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Brendan responds to a listener question about when board game experiments work or are admirable. Join us, won’t you?Gabriel Edge asks this question in our Boardgame Geek Forum:What are some experiments in board games that you really liked? What are some experiments in board games that you appreciated/admired (even if you didn’t like the game)? And the bigger question, when does a board game push the boundaries of the artistry in the medium (and should designers look to push those boundaries further)?Arkham Horror: The Card Game (2016)The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game (2011)The King’s Dilemma (2019)Sidereal Confluence (2017)A Study in Emerald (2013)Experiments I admire in games I don’t loveChronicles of Crime (2018)Pandemic Legacy: Season 1 (2015)KeyForge: Call of the Archons (2018)Discover: Lands Unknown (2018)Terror in Meeple City (2013)Additional thoughts on ExperimentsNyctophobia (2018)Dixit (2008)Mysterium (2015)A Feast for Odin (2016)What do you like about games that experiment? Which ones do you admi