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Magical Athlete is a very fun board game *and* demonstrates the chaos that can emerge from the intersection of facially-simple rules.

26/10/26, 3:34 pm0 reposts0 likes

Andrew Lilley Brinker

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The premise of the game is players play multiple rounds racing around a relatively simple board. Each racer character has a single power, and each power can be explained in 1-2 sentences. Yet the intersection of powers can lead to absolutely chaotic turns.

Andrew Lilley Brinker

@alilleybrinker.com

It also makes modeling and ranking racer value difficult, because often racers‘ value is relative to what other racers are on the board. In fact, the strategy lies in racer recruitment up front, then racer selection each round.