#331: Our Favourite Factions

It is October, the month of Fat Bear Week, Decorative Gourd Season, Halloween, and Arkhipov Day! Sure, it has less candy than some of those other celebrations, but I'll wager neither a corpulent bear nor a kid dressed as a pirate has ever saved the entire human race.  01:00 AYURIS: IKI (Koota Yamada, Sorry We Are French, 2015) Games Played Last Week: 03:38 -Valka (Brooke Penrose, Terrible Games, 2024) 07:16 -Bus (Jeroen Doumen and Joris Wiersinga, Capstone Games, 2019) 09:47 -Warpgate: Beyond (Artyom Nichipurov, Wolff Designa, 2022) 12:33 -Dinosaur World (Brian Lewis, David McGregor, & Marissa Misura, Pandasaurus Games, 2021) 16:02 -SCOUT (Kei Kajino, Oink Games, 2019) 18:18 -Jekyll & Hyde vs Scotland Yard (Gaëtan Beaujannot, Olivier Cipière, and Geonil, Mandoo Games, 2023) 20:11 -Cthulhu: Death May Die--Fear of the Unknown (Rob Daviau, Eric M. Lang, and Marco Portugal, CMON, 2024) 22:57 -Set a Watch (Mike Gnade and Todd Walsh, Rock Manor Games, 2019) 25:04 -Hamster Roll (Jacques Zeimet, Zoch Verlag, 2000) 27:02 -Federation (Dimitri Perrier and Matthieu Verdier, Explor8, 2022) 28:22 -R (Seiji Kanai, Kanai Factory, 2011) 31:03 -Lost Cities: The Board Game (Reiner Knizia, Rio Grande, 2008) 35:21 -Vengeance: Roll & Fight (Gordon Calleja, Noralie Lubbers, & Dávid Turczi, Mighty Boards, 2022)   News (and why it doesn't matter): 38:57 Friedemann Friese's Fishing: trick-taking 39:37 Mac Gerdts' 7 Empires 40:40 Reiner Knizia's Cosmolancer: Kingdoms, again 41:48 Burned relaunches on crowdfunding October 23 from Jon Moffat and Stone Circle Games 42:15 Daniele Tascini's Transgalactica 42:29 Chonkers Party: phat animals 42:50 Walker on Boards and Brews 43:14 Join us in celebrating Arkhipov Day on October 27th 44:22 Topic: Our Favourite Factions Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices