Board Games

I have really enjoyed the story games of Ben Robbins. Robbins is probably best known for Microscope, where the players construct a timeline by telling events in a non-linear fashion. They are light RPGs with a focus on characters and story telling. Most games have no stats or even randomizers (beyond your fellow players). They are easy to get into and so light on rules that one easily may think that it isn’t much to them, when they are constructed in a very deliberate way.

Solar Gardens is a fun-filled, light-hearted tile-drafting board game where each player will take on the role of a visionary architect specializing in carbon neutral engineering to build a rooftop garden in harmony with nature. Guided by principles of sustainability, innovation, community, and strategy, players must work to harness renewable energy to create tranquil garden environments.

Rather relevant. I had no idea ‘Monopoly’ had an anti-capitalist predecessor.

Build the Future

Recent episode of Final Straw Radio about Anarchist-created board game Penumbra City with Kickstarter campaign and social media links