John Company: The Colossal Game of Colonialist Greed

In this nearly 50 minute monster, Tom is taking a thorough dive into John Company: Second Edition – a frightfully expansive game with lofty ambitions in both its mechanics and themes. Touching on some truly horrifying, very real history; this game pushes the limits of what can be comfortably represented on your kitchen table. For this reason, we’ve pulled out all the stops to comprehensively cover this beast of a box.

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RTFM's How To Play of John Company:    • How to Play John Company 2nd Edition  
Dan Thurot's Review of John Company: https://spacebiff.com/2022/11/23/john...
NPI's Video Essay on Colonialism in Board Games:    • Colonialism - The Board Game Struggle  
William Dalrymple's 'The Anarchy:   / 42972023  
Shashi Tharoor's 'Inglorious Empire':   / inglorious-empire  
Molly House: https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/...

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