Nate Parker oh I totally got sucked into that edition. Metal money, tiny oil barrels, etc.

Brian Casey​ oh I do mean it in a semi derogatory way, if I’m being honest. Not just the collector’s edition bits (which I happily splashed out for), but…The art, oh my god, so much art. Individual custom meeples that are different for every nation. Not just metal money but five different denominations, each with their own mold and tinting. Different mech models, different character models. It adds up to just…so much. It evoked questions in me like “how many families could I have fed” and “our nation’s empty houses outnumber the homeless and I’m playing a board game with tiny bags of grain.”

Ostentatious!