Episode 78 - Alternate Victory Conditions

HOO boy, this one has been an odyssey. Between computer hardware failures, file corruption, ice storms, and assorted other real-world chaos, it's a bit of a surprise that this episode made it out at all, much less on time. But it's here! Join us as we talk about games where one or more players are looking to win the game in a completely different way from everyone else.

• Is Joe the first person ever to compare the Bene Gesserit to Babe Ruth? We think so.
• High praise: This game is "A fun expenditure of human time."
• We digress briefly into discussing Jubensha, the Chinese LARPy RPG craze that's making its way to the U.S.
• We learn of yet another massive gap in Mike's geek culture experience.
• Frank tells us about "Nemesis - the party game!"

Do you have any favorite examples of games with weird alternate victory conditions? Come visit our Discord server to chat with us and other like-minded game nerds!

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