We buy games for a lot of reasons. To have fun with friends, to discover a new designer or enjoy a mechanic we don’t currently have represented in our collection. But could there be… another reason? One that goes down to the very root of human nature? Are we maybe buying promise more than just the hot new cardboard offering at our FLGS?
This week on the show, Steve, Rob and Evan attempt to find out!
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Cites and Sources
3 Ring Circus - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/371947/3-ring-circus
7th Citadel - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/286063/the-7th-citadel
Agricola - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/31260/agricola
Arydia: The Paths We Dare Tread - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/219650/arydia-the-paths-we-dare-tread
Batman: The Animated Series Adventures – Shadow of the Bat - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/299566/batman-the-animated-series-adventures-shadow-of-th
Botswana - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/398/wildlife-safari
Caesar!: Seize Rome In 20 Minutes - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/338957/caesar-seize-rome-in-20-minutes
Cat Blues: The Big Gig - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/414351/cat-blues-the-big-gig
Dark Souls: The Board Game - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/197831/dark-souls-the-board-game
Elden Ring: Realm of the Grafted King - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/373107/elden-ring-realm-of-the-grafted-king
Frosthaven - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/295770/frosthaven
Gloomhaven - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/174430/gloomhaven
Horizon Zero Dawn: The Board Game - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/260410/horizon-zero-dawn-the-board-game
Merchants of Andromeda - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/436516/merchants-of-andromeda
Merchants of Amsterdam - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/531/merchants-of-amsterdam
Oathswarn - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/251661/oathsworn-into-the-deepwood
Ra - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/12/ra
Root - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/237182/root
Slay The Spire: The Board Game - https://boardgamegeek.om/boardgame/338960/slay-the-spire-the-board-game
Tainted Grail - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/264220/tainted-grail-the-fall-of-avalon
Unconscious Mind - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/329500/unconscious-mind
Veiled Fate - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/315695/veiled-fate
Yucatan - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/330510/yucatan
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