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Globe and Mail
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- Globe and Mail
Breckenridge Distillery Unveils Limited-Edition Collectors Art Series Collaboration with Renowned Artist Miles Toland
BRECKENRIDGE, Colo., July 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Breckenridge Distillery, one of the most-awarded craft distilleries in the U.S., and a craft spirits brand by Tilray Brands, Inc. (NASDAQ: TLRY and TSX: TLRY), proudly announces the fifth edition of its acclaimed Collectors Art Series. This year, the distillery partnered with muralist and painter Miles Toland to create a breathtaking label and mural as part of its limited release, the Breckenridge Calvados Cask Finish. Born in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and currently based in Spokane, Washington, Toland is known for his immersive murals and studio work that explore the liminal realms between sleep and wakefulness. His art blends geometric patterns and natural elements to express the spiritual connection between humanity and the unknown. In this edition of the Collectors Art Series, his design captures a transcendent moment in nature—where a figure, surrounded by Colorado's Rocky Mountains and lark buntings, dissolves into a mandala of harmony, balance, and unity. 'Blending is everything in my paintings,' says Toland. 'Just like whiskey, it's about creating bridges—between shadow and light, between form and formlessness. To have my work featured on a bottle of whiskey is an exciting fusion of two art forms that celebrate complexity and craftsmanship.' The label design will appear on the Breckenridge Calvados Cask Finish, bottled at 95 proof / 47.5% ABV. This limited release continues the tradition of the Distillery's artful cask finishes, offering rich aromas of freshly peeled red apples with warm oak and creamy vanilla and a hint of cinnamon spice on the nose, and a smooth entry of caramel, baked apple, and vanilla with layers of sweet oak and peppery spice on the palate. The finish lingers with a comforting touch of cinnamon. As with past editions, a donation of $5 per bottle sold will benefit Keep RiNo Wild (KRW), a 501(c)(3) whose mission is to provide and advocate for permanent, affordable community creative space within the district, to support and bolster the artist community which is here, as well as provide educational programming, events, classes and experiences for all ages, backgrounds and socio-economic groups. 'Miles' work dives into the mystical and unseen, and that mirrors the sensory journey we try to create with our whiskeys,' said Bryan Nolt, founder of Breckenridge Distillery. 'This collaboration is another chapter in our ongoing celebration of blending—color, spirit, and culture.' Breckenridge Collectors Art Series releases have earned numerous accolades, including 2023 Best Blended LTD Release and 2020 Icons of Whisky's Campaign Innovator of the Year at the World Whiskies Awards, along with Gold and Double Gold medals at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition. Breckenridge Collectors Art Series 5 will be available starting July 1, exclusively at Breckenridge Distillery and the Main Street Tasting Room in Breckenridge, Colorado, for $125. You can visit Toland's latest mural behind Number Thirty Eight in Denver, Colorado at 3560 Chestnut Pl, Denver, CO 80216, along with the 2024 mural by Abby Wren and 2022 mural by Alexandrea Pangburn. For more information about Breckenridge Distillery, visit Follow Breckenridge on Instagram @breckdistillery and become a fan at Age 21+. Always enjoy responsibly. To learn more about Miles Toland, follow him on Instagram @milestoland and visit About Breckenridge Distillery Founded in Colorado in 2008, Breckenridge Distillery is the 'World's Highest Distillery,' and is best known for its award-winning blended bourbon whiskey, a high-rye mash American-style whiskey. One of the most highly awarded distilleries in the U.S., the Breckenridge Distillery is proudly a 3x Icons of Whisky and 10x winner of Best American Blended winner at the World Whiskies Awards by Whisky Magazine and a 4x winner of Colorado Distillery of the Year by the New York International Spirits Competition. Most recently, Breckenridge Port Cask Finish was named World's Best Finished Bourbon at the 2024 World Whiskies Awards, joining Breckenridge High Proof, named World's Best Blended Whiskey and Breckenridge Gin, named World's Best Compound Gin at the World Gin Awards by Gin Magazine. Breckenridge spirits have been awarded 6 Double Golds at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition. The Breckenridge Distillery is more than award-winning spirits, offering an immersive guest experience. Named as one of the country's Top Visitor Attractions by Whisky Magazine, guests can dine at their award-winning restaurant, enjoy show-stopping cocktails, learn about their highly awarded spirits with an in-depth tasting, and get an inside look at their active production facility. New to the distillery, guests have the opportunity to blend their own whiskey as they learn the inner workings of whiskey production. Breckenridge Distillery is a subsidiary of Tilray Brands, Inc. (NASDAQ: TLRY and TSX: TLRY), a leading global cannabis-lifestyle and consumer packaged goods company inspiring and empowering the worldwide community to live their very best life. 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Geek Dad
2 hours ago
- Geek Dad
Find Fame in ‘FlipToons'
Everyone wants to be the next big breakout cartoon—assemble the best cast of characters and find fame! What Is FlipToons ? FlipToons is a deck-building game for 1 to 4 players, ages 10 and up, and takes about 15–30 minutes to play. It retails for $19.95 and will be released at Gen Con 2025, with pre-orders open now that will deliver in August. The game is a mix of deck-building and auto-battler (more on that below), and is pretty easy to learn, so the game is family-friendly but isn't just for kids. FlipToons was designed by Jordy Adan and Renato Simões and published by Thunderworks Games, with illustrations by Diego Sá. FlipToons components. Photo: Jonathan H. Liu FlipToons Components FlipToons is entirely cards: 24 Starting cards ( 6 per player) 4 Fame cards 4 Reference cards First Player card Critic's Choice card 53 Toon cards 5 Price cards Big Button mini-expansion: 4 Big Button cards 2 Axolotl cards A sampling of the toon cards. Photo: Jonathan H. Liu The bulk of the cards in the game are toon cards, done in the old rubber-hose style and depicting various animals. Each card has a rank and indicates how many are in the deck. Below that is a fame amount, and often some additional card effects. For the most part, the card effects are pretty easy to understand, but there is a section in the rulebook that provides further details about specific animal abilities. The fame cards are a simple double-sided chart, two columns per side, numbered 1 to 40. The player reference card has a turn order on one side and an icon glossary on the other, but also includes an arrow at the top of the card—you use it with the fame card to indicate your current fame each round. Other cards are pretty self-explanatory: price cards just have a big number on them from 3 to 15 indicating the price of a card in the market, and there's also a first player marker and a Critic's Choice card that shows a '+3' on it. If you order FlipToons from Thunderworks Games, you'll also get the Big Button mini-expansion—I'll explain how that works at the end of the 'How to Play' section. The whole thing comes in a box with a small footprint, just big enough to hold two decks of cards side-by-side, with a little extra room in case you sleeve cards or they come out with several more mini-expansions. I usually associate deck-building games with big boxes and hundreds of cards, so it's always fun to see something like this that's very compact. How to Play Fliptoons You can download a copy of the rulebook here. The Goal The goal of the game is to score the most fame in the Final Flip, which happens after any player reaches at least 30 fame. The card market, where you can hire more toons for your show. Photo: Jonathan H. Liu Setup Lay out the price cards in order. Shuffle the toon cards and reveal five cards below the price cards for the market—arrange them from lowest to highest rank so the lowest rank card costs 3 and the highest rank card costs 15. Set the Critic's Choice card nearby. Give each player a set of 6 starting cards, as well as a fame card and a reference card. The player who most recently watched a cartoon takes the first player card. Gameplay Each round has four phases: Flip, Check Fame, Market, and Cleanup. My first flip of the game, I earned 5 fame. Photo: Jonathan H. Liu Flip : The flip phase is done simultaneously by everyone. Shuffle all of your cards, and then play them out face-up in a grid: two rows of three cards each. Some cards have abilities that are triggered immediately when played, though none of the starting cards do. These could result in more than 6 cards being played. Once you complete the grid, you stop flipping cards even if you have cards left over. If you run out of cards before you fill your grid, you just stop. During this phase of the game, you don't make any choices—you just play the cards in the order they come up. Check Fame : Everyone checks fame simultaneously. Add up all of the fame shown on all of your face-up cards. Some card abilities will let you stack cards—all face-up cards count, even if they have other cards stacked on them. Mark your fame using your reference card and the fame card. If anyone generated at least 30 fame, the player with the most fame this round takes the Critic's Choice card, and the next round will be the Final Flip. Market : In turn order, each player gets two market actions, which can be used to hire or dismiss toons. To hire a toon, pay the fame cost shown above that card in the market. To dismiss a toon from your grid, pay 5 fame and then place it in your own personal 'dismissed' cards pile. (You may only dismiss face-up cards in your grid; cards that have been turned face-down or that are still in your deck cannot be dismissed.) Note that unspent fame does not carry over to the next turn, so use it or lose it! After both of your market actions, refill the market if needed, making sure to arrange all the toons by rank order. Cleanup : Collect all the cards in your grid and add them to your deck, and reshuffle your entire deck. (In a 2-player game, you also discard the leftmost and rightmost cards in the market and refill.) If nobody reached 30 fame this round, pass the first player card clockwise and start a new round. Got a little closer this time—20 fame! Photo: Jonathan H. Liu Game End When a player has achieved at least 30 fame, the next round will be the Final Flip. The Critic's Choice card, which is given to the player who had the highest fame during the round, is worth +3 fame in the Final Flip. The player who earns the most fame during the Final Flip wins! In case of a tie, tied players collect all their cards and flip again. Continue until there is a winner! The Big Button card, front and back. Photo: Jonathan H. Liu Big Button Expansion If you order FlipToons from Thunderworks Games, you'll get the Big Button expansion included for free. During setup, give each player a Big Button card, and shuffle the 2 Axolotl cards into the toon deck. Once during the game, you may push your Big Button (flipping it over to the broken side) to redo your flip phase. Shuffle your grid back into your deck and flip again. The Axolotl is a Rank 26 card (the highest so far) worth 7 fame; when you hire it, you may immediately reset your Big Button if it has already been used. FlipToons is GeekDad Approved! Why You Should Play FlipToons FlipToons hasn't been released yet, but since I got an early copy back at the end of April, I've already played it over a dozen times. It's a quick, snappy game that takes a popular game mechanic—deck-building—and combines it with one that may not be as well-known: auto battler. Auto battlers are games in which you make some decisions about how things are set up, but then there's a portion of the game that just plays out on its own. Challengers! is another example of a favorite game that uses a similar mechanic—you add cards to your team, but when it comes time to play a match against another player, you both just play out your cards in order. There are 25 different animals represented in the toon deck, and I like the variety of powers, which can make for some cool combos. There are a couple that will flip other cards face-down, nullifying them, but they usually provide a lot of fame themselves. The Rabbit can stack on top of face-down cards (and each other), giving you several cards' worth of fame in a single grid slot, and the Bull gets an extra 7 fame if there are face-down cards. The Cat and the Tiger both get fame boosts based on how many cards you've dismissed—these can be particularly good with the Alligator and Snake, which will both dismiss cards randomly from your deck or grid. It can be a bit chaotic and unpredictable, but if you get that going early enough, those felines can be quite formidable. Several animals provide extra fame based on their positioning, so you're hoping they turn up in the right place: the top row, the bottom row, the middle column, or next to particular animals. A possible but improbable grid that scores a whopping 53 fame. Photo: Jonathan H. Liu As an example of how cards can combo in ridiculous ways, I set up the above photo with a whole lot of combos. We start with the Elephant, which flips the previous card face-down—but since it was the first card, it provides 7 fame with no downside. Next is the Monkey—if it's in the top row, it moves up and creates its own row, leaving its original space open. Then comes the Turkey, which stacks on top of the previously played card so it's also in that extra upper row. Then the Dragonfly, a starting card that can still be valuable because it awards fame based on unique adjacent cards. The Ostrich is next—only 1 fame, but the next card played stacks on it. That would be the Bull, which gives extra fame if you have any face-down cards. In the bottom row, the first card is the Eagle, which flips the next card face-down. Then come two Rabbits—they stack up on the face-down card—the Dragonfly is now worth 6 fame! Finally, there's a Bear, which gives extra fame for every face-up card in the grid. Of course, it's unlikely that you'd be able to get this exact build in your deck, and even if you did, the cards have to come out in just the right order, but you can get a sense of how different cards can synergize. The cards are always arranged by rank in the market, so that the weakest card is cheapest and the most powerful card is the most expensive—but that does mean the specific price of any given card is not set. If you're lucky, the market is full of high-ranked cards, and you could get a rank 20 Turkey for only 3 fame. If you're unlucky, you might end up being unable to afford even a Rank 8 Camel because it has been bumped up to the higher prices. Dismissing a toon always costs 5 fame, so that's always an option if there isn't anything in the market that you want. And as with many other deck-building games, it also matters what you get rid of. If you hire a bunch of cards but don't dismiss anything, then your fame levels can vary wildly from round to round, particularly if you're only drawing a small portion of your total deck. And, of course, your starting cards are typically weaker and won't provide as much fame or powerful effects compared to cards you can hire from the market. I know that a lot of game publishers have made changes to their 2025 lineup due to the tariffs, with many of them looking for smaller, often card-based games that are cheaper to print and ship, so expect to see a lot more small games hitting the shelves this fall and winter. FlipToons is definitely smaller than most of Thunderworks Games' titles, but it has been a big hit with my gaming groups and I've had a lot of fun introducing it to folks. I think it can be both a nice introduction to deck-building for folks who are new to that, as well as a refreshing twist on the genre for experienced players. FlipToons is on the simpler side: you make decisions about what goes into your deck, but you don't have any control over the order that they'll come out. Flipping out your grid of cards feels a bit like pulling the lever on a jackpot, and hitting that perfect combo is a thrill! Visit the Thunderworks Games website to pre-order a copy of FlipToons ! Click here to see all our tabletop game reviews. To subscribe to GeekDad's tabletop gaming coverage, please copy this link and add it to your RSS reader. Disclosure: GeekDad received a copy of this game for review purposes. Liked it? Take a second to support GeekDad and GeekMom on Patreon!
Globe and Mail
3 hours ago
- Globe and Mail
Nike Stock Could Soar 60%, According to 1 Wall Street Analyst. Is It a Buy Now?
Nike (NYSE: NKE) stock has been in a downward spiral for the past three years as sales declined, and it appeared to be losing its edge. But all hope is not lost. The company just reported a strong earnings beat, and it's the leader, by far, in its industry. In fact, one Wall Street analyst sees Nike stock shooting 60% higher over the next 12 to 18 months even after it jumped 15% after earnings. Should you buy it today? Getting back in the game Nike has been dealing with multiple mishaps. It's reestablishing partnerships with wholesalers after cutting some of them out a few years ago; it's getting back on top of its innovation pipeline; and it's going back to sports after prioritizing lifestyle products. It has a new CEO whom the investing community is pumped about, and he's been making changes that the market is liking. A full turnaround is still in the works, but Nike reported better-than-expected earnings for the 2025 fiscal fourth quarter (ended May 31), and it looks like the plan is taking shape. Sales were down 12% from last year in the quarter, with Nike Direct sales down 14%. Gross margin declined by 4.4 percentage points to 40.3%, and earnings per share dropped 86% to $0.14. If that doesn't sound so great to you, consider that Wall Street was expecting only $0.12. Although there's a long way back up, the market appreciated Nike's update and reassurance about how it's progressing. CEO Elliot Hill restructured innovation to focus on lines rather than categories, keeping the athlete at the center. It also widened its wholesale channels to reach more customers in more places, including premium chain Aritzia and Urban Outfitters, which is geared toward the younger shopper. Notably, it's going back to selling on Amazon after a very public breakup five years ago. Hill, a Nike veteran who's been in the lead role since October, gave some important examples of progress: Launches through wholesale partners Dick's Sporting Goods and led to higher sales. The day before it hosted a race at its LA-based store at the Grove, a premium shopping center had its highest sales in three years. It presented its best looks from the French Open finals, leading to a 30% sales increase day to day. Is Nike losing its grip on first place? Nike's lead against its competition is so wide that it really has no competition, at least for first place. That gives it some wiggle room to fix its mistakes and work things out before the situation escalates, but investors shouldn't ignore the risks. Some of its competitors have been posting much better performance despite operating in the same environment. Lululemon Athletica, which hasn't been impressing the market lately, still reported a 7% sales increase in its most recent quarter, and new brand On Holding reported a gargantuan 43% increase. I often cite the Piper Sandler Taking Stock With Teens survey as a good glimpse of how younger customers are shopping because their trends drive future growth. Nike has been in first place for favorite shoe brand for years, and it remained in first place in the recent spring update. However, Nike's share fell from recent averages of around 60% to only 49%. Converse, which has recently featured in the No. 2 spot, wasn't in the top three. These findings aren't alarming, but investors should take them into account when making decisions. A global industry leader Nike is still the brand to beat, and as it progresses, it's looking more likely to make a real comeback. Several Wall Street analysts upgraded their price targets after the recent report, including HSBC, which upgraded the stock to a buy and gave a price target of $80. Jefferies maintained its price target of $115, which is 60% higher than the stock's recent price. Nike also pays a growing dividend that yields 2.2% at the current price, which makes it attractive for passive income investors even while the company is still struggling. If you have a long timeline, you could buy Nike stock today and enjoy the dividend while the stock gets back to work. It's a blue chip stock that should bounce back and offer resilience over time. Should you invest $1,000 in Nike right now? Before you buy stock in Nike, consider this: The Motley Fool Stock Advisor analyst team just identified what they believe are the 10 best stocks for investors to buy now… and Nike wasn't one of them. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years. Consider when Netflix made this list on December 17, 2004... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you'd have $713,547!* Or when Nvidia made this list on April 15, 2005... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you'd have $966,931!* Now, it's worth noting Stock Advisor 's total average return is1,062% — a market-crushing outperformance compared to177%for the S&P 500. Don't miss out on the latest top 10 list, available when you join Stock Advisor. See the 10 stocks » *Stock Advisor returns as of June 30, 2025
