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Two Wood for Wheat is a board game podcast. We review and criticize board games, diving deep into the strategies and mechanisms that make them great or make them forgettable.
119. After Us & Apocalyptic Themes and the Exorcism of Anxieties
Two Wood for a Wheat
51 minutes
2 years ago
119. After Us & Apocalyptic Themes and the Exorcism of Anxieties
Well, this somehow became the climate change episode, which now seems inevitable.
We review After Us, a post-apocalyptic deck builder with monkeys! Then, we discuss the evolution of apocalyptic themes in board games and how they serve to exorcise our anxieties about the present and near-future.
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00:05:44 Daybreak 00:09:22 City of Heroes 00:10:06 Guild Wars, Guild Wars 2, World of Warcraft 00:11:53 Catan Junior, CATAN 00:14:05 War of the Ring: The Card Game 00:16:19 Calico, Creature Comforts 00:27:33 Ticket to Ride, Splendor: Duel 00:18:55 FEATURE REVIEW After Us 00:21:16 Furnace, Tainted Grail 00:32:52 FEATURE DISCUSSION Apocalyptic Games and the Exorcism of Anxieties 00:36:02 Revive 00:37:00 Exodus Fleet 00:39:30 Daybreak, Pandemic 00:41:00 Cloudage, Radlands, Resurgence, Fallout 00:41:51 Ryan Laukat 00:42:46 Anachrony 00:43:19 Hit Z Road 00:43:34 Barrage 00:45:37 Bitoku, Arborea 00:46:01 Gloomhaven, Spirit Island
Two Wood for a Wheat
Two Wood for Wheat is a board game podcast. We review and criticize board games, diving deep into the strategies and mechanisms that make them great or make them forgettable.
