Very likely yes! We're hoping to work with our usual distribution/localization partners, but nothing is guaranteed yet. But presumably retail copies will be available slightly later in 2023 after we send out backer copies

No, the emissions calculations scale based on player count, so in a 2p game, you'll both just be using 1 board (and can choose any of the 2 global roles).

We think the game strikes a nice balance between group decision-making and letting players make their own choices. Each player has a lot to manage with their board and we find that, similar to Spirit Island, there isn't much room for those kind of dominant players.

Thank you kindly for an excellent response!

I will add... that I just played it last night, and I was the only one who fully knew the rules, and there was still pretty minimal quarterbacking. The local phase kinda motivates people to do their own thing since it's simultaneous. And would take a lot of effort for one person to dictate everyone's moves

Hi Rygg, thanks for your questions! As a fellow European (grew up in Italy, based in the UK) I'm well aware of the variety of cultures that make up Europe. I still like to quip that "I'm travelling to the continent" when I take the train from London to Paris though :) Given the practical requirement of a 1–4 player game, we set out to split the world into four, which proved all but simple! We wanted to include as much of it as was reasonable, while giving players plausible choices that they could represent and identify with. We used "Europe" instead of "European Union" for brevity, and because we think of that player as the archetype of Global North countries, which have similar trajectories and usually negotiate as a bloc at COP conferences. "Majority World" is an alternative term for Global South, Developing World, or Third World. It describes more accurately and positively countries in Africa, Asia, South and Central America, the Caribbean and Oceania, highlighting the fact that the majority of humanity lives there. Like "Europe", the countries that make up the Majority World usually negotiate as a bloc.

To clarify - a small common annoyance for people in European countries is that in mainly the U.S., it seems quite common to talk about Europe as one country. For example, U.S. people sometimes use phrases like “I’m going to Europe” whereas we usually would specify “I’m going to Italy”. Yes, we would be traveling within Europe and it makes sense to say Italy for us there, but the same goes for other parts of the world. We would not say “I’m going to Asia”, we would say “I’m going to Vietnam”. I don’t mean to be petty or generalize U.S. lingual culture. As I said, I want to hear your thoughts and keep the discussion friendly :)