Two players play behind a screen, much like the DM in Dungeons & Dragons, while the other team plays out in the open. Resources like fuel and weapons must be monitored, consumed, and replenished, and each team is out to destroy the other. The subs win by taking out naval bases, and the destroyers win by keeping their bases intact while hunting down and bombing the subs.

This week in beer we’ve got Junior drinking ControversiALE by Short’s Brewing Company, Schnell drinks Blood of the Unicorn by Pipeworks Brewing Company, Nelson has Tokyo Sauna from Karben4, and Teej keeps the Always Sunny theme rolling with Fight Milk from Odd Side Ales.

This week we’ve got Robert along for one more! We’re challenging everyone’s logical thinking and tile-laying skills with the classic board game Carcassonne. Carcassonne pits four players against each other in a race to score points based on the tiles that they lay. Roads can be built, villages and cloisters erected, and farming fields claimed for points. Once the last tile is played, players count up their scores and a winner is determined. Carcassonne is an all-time classic and has an MSRP of $34.99.

This week in beer we’ve got Nelson still drowning in Coors Light (Junior owes him big), Teej still drinking Oscar’s Chocolate Oatmeal Stout (but if you listen long enough you’ll hear him switch it up; what a twist!), Robert taps out and switches to black cherry favored water, and Schnell goes full-on Packers with Green 19 IPA from Titletown Brewing Company.

Holy shit, we’re back!!! It’s been a long time since we’ve all been in the same room together, and apparently a long time since Teej and his sister got along. More on that in the episode intro...

This week we are playing Boss Monster, a card-based dungeon-builder that was released during the 8-bit art style craze. In this game, players take on the role of the Dungeon Boss, designing a dungeon that will do enough damage to heroes venturing inside to kill them before they are able to kill the dungeon boss. Players take turns building new rooms or casting spells to directly aid themselves, screw their opponents, or mess with the adventurers. The game supports 2-4 players and has an MSRP of $24.99.