It is October, the month of Fat Bear Week, Decorative Gourd Season, Halloween, and Arkhipov Day! Sure, it has less candy than some of those other celebrations, but I'll wager neither a corpulent bear nor a kid dressed as a pirate has ever saved the entire human race.  01:00 AYURIS: IKI (Koota Yamada, Sorry We Are French, 2015) Games Played Last Week: 03:38 -Valka (Brooke Penrose, Terrible Games, 2024) 07:16 -Bus (Jeroen Doumen and Joris Wiersinga, Capstone Games, 2019) 09:47 -Warpgate: Beyond (Artyom Nichipurov, Wolff Designa, 2022) 12:33 -Dinosaur World (Brian Lewis, David McGregor, & Marissa Misura, Pandasaurus Games, 2021) 16:02 -SCOUT (Kei Kajino, Oink Games, 2019) 18:18 -Jekyll & Hyde vs Scotland Yard (Gaëtan Beaujannot, Olivier Cipière, and Geonil, Mandoo Games, 2023) 20:11 -Cthulhu: Death May Die--Fear of the Unknown (Rob Daviau, Eric M. Lang, and Marco Portugal, CMON, 2024) 22:57 -Set a Watch (Mike Gnade and Todd Walsh, Rock Manor Games, 2019) 25:04 -Hamster Roll (Jacques Zeimet, Zoch Verlag, 2000) 27:02 -Federation (Dimitri Perrier and Matthieu Verdier, Explor8, 2022) 28:22 -R (Seiji Kanai, Kanai Factory, 2011) 31:03 -Lost Cities: The Board Game (Reiner Knizia, Rio Grande, 2008) 35:21 -Vengeance: Roll & Fight (Gordon Calleja, Noralie Lubbers, & Dávid Turczi, Mighty Boards, 2022)   News (and why it doesn't matter): 38:57 Friedemann Friese's Fishing: trick-taking 39:37 Mac Gerdts' 7 Empires 40:40 Reiner Knizia's Cosmolancer: Kingdoms, again 41:48 Burned relaunches on crowdfunding October 23 from Jon Moffat and Stone Circle Games 42:15 Daniele Tascini's Transgalactica 42:29 Chonkers Party: phat animals 42:50 Walker on Boards and Brews 43:14 Join us in celebrating Arkhipov Day on October 27th 44:22 Topic: Our Favourite Factions Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy