What if I told you there was a lifestyle that could make your heart healthier, your brain smarter, your looks smokin', and the world a better place? I mean, there probably is something like that (punch reading? sex charity?) That's about as far as we got with the hypothetical. We're talking board games as usual. But hey, those can be good for you too! This episode features considerably more positivity and coincidentally more games we played together. It wasn't intentional, but we'll take it.

Games we played:

10:02 - Samurai (1998, Reiner Knizia, Fantasy Flight)

17:53 - Deus (2014, Sebastien Dujardin, Pearl)

26:46 - Las Vegas Royale (2019 og2012, Rüdiger Dorn, Alea)

30:36 - Power Grid The Card Game (2016, Friedemann Friese, Rio Grande)

100 games before you die:

34:40 - Ticket to Ride (2004, Alan R. Moon, Days of Wonder)

https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/321471/100-tabletop-games-to-play-before-turning-100

Topic:

37:04 - The Benefits of a Gamer Lifestyle

Amabel Holland Mechanisms as Metaphors video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wG4zLcKsCiA

Cardboard Ghosts by Amabel Holland https://www.routledge.com/Cardboard-Ghosts-Using-Physical-Games-to-Model-and-Critique-Systems/Holland/p/book/9781032813448

Reality is Broken by Jane McGonigal https://janemcgonigal.com/2020/01/13/hello-world/

Relationship Between Puzzles and Cognitive Function in Adults 50+ https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/gps.5085

Michael Walker Revolutionizes Physical Therapy https://www.sowronggames.com/322-michael-walker-revolutionizes-physical-therapy

The Role of Board Games in the Lives of Autistic People https://autism.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/ARI-game-changer.pdf

Join us:

Podfort, Mar 28 https://treefortmusicfest.com/podfort-2025/

Songs:

100 Games to Play Before You Die by Michael, Tyler, Devon, and Josh of The Boise RainBeaus

ROT by Bone Haus https://bonehaus.bandcamp.com/album/in-mourning

All our socials https://linktr.ee/shelfstablecast