At the Brewery: The Battle for Papal Supremacy

We recently attended the inaugural Northeast Nerd Night, a soon-to-be regular evening of gaming and beer in the name of charity, held at Triumph Brewing Company in New Hope, PA. This month, we gathered in support of Fisherman’s Mark, a locally-based grassroots social service agency. The turnout was great, the games were a blast and … Read more…

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Prototype Pairing: Huh, Looks Like Rain… OF SHARKS

If you’ve been following us on social media or here on Boards & Lager, then you know that we are making the official Sharknado™ board game, tentatively (and transparently) titled Sharknado™: The Board Game! And we’ve been playtesting like crazy. Recently we took a trip to our local beer distributor and found a whole bunch of … Read more…

The Tripel Triple

We love a good Belgian-style tripel—high ABV, serious flavor, heavy on the malt. We’ll look for any excuse to pick one up. But pairing beers thematically with games sometimes isn’t so easy. So, to quench our thirst, we paired one beer with three games—hence, the tripel triple. We played three smaller games, all of which … Read more…

A Bitter, Superpowered Rivalry

One of our favorite gateway games is Sentinels of the Multiverse, a cooperative card game filled with tons of heroes, villains, environments, and other cool stuff. We’ve used it to turn several people to the side of gaming with great success. Then the guys over at Greater Than Games decided to put out a new … Read more…