I really liked this. I feel like I’ve completely solved it, and am now a little pissy that the game stops you from completing your tenure if you achieve your “goal”. I’m curious if the late game space projects are even possible to achieve? Has anyone managed to do it? I think the answer is no because it seemed like even with production optimized investment I wasn’t going to have enough time, but I might try once more…
Half Earth: A Planetary Crisis Planning Game
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I lost my first playthrough because of bad luck with the RNG that pushed my temperature up by 0.5 right as I was about to win, then I ran out of time before getting it down.
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#23Reminded of Fate of the World [1], a similar take on the concept from 2011: [1] https://store.steampowered.com/app/80200/Fate_of_the_World/
In the tabletop world, my wife and I have recently been playing "Daybreak" - akin to Pandemic, but focused on climate change.
The box blurb calls it a "hopeful vision of the near future" but in practice that sense of hope ends up being heavily salted with "holy crap, this is hard".
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#24There was a great interview with the authors of this game and accompanying book https://srslywrong.com/podcast/290-half-earth-socialism-w-tr...
Hmm...
Ebook: £8.00 Paperback plus ebook: £7.99
For a book on this subject, "dead tree + printing costs nothing" (and then asking 100% of the sales price for a 'free' ebook) is a bit hypocritical, no?