In this episode Chris and Myron welcome Joanna Piekarska from Rebel Studio to the show. Joanna works in marketing by day and also owns and runs a gaming cafe by night. She’s a true renaissance woman, who has studied multiple fields and disciplines, and takes on new hobbies to keep things interesting. She works for Rebel Studio, a Polish boardgame publisher, which produced Chris’ favorite game from last year - Chronicles of Avel. Chronicles of Avel is a cooperative family game where the heroes must work together to accomplish their goals. It has a fun character creator and inventive equipment holding system that requires characters to make strategic choices about what they carry into battle. Like many previous guests, Joanna’s love of gaming came from spending time with family playing cards and Monopoly. Her early introduction to modern board games included Magic: The Gathering and Jaipur, and discovery of board gaming cafes which opened up a whole new world of experiences. Rebel Studio also publishes Meadow, a set collection game which is Instagram famous for its beautiful artwork, and San Francisco - an urban planning game from Reiner Knizia. Joanna loves to attend gaming expos as well, and you may find her at Essen, GenCon, and other conventions in 2023. 

 

You can find Rebel Studio at their website, on Facebook, and YouTube. 

 

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