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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 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

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
 

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

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
Orongo - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/165556/orongo
Ra - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/12/ra
 
 
 
 

It’s been said that “all good things must come to an end.” And it's true! If it wasn’t I would still be in college. But how those good things come to an end can vary wildly - especially in board games!
So how do designers pick a way to end the game? How do those decision change the game feel as a player? Should all games end the same way? Evan, Steve & Robert plan to find out 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
7 Wonders Duel - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/173346/7-wonders-duel
Agricola - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/31260/agricola
Byzantium - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/19348/byzantium
Captain Sonar - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/171131/captain-sonar
Cat Blues - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/414351/cat-blues-big-gig
Dune Imperium - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/316554/dune-imperium
Ethnos - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/206718/ethnos
Food Chain Magnate - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/175914/food-chain-magnate
Hegemony - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/321608/hegemony-lead-your-class-victory
High Society - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/220/high-society
Imperium: Horizons - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/367518/imperium-horizons
Inis - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/155821/inis
Just One - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/254640/just-one
Kanban - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/284378/kanban-ev
Moonrollers - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/405923/moonrollers
Nucleum - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/396790/nucleum
Oath: Chronicles of Empire & Exile - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/291572/oath-chronicles-empire-exile
Palaces of Carrara - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/129948/palaces-carrara
Pax Pamir 2e - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/256960/pax-pamir-second-edition
Pax Penning - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/381591/pax-penning
Pipeline - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/256730/pipeline
Ra - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/12/ra
Shuffle & Swing - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/414350/shuffle-and-swing
Splendor Duel - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/364073/splendor-duel
Turncoats - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/352238/turncoats
 

Games are full of aids, references and prompts for how to play, but how can a game imply things without being in your face about it?
Forget the player aid, this week Steven, Robert & Evan talk about the implicit rules of the games we love!
(Thanks to Peter McPherson for the question!)
Want to ask a question or give us your two cents? Hit us up at cardboardphilosophypod@gmail.com!
Cites and Sources
504 - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/175878/504
Barrage - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/251247/barrage
Bitoku - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/323612/bitoku
Concordia - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/124361/concordia
Ethnos - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/206718/ethnos
For Northwood! - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/334590/northwood-solo-trick-taking-game
Kanban - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/284378/kanban-ev
MLEM: Space Agency - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/387378/mlem-space-agency
Money! - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/125/money
Pax Penning - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/381591/pax-pennin
Pipeline - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/256730/pipeline
Rapido/Excape - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/357/excape
Serenissima - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/232/serenissima
Shuffle & Swing - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/414350/shuffle-and-swing
Terra Mystica - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/120677/terra-mystica
Through the Desert - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/503/through-desert
Turncoats - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/352238/turncoats
Viking Seesaw - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/351810/viking-see-saw
Zoo Vadis - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/368061/zoo-vadis