Jonathan Baldwin is an artist who lives in Los Angeles. He makes cool stuff: videos like Rice Dish, rpg-like photo stories and Fear and Loathing: The Board Game.

The board game comes in a suitcase rather than a conventional cardboard box so that it can be easily transported as it's meant to played over an entire weekend.

At this point, no one has actually played the game yet. It's not exactly a board game you'd play at a dinner party -- it might even take more concentration than Risk. But keep checking his Web site -- someone might post a video of the game being played ... if anyone buys it, that is.

Playing is quite an adventure in and of itself. In fact, check out the rules:

1. Players donate $10 to a pot which will go to the winner (first person to finish).
2. Roll the die to see who goes first -- it's not clear but we assume whoever gets the highest number goes first.
3. First player rolls and moves their game piece to either a yellow spot, where you pick up a dosing card and measure your drugs (see below for a list), or to a blue spot, where you pick up a blue card and find out what kind of adventure you're going on (designated driver needed), or a red spot, where you pick up a red card to find out what kind of task you'll need to complete.

The game pieces resemble a peyote button. The game's "drugs" include phenethylamines, tryptamines, stimulants, depressants, hallucinogens and inhalants. You'll also find empty gel caps, lighters, petri dishes, sugarcubes for absinthe and a shot glass inside the case. The glass pipe and scale are not included due to legal issues.

Challenges a player may be asked to do range from "Have your sitter drive everyone around until you find a hitchhiker or transient. Offer him a ride. During the drive start saying whatever comes to mind in the loudest voice possible while faking muscle spasms." to "Speak only with a kazoo until it's your turn again."

Red card challenges seem simple but they would be difficult for a person hopped up on "drugs". For instance, they might have trouble trying to "Program the DVD or VCR player" or attempting to "Replace a lightbulb."

Whether or not you think this game would be perfect for you and your friends to take on, it might be tough to get your hands on one -- there's only one available and it'll run you $2,500. If you do happen to get this game somehow -- let us know. We want to know how it really works.