Green Media Mediography – Utrecht University

New Angeles

New Angeles, set in the Android universe, is a bustling industrial hub that depends on constant resource extraction and distribution to function. Each player controls a megacorporation, competing to earn more wealth than their opponents. But they must also cooperate to keep the city stable. If unrest, infrastructure problems, or resource shortages cause the city

Mörk Borg

Pelle Nilsson. Art by Johan Nohr. Free League Publishing and the Stockholm Kartell, 2021. 1–5 players plus a Game Master | Variable | Adult Mörk Borg is a Swedish horror tabletop roleplaying game set in a dying world whose end is prophesied with absolute certainty by two-headed Basilisks whose utterances are peddled among the desperate for

Scythe

Jamey Stegmaier. Art by Jakub Rozalski. Stonemaier Games, 2016. 1-5 Players | 115 Minutes | Age 14+ Jamie Stegmaier’s Scythe is an engine-building game in which players take control of nations struggling to survive in 1920s ‘Europa’, a place riven by unrest caused by the Great War. The city-state known simply as “The Factory”, whose

Hollow Knight: Silksong

After almost eight years since the original Hollow Knight, the long-awaited sequel has arrived: Hollow Knight: Silksong. Blending Action, Adventure, and Indie elements, it presents a world shaped by detailed, hand-made 2D artwork that gives the game its unmistakable look. You play as Hornet, a former boss and reluctant ally from the first Hollow Knight.

Posthuman Saga

Gordon Calleja. Art by Edu Valls. Mighty Boards & Taverna Ludica Games, 2019. 1–4 players | 90–180 minutes | Age 14+ Game Review by Diana Dörfling Posthuman Saga is a post-apocalyptic adventure game where you take on the role of one of the last human survivors, sent out from the safety of the last human

Snowpiercer (Movie)

Snowpiercer is a 2013 post-apocalyptic movie by Bong Joon-ho based on the French graphic novel “Le Transperceneige” by Jacques Lob, Benjamin Legrand and Jean-Marc Rochette. The movie takes place in a fictional near future, in which Earth has completely frozen due to climate change and ecocide. All humankind left survives aboard a single train, the

Frostpunk 2

Frostpunk 2 is the sequel of the 2018 RTS (Real Time Strategy) game by 11 bit studios in which the player takes the role of a Overseer entitled to administrate a small community in a frozen post-apocalyptic Earth.