Oceania month continues! On this week’s episode Jules and Lauren chat to the amazing team behind the Australian design and publishing house One Thousand Rats. We talk about their design inspirations, conventions in Australia and their upcoming projects. Jules also tells us about filling boards with donuts and Lauren has been stacking meeples to circus tunes.
We also serve up some games that have been hitting our tables, question of the pod recap, oaths and that usual BBQ goodness.
You can check out their work and find out about their upcoming projects here: https://www.onethousandrats.com/home or by following them on instagram: instagram.com/onethousandrats
You can find Samara’s work, art and jewellery here: instagram.com/rat.king.co
New Question of the Pod: What board game has your favourite animal theme?
Timestamps:
Interview with One Thousand Rats (0:00:47)
Games we played recently (0:40:45)
Question of the Pod Recap: (1:30:10)
Swear An Oath: (1:23:20)
Games discussed:
Watergate
Bruxelles 1893
King’s Dilemma
Meeple Circus
Captain Flip
Galactic Cruise
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