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Dave Matthews is sitting in his tour bus, at a table inlaid with a custom board game.

"If you roll '1,' you just want to move the cow one [space] and not poo, that's your decision," he says. "Although I would always poo."

Poo is just one of the obstacles as you make your way across the board. The goal is to get your flock of fantastical creatures safely to their destination (and poo-free). And Matthews wants to make it hard for his playing partner Brian Calhoun.

Entertainment Weekly: Introducing a lighthearted, poop-heavy board game backed by Dave Matthews

Though Grammy winner Dave Matthews draws most of his headlines for his work as a musician, his partnership on a new board game is putting a spotlight on his entrepreneurial work.

Chickapig, coming from the mind of Rockbridge Guitars co-founder Brian Calhoun, is a chess-like strategy board game, except it features chicken-pig hybrids, an increased focus on accompanying social activity, and poop. Lots of poop. After all, wasn’t chess always missing a defecating cow to block your opponent’s desired moves?

C-ville Magazine Article | Chickapig magnate: People of all ages are flocking to the newest game in town

One night last February, Charlottesville luthier Brian Calhoun and his good friend, musician Dave Matthews, walked into Kardinal Hall with a massive handmade Chickapig board.

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