About this episode
Even the steadfastly Imperial Americans are familiar with metric measurements of distance, volume, and temperature; but alas, the metric French Republican calendar has fallen by the wayside. Consisting of 12 months of exactly 30 days each (3 10-day weeks) with 5 (or 6, for leap years) interstitial days called "complementary days." I mean, you couldn't call them holidays what with your trying to purge religious influence on your calendar! In a fun twist, each of the 360 normal days, instead of Saint's Days, was meant to commemorate the "treasures of the rural economy." Like horseradish day (Frimaire 12), or rabbit day (Nivôse 15). Even more exotic was metric time, and don't get me started on that. Games Played Last Week: 01:31 -Tobago: Volcano (Bruce Allen, Zoch Verlag, 2020) 03:50 -Ascension Tactics: Miniatures Deckbuilding Game (Justin Gary & Ryan Sutherland, Stone Blade Entertainment, 2021) 06:18 -Uprising: Curse of the Last Emperor (Cornelius Cremin, Pawel Mazur, & Dirk Sommer, Nemesis.Games, 2021) 08:50 -Resist! (Trevor Benjamin, Roger Tankersley, & David Thompson, Salt & Pepper Games, 2022) 14:07 -The Adventures of Robin Hood (Michael Menzel, KOSMOS, 2021) 15:44 -Regicide (Paul Abrahams, Luke Badger, & Andy Richdale, Badgers from Mars, 2020) 16:38 -51st State: Master Set (Ignacy Trzewiczek, Portal, 2016) 18:16 -Swords around the Throne (Renaud Verlaque, My Kind of Games, 2022) 23:23 -Wormholes (Peter McPherson, Alderac Entertainment Group, 2022) 27:04 -Blitz Bowl: Season 2 (James M. Hewitt, Games Workshop Ltd., 2020) News (and why it doesn't matter): 33:07 SHUX! September 30-October 2. SVWAG on stage for two live shows on October 1. 33:22 Unboxed: Board Game Experience and Design by Gordon Calleja and MIT Press releases October 4. 34:13 Pandemic everything! Star Wars: The Clone Wars--A Pandemic System Game 34:35 Mac Gerdts' Crossing Oceans 35:43 International Gamers Awards winners announced: Carnegie, Ark Nova, and Cascadia. [EDIT: In the broadcast we mistakenly refer to the International Gamers Awards as the International Gaming Awards. We apologize for the error.] 36:14 Disney trading card game: Disney Lorcana 37:47 Feature Game: Capital Lux 2: Generations (Eilif Svensson & Kristian Amundsen Østby, Aporta Games, 2020) Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices