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Game Night With 'Shrooms

Oct 21, 202413 minEp 1153Transcript available on Metacast
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Episode description

Calling all foragers! The new board game Undergrove, co-designed by Elizabeth Hargrave and Mark Wootton, is all about the symbiotic relationships between trees and fungi. Players assume the role of mature Douglas fir trees and partner with mushrooms, which represent the mycorrhizal network.

P.S. If the name "Elizabeth Hargrave" sounds familiar — she also designed the bird-collecting game Wingspan.

Have another science-backed board game you'd like us to play? Email us at shortwave@npr.org!

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