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Episode 345 – Game Design with Emma Larkins

This week we talk to Emma Larkins, designer of Abandon All Artichokes, Starry Night Sky, and more.

345 fact

We learn about two stars: Wolf 345 and Kepler 345.

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What We’ve Been Playing

Tranquility (our review / play on Board Game Arena)
Starry Night Sky (our review)
Space Craft
6 nimmt! (maybe also “Take 5”? – play it on Board Game Arena)
Mission to Planet Hexx
Catch the Moon

SNAP Review – Math Rush

Can speed arithmetic be fun? It can when you’re cooperating to complete a larger goal! That’s the idea in Math Rush. We review Volume 1: Addition and Subtraction.

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Interview with Emma Larkins

We first became aware of Emma after playing Abandon All Artichokes. This is the easiest deck-building game to explain to a new player.

Abandon All Artichokes was “name-first design”. Emma was trying to do more game design around 2016 and came up with a list of alliterative names. “I would buy that game!” Seemed obvious that it needed to involve