Ep 17: 5 "Impossible" Themes

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Marc, Orion, Matt, and Wes talk about five different board game themes and ideas that may be impossible to design. Can they be done well? Or are board games inherently limited in such a way as to make them impossible to implement in the medium? Also in this podcast: Samwise Gamgee becomes a universal metaphor, and Wes conceives of the worst party game ever. 4:14 - Real Market Activity 29:06 - Scaled Conflict 49:23 - Horror/Terror 1:05:39 - Surrealism 1:11:48 - Romance Music: Sailing The Solar Wind by Abstraction Like the podcast? Want to watch it being recorded, live? Consider supporting it on Patreon.

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