Marc sits down with Jason Perez from Shelf Stories to talk about colonialism in board games. Along the way they also touch on social media, moral philosophy, and a couple of tangential rants, as is tradition.
0:30 – Jason’s projects
9:25 – Critique of Puerto Rico
25:40 – Endeavor: Age of Sail and the challenge of moral consequences
30:50 – Marc’s tangential rant about (and spoiling) The Last Duel
34:39 – Jason gets his own tangential rant in for good measure
38:50 – Recognizing the player’s perspectives
41:33 – The way social media distorts our perspective
52:36 – Everyone seems to care more about hypocrisy than the issues
59:16 – What to do as a designer
1:05:16 – Fantasy/Sci-fi colonization games
1:08:24 – Cultivating a better community
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Music: Sailing The Solar Wind by Abstraction
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