About this episode
The Card Crafting System returns once more, its heaps of mylar inserting into our gaming life. I would say it darkens our door, but the things are mostly transparent, so the idiom doesn't quite fit. One wonders whether and how one could sleeve a Card Crafting game, given that the games largely consist of sleeves already--but once one has witnessed the recursive horror that is sleeve sleeves, you cannot doubt the persistence and ingenuity of the Cult of Sleeves. They will, like life, find a way--perhaps sleeving each insert before inserting them into an ur-sleeve that will smother us all. The horror. Games Played Last Week: -Tiny Epic Mechs 1m32s (Scott Almes, Gamelyn Games, 2019) -Yokohama 2m45s (Hisashi Hayashi, Tasty Minstrel Games, 2016) -Risk: Mass Effect Galaxy at War Edition 7m43s (Andrew Wolf, The OP, 2013) -Pulsar 2849 10m37s (Vladimír Suchý, CGE, 2017) -Antidote 13m06s (Dennis Hoyle, Bellwether Games, 2013) -Human Punishment: Social Deduction 2.0 14m33s (Stefan Godot, Godot Games, 2018) -Villagers 18m21s (Haakon Gaarder, Sinister Fish Games, 2019) News (and why it doesn't matter): -Sidereal Confluence expansion? 20m12s -New Orleans (gotta have a campaign) 21m11s -More Steding: Gugong expansion 23m16s -Pandemic system offshoots staying in print 23m53s -Successors Kickstarter launched 25m40s -Jagged Alliance expansion 27m59s Feature Game: Edge of Darkness 29m10s (John D. Clair, AEG, 2019) Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices