I first played the Mexican Revolution game at Barnard in, I think,  2015.  I have a very clear memory of someone (I don't remember who) taking advantage of a distraction to sneak around the back of the room to steal the entire Mexican treasury.  Needless to say, that someone wasn't me.   And, again needless to say, I lost that game.  

That's a particularly vivid memory. But it reminds me of all the many things I learned about the Mexican Revolution from playing the game.  

So I'm thrilled that Norton decided to publish the game.  It appeared a few months ago in a substantially revised and improved version (quite an achievement, since it was a great game when I first encountered it).

So I asked Jon and Stephany to be on the podcast to talk about the game. We chat about the way the game has evolved over time, about how best to prepare as an instructor to play the game, and about what aspects of the game are most likely to challenge students. And we discover briefly that Stephany and I both attended Ohio State University for our doctoral degrees (even if I was just a few years earlier than she was).