Uploaded February 2022 | Updated September 2026, 20 hours ago
Let's talk about cooperative board games- Pandemic, Forbidden Island, and Forbidden Desert specifically. What can they teach us about cooperation in other matters? Why does cooperation seem so foreign, so secondary, in so many contexts?
Big shoutout of thanks to Neil from The Liberal Cook for their voice work! Check out their channel at youtube.com/c/TheLiberalCook
Patreon is here!: patreon.com/zyllas_athenaeum
Or for a one-time donation, feel free to buy me a Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/zyllablack
Follow me on Twitter @Zyllable
And now on Twitch @Zyllable
Zylla's Athenaeum theme by Daniel Raine and Nora Borealis of WholeTone Academy: wholetoneacademy.com
Links and suchlike:
Fair Play Games interview with designer Jim Deacove: fairplaygames.com/gamedisplay.asp?gameid=2298
Zoe Bee's "Grading is a Scam" youtube.com/watch?v=fe-SZ_FPZew
Harker, the Storyteller's pedagogy videos: youtube.com/watch?v=QGsuXYiLQ0o
Guardian article on board games timeline: theguardian.com/technology/2016/sep/25/board-games-back-tabletop-gaming-boom-pandemic-flash-point
The New Games Movement: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Games_Book
L.A. Times' "How Pandemics are Linked to Climate Change" youtube.com/watch?v=Q53RnXk-2OI
Wired's article on the incorrect citation for airborne limits: wired.com/story/the-teeny-tiny-scientific-screwup-that-helped-covid-kill
Slate article on CDC's 'white lies': slate.com/technology/2021/07/noble-lies-covid-fauci-cdc-masks.html
60 Minutes Fauci interview: youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=PRa6t_e7dgI
PBS article on Trump rejecting Obama's pandemic plans: pbs.org/newshour/nation/obama-team-left-pandemic-playbook-for-trump-administration-officials-confirm
Forbes on CDC being muzzled under Trump: forbes.com/sites/jackbrewster/2021/01/24/cdc-director-agency-was-muzzled-under-trump/?sh=2b38f8b76fed
Matt Leacock's blog: leacock.com
Let's talk about cooperative board games- Pandemic, Forbidden Island, and Forbidden Desert specifically. What can they teach us about cooperation in other matters? Why does cooperation seem so foreign, so secondary, in so many contexts?
Big shoutout of thanks to Neil from The Liberal Cook for their voice work! Check out their channel at youtube.com/c/TheLiberalCook
Patreon is here!: patreon.com/zyllas_athenaeum
Or for a one-time donation, feel free to buy me a Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/zyllablack
Follow me on Twitter @Zyllable
And now on Twitch @Zyllable
Zylla's Athenaeum theme by Daniel Raine and Nora Borealis of WholeTone Academy: wholetoneacademy.com
Links and suchlike:
Fair Play Games interview with designer Jim Deacove: fairplaygames.com/gamedisplay.asp?gameid=2298
Zoe Bee's "Grading is a Scam" youtube.com/watch?v=fe-SZ_FPZew
Harker, the Storyteller's pedagogy videos: youtube.com/watch?v=QGsuXYiLQ0o
Guardian article on board games timeline: theguardian.com/technology/2016/sep/25/board-games-back-tabletop-gaming-boom-pandemic-flash-point
The New Games Movement: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Games_Book
L.A. Times' "How Pandemics are Linked to Climate Change" youtube.com/watch?v=Q53RnXk-2OI
Wired's article on the incorrect citation for airborne limits: wired.com/story/the-teeny-tiny-scientific-screwup-that-helped-covid-kill
Slate article on CDC's 'white lies': slate.com/technology/2021/07/noble-lies-covid-fauci-cdc-masks.html
60 Minutes Fauci interview: youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=PRa6t_e7dgI
PBS article on Trump rejecting Obama's pandemic plans: pbs.org/newshour/nation/obama-team-left-pandemic-playbook-for-trump-administration-officials-confirm
Forbes on CDC being muzzled under Trump: forbes.com/sites/jackbrewster/2021/01/24/cdc-director-agency-was-muzzled-under-trump/?sh=2b38f8b76fed
Matt Leacock's blog: leacock.com
