About this episode
Rarely has a game been as deeply, frighteningly cynical as Imperial. We are sadly inured to the notion of vast military conflicts; and we are sadly inured to the corrupting influence of enormous wealth; but never before has a game combined the two and posited the Schlieffen Plan as a gambit to improve the marginal rate of return of someone's portfolio. Oh, my RRSP is Russian firepower, by the way. Games Played Last Week: -Papillon 1m42s (J.B. Howell, Kolossal, 2019) -Talon 3m47s (Jim Krohn, GMT Games, 2016) -On Mars 7m20s (Vital Lacerda, Eagle-Gryphon, 2020) -Deception: Murder in Hong Kong 10m34s (Tobey Ho, Grey Fox Games, 2014) -Principle Dilemma 12m37s (Joe Tanowski, Self-published, 2019) -Las Vegas Royale 21m14s (Rudiger Dorn, alea, 2019) -Sushi Roll 23m22s (Phil Walker-Harding, Gamewright, 2019) -Cthulhu: Death May Die 25m43s (Rob Daviau & Eric M. Lang, CMON, 2019) News (and why it doesn't matter): -Wiz-Kids' Clash of Cultures 28m23s -Grimslingers Two 30m14s -Marvel United 31m39s -Hansa Teutonica Big Box, Eventually? 33m01s -Tortuga 2199 34m24s -Truffle Shuffle, for some reason 35m03s Feature Game: Imperial (Mac Gerdts, PD-Verlag, 2006)/Imperial 2030 (Mac Gerdts, PD-Verlag, 2009) 35m32s Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices