Cardboard Philosophy

Episode 038 - King Making (And Is It Good?)

“I just can’t wait to be king!” We all know that catchy musical number from the hit 1994 musical “The Lion King.” But Simba wasn’t able to become king on his own. It took a bit of king making from his evil uncle Scar.
Just like the Disney animated classic; board games have king making too (just usually less inspired by Hamlet). How do designers leverage king making? Is it a feature of a design or more of a bug?
This week on the show, the dynamic trio of Steven, Robert and Evan endeavor to find out!
Want to ask a question or give us your two cents about the state of euros? Hit us up at cardboardphilosophypod@gmail.com!
Cites and Sources
Bohnanza - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/11/bohnanza
Botswana - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/398/wildlife-safari
Chess - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/171/chess
Cole Wehrle: In Defense of King Making - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UraJElx1ebg
Cosmic Encounter - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/39463/cosmic-encounter
Inis - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/155821/inis
Oath - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/291572/oath
Root - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/237182/root
Secret Hitler - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/188834/secret-hitler
Terra Mystica - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/120677/terra-mystica
Twilight Imperium: 4th Edition - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/12333/twilight-struggle
Zoo Vadis - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/368061/zoo-vadis

Episode 037 - How Big Is Too Big For A Collection

In board gaming, collections can range anywhere from 1 to 1001 (anything after 1001 will cause an explosion). With such a wide swath of options there has to be a perfect number, right? A “goldilocks zone” if you will?
Today on the show Robert, Evan and Steve endeavor to find out!
Want to ask a question or give us your two cents about the state of euros? Hit us up at cardboardphilosophypod@gmail.com!
Cites and Sources
Abomination - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/239472/abomination-the-heir-of-frankenstein
Art Robbery - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/341935/art-robbery
Azul - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/230802/azul
Barrage - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/251247/barrage
Bullet - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/307305/bullet-love
Carpe Diem - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/245934/carpe-diem
Castles of Burgundy - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/271320/the-castles-of-burgundy
Genial Spezial - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/40830/genial-spezial
Great Western Trail - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/193738/great-western-trail
Haggis - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/37628/haggis
Hot Lead - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/339924/hot-lead
Iliad - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/420914/iliad
Inis - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/155821/inis
Imperial Steam - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/338760/imperial-steam
John Company - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/332686/john-company-second-edition
Kanban Ev - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/284378/kanban-ev
Kingdoms - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/119/kingdoms
Knights of Charlemange (Hungry) - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/182/hungry
La Havre - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/35677/le-havre
London - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/65781/london
Monikers - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/156546/monikers
On Mars - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/184267/on-mars
Quacks of Quedlinburg - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/244521/the-quacks-of-quedlinburg
Ra - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/12/ra
Renature - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/300001/renature
Root - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/237182/root
Sea Salt & Paper - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/367220/sea-salt-and-paper
Shamans - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/313262/shamans
Take The A Chord - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/174975/take-the-a-chord
The Great Zimbabwe - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/111341/the-great-zimbabwe
Tower of Babel - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/15510/tower-of-babel
Twilight Imperium: Forth Edition - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/233078/twilight-imperium-fourth-edition
Two Rooms & A Boom - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/134352/two-rooms-and-a-boom

Episode 036 - The Luckiest Episode of All

Perhaps it’s Evan’s Irish heritage or the secret ancient amulet beneath the studio, but we’re big fans of luck at Cardboard Philosophy. We’ve talked a lot about it over the last year too!
We’ve talked about how the luck can feel and how it’s generated. This week, we’re talking about both of those things as well as why it’s used the way it is by designers! I know, don’t even say it.
We’re just really lucky.
Want to ask a question or give us your two cents about the state of euros? Hit us up at cardboardphilosophypod@gmail.com!
Cites and Sources
Amsterdam - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/314582/amsterdam
Ankh: Gods of Egypt - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/285967/ankh-gods-of-egypt
Ark Nova - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/342942/ark-nova
Bora Bora - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/127060/bora-bora
Captain Flip - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/393325/captain-flip
Castles of Burgundy - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/84876/the-castles-of-burgundy
Chess - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/171/chess
High Society - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/220/high-society
Kemet - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/127023/kemet
Libertalia - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/125618/libertalia
Mega Jackpot - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/419262/mega-jackpot
MLEM: Space Agency - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/387378/mlem-space-agency
Ra - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/12/ra
Rapido - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/357/excape
Rising Sun - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/205896/rising-sun
Root - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/237182/root
Shipyard - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/393179/shipyard-2nd-edition
Terraforming Mars - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/167791/terraforming-mars
Thunder Road: Vendetta - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/342070/thunder-road-vendetta
Tic-Tac-Toe - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/11901/tic-tac-toe
Twilight Imperium: 4th Edition - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/233078/twilight-imperium-fourth-edition
Wingspan - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/266192/wingspan
Xia: Legends of A Drift System - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/82222/xia-legends-of-a-drift-system

Episode 035 - What Are Party Games?

There ain’t no party like a board game party!
But board games to take to the party? There is a whole world of party games, but where is the line between “game” and “party game?” Never ones to back down from a challenge, our brave hosts Evan, Robert and Steve endeavor to find out!
Want to ask a question or give us your two cents about the state of euros? Hit us up at cardboardphilosophypod@gmail.com!
Cites and Sources
A Fake Artist Goes To New York - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/135779/a-fake-artist-goes-to-new-york
A Feast For Odin - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/177736/a-feast-for-odin
Apples to Apples - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/74/apples-to-apples
Blood On The Clocktower - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/240980/blood-on-the-clocktower
Captain Sonar - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/171131/captain-sonar
Cards Against Humanity - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/50381/cards-against-humanity
Chess - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/171/chess
Cockroach Poker - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/11971/cockroach-poker
Codenames - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/178900/codenames
Concept - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/147151/concept
Decrypto - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/225694/decrypto
Don’t Get Got! - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/262547/dont-get-got
Doodle Dash - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/334379/doodle-dash
The Fuzzies - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/314421/the-fuzzies
Jenga - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2452/jenga
Junk Art - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/193042/junk-art
Just One - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/254640/just-one
Medici - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/46/medici
Monikers - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/156546/monikers
Pictionary - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2281/pictionary
Pitchcar - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/150/pitchcar
Poetry for Neanderthals - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/312786/poetry-for-neanderthals
Power Grid - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2651/power-grid
Rapido (Escape) - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/357/excape
Ricochet Robots - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/51/ricochet-robots
Skull - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/92415/skull
So Clover! - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/329839/so-clover
Stationfall – https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/316624/stationfall
Strike! - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/123570/strike
Sushi Go Party! - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/192291/sushi-go-party
Telestrations - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/46213/telestrations
That’s Not A Hat - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/375651/thats-not-a-hat
Trio - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/352515/trio
Twilight Imperium: Fourth Edition - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/233078/twilight-imperium-fourth-edition
Uno - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2223/uno
Wandering Towers - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/355483/wandering-towers
Zoo Vadis - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/368061/zoo-vadis
 

Episode 034 - Designer Tricks!

Every game is a chance for a designer to pull another trick out of their sleeve. But for a lot of designers, that new trick can often feel like the same trick with a new coat of paint.
Not to say that’s a bad thing, it’s one of the things that keep us coming back for more! But what are some of these tricks? How do designers keep them fresh? Why do we like them so?
This week Evan, Steve, Robert and special guest Aaron discuss just that!
Want to ask a question or give us your two cents about the state of euros? Hit us up at cardboardphilosophypod@gmail.com!
Cites and Sources
Age of Innovation - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/383179/age-of-innovation
Agricola - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/31260/agricola
Airlines - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/193488/airlines
Arrakis: Dawn of the Fremen - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/358263/arrakis-dawn-of-the-fremen
Bitoku - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/323612/bitoku
Bohnanza - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/11/bohnanza
Brass: Lancashire - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/28720/brass-lancashire
Bunny Kingdom - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/184921/bunny-kingdom
Cat Blues - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/414351/cat-blues-the-big-gig
Caverna - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/102794/caverna-the-cave-farmers
Cosmic Encounter - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/39463/cosmic-encounter
Decrypto - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/225694/decrypto
Dune/REX - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/104363/rex-final-days-of-an-empire
Elfenland - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/10/elfenland
Feast for Odin - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/177736/a-feast-for-odin
Fields of Arle - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/159675/fields-of-arle
Food Chain Magnate - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/175914/food-chain-magnate
Fractured Sky - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/370581/fractured-sky
Gaia Project - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/220308/gaia-project
The Gallerist - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/125153/the-gallerist
Heaven & Ale - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/227789/heaven-and-ale
High Society - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/220/high-society
Inventions: Evolution of Ideas - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/347305/inventions-evolution-of-ideas
King of Tokyo - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/70323/king-of-tokyo
Klunker - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/102/klunker
Le Havre - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/35677/le-havre
Magic: The Gathering - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/463/magic-the-gathering
Medici - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/46/medici
Modern Art - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/118/modern-art
Money - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/125/money
Moonrakers - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/270239/moonrakers
Palaces of Carrara - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/129948/the-palaces-of-carrara
Paris - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/282954/paris
Princes of Florence - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/555/the-princes-of-florence
Ra - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/12/ra
RoboRally - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/18/roborally
Root - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/237182/root
Schotten Totten - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/372/schotten-totten
Sky Team - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/373106/sky-team
Terra Mystica - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/120677/terra-mystica
Terra Nova - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/364186/terra-nova
Ticket to ride - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/9209/ticket-to-ride
Tigris & Euphrates - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/42/tigris-and-euphrates
Turing Machine - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/356123/turing-machine
Veiled Fate - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/315695/veiled-fate
Via Nebula - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/191231/via-nebula
Weather Machine - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/237179/weather-machine
Yellow & Yangtze - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/244114/yellow-and-yangtze

Episode 033 - Catch Up Mechanics

If it’s been a while since you’ve listened, you may need to catch up on past episodes! That can be a bit time consuming, but worth it if you like the show.
If it’s been a while you’ve been in first place… well… that can be challenging to fix!
Catching up in games can be like climbing a mountain, but designers have catch up mechanics up their sleeves to help. But are these mechanics necessary? Do they help build skill or just make the bad players win? This week on the show, Evan, Steve & Robert dive into all things catch up!
Want to ask a question or give us your two cents about the state of euros? Hit us up at cardboardphilosophypod@gmail.com!
Cites and Sources
Age of Steam - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/4098/age-of-steam
Barrage - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/251247/barrage
Blood on the Clocktower - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/240980/blood-on-the-clocktower
Flamme Rouge - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/199478/flamme-rouge
Fractured Sky - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/370581/fractured-sky
Gang of Dice - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/366129/gang-of-dice
Heat: Pedal To The Metal - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/366013/heat-pedal-to-the-metal
Hearts - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/6887/hearts
High Score - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/341416/high-score
Long Shot: The Dice Game - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/295374/long-shot-the-dice-game
Mario Kart - https://mariokart8.nintendo.com/
Orongo - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/165556/orongo
Pax Pamir: Second Edition - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/256960/pax-pamir-second-edition
Ra - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/12/ra
Radlands - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/329082/radlands
Rapido (Escape) - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/357/excape
Root - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/237182/root
Sea Salt & Paper - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/367220/sea-salt-and-paper
Taj Mahal - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/475/taj-mahal
Twilight Imperium: Forth Edition - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/233078/twilight-imperium-fourth-edition
Wavelength - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/262543/wavelength

Episode 032 - What's Happening To Modern Euros?!

Our hobby is constantly evolving! Sometimes for the better, sometimes for the worse.
Euro-games are frequently at the center of this discussion. Are they getting too complex? Too solitaire? Are they even good any more?
This week on the show, Evan, Robert and Steve chat about the shifting euro landscape, the past, the future and how we feel about it all (and if it’s all just in our heads)!
Want to ask a question or give us your two cents about the state of euros? Hit us up at cardboardphilosophypod@gmail.com!
Cites and Sources
Ark Nova - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/342942/ark-nova
Azul - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/230802/azul
Barrage - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/251247/barrage
Cascadia - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/295947/cascadia
Catan - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/13/catan
Cosmic Encounter - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/39463/cosmic-encounter
Cyclades - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/54998/cyclades
Endless Winter - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/305096/endless-winter-paleoamericans
Galactic Cruise - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/391137/galactic-cruise
Green Team Wins - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/347805/green-team-wins
Harmonies - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/414317/harmonies
Heaven & Ale - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/227789/heaven-and-ale
John Company: Second Edition - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/332686/john-company-second-edition
Kanban EV - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/284378/kanban-ev
Lisboa - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/161533/lisboa
Nucleum - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/396790/nucleum
Princes of Florence - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/555/the-princes-of-florence
Revive - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/332772/revive
Risk - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/181/risk
Root - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/237182/root
Sankore: The Pride of Mansa Musa - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/382518/sankore-the-pride-of-mansa-musa
Scythe - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/169786/scythe
Sidereal Confluence - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/202426/sidereal-confluence
The Game That Ruined Euros (Article Robert Mentioned) - https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/18955/posted-for-posterity-barnes-article-on-the-game-th
The Sixth Realm - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/401182/the-sixth-realm
Tower of Babel - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/15510/tower-of-babel
Twilight Imperium: Forth Edition - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/233078/twilight-imperium-fourth-edition
Wingspan - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/266192/wingspan
Yunnan - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/143401/yunnan
Zoo Vadis - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/368061/zoo-vadis

Episode 031 - Are Board Games Art?

If you’ve been around the internet for a while; you’ve probably seen a debate around whether something is art or not.
Are video games art? Is modern art, art? Is Taylor Swift’s music art?
But what about board games? Are they art? Better yet; who is the artist? The player the artist or the designer?
Evan, Robert and Steve endeavor to find out together on this week’s show!
Want to ask a question or give us your two cents? Hit us up at cardboardphilosophypod@gmail.com!
Cites and Sources
Age of Steam - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/4098/age-of-steam
Agricola - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/31260/agricola
Blood On The Clocktower - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/240980/blood-on-the-clocktower
Bus - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/552/bus
Cyclades - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/54998/cyclades
Food Chain Magnate - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/175914/food-chain-magnate
Imperial Steam - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/338760/imperial-steam
John Company - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/332686/john-company-second-edition
MLEM: Space Agency - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/387378/mlem-space-agency
Pax Pamir: Second Edition - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/256960/pax-pamir-second-edition
The Cost - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/292894/the-cost
 

Episode 030 - How Do Non-Game Factors Affect Games?

At the center of gaming is… well, gaming. It’s kinda in the name.
But around the sweet, gooey center that is gaming a whole world of external factors exist!
How do those factors effect our experience with games? Can a good game get ruined by bad factors and vise versa? This week on the show, we plan to find out!
Want to ask a question or give us your two cents? Hit us up at cardboardphilosophypod@gmail.com!
Cites and Sources
Amun-Re - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/5404/amun-re
Art Robbery - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/341935/art-robbery
Barrel Dice - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/148531/barrel-dice
Batman: the Animated Series: Shadow of the Bat –
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/299566/batman-the-animated-series-adventures-shadow-of-th
Bebop - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/414349/bebop
Blood on the Clocktower - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/240980/blood-on-the-clocktower
Cat Blues: The Big Gig - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/414351/cat-blues-the-big-gig
Cthulu Wars - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/139976/cthulhu-wars
Dobro - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/357991/dobro
High Society - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/220/high-society
Hot Lead - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/339924/hot-lead
Libertalia - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/125618/libertalia
Nana - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/352515/trio
Passt nicht! - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/393888/passt-nicht
Quacks of Quedlinburg - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/244521/the-quacks-of-quedlinburg
Ra - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/12/ra
Rapido (Excape) - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/357/excape
Secret Hitler - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/188834/secret-hitler
Shuffle & Swing - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/414350/shuffle-and-swing
Terra Mystica - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/120677/terra-mystica
That’s Not a Hat - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/375651/thats-not-a-hat
The Quest for El Dorado - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/217372/the-quest-for-el-dorado

Episode 029 - The Knizia Auction Trilogy (Ding!)

You may have noticed this, but we like Reiner Knizia. Like a lot! He’s Robert’s favorite and second favorite designer after all!
This week on the show, in celebration of all things Knizia, we break the rules and go off script to talk about the genius of Knizia’s auction trilogy. What makes Modern Art, Ra & Medici so special? So different? Should these three games be his “auction trilogy?” Robert, Steve & Evan endeavor to find out!  
Want to ask a question or give us your two cents? Hit us up at cardboardphilosophypod@gmail.com!
Support Robert's new games on Kickstarter! - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bitewinggamesnick/bebop-shuffle-and-swing-and-cat-blues-the-big-gig?ref=user_menu
(We weren't paid to do this, we just like the games, publisher and even sometimes Robert)
Cites and Sources
Botswana (Wildlife Society) - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/398/wildlife-safari
High Society - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/220/high-society
Medici - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/46/medici
Modern Art - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/118/modern-art
Money - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/125/money
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Ra - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/12/ra