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Play: Escape from Colditz

Watch:e Great Escape

Eat: Bratwurst & Sauerkraut

Drink: Moonshine
Released in 1963,
This war film features an ensemble cast of Steve McQueen, The Great Escape is a stone cold classic.
Richard Attenborough, James Garner and many more.
Fitting then that it serves as an opening salvo to the equally
exemplar Escape from Colditz
This 75-year-old board game similarly features a climactic.
escape from a World War II German POW camp. The 2016
re-release is a beautiful sprucing up – a remastering where the
original integrity isn’t sacrificed.
If you’re going to be digging a tunnel and launching a massive
prison break, you can’t be hungry. Bratwurst and sauerkraut
are obvious choices, reflecting the taste of the German soldiers
manning the wire fence. Moonshine, on the other hand, is the
suggested beverage due to a significant scene in
Escape where the prisoners perform some clandestine brewing. The Great
Just as these soldiers celebrated in camaraderie before
initiating their risky gambit, dull your senses a bit and let the
blood flow before assembling your escape kit.

PSYCHEDELICACY

Play: Fire in the Lake

Watch: Apocalypse Now

Eat: Pho

Drink: Bia Hoi

Apocalypse Now and Fire in the Lake

each provide their own

brand of bizarre. One is a cinematic work of art featuring a

deranged Marlon Brando and tortured Martin Sheen, the

other a magnificent simulation detailing the complex war in

Southeast Asia.

Apocalypse Now is like walking through someone else’s fever

dream and staring directly into its black heart.

Fire in the Lake

is like breaking that dream down into blocks and then trying

to reassemble the pieces. This game utilises the phenomenal

COIN (counterinsurgency) system from GMT and provides a

tremendous amount of detail while still maintaining a strong

degree of playability.

So kick back and give your noggin a mind-bending workout.

To stay fuelled, partake in the Vietnamese brew Bia Hoi. This

delicious local beer pairs well with the soupy street food Pho and

will keep your table satisfied long into the night. As the jungle

around you burns, this psychedelic collision of art and immersion

will leave everyone exhausted and contemplative. It will be an

experience none will forget.

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