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'''Futurama Comics #66''' is the sixty-sixth [[comic]] issue, scheduled to be released March, 2013 in the US.  <!-- insert brief plot summary here -->
"'''The Board Game Games'''" is the sixty-sixth [[comic]] issue, released {{date|22 March}}, [[2013]] in the [[United States|US]].  <!-- insert brief plot summary here -->


== The Story ==
== The Story ==
[[Fry]]'s skill at obsolete 20th century board games leads to a galaxy-crossing grudge match between the [[Planet Express]] crew and an alien culture built entirely on the rules of the games. However, the aliens like their competitons to be less Hungry Hungry Hippos and more Hunger Games! "Do not pass 'Go.' Do not collect $200." Fry, [[Bender]] and [[Leela]] are about to play the game of Life...and death!
[[Fry]]'s skill at obsolete [[20th century]] board games leads to a galaxy-crossing grudge match between the [[Planet Express crew]] and an [[alien]] culture built entirely on the rules of the games. However, the aliens like their competitons to be less Hungry Hungry Hippos and more Hunger Games! "Do not pass 'Go.' Do not collect [[currency|$]]200." Fry, [[Bender]] and [[Leela]] are about to play the game of Life...and death!
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== Additional Info ==
== Additional Info ==
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'''Kif''': Don't worry, *ehhhnn!* guys! *ehhhnn!* I've got them  *ehhhnn!* right where I *ehhhnn!* want them!
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'''Lrrr''': Amphibiosan short ribs are my favorite!
'''Page''': <br />
'''Borax Kid''': And even though I don't have a digestive system, I'll help you pull this little guy apart because violence makes me happy.</poem>
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<poem>'''Zoidberg''': And remember when he hosted his "20th century roller-skating disco prom"?
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'''Zoidberg''': You wouldn't. Zoidberg wasn't invited to that party.</poem>
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<poem>'''Bender''': Hey, meat-pillows, better get drunk now before Fry makes you do lame stuff! Oh, too late!</poem>
<poem>'''Hermes''': Once again, Fry, you've proven you are the master of rubbish no one has cared about for a thousand years.</poem>
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=== Continuity ===
=== Continuity ===
References to other things in the Futurama Universe
*This marks the first time the term "[[Amphibiosan]]" is used to describe Kif in-universe. It isn't clear if it is used to define planet of origin or species.
 
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=== Trivia ===
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*Bender's throne at the start of the story is constructed out of many weapons and robotic parts, including [[R2-D2]], {{sw|C-3PO}} and {{sw|Lightsaber}} handles.


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The Board Game Games
Futurama Comic 66.jpg
US Publish Number66
UK Publish Number(s)66
Written byEric Rogers
Art byTone Rodriguez
Published (US)22 March, 2013
Published (UK)28 March, 2013
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"The Board Game Games" is the sixty-sixth comic issue, released 22 March, 2013 in the US.

The Story

Fry's skill at obsolete 20th century board games leads to a galaxy-crossing grudge match between the Planet Express crew and an alien culture built entirely on the rules of the games. However, the aliens like their competitons to be less Hungry Hungry Hippos and more Hunger Games! "Do not pass 'Go.' Do not collect $200." Fry, Bender and Leela are about to play the game of Life...and death!

Additional Info

Quotes

    Leela: We can't stay here! But we can't leave Kif behind either!
    Kif: Yes you can! You two finish without me. I'll keep these two busy by getting all Amphibiosan on their behinds!
    Fry: There goes the bravest Amphibiwhosawhatsit I've ever seen.

    [Lrrr and the Borax Kid are pulling Kif's limbs in opposite directions.]
    Kif: Don't worry, *ehhhnn!* guys! *ehhhnn!* I've got them *ehhhnn!* right where I *ehhhnn!* want them!
    Lrrr: Amphibiosan short ribs are my favorite!
    Borax Kid: And even though I don't have a digestive system, I'll help you pull this little guy apart because violence makes me happy.

    Zoidberg: And remember when he hosted his "20th century roller-skating disco prom"?
    Hermes: I don't remember you being at that party.
    Zoidberg: You wouldn't. Zoidberg wasn't invited to that party.

    Bender: Hey, meat-pillows, better get drunk now before Fry makes you do lame stuff! Oh, too late!

    Hermes: Once again, Fry, you've proven you are the master of rubbish no one has cared about for a thousand years.

Continuity

  • This marks the first time the term "Amphibiosan" is used to describe Kif in-universe. It isn't clear if it is used to define planet of origin or species.

Trivia

  • Bender's throne at the start of the story is constructed out of many weapons and robotic parts, including R2-D2, C-3PO and Lightsaber handles.

Characters

(In alphabetic order)

Comic Credits

Futurama comics
Issues 1 — 20 "Monkey Sea, Monkey Doom!" • "...But Deliver Us to Evil!" • "The Owner of Mars Attacks!" • "DOOP the Right Thing!" • "Who's Dying to Be a Gazillionaire?" • "Xmas Time Is Fear" • "New Year's Rockin' Evil" • "Planet X-Press Men" • "Freaky Fry-day" • "The Big Sweep" • "The Cure for the Common Clod" • "Sideshow Fry" • "The Bender You Say" • "Six Characters in Search of a Story" • "Fry Me to the Moon" • "Kickin' It Old School" • "The Time Bender Trilogy:" (Part 1 • Part 2 • Part 3) • "Bender Breaks Out"
21 — 40

"More than a Filling!" • "A Fit Worse than Death" • "The A-Team" • "Twice Told Tales of Interest" • "Robot Robin Hood" • "A Whole Lotta Leela" • "Rotten to the Core" • "Let's Twist Again" • "Downsized!" • "Fry and the Double-Bag Must-Have Item" • "As the Wormhole Turns" • "Doctor What" • "Attack of the 50-ft Amy" • "Planet Michelle" • "Son of the Sun" • "You Don't Wanna Know Jak!" • "Full Metal Racket" • "Rumble in the Jungle" • "Rust in Peace" • "Robot Santa's Little Helpers"

41 — 60

"Soldier Boys" • "Homeward Boned" • "Welcome to my Nightmall" • "The Fry and the Furious!" • "Anthology of Interest II" • "Follow the Reader" • "Chitty Chitty Bend Bend" • "Claw and Order" • "Dummy Up!" • "Your Mother Wears Pilot Boots" • "Fry Cook!" • "Ro-Botox!" • "A Bump in the Flight" • "How Much is that Mutant in the Window?" • "The Trouble With Trilogies" • "Do You Want Fry with That?" • "Steampunk'd" • "Boomsday!" • "How to Secede Without Really Trying" • "The Bot Who Cried Wolf"

61 — 80

"Troop Grit" • "Lost Our Leela" • "Igner-Ance is Bliss!" • "Secret Santa" • "The Sun Also Raises!" • "The Board Game Games" • "Tartar House Five" • "Futuramarutuf" • "Don't Go Taking my Heart!" • "The Devil and Professor F." • "Pizza Wars" • "Trading Spaces" • "Night of the Automated Dead" • "What the What if?" • "Bendership Galactica" • "Captain Brannigan: The Windbag Soldier" • "New New New York" • "Little Orphan Android" • "Kif of Death!" • "Dumbsday!"

81 — 100

"A Touch of Medieval" • Futurama Comics #82

Simpsons Crossovers "Somewhere Over the Brain-bow!" • "Liquid Diamond Is Forever!" • "Slaves of New New York!" • "The Read Menace!"
Mini-comics "H.G. Blob in Revenge of the Blob" • "The Continuum Less Travelled" • "Leela & Amy in Hostile Makeover" • "Captain Zapp Brannigan in The Seven Day Itch" • "Captain Zapp Brannigan in Purple Tentacle Tour" • "Captain Zapp Brannigan in Rank Call!" • "Zoidberg Makes a House Call" • "H.G. Blob in A Funny Feeling in my Tummy" • "Breaking News"
Collections Futurama-O-Rama • Futurama Adventures • Futurama: The Time Bender Trilogy • Futurama Conquers The Universe • The Simpsons Futurama Crossover Crisis • Futurama Comics: To Infinity!
Special issues "Monkey Sea, Monkey Doom!" • "Futurama Returns" • "Delivery-Boy Man"
Comics related Bongo Comics Group • Futuramaland
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