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Own every card of 2008.
On 15 September the collapse of Lehman Brothers triggers a global financial crisis. In November Barack Obama is elected president of the United States. On 12 May an earthquake in Sichuan kills nearly seventy thousand people. In September CERN's great collider sends its first beams around the ring.
The start of their anecdote. The album's other cards are for you to discover in the game.
Herzog & de Meuron & Ai Weiwei
Beijing calls it the Bird's Nest, and 42,000 tonnes of steel went into it. At the 2008 Olympics a sprinter set world records there in the 100 m (9.69 s) and the 200 m (19.30 s). It later became the first stadium to open and close both Summer and Winter Games.
Photo: N509FZ (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Donald X. Vaccarino
Every player starts with the same small deck: 7 copper coins and 3 estates. It is up to each to buy cards and make it stronger.
Photo: Shannon Prickett "Binder Of Daemons" (CC BY 2.0)
SpaceX
Three launches, three failures. Then in September 2008 SpaceX's small rocket put a satellite into orbit: the first time a launcher built entirely with private money had done so. Its first stage was meant to float back under a parachute, but that was never tried.
Photo: SpaceX (CC BY-SA 3.0)
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