Beer'd Gamers

Schnell Reads the Rules: The Captain is Dead

We're back with another "Schnell Reads the Rules" edition of Beer'd Gamers this week.  We'll be meeting up over the weekend to get some new game content recorded (FINALLY!!), but we still wanted to get this out to our audience, as it gives a preview of one of the games we have coming up!

Schnell Reads the Rules: Tiny Epic Kingdoms

So we've got something a little different this week.  We've been talking about different ideas for setting up a patron page and what kind of content we could offer people who become patrons to help us out with things like beer money, web hosting, etc., and one of the ideas was the Schnell could read rulebooks, which would help us and our listeners with games new and old.

This week we're rolling out our first few "Schnell Reads the Rules" for free as a way to introduce this format to our audience.  Give it a listen and give us some feedback, either here in the Podbean comments, on Facebook, or via email to beerdgamers@gmail.com.

Schnell Reads the Rules: Boss Monster

So we've got something a little different this week.  We've been talking about different ideas for setting up a patron page and what kind of content we could offer people who become patrons to help us out with things like beer money, web hosting, etc., and one of the ideas was the Schnell could read rulebooks, which would help us and our listeners with games new and old.

This week we're rolling out our first few "Schnell Reads the Rules" for free as a way to introduce this format to our audience.  Give it a listen and give us some feedback, either here in the Podbean comments, on Facebook, or via email to beerdgamers@gmail.com.

Schnell Reads the Rules: Shadows Over Camelot

So we've got something a little different this week.  We've been talking about different ideas for setting up a patron page and what kind of content we could offer people who become patrons to help us out with things like beer money, web hosting, etc., and one of the ideas was the Schnell could read rulebooks, which would help us and our listeners with games new and old.

This week we're rolling out our first few "Schnell Reads the Rules" for free as a way to introduce this format to our audience.  Give it a listen and give us some feedback, either here in the Podbean comments, on Facebook, or via email to beerdgamers@gmail.com.

Schnell and Nelson Hate Games, Part Deux

We’re coming at you this week with part 2 of the discussion between Nelson and Schnell because mother nature and life just haven’t allowed us all to be together in over a month now.  We’ll get back to our regular programming as soon as we can, but until then, part 2 of our discussion focuses mostly on game expansions and whether they are good or bad, and how we go about learning new games and teaching games to new players.

This week in beers we’ve got Schnell drinking Independence Harbor Amber Ale by Custom Tap Brews, and Nelson drinks Irish Blessing by Boulder Beer Company.

They Come Unseen

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.

Special Episode: Nelson and Schnell Hate Games

That winter storm Evelyn was a real bitch, huh?  We think so, too, which is why this week we have a special episode for you guys.  Due to the pounding Wisconsin took from the storm, our regularly scheduled recording session was postponed, so Nelson and Schnell decided to hook up their mics, jump on Discord and complain about shitty weather and what we dislike about games.  But don’t worry, we also talk about things we like, too.  We’ll be back soon with more regularly scheduled Beer’d Gamers programming, but until then, we leave you with this.

This week in beer Schnell goes with a Beer’d Gamers favorite IPA, Hoptronix from New Holland Brewing, and Nelson goes with his namesake, Brewers Pale Ale, Nelson Hop Blend, from Anchor Brewing.

Mice and Mystics, Chapter 2

We’re back with Chapter 2 of our serial playthrough of Mice and Mystics!  Have you ever met a spider you just couldn’t kill no matter how hard you tried?  So did we.  We probably cut about 45 minutes of frustration during out attempt to kill just one in this playthrough.  Check it out to see if we were successful!

This week in brews we’ve got Nelson repping the Blue Ribbon and drinking Pabst’s American Pale Ale, Teej downs what is quickly becoming a Mice and Mystics go-to in Cashmere Hammer from 3 Sheeps Brewing Company, Schnell goes with a Wisconsin staple and polishes a six pack of Spotted Cow from New Glarus Brewing Company, and Junior brings it all home this week with a green tea ale, Eazy Teazy from Lakefront Brewery.

Magic: The Gathering Commander 17

Vampires, cats, dragons, and wizards, oh my!  This week we’re back with another episode of our favorite CCG, Magic: The Gathering.  We have a ton of fun playing Commander format Magic when we all get together, so we thought it would be fun to showcase the latest precon decks in the Commander series, Commander 17.

Commander 17 focused on tribal decks, so each of these decks fit that theme.  The new Eminence ability was also introduced, which allows for these commanders to start manipulating the battlefield before they even make it there.  Teej is playing Draconic Domination, which is obviously dragon-themed.  Schnell and his cats are running Feline Ferocity.  Junior rolls with the patriarch of the Markov clan, Edgar Markov, and plays Vampiric Bloodlust.  Nelson seeks to use wizards and countermagic to run everyone’s day, so he’s playing Arcane Wizardry.  In order to show off how these decks play directly out of the box, everyone is playing a completely un-modified version of each deck.

This week in beer Teej steps up his game as he’s recovering from a nasty cold and goes with Maibock from Capital Brewing, Schnell channels his inner Ronald McDonald and drinks Ocular Pat-Down from Odd Side Ales, Junior throws a jab at Teej’s deck and drinks Magic Dragon Double IPA from Hop Haus Brewing Company, and Nelson aims to make his opponents suffer as he drinks Tears of My Enemies from Ale Asylum.

Mice and Mystics, Chapter 1

Get ready for an aural experience like you’ve never had before.  Let you ears be seduced by the velvety smootness of Schnell’s voice as he narrates the hell out of this week’s prologue.  Oh, what’s what?  Why do we have a prologue?  Because this week we bring you the first episode in the first game we are playing serial-style!  This week we’re playing Mice and Mystics, a co-op RPG that’s based on its own original story.  We’ll be bringing you the entire story in the weeks to come, but this week it’s Chapter one of the story, and we hope you enjoy listening as much as we enjoyed playing!

This week in liver destruction we’ve got sick Teej drinking Not Your Mom’s Iced Tea from Small Town Brewery, Schnell takes a page out of Teej’s stout book and goes with 3 Sheeps’ Cashmere Hammer Nitro Stout, Junior also takes a page out of the Teej Liver Torture Playbook and has this week’s highest ABV beverage, Superfluid from Short’s Brewing Company, and Nelson keeps it minimalist with Beer Me, and American Lager from Oddside Ales.