#313: The One that Broke the Kallax's Back
In the vast panoply of human misfortunes, it is often fruitless to try to rank misery. Was historical tragedy X worse or better than atrocity Y? It seems callous to ask. That said, thanks to the applied research of a retired ethicist with the aid of Reiner Knizia's Zoo Vadis, we have conclusively discovered that it is better to be extorted by a marmoset than assaulted by an armadillo. Thus is human knowledge expanded.01:01 AYURIS: Heroscape (Stephen Baker, Rob Daviau, & Craig Van Ness, Hasbro, 2004)Games Played Last Week:05:30 -Uprising: Curse of the Last Emperor (Cornelius Cremin, Pawel Mazur, & Dirk Sommer, Nemesis.Games, 2021)10:23 -Zoo Vadis (Reiner Knizia, Bitewing Games, 2023)15:53 -Marabunta (Reiner Knizia, Space Cowboys, 2023)22:35 -Feed the Kraken (Maikel Cheney, Dr. Hans Joachim Höh, and Tobias Immich, Funtails, 2022)26:19 -La Granja: Deluxe Master Set (Michael Keller and Andreas "ode." Odendahl, Board&Dice, 2023)31:30 -Sand (Ariel Di Costanzo and Javier Pelizzari, Devir, 2024)News (and why it doesn't matter):38:45 Calico spinoff: Knitting Circle39:29 Founders of Reyvick: Richard Garfield and GMT40:54 Boardgaming has jumped the shark: Winston: Nineteen Eighty-Four 42:56 Expeditions: Gears of Corruption43:14 Radlands gets 1.2 rules and a new deck44:20 Topic: The One that Broke the Kallax's BackOur Sponsors:* Check out Incogni: https://incogni.com/aboutgamesAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy