Let’s see if I can do this correctly: Real men are always thinking about smashing the state. Have I gone viral?

The 35 cards in Brendan Hansen’s Unrest edge it out from being considered a microgame, but it’s about as short and tidy a game as I’ve seen. With one player controlling a dystopian empire and the other seeking to overthrow it, a full session last maybe ten minutes. The rules are similarly light, taking all of a minute to explain. Even so, it feels like it’s wasting the time of one of its players.

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