#221: Sakura Arms

It's a weird little thematic disconnect when you're not sure who or what your avatar in-game is. Perhaps we have swallowed corporate personhood so fully that we can easily accept playing as a corporation but balk a little at an amorphous group of power brokers--or a faceless protagonist channeling tree spirits.Games Played Last Week:01:51 -The Great Wall (Kamil 'Sanex' Cieśla, Robert Plesowicz, & Łukasz Włodarczyk, Awaken Realms, 2021)08:19 -Stars of Akarios (Brendan McCaskell & Jonathan Thwaites, OOMM, 2022)12:16 -Messina 1347 (Raúl Fernández Aparicio & Vladimír Suchý, Delicious Games, 2021)[EDIT: An earlier version of this episode uncritically parroted the dodgy history of the game's purported setting. We apologize for the error and will address it further.]13:56 -So Clover! (François Romain, Repos Production, 2021)16:01 -Rush Out! (Thomas Dupont, Sit Down!, 2021)19:43 -Vengeance: Roll & Fight (Gordon Calleja, Noralie Lubbers, & Dávid Turczi, Mighty Boards, 2022)23:30 -Project L (Michal Mikeš, Jan Soukal, & Adam Spanel, Boardcubator, 2020)26:45 -Ark Worlds: MOBA Inspired Hero Engagements Game (Orion McClelland, Unpossible Game Labs, 2021)31:04 -Reichbusters: Project Vril (Jake Thornton, Mythic Games, 2020)32:42 -The Silver Bayonet (Joseph McCullough, Osprey Games, 2021)37:30 -Barrage (Tommaso Battista & Simone Luciani, Cranio Creations, 2019)38:12 -Regicide (Paul Abrahams, Luke Badger, & Andy Richdale, Badgers from Mars, 2020)38:34 -Aquatica (Ivan Tuzovsky, Cosmodrome Games, 2019)News (and why it doesn't matter):40:35 Grand Carnival expansion and Kittens Love Sushi on Kickstarter41:32 Omicron Protocol: Critical Condition on Kickstarter42:25 So far so good for Board Game Arena under Asmodee? T&E, Regicide, El Grande44:17 Feature Game: Sakura Arms (BakaFire, Level 99 Games 2022) Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy