Ours, Played

TW: War and Violence

Over there! Over there! Threats rain from the sky and danger looms all around our heroes. Can friendship triumph over the trials of war? Join these two Yanks as we hope to survive the perils of No Man’s Land in the moving cooperative World War One card game, The Grizzled, published by Sweet Games.

In this episode we cover:

• The Bloodborne and Parks and Recreation crossover we’ve always wanted
• Unlearning a Match 3 mechanic
• Finding fun in the futility of war
• What is simple, may not be easy. In fact, it may have a 10% win rate.

Game Details:

• Name: The Grizzled
• Medium: Board Game
• Developer: Sweet Games
• Year: 2015

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To pair with The Grizzled, we recommend:

• Bailey’s recommendation
  • Soft Cinnamon Cookies, from Foods that will Win the War and How to Cook Them (1918) C. Houston Goudiss and Alberta Goudiss
    • 1 cup molasses
    • 2 tablespoons fat
    • 1⁄2 cup boiling water
    • 1 cup flour
    • 1 teaspoon soda
    • 1⁄2 teaspoon ginger
    • 2 tablespoons cinnamon
    • 1⁄8 teaspoon salt
    • 1⁄2 teaspoon of cloves
  • Mix molasses, fat, and boiling water. Sift dry ingredients. Add the liquid. Add enough more flour (about four cups) to make dough stiff enough to roll out. Cut and bake about 15 minutes in moderately hot oven.
• Rob’s recommendation
  • Watch 1917 (2019), dir. Sam Mendes
  • Drink a French 75
    • 1 ounce gin
    • 1/2 ounce lemon juice, freshly squeezed
    • 1/2 ounce simple syrup
    • 3 ounces Champagne (or other sparkling wine)
    • Garnish: lemon twist
    • Add the gin, lemon juice and simple syrup to a shaker with ice and shake until well-chilled.Strain into a Champagne flute.Top with the Champagne. Garnish with a lemon twist.

Creative, unique, and shrouded in mystery, Moon Hunters by Kitfox Games is unlike other games we’ve covered. Tune in as we study up for a personality test game and struggle to determine if the results are reflective of the game or of ourselves.

In this episode we cover:

• Longing to be ambushed by enemies
• The irony of a Dark Souls fan wishing for more in-game explanation
• A solution to character envy

Game Details:

• Name: Moon Hunters
• We played it on: PC
• Also available on: Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
• Developer: Kitfox Games
• Year: 2016

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To pair with Moon Hunters, we recommend

• Bailey’s recommendation
  • Listen to They Might Be Giants “The Mesopotamians” - the final song in their album The Else
  • Shout out to Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal, and Gilgamesh!
• Rob’s recommendation
  • Star cocktail
    • 1.5 oz apple brandy
    • 1.5 oz sweet vermouth
    • 3 dashes peychaud’s bitters
    • 2 dashes simple syrup
    • Lemon twist garnish
    • Combine ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice, stir, and strain into a chilled cocktail glass

Packin’s takin’ up our time, we’re stressed and wanna shout. Life’s boxed up in cardboard ‘cuz we’re.....movin’ out. Not sure if Billy Joel inspired this co-op game, but in this episode, we blur the lines of reality and gaming by playing the hilariously frantic moving simulator, Moving Out, by DevM Games and SMG Studio while also packing for our real life move. Don’t just stand there - everything’s gotta go!

In this episode we cover:

• The benefits of children’s educational games played by adults
• Farts. Yes, really.
• Which part of speech is fart. Again, yes, really.
• The efficiency of chucking possessions rather than carefully moving them

Game Details:

• Name: Moving Out
• We played it on PC.
• Also available on: PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch
• Developer: DevM Games, SMG Studio. Published by Team17 (same folks who bring you Overcooked and Overcooked 2)
• Year: 2020

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To pair with Moving Out, we recommend moving out of your home - just kidding!

• Home decor shows - there’s a million of them out there, but two that got me through getting ready to move were Tidying Up with Marie Kondo and Get Organized with the Home Edit - both on Netflix!
• Moving liquor and beer is a pain... so our suggestion is just drink whatever is left.
  • For us that was tequila, pineapple juice and a lime wedge. It gets the job done.

Ready to dance for your feline captors? Look for us on the island stage in this week's episode. We revisit and finally conquer one of our first co-op games, BattleBlock Theater by The Behemoth.

In this episode we cover:

• The very clear and important difference in world vs chapter of the game
• You can’t reset the past, and that is ok (preferable, even)
• Theme music as a litmus test of Behemoth humor
• The appeal of Kitty Litter Box cake

Game Details:

• Name: BattleBlock Theater
• We played it on: PC
• Also Available on: Xbox 360 and Xbox One
• Developer: The Behemoth
• Year: 2013

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To pair with BattleBlock Theater, we recommend:

• Bailey’s recommendation
  • Cupcake cats (cat-cakes?)
    • Select your favorite cupcake recipe (boxed or from scratch!).
    • Bake as directed - the flair will come in the decorating.
    • Got any leftover halloween candy? Set aside some mini chocolate bars - the square ones will work best.
    • Cut them in half to make 2 triangles - these will become your ears.
    • Place them towards the top of each cupcake, point up.
    • Bonus - take a chocolate chip (or m&m) and place in the center as a nose.
• Rob’s recommendation
  • Foghorn
    • 2 ounces dry gin
    • 1/2 ounce lime juice
    • 4 ounces ginger beer, or ginger ale
    • Lime wedge, for garnish
    • Gin and lime juice in ice filled old fashioned glass. Top with ginger beer or ginger ale and stir. Garnish with lime wedge and enjoy!
      • Spoilers - if you give one to your friend and they don’t respond.... Dump them overboard!

She’s hot and he’s cold. She jumps and he rolls. She swims as he glides; true love they will find. (Ok - enough with the Katy Perry remix). Get close to your Player 2 and join us as polar opposites become close companions in this beautifully illustrated, cooperative puzzle platformer, Degrees of Separation by Moondrop.

In this episode we cover:

• Figuring out who needs to be where in order to do what
• Scarves: Magical keys to doors OR emo boy fashion staples
• Does it count as beating the game if you accidentally missed a whole level?
• Rob’s incredibly high standards for unlocking levels in games.

Game Details:

• Name: Degrees of Separation
• We played it on: PC
• Also Available on: Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch
• Developer: Moondrop
• Year: 2019

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To pair with Degrees of Separation, we recommend:

Love Potion

• 1⁄3 cup Vodka
• 1⁄4 cup Peach Schnapps
• 1 cup Ruby Red Grapefruit Juice (or preferred red juice)
• Pour all ingredients into a swing top bottle, gently swirl to incorporate, and refrigerate until serving. Pour into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with Strawberry and raspberry on the rim.

Braided Heart Loaf

• Ingredients
  • 1 package of dry yeast
  • 0.25 cup (50 g) warm water
  • 1 tsp. (4.2 g) sugar
  • 2 cups (400 g) milk
  • 0.5 cup (100 g) sugar
  • 0.5 cup (100 g) shortening
  • 2 tsp.(2.1 g) salt
  • 2 beaten eggs
  • 7 cups (1400 g) of flour
• Baking Instructions
  • Add 1 tsp. of sugar to warm water; dissolve yeast into water
  • Scald milk, and then add the 0.5 cup sugar, salt, and shortening. Stir to combine, then take off of the heat and cool until lukewarm.
  • Add the yeast mixture to the milk mixture; stir in the eggs.
  • Start adding the flour a little at a time, stirring to blend in.
  • When dough is too thick to stir by hand, dump on a floured board and knead until smooth and elastic.
  • Put dough into a greased bowl, cover and set in a warm place to rise until double in size.
  • Remove from the bowl and place on a surface for shaping. Punch down dough and divide into 6 equal parts.
  • Roll each part into a rope about 24 inches (60 cm) long.
  • Use 3 ropes and make braid; repeat with the other 3 ropes.
  • On a large pizza pan or tray, shape a heart, (Each rope will he half of the heart). Wet ends of water and work together.
  • Let the dough rise in a warm place for about 1 hour.
  • Preheat the oven to 350 F (176 Celsius) degrees.
  • Bake until bread is brown (about 50 mins). Set to cool before enjoying.