Episode 26: Please Pass the Soy Sauce: Playing the Hand You’re Dealt with “Sushi Go!”

Tempura or Maki? Will you grab the Nigiri and hope you can get some Wasabi? Are the chopsticks too hard to use correctly? All good questions when playing Gamewright's pick-and-pass card game, "Sushi Go!". This week Chris and Laura discuss how uncertainty helps develop a sense of probability and strategic thinking, what extra challenges arise in it's expanded version "Sushi Go Party!", and how utterly adorable the various sushi bar treats are. 

 

Games Mentioned:

 

Sushi Go! and Sushi Go Party! – Fast paced and easy to learn, it's exactly what Gamewright says it is, a pick and pass card game that helps develop strategy and probability skills.

Settlers of Catan – A classic game of building and trading. 

Civilization - Avalon Hill's game balancing regional conquest with technological development and trade.

 

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Intro and Outro Music:

"Crunk Knight" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Other Music:

Music from https://filmmusic.io
"One-eyed Maestro" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)