🎙️Welcome to the Lens and Veil podcast, join Shem, Sam and Zach as they discuss games they've played together, specifically focusing on game design elements.

In this second episode they discuss Path of Civilization by Fabien Gridel. Path of Civilization is a competitive civilization game with simultaneous play. Each player takes the reins of a civilization, striving to make it the most prosperous over the 9 rounds of the game through researching new technologies to improve your nation's Science, Military strength, Spirituality, Culture and Industrialization.

📜Chapters:

0:00:00 - Which would you prefer?

0:02:15 - Intro

0:02:35 - Overview of Path of Civilization

0:05:05 - Discussion of Path of Civilization

0:32:54 - Questions for audience

0:33:21 - If you could choose any game to have a legacy version which would you choose and why?

0:38:22 - If you had to work on the legacy version of a Garphill Game, which would it be and why?

⭐About the Cast

Shem Phillips is the owner of Garphill Games and has designed a fair few board games, notably Raiders of the North Sea (Kennerspiel des Jahres Nominee) and Legacy of Yu (Golden Geek, Dice Tower Award, Origins Award for Best Solo Game of 2023).

Sam Macdonald is a Game Designer and Developer at Garphill Games, bursting onto the scene with his co-design together with Shem, Architects of the West Kingdom. He has gone on to design a number of other games, most notable among them is Paladins of the West Kingdom which is currently in the top 100 games on BGG.

Zach Smith works for Garphill Games as Marketing and Media Manager, but is also a credited designer, having co-designed Circadians: Chaos Order together with Sam. They also have another game together under development.

🎵 Music licenced from Jessy Ribordy Studios