We buy games for a lot of reasons. To have fun with friends, to discover a new designer or enjoy a mechanic we don’t currently have represented in our collection. But could there be… another reason? One that goes down to the very root of human nature? Are we maybe buying promise more than just the hot new cardboard offering at our FLGS?

This week on the show, Steve, Rob and Evan attempt to find out!

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Cites and Sources

3 Ring Circus - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/371947/3-ring-circus

7th Citadel - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/286063/the-7th-citadel

Agricola - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/31260/agricola

Arydia: The Paths We Dare Tread - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/219650/arydia-the-paths-we-dare-tread

Batman: The Animated Series Adventures – Shadow of the Bat - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/299566/batman-the-animated-series-adventures-shadow-of-th

Botswana - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/398/wildlife-safari

Caesar!: Seize Rome In 20 Minutes - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/338957/caesar-seize-rome-in-20-minutes

Cat Blues: The Big Gig - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/414351/cat-blues-the-big-gig

Dark Souls: The Board Game - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/197831/dark-souls-the-board-game

Elden Ring: Realm of the Grafted King - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/373107/elden-ring-realm-of-the-grafted-king

Frosthaven - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/295770/frosthaven

Gloomhaven - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/174430/gloomhaven

Horizon Zero Dawn: The Board Game - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/260410/horizon-zero-dawn-the-board-game

Merchants of Andromeda - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/436516/merchants-of-andromeda

Merchants of Amsterdam - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/531/merchants-of-amsterdam

Oathswarn - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/251661/oathsworn-into-the-deepwood

Ra - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/12/ra

Root - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/237182/root

Slay The Spire: The Board Game - https://boardgamegeek.om/boardgame/338960/slay-the-spire-the-board-game

Tainted Grail - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/264220/tainted-grail-the-fall-of-avalon

Unconscious Mind - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/329500/unconscious-mind

Veiled Fate - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/315695/veiled-fate

Yucatan - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/330510/yucatan