Well, this somehow became the climate change episode, which now seems inevitable.

We review After Us, a post-apocalyptic deck builder with monkeys! Then, we discuss the evolution of apocalyptic themes in board games and how they serve to exorcise our anxieties about the present and near-future.

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Thanks to God Street Wine for our intro and outro music: https://www.facebook.com/GodStreetWine/

00:05:44 Daybreak
00:09:22 City of Heroes
00:10:06 Guild Wars, Guild Wars 2, World of Warcraft
00:11:53 Catan Junior, CATAN
00:14:05 War of the Ring: The Card Game
00:16:19 Calico, Creature Comforts
00:27:33 Ticket to Ride, Splendor: Duel
00:18:55 FEATURE REVIEW After Us
00:21:16 Furnace, Tainted Grail
00:32:52 FEATURE DISCUSSION Apocalyptic Games and the Exorcism of Anxieties
00:36:02 Revive
00:37:00 Exodus Fleet
00:39:30 Daybreak, Pandemic
00:41:00 Cloudage, Radlands, Resurgence, Fallout
00:41:51 Ryan Laukat
00:42:46 Anachrony
00:43:19 Hit Z Road
00:43:34 Barrage
00:45:37 Bitoku, Arborea
00:46:01 Gloomhaven, Spirit Island