Tabletop_Gaming__April_2019

Ensure your next game night is an unforgettable evening with our readymade recipes of games, lms, food and drinks that make for the perfect playable pairingsWords by

Charlie Theel

EAT PLAY LOVE

46 April 2019

BLOODY GOOD TIME

Play:

Psycho Raiders

Watch:

Mandy

Eat: Rare Steak

Drink:

Bloody Mary

The first time I played

Psycho Raiders

, it blew my mind. By

that I mean it left me disturbed and full of awe. This little indie

magazine game from studio Emperors of Eternal Evil is jam-

packed with brutal atmosphere. It’s no surprise that Nicholas

Cage’s 2018 horror flick

Mandy cuts into the same cranial

lobes and fills the empty space with dread and wonder.

To top off this road trip of violence you will want to serve a

nice juicy steak, as rare as you can stomach. Accompanying the

carved meat and completely on the nose is a tall Bloody Mary.

Wash down a night of terror and blood with, well, more blood.

This concoction of all-encompassing gore is certainly over

the top and a bit facetious, but that’s part of the charm. If you’re

going to play a game and watch a film premised on spectacle,

then you best make a night of it.

BLOODY GOOD TIME

Psycho Raiders

COME OUT TO PLAY

Play:

Watch: Neon Gods

e Warriors

Eat:

Fast Food

Drink:

Surge

Plaid Hat’s late 2018 release

Neon Gods

is a frenzied retro-

future take on fighting for turf. It near perfectly mimics the

attitude and philosophy at the heart of the ‘79 Walter Hill film

The Warriors

. Both are all-out brawls where ruffians speak with

their fists and unique sense of style. They both highlight a future

of emptiness where politics and discourse have been gutted, the

void filled with vibrant anarchy.

What better accompaniment than a trashy meal of high-

octane Surge and fast food from your preferred eatery? The

caffeine and carbs will keep your veins juiced on glimmer as

hollow as those calories. If the game or movie doesn’t work

out, at least you can scream at each other until that pounding

headache resolves itself. “Can you dig it?”