So Very Wrong About Games

There are certain portentous events that presage massive upheaval and transformative revolution, both good and ill--Mark regards travel as one of these cataclysmic convulsions (ill), but the same is true of the arrival of the man known as Doctor Stallone (good). Both have coincided in the world of SVWAG this week, a confluence more consequential than the great passage of Halley's comet that prompted the original quote of "Après moi, le déluge." There's just a lot, people.

01:33 AYURIS: Flamecraft (Manny Vega, Cardboard Alchemy, 2022)

Games Played Last Week:

03:12 -Dune: Imperium--Uprising (Paul Dennen, Dire Wolf, 2023)

06:17 -Anunnaki: Dawn of the Gods (Simone Luciani and Danilo Sabia, Cranio Creations, 2023)

10:08 -Ra (Reiner Knizia, alea, 1999)

13:19 -Skyrise (Gavan Brown, Sébastien Pauchon, and Adam Wyse, Roxley, 2024)

16:37 -Medici (Reiner Knizia, AMIGO, 1995)

22:13 -Stroganov (Andreas Steding, Game Brewer, 2021)

26:53 -Blitzkrieg!: World War Two in 20 Minutes (Paolo Mori, PSC Games, 2019)

29:05 -Radlands (Daniel Piechnick, Roxley, 2021)

31:05 -Root (Cole Wehrle, Leder Games, 2018)

33:40 -Paku Paku (Antoine Bauza, Ravensburger, 2017)

34:26 -Project: ELITE (Konstantinos Kokkinis, Marco Portugal, & Sotirios Tsantilas, CMON, 2020)

36:47 -Orléans (Reiner Stockhausen, dlp Games, 2014)

38:14 -Tower of Babel (Reiner Knizia, Hans im Gluck, 2005)

39:27 -Telestrations (Uncredited, USAopoly, 2009)

41:11 -Beyond Balderdash (Laura Robinson and Paul Toyne, Canada Games Company, 1993)

43:30 -Quest (Don Eskridge, Indie Boards & Cards, 2021)

46:23 -Calico (Kevin Russ, Flatout Games, 2020)

47:55 -Legacy of Yu (Shem Phillips, Garphill Games, 2023) 

49:51 -BattleCON: Unleashed (D. Brad Talton, Level 99 Games, 2020) 

53:07 -TEAM3 GREEN (Alex Cutler & Matt Fantastic, Brain Games, 2019)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

55:32 Tapple After Dark...? Uh, no thanks

56:28 Race for the Galaxy Roll & Write from Tom Lehman

57:04 Walker tells lies that evoke a greater truth

57:50 Check out Mark's video game podcast, All My Best Friends Are Digital

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All I need to know about animal reproduction I learned from Uwe Rosenberg. I suspect many people have The Talk, which in my case was my father teaching me how to play Agricola. Navigating my twenties in utter ignorance wasn't easy, but now that Uwe has told me about the birds and the bees (and the sheep and the pigs and the cows) via Agricola I'm practically a biologist.

01:25 AYURIS: Dead Reckoning (John D. Clair, Alderac Entertainment Group, 2022)

Games Played Last Week:

05:10 -Tigris & Euphrates (Reiner Knizia, Hans im Gluck, 1997)

09:12 -Antike II (Mac Gerdts, PD-Verlag, 2015)

11:32 -That's Not a Hat (Kasper Lapp, Ravensburger, 2023)

16:26 -Galactic Renaissance (Christian Martinez, Matagot, 2024)

21:56 -The Vale of Eternity (Eric Hong, Mandoo Games, 2023)

23:58 -Meeple Circus (Cedric Millet, Matagot, 2017)

27:31 -Mythwind (Nathan Lige and Brendan McCaskell, Open Owl Studios, 2023)

30:48 -Titans Tactics (G. Kelly Toyama, Imbalanced Games, 2013)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

33:59 Please support us on Patreon, if inclined! www.patreon.com/svwag

35:06 Dávid Turczi and Nigel Buckle's pseudo-sequel to Imperium, Star Trek: Captain's Chair  

36:47 Dungeon Fighter will get a Star Trek reimplementation

37:05 Mark's new podcast with Caitlin Bailey, All My Best Friends Are Digital: video games and the stories they tell

37:37 Defenders of the Realm gets a reprint and a facelift

38:10 Topic: Games that Make You Uncomfortable

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After a prolonged period where we have not discussed Kramer & Kiesling (the Kramer & Ulrich duo yielded El Grande, which we mention rather frequently), here we see a bumper krop of K&K kollaborations. The gibbons are fickle, and even the mighty Wolfgang and Michael must yield to their whims. But fortune (and apes) have at last smiled on them, and we revel in the classic Euro goodness as well as their more recent offering.

Games Played Last Week:

01:05 -Monikers (Alex Hague and Justin Vickers, CMYK, 2015)

05:34 -Java (Michael Kiesling and Wolfgang Kramer, Ravensburger, 2000)

11:31 -Tikal (Michael Kiesling and Wolfgang Kramer, Ravensburger, 1999)

13:31 -Wandering Towers (Michael Kiesling and Wolfgang Kramer, ABACUSSPIELE, 2022)

18:30 -Morgan's Magic Map (Gian Andrea Cappuzzo, Rio Grande Games, 2023)

20:17 -Tiny Towns (Peter McPherson, Alderac Entertainment Group, 2019)

22:08 -Sniper Elite: The Board Game (Roger Tankersly & David Thompson, Rebellion Unplugged, 2022)

25:43 -Earthborne Rangers (Andrew Fischer, Brooks Flugaur-Leavitt, Andrew Navaro, Adam Sadler, and Brady Sadler, Earthborne Games, 2023)

35:57 -Through the Desert (Reiner Knizia, Allplay, 2024)

38:34 -Mythwind (Nathan Lige and Brendan McCaskell, Open Owl Studios, 2023)

44:41 -Tapple (Uncredited, The Op Games, 2021)

46:04 -G.I. JOE: Battle for the Arctic Circle (Matt Hyra, Renegade Game Studios, 2024)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

48:56 CYSMIC update on Gamefound and board game bundling economics

51:03 Ada's Dream from Alley Cat

51:20 So much drama around Wonders of the First CCG! AI art, NFTs, ratings, oh my!

53:10 Feature Game: Leviathan Wilds (Justin Kemppainen, Moon Crab Games, 2024)

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In the vast panoply of human misfortunes, it is often fruitless to try to rank misery. Was historical tragedy X worse or better than atrocity Y? It seems callous to ask. That said, thanks to the applied research of a retired ethicist with the aid of Reiner Knizia's Zoo Vadis, we have conclusively discovered that it is better to be extorted by a marmoset than assaulted by an armadillo. Thus is human knowledge expanded.

01:01 AYURIS: Heroscape (Stephen Baker, Rob Daviau, & Craig Van Ness, Hasbro, 2004)

Games Played Last Week:

05:30 -Uprising: Curse of the Last Emperor (Cornelius Cremin, Pawel Mazur, & Dirk Sommer, Nemesis.Games, 2021)

10:23 -Zoo Vadis (Reiner Knizia, Bitewing Games, 2023)

15:53 -Marabunta (Reiner Knizia, Space Cowboys, 2023)

22:35 -Feed the Kraken (Maikel Cheney, Dr. Hans Joachim Höh, and Tobias Immich, Funtails, 2022)

26:19 -La Granja: Deluxe Master Set (Michael Keller and Andreas "ode." Odendahl, Board&Dice, 2023)

31:30 -Sand (Ariel Di Costanzo and Javier Pelizzari, Devir, 2024)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

38:45 Calico spinoff: Knitting Circle

39:29 Founders of Reyvick: Richard Garfield and GMT

40:54 Boardgaming has jumped the shark: Winston: Nineteen Eighty-Four 

42:56 Expeditions: Gears of Corruption

43:14 Radlands gets 1.2 rules and a new deck

44:20 Topic: The One that Broke the Kallax's Back

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Before the people of Quebec celebrated the Journée nationale des Patriotes (National Patriots' Day), they instead on the same day had the Fête de Dollard. A cynic might speculate that the timing of these holidays was chosen so as to pre-empt the English Canadian Victoria Day, and that cynic would be right.

Games Played Last Week:

01:21 -Dice Flick (Rami Gaber, Pegasus Spiele, 2021) 

04:49 -A Message from the Stars (Clarence Simpson, Allplay, 2024)

11:21 -Switchbacks (Susumu Kawasaki, Allplay, 2022)

14:23 -Mage Knight: The Board Game (Vlaada Chvatil, WizKids, 2011)

18:29 -Leviathan Wilds (Justin Kemppainen, Moon Crab Games, 2024)

19:32 -Priorities (Uncredited, Clarendon Games, 2020)

22:11 -Word Traveler (Thomas Dagenais-Lespérance, Office Dog, 2024)

25:59 -Cascadito (Reiner Knizia, Bitewing Games, 2024)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

28:27 Grail Games will be reprinting Marc André's Barony with its Sorcery expansion

28:53 Indonesia reprint from Splotter with a new board

29:51 Black Forest from Tido Lorenze, Uwe Rosenberg, and Feuerland Spiele

30:04 Another Frostpunk game, this time from Board&Dice

30:28 Walking Dead game from Button Shy

30:39 New expansion for Aquatica, Coral Reefs

30:50 Followup to Oathsworn from Shadowborne and Jamie Jolly: Avalon: The Riven Veil

31:02 Darktide the miniatures game from Games Workshop

31:33 Dungeon Twister 20th Anniversary Edition by Christophe Boelinger and Ludically

32:57 Congratulations to the Golden Geek winners! 

34:02 Feature Game: Cascadero (Reiner Knizia, Bitewing Games, 2024)

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It is striking that no one submitted a question regarding the hues of our auras, so allow us to address the issue here and declare that amber is the colour of our energy.

I regret nothing.

01:39 AYURIS: Capital Lux 2: Generations (Eilif Svensson & Kristian Amundsen Østby, Aporta Games, 2020)

Games Played Last Week:

03:46 -G.I. JOE Deck-Building Game: Raise the Flagg Campaign Expansion (T.C. Petty III, Renegade Game Studios, 2023)

07:10 -Through the Desert (Reiner Knizia, Allplay, 2024)

11:27 -Leviathan Wilds (Justin Kemppainen, Moon Crab Games, 2024)

14:14 -Dungeons & Dragons: Dungeon Scrawlers--Heroes of Waterdeep (Vangelis Bagiartakis and Konstantinos Karagiannis, WizKids, 2023)

16:44 -Set a Watch (Mike Gnade and Todd Walsh, Rock Manor Games, 2019)

20:52 -Mysterium Park (Oleksandr Nevskiy and Oleg Sidorenko, Libellud, 2020)

24:08 -Biohack (Yofiandhy D Indrayana, uchibacoya, 2024)

30:05 -Mage Knight: The Board Game (Vlaada Chvatil, WizKids, 2011)

32:31 -Word Traveler (Thomas Dagenais-Lespérance, Office Dog, 2024)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

36:23 Regicide Legacy on Kickstarter! Can Badgers from Mars triumph again?

38:30 Dune: War for Arrakis expansion/reprint on Gamefound

40:03 Topic: Omnibus Questions Delta Bet

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There is only one novel and commendable Kant pun, delivered in the novel and commendable film Hedwig and the Angry Inch:

"I got kicked out of university after delivering a brilliant lecture on the aggressive influence of German philosophy on rock and roll, entitled, 'You, Kant, Always Get What You Want.'"

01:41 AYURIS: Mosaic: A Story of Civilization (Glenn Drover, Forbidden Games, 2022)

Games Played Last Week:

04:11 -Gloomhaven: Buttons & Bugs (Joe Klipfel and Nikki Valens, Cephalofair Games, 2024)

07:59 -Scrap (Kenny Michael-Otton, Jolly Swagman Games, 2023)

14:52 -Biohack (Yofiandhy D Indrayana, uchibacoya, 2024)

18:42 -Leviathan Wilds (Justin Kemppainen, Moon Crab Games, 2024)

23:44 -Wolves (Connor Alexander, Coyote & Crow LLC, 2024)

33:57 -Dungeon Fighter: Second Edition (Aureliano Buonfino, Lorenzo Silva, and Lorenzo Tucci Sorrentino, Horrible Guild, 2021)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

38:42 Mythic Battles goes to Egypt

40:07 Vote for the Golden Geek and for the Deutsche Spiele Preis (DSP) awards!

40:44 Please support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/svwag Coming soon: 3-part series on philosophy 

42:07 Topic: Omnibus Questions Delta Aleph

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We are storytellers here at SVWAG. This week, we tell the stories of mismatched plagues with dead llamas posing as European dudes, of quixotic strivings for yet more skirmish games, of famous philosophers who hustled cards. Of course, if you wish to hear different stories, the power is yours! You have but to submit your questions for the upcoming Omnibus Questions episode, and all your idle demands shall be satisfied!

Games Played Last Week:

02:33 -Scrap (Kenny Michael-Otton, Jolly Swagman Games, 2023)

09:12 -Root: The Marauder Expansion (Nick Brachmann, Patrick Leder, Cole Wehrle, and Joshua Yearsley, Leder Games, 2022)

14:29 -Cartographers: A Roll Player Game (Jordy Adan, Thunderworks Games, 2019)

16:52 -Lacuna (Mark Gerrits, CMYK, 2023)

19:21 -The Edge: Dawnfall (Michał Oracz, Krzysztof Piskorski, and Marcin Świerkot, Awaken Realms, 2018)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

27:26 dlp's Orléans 10th Anniversary Edition, Walker has grievances

30:47 Star Control II sequel, Free Stars: Children of Infinity, on Kickstarter

31:56 Feature Game: An Age Contrived (Chris Matthew, Bellows Intent, 2024)

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No topic is off-limits for the upcoming return of our Omnibus Questions, as we demonstrate in this episode by tackling such issues as pre-Reformation papal indulgences. And if you were to guess which host brought up that little historical nugget, you'd be wrong!

Possible questions: who would win in a street fight, J.G. Fichte or Nietzsche? Do sheep poop? Who is the best member of Team Avatar? (Fichte, yes, and Appa, respectively) 

02:17 AYURIS: It's a Wonderful World (Frédéric Guérard, La Boîte de Jeu, 2019) and It's a Wonderful Kingdom (Frédéric Guérard, La Boîte de Jeu, 2021)

Games Played Last Week:

06:23 -Orléans: The Plague (Reiner Stockhausen, dlp games, 2023)

13:59 -Antiquity (Joroen Doumen & Joris Wiersinga, Splotter, 2004)

20:30 -Just One (Ludovic Roudy & Bruno Sautter, Repos Production, 2018)

22:51 -Green Team Wins (Nathan Thornton, 25th Century Games, 2022)

23:47 -Quest (Don Eskridge, Indie Boards & Cards, 2021)

28:38 -Sidereal Confluence (TauCeti Deichmann, Wizkids, 2017)

32:53 -Fast Sloths (Friedemann Friese, 2F-SPiele, 2019)

35:59 -Set a Watch (Mike Gnade and Todd Walsh, Rock Manor Games, 2019)

37:38 -The Big Push: Trench Warfare on the Western Front in World War One (Renaud Verlaque, Hollandspiele, 2017)

42:14 -Robinson Crusoe: Collector's Edition (Joanna Kijanka and Ignacy Trzewiczek, Portal Games, 2024)

45:43 -Wabash Cannonball (John Bohrer, Rio Grande Games, 2023)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

48:28 Adventure Time RPG on crowdfunding

49:27 Business Time! Embracer group spins off Asmodee (with debt), Goliath acquires Lucky Duck Games 

51:06 Munchkin Big Box solves our problems

51:43 Topic: Favourite Mechanisms

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While we have little experience with Ed Sullivan's TV offerings, his legacy is a fascinating one. While he capitulated to pressure during the Red Scare, he did show remarkable courage in platforming African American performers despite opposition from his sponsors. Quite surprising is that the illness that eventually killed him was kept a secret from him by his family, a practise that was already frowned on in the United States by the seventies but is still widespread in many parts of the world. 

Games Played Last Week:

01:36 -The Vale of Eternity (Eric Hong, Mandoo Games, 2023)

04:28 -Voidfall (Nigel Buckle & Dávid Turczi, Mindclash Games, 2023)

08:42 -Radlands (Daniel Piechnick, Roxley, 2021)

10:11 -Mindbug Battlefruits (Christian Kudahl, Marvin Hegen, Skaff Elias, and Richard Garfield, Nerdlab Games, 2024)

14:36 -ICECOOL Wizards (Brian Gomez, Brain Games, 2024)

19:32 -Ratyl (Andy Gallagher, Busy Dad Games, 2023)

25:46 -Agricola (Revised Edition) (Uwe Rosenberg, Lookout Games, 2016)

29:42 -Almost Innocent (Philippe Attali, Kolossal Games, 2023)

31:18 -E.T. The Extra-Terestrial: Light Years from Home Game (Propsero Hall and Brian Kirk, Funko Games, 2022)

33:55 -Dune: Imperium--Uprising (Paul Dennen, Dire Wolf, 2023)

38:16 -Word Traveler (Thomas Dagenais-Lespérance, Office Dog, 2024)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

41:11 Earth Reborn by Christophe Boelinger possibly to be expanded

44:31 Vladimír Suchý and Delicious Games go to Resafa

45:12 Feature Game: Galactic Renaissance (Christian Martinez, Matagot, 2024)

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It is said that both politics and religion are not good conversational fodder among people you don't know well (and perhaps not even for people with whom you are close), but sadly those are among Mark's favourite topics. The sun having been devoured may cause the astronomers to be delighted, but Mark knows a portent when he sees one, and he is confident some kind of sacrifice to appease violent spirits is in order. Walker escalates things by invoking the divine right of kings, the intersection of religion and politics, but then again escalation is Walker's default instinct. Further proof of Fenrir's influence, no doubt!

01:44 AYURIS: Space Station Phoenix (Gabriel J. Cohn, Rio Grande Games, 2022)

Games Played Last Week:

03:54 -Black Rose Wars: Rebirth (Andrea Colletti, Diego Fonseca, and Marco Montanaro, Ludus Magnus Studio, 2024)

11:15 -G.I. JOE Deck-Building Game: Raise the Flagg Campaign Expansion (T.C. Petty III, Renegade Game Studios, 2023)

12:34 -Hissy Fit (Levi Robertson and Chris Stone, Stone Age Distractions, 2023)

16:09 -Almost Innocent (Philippe Attali, Kolossal Games, 2023)

16:47 -Don't L.L.A.M.A. Dice (Reiner Knizia, AMIGO, 2021)

17:15 -Matches (Daniel McKinley, Thing 12 Games, 2024)

19:42 -FORK (Ta-Te Wu, Sunrise Tornade Game Studio, 2023)

22:08 -Voidfall (Nigel Buckle & Dávid Turczi, Mindclash Games, 2023)

25:13 -Battlecrest: Metronn Base Game (Dustin Dobson & Milan Zivkovic, Button Shy, 2024)

28:55 -Omen: Whispers of the Muse (John Clowdus, Small Box Games, 2024)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

32:11 Divine Right is back on Kickstarter

34:04 Light Speed Arena by Tablescope Games on Kickstarter May 7

36:26 Topic: What Brings You Back?

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I never really understood the term "undead." I mean, it's a binary, right? If it's not dead it must be alive, at least in the context of things that could or were once alive. The negation never seemed to be doing enough work to imply what it was intended to imply. That is, until Walker and Mark got sick. They're not dead, but going straight to "alive" seems a rather hopeful exaggeration. Undead seems appropriate for now.

01:47 AYURIS: Carnegie (Xavier Georges, Quined Games, 2022)

Games Played Last Week:

03:48 -Legacy of Yu (Shem Phillips, Garphill Games, 2023) 

07:30 -Set a Watch (Mike Gnade and Todd Walsh, Rock Manor Games, 2019)

09:12 -Gloomhaven: Buttons & Bugs (Joe Klipfel and Nikki Valens, Cephalofair Games, 2024)

15:03 -Stonespine Architects (Jordy Adan, Thunderworks Games, 2024)

17:23 -Marshmallow Test (Reiner Knizia, Gamewright, 2020)

19:21 -Black Rose Wars: Rebirth (Andrea Colletti, Diego Fonseca, and Marco Montanaro, Ludus Magnus Studio, 2024)

21:47 -Almost Innocent (Philippe Attali, Kolossal Games, 2023)

25:52 -Paint the Roses (Ben Goldman, North Star Games, 2022)

28:50 -Fromage (Matthew O'Malley and Ben Rosset, Road to Infamy Games, 2024)

32:40 -Dragonbond: Lords of Vaala (Jack Caesar and Alessio Cavatore, Draco Studios, 2023) 

37:52 -City of the Living (Sebastian Bleasdale and Reiner Knizia, Trick or Treat Studios, 2024)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

42:31 Micro Macro Bonus Box has come home

43:26 Age of Innovation balance adjustments for Illusionists and Navigators

46:22 Don't Starve the board game

47:26 Upcoming from Alex "Green Team" Cutler: Don't Skip Leg Day and Box Top Pinball Haunted House from Pandasaurus

48:44 Walker cuteness weakness: Kyoto no Neko

49:30 Railroad Tiles from Horrible Guild

50:38 Lots of content on our Patreon: www.patreon.com/svwag

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We haul ourselves off of our deathbeds to deliver this episode unto you. Prospects for our recovery seem dim, but we would sooner die than deprive you of that which is most sacred--namely content. Of course, illness may yet claim us, but we are far too stoic and noble to complain.

01:49 AYURIS: Stroganov (Andreas Steding, Game Brewer, 2021)

Games Played Last Week:

04:46 -Hissy Fit (Levi Robertson and Chris Stone, Stone Age Distractions, 2023)

06:53 -Finished! (Friedemann Friese, 2F-Spiele, 2017)

12:01 -City of the Living (Sebastian Bleasdale and Reiner Knizia, Trick or Treat Studios, 2024)

15:07 -Legacy of Yu (Shem Phillips, Garphill Games, 2023) 

20:27 -Bus (Jeroen Doumen and Joris Wiersinga, Capstone Games, 2019)

24:51 -Battlecrest: Metronn Base Game (Dustin Dobson & Milan Zivkovic, Button Shy, 2024)

28:59 -G.I. JOE Deck-Building Game: Raise the Flagg Campaign Expansion (T.C. Petty III, Renegade Game Studios, 2023)

31:25 -Gloomhaven: Buttons & Bugs (Joe Klipfel and Nikki Valens, Cephalofair Games, 2024)

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We present to you a specially chemically-enhanced episode. Walker has been doping specifically in preparation, eschewing any sustenance other than military-grade lozenges. Mark will be performing his hosting duties while fully immersed in a tank of benzocaine oral painkiller. It is a good thing that the International Olympic Committee has no sway here in SVWAG studios, or we would likely get disqualified for the podcast luge event.

Games Played Last Week:

01:30 -Raising Robots (Brett Sobol & Seth Van Orden, Nauvoo Games, 2023)

08:26 -Omen: Banks of the Styx (John Clowdus, Small Box Games, 2024)

11:40 -Set a Watch (Mike Gnade and Todd Walsh, Rock Manor Games, 2019)

13:47 -Cryo (Tom Jolly & Luke Laurie, Z-Man Games, 2021)

17:33 -Formula D (Laurent Lavaur & Eric Randall, Asmodee, 2008)

18:39 -Riftforce (Carlo Bortolini, 1 More Time Games, 2021)

22:36 -Piazza Rabazza (Guido Hoffman and Jens-Peter Schliemann, Zoch Verlag, 2022)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

25:37 RoboRally Transformers: can Autobots get drunk?

27:12 An expansion to Unfathomable, the Battlestar Galactica re-theme

27:52 Burned was too pure for this crowdfunded world

28:19 Etherstone from ThunderGryph Games by Virginio Gigli and Simone Luciani on Kickstarter

29:11 Avatar: The Last Airbender co-op deckbuilder

29:43 Feature Game: Kutná Hora: The City of Silver (Ondřej Bystroň, Petr Čáslava, and Pavel Jarosch, Czech Games Edition, 2023)

51:24 SVWAG Presents Masterpiece Theatre: Avatar: The Last Airbender (2024)

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For reasons both personal and highly arbitrary, the SVWAG style guide (authored by gibbons, of course) does not countenance using the word "teach" as a noun, with the possible exception as a casual nickname for a teacher. Thus a game does not, in our parlance, have a "teach" except insofar as you call the person explaining the rules to you "teach". As in, "yo, teach, thanks for doing this thankless job, you make our hobby possible, I'm certainly not going to give you a hard time for any minor rules errors or didactic missteps, lemme buy you a pizza, teach, you incredibly physically attractive hero." 

01:25 AYURIS: Sakura Arms (BakaFire, Level 99 Games 2022)

Games Played Last Week:

04:04 -La Granja: Deluxe Master Set (Michael Keller and Andreas "ode." Odendahl, Board&Dice, 2023)

10:19 -Unchained (David Gregg, Trick or Treat Studios, 2024)

18:04 -Paku Paku (Antoine Bauza, Ravensburger, 2017)

21:34 -Turbo Kidz (Emmanuel Gauvain, Scorpion Masqué, 2023)

23:46 -Nine Tiles Panic (Jens Merkl and Jean-Claude Pellin, Oink Games, 2019)

25:49 -5 Towers (Kasper Lapp, Deep Print Games, 2023)

26:33 -Clip Cut Parks (Shaun Graham and Scott Huntington, Renegade Game Studios, 2019)

28:17 -The Same Game (Wolfgang Warsch, Edition Spielwiese, 2023)

34:17 -Omen: Songs of Far Shores (John Clowdus, Small Box Games, 2024)

38:45 -The Vale of Eternity (Eric Hong, Mandoo Games, 2023)

43:27 -Sentinels of the Multiverse (Christopher Badell, Paul Bender, & Adam Rebottaro, Greater Than Games, 2011)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

49:39 Ninja Division declares bankruptcy, leaves thousands of Kickstarter backers in the lurch

50:57 New Mage Knight expansion! Apocalypse Dragon from WizKids by Phil Pettifer

51:43 Star Trek Star Realms

52:02 Magical Athlete reprint by CMYK in 2025

52:41 Topic: Rules Explanations

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Before shouting about toys professionally, Mark taught ethics at a health sciences university. He discussed matters of life and death, of cutting edge controversial technologies, of war and politics, and matters of fundamental rights and duties. He has learned two lessons from those experiences: never ever talk about animal rights with a pit bull owner, and his views on Mass Effect are vastly more controversial than any of his other views. In this episode, he is at least smart enough to stay silent about dogs.

Games Played Last Week:

01:54 -Street Masters (Adam Sadler & Brady Sadler, Blacklist Games, 2018)

07:45 -The Barracks Emperors (Wray Ferrell and Brad Johnson, GMT Games, 2023)

15:08 -Dune: Imperium--Uprising (Paul Dennen, Dire Wolf, 2023)

17:58 -Tank Duel: Enemy in the Crosshairs (Mike Bertucelli, GMT Games, 2019)

28:09 -Lunar Rush (Steven "Skippy" Brown, Dead Alive Games, 2023)

32:27 -Regicide (Paul Abrahams, Luke Badger, & Andy Richdale, Badgers from Mars, 2020)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

34:44 Modiphius' upcoming Mass Effect game by Eric Lang and Calvin Wong Tze Loon

36:49 Ares will publish and distribute new Mega Empires (further descendants of Mega Civilization)

38:17 Heroscape: Age of Annihilation from Renegade Games--prepaints and all your money 

44:57 Street Masters Kickstarter buyer's guide redux

48:15 Feature Game: Leonardo da Vinci's Codex Leicester (Changhyun Baek, Flaminia Brasini, Virginio Gigli, Stefano Luperto, and Antonio Tinto, DiceTree Games, 2023)

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Walker was all like "there's this card effect in Successors" and Mark was all like "nuh-uh" but Walker was like "yeah, fer sure" and Mark goes "no way" and Walker says "way" and that's a 100% accurate transcript.

01:53 AYURIS: Dice Realms (Thomas Lehmann, Rio Grande Games, 2022)

Games Played Last Week:

04:07 -Lorenzo il Magnifico (Flaminia Brasini, Virginio Gigli, and Simone Luciani, Cranio Creations, 2016)

10:55 -Leonardo da Vinci's Codex Leicester (Changhyun Baek, Flaminia Brasini, Virginio Gigli, Stefano Luperto, and Antonio Tinto, DiceTree Games, 2023)

17:00 -Darwin’s Journey (Simone Luciani and Nestore Mangone, ThunderGryph Games, 2023)

21:23 -The North: Provenance (John Clowdus, Small Box Games, 2020)

27:03 -Sail (Akiyama Koryu & Korzu Yusei, Allplay, 2023)

28:18 -MLEM: Space Agency (Reiner Knizia, Rebel Studio, 2024)

31:15 -My Island (Reiner Knizia, KOSMOS, 2023)

36:48 -Successors 4th Edition (Richard H. Berg and Mark Simonitch, PHALANX, 2022)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

46:25 Lifeboats reprint: Plank of Carneades

47:27 Mike Hutchinson running a survey on Gaslands: https://forms.gle/8DjmJDxpaivpsznW7

48:06 Eric Lang and Ken Grul's Life in Reterra from Hasbro

48:24 Please support us on Patreon, if so inclined! www.patreon.com/svwag

51:02 Topic: The Patrons' Top 20

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The theory of the atom first posited by the pre-Socratic philosopher Democritus in roughly the 4th Century BCE. None of his actual writings have survived. The great thing about the pre-Socratics is that so few of their works are available, you can spend about ten minutes (or less!) and have read as much of their stuff as have the world's leading experts. 

Games Played Last Week:

01:53 -Kingdom Rush: Elemental Uprising (Alara Cameron, Helana Hope, and Sen-Foong Lim, Lucky Duck Games, 2023)

04:15 -Assault on Doomrock: Ultimate Edition (Tom Stasiak, Beautiful Disaster Games, 2023)

06:43 -Caverna: The Cave Farmers (Uwe Rosenberg, Lookout Games, 2013)

07:22 -Hidden Leaders (Andreas Müller, Markus Müller, & Raphael Stocker, BFF Games, 2022)

08:28 -AQUA: Biodiversity in the Oceans (Dan Halstad and Tristan Halstad, Sidekick Games, 2024)

13:05 -Project: ELITE (Konstantinos Kokkinis, Marco Portugal, & Sotirios Tsantilas, CMON, 2020)

16:54 -Lacuna (Mark Gerrits, CMYK, 2023)

19:33 -5 Towers (Kasper Lapp, Deep Print Games, 2023)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

24:05 Kemet: Rise of the Gods reprint with additional modules on crowdfunding soon from Matagot

25:11 Burned on Kickstarter February 13 from Stone Circle Games and Jon Moffat

25:52 Wandering Galaxy: new Crossroads game from Plaid Hat Games

26:52 Feature Game: Nucleum (Simone Luciani & Dávid Turczi, Board&Dice, 2023)

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Every man wants to be a macho, macho man

To have the kind of body always in demand

Jogging in the mornings, go man go

Work outs in the health spa, muscles glow

You can best believe that he's a macho man

Ready to get down with, anyone he can

You can tell a macho, he has a funky walk

His western shirts and leather, always look so boss

Funky with his body, he's a king

Call him Mister Ego, dig his chains

You can best believe that he's a macho man

He likes to be the leader, he never dresses grand

-"Macho Man" by The Village People

03:05 AYURIS: Guards of Atlantis II (Artyom Nichipurov, Wolff Designa, 2022)

Games Played Last Week:

05:06 -AQUA : Biodiversity in the Oceans (Dan Halstad and Tristan Halstad, Sidekick Games, 2024)

08:05 -Bloodstones (Martin Wallace, Wallace Designs, 2023)

09:36 -Kingdom Rush: Elemental Uprising (Alara Cameron, Helana Hope, and Sen-Foong Lim, Lucky Duck Games, 2023)

10:45 -Imperium: Horizons (Nigel Buckle and Dávid Turczi, Osprey Games, 2024)

15:48 -Tokyo Highway: Rainbow City (Naotaka Shimamoto and Yoshiaki Tomioka, itten, 2023)

19:32 -Sail (Akiyama Koryu & Korzu Yusei, Allplay, 2023)

21:33 -For Science! (R. Eric Reuss, Grey Fox Games, 2021)

24:45 -Charioteer (Matt Calkins, GMT Games, 2022)

27:59 -Great Western Trail: New Zealand (Alexander Pfister, eggertspiele, 2023)

35:09 -Don't L.L.A.M.A. Dice (Reiner Knizia, AMIGO, 2021)

36:14 -That's Not a Hat (Kasper Lapp, Ravensburger, 2023)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

37:54 Bus from Capstone reprint in 2024

38:34 Burned on Kickstarter February 13 from Stone Circle Games and Jon Moffat

39:15 CMON moving to Gamefound for A Song of Ice and Fire Tactics

41:37 Topic: Deckbuilding

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Let us, following in Andy Schwarz's example, highlight the fine work of Nancy Skinner, a California state senator whose "Fair Pay to Play Act" granted college athletes in California the right to profit from their name, image, and likeness. This forced the NCAA to allow such changes more broadly.

It hasn't been perfect, but let's acknowledge one thing: if someone's gonna be making millions off your name and face, maybe--just maybe!--you should be able to get a cut. 

Games Played Last Week:

01:43 -AQUA : Biodiversity in the Oceans (Dan Halstad and Tristan Halstad, Sidekick Games, 2024)

06:24 -Imperium: Horizons (Nigel Buckle and Dávid Turczi, Osprey Games, 2024)

13:40 -World Wonders (Zé Mendes, Arcane Wonders, 2023)

19:33 -MLEM: Space Agency (Reiner Knizia, Rebel Studio, 2024)

24:14 -Maskmen (Jun Sasaki and Taiki Shinzawa, Oink Games, 2014)

28:27 -The Barracks Emperors (Wray Ferrell and Brad Johnson, GMT Games, 2023)

32:17 -Tokyo Highway: Rainbow City (Naotaka Shimamoto and Yoshiaki Tomioka, itten, 2023)

37:14 -Vengeance (Gordon Calleja, Mighty Boards, 2018)

40:03 -Charioteer (Matt Calkins, GMT Games, 2022)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

44:29 "Wednesdays with Walker"--streaming on Twitch

45:05 Unpublished Flickateers by Trevor Benjamin and David Thompson

45:55 Storm Raiders by Shem Phillips

46:48 Voidfall Solo Online by Mark Hutchinson! https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3222419/play-voidfall-solo-online-fan-made-app

47:59 Feature Game: Envelopes of Cash (Andy Schwarz, Envelopes of Cash LLC, 2023)

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It has been many a year since our early days, our salad days when we were younger and dumb and didn't know what we were doing. Much has changed, in that we are now older and dumb and don't know what we're doing. But the inexorable march of time has at least offered many new offerings in the broad tent of dexterity games, and so it is past time that we focus on one of our preferred genus of toy.

01:26 AYURIS: Golem (Flaminia Brasini, Virginio Gigli, & Simone Luciani, Cranio Creations, 2021)

Games Played Last Week:

04:19 -Anachrony (Dávid Turczi, Mindclash Games, 2017)

11:11 -Welcome to the Moon (Alexis Allard & Benoit Turpin, Blue Cocker Games, 2021)

15:44 -General Orders: World War II (Trevor Benjamin and David Thompson, Osprey Games, 2023)

22:16 -Sail (Akiyama Koryu & Korzu Yusei, Allplay, 2023)

25:25 -Burned (Jon Moffat, Stone Circle Games, Unpublished)

28:39 -My Island (Reiner Knizia, KOSMOS, 2023)

34:50 -Bloodstones (Martin Wallace, Wallace Designs, 2023)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

39:59 Mythic Games sells Anastyr and Hel: The Last Saga to CMON; backers will get base game only

41:44 Renegade Games' Axis and Allies: G.I. Joe

44:19 Ads for Votes for Women pulled from Facebook because they apparently think women's suffrage is contentious

47:00 Carolingi pulled from Gamefound, pre-orders directly from Sea Cove Games

47:59 7 Empires from Mac Gerdts

49:27 Star Trek: Away Missions goes Original Series

51:52 Topic: Dexterity Games Revisited

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A pretty solid rule of thumb is that if you've been disappointed in a kind of game, try David Thompson's version of it and see how delightful it can be. Hidden movement got you down? Sniper Elite is the cure. Abstract chunky tiled fighty thing didn't please? War Chest might please. Mediocre skirmish cramping your style? For What Remains is ready to serve. It's a good thing he has styles of games he hasn't explored, lest he just obsolete the remainder of the games industry. Give him time. He'll collaborate with everyone eventually.

Games Played Last Week:

01:41 -Beast (Aron Midhall, Elon Midhall, and Assar Pettersson, Studio Midhall, 2022)

07:17 -Iberia (Jesús Torres Castro and Matt Leacock, Z-Man Games, 2016)

11:42 -Sankoré: The Pride of Mansa Musa (Mandela Fernandez-Grandon and Fabio Lopiano, Osprey Games, 2024)

18:16 -Bitoku: Resutoran (Germán P. Millán, Devir, 2023)

23:00 -Kurz vor Knapp (Helmut Punke and Tobias Punke, Zoch Verlag, 2020)

28:06 -Animal Upon Animal (Klaus Miltenberger, HABA, 2005)

29:33 -Bloodstones (Martin Wallace, Wallace Designs, 2023)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

38:01 Shipyard reprint from Delicious Games

38:55 In the Gang from KOSMOS

39:56 Kabuto Sumo: Sakura Slam on Kickstarter

40:51 Feature Game: Federation (Dimitri Perrier and Matthieu Verdier, Explor8, 2022)

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As ever, and with no clue what a lang syne is (much less an auld-y type configuration), we embrace the new year by commemorating the old. We would venture that the new year only truly begins once SVWAG has given its imprimatur on the best game published in the preceding year. The Julian Calendar was abandoned in favour of the Gregorian, and it is evident that the Gregorian should be abandoned in favour of the SVWAGgering Calendar. 

Games Played Last Week:

01:34 -Kutná Hora: The City of Silver (Ondřej Bystroň, Petr Čáslava, and Pavel Jarosch, Czech Games Edition, 2023)

06:53 -Voidfall (Nigel Buckle & Dávid Turczi, Mindclash Games, 2023)

07:57 -K2 (Adam Kałuża, Rebel Sp. z o.o., 2010)

09:35 -Cover Your Assets (Brent Beck & Jeffrey Beck, Grandpa Beck's Games, 2011)

11:52 -Assault on Doomrock: Ultimate Edition (Tom Stasiak, Beautiful Disaster Games, 2023)

16:53 -Road Trippin (Uncredited, Guilt Free Gaming, 2021)

19:42 -Evacuation (Vladimír Suchý, Delicious Games, 2023)

28:05 -Solar Titans (Phillip Gee and Xian Wu, SunnySideUp Games, 2023)

31:03 -Tiny Mini Golf (Kamis Kamiński, Self-published, 2023)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

Nothing to see here.

34:25 Topic: 2023 Year in Review

35:04 Mark and Walker's Top 10s

52:28 SVWAG 2023 Game of the Year

53:37 Special Categories

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Heraclitus, an ancient Greek philosopher, claimed that you never step in the same river twice; for it is not the same river and you are not the same person. Such as it is with games! They are reprinted and thus reborn, all along some blurred spectrum of redesign spanning from carbon copy all the way to entirely new design.

Let us not forget Heraclitus' student Cratylus, who evidently thought Heraclitus some kind of squish, insofar as he is credited with countering that you cannot step into the same river once.

01:25 AYURIS: Perseverance: Castaway Chronicles Episodes 1 & 2 (Richard Amann, Thomas Vande Ginste, Viktor Peter, Wolf Plancke, & Dávid Turczi, Mindclash Games, 2022)

Games Played Last Week:

03:32 -Rats of Wistar (Simone Luciani and Danilo Sabia, Cranio Creations, 2023)

09:15 -Voidfall (Nigel Buckle & Dávid Turczi, Mindclash Games, 2023)

11:00 -Faiyum: Privileges (Friedemann Friese, 2F-Spiele, 2023)

15:04 -Horizon Wars: Midnight Dark (Robey Jenkins, Precinct Omega Publishing, 2023)

22:52 -Burned (Jon Moffat, Stone Circle Games, Unpublished)

26:36 -My Island (Reiner Knizia, KOSMOS, 2023)

30:40 -Trick Shot (Second Edition) (Artyom Nichipurov, Wolff Designa, 2023)

35:05 -Napoleon's Conquests (Bruno Lamotte, Fellowship of Simulations, 2023)

42:47 -Splendor Duel (Marc André and Bruno Cathala, Space Cowboys, 2022)

43:42 -Federation (Dimitri Perrier and Matthieu Verdier, Explor8, 2022)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

47:23 War Story: Occupied France; narrative game by David Thompson, Dave Neale, and Osprey Games

49:02 Keyside: Richard Breese and 

49:37 Turing Machine on Boardgamearena and designer's notes on BGG

50:49 Terra Pyramides by Kiesling & Kramer

51:06 Moby Trick

51:25 Halo miniatures game by Mantic Games

52:02 Gaia Project Expansion announced, again 

52:49 RIP Bryan Ansell, co-founder of Games Workshop

54:05 Topic: Out of Print Games Revisited

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"This here's a jam for all the gamers

Tryin' to do what those rulebooks offer

Get shot down 'cause you're overzealous

Take too long, opponents get jealous

Ok, smarty, go to a party

Games are on the menu for everybody

You wanna play a game that's more complexer

But you're standin' on the wall like you was Poindexter

A game is laid out, one not played out

The options unfold and your mind just spins out

They say you should take your turn or get removed

So come on, gamer, and just bust a move"

-Young MC, noted foe of analysis paralysis

Games Played Last Week:

01:10 -Evolution: Climate (Dominic Crapuchettes, Dmitry Knorre, & Sergey Machin, North Star Games, 2016)

05:57 -Tiny Epic Crimes (Scott Almes, Gamelyn Games, 2023)

10:20 -The Fox Experiment (Jeff Fraser and Elizabeth Hargrave, Pandasaurus Games, 2023)

13:45 -Undergrove (Elizabeth Hargrave and Mark Wootton, AEG, 2024)

15:15 -Votes for Women (Tory Brown, Fort Circle Games, 2022)

17:52 -The Gods Will Have Blood (Daniel Bullock, Lock Horns Games, 2023)

21:56 -Green Team Wins (Nathan Thornton, 25th Century Games, 2022)

23:40 -Fun Facts (Kasper Lapp, Repos Production, 2022)

24:31 -Just One (Ludovic Roudy & Bruno Sautter, Repos Production, 2018)

24:39 -So Clover! (François Romain, Repos Production, 2021)

25:55 -Duhr: The Lesser Houses (Jenna Felli, Devious Weasel, 2018)

30:47 -No Thanks! (Thorsten Gimmler, AMIGO, 2004)

32:37 -Leonardo da Vinci's Codex Leicester (Changhyun Baek, Flaminia Brasini, Virginio Gigli, Stefano Luperto, and Antonio Tinto, DiceTree Games, 2023)

38:58 -Road Trippin (Uncredited, Guilt Free Gaming, 2021)

41:00 -Star Trek: Away Missions (Andrew Haught, Mike Haught, and Phil Yates, Gale Force Nine, 2023)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

47:35 Shackleton Base: A Journey to the Moon by Fabio Lopiano and Nestore Magone, published by Sorry We Are French 

48:04 Amabel Holland in The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-inquiry/the-personal-political-art-of-board-game-design

48:36 Zombie Sniper. That is all. 

48:59 Jenna Felli's upcoming game Murray the A**hole Frog (trans designer and trans artist) and upcoming novel Serpent Ascending 

50:24 Co-op Dungeon Scrawlers?! 2together by OldChap Editions

51:24 Andy Schwarz's "Financial Reckoning" for Envelopes of Cash: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/envelopesofcash/envelopes-of-cash/posts/3995962

52:47 Assault on Doomrock: Ultimate Edition accidentally published with crypto-fascist imagery. Burn the "Banner of Kekistan" 

54:48 Feature Game: Arborea (Dani Garcia, Alley Cat Games, 2023)

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Just before Mark is de-platformed, he would like to remind the SVWAG audience of two very important facts.

First, he is but a man shouting into a can, and just because he doesn't like the thing you like doesn't make either less worthy of respect, dignity, and chocolate. He is willing to accept the possibility that he's Playing It Wrong and/or Doesn't Get It and/or needs to Git Gud and/or is just insufficiently evolved.

Second, a reminder that complaints are to be directed to [email protected].

01:12 AYURIS: El Grande (Wolfgang Kramer & Richard Ulrich, Hans im Glück, 1995)

Games Played Last Week:

02:26 -Age of Innovation (Helge Ostertag, Capstone Games, 2023)

07:55 -Mage Knight: The Board Game (Vlaada Chvatil, WizKids, 2011)

14:08 -Knarr (Thomas Dupont, Bombyx, 2023)

15:13 -The Fox Experiment (Jeff Fraser and Elizabeth Hargrave, Pandasaurus Games, 2023)

18:45 -Android: Netrunner (Richard Garfield and Lukas Litzsinger, Fantasy Flight Games, 2012)

23:23 -Apiary (Connie Vogelmann, Stonemaier Games, 2023)

29:49 -Air, Land & Sea (Jon Perry, Arcane Wonders, 2018)

31:47 -Schadenfreude (ctr, Studio Turbine, 2021)

34:13 -For Science! (R. Eric Reuss, Grey Fox Games, 2021)

38:13 -Paku Paku (Antoine Bauza, Ravensburger, 2017)

40:01 -The Crew: Mission Deep Sea (Thomas Sing, KOSMOS, 2021)

41:03 -G.I. JOE Deck-Building Game: Raise the Flagg Campaign Expansion (T.C. Petty III, Renegade Game Studios, 2023)

44:01 -My Island (Reiner Knizia, KOSMOS, 2023)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

45:09 Unchained by Trick or Treat Studios, inspired by Nightfall

45:49 Small Box Games' three Omen sets on Kickstarter now!

46:21 Quacks of Quedlinburg Duel 

46:40 Votes for Women reprint on Kickstarter

47:16 German magnets! Die verdrehte Spuknacht

48:28 You can support us on Patreon, if you're so inclined: www.patreon.com/svwag

49:12 Nucleum: Australia

49:29 Topic: Adventure Games

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A review of So Very Wrong About Games, not actually by Werner Herzog:

"To listen to SVWAG is to court madness. One host is beholden to the delusion that if he utters sufficient words in a short period of time he may stave off his inevitable death, whereas the other grapples with the false consciousness of refusing to acknowledge life's meaninglessness. Collectively their banter serves as a cruel rebuke to evolution, a bitter mockery of humanity's purported superiority over a nature they despise and denigrate. It is reason's death rattle in the face of pure chaos. Thank you for recommending Rhino Hero Super Battle, I enjoyed it with my family very much. Four stars."

01:20 AYURIS: Agricola (Uwe Rosenberg, Lookout Games, 2007) and Agricola (Revised Edition) (Uwe Rosenberg, Lookout Games, 2016)

Games Played Last Week:

04:25 -Ceres (Gustaf Sundström, Artipia Games, 2023)

10:22 -Daybreak (Matt Leacock & Matteo Menapace, CMYK, 2023)

13:59 -Raising Robots (Brett Sobol & Seth Van Orden, Nauvoo Games, 2023)

16:02 -Demon Ship (Malev Da Shinobi, Black Site Studios, 2023)

19:58 -Hyperborea (Andrea Chiarvesio & Pierluca Zizzi, Asterion, 2014)

26:19 -Vaalbara (Olivier Cipière, Studio H, 2022)

29:03 -Septima: Shapeshifting & Omens (Robin Hegedűs, Mindclash Games, 2023)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

36:45 Preview of Phantom Division Relaunch on Gamefound

38:24 French Revolution! 1793 Patriots & Traitors on Gamefound 

39:21 Redevelopment of Omen: A Reign of War from John Clowdus and Small Box Games next year

40:16 Topic: Mindclash Games

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Dexterity games, dismissed by many in the board game world as children's toys (whereas, by contrast, we laud them as children's toys), can offer a unique window into the player's soul. A fine dexterity game is a crucible in which one's true character emerges. Are you an assertive, grandiose table-hog capable of great feats but undone by hubris? Are you a small-minded, plodding dilettante lacking in ambition or imagination? Junk Art can reveal all!

Games Played Last Week:

02:11 -Age of Innovation (Helge Ostertag, Capstone Games, 2023)

13:33 -Paku Paku (Antoine Bauza, Ravensburger, 2017)

14:49 -Belratti (Michael Loth, Mogel-Verlag, 2018)

16:47 -Revive: Call of the Abyss (Helge Meissner, Kristian Amundsen Østby, Eilif Svensson, and Anna Wermlund, Aporta Games, 2023)

22:13 -Tetra Tower (Uncredited, Enksy, 2014)

24:27 -Junk Art (Jay Cormier & Sen-Foong Lim, Pretzel Games, 2016)

27:47 -General Orders: World War II (Trevor Benjamin and David Thompson, Osprey Games, 2023)

36:30 -Riftforce (Carlo Bortolini, 1 More Time Games, 2021)

37:20 -The Wolves (Ashwain Kamath and Clarence Simpson, Pandasaurus Games, 2022)

39:34 -Cthulhu: Death May Die (Eric M. Lang & Rob Daviau, CMON, 2019)

43:19 -Drags 2 Riches (David Pettifer, Bored Wreckers Inc, 2023)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

48:35 Prepare to get uncomfortable: Hollandspiele's Doubt Is Our Product about the tobacco industry

50:59 Aqua, oceanic tile-laying

51:44 Mark laments the market rewarding bad actors: Palladium Games and Steamforged Games

56:19 Feature Game: Daybreak (Matt Leacock & Matteo Menapace, CMYK, 2023)

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There's no time no time at all we must get to the games there's been so many all the time one after another hurry hurry we must get to all of the games

01:26 AYURIS: Riftforce (Carlo Bortolini, 1 More Time Games, 2021)

Games Played Last Week:

03:07 -Septima (Robin Hegedűs, Mindclash Games, 2023)

10:42 -White Castle (Israel Cendrero & Sheila Santos, Devir Games, 2023)

16:25 -Paku Paku (Antoine Bauza, Ravensburger, 2017)

20:45 -Nekojima (David Carmona & Karen Nguyen, Unfriendly Games, 2023)

25:02 -Catch the Moon (Fabien Riffaud & Juan Rodriguez, Bombyx, 2017)

27:25 -TEAM3 GREEN (Alex Cutler & Matt Fantastic, Brain Games, 2019)

30:58 -Piazza Rabazza (Guido Hoffman and Jens-Peter Schliemann, Zoch Verlag, 2022)

33:43 -Tumblin' Dice (Carey Grayson, Randy Nash, and Rick Soued, Eagle-Gryphon Games, 2004)

35:38 -After Us (Florian Sirieix, Catch Up Games, 2023)

43:12 -Raising Robots (Brett Sobol & Seth Van Orden, Nauvoo Games, 2023)

46:49 -Moonrakers (Max Anderson, Zac Dixon, and Austin Harrison, IV Studio, 2020)

52:14 -Great Western Trail: New Zealand (Alexander Pfister, eggertspiele, 2023)

53:09 -Tiger and Dragon (Hashimoto Atsushi, Oink Games, 2021)

56:21 -Mosaic: Wars and Disasters (Glenn Drover, Forbidden Games, 2023)

1:01:00 -Ready Set Bet (John D. Clair, AEG, 2022)

1:03:12 -Fairy Tale (Satoshi Nakamura, Z-Man Games, 2004)

1:05:04 -Hollywood 1947 (Travis Hancock, Facade Games, 2023)

1:08:46 -My Island (Reiner Knizia, KOSMOS, 2023)

1:11:08 -Daybreak (Matt Leacock & Matteo Menapace, CMYK, 2023)

1:17:37 -Arborea (Dani Garcia, Alley Cat Games, 2023)

1:19:48 -Nucleum (Simone Luciani & Dávid Turczi, Board&Dice, 2023)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

1:25:25 Anno 1800 Expansion

1:25:54 "Pop culture" That's Not a Hat

1:26:33 Albedo available as print and play!

Cards: https://kaiherbertz.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/albedoprintandplayfullcolor.pdf

Rules: http://hespiele.de/downloads/albedo_en.pdf

1:27:35 City of the Living: Prosperity (by Reiner Knizia) with zombies

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The shift from Beckett references to low-grade puns might strike one as jarring, but it is important to note that both hosts have essentially been twelve going on sixty for most of their lives. If it's not juvenile and/or obscure, it is difficult for the hosts to process--they become disoriented and frightened. In such circumstances, a nice Star Control II reference will probably calm them down. Hey, there's one of those in this episode, too!

Games Played Last Week:

01:52 -Great Western Trail: New Zealand (Alexander Pfister, eggertspiele, 2023)

07:03 -FlickFleet: Xeno Wars (Jackson Pope & Paul Willcox, Eurydice Games, 2022)

13:04 -White Castle (Israel Cendrero & Sheila Santos, Devir Games, 2023)

16:38 -Forgotten Depths (Peter Albertson, Void Knight Games, 2022)

20:37 -Omicron Protocol (Brendan Kendrick & Bernie Lin, Dead Alive Games, 2022)

29:09 -Among Cultists: A Social Deduction Thriller (Stefan Godot, Godot Games, 2023)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

38:40 Rafter Five: Dexterity from Oink Games

39:23 Expandalone to Wizards of the Grimoire (aka Bookie-Bookie Pew-Pew) on Kickstarter: Shifting Sands

41:00 Feature Game: Voidfall (Nigel Buckle & Dávid Turczi, Mindclash Games, 2023)

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One has to be careful in buffet situations. There are so many options, and you are pulled in so many different directions. You must differentiate the false urgency from the genuinely pressing, and it is a test of your evaluation and timing skills to successfully navigate your priorities. What to do, and when? How much of what? If you fail to make the wise choices, you might not get through the dessert. 

Games Played Last Week:

02:20 -IKI: Akebono (Koota Yamada, Sorry We Are French, 2023)

08:22 -Inhuman Conditions (Tommy Maranges & Cory O'Brien, Web published, 2018)

13:19 -FlickFleet: Xeno Wars (Jackson Pope & Paul Willcox, Eurydice Games, 2022)

18:09 -Gods Love Dinosaurs (Kasper Lapp, Pandasaurus Games, 2020)

22:35 -That's Not a Hat (Kasper Lapp, Ravensburger, 2023)

26:00 -Fun Facts (Kasper Lapp, Repos Production, 2022)

31:33 -Sail (Akiyama Koryu & Korzu Yusei, Allplay, 2023)

35:51 -Sunrise Lane (Reiner Knizia, Horrible Guild, 2023)

38:55 -Sky Team (Luc Rémond, Le Scorpion Masqué, 2023)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

40:35 Dexterity expansions! Tokyo Highway: Rainbow City and ICECOOL Wizards

41:22 Gaia Project expansion in "late 2024"

42:42 Sand by Devir Games

42:57 Calimala reprint by Alley Cat Games

43:57 Through the Desert on Kickstarter with A Message from the Stars and Switchbacks

44:25 My Favourite Things on Kickstarter: trick-taking and social ranking

45:37 Diablo role-playing and board games

45:59 Dragons Down by Mr. B Games on Kickstarter, inspired by the madness that is Magic Realm

48:35 Feature Game: Through the Desert (Reiner Knizia, KOSMOS, 1998)

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"'Well, I remember it as though it were an episode ago'

Said Walker the Host as he reeled back to clear whatever foreign matter

May have nestled its way into his mighty throat

Many a poor design had met its demise while staring point-blank down

The cavernous barrel of this awesome critical machine

Truly a wonder of nature, this urban gamer

Walker the Host had many a story to tell

And it was a frequent occasion such as this that he did

...

'Say Bigney, do you wanna play games with me?

Say, Bigney, do you wanna play games by my side?

Ah, Bigney, do you wanna play games with me?

Say, Bigney, SAY, BIGNEEEEEY'"

-Walker the Host, lesser-known variant of Tommy the Cat (Primus, 1991)

02:12 AYURIS: Bitoku (Germán P. Millán, Devir, 2021)

Games Played Last Week:

04:32 -Imperial Miners (Tim Armstrong, Portal Games, 2023)

07:34 -Imperium: Legends (Nigel Buckle & Dávid Turczi, Osprey Games, 2021)

12:00 -Knarr (Thomas Dupont, Bombyx, 2023)

12:39 -My Island (Reiner Knizia, KOSMOS, 2023)

16:41 -G.I. JOE Deck-Vuilding Game: New Alliances--A Tranformers Crossover Expansion (Dan Blanchett, Renegade Game Studios, 2023)

21:58 -Anunnaki: Dawn of the Gods (Simone Luciani and Danilo Sabia, Cranio Creations, 2023)

30:33 -Sky Team (Luc Rémond, Le Scorpion Masqué, 2023)

33:51 -Messina 1347 (Raúl Fernández Aparicio & Vladimír Suchý, Delicious Games, 2021)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

40:53 Next Valiant Defense game by David Thompson illustrated by Nils Johansson: Guadalcanal

41:42 Tiny Epic Crimes misallocation shenanigans

42:48 Please support us on Patreon! Or don't, that's cool. Two new bonus episodes coming this week! www.patreon.com/svwag

43:23 Topic: Updating the Canon

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On October 27th, 1962, a man named Vasili Arkhipov saved the world. Literally. Had he not stood up to his commanding officer and refused to launch a nuclear warhead during the Cuban Missile Crisis, the resulting retaliations would have obliterated all human life. Probably the marmosets and gibbons, too. We here at SVWAG think the man deserves a holiday in his honour, especially given that we all owe our lives to him. October 27th is Arkhipov Day.

Games Played Last Week:

01:05 -Undaunted: Stalingrad (Trevor Benjamin and David Thompson, Osprey Games, 2022)

05:56 -Voidfall (Nigel Buckle & Dávid Turczi, Mindclash Games, 2023)

25:58 -Louis XIV (Rudiger Dorn, alea, 2005)

29:46 -Terraforming Mars: The Dice Game (Jacob Fryxelius, FryxGames, 2023)

33:26 -Trailblazers (Ryan Courtney, Bitewing Games, 2023)

37:08 -Argent: Mancers of the University (Trey Chambers, Level 99 Games, 2015)

46:06 -Planet Unknown (Ryan Lambert & Adam Rehberg, Adam's Apple Games, 2022)

48:50 -Cockroach Poker (Jacques Zeimet, Drei Magier Spiele, 2004)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

52:32 Haunted Lands by Ludus Magnus

53:24 Check out sowronggames.com: Searchable episode notes, SVWAG profiles, the Canon, and more!

54:29 Arkhipov Day: Oct. 27th. Celebrate Vasili Arkhipov and his having saved the human race! 

55:30 Feature Game: Zoo Vadis (Reiner Knizia, Bitewing Games, 2023)

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"Somethin' tells me it's all happening at the zoo

I do believe it

I do believe it's true

The monkeys stand for honesty

Giraffes are insincere

And the elephants are kindly but they're dumb

Orangutans are skeptical

Of changes in their cages

And the zookeeper is very fond of rum

Zebras are reactionaries

Antelopes are missionaries

Pigeons plot in secrecy

And hamsters turn on frequently

What a gas, you gotta come and see

At the zoo"

-Simon and Garfunkel, "At the Zoo", clearly written about contemporary board games

01:39 AYURIS: -G.I. JOE Deck-Building Game (T.C. Petty III, Renegade Game Studios, 2021)

Games Played Last Week:

04:28 -Knarr (Thomas Dupont, Bombyx, 2023)

06:05 -Trolls & Princesses (Pim Thunborg, Game Brewer, 2023)

13:14 -Imperium: Legends (Nigel Buckle & Dávid Turczi, Osprey Games, 2021)

17:11 -Neotopia (Orlando Sá and André Santos, Arcane Wonders, 2023)

24:27 -Trailblazers (Ryan Courtney, Bitewing Games, 2023)

28:21 -Federation (Dimitri Perrier and Matthieu Verdier, Explor8, 2022)

34:21 -Whirling Witchcraft (Erik Andersson Sundén, Alderac Entertainment Group, 2021)

37:41 -Cosmoctapus (Henry Audubon, Paper Fort Games, 2023)

40:00 -Paku Paku (Antoine Bauza, Ravensburger, 2017)

42:59 -R (Seiji Kanai, Kanai Factory, 2011)

45:46 -Yura Yura Penguin Mini (Yabuchi Ryoko, Self-published, 2022)

48:06 -Innovation (Carl Chudyk, Asmadi Games, 2010)

54:25 -Don't L.L.A.M.A. Dice (Reiner Knizia, AMIGO, 2021)

55:11 -Almost Innocent (Philippe Attali, Kolossal Games, 2023)

57:59 -Albedo (Kai Herbertz, Herbertz Entertainment UG, 2017)

59:39 -Zoo Vadis (Reiner Knizia, Bitewing Games, 2023)

1:07:02 -A Feast for Odin (Uwe Rosenberg, Feuerland Spiele, 2016)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

1:10:15 Attribution is incredibly important, especially in new media

1:12:00 Doctor Rat: deduction 

1:12:37 International Gamers Awards ceremony: https://www.internationalgamersawards.net/ceremony/2023-ceremony

1:13:23 Warhammer: The Old World is coming back in 2024

1:14:43 Little Plastic Train Company's Deluxe Board Game Train Sets: Wave 2 on Kickstarter 

1:15:29 Duel of Ages' redevelopment, Worldspanner: Factions by Brett G Murrell, soon on Kickstarter

1:17:05 Topic: Calling It a Win

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It's all Fat Bear Week and puns this week, both of which share one important characteristic--they have distended, pendulous bellies. Wait, that wasn't it.

It's that they are both to be respected for their power and danger. Those people you hear about who try to live with bears always suffer the same fates as the serial deployers of puns, in that they are both found dead and alone. 

Games Played Last Week:

01:42 -Undaunted: Stalingrad (Trevor Benjamin and David Thompson, Osprey Games, 2022)

04:45 -Don't L.L.A.M.A. Dice (Reiner Knizia, AMIGO, 2021)

08:02 -Can't Stop (Sid Sackson, Playte Games, 2023)

14:23 -Hybris: Disordered Cosmos (Damien Chauvreau, Aurora Game Studio, 2023)

27:38 -Praga Caput Regni (Vladimír Suchý, Delicious Games, 2020)

28:52 -Fast & Furious: Highway Heist (Prospero Hall, Funko Games, 2021)

32:32 -Trolls & Princesses (Pim Thunborg, Game Brewer, 2023)

37:06 -Battle Card: Series 1 (Nils Johansson and David Thompson, Postmark Games, 2023) 

News (and why it doesn't matter):

40:32 A Study in Emerald 3rd Edition by CMON 

41:43 Star Trek: Into the Unknown

43:36 Mythic shamelessly goes in for yet more money, again, for Darkest Dungeon

45:37 Feature Game: City of the Great Machine (German Tikhomirov, CrowD Games, 2023)

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We turn to yet another discussion of important issues in boardgaming, this time 

WE INTERRUPT YOUR SILLY EPISODE NOTES FOR A SERIOUS ANNOUNCEMENT

It is fat bear week! The possibility of a US federal government shutdown has been averted, and thus the voting public (even foreigners, we won't tell) may vote on which lorge bois of the ursine variety shall take the prize! For those uninitiated, the US National Park Service runs a bracketed competition to determine the preferred corpulent bear. Note: none of these bears are anthropomorphic, nor have any been inadvisably given projectile weapons.

01:20 AYURIS: Ankh: Gods of Egypt (Eric M. Lang, CMON, 2021)

Games Played Last Week:

03:45 -My Island (Reiner Knizia, KOSMOS, 2023)

08:23 -3 Ring Circus (Remo Conzadori and Fabio Lopiano, Devir, 2023)

14:36 -Uprising: Curse of the First Age Expansion (Cornelius Cremin, Pawel Mazur, and Dirk Sommer, Nemesis.Games, 2023)

16:38 -Sky Team (Luc Rémond, Le Scorpion Masqué, 2023)

24:21 -Green Team Wins (Nathan Thornton, 25th Century Games, 2022)

28:42 -Faeries & Magical Creatures (Glenn Drover, Foridden Games, 2023)

34:22 -Aquatica: Cold Waters (Ivan Tuzovsky, Arcane Wonders, 2020)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

38:08 GameTrayz making a new folding table

39:49 Renegade reprinting Hasbro designs: Nexus Ops, Vegas Showdown, Risk: 2210 and Risk Godstorm

40:53 Sci-Fi Undaunted! Undaunted 2200: Callisto

42:31 Consider supporting us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/svwag

43:25 Topic: Games for Mixed Company 

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Any old person could consult Wikipedia, but only the true elite tune in to SVWAG to hear Walker summarize random boat-related articles for them. It's a power move to rival even the most outrageous exploits of the viking peoples. 

Games Played Last Week:

00:50 -Faeries & Magical Creatures (Glenn Drover, Foridden Games, 2023)

05:27 -Dogfight! (Carlo A. Rossi, PSC Games, 2023)

09:48 -Ceylon (Chris Zinsli and Suzanne Zinsli, Ludonova, 2018)

12:10 -Almost Innocent (Philippe Attali, Kolossal Games, 2023)

16:55 -Barrage: The Nile Affair Expansion (Tommaso Battista and Simone Luciani, Cranio Creations, 2022)

22:33 -Jenga Maker (Uncredited, Hasbro, 2022)

25:21 -Dungeons & Dragons: Dungeon Scrawlers--Heroes of Waterdeep (Vangelis Bagiartakis and Konstantinos Karagiannis, WizKids, 2023) 

27:53 -3 Ring Circus (Remo Conzadori and Favio Lopiano, Devir, 2023)

33:16 -Paku Paku (Antoine Bauza, Ravensburger, 2017)

36:39 -Emerge (Adam DeYoung, Pandasaurs Games, 2023)

42:18 -Albedo (Kai Herbertz, Herbertz Entertainment UG, 2017)

44:22 -Sky Team (Luc Rémond, Le Scorpion Masqué, 2023)

48:24 -Battle Card: Series 1 (Nils Johansson and David Thompson, Postmark Games, 2023)

52:33-Wabash Cannonball (John Bohrer, Rio Grande Games, 2023)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

58:54 Uprising: Curse of the Last Emperor expansion contents unboxing and live stream

59:36 New Food Chain Magnate on Gamefound in November by Lucky Duck Games

1:00:52 Second Edition Yokohama (domestic and deluxe) by Synapses Games

1:02:11 Redeveloped Hansa Teutonica with gangster theme being shopped around by Andreas Steding

1:03:05 Ghost in the Shell from River Horse Games coming in 2024

1:03:34 Feature Game: Knarr (Thomas Dupont, Bombyx, 2023)

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We return to the bizarre cant of Letterkenny, invoking specifically the term "ferda," which is a contraction of "for the boys/girls." It is a great way to punctuate a sentence, especially if you do not wish to be understood--but that is true of all cant. Relatedly, if you haven't already, please do peruse our own glossary on sowronggames.com! We are not above our own cant, especially given our penchant for acronyms.

Games Played Last Week:

02:07 -My Island (Reiner Knizia, KOSMOS, 2023)

05:48 -Too Many Bones: Unbreakable (Josh J. Carlson, Adam Carlson, Logan Giannini, and Josh Wielgus, Chip Theory Games, 2023)

11:14 -El Grande (Wolfgang Kramer & Richard Ulrich, Hans im Gluck, 1995)

15:03 -Asgard's Chosen (Morgan Dontanville, Mayfair Games, 2013)

19:07 -Wild Tiled West (Paul Dennen, Dire Wolf, 2023)

24:33 -Dawn of Ulos (Jason Lentz, Thunderworks Games, 2023)

26:41 -Marshmallow Test (Reiner Knizia, Gamewright, 2020)

28:04 -Kabuto Sumo: Total Mayhem (John Brieger, Michael Dunsmore, and Tony Miller, BoardGameTables.com, 2022)

31:46 -Just One (Ludovic Roudy & Bruno Sautter, Repos Production, 2018)

32:31 -Perfect Words (Paul-Henri Argiot, TIKI Editions, 2023)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

34:32 Cheap 3D Catan and Ticket to Ride at Costco

36:34 Bitewing Games to crowdfund Knizia's Cascadeo and Cascadito

37:44 Flatout Games' Nocturne and anthropomorphic animals

39:58 Tiny Mini Golf--generate and then play mini gold courses

40:56 PSA: Friends don't let friends go into Games Workshop lifestyles blindly

45:15 Feature Game: Barcelona (Dani Garcia, Board&Dice, 2023)

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Walker and Huey voted to end the game early, but there were then procedural questions as to whether that warranted a runoff in the French Presidential style. Chip III repeated his preference for a ranked-choice voting system, but he couldn't decide whether his second choice was a single transferable vote or first past the post. Meanwhile, Mark gerrymandered the rest of the table into one sprawling district, and made three new districts intersect at his spine so he got three votes to everyone else's collective one. He moved, seconded, and veto-proofed a motion to the effect that everyone else should stop talking.

00:59 AYURIS: Cryo (Tom Jolly & Luke Laurie, Z-Man Games, 2021)

Games Played Last Week:

03:23 -The Witcher: Old World (Łukasz Woźniak, Go On Board, 2023)

11:55 -My Father's Work (T.C. Petty III, Renegade Game Studios, 2022)

15:09 -City of the Great Machine (German Tikhomirov, CrowD Games, 2023)

20:47 -Gang of Dice (Reiner Knizia, Mandoo Games, 2022)

23:10 -Tinderblox (Rob Sparks, Alley Cat Games, 2020)

24:29 -Cat in the Box: Deluxe Edition (Muneyuki Yokouchi, Bézier Games, 2022)

28:23 -Just One (Ludovic Roudy & Bruno Sautter, Repos Production, 2018)

33:49 -Deception: Murder in Hong Kong (Tobey Ho, Grey Fox Games, 2014)

40:32 -Jenga Maker (Uncredited, Hasbro, 2022)

48:14 -My Island (Reiner Knizia, KOSMOS, 2023)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

53:28 New Can't Stop is being published by Playte Games (magnetic enclosure!)

[EDIT: The episode erroneously attributes the publisher as Tanuki games, but that is the retailer; the publisher is in fact Playte. We apologize for the error.]

54:17 MicroMacro: Crime City - Showdown

55:07 Barrage: New Lands on Kickstarter; new maps

55:36 Planta Nubo by Keller, Odendahl, and Rosenberg

55:56 Apiary by Stonemaier; yet another missed zombibees opportunity

56:52 Battlecrest Year Two by Button Shy 

57:37 Topic: Ending Games Early

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No cats were harmed during the recording of this episode. Official SVWAG cat Chandler (aka Potato aka Chan-Chan aka The Chan-Man) had his dignity challenged when Mark laughed at his strange partially-shaved body, but we don't think that counts. Official SVWAG dog Bruno (aka The Dog) resents human non-walk activities, but again, that probably doesn't count. The editorial gibbons and the HR gibbons colluded to classify Mark and Walker as "sub-animal automated speakboxes" and then took Labour Day off.

Games Played Last Week:

01:10 -Marshmallow Test (Reiner Knizia, Gamewright, 2020)

03:30 -Amun-Re: 20th Anniversary Edition (Reiner Knizia, Alley Cat Games, 2023)

05:52 -Everything Ever (Nathan Thornton, Floodgate Games, 2023)

10:28 -Sushi Boat (Dario Massarenti and Francesco Testini, Japanime Games, 2023)

14:49 -Fit to Print (Peter McPherson, Flatout Games, 2023)

20:58 -That's Not a Hat (Kasper Lapp, Ravensburger, 2023)

22:18 -Lunar Rush (Steven "Skippy" Brown, Dead Alive Games, 2023)

29:03 -Aegean Sea (Carl Chudyk, Asmadi Games, 2023)

37:16 -Lacuna (Mark Gerrits, CMYK, 2023)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

39:08 Snow Planner--dice worker-placement ski resort

39:48 Rats of Wistar by Simone Luciani and Danilo Sabia

41:09 David Thompson and Nils Johansson's Battle Card

42:46 Apology--Aegean Sea cannot be a feature game

43:45 Feature Game: Race to the Raft (Frank West, The City of Games, 2023)

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I was originally going to riff on Ginsberg's Howl, but I confess I had completely forgotten what a monster of a piece it is--redolent in imagery and references that are very much of a time since past. I considered then moving on to Nelson's On the Road Again, and faced the opposite problem--man, that song has some simple lyrics. I guess Shelley and Shakespeare are the sweet spot.

01:24 AYURIS: Praga Caput Regni (Vladimír Suchý, Delicious Games, 2020)

Games Played Last Week:

03:56 -Shadowrift (Jeremy Anderson, Game Salute, 2012)

06:41 -Jetpack Joyride: Deluxe Edition (Michał Gołębiowski, Lucky Duck Games, 2019)

10:18 -Barcelona (Dani Garcia, Board&Dice, 2023)

14:22 -Regicide (Paul Abrahams, Luke Badger, & Andy Richdale, Badgers from Mars, 2020)

17:17 -Project: ELITE (Konstantinos Kokkinis, Sotirios Tsantilas, Artipia Games, 2016)

20:33 -Ready Set Bet (John D. Clair, AEG, 2022)

26:32 -Aegean Sea (Carl Chudyk, Asmadi Games, 2023)

34:52 -So Clover! (François Romain, Repos Production, 2021)

39:02 -Northgard: Uncharted Lands (Adrian Dinu, Shiro Games, 2022)

40:35 -Forest Shuffle (Kosch, Lookout Games, 2023)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

41:39 Borderlands: Mister Torgue's Arena of Badassery looking oddly pedestrian

43:18 Can't Stop! talking about MAGNETS

44:51 Tabletop miniatures games contain multitudes: setting vs. mechanisms

47:58 Topic: Gaming on the Road

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As a certain talk-show huckster was wont to say, we train people how to treat us. Without absolving other people of their own responsibility, we can nonetheless take a certain amount of responsibility for entirely predictable reactions to our own decisions. "Don't feed the troll," goes the internet wisdom, and wise it is--Mark routinely fails to heed that good advice in the face of taunting by Walker. That said, Walker cannot claim to be long-suffering about Mark's mythological digressions while simultaneously goading him with mythologically-themed games. 

Games Played Last Week:

01:41 -Demon Ship (Malev Da Shinobi, Black Site Studios, 2023)

06:05 -Space Base (John D. Clair, AEG, 2018)

10:22 -Snap Ships Tactics (Josh Derksen, Snap Ships, 2023)

15:00 -Knarr (Thomas Dupont, Bombyx, 2023)

19:39 -Quantum (Eric Zimmerman, Funforge, 2013)

23:00 -Orléans Stories (Reiner Stockhausen, dlp Games, 2019)

26:18 -Dracula vs Van Helsing (Maxime Rmbourg and Théo Rivière, Mandoo Games, 2023)

29:02 -Caverna: Frantic Fiends (Karl-Heinz Kettl, Jürgen Mayrhofer, and Uwe Rosenberg, Lookout Games, 2022)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

32:10 After Us, a game of post-apocalyptic apes, features NO GIBBONS. #nogibbonsnosale

32:55 Disney Lorcana price woes; allegations gouging

35:21 Orléans: The Plague. Diverse token printing woes!

36:54 www.patreon.com/svwag

37:54 Agricola 15 is the gift that keeps on taking--redundant components with the expansion

40:39 Check out Howie of What Does It Eat on Judge John Hodgman #630

41:12 Regicide giveaway on Twitch! Saturday, August 26th at 12:00 PM.

41:41 Feature Game: Nidavellir (Serge Laget, GRRRE Games, 2020) 

Nidavellir: Thingvellir (Serge Laget, GRRRE Games, 2020)

Nidavellir: Idavoll (Serge Laget, GRRRE Games, 2022)

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David Hume argued that all ideas are either simple or complex, and that in turn all complex ideas are merely composed of simple ideas. He wasn't a huge fan of some of those complex ideas; he used the example of a chimera, where you take a lion, a snake, and a goat (three simple ideas, but we can quibble with that later if you like) and smush them all together to get a complex idea. Hume was sceptical about complex ideas, to say the least.

We can agree or disagree with Hume on many fronts, and indeed this is a podcast fundamentally aligned with German Idealism; but we would happily ally ourselves with the Humeans to declare with one unified voice that "phygital" is an abomination that must be purged.

01:37 AYURIS: Ultimate Railroads (Helmut Ohley & Leonhard "Lenny" Orgler, Hans im Glück, 2021)

Games Played Last Week:

04:43 -Witchstone: Full Moon (Martino Chiacchiera & Reiner Knizia, R&R Games, 2023)

11:57 -Lacuna (Mark Gerrits, CMYK, 2023)

16:20 -Dice Miner (Joshua DeBonis & Nikola Risteski, Atlas Games, 2021)

18:11 -Pavlov's House (David Thompson, Dan Verssen Games, 2018)

25:06 -Marvel United (Andrea Chiarvesio and Eric M. Lang, CMON, 2020)

30:05 -Demon Ship (Malev Da Shinobi, Black Site Studios, 2023)

36:47 -Caverna: The Forgotten Folk (Uwe Rosenberg & Alex Wilber, Lookout Games, 2018)

42:03 -Pocket Master Builder (Wei-Min Ling, MaiMin Games, 2022)

46:30 -Flick of Faith (Paweł Stobiecki, Jan Truchanowicz, & Łukasz Włodarczyk, Awaken Realms Lite, 2019)

49:45 -Oros (Brandt Brinkerhoff, Aesc Games, 2023)

56:08 -Fantasy Realms: Deluxe Edition (Bruce Galssco, WizKids, 2022)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

58:38 Walker complains about marketing copy buzzwords

59:55 Digital "ownership" vs. "actual" ownership as applied to Altered

1:02:11 Tiny Laser Heist!

1:03:28 Magic: the Gathering Heist at GenCon; persons of interest and incriminating t-shirt 

1:04:58 Richard Garfield's Spynet reborn as Shadow Blades

1:05:56 IANAL, Farms Race and Fair Use

1:11:46 Topic: Cruel Betrayal of Expectations

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There was A Time Before. Historians no doubt will soon abandon the antiquated notions of BCE and CE, and will instead resort to the infinitely more practical Pre-SVWAG and Post-SVWAG eras. In the dim and distant past of Pre-SVWAG, people had the audacity to release games before we could weigh in on them officially. Whether this was borne of opportunism, undue haste, or some other impulse we will not speculate.

03:40 AYURIS: Khôra: Rise of an Empire (Head Quarter Simulation Game Club, IELLO, 2021)

Games Played Last Week:

05:02 -The Defence of Procyon III (Dávid Turczi, PSC Games, 2021)

08:34 -Catacombs: Red Box (Aron West, Elzra, 2022)

10:40 -Snap Ships Tactics (Josh Derksen, Snap Ships, 2023)

17:03 -Wizards of the Grimoire (Cole Banning and Joe Banning, Grimoire Games, 2022)

19:01 -Super Fantasy Brawl (Jochen Eisenhuth, Mythic Games, 2022)

22:59 -Autobahn (Fabio Lopiano and Nestore Mangone, Alley Cat Games, 2022)

24:57 -Age of Civilization (Jeffrey CCH, ICE Makes, 2019)

29:05 -Mists over Carcassonne (Klaus-Jürgen Wrede, Hans im Glück, 2022)

32:36 -That's Not a Hat (Kasper Lapp, Ravensburger, 2023)

34:12 -Wonderland's War (Tim Eisner, Ben Eisner, & Ian Moss, Druid City Games, 2022)

38:50 -Agricola 15 (Uwe Rosenberg, Lookout Games, 2022)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

45:11 GenCon happened

45:54 In response to GenCon hauls, ask what was purchased

46:50 EVE Online gets (another) tabletop adaptation by Titan Forge Games

47:36 Pirates of Maracaibo, pseudo-sequel to Maracaibo

48:13 Guilty Gear: The Board Game by Level 99, in point of fact Exceed Season 7

50:08 Colosseum 3rd edition by Fantasia

51:14 Foundations of Rome minimalistic version called Foundations: Metropolis

51:56 GenCon can't express concern over anti-LGBTQ laws and then re-up with Indiana until 2030

53:34 Topic: Games from the Crypt

Successors 3rd. ed, La révolution française, Sword of Rome, Here I Stand, Loopin' Louie, Die Kutschfahrt zur Teufelsburg, Gunslinger, Battlestar Galactica, Dark Moon, Colosseum, Princes of Florence, Android, Android: Netrunner, New Angeles, Descent, Imperial Assault, Star Wars: Rebellion, Axis and Allies: WWI 1914, Warhammer 40,000, Warhammer Fantasy Battle, Diplomacy, Formula Dé, Inkognito

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Perhaps the greatest lingering question is how and why the Ethnos fantasy races were translated into academic professions for Archeos Society's re-theme. Apparently dwarves (Ethnos) are analogous to photographers (Archeos Society), and orcs (orc board!) are akin to curators. Odd. Halflings into students seems appropriately condescending. 

As much as the comparison stings, though, I can't teally object into making trolls professors. I've met some that truly fit the description.

Games Played Last Week:

03:07 -Race to the Raft (Frank West, The City of Games, 2023)

08:08 -Dorfromantik: The Board Game (Michael Palm and Lukas Zach, Pegasus Spiele, 2022)

14:30 -Too Many Bones: Dart (Adam Carlson & Josh J. Carlson, Chip Theory Games, 2020)

18:10 -Lords of Ragnarok (Adam Kwapiński, Awaken Realms, 2023)

26:58 -Blood Rage: Promos Box (Eric M. Lang, CMON, 2019)

29:23 -Project: ELITE (Konstantinos Kokkinis, Marco Portugal, & Sotirios Tsantilas, CMON, 2020)

32:22 -One Deck Galaxy (Chris Cieslik, Asmadi Games, 2022)

35:35 -Amun-Re: 20th Anniversary Edition (Reiner Knizia, Alley Cat Games, 2023)

42:49 -Cthulhu: Death May Die (Eric M. Lang & Rob Daviau, CMON, 2019)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

46:07 From Chinatown to Waterfall Park; simpler?

47:05 Invincible hero deckbuilding game

48:06 Undaunted: Normandy Early Access on Steam

49:40 Nucleum by Dávid Turczi and Simone Luciani

50:29 Feature Game: Archeos Society (Paolo Mori, Space Cowboys, 2023)

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Some randomness is accepted nearly uncritically by many gamers. Conventional deckbuilders have exceptionally high variance as a rule, but no one bats an eye. We accept that anything martial might have mixed results, even after repeated attempts--in fact, many protest when the wound-making is too deterministic. Tiles from a bag? Sure. The instant that locomotion is involved, though, your typical gamer gets all shirty. 

Magical Athlete would like a word.

Games Played Last Week:

02:52 -Don't L.L.A.M.A. Dice (Reiner Knizia, AMIGO, 2021)

06:00 -Lacuna (Mark Gerrits, CMYK, 2023)

08:25 -Picky Eaters (Tanya Basu and Avi Setton, Le Fou, 2024)

14:42 -Spirit Island: Nature Incarnate (R. Eric Reuss, Greater Than Games, 2023)

15:43 -Time Barons (Jon Perry and Derek Yu, WizKids, 2014)

19:07 -Kemet: Blood and Sand (Jacques Bariot & Guillaume Montiage, Matagot, 2021)

21:40 -Shards of Infinity (Gary Arant & Justin Gary, Stone Blade Entertainment, 2018)

25:36 -Merchant of Venus (Richard Hamblen, Avalon Hill, 1988)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

32:44 Firefighters on Duty; real-time co-op from the team behind Kitchen Rush and Rush M.D.

34:08 Infinity: Endsong--new rules and units for free (as always with Infinity)

35:26 Dorfromantik goes competitive with Das Duell

37:12 Match of the Century by Paolo Mori--Spassky vs. Fischer's 1972 chess championship

39:36 Turbo Kidz--real-time blind racing

40:41 Sunrise Lane by Reiner Knizia and Horrible Guild

41:09 DM-less roleplaying in Bramble Trek

41:28 Mass market fare by Games Workshop--Space Marine and Combat Arena

43:22 Granblue Fantasy skirmish board game

44:05 Feature Game: Expeditions (Jamey Stegmaier, Stonemaier Games, 2023)

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We offer to you a sampler, a little smorgasbord, a variety platter of content from our Patreon. We hope this will placate you in light of our absence last week. If you'd like more, you can of course support us on Patreon. Only if you want to, though. We'll still be wrong either way.

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03:46 Pledge of Indifference 2023-07-06 Audio (we also publish a video version)

03:56 Shipwrights of the North Sea

07:17 Tanares Adventures Ultimate Edition

11:41 Cyclades Legendary Edition

18:14 Buttons & Bugs

20:23 Other pledges: Planet Unknown Supermoon, Stroganov expansion 

(Note: Mark did not end up backing Projekt Riese, but Walker did back Cyclades Legendary Edition)

21:23 BLOAT #18

21:44 World Beyond SVWAG--Returnal's storytelling, emergent vs. narrative storytelling, have difficulty with emergent storytelling in video games, but prefer it in board games, Nikki Valens 

34:45 Meta Media--ethical standards of US Supreme Court, Thurgood and Cecilia Marshall, "dicta," rules textualism, For Sale, Tower of Babel: Reiner Knizia vs. Hans im Glück

52:34 SIZZLER #1

Credit to elevenlabs.io for the introduction voice.

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While we pride ourselves on editorial standards here at SVWAG, we have no shame when it comes to pandering. We thus present to you the episode of SVWAG with the most cat discussion yet. The good news is that Chandler (aka Chan-Chan aka Potato aka SVWAG Cat) is doing extremely well. Could a co-host stint be far behind? Perhaps a guest appearance by Bruno (aka SVWAG Dog)? Whatever we think the market wants.

Games Played Last Week:

02:20 -The Siege of Runedar (Reiner Knizia, Ludonova, 2021)

03:27 -Radiant: Offline Battle Arena (Jack Murray, Heel Turn Games, 2019)

04:26 -Sakura Arms (BakaFire, Level 99 Games, 2022)

05:35 -Blitzkrieg!: World War Two in 20 Minutes (Paolo Mori, PSC Games, 2019)

06:36 -Green Team Wins (Nathan Thornton, 25th Century Games, 2022)

08:24 -Imperium: The Contention (Gary Dworetsky, Contention Games, 2021)

10:08 -Ankh: Gods of Egypt (Eric M. Lang, CMON, 2021)

14:14 -SEAL Team Flix (Pete Ruth & Mark Thomas, WizKids, 2018)

16:49 -Cosmic Frog: Find Muck (Jim Felli, Devious Weasel Games, 2023)

21:45 -Mindbug Beyond (Skaff Elias, Richard Garfield, Marvin Hegen, and Christian Kudahl, Nerdlab Games, 2023) 

23:07 -Neuroshima Hex!: The Year of Moloch (Michał Oracz, Portal Games, 2021)

24:30 -Robotech: Reconstruction (Dr. Wictz, Strange Machine Games, 2023)

30:44 -Challengers! (Johannes Krenner and Markus Slawitscheck, 1 More Time Games, 2022)

36:48 -Heaven & Ale (Michael Kiesling & Andreas Schmidt, eggertspiele, 2017)

39:36 -Night of the Ninja (Justin Gary, Brotherwise Games, 2021)

44:14 -The Resistance (Don Eskridge, Indie Boards & Cards, 2009)

48:25 -Uprising: Curse of the Last Emperor (Cornelius Cremin, Pawel Mazur, & Dirk Sommer, Nemesis.Games, 2021)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

52:27 Please consider supporting us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/svwag

54:15 Wolves by Coyote and Crow Games

55:46 Keep the Heroes Out Boss Battles in October

56:29 Shards of Infinity: Saga on Kickstarter

57:53 Upcoming reprints: Gloomhaven Buttons & Bugs, El Grande, Calimala, Tigris & Euphrates

59:37 American FTC underscores importance of disclosure in media

1:02:48 Stupor Mundi on Board Game Arena prior to crowdfunding

1:04:12 Dogfight!: Rule the Skies in 20 Minutes! Not by Paolo Mori

1:05:05 Feature Game: Ra (Reiner Knizia, alea, 1999)

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Two crowdfunding campaigns stand before you. One only tells lies, the other only tells the truth. Both claim to be innovative and to be able to deliver on time. How do you decide which one to back? Or wait, a crowdfunding campaign launches but during the funding period every individual component is replaced by a new one; is it the same campaign? Or wait, there are five crowdfunding campaigns on one side of a track and one campaign on the other, and this trolley...

02:25 AYURIS: Imperium: The Contention (Gary Dworetsky, Contention Games, 2021)

Games Played Last Week:

03:56 -Tapple (Uncredited, The Op Games, 2021)

06:43 -Undaunted: Battle of Britain (Trevor Benjamin and David Thompson, Osprey Games, 2023)

08:14 -Oh No, Volcano! (Phil Walker-Harding, Buffalo Games, 2023)

10:58 -The Siege of Runedar (Reiner Knizia, Ludonova, 2021)

16:04 -Sakura Arms (BakaFire, Level 99 Games, 2022)

18:17 -Autobahn (Fabio Lopiano and Nestore Mangone, Alley Cat Games, 2022)

22:35 -Sidereal Confluence: Bifurcation (TauCeti Deichmann, WizKids, 2022)

25:55 -For What Remains (Paul Low, David Thompson, & Ricardo Manuel Luis Tomas, DVG, 2020)

30:38 -Cosmic Frog: Find Muck (Jim Felli, Devious Weasel Games, 2023)

34:43 -Root (Cole Wehrle, Leder Games, 2018)

36:48 -Tigris & Euphrates (Reiner Knizia, Hans im Gluck, 1997)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

38:30 Avatar: The Last Airbender Crossroads of Destiny by Prospero Hall

39:10 Spy x Family Love Letter, because of course

39:53 Kaiju Table Battles by Amabel Holland

Designer diary: https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/149425/designer-diary-kaiju-table-battles-or-queer-love-l

41:18 Topic: Credibility in Crowdfunding

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It is a well-known fact, observed by Infinity: the Game, Across the Spider-Verse, and Undaunted: Battle of Britain, that a Sikh man in uniform is always a good look. So here's to pilot Singh in his Hurricane! Not to mention Sergeant Singh in his power armour, and Captain Singh in his Spider-Man movie (in my heart, it is his film).

Games Played Last Week:

01:01 -The Defence of Procyon III (Dávid Turczi, PSC Games, 2021)

11:02 -That's Not a Hat (Kasper Lapp, Ravensburger, 2023)

14:49 -Beyond the Sun: Leaders of a New Dawn (Dennis K. Chan and Joseph Summa, Rio Grande Games, 2023)

19:50 -Thunder Road: Vendetta (Dave Chalkers, Brett Myers, Noah Cohen, Rob Daviau, Justin D. Jacobson, Jim Keifer, and Brian Neff, Restoration Games, 2023)

25:07 -Sherlock Holmes: Baker Street Irregulars (Cédric Asna, Makaka Editions, 2019)

27:26 -It's a Wonderful World (Frédéric Guérard, La Boîte de Jeu, 2019)

31:48 -IKI (Koota Yamada, Sorry We Are French, 2015)

34:41 -Knarr (Thomas Dupont, Bombyx, 2023)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

36:30 Doggerland; 15,000 BCE

36:58 Further confirmation of Paolo Mori's Dogs of War 2nd edition

37:29 Adventure Time RPG from Cryptozoic

37:43 Monty Python Zombicide? Wha...?

38:30 FISH FISH FISH! Nusfjord Big Box

39:37 Aristeia! will see more in the future; Corvus Belli's history of being consumer-friendly

42:23 Planet Unknown: Supermoon expansion and reprint on Gamefound July 7th

43:14 Feature Game: Undaunted: Battle of Britain (Trevor Benjamin and David Thompson, Osprey Games, 2023)

1:04:54 SVWAG Presents Masterpiece Theatre: Fast X

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Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents and everyone is running a Kickstarter. It is trivially easy to string together quotations going back to the dawn of human civilization lamenting how the youth are ruining everything, how the good old days were so great, and wishing we could go back to the golden age. See, I blame it on the baby boomers aging and succumbing more and more to nostalgia. See, in the good old days, before the boomers, we had things in perspective.

01:51 AYURIS: Anno 1800 (Martin Wallace, KOSMOS, 2020)

Games Played Last Week:

03:37 -Yucatan (Guillaume Montiage, Matagot, 2023)

14:06 -Skytear Horde (Giacomo Neri and Riccardo Neri, Skytear Games, 2023)

15:44 -Sorcerer City (Scott Caputo, Druid City Games, 2020)

20:50 -Dungeons & Dragons: Dungeon Scrawlers--Heroes of Waterdeep (Vangelis Bagiartakis and Konstantinos Karagiannis, WizKids, 2023) 

25:36 -Dorfromantik: The Board Game (Michael Palm and Lukas Zach, Pegasus Spiele, 2022)

26:15 -The Red Cathedral: Contractors (Isra C. and Shei S., Devir, 2022)

30:06 -Judgement: Eternal Champions (Gunmeister Games, Creature Caster, 2022) 

36:27 -My City: Roll & Build (Reiner Knizia, KOSMOS, 2022)

40:51 -That's Not a Hat (Kasper Lapp, Ravensburger, 2023)

43:25 -Tinderblox (Rob Sparks, Alley Cat Games, 2020)

45:03 -Radiant: Offline Battle Arena (Jack Murray, Heel Turn Games, 2019)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

48:41 Monopoly Scrabble. What?

49:42 Follow-up: Soldiers in Postman's Uniforms still available!

50:24 Perseverance: Castaway Chronicles episodes 3 & 4

51:27 "Dinosaurs, everybody!" VelociRapture by Xoe Allred

52:51 Knarr by Thomas Dupont, already available on BGA

54:30 Topic: Top 10 Revisited & "Golden Age"

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Mark's enthusiasm for Dungeon Scrawlers is telling. Whereas most children enjoy mazes, drawing, or even colouring, Mark instead as a child enjoyed the programmatic, deterministic mundanity of connect-the-dots. Straight(ish) lines and ascending natural numbers only, please. No doubt at a similar age Walker was already pursuing his jock/theatre kid synthesis, doing a number from Gilbert & Sullivan as his endzone dance after scoring a touchdown. 

01:13 AYURIS: Soldiers in Postmen's Uniforms (David Thompson, Dan Verssen Games, 2021)

Games Played Last Week:

03:32 -Tindaya (Lolo González, Red Mojo, 2022)

06:41 -Radiant: Offline Battle Arena (Jack Murray, Heel Turn Games, 2019)

09:07 -Formula D (Laurent Lavaur & Eric Randall, Asmodee, 2008)

12:15 -Undaunted: Battle of Britain (Trevor Benjamin and David Thompson, Osprey Games, 2023)

16:39 -Orléans (Reiner Stockhausen, dlp Games, 2014)

18:48 -Witchcraft! (Trevor Benjamin, Roger Tankersly, and David Thompson, Salt & Pepper Games, 2023)

23:49 -The Red Cathedral (Israel Cendrero & Sheila Santos, Devir Games, 2020)

26:13 -Castles by the Sea (Jon Benjamin and Michael Xuereb, Brotherwise Games, 2023)

31:12 -Sherlock Holmes: Baker Street Irregulars (Cédric Asna, Makaka Editions, 2019)

33:32 -Dorfromantik: The Board Game (Michael Palm and Lukas Zach, Pegasus Spiele, 2022)

38:51 -Ragnarocks (Gord!, Grey Fox Games, 2022)

41:44 -Princes of the Renaissance (Martin Wallace, Mercury Games, 2016)

50:00 -The Taverns of Tiefenthal (Wolfgang Warsch, Schmidt Spiel, 2019)

52:19 -The Crew: Mission Deep Sea (Thomas Sing, KOSMOS, 2021)

53:40 -Marshmallow Test (Reiner Knizia, Gamewright, 2020)

57:47 -Dice Miner (Joshua DeBonis & Nikola Risteski, Atlas Games, 2021)

58:50 -Dungeons & Dragons: Dungeon Scrawlers--Heroes of Waterdeep (Vangelis Bagiartakis and Konstantinos Karagiannis, WizKids, 2023)

1:00:55 -Viking See-Saw (Reiner Knizia, itten, 2021)

1:03:20 -Thunder Road: Vendetta (Dave Chalkers, Brett Myers, Noah Cohen, Rob Daviau, Justin D. Jacobson, Jim Keifer, and Brian Neff, Restoration Games, 2023)

1:07:25 -Splendor Duel (Marc André and Bruno Cathala, Space Cowboys, 2022)

1:08:51 -Crazy Tower (Alexis Harvey, Félix Leblanc, Manuel-Lucas Bergeron Duhamel, & Mathieu Auger, Synapses Games, 2020)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

1:10:35 Terraria board game by Paper Fort Games

1:11:09 Witchcraft! on Gamefound

1:11:14 Heroscape to be re-resurrected by Renegade Games

1:12:32 Regicide Legacy Badgers from Mars

1:13:46 The Smurfs: Hidden Village board game

1:14:26 Conquest Princess: Fashion is Power

1:15:08 Worms board game by Mantic

1:15:34 Gloomhaven 2nd Edition will have an upgrade pack

1:16:47 Board gamers: Be good allies during Pride Month and oppose book bans

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We are very proud of our strict editorial standards here at SVWAG. Among them is our firm stance on Monty Python references, which are very firmly circumscribed. Philosophers are mentioned all the time, but never the song; and similarly we discuss Mozart here (in two different media!) without any kind of passing gesture to his decomposition. People have tried to smuggle in other references to the show, but those responsible have been sacked.

Games Played Last Week:

01:34 -Dice Hospital: ER--Emergency Roll (Matthew Dunstan and Brett J. Gilbert, Alley Cat Games, 2022)

02:35 -Joan of Arc: Orléans Draw & Write (Ryan Hendrickson and Reiner Stockhausen, dlp Games, 2022)

04:46 -Tinderblox (Rob Sparks, Alley Cat Games, 2020)

06:36 -Similo (Martino Chiacchiera, Hjalmar Hach, & Pierluca Zizzi, Horrible Guild, 2019)

08:21 -Crazy Tower (Alexis Harvey, Félix Leblanc, Manuel-Lucas Bergeron Duhamel, & Mathieu Auger, Synapses Games, 2020)

09:30 -Glenn Drover's Empires: Galactic Rebellion (Don Beyer and Glenn Drover, Eagle-Gryphon Games, 2016)

17:40 -The North: Provenance (John Clowdus, Small Box Games, 2020)

20:45 -Tsukuyumi: Full Moon Down (Second Edition) (Felix Mertikat, Grey Fox Games, 2021)

27:21 -Radiant: Offline Battle Arena (Jack Murray, Heel Turn Games, 2019)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

31:00 Marceline Leiman points out hidden barriers to minoritized people and the importance of accessibility

32:59 Freaky Frogs from Outaspace by Friedemann Friese

33:45 Metal Gear Solid from Emerson Matsuuchi finally being piblished by CMON

35:58 Tankersly, Benjamin, and Thompson reunite with Albert Monteys for Witchcraft! 

36:34 Please support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/svwag

37:46 Feature Game: Lacrimosa (Gerard Ascendi and Ferran Renalias, Devir, 2022)

1:00:13 SVWAG Presents Masterpiece Theatre: Amadeus

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The episode notes will be released in installments. The base pledge, "Generic Non-Sequiturs," will give you the first two sentences and the last sentence. But don't miss out on the "Forced Macross Reference" add-on pack, which gives you sentence five; or the "Austen Allusion" pack featuring sentence four. The ultra-limited "Stupid Kant Wordplay" pack will never be reprinted (until, let's face it, next week's episode notes, when you'll be subjected to some more regardless). Pledge now!

01:29 AYURIS: Vienna Connection (Jakub Poczęty, Przemysław Rymer, Ignacy Trzewiczek, & Jakub Łapot, Portal Games, 2021)

Games Played Last Week:

04:21 -Mindbug Beyond (Skaff Elias, Richard Garfield, Marvin Hegen, and Christian Kudahl, Nerdlab Games, 2023) 

05:59 -Abandon All Artichokes (Emma Larkins, Gamewright, 2020)

06:49 -Crazy Tower (Alexis Harvey, Félix Leblanc, Manuel-Lucas Bergeron Duhamel, & Mathieu Auger, Synapses Games, 2020)

09:03 -Empires: Age of Discovery (Glenn Drover, Eagle-Gryphon Games, 2015)

13:22 -Ierusalem: Anno Domini (Carmen García Jiménez, Devir, 2023)

16:31 -Raccoon Tycoon (Glenn Drover, Forbidden Games, 2018)

19:26 -Agricola 15 (Uwe Rosenberg, Lookout Games, 2022)

20:49 -Cacti (John Clowdus, Small Box Games, 2020)

23:22 -Company of Heroes (Bryan Kromley, Bad Crow Games, 2021)

23:22 -Darkest Dungeon: The Board Game (Nick Niotis and Argyris Poungouras, Mythic Games, 2022)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

34:18 Our take on the Quackalope v. Into the Unknown controversy: Pay-to-play infomercials and editorial content shouldn't mix in board game media 

38:41 Anti-cookie propaganda from the pie partisans

39:10 Spiel des Jahres nominees: Dorfromantik, Fun Facts, and Next Station: London

Kennerspiel des Jahres: Challengers, Iki, and Planet Unknown

41:11 Portal continues to support Neuroshima Hex!: The Merchants Guild

41:21 Catalyst Game Labs kicks off new board game division with Overlords in Training, 

41:53 Battletech starter set in Target

42:52 Topic: Completionism

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It is a truth universally acknowledged in eurogames that every famous historical man (it's almost always a man, of course) had a retinue of about 2-5 hangers-on whose sole job was to impress him. They did this mostly by doing stuff he did; maybe after he did them, maybe running states he conquered, maybe even by doing the stuff he was credited with. Their names are lost to antiquity. All we know is that they liked solid colours, and that the famous dude was most impressed with one of them. 

Games Played Last Week:

00:54 -Lacrimosa (Gerard Ascendi and Ferran Renalias, Devir, 2022)

06:30 -Tapple (Uncredited, The Op Games, 2021)

07:48 -Forests of Pangaia (Thomas Franken, Pangaia Games, 2022)

09:48 -Wizards of the Grimoire (Cole Banning and Joe Banning, Grimoire Games, 2022)

12:46 -Sentinels of the Multiverse (Christopher Badell, Paul Bender, & Adam Rebottaro, Greater Than Games, 2011)

16:51 -So Clover! (François Romain, Repos Production, 2021)

19:07 -Spots (Alex Hague, Jon Perry, and Justin Vickers, CMYK, 2022)

20:42 -Hemloch: Dark Promenade (John Clowdus, Small Box Games, 2017) HEMLOCH 2011

24:41 -Hanamikoji (Kota Nakayama, EmperorS4, 2013)

25:52 -Vengeance: Roll & Fight (Gordon Calleja, Noralie Lubbers, & Dávid Turczi, Mighty Boards, 2022)

29:12 -Spirit Island (R. Eric Reuss, Greater Than Games, 2017)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

29:50 The Pirate Republic: The Africa Gambit

30:15 Guards of Atlantis II can't credit its author on BGG, they're not registered on BGG

30:59 Nine Tiles: Chainsaw Man by Oink Games

32:13 Summer PSA: Be careful of games outside! Cards and tokens will flee and disappear

33:49 Night Witches: Fort Circle Games, Liz Davidson, and David Thompson about the 588th Night Bomber Regiment 

35:16 Feature Game: Darwin’s Journey (Simone Luciani and Nestore Mangone, ThunderGryph Games, 2023)

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"L'enfer, c'est les autres," wrote Sartre, which translates into "why don't nobody wanna play with me?" You see, Sartre only liked his consims and other historical wargames, but people didn't want to join him--possibly on account of there having been less history back in his old-timey days. His angst over unplayed games was the key inspiration of his existentialist philosophy. Camus tried to show him that the answer is to play with randos with his work "The Stranger."  

01:52 AYURIS: Tribune (Karl-Heinz Schmiel, Spielworxx, 2021)

Games Played Last Week:

06:33 -Imperium: The Contention (Gary Dworetsky, Contention Games, 2021)

09:57 -Distilled (Dave Beck, Paverson Games, 2023)

17:25 -Quartermaster General (Second Edition): Total War (Ian Brody, Ares Games, 2020)

22:26 -Sniper Elite: Eagle's Nest (Roger Tankersly and David Thompson, Rebellion Unplugged, 2022)

28:53 -Tapple (Uncredited, The Op Games, 2021)

30:29 -The Great Zimbabwe (Jeroen Doumen and Joris Wiersinga, Splotter Spellen, 2012)

36:52 -Guards of Atlantis II: Tabletop MOBA (Artyom Nichipurov, Wolff Designa, 2021)

41:07 -Hanamikoji (Kota Nakayama, EmperorS4, 2013) 

43:49 -Darwin’s Journey (Simone Luciani and Nestore Mangone, ThunderGryph Games, 2023)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

46:16 Thank to Warmboy, our Discord, and all our listeners

47:18 Walker is disgusted by How to Lose a Guy in 10 DMs

47:53 Planet Unknown reprint/expansion

48:50 Shards of Infinity on crowdfunding

49:52 Ryan Laukat's Creature Caravan

50:28 Mythic Games' serial quasi-extortion; 6: Siege and all upcoming projects 

55:40 Cysmic's many versions; people ask for economy but back the toys

58:44 Walker's patience is running out along with his shelf space

59:30 Faiyum: Privileges expansion

1:00:31 Topic: Right Game, Wrong People

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In the show Ted Lasso (possibly the subject of a future Masterpiece Theatre?), French-Canadian goaltender Zoreaux asks to be called Van Damme. This is partly because people kept mispronouncing his name as "Zorro," and also because he admired the Muscles from Brussels. The point is that even people who thought it was stupid respected his wishes and called him what he wanted to be called, because that's what not being a jerk is. Similarly, ain't nothing necessarily wrong with being called Sally, but if you consistently call someone Sally when they don't want to be called that, you're being a toxic jerk. 

It doesn't have to be a big deal, and we're not the ones making it a big deal. Call people what they want to be called. It costs you nothing and decency is always a good look.

Games Played Last Week:

00:49 -Hot Lead (Reiner Knizia, Bitewing Games, 2022)

02:49 -Masters of the Universe: Fields of Eternia The Board Game (Dave Ketch and Jakub S. Olekszyk, Archon Studio, 2022)

09:48 -Beyond the Sun: Leaders of a New Dawn (Dennis K. Chan and Joseph Summa, Rio Grande Games, 2023)

14:06 -Keep the Heroes Out (Luís Brüeh, Brueh Games, 2022)

18:33 -Theurgy (Charlotte Dowling and Oliver Josiah, The Ministry of Meeples, 2022)

23:37 -Tapple (Uncredited, The Op Games, 2021)

26:52 -Empyreal: Spells & Steam (Trey Chambers, Level 99 Games, 2020)  

29:47-Ethnos (Paolo Mori, CMON, 2017)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

34:06 Cysmic on KickStarter; toys galore

36:10 Guards of Atlantis II

37:24 Go vote for the Golden Geek wards on BGG!

38:00 MasQueOca's exclusionary edits and language; common decency demands proper pronoun use

39:08 Feature Game: Stationfall (Matt Eklund, Ion Game Design, 2023)

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We get introspective this week, or at least as much as the editorial gibbons allow. If we get too deep they get nervous, and as every podcaster will tell you, nervous gibbons are bad for the show. Walker, Mark alleges, is a masochist who sacrifices himself on the altar of speed, which may or may not mean game flow; Walker counters that Mark abuses the takesies-backsies. 

01:50 AYURIS: Imperium: Classics and Imperium: Legends (Nigel Buckle & Dávid Turczi, Osprey Games, 2021)

Games Played Last Week:

06:13 -XenoShyft: Dreadmire (Michael Shinall, CMON, 2017)

11:24 -Raccoon Tycoon (Glenn Drover, Forbidden Games, 2018)

16:01 -Dwellings of Eldervale (Luke Laurie, Breaking Games, 2020)

20:37 -Code of Nine (BakaFire, Z-Man Games, 2012)

22:47 -Akropolis (Jules Messaud, Gigamic, 2022)

25:47 -Ortus Regni (Jon Sudbury, Jon Sudbury Games, 2014)

29:11 -Rallyman: DIRT (Jean-Christophe Bouvier, Holy Grail Games, 2023)

38:21 -Resist! (Trevor Benjamin, Roger Tankersley, and David Thompson, Salt & Pepper Games, 2022)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

41:14 Support us on Patreon! Tons of exclusive content and bennies at www.patreon/svwag 

42:41 Mike Hutchinson's Hobgoblin on Kickstarter

43:34 Walker's Who Asked for This? Call of Duty: The Board Game by Arcane Wonders

44:39 Walker's Who Asked for This? The Last Spell: The Board Games

45:23 Path of Civilization by Fabien Gridel, simultaneous play Civ game

45:48 Altay: Dawn of Civilization by Paolo Mori and Ole Steiness, deck-building/kingdom-building

46:14 Revive: Call of the Abyss expansion

47:15 Bitoku: Resutoran expansion

47:36 Ernest et Célestine, co-operative back-drawing from Space Cow

48:27 Non-Key game from Richard Breese: The Glade

48:59 Topic: The Games Must Flow

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Is there a difference between a fruit salad and a fruit cup? I mean, the first question is whether a fruit cup contains a fruit salad, or if the contents are some other substance; then one can query whether the cup and its contents are a gestalt whole. Let us not forget the prospect of a fruit cup of Theseus, whereby each fruit piece is removed and replaced with an equivalent fruit (I would ask what an equivalent fruit is, but that's getting sidetracked)--is it the same fruit cup? Heraclitus would say you can't take a bite of the same fruit salad twice. There's the somewhat absurd possibility of a fruit cup of Damocles--presumably the fruits therein would have been prepared by Procrustes. 

What I'm getting at is melon is gross.

Games Played Last Week:

00:53 -Just One (Ludovic Roudy & Bruno Sautter, Repos Production, 2018)

01:04 -So Clover! (François Romain, Repos Production, 2021)

04:17 -Green Team Wins (Nathan Thornton, 25th Century Games, 2022)

08:19 -Decrypto (Thomas Dagenais-Lespérance, Le Scorpion Masqué, 2018)

12:08 -Horseless Carriage (Jeroen Doumen and Joris Wirsinga, Splotter Spellen, 2023)

25:57 -Mosaic: A Story of Civilization (Glenn Drover, Forbidden Games, 2022)

28:34 -Planet Unknown (Ryan Lambert & Adam Rehberg, Adam's Apple Games, 2022)

31:47 -Capital Lux 2: Generations (Eilif Svensson & Kristian Amundsen Østby, Aporta Games, 2020)

33:48 -Wizards of the Grimoire (Cole Banning and Joe Banning, Grimoire Games, 2022)

36:53 -Ra (Reiner Knizia, 25th Century Games, 2023)

42:53 -Tiny Turbo Cars (Hjalmar Hach, Alessandro Manuini, Jonathan Panada, Laura Severino, and Giulia Tamagni, Horrible Guild, 2022)

47:46 -Blazon (David Conklin, 25th Century Games, 2023)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

51:45 Ad-free episodes at www.patreon.com/svwag

52:00 Paolo Mori shopping a reprint of Dogs of War

52:48 Support your favourite creators at the BGG Golden Geek Awards!

53:55 Movie rights of Trickerion, Anachrony, and Terraforming Mars sold

55:22 Regicide 2nd edition: now with bards!

56:12 Heavy Gear RPG 4th Edition on KickStarter

58:21 Feature Game: Revive (Helge Meissner, Eilif Svensson, Anna Wermlund, and Kristian Amundsen Østby)

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From Wikipedia:

"Boglins were a series of toy puppets distributed by Mattel. They were created by Tim Clarke, Maureen Trotto, and Larry Mass, and licensed by Seven Towns. The original run of Boglins was released in 1987, coinciding with a "creatures" craze that included Ghoulies, Critters, and Gremlins. Boglins were goblin-themed hand puppets made of flexible rubber and could be manipulated to represent speech and facial expressions."

Games Played Last Week:

01:26 -The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine (Thomas Sing, KOSMOS, 2019)

03:38 -Cartographers: A Roll Player Game (Jordy Adan, Thunderworks Games, 2019)

05:27 -Res Arcana (Thomas Lehmann, Sand Castle Games, 2019)

08:41 -Tribes of the Wind (Joachim Thôme, La Boîte de Jeu, 2022)

10:20 -Steam Up: A Feast of Dim Sum (Pauline Kong, Haymen Lee, and Marie Wong, Hot Banana Games, 2023)

13:20 -Switch & Signal (David Thompson, KOSMOS, 2020)

16:06 -SEAL Team Flix (Pete Ruth & Mark Thomas, WizKids, 2018)

18:30 -Star Fighters: Rapid Fire (Michael Dunsmore and Jordan Nichols, Alley Cat Games, 2023)

22:10 -For Northwood! A Solo Trick-Taking Game (Wilhelm Su, Self-published, 2021)

24:47 -Oak (Wim Goossens, Game Brewer, 2022)

28:28 -Messina 1347 (Raúl Fernández Aparicio & Vladimír Suchý, Delicious Games, 2021)

31:01 -Cysmic (Jason Blake, Star Reach Games, 2023)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

38:20 RIP Klaus Teuber, inventor of Catan. Dan Thurot's obituary: https://spacebiff.com/tag/klaus-teuber/

39:23 Vladimír Suchý and Delicious Games: Evacuation

39:39 Ultimate Innovation: Age 11 for each expansion, Unseen Expansion 

41:15 The List is back! www.sowronggames.com/episodenotes

42:26 Feature Game: Gatefall (Jack Dire, Jack Dire Studios, 2020)

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And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because I told, I told Huey that if Walker moves my games one more time, then, then I'm, I'm quitting, I'm going to quit. And, and I told Dewey too, because Walker's moved my games four times already this year, and they used to be over by the window, and they could see the squirrels, and they were merry, but then, Walker switched from the Swingline to the Boston stapler, but I kept my Swingline stapler because it didn't bind up as much, and I kept the staples for the Swingline stapler and it's not okay because if Walker takes my stapler then I'll set the studio on fire...

01:38 AYURIS: Witchstone (Martino Chiacchiera & Reiner Knizia, R&R Games, 2021)

Games Played Last Week:

04:00 -Skytear Horde (Giacomo Neri and Riccardo Neri, Skytear Games, 2023)

05:54 -Wizards of the Grimoire (Cole Banning and Joe Banning, Grimoire Games, 2022)

09:15 -Codenames (Vlaada Chvátil, CGE, 2015)

14:05 -Pala (Jeffrey D. Allers, Cambridge Games Factory, 2012)

19:17 -Circadians: First Light (S J Macdonald, Garphill Games, 2019)

24:33 -Dice Manor (Garrett Herdter, Arcane Wonders, 2023)

28:25 -A.E.G.I.S.: Combining Robot Strategy Game (Cassandra Clark, Sarah Como, Breeze Grigas, Zach Kettell, Ryan "The Boulder" Richford, and Tom Wozencraft, Zephyr Workshop, 2018)

33:18 -51st State: Master Set--No Man's Land (Joanna Kijanka and Ignacy Trzewiczek, Portal Games, 2023)

38:22 -Aristeia! (Alberto Abal, Jesús Fuster, and David Rosillo, Corvus Belli, 2017) 2020

42:48 -SCOUT (Kei Kajino, Oink Games, 2019)

45:30 -Summoner Wars (Second Edition): Starter Set (Colby Dauch, Plaid Hat Games, 2021)

47:22 -Whale Riders (Reiner Knizia, Grail Games, 2021)

52:06 -Empyreal: Far Corners (Trey Chambers, Level 99 Games, 2022)

54:56 -Ark Nova (Mathias Wigge, Feuerland Spiele, 2021)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

56:46 Alleged Phantom Division will allegedly be on crowdfunding "soon"-ish

57:57 Expansion to Radlands

58:27 Santorini: Riddle of the Sphinx and deluxe Pantheon Edition

1:00:34 New Decrypto expandalone edition with new words

1:02:08 SVWAG Presents Masterpiece Theatre: Barry

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The mighty weremoose is a solitary creature, peaceable until roused to anger. Its only known predator is the American military deciding to once again invade Canada for reasons. When threatened, the weremoose rises to its full bipedal height of 6 meters, whereupon its sheer Chad-esque magnificence causes other creatures of the forest to quail and flee. Soldiers in the presence of this manifestation of the weremoose have been known to spontaneously reconsider their enlistment and retire on the spot.

Games Played Last Week:

01:45 -Cysmic (Jason Blake, Star Reach Games, 2023)

12:26 -Summoner Wars (Second Edition) (Colby Dauch, Plaid Hat Games, 2021)

16:21 -Weather Machine (Vital Lacerda, Eagle-Gryphon Games, 2022)

18:02 -Skytear Horde (Giacomo Neri and Riccardo Neri, Skytear Games, 2023)

21:04 -League of the Lexicon (Stavros Damos and Steven Noble, Two Brothers Games, 2021)

26:02 -Turncoats (Matilda Simonsson, Milda Matilda Games, 2021)

28:20 -Tribes of the Wind (Joachim Thôme, La Boîte de Jeu, 2022)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

33:01 Three Ring Circus by Fabio Lopiano and 

33:54 Silver Bayonets by Joseph McCullough gets the Canada expansion by Ash Barker

34:58 Mantic wins best title award: Dungeon Saga: Origins Legenday Edition

35:19 Gatefall Monsters on Gamefound

36:00 Allies have to do a better job making gaming spaces inclusive, especially at tournaments

39:53 Feature Game: The Wolves (Ashwain Kamath and Clarence Simpson, Pandasaurus Games, 2022)

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Everything's gotta be a competition. "I've seen better walls," scoffs the ingrate. "I've had darker ages," insists the depressive. "Well, I'm a Time Duke," growls the superstar Duke (esq., O.B.E.). It's all right, people. We can accept the superlatives without making it a contest.

Games Played Last Week:

00:58 -Dark Ages: Heritage of Charlemagne (Adam Kwapiński & Andrei Novac, Board&Dice, 2021)

08:04 -Horizons of Spirit Island (Eric R. Reuss, Greater Than Games, 2022)

09:10 -Keyflower (Sebastian Bleasdale & Richard Breese, R&D Games, 2012)

13:02 -Spots (Alex Hague, Jon Perry, and Justin Vickers, CMYK, 2022)

14:07 -Gatefall: Lost in the North Woods (Jack Dire, Jack Dire Studios, 2022)

17:52 -Time Barons (Jon Perry and Derek Yu, WizKids, 2014)

19:44 -Light Speed (James Ernest and Tom Jolly, Cheapass Games, 2003)

23:37 -Tiletum (Simone Luciani and Daniele Tascini, Board&Dice, 2022)

25:21 -Summoner Wars (Second Edition) (Colby Dauch, Plaid Hat Games, 2021)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

28:09 Walker hates embargos, forgets about the thing

28:29 RPGs let you do anything, so why re-create TV scenarios? The Walking Dead RPG

29:33 New Dark Crystal card game, Walker unimpressed

29:50 Mighty Mighty Boards customer service

30:08 Great Western Trail: New Zealand with SHEEP?

31:31 Please support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/svwag

32:32 Feature Game: The Great Wall (Kamil 'Sanex' Cieśla, Robert Plesowicz, & Łukasz Włodarczyk, Awaken Realms, 2021)

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This episode, as all episodes, is brought to you by our crack editorial team of semi-trained gibbons. Always go with gibbons. Cheaper than interns! More personable than rhesus! Less violent than capuchins! Better hygiene than Mark!

Games Played Last Week:

01:05 -Votes for Women (Tory Brown, Fort Circle Games, 2022)

05:19 -Joan of Arc: Orléans Draw & Write (Ryan Hendrickson and Reiner Stockhausen, dlp Games, 2022)

09:54 -Quantum (Eric Zimmerman, Funforge, 2013)

11:54 -Gang of Dice (Reiner Knizia, Mandoo Games, 2022)

14:25 -Libertalia: Winds of Galecrest (Paolo Mori, Stonemaier Games, 2022)

16:49 -Hamlet: The Village Building Game (David Chircop, Mighty Boards, 2022)

21:35 -Claustrophobia 1643 (Croc & Laurent Pouchain, Monolith, 2019)

23:42 -Spots (Alex Hague, Jon Perry, and Justin Vickers, CMYK, 2022)

24:51 -Piazza Rabazza (Guido Hoffman and Jens-Peter Schliemann, Zoch Verlag, 2022)

28:45 -Findorff (Friedemann Friese, 2F-Spiele, 2022)

33:36 -Nemesis: Lockdown (Adam Kwapiński, Awaken Realms, 2022)

37:51 -Blue Lagoon (Reiner Knizia, Blue Orange Games, 2018)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

39:36 Ad-free versions available on Patreon, please alert us to problematic ads

40:05 Reach out to the content creators you enjoy!

40:21 Call for academic submissions! https://boardgameacademics.com/submissions

41:19 Feature Game: Mille Fiori (Reiner Knizia, Schmidt Spiele, 2021)

57:26 SVWAG Presents Masterpiece Theatre: A Knock at the Cabin

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"And Blass is reeling from Yves Saint-Laurent's inverted atomic drop! But wait, who's that running towards the ring? IT'S THE BIG O! Oscar de la Renta is coming to the assistance of his tag-team partner! We thought Pierre Cardin had locked him backstage in his dressing room but no, here he is, steel chair in hand! And he levels YSL with one perfect shot to the head!!! Can you believe it? This the kind of action you can only see on pay-per-view in Versailles!" 

01:24 AYURIS: Trickerion: Legends of Illusion (Richard Amann & Viktor Peter, Mindclash Games, 2015)

Games Played Last Week:

04:06 -Deities (Gary Kim, Mandoo Games, 2022)

08:24 -Manhattan (Andreas Seyfarth, Hans im Glück, 1994)

10:48 -Votes for Women (Tory Brown, Fort Circle Games, 2022)

18:43 -Skytear Horde (Giacomo Neri and Riccardo Neri, Skytear Games, 2023)

23:29 -Barony (Marc André, Matagot, 2015)

24:49 -Don't L.L.A.M.A. Dice (Reiner Knizia, AMIGO, 2021)

24:59 -Antike II (Mac Gerdts, PD-Verlag, 2015)

25:54 -Tribune (Karl-Heinz Schmiel, Spielworxx, 2021)

31:20 -Cockroach Poker (Jacques Zeimet, Drei Magier Spiele, 2004)

31:49 -Karuba (Rüdiger Dorn, HABA, 2015)

34:33 -Fealty (R. Eric Reuss, Asmadi Games, 2011)

37:17-Paperback Adventures (Tim Fowers and Skye Larsen, Fowers Games, 2022)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

41:08 Ad-free versions available on Patreon, please alert us to problematic ads

42:05 Shipyard by Vladimír Suchý being reprinted

42:59 The Battle of Versailles: fashion! Gossip! Celebrities! And... rebuilding Versailles. Ugh.

44:33 Potential SVWAG-Con poll! https://forms.gle/R7pDHNnx5EQXgSUh8

45:08 Topic: New and Improved

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As employers, we gamers are a strange lot. We are expected to feed our workers, house them, give them their raw materials; we tell them where to go, when to work,a nd for how long; we subject them to fires, predation, starvation... and on top of all this, in some games we appear to confiscate all their wages! At least in Food Chain Magnate we occasionally allow them to go to the beach. Under strict supervision. Until we permit them the sweet release of death. I mean, until they "retire." Yeah, that sounds better.

Games Played Last Week:

01:24 -Air, Land, & Sea: Spies, Lies, & Supplies (Jon Perry, Arcane Wonders, 2022)

02:59 -Tinners' Trail (Martin Wallace, Alley Cat Games, 2021)

06:09 -Skytear Horde (Giacomo Neri and Riccardo Neri, Skytear Games, 2023)

11:31 -Great Western Trail: Argentina (Alexander Pfister, eggertspiele, 2022)

16:57 -The Stygian Society (Kevin Wilson, APE Games, 2020)

21:56 -Company of Heroes (Bryan Kromley, Bad Crow Games, 2021)

29:05 -Voyages (Matthew Dunstan and Rory Muldoon, Postmark Games, 2021)

31:53 -Woodcraft (Ross Arnold and Vladimír Suchý, Delicious Games, 2022)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

33:58 Potential SVWAG-Con poll! https://forms.gle/R7pDHNnx5EQXgSUh8

34:40 Support content creators that you like! Reach out and thank someone.

35:26 Wabash Cannonball by John Bohrer to be reprinted by Rio Grande

36:33 Ethnos by Paolo Mori to be reprinted by Space Cowboys: Archeos Society

38:24 General Orders: WWII by David Thompson and Trevor Benjamin

39:29 Guards of Atlantis II reprint with new content on Gamefound in April

41:22 Ravensburger consolidating Quest for El Dorado with Vincent Dutrait art and new expansion: Dragons, Treasures, and Mysteries

42:18 Feature Game: IKI (Koota Yamada, Sorry We Are French, 2015)

1:07:15 SVWAG Presents Masterpiece Theatre: The Last of Us (eps. 1-5)

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You like SVWAG? Their early work was a little too negative for my taste. But when SHUX came out in '20, I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically. The whole podcast has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the episodes a big boost. They've been compared to Elvis Costello, but I think SVWAG has a far more bitter, cynical sense of humor. In '23, SVWAG released this; episode 251, their most accomplished episode. I think their undisputed masterpiece is "gullet regurgitation". An observation so catchy, most people probably don't think about the meaning. But they should, because it's not just about the pleasures of consumption and the importance of digestion. It's also a personal statement about the podcast itself. Hey, Walker!

01:37 AYURIS: Whale Riders (Reiner Knizia, Grail Games, 2021)

Games Played Last Week:
03:42 -Godtear (David Carl, Alex Hall, & Steve Margetson, Steamforged Games, 2019)
08:30 -Aliens: Another Glorious Day in the Corps (Andrew Haught, Gale Force Nine, 2020)
14:17 -LOAD: League of Ancient Defenders (Uncredited, Archon Studio, 2016)
17:49 -Warpgate: Beyond (Artyom Nichipurov, Wolff Designa, 2022)
22:23 -Code of Nine (BakaFire, Z-Man Games, 2012)
26:17 -American Psycho: A Killer Game (Dan Blanchett, Renegade Game Studios, 2022)
30:25 -Sabika (Germán P. Millán, Ludonova, 2022)

News (and why it doesn't matter):
36:15 Bamboo by Sabika's Germán P. Millán
36:53 Cyclades: Legendary Edition
37:52 The closure and bankruptcy of Holy Grail Games
39:16 Expansion to Cosmic Frog! "Find Muck"

40:15 Topic: Gaming Design Trends

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I once saw a video of a woman driving a Shelby GT350 Mustang on the Autobahn. It hit 275 kph without breaking a figurative sweat, roaring its primal power the entire way. I was petrified even watching the video. This is to say nothing of the terror I felt seeing it take offramps at roughly 100 kph, which is not terribly advisable with a vehicle that is not known for its cornering. Of course, there are many sections of the Autobahn with speed limits--and even more with no Mustangs on it at all. Tragedies heaped upon tragedies.

Games Played Last Week:
00:54 -boop. (Scott Brady, Smirk & Laighter Games, 2022)
01:53 -Bag of Chips (Mathieu Aubert and Théo Rivière, Mixlore, 2021)
03:26 -Ginkgopolis (Xavier Georges, Pearl Games, 2012)
05:32 -Street Masters: Aftershock (Adam Sadler & Brady Sadler, Blacklist Games, 2019)
07:10 -Equinox (Reiner Knizia, Plan B Games, 2021)
13:26 -Tammany Hall (Doug Eckhart, IDW Games, 2007)
17:44 -Marvel United (Andrea Chiarvesio and Eric M. Lang, CMON, 2020)
22:19 -Yellow & Yangtze (Reiner Knizia, Grail Games, 2018)
24:31 -Bot Factory (Vital Lacerda and João Quintela Martins, Eagle-Gryphon Games, 2023)
29:06 -The Wolves (Ashwin Kamath and Clarence Simpson, Pandasaurus Games, 2022)

News (and why it doesn't matter):
35:58 Dead Cells by Scorpion Masqué and Antoine Bauza, Ludovic Maublanc, et al
36:35 Puerto Rico 1897 component problems
36:53 Andromeda's Edge on Gamefound: Dwellings of Eldervale in spaaaace
38:04 More MicroMacro: Crime City. Complete the map!
38:39 Funagain distribution woes: Stationfall, Revive, Horseless Carriage
39:34 Jekyll & Hyde vs. Scotland Yard: two-plaayer co-op trick-taking game
40:21 SVWAG on Patreon! www.patreon.com/svwag
40:56 Renegade deck-builders crossover: G.I. Joe & Transformers: New Alliances

42:13 Feature Game: Autobahn (Fabio Lopiano and Nestore Mangone, Alley Cat Games, 2022)


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A comprehensive list of what transpires in RRR would sound like the incoherent ramblings of someone undergoing a very potent trip, which is why we merely indulge in a curated list. While Mark does not retract his naming Decision to Leave as his favourite film of 2022, he will concede that it leads to a less absurdist discussion. It also features slightly fewer dance numbers.

Games Played Last Week:
01:21 -Astra (Patrik Porkoláb, Frigyes Schőberl, and Eszter Krisztina Sas, Mindclash Games, 2022)
03:37 -Much that Is Good and All that Is Evil (Jeeyon Shim, Jeeyon Shim Games, 2022)
06:04 -Wonderland's War (Tim Eisner, Ben Eisner, & Ian Moss, Druid City Games, 2022)
08:30 -Mosaic: A Story of Civilization (Glenn Drover, Forbidden Games, 2022)
12:34 -Pax Ragnarok (Jon Moffat, Unpublished)
17:53 -Street Masters: Twin Tiger (Brady Sadler and Adam Sadler, Blacklist Games, 2018)
19:57 -The Crew: Mission Deep Sea (Thomas Sing, KOSMOS, 2021)

News (and why it doesn't matter):
22:22 Xoe Allred's Persuasion being developed by Wehrlegig Games
23:38 Quartermaster General: East Front Ares Games
24:34 Pride and PrejuDice on Kickstarter
25:19 Hail Caesar 2nd Edition from Warlord Games
26:18 Kabuto Sumo: Beetle Brawl at Target
27:19 Imperial Miners: 51st State with spatial play
28:23 New Sid Sackson's Acquire from Renegade
29:45 Expeditions from Stonemaier: more Jakub Rozalski art; tracing controvery dead?

31:09 Feature Game: Rolling Heights (John D. Clair, AEG, 2023)

54:36 SVWAG Presents Masterpiece Theatre: RRR


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Our favourite Serge Laget game is Senji. "Senji" is a contraction of "Sengoku Jidai," or Warring States Period, which refers to over a century of near total civil war in Japan that started in 1467. Scholars differ as to when it ended, but mostly we can agree that it started when I traded Huey my grandpa in exchange for boats and then he shipped ol' gramps to Louis' estate. I found this out the hard way when my armies marched on Château Louis to be met with my ex-grandpa. I was a bit miffed, but I was able to use Huey's boat to steal his best stuff, so I guess I got over it. Besides, Dewey gave me Huey's son in exchange for some weapons.

01:19 AYURIS: The Red Cathedral (Israel Cendrero & Sheila Santos, Devir Games, 2020)

Games Played Last Week:
02:35 -Autobahn (Fabio Lopiano and Nestore Mangone, Alley Cat Games, 2022)
08:57 -Soda Smugglers (Reiner Knizia, Bitewing Games, 2022)
11:11 -Woodcraft (Ross Arnold and Vladimír Suchý, Delicious Games, 2022)
12:37 -Chinatown (Karsten Hartwig, Z-Man, 1999)
15:21 -Atiwa (Uwe Rosenberg, Lookout Games, 2022)
20:39 -Eclipse: Second Dawn for the Galaxy (Touko Tahkokallio, Lautapelit.fl, 2020)
23:15 -Karate Tomate (Reiner Knizia, AMIGO, 2018)
23:31 -Monikers (Alex Hague and Justin Vickers, CMYK, 2015)
25:45 -Herd Mentality (Rich Coombs and Dan Penn, Big Potato, 2020)
26:50 -Senji (Bruno Cathala & Serge Laget, Asmodee, 2008)

News (and why it doesn't matter):
27:00 Pearl Games closed by Asmodee, but Sébastien Dujardin might resurrect it
28:37 SVWAG Videos! Uwe Rosenberg and Top 10 of 2022
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn7rQYKYwsxouP_7nSza9qQ
29:15 Tom Jolly's Wiz-War on Kickstarter via Steve Jackson Games
30:25 King's Dilemma: Chronicles on Steam

31:03 Topic: Serge Laget


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Ah, you dear internet pedants, I can hear your rapid and ever-present desire for infinite emendations and futile attempts to be comprehensive! "What of the expansion, uhm actually," you demand. We have little experience with the Ginkgopolis expansion, and while it adds several modules, they don't add much to the game--if you catch my subtle distinction.

Games Played Last Week:
01:18 -The Quest for El Dorado: The Golden Temples (Reiner Knizia, Ravensburger, 2019)
05:52 -Heat: Pedal to the Metal (Asger Harding Granerud and Daniel Skjold Pedersen, Days of Wonder, 2022)
11:00 -Last Message (Lee Ju-Hwa and Giung Kim, IELLO, 2021)
15:05 -Hyperborea: Light and Shadow (Andrea Chiarvesio, Maurizio Vergendo, and Pierluca Zizzi, Asterion Press, 2016)
19:10 -Ragnarocks (Gord!, Grey Fox Games, 2022)
23:45 -Undaunted: Stalingrad (Trevor Benjamin and David Thompson, Osprey Games, 2022)
26:18 -Rauha (Johannes Goupy and Théo Rivière, GRRRE Games, 2023)
28:16 -For Sale (Stefan Dorra, Uberplay, 1997)
30:41 -Woodcraft (Ross Arnold and Vladimír Suchý, Delicious Games, 2022)

News (and why it doesn't matter):
34:30 Game Brewer's Trolls and Princesses on Kickstarter
36:02 Expansion to Witchstone: Full Moon
36:40 Nusfjord Big Box: new expansions sold separately
37:54 Gears of War: The Card Game
38:26 SVWAG YouTube Page: new videos
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39:19 Feature Game: Ginkgopolis (Xavier Georges, Pearl Games, 2012)


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Welcome to our year-end eleganza extravaganza! Lists are compiled. Harsh truths confronted. For example, while one generally takes a while to acclimatize to the using the new year in dates, 2022 seemed immediately apt and people switched over effortlessly. 2023 still seems weird, though--as evidenced by the fact that we forgot to change our tags for our 2023 episodes thus far! How embarrassing.

Games Played Last Week:
01:32 -Good Puppers (Chris Cieslik, Asmadi Games, 2021)
03:21 -Woodcrafters (Ross Arnold and Vladimír Suchý, Delicious Games, 2022)
06:55 -Robotech: Reconstruction (Dr. Wictz, Strange Machine Games, 2023)
12:59 -Black Rose Wars (Marco Montanaro, Ludus Magnus Studio, 2019)
18:46 -Ankh: Gods of Egypt--Pharaoh (Erc M. Lang, CMON, 2021)
22:53 -Age of Industry (Martin Wallace, Treefrog Games, 2010) and Age of Industry Expansion: Belgium and USSR (Clause Sirois, Self-published, 2013)
29:17 -Sentinels of the Multiverse (Christopher Badell, Paul Bender, & Adam Rebottaro, Greater Than Games, 2011)
30:25 -Artisans of Splendent Vale (Nikki Valens, Renegade Game Studios, 2022)
37:14 -Lanzerath Ridge (David Thompson, Dan Verssen Games, 2022)

40:42 Top 10s of 2022
1:04:44 Game of the Year 2022
1:07:33 Special Categories


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"I'm head of the class
I'm popular
I'm a quarter back
I'm popular
My mom says I'm a catch
I'm popular
I'm never last picked
I'm in the Green Team clique

Being attractive is the most important thing there is
If you wanna catch the biggest fish in your pond
You have to be as attractive as possible
Make sure to keep your hair spotless and clean
Wash it at least every two weeks
Once every two weeks
And if you see Johnny Football Hero in the hall
Tell him he played a great game
Tell him you liked his choice in the best of three"

-Popular by Nada Surf,
which ought to have been in the Green Team Wins rulebook

Games Played Last Week:
01:09 -Undaunted: Stalingrad (Trevor Benjamin and David Thompson, Osprey Games, 2022)
04:01 -Tiletum (Simone Luciani and Daniele Tascini, Board&Dice, 2022)
08:18 -Green Team Wins (Nathan Thornton, 25th Century Games, 2022)
10:55 -Terracotta Army (Przemysław Fornal and Adam Kwapiński, Board&Dice, 2022)
17:54 -Paperback Adventures (Tim Fowers and Skye Larsen, Fowers Games, 2022)
23:34 -Don't L.L.A.M.A. Dice (Reiner Knizia, AMIGO, 2021)
24:46 -Robotech: Reconstruction (Dr. Wictz, Strange Machine Games, 2021)
29:12 -Hyperborea (Andrea Chiarvesio & Pierluca Zizzi, Asterion, 2014)
34:24 -Roll Camera!: The Filmmaking Board Game (Malachi Ray Rempen, Keen Bean Studios, 2021)

News (and why it doesn't matter):
38:32 Irrgarten der Magier (Magician's Maze): Co-op dexterity with magnets!
40:05 Andrew Parks and Eric Goldberg's Tales of the Arthurian Knights
41:06 Isle of Skye Big Box: Walker Buys Twice Edition
42:16 End of year SVWAG survey! Questions! Prizes! Please help us plan! https://forms.gle/WuqtmUK39xFMAbAb7
42:54 We have a Patreon. www.patreon.com/svwag

44:11 Feature Game: Beowulf: The Legend (Reiner Knizia, KOSMOS, 2005)



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After much popular demand, we present to you the much-anticipated return of Masterpiece Theatre. Our esteemed patron--who is utterly unaware of our existence, such is his focus on his twin demesnes of fastness and furiousness--deserves no less. Of course, should His Grace, the Reverend Doktor Doktor Vincent, Duke of Diesel, Esq. O.B.E. ever condescend to acknowledge us plebs, we would no doubt swoon from appreciation. We would cherish so much as a grunt! Or a cease and desist!

Games Played Last Week:
01:21 -Undaunted: Stalingrad (Trevor Benjamin and David Thompson, Osprey Games, 2022)
05:33 -Time of Empires (David Simiand and Pierre Voye, Pearl Games, 2022)
09:31 -Time Barons (Jon Perry and Derek Yu, WizKids, 2014)
13:51 -Cat in the Box: Deluxe Edition (Muneyuki Yokouchi, Bézier Games, 2022)
18:19 -Green Team Wins (Nathan Thornton, 25th Century Games, 2022)
22:20 -One Deck Galaxy (Chris Cieslik, Asmadi Games, 2022)
26:02 -G.I. Joe Deck-Building Game: Coldsnap Expansion (T.C. Petty III, Renegade Game Studios, 2022)
29:33 -Tidal Blades: Banner Festival (J.B. Howell and Michael Mihealsick, Druid City Games, 2022)
34:16 -Tiny Turbo Cars (Hjalmar Hach, Alessandro Manuini, Jonathan Panada, Laura Severino, and Giulia Tamagni, Horrible Guild, 2022)
News (and why it doesn't matter):
39:59 Knizia's Quo Vadis becomes Zoo Vadis from Bitewing Games
41:13 Kingmaker from 1974 becomes revised from Gibsons Games
42:38 End of year SVWAG survey! Questions! Prizes! Please help us plan! https://forms.gle/WuqtmUK39xFMAbAb7
43:25 Warsurge on Kickstarter: setting and miniature agnostic with unrestricted unit design

45:59 Feature Game: Oak (Wim Goossens, Game Brewer, 2022)

1:11:32 SVWAG Presents Masterpiece Theatre: Glass Onion


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We take no time off for Boxing Day here at SVWAG, a day so named because according to the common law of the King (still feels weird saying that) citizens of the Commonwealth are permitted to punch someone in the face on this day only. It's like a pugilistic The Purge but with the metric system and occasional poutine. The news this week features a number of exemplary game titles. Many a stellar game has crossed our paths purely on the strength of its name, whereas others are so generic as to defy searching. Go ahead, find R on Board Game Geek, or the game Quest. I dare you.

01:59 AYURIS: Dominant Species Marine (Chad Jensen, GMT Games, 2021)

Games Played Last Week:
04:50 -Oak (Wim Goossens, Game Brewer, 2022)
10:59 -Weather Machine (Vital Lacerda, Eagle-Gryphon Games, 2022)
12:42 -Time of Empires (David Simiand and Pierre Voye, Pearl Games, 2022)
23:10 -Wayfarers of the South Tigris (S J Macdonald and Shem Phillips, Garphill Games, 2022)
26:40 -Persuasion (Xoe Allred, Unpublished)
31:31 -Starship Captains (Peter B. Hoffgaard, Czech Games Edition, 2022)
37:22 -Cockroach Poker (Jacques Zeimet, Drei Magier Spiele, 2004)
42:43 -Green Team Wins (Nathan Thornton, 25th Century Games, 2022)
47:53 -Arcana Rising (Tim Armstrong, Grey Fox Games, 2021)
50:12 -R (Seiji Kanai, Kanai Factory, 2011)

News (and why it doesn't matter):
52:35 Much that Is Good, and All that Is Evil: game about the Western Gull
53:08 The Adventures of Robin Hood: Friar Tuck in Danger expansion
54:14 End of year SVWAG survey! Questions! Prizes! Please help us plan! https://forms.gle/WuqtmUK39xFMAbAb7
55:10 Noobs in Space

55:48 Topic: Real-time Games


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All things in SVWAG are glorious, and that applies doubly for our glorious returns. We will also not be taking any additional breaks during the holidays! Yes, we can pledge an uninterrupted broadcast schedule through to the new year--leading directly to our annual end-of-year spectacular. And it shall be what, listeners? Say it with me,
It shall be glorious.

02:24 AYURIS: Bullet♥︎ (Joshua Van Laningham, Level 99 Games, 2021)

Games Played Last Week:
05:08 -Tidal Blades: Banner Festival (J.B. Howell and Michael Mihealsick, Druid City Games, 2022)
08:12 -Riftforce: Beyond (Carlo Bortolini, 1 More Time Games, 2022)
11:29 -Turing Machine (Fabien Gridel and Yoann Levet, Le Scorpion Masqué, 2022)
17:27 -Roll Camera!: The Filmmaking Board Game (Malachi Ray Rempen, Keen Bean Studios, 2021)
23:36 -John Company: Second Edition (Cole Wehrle, Wehrlegig Games, 2022)
29:27 -Horizons of Spirit Island (R. Eric Reuss, Greater Than Games, 2022)
33:20 -Terracotta Army (Przemysław Fornal and Adam Kwapiński, Board&Dice, 2022)
35:37 -Pandemic: Fall of Rome (Matt Leacock & Paolo Mori, Z-Man, 2018)
38:11 -Tiletum (Simone Luciani and Daniele Tascini, Board&Dice, 2022)
39:44 -Brazil: Imperial (Zé Mendes, MeepleBR, 2021)
49:02 -Oak (Wim Goossens, Game Brewer, 2022)
50:46 -Frostpunk: The Board Game (Adam Kwapiński, Glass Cannon Unplugged, 2022)

News (and why it doesn't matter):
52:27 Calico app: cats on your phone
53:20 French website Tric Trac to shut down
54:18 Mythic Games divests itself of several IPs to CMON and Monolith Games
56:01 Sweaty Tryhard vs. Filthy Casual: not meant as insult. New Myers-Briggs to be crafted?
58:10 Inside Job: trick-taking with traitor
58:52 IKI expansion: Akebono. Walker summons the purifying flames.
59:23 Queen games reprints Stefan Feld's city collection with no updates in 9-day campaign. Allegedly.

1:00:35 Topic: Random Events




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Sometimes a game's title leads to it being underplayed. Such is not the case for Carolus Magnus, whose chief downside might be the surplus of excellent aliases (Chuckie Mags, Charlie Big-Big, Carlos Grande, Caroolie Magoonie, et al). Planet Unknown, on the other hand, hardly sticks in one's memory. Planet Lazy Susan, though perhaps a bit clumsy, would have likely generated more interest and most definitely adhered to gamers' memory more.

Games Played Last Week:
01:06 -I.S.S. Vanguard (Andrzej Betkiewicz, Krzysztof Piskorski, Paweł Samborski, and Marcin Świerkot, Awaken Realms, 2022)
08:03 -Teotihuacan: City of Gods (Daniele Tascini & Dávid Turczi, NSKN Games, 2018)
11:51 -Frostpunk: The Board Game (Adam Kwapiński, Glass Cannon Unplugged, 2022)
24:07 -MicroMacro: Crime City--All In (Johannes Sich, Edition Spielwiese, 2022)
27:27 -Endless Winter: Paleoamericans (Stan Kordonskiy, Fantasia Games, 2022)
29:34 -Last Message (Lee Ju-Hwa and Giung Kim, IELLO, 2021)
33:07 -Eriantys (Leo Colovini, Cranio Creations, 2021)
34:41 -War Chest (Trevor Benjamin & David Thompson, AEG, 2018)

News (and why it doesn't matter):
35:39 Snow People on Kickstarter: inexpensive PnP
37:35 "Convention Haul" pictures are often just marketing; audience beware
39:25 Teeter Tower: Dice-rolling stacking game

40:06 Feature Game: Planet Unknown (Ryan Lambert & Adam Rehberg, Adam's Apple Games, 2022)

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Walker has yet to inform us what agenda the aliens are pursuing in Argentina during their relentless campaign of cow abduction. Do the alien overlords practise colonialism in the same way as their human counterparts? Do the inscrutable extraterrestrials differentiate between different humans, perhaps much as they differentiate between cows? Are their secret machinations behind the British East India Company as well? Walker, what are you hiding!

01:54 AYURIS: Faiyum (Friedemann Friese, 2F-Spiele, 2020)

Games Played Last Week:
05:22 -Spire's End: Hildegard (Greg Favro, Favro Ventures, LLC., 2022)
07:36 -Innovation (Carl Chudyk, Asmadi Games, 2010)
07:44 -A Feast for Odin (Uwe Rosenberg, Feuerland Spiele, 2016)
07:50 -Jetpack Joyride: Deluxe Edition (Michał Gołębiowski, Lucky Duck Games, 2019)
08:12 -Ankh: Gods of Egypt (Eric M. Lang, CMON, 2021)
08:35 -Whale Riders (Reiner Knizia, Grail Games, 2021)
09:04 -Wavelength (Alex Hague, Justin Vickers, & Wolfgang Warsch, Palm Court, 2019)
10:29 -Trick Shot (Second Edition) (Artyom Nichipurov, Wolff Designa)
14:07 -Crash Octopus (Naotaka Shimamoto, itten, 2021)
16:17 -Riftforce: Beyond (Carlo Bortolini, 1 More Time Games, 2022)
18:55 -Horizons of Spirit Island (R. Eric Reuss, Greater Than Games, 2022)
20:47 -John Company: Second Edition (Cole Wehrle, Wehrlegig Games, 2022)
27:21 -Sidereal Confluence: Bifurcation (TauCeti Deichmann, WizKids, 2022)
30:34 -Oak (Wim Goossens, Game Brewer, 2022)
33:55 -Persuasion (Xoe Allred, Unpublished)
https://knifebunny.itch.io/persuasion
38:25 -Great Western Trail: Argentina (Alexander Pfister, eggertspiele, 2022)
43:53 -Turncoats (Matilda Simonsson, Milda Matilda Games, 2021)
48:00 -Guards of Atlantis II (Artyom Nichipurov, Wolff Designa, 2022)

News (and why it doesn't matter):
52:30 Spread the news of SVWAG! www.patreon.com/svwag
54:09 CMYK New Boardgame Smell scented candle
55:22 Peanut Butter Belly Time
56:20 Kickstarter projects: Pest & Runar
57:29 Regicide new art, new suit theme for diamonds #savepeanut

59:32 Topic: Deal-Making

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Say what you want about the evils of filthy lucre, but I find it amazing how managers turn communitarian and high-minded when it comes to fair remuneration. "Don't you believe in the project?" "Aren't you committed to the team?" et al get deployed all the time when people want to, you know, get compensated for their work. One can't help but notice that racialized workers and women get subjected to such nonsense at a higher-than-average rate. Volunteerism is noble and good, but stiffing workers is not. When someone is trying to elide the difference, you can bet that they're up to something.

Games Played Last Week:
01:12 -Wonderland's War (Tim Eisner, Ben Eisner, & Ian Moss, Druid City Games, 2022)
04:36 -Fantasy Realms: Deluxe Edition (Bruce Galssco, WizKids, 2022)
08:55 -Lands of Galzyr (Seppo Kuukasjärvi and Sami Laakso, Snowdale Design, 2022)
12:12 -Horizons of Spirit Island (R. Eric Reuss, Greater Than Games, 2022)
15:25 -Weather Machine (Vital Lacerda, Eagle-Gryphon Games, 2022)
19:01 -Resurgence (Stan Kordonskiy, Half-a-Kingdom Games, 2022)
22:17 -Darkest Dungeon: The Board Game (Nick Niotis and Argyris Poungouras, Mythic Games, 2022)
28:23 -Innovation (Carl Chudyk, Asmadi Games, 2010)

News (and why it doesn't matter):
30:10 HeroScape: Age of Annihilation fails to reach crowdfunding goal
32:40 Star Wars: Shatterpoint minis game from Atomic Mass
35:35 Hollandays Sale! Freebie "Watch Out! That's a Dracula!"
36:29 Expensive video game adaptation! Archon's Heroes of Might & Magic III, Steamforged's Elden Ring
38:07 Abusive labour practices in hobby businesses
https://www.dicebreaker.com/companies/pandasaurus-games/feature/pandasaurus-games-workers-allege-toxic-workplace-crunch-burnout-payment-issues

39:45 Feature Game: Dwellings of Eldervale (Luke Laurie, Breaking Games, 2020)

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Most of those time loop movies, while enjoyable, lack any degree of verisimilitude--clearly the chief use of a power to undo time or back up would be to get another chance at not saying something terribly stupid and embarrassing. One wonders if such time travelers would have a yet deeper reservoir of memories of sounding like a total cretin, even though those utterances were never said in the actual timeline (setting aside the multiverse version of time travel, or the "Infinite Douchebag" theory).

01:33 AYURIS: Anachrony: Fractures of Time (Richard Amann, Viktor Peter, Dávid Turczi, & Mindclash Games, 2020)

Games Played Last Week:
03:56 -Free Ride (Friedemann Friese, 2F-Spiele, 2021)
10:36 -Embryo Machine (Giguru Akiguchi and Toshimitsu Shigaki, LionWing Publishing, 2018)
11:31 -Monolyth (Phil Walker-Harding, CMON, 2022)
13:58 -Arcana Rising (Tim Armstrong, Grey Fox Games, 2021)
18:17 -Skymines (Viktor Kobilke and Alexander Pfister, Deep Print Games, 2022)
24:18 -Soda Smugglers (Reiner Knizia, Bitewing Games, 2022)
27:27 -Hot Lead (Reiner Knizia, Bitewing Games, 2022)
30:42 -Pumafiosi (Reiner Knizia, Bitewing Games, 2022)
33:55 -Tiny Turbo Cars (Hjalmar Hach, Alessandro Manuini, Jonathan Panada, Laura Severino, and Giulia Tamagni, Horrible Guild, 2022)
38:02 -Terra Nova (Andreas Faul, KOSMOS, 2022)

News (and why it doesn't matter):
42:16 New Patreon-exclusive show: WIRED, about our Oathsworn campaign.
42:37 Check your Patreon messages if you submitted to get a copy of Horizons of Spirit Island!
43:10 Tragedy Looper: New Tragedies by BakaFire
45:49 Michael Crossman's 100 Post Apocalyptic Vehicular Combat Accessories on Kickstarter
47:07 The Last of Us: Escape the Dark
48:48 Minimalist version of Gatefall by Jack Dire on Kickstarter

50:16 Topic: Dealing with Rules Mistakes

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"Let us go then, you and I,
When the board is spread out against the table
Like a beast euthanized inside a stable;
Let us go, through certain half-deserted tracks,
The muttering attacks
During restless nights of one-play bad games
And sepia box lids with familiar names:
Rules that follow like a tedious argument
Of soporific intent
To lead you to an overwhelming question ...
Oh, do not ask, “What to play?”
Let us go and have our say.

In the room the gamers come and stay
Talking of Asmodee."

-The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock

Games Played Last Week:
00:55 -Keep the Heroes Out (Luís Brüeh, Brueh Games, 2022)
06:49 -Air, Land, & Sea: Spies, Lies, & Supplies (Jon Perry, Arcane Wonders, 2022)
11:46 -Skymines (Viktor Kobilke and Alexander Pfister, Deep Print Games, 2022)
15:00 -Calimala (Fabio Lopiano, ADC Blackfire Entertainment GmbH, 2017)
18:46 -Resist! (Trevor Benjamin, Roger Tankersley, and David Thompson, Salt & Pepper Games, 2022)
21:25 -Tindaya (Lolo González, Red Mojo, 2022)
26:04 -Oathsworn: Into the Deepwood (Jamie Jolly, Shadowborne Games, 2022)

News (and why it doesn't matter):
31:36 Teotihuacan: Deluxe Version in 2023
32:23 Mosaic: Wars & Disasters Expansion on KS: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/954412004/mosaic-wars-and-disasters-expansion
33:28 From The Red Cathedral to The White Castle
35:15 Non-US patrons! Send us a Patreon message for a chance to get a copy of Target-exclsuive Horizons of Spirit Island
36:36 Slay the Spire on KS: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/contentiongames/slay-the-spire-the-board-game
41:36 Dragonlance: Warriors of Krynn by Stephen Baker and ROb Daviau

43:16 Feature Game: Flamecraft (Manny Vega, Cardboard Alchemy, 2022)

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Replete with a robust menagerie in this episode, we perhaps begin to see why anthropomorphic animals seem to feature in every other game lately. We have Dalmations (plus a cow named Doog trying to impersonate a Dalmation), horsies, goats, weasels and wombats (seldom do we see such an august alliteration!), meeses (not to be confused with mooses), and some needed stinkin' badgers. Not a great petting zoo, sure--of limited utility in a game of Ark Nova--but an impressive collection nonetheless.

Games Played Last Week:
02:05 -Spots (Alex Hague, Jon Perry, and Justin Vickers, CMYK, 2022)
02:20 -Long Shot: The Dice Game (Chris Handy, Perplext, 2022)
03:37 -Mountain Goats (Stefan Risthaus, BoardGameTables.com, 2020)
06:10 -Mysterium Park (Oleksandr Nevskiy and Oleg Sidorenko, Libellud, 2020)
09:08 -Oathsworn: Into the Deepwood (Jamie Jolly, Shadowborne Games, 2022)
15:50 -Weasel-Tech (Ivan Sorensen, Nordic Weasel Games, 2021)
21:22 -Hand-to-Hand Wombat (Matthew Inman, Elan Lee, & Cory O'Brien, Exploding Kittens, 2022)
25:02 -Root: The Marauder Expansion (Nick Brachmann, Patrick Leder, Cole Wehrle, and Joshua Yearsley, Leder Games, 2022)
28:45 -Capital Lux 2: Generations (Eilif Svensson & Kristian Amundsen Østby, Aporta Games, 2020)
29:22 -I.S.S. Vanguard (Andrzej Betkiewicz, Krzysztof Piskorski, Paweł Samborski, and Marcin Świerkot, Awaken Realms, 2022)
36:08 -Cult of the Deep (Sam Stockton, B.A. Games, 2022)
39:58 -Strike (Dieter Nüßle, Ravensburger, 2012)

News (and why it doesn't matter):
42:40 Aegean Sea by Carl Chudyk on BackerKit
43:18 All sorts of Patreon-exclusive content and free games! www.patreon.com/svwag
44:27 Canadian patrons! Sent a message through Patreon to possibly win a copy of Horizons of Spirit Island: Tell us your Spirit Name!

46:08 Feature Game: Dead Reckoning (John D. Clair, Alderac Entertainment Group, 2022)

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We apologize for the all-caps implied yelling, but really, given this volume we had to have a corresponding... uh, volume. The puns are also somewhat fishy--but those you can feel free to skip, jack. The nautical theme doesn't end with fishing, as the recent Crash Octopus (when compared with older titles that are comparatively crusty) shone. More specifically given that it's about an octopus and we want to minimize the yelling, it's a safe, low pod.
Wait, no, that's the wrong family. If you wanna shop in latin... you mall, usque?

I'll see myself out.

1:04 AYURIS: Trick Shot (Nikita Krylov & Artyom Nichipurov, Wolff Designa, 2021)

Games Played Last Week:
03:27 -Lords of Hellas: Dark Ages Expansion (Adam Kwapiński, Awaken Realms, 2019)
09:43 -Hallertau (Uwe Rosenberg, Lookout Games, 2020)
12:27 -Keep the Heroes Out (Luís Brüeh, Brueh Games, 2022)
17:37 -Nusfjord (Uwe Rosenberg, Lookout Games, 2017)
21:49 -Santa Maria (Eilif Svensson and Kristian Amundsen Østby, Aporta Games, 2017)
25:47 -Spots (Alex Hague, Jon Perry, and Justin Vickers, CMYK, 2022)
29:37 -Long Shot: The Dice Game (Chris Handy, Perplext, 2022)
33:37 -Oathsworn: Into the Deepwood (Jamie Jolly, Shadowborne Games, 2022)
41:00 -Return to Dark Tower (Tim Burrell-Saward, Isaac Childres, Noah Cohen, Rob Daviau, Justin D. Jacobson, & Brian Neff, Restoration Games, 2022)
43:52 -Car Wars (Sixth Edition) (Samuel Mitschke & Rany Scheunemann, Steve Jackson Games, 2021)
49:39 -Twilight Inscription (James Kniffen, FFG, 2022)
51:47 -Space Cadets: Dice Duel (Geoff Engelstein and Sydney Engelstein, Stronghold, 2013)
53:56 -Scooby-Doo! The Board Game (Guilherme Goulart and Fred Perret, CMON, 2022)
57:32 -Guards of Atlantis II (Artyom Nichipurov, Wolff Designa, 2022)
1:02:50 -Chronicles of Avel (Przemek Wojtkowiak, Rebel Studio, 2021)
1:04:23 -Crash Octopus (Naotaka Shimamoto, itten, 2021)

News (and why it doesn't matter):
1:06:29 Funbrick Series by itten: two Reiner Knizia dexterity games!
1:07:19 Queen's Dilemma, and the consumer's dilemma
1:09:09 Spirit Island: Nature Incarnate on BackerKit. Strangely information-free campaign.
1:12:32 HeroScape campaign floundering.
1:14:08 Another G.I. JOE expansion: Cold Snap
1:14:37 Both Sadler brothers out of professional game design
1:15:26 A reason why we don't do previews
1:16:23 October 27th is Arkhipov Day

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Live at SHUX 2022, we are joined with extra-special guest Quinns from Shut Up and Sit Down! He was clearly thrilled to be with us, as evinced by the following exchange:

Mark: "We're professionals, Quinns."
Quinns: "Citation needed."

02:26 AYURIS: Hallertau (Uwe Rosenberg, Lookout Games, 2020)

Games Played Last Week:
05:11 -The Siege of Runedar (Reiner Knizia, Ludonova, 2021)
09:00 -Marrakesh (Stefan Feld, Queen Games, 2022)
14:18 -Endless Winter: Paleoamericans (Stan Kordonskiy, Fantasia Games, 2022)
20:24 -Sidereal Confluence 10m22s (TauCeti Deichmann, Wizkids, 2017)
25:49 -Regicide (Paul Abrahams, Luke Badger, & Andy Richdale, Badgers from Mars, 2020)
26:10 -Caverna: The Cave Farmers (Uwe Rosenberg, Lookout Games, 2013)
28:31 -Master Word (Gérald Cattiaux, Le Scorpion Masqué, 2020)

News (and why it doesn't matter):
32:42 Terraforming Mars: Dice Game
32:57 Reprint of Yellow & Yangtze: Huang by PHALANX
35:07 Temple of Horrors: Dungeon crawling with shuffleboard combat
36:55 October 27th is Akhipov Day

38:11 Topic: Games that Make You Be Mean

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We apologize for the poor quality of Mark's half of the audio this week. We offer two possible explanations. One is that Walker, motivated as he is by spite and malice, engaged in an elaborate act of sabotage so as to undermine Mark in public. The other is that Mark (the editor, mind you) messed up the audio settings. I agree that the latter is too improbable, too conspiratorial, to take seriously--but we include it for the sake of comprehensiveness.

Games Played Last Week:
01:32 -Twilight Inscription (James Kniffen, FFG, 2022)
05:15 -Heaven & Ale (Michael Kiesling & Andreas Schmidt, eggertspiele, 2017)
07:59 -Blood Rage (Eric Lang, CMON, 2015)
09:07 -Fun Facts (Kasper Lapp, Repos Production, 2022)
12:17 -Albedo: Space Pirates! (Kai Herbertz, Herbertz Entertainment UG, 2018)
13:44 -51st State: Master Set (Ignacy Trzewiczek, Portal, 2016)
14:31 -Renegade (Richard Wilkins, Victory Point Games, 2018)
17:31 -Flamecraft (Manny Vega, Cardboard Alchemy, 2022)
19:42 -Massive Darkness 2: Heavenfall (Alex Olteanu & Marco Portugal, CMON, 2021)
22:12 -Oneironauts (Oleksandr Nevskiy, IGAMES, 2022)
26:12 -Now Boarding (Tim Fowers, Fowers Games, 2018)
29:25 -Return to Dark Tower (Tim Burrell-Saward, Isaac Childres, Noah Cohen, Rob Daviau, Justin D. Jacobson, & Brian Neff, Restoration Games, 2022)

News (and why it doesn't matter):
33:40 Cthulhu: Death May Die Season 3 coming to KS
35:41 Persona 5 co-op card game by Atlus and Pandasaurus in October '23
36:12 Spiel in Essen! For example, Cyclades 2
37:03 SHUX '22 is a wrap! Thank you, everyone! Live show with Quinns incoming
37:39 Roundtable discussion with BGB released on Patreon, note about review copies
38:39 Video review of Space Station Phoenix: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibG5qf1Rwm0
39:14 Daybreak by Matt Leacock on Backerkit
40:18 Arkhipov Day! In recognition of Vasily Arkhipiv saving the entire world on October 27, 1962, we celebrate Arkhipov Day on October 27th.

40:49 Feature Game: Heroscape (Stephen Baker, Rob Daviau, & Craig Van Ness, Hasbro, 2004)

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001
You approach a door. Test perception. If you fail, go to paragraph 105. If you succeed, go to paragraph 166.

105
You fail to notice a sharp thing, so you step on it and take 1 wound. Go to paragraph 166.

166
On the other side of the door are things you must kill for reasons. Dig out tiles 2B, 4A, 6A, 8B and 12B and get ready for some paperwork.

02:23 AYURIS: Tungaru (Louis Malz & Stefan Malz, Alley Cat Games, 2020)

Games Played Last Week:
03:48 -Blood Rage (Eric Lang, CMON, 2015)
06:29 -Wormholes (Peter McPherson, Alderac Entertainment Group, 2022)
09:16 -Envelopes of Cash (Andy Schwarz, Envelopes of Cash LLC, 2022)
13:52 -Fateforge: Chronicles of Kaan (Gordon Calleja, Mighty Boards, 2023)
18:44 -Albedo: Yggdrasil (Kai Herbertz, Herbertz Entertainment UG, 2019)
22:47 -Anachrony: Fractures of Time (Richard Amann, Viktor Peter, Dávid Turczi, & Mindclash Games, 2020)
27:58 -Trudvang Legends (Jordy Adan, Fel Barros, Guilherme Goulart, Eric M. Lang, Marco Maggi, Francesco Nepitello, Umberto Pignatelli, & Fabio Tola, 2022)
34:13 -Long Shot: The Dice Game (Chris Handy, Perplext, 2022)
37:10 -Hanabi (Antoine Bauza, ABACUSSPIELE, 2010)
40:42 -G.I. Joe Deck-Building Game: Shadow of the Serpent Expansion (Matt Hyra, Renegade Game Studios, 2022)
42:45 -The Mirroring of Mary King (Jim Felli, Devious Weasel Games, 2022)

News (and why it doesn't matter):
44:45 SHUX! September 30-October 2. SVWAG on stage for two live shows on October 1.
46:25 We stream games on Twitch and rebroadcast those session on Youtube! Most recently, Anachrony.
47:09 Space Dwarfs aka "Squats" from Games Workshop:
https://www.warhammer-community.com/2022/09/13/welcome-to-the-big-leagues-who-are-the-five-biggest-leagues-of-votann/
47:50 Fuse: Countdown expandalone

48:21 Topic: What a Campaign Needs

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Even the steadfastly Imperial Americans are familiar with metric measurements of distance, volume, and temperature; but alas, the metric French Republican calendar has fallen by the wayside. Consisting of 12 months of exactly 30 days each (3 10-day weeks) with 5 (or 6, for leap years) interstitial days called "complementary days." I mean, you couldn't call them holidays what with your trying to purge religious influence on your calendar! In a fun twist, each of the 360 normal days, instead of Saint's Days, was meant to commemorate the "treasures of the rural economy." Like horseradish day (Frimaire 12), or rabbit day (Nivôse 15). Even more exotic was metric time, and don't get me started on that.

Games Played Last Week:
01:31 -Tobago: Volcano (Bruce Allen, Zoch Verlag, 2020)
03:50 -Ascension Tactics: Miniatures Deckbuilding Game (Justin Gary & Ryan Sutherland, Stone Blade Entertainment, 2021)
06:18 -Uprising: Curse of the Last Emperor (Cornelius Cremin, Pawel Mazur, & Dirk Sommer, Nemesis.Games, 2021)
08:50 -Resist! (Trevor Benjamin, Roger Tankersley, & David Thompson, Salt & Pepper Games, 2022)
14:07 -The Adventures of Robin Hood (Michael Menzel, KOSMOS, 2021)
15:44 -Regicide (Paul Abrahams, Luke Badger, & Andy Richdale, Badgers from Mars, 2020)
16:38 -51st State: Master Set (Ignacy Trzewiczek, Portal, 2016)
18:16 -Swords around the Throne (Renaud Verlaque, My Kind of Games, 2022)
23:23 -Wormholes (Peter McPherson, Alderac Entertainment Group, 2022)
27:04 -Blitz Bowl: Season 2 (James M. Hewitt, Games Workshop Ltd., 2020)

News (and why it doesn't matter):
33:07 SHUX! September 30-October 2. SVWAG on stage for two live shows on October 1.
33:22 Unboxed: Board Game Experience and Design by Gordon Calleja and MIT Press releases October 4.
34:13 Pandemic everything! Star Wars: The Clone Wars--A Pandemic System Game
34:35 Mac Gerdts' Crossing Oceans
35:43 International Gamers Awards winners announced: Carnegie, Ark Nova, and Cascadia.
[EDIT: In the broadcast we mistakenly refer to the International Gamers Awards as the International Gaming Awards. We apologize for the error.]
36:14 Disney trading card game: Disney Lorcana

37:47 Feature Game: Capital Lux 2: Generations (Eilif Svensson & Kristian Amundsen Østby, Aporta Games, 2020)

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We encourage elaborate deception in this week's episode. Go on designers, up your game. While we can't accept anything from you in terms of gifts or donations, you can totally fool us. Stack yourselves three deep in a trenchcoat! Pretend to be long-lost, estranged, and newly-dead relatives! Don silly hats and fake moustaches!

Games Played Last Week:
01:00 -Monumental (Matthew Dunstan, Funforge, 2020)
06:37 -Spirit Island: Jagged Earth (R. Eric Reuss, Greater Than Games, 2020)
08:52 -Ragusa (Fabio Lopiano, Braincrack Games, 2019)
12:52 -Dead Reckoning (John D. Clair, Alderac Entertainment Group, 2022)
18:04 -Castles of Mad King Ludwig: Collector's Edition (Ted Alspach, Bézier Games, 2022)
22:04 -Space Weirdos: A Skirmish Heartbreaker (Casey Garske, Garske Games, 2021)
27:29 -Oathsworn: Into the Deepwood (Jamie Jolly, Shadowborne Games, 2022)
34:38 -Battlecrest: Fellwoods Base Game (Dustin Dobson & Milan Zivkovic, Button Shy, 2022)

News (and why it doesn't matter):
37:53 We have a Patreon. Please keep mum about it, designers! www.patreon.com/svwag
39:11 Fun Facts by Repos Production
39:40 David Thompson and BeyondSolitaire working on a game about the Night Witches
40:31 Almost Innocent on KS: co-op deduction
40:52 Come Together and hold a music festival

41:44 Feature Game: Mosaic: A Story of Civilization (Glenn Drover, Forbidden Games, 2022)

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Fatal Fury 3's subtitle was Road to the Final Victory, ironic given that there were then four more Fatal Fury titles (the first's subtitle was The King of Fighters, which is its own huge delightful kettle of fish). While Fatal Fury Special (the actual third Fatal Fury title, which made 3 the fourth, please do keep up) was worthy in its own right, 3 is clearly where the Fatal Fury series hit its stride. This is to say nothing of the introductions of Ryuji Yamazaki and Blue Mary!
It's either this or Kant, folks.

01:25 AYURIS: Dogs of War (Paolo Mori, CMON, 2014)

Games Played Last Week:
03:12 -Cosmic Frog (Jim Felli, Devious Weasel Games, 2020)
06:20 -Flotilla (J.B. Howell & Michael Mihealsick, WizKids, 2019)
07:55 -Massive Darkness 2: Hellscape (Alex Olteanu & Marco Portugal, CMON, 2022)
09:29 -Dead and Breakfast (Rodrigo Rego, Braincrack Games, 2018)
12:12 -So, You've Been Eaten (Scott Almes, LudiCreations, 2022)
16:13 -Fateforge: Chronicles of Kaan (Gordon Calleja, Mighty Boards, 2023)
20:27 -Ice Floes & Foes (Kees Meis & Dennis Merkx, Keep Exploring Games, 2021)
23:35 -Sentinels of the Multiverse (Christopher Badell, Paul Bender, & Adam Rebottaro, Greater Than Games, 2011)
27:52 -Santorini (Gord!, Roxley, 2016)

News (and why it doesn't matter):
29:02 Chip Theory Games gifting board game media types with swords
30:09 Vital Lacerda and Ian O'Toole: Inventions: Evolution of Ideas
30:40 HeroScape will be distributed by Hasbro's crowdfunding platform, HasLab
31:34 Astra from Mindclash games: straight to retail

32:18 Topic: Efficiency Euros

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Not every game needs to be four huge boxes full of other boxes and plastic. Some can be delightfully simple games... with boxes that are too big due to crowdfunding. Other games could be underappreciated Reiner Knizia classics brought to a new underappreciating audience! Via, I guess, the medium of crowdfunding. Hm. I suppose I don't have a point, except that we, like pearls before swine or a Knizia before a gamer, are ungrateful contradictory ingrates.

Games Played Last Week:
01:58 -Meadow (Klemens Kalicki, Rebel Studio, 2021)
07:26 -Chronicles of Avel (Przemek Wojtkowiak, Rebel Studio, 2021)
10:42 -Massive Darkness 2: Hellscape (Alex Olteanu & Marco Portugal, CMON, 2022)
13:36 -Noli (Jack Caesar & Alessio Cavatore, River Horse Ltd., 2022)
18:40 -Barrage: The Leeghwater Project (Tommaso Battista & Simone Luciani, Cranio Creations, 2019)
22:30 -Stephenson's Rocket (Reiner Knizia, Pegasus Spiele, 1999)
25:19 -The Mirroring of Mary King (Jim Felli, Devious Weasel Games, 2022)
29:05 -Oathsworn: Into the Deepwood (Jamie Jolly, Shadowborne Games, 2022)
36:23 -Siege of Mantua (Amabel Holland, Hollandspiele, 2022)

News (and why it doesn't matter):
41:01 Friedemann Friese's Findorff
41:46 SLightly more HeroScape news on Hasbro Pulse
43:50 Revive by Aporta Games

44:40 Feature Game: It's a Wonderful World (Frédéric Guérard, La Boîte de Jeu, 2019) and It's a Wonderful Kingdom (Frédéric Guérard, La Boîte de Jeu, 2021)

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I met a gamer from an antique land
Who said: “Two vast and trunkless legs of plastic
Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed:
And on the pedestal these words appear:
'My name is Cool Mini or Not, Kickstarter of Kickstarters.
Look on my pledges ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that Colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.

-Percy Bysshe Shelley's "Cool Mini or Not"

01:17 AYURIS: Empyreal: Spells & Steam (Trey Chambers, Level 99 Games, 2020)

Games Played Last Week:
03:21 -Marvel Dice Throne (Gavan Brown, Nate Chatellier, & Manny Trembley, Roxley, 2022)
05:39 -Yggdrasil Chronicles (Cédric Lefebvre, Ludonaute, 2019)
09:51 -Brian Boru: High King of Ireland (Peer Sylvester, Osprey Games, 2021)
14:37 -Massive Darkness 2: Hellscape (Alex Olteanu & Marco Portugal, CMON, 2022)
16:26 -Paint the Roses (Ben Goldman, North Star Games, 2022)
18:20 -Décorum (Harry Mackin, Charlie Mackin, & Drew Tenenbaum, Floodgate Games, 2022)
21:24 -Horizon Wars: Zero Dark (Robey Jenkins, Precinct Omega Publishing, 2020)
23:11 -Skull (Hervé Marly, Asmodee, 2011)
23:37 -Dungeons & Dragons: Dungeon Scrawlers--Heroes of Undermountain (Vangelis Bagiartakis & Konstantinos Karagiannis, Wizkids, 2021)
24:57 -So Clover! (François Romain, Repos Production, 2021)
27:04 -Hour of Need (Adam Sadler & Brady Sadler, Blacklist Games, 2022)
29:58 -Framework (Uwe Rosenberg, Edition Spielwiese, 2022)
29:58 -Nova Luna (Uwe Rosenberg & Corné van Moorsel, Edition Spielwiese, 2019)
31:03 -Cerebria: The Inside World (Richard Amann, Viktor Peter, István Pócsi, Frigyes Schőberl, Nick Shaw, & Dávid Turczi, Mindclash Games, 2018)
35:42 -XenoShyft: Onslaught (Keren Philosophales & Michael Shinall, CMON, 2015) and Dreadmire (Michael Shinall, CMON, 2017)
37:32 -Fateforge: Chronicles of Kaan (Gordon Calleja, Mighty Boards, 2023)

News (and why it doesn't matter):
41:59 AGL Tournament Pack--Bixie Edition for Aristeia!
42:37 FFG's Star Wars: The Deckbuilding Game
42:50 Pandasaurus and Elizabeth Hargrave's The Fox Experiment

44:06 Topic: Done with CMON?

1:05:23 SVWAG Presents Masterpiece Theatre: Prey

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The Smart Car was truly out-of-the-box thinking. "Why do passenger cars all have to be the way they are?" asked some clever group of designers, and designed the minimalistic teensy Smart Car. Of course, the challenges posed by manufacturing the little thing, or driving the little thing on a highway, or walking away from a crash in the little thing, proved to be compelling arguments in favour of more traditional passenger car manufacture. What I'm saying is that sometimes the box exists for a reason, notwithstanding the virtues of experimentation.

Games Played Last Week:
01:48 -The Guild of Merchant Explorers (Matthew Dunstan & Brett J. Gilbert, AEG, 2022)
06:25 -Street Masters (Adam Sadler & Brady Sadler, Blacklist Games, 2018)
11:37 -Oltréé (Antoine Bauza & John Grümph, Studio H, 2021)
17:08 -Massive Darkness 2: Hellscape (Alex Olteanu & Marco Portugal, CMON, 2022)
21:46 -Paint the Roses (Ben Goldman, North Star Games, 2022)
24:04 -Groundhog Day: The Game (Propsero Hall, Funko Games, 2021)
26:21 -Framework (Uwe Rosenberg, Edition Spielwiese, 2022)
29:11 -Circadians: Chaos Order (S J Macdonald & Zach Smith, Garphill Games, 2022)
33:59 -For Science! (R. Eric Reuss, Grey Fox Games, 2021)
35:39 -Vengeance (Gordon Calleja, Mighty Boards, 2018)

News (and why it doesn't matter):
42:24 Tiletum from Daniele Tascini and Simone Luciani, update on the Daniele Tascini controversies
44:47 HeroScape will not return with pre-painted minis and ode to American retail
47:31 SVWAG at the Shut Up & Sit Down Expo: SHUX! September 30 - October 2

47:45 Feature Game: Space Station Phoenix (Gabriel J. Cohn, Rio Grande Games, 2022)

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There was a time you could just stroll in a big box store in the United States and just buy a miniatures skirmish game that was actually pretty good. Sure, it didn't have analog movement or anything, but it used true line of sight and had amazing plastic terrain. So much plastic. Like, a whole lot. One the one hand, Hasbro says they're bringing HeroScape back, but on the other, ain't no way it's coming back the same as it was. They're going to bleed us dry for those little pre-painted dolls--even assuming they're still pre-painted, that is.

Games Played Last Week:
02:22 -My Father's Work (T.C. Petty III, Renegade Game Studios, 2022)
04:20 -Kleos (Jim Kavanagh, Azure Horizon Games, 2021)
08:14 -Meeple War (Max Valembois, Blue Cocker Games, 2016)
10:23 -Imperium: The Contention (Gary Dworetsky, Contention Games, 2021)
12:24 -Neuroshima Hex! 3.0: Beasts (Joanna Kijanka, Portal Games, 2021)
13:48 -Catch the Moon (Fabien Riffaud & Juan Rodriguez, Bombyx, 2017)
15:09 -A Feast for Odin: The Norwegians (Gernot Köpke & Uwe Rosenberg, Feuerland Spiele, 2018)
16:45 -Zeppelin Attack! (Eric B. Vogel, Evil Hat Productions, 2014)
19:22 -Arctic Scavengers (Robert K. Gabhart, Rio Grande Games, 2009)
20:43 -Capital Lux 2: Generations (Eilif Svensson & Kristian Amundsen Østby, Aporta Games, 2021)
23:04 -Wonderland's War (Tim Eisner, Ben Eisner, & Ian Moss, Druid City Games, 2022)
26:53 -Flourish (James A. Wilson & Clarissa A. Wilson, Starling Games, 2021)

News (and why it doesn't matter):
29:37 Everdell digital on Steam by Dire Wolf
30:37 www.patreon.com/svwag
31:39 HeroScape: Age of Annihilation announced at GenCon
34:35 Imperium: Horizons expandalone for Classics/Legends with 14 new civilizations
37:05 SVWAG at the Shut Up & Sit Down Expo: SHUX! September 30 - October 2

37:19 Feature Game: Carnegie (Xavier Georges, Quined Games, 2022)

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Times are bad. Children no longer listen to their elders and everyone is running a Kickstarter. When I started this hobby I had no idea I would get a crash course in international shipping and logistics. Back in the day you might have had a friend in Germany send you the hot new thing, now you're tracking to see when the container ship with your stuff gets to leave port in China.

01:24 AYURIS: Beyond the Sun (Dennis K. Chan, Rio Grande Games, 2020)

Games Played Last Week:
03:42 -Legacy of Dragonholt (Nikki Valens with Daniel Clark, Tim Flanders, Annie VanderMeer Mitsoda, & Greg Spyridis, FFG, 2017)
09:51 -Dungeons & Dragons: Dungeon Scrawlers--Heroes of Undermountain (Vangelis Bagiartakis & Konstantinos Karagiannis, Wizkids, 2021)
11:36 -The Great Wall (Kamil 'Sanex' Cieśla, Robert Plesowicz, & Łukasz Włodarczyk, Awaken Realms, 2021)
15:08 -Eriantys (Leo Colovini, Cranio Creations, 2021)
20:28 -Northgard: Uncharted Lands (Adrian Dinu, Shiro Games, 2022)
26:14 -Space Station Phoenix (Gabriel J. Cohn, Rio Grande Games, 2022)
30:07 -Don't L.L.A.M.A. Dice (Reiner Knizia, AMIGO, 2021)
31:21 -Circadians: Chaos Order (S J Macdonald & Zach Smith, Garphill Games, 2022)
37:35 -Mosaic: A Story of Civilization (Glenn Drover, Forbidden Games, 2022)

News (and why it doesn't matter):
47:38 Peter Pan by Marc Paquien
48:07 Reprint of Traumfabrik: Nightmare Productions (by Trick or Treat Productions)
48:29 Return of the 7th Sea CCG
48:45 Deal with the Devil: hidden roles, app-driven, huge theological questions
49:26 Bloodstones by Martin Wallace
50:31 SVWAG at the Shut Up & Sit Down Expo: SHUX! September 30 - October 2

51:11 Topic: Does the Industry Demand Too Much?

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Much talk of animals this week, what with wombats and mass animal harvesting in Stroganov. Mark's experience was that despite covering many hot-button issues in his medical ethics classes, the one that invariably produced the most voluble emotional responses was that of medical testing on animals. Pit Bull owners, in particular; despite there being no medical testing of the type discussed on Pit Bulls. Go figure.

Games Played Last Week:
01:03 -San Francisco (Reiner Knizia, Rebel Studio, 2022)
04:44 -Ca$h 'n Guns: Second Edition (Ludovic Maublanc, Repos Production, 2014)
06:69 -Carnegie (Xavier Georges, Quined Games, 2022)
08:15 -Vengeance (Gordon Calleja, Mighty Boards, 2018)
10:17 -Dungeons & Dragons: Dungeon Scrawlers--Heroes of Undermountain (Vangelis Bagiartakis & Konstantinos Karagiannis, Wizkids, 2021)
12:58 -Dungeons, Dice & Danger (Richard Garfield, alea, 2022)
15:44 -Space Station Phoenix (Gabriel J. Cohn, Rio Grande Games, 2022)
20:09 -The Great Wall (Kamil 'Sanex' Cieśla, Robert Plesowicz, & Łukasz Włodarczyk, Awaken Realms, 2021)
23:08 -Hand-to-Hand Wombat (Matthew Inman, Elan Lee, & Cory O'Brien, Exploding Kittens, 2022)
26:38 -Transmissions (Adam West, CrossCut Games, 2022)
27:54 -Legacy of Dragonholt (Nikki Valens with Daniel Clark, Tim Flanders, Annie VanderMeer Mitsoda, & Greg Spyridis, FFG, 2017)

News (and why it doesn't matter):
32:06 SVWAG at the Shut Up & Sit Down Expo: SHUX! September 30 - October 2
32:30 SVWAG back on YouTube: Video review of Stars of Akarios' Prelude
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXJrOXhZz0E
32:42 Gordon Calleja's Fateforge: Chronicles of Kaan
33:33 Undaunted: Battle of Britain
34:37 Ascending Empires: Zenith edition 2023 WizKids
35:48 Hickory Dickory
36:20 Spirit Island: New Horizons Target-exclusive
38:42 CMON's Dune: War for Arrakis

39:20 Feature Game: Stroganov (Andreas Steding, Game Brewer, 2021)

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We celebrate the release of a palindrome episode with the glorious news of the return of SHUX, the Shut Up & Sit Down Expo. Perhaps more relevantly, SVWAG are invited guests! Both Mark and Walker will be in Vancouver from September 30th to October 2nd. Now that you know where they will be, you can more efficiently avoid them. Or you could go play a game with them, whatevs.

02:54 AYURIS: Tidal Blades: Heroes of the Reef (Tim Eisner & Ben Eisner, Druid City Games, 2020)

Games Played Last Week:
05:45 -Vengeance: Roll & Fight (Gordon Calleja, Noralie Lubbers, & Dávid Turczi, Mighty Boards, 2022)
10:05 -Regicide (Paul Abrahams, Luke Badger, & Andy Richdale, Badgers from Mars, 2020)
10:52 -Scape Goat (Jon Perry, Indie Boards & Cards, 2020)
12:54 -Battlelore 2nd Edition (Richard Borg & Robert A. Kouba, FFG, 2013)
15:57 -Millennium Blades: Collusion (Joshua Van Laningham & D. Brad Talton, Jr., Level 99 Games, 2021)
21:32 -Golem (Flaminia Brasini, Virginio Gigli, & Simone Luciani, Cranio Creations, 2021)
22:42 -Clash of the Gladiators (Reiner Knizia, Rio Grande Games, 2002)
27:17 -Guards of Atlantis II (Artyom Nichipurov, Wolff Designa, 2022)
28:22 -Ghost Adventure (Wlad Watine, Buzzy Games, 2020)
31:36 -Orléans (Reiner Stockhausen, dlp Games, 2014)
33:01 -Shamans (Cédrick Chaboussit, Studio H, 2021)
37:19 -Carnegie (Xavier Georges, Quined Games, 2022)
38:39 -Scythe (Jamey Stegmaier, Stonemaier Games, 2016)
39:44 -The Guild of Merchant Explorers (Matthew Dunstan & Brett J. Gilbert, AEG, 2022)

News (and why it doesn't matter):
41:09 Discordia by Bernd Eisenstein
41:25 Spiel des Jahres Winner: Cascadia from Randy Flynn and Flatout Games, Kennerspiel Living Forest from Aske Christiansen and Ludonaute
41:52 The Wordle nightmare evolves into board form
42.32 Sabika by Germán P. Millán
43:00 SVWAG at the Shut Up & Sit Down Expo: SHUX! September 30 - October 2

43:57Topic: Fumbling towards a New Normal
Video: Board Game Design: How COVID 19 changed the board game industry forever
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QM190p6MiPk

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It's a weird little thematic disconnect when you're not sure who or what your avatar in-game is. Perhaps we have swallowed corporate personhood so fully that we can easily accept playing as a corporation but balk a little at an amorphous group of power brokers--or a faceless protagonist channeling tree spirits.


Games Played Last Week:
01:51 -The Great Wall (Kamil 'Sanex' Cieśla, Robert Plesowicz, & Łukasz Włodarczyk, Awaken Realms, 2021)
08:19 -Stars of Akarios (Brendan McCaskell & Jonathan Thwaites, OOMM, 2022)
12:16 -Messina 1347 (Raúl Fernández Aparicio & Vladimír Suchý, Delicious Games, 2021)
[EDIT: An earlier version of this episode uncritically parroted the dodgy history of the game's purported setting. We apologize for the error and will address it further.]
13:56 -So Clover! (François Romain, Repos Production, 2021)
16:01 -Rush Out! (Thomas Dupont, Sit Down!, 2021)
19:43 -Vengeance: Roll & Fight (Gordon Calleja, Noralie Lubbers, & Dávid Turczi, Mighty Boards, 2022)
23:30 -Project L (Michal Mikeš, Jan Soukal, & Adam Spanel, Boardcubator, 2020)
26:45 -Ark Worlds: MOBA Inspired Hero Engagements Game (Orion McClelland, Unpossible Game Labs, 2021)
31:04 -Reichbusters: Project Vril (Jake Thornton, Mythic Games, 2020)
32:42 -The Silver Bayonet (Joseph McCullough, Osprey Games, 2021)
37:30 -Barrage (Tommaso Battista & Simone Luciani, Cranio Creations, 2019)
38:12 -Regicide (Paul Abrahams, Luke Badger, & Andy Richdale, Badgers from Mars, 2020)
38:34 -Aquatica (Ivan Tuzovsky, Cosmodrome Games, 2019)

News (and why it doesn't matter):
40:35 Grand Carnival expansion and Kittens Love Sushi on Kickstarter
41:32 Omicron Protocol: Critical Condition on Kickstarter
42:25 So far so good for Board Game Arena under Asmodee? T&E, Regicide, El Grande

44:17 Feature Game: Sakura Arms (BakaFire, Level 99 Games 2022)

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Enjoy the works of Thomas Lehmann while you can! Despite the lack of player interaction of Dice Realms, Mr. Lehmann has violated local, provincial, and federal law by not supplying a solo mode. International treaty has also been flouted by the absence of a campaign. I fear he may be put in boardgame jail as a consequence. Can he build a tableau convincing enough as his defence? His attorney, Dr. Gonzo, does not inspire much confidence.

Games Played Last Week:
01:01 -Titan (Matthieu Podevin, Holy Grail Games, 2022)
09:25 -Carnegie (Xavier Georges, Quined Games, 2022)
12:58 -Core Worlds: Nemesis (Andrew Parks, Quixotic Games, 2021)
16:36 -Transmissions (Adam West, CrossCut Games, 2022)
19:11 -burncycle (Josh J. Carlson & Shannon Wedge, Chip Theory Games, 2022)
21:41 -Lancaster: Big Box (Matthias Cramer & Wolfgang Panning, Queen Games, 2015)
27:49 -Sleeping Gods (Ryan Laukat, Red Raven Games, 2021)
31:21 -Shamans (Cédrick Chaboussit, Studio H, 2021)

News (and why it doesn't matter):
34:49 FlickFleet: Xeno Wars on Gamefound
36:12 Village Big Box
36:39 Puerto Rico decolonized: Puerto Rico 1897
37:53 Furnace expansion: Interbellum
38:25 BoardGameGeek signs deal to push Gamegenic sleeves. Too little independent media in boardgaming?

40:22 Feature Game: Dice Realms (Thomas Lehmann, Rio Grande Games, 2022)

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Mark had to reign himself in considerably this week, what with the song temptations of the Talking Heads followed by his favourite torch song teased by Welcome to the Moon. He also tried to workshop a Gourds of Atlantis joke, but responses were--to put it mildly--not encouraging. It wasn't a total loss, as he managed to sneak in some Norse mythology in Telestrations. So that's... something.

Games Played Last Week:
01:11 -XenoShyft: Onslaught (Keren Philosophales & Michael Shinall, CMON, 2015)
06:21 -Azul: Queen's Garden (Michael Kiesling, Next Move Games, 2021)
09:55 -Spirit Island (R. Eric Reuss, Greater Than Games, 2017)
11:42 -Dungeons & Dragons: Dungeon Scrawlers--Heroes of Undermountain (Vangelis Bagiartakis & Konstantinos Karagiannis, Wizkids, 2021)
13:41 -Telestrations (Uncredited, USAopoly, 2009)
19:17 -Trickerion: Legends of Illusion (Richard Amann & Viktor Peter, Mindclash Games, 2015)
20:40 -Psycho Killer (Michael Wilkinson, Escape Tabletop Games, 2020)
23:47 -Welcome to the Moon (Alexis Allard & Benoit Turpin, Blue Cocker Games, 2021)
25:47 -Yak (Michael Luu, Pretzel Games, 2022)
26:44 -Dice Realms (Thomas Lehmann, Rio Grande Games, 2022)
32:44 -Yokohama Roll & Write (Hisashi Hayashi, OKAZU Brand, 2021)
34:54 -Stars of Akarios (Brendan McCaskell & Jonathan Thwaites, OOMM, 2022)

News (and why it doesn't matter):
39:22 Spirit Island expansion to be funded on BackerKit; new crowdfunding options
40:55 Galactic Renaissance by Christian Martinez of Inis; the "Political Trilogy" by Matagot

42:05 Feature Game: Guards of Atlantis II (Artyom Nichipurov, Wolff Designa, 2022)

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The dam has burst, and the flow of large player-count games rushes without signs of abating. We are willing to be sufficiently foolhardy to gather in larger groups, so the demand for 6+ player games has skyrocketed; and with it, the chance to return to old favourites. Dare we call it... a party?

Games Played Last Week:
02:22 -Guards of Atlantis II (Artyom Nichipurov, Wolff Designa, 2022)
07:46 -Thor (Reiner Knizia, Heidelberger Spieleverlag, 2002)
10:37 -Reichbusters: Project Vril (Jake Thornton, Mythic Games, 2020)
12:13 -Just One (Ludovic Roudy & Bruno Sautter, Repos Production, 2018)
13:28 -Wits & Wagers (Dominic Crapuchettes, North Star Games, 2005)
13:58 -For Sale: Advisors (Stefan Dorra, Eagle-Gryphon Games, 2021)
17:39 -The Guild of Merchant Explorers (Matthew Dunstan & Brett J. Gilbert, AEG, 2022)
19:21 -Empyreal: Spells & Steam (Trey Chambers, Level 99 Games, 2020)
21:20 -Yak (Michael Luu, Pretzel Games, 2022)
23:28 -Trial by Trolley (Scott Hauser, Skybound Games, 2020)
26:59 -The Chameleon (Rikki Tahta, Big Potato, 2017)
28:09 -Cockroach Poker (Jacques Zeimet, Drei Magier Spiele, 2004)
28:49 -Blood Bound (Kalle Krenzer, Fantasy Flight Games, 2013)

News (and why it doesn't matter):
31:49 Joan of Arc: Orléans Draw & Write, Yokohama Roll & Write
32:53 KS: Metropolys becomes Skyrise, Septima from Mindclash, and Bot Factory from Lacerda
33:29 RIP Maureen Hiron, hall-of-fame designer of Continuo and many others

34:14 Feature Game: Golem (Flaminia Brasini, Virginio Gigli, & Simone Luciani, Cranio Creations, 2021)

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Walker yearns for a universal grammar, a sort of iconograhic Esperanto. That is a bridge too far for Mark, but they nonetheless find common ground on certain time terms and certain graphical conventions. They may be alone, of course, but they would rather that everyone deferred to their intuitions.

01:17 AYURIS: The Castles of Tuscany (Stefan Feld, alea, 2020)

Games Played Last Week:
03:17 -Unsettled (Marc Neidlinger & Tom Mattson, Orange Nebula, 2021)
08:45 -Sniper Elite: The Board Game (Roger Tankersly & David Thompson, Rebellion Unplugged, 2022)
12:48 -Hidden Leaders (Andreas Müller, Markus Müller, & Raphael Stocker, BFF Games, 2022)
15:18 -For Science! (R. Eric Reuss, Grey Fox Games, 2021)
17:41 -Stars of Akarios (Brendan McCaskell & Jonathan Thwaites, OOMM, 2022)
25:13 -Omicron Protocol (Brendan Kendrick & Bernie Lin, Dead Alive Games, 2022)
31:14 -Ark Nova (Mathias Wigge, Feuerland Spiele, 2021)
32:10 -Warpgate (Artyom Nichipurov, Wolff Designa, 2018)
33:45 -Shards of Infinity (Gary Arant & Justin Gary, Stone Blade Entertainment, 2018)

News (and why it doesn't matter):
34:36 TOYS! Snap Ships Tactics
36:09 CMON: Cyberpunk 2077 and Zombicide Flip and Write. Whee.
36:58 DVG Reprints & Dice: Pavlov's House and Soldiers in Postman's Uniforms
37:53 War of the Ring Card Game by Ian Brody
38:24 Drags 2 Riches: Eleganza Deckbuilding Extravanganza
39:00 MicroMacro Crime City All-In: Sept 22

39:28 Topic: Let's Get on the Same Page

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After a purgatorial thirteen months, Mark will be released from his Cain-like wanderings and allowed to repatriate to Kingston where he will get to be home. He figures that if Immanuel Kant got to be world famous before the age of global communications without leaving a 50 kilometer radius of his hometown, he has more than paid his dues. If anyone wants him to attend a function in the future, they had best plan on getting married and/or dying in close proximity to Mark's home.

01:43 AYURIS: Lost Ruins of Arnak (Elwen & Mín, CGE, 2020)

Games Played Last Week:
03:51 -Foundations of Rome (Emerson Matsuuichi, Arcane Wonders, 2022)
07:05 -Golem (Flaminia Brasini, Virginio Gigli, & Simone Luciani, Cranio Creations, 2021)
10:56 -Token Terrors: Battlegrounds (John de Campos & Phillip Doccolo, Terrible Games, 2020)
16:50 -Switch & Signal (David Thompson, KOSMOS, 2020)
19:13 -Unsettled (Marc Neidlinger & Tom Mattson, Orange Nebula, 2021)
27:09 -Ark Nova (Mathias Wigge, Feuerland Spiele, 2021)
28:21 -The Bridges of Shangri-La (Leo Colovini, Uberplay, 2003)
32:09 -Merchants of the Dark Road (Brian Suhre, Elf Creek Games, 2022)
36:09 -Paper Tales (Masato Uesugi, Stronghold, 2017)
38:31 -Memoir '44 (Richard Borg, Days of Wonder, 2004)
41:52 -Iwari (Michael Schacht, ThunderGlyph Games, 2020)

News (and why it doesn't matter):
44:51 Ghost Adventure: spinning, grabbing, tilting!
45:57 Uwe Rosenberg's Atiwa (Ghana)
47:42 Idavoll for Nidavellir: giants, Aesir, and more
49:33 Terra Mystica minus tracks becomes Terra Nova?
50:24 Terraforming Mars: Dice Game

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Multi-Deck System Games! Canadian content! Kevin Bacon! So many digressions in an episode packed with so much culture it couldn't even fit in one of Vin Diesel's muscle shirts. We do, however, focus on games long enough to rhetorically ask--with several stress patterns--of David Thompson: who is this guy? As a note, during the time of the taping of this episode, David Thompson released five more excellent board games. Oh, sorry, I type slowly, make that six.

01:23 AYURIS: Fort (Grant Rodiek, Leder Games, 2020)

Games Played Last Week:
03:36 -Contra: The Board Game (Adam Sadler & Brady Sadler, Blacklist Games, 2022)
08:23 -Hour of Need (Adam Sadler & Brady Sadler, Blacklist Games, 2022)
13:58 -Paint the Roses (Ben Goldman, North Star Games, 2022)
17:41 -Sniper Elite: The Board Game (Roger Tankersly & David Thompson, Rebellion Unplugged, 2022)
24:31 -SCOUT (Kei Kajino, Oink Games, 2019)
26:48 -Hidden Leaders (Andreas Müller, Markus Müller, & Raphael Stocker, BFF Games, 2022)
30:09 -Foundations of Rome (Emerson Matsuuichi, Arcane Wonders, 2022)
34:18 -Stroganov (Andreas Steding, Game Brewer, 2021)
37:44 -burncycle (Josh J. Carlson & Shannon Wedge, Chip Theory Games, 2022)
44:48 -For Sale (Stefan Dorra, Uberplay, 1997)

News (and why it doesn't matter):
46:39 Support the show on Patreon, by word of mouth, or don't. You do you!
48:56 Fantasy Realms Deluxe. With sleeves!
49:35 Arcs by Leder Games on Kickstarter now. Trick-taking!
50:27 Batman: Gotham City Chronicles Season 3. New rulebook!

52:48 Topic: Designer Spotlight: David Thompson
[EDIT: The actor who co-starred in Tremors is named Michael Gross. We regret the error.]

1:17:45 SVWAG Presents Masterpiece Theatre: The Pentaverate

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On Mark's drive across Canada (the first time), he stopped in Drumheller, Alberta for some dinosaur tourism. It has a truly impressive nodosaur specimen. The nodosaur is a close relative of the ankylosaur, a key difference being the former's lack of a thagomizer, the club-like appendage at the end of an ankylosaur's tail. Mark bought a plastic ankylosaur as a souvenir. Its name is Angie.
Perseverance doesn't have any ankylosaurs or nodosaurs. A shame.

Games Played Last Week:
00:53 -Planet Unknown (Ryan Lambert & Adam Rehberg, Adam's Apple Games, 2022)
04:53 -Carnegie (Xavier Georges, Quined Games, 2022)
11:16 -Imperium: Legends (Nigel Buckle & Dávid Turczi, Osprey Games, 2021)
15:08 -Titan (Matthieu Podevin, Holy Grail Games, 2022)
21:19 -Hour of Need (Adam Sadler & Brady Sadler, Blacklist Games, 2022)
27:25 -Get on Board: New York & London (Saashi, IELLO, 2022)
28:31 -Omicron Protocol (Brendan Kendrick & Bernie Lin, Dead Alive Games, 2022)

News (and why it doesn't matter):
34:05 Starship Captains by CGE (not Vlaada)
34:56 Leave the Church in the Village: Quoridor-esque?
35:50 Spiel des Jahres Nominees: Cascadia, SCOUT, Top Ten. Kennerspiel: Living Forest, Cryptid, Dune: Imperium
37:13 Escape from New York

38:07 Feature Game: Perseverance: Castaway Chronicles Episodes 1 & 2 (Richard Amann, Thomas Vande Ginste, Viktor Peter, Wolf Plancke, & Dávid Turczi, Mindclash Games, 2022)

1:09:53 SVWAG Presents Masterpiece Theatre: The Kid Detective

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We received a number of questions of a more personal nature which we have decided not to address. This is only partially out of a sense of privacy. Rather, we are firmly of the editorial position that the show is best when we focus on games, rather than the personal details of the hosts. We pride ourselves in only wasting a certain amount of your valuable time, and were we to indulge in more personal digressions that could easily balloon the show well beyond the limits of absurdity.

01:08 AYURIS: Flotilla (J.B. Howell & Michael Mihealsick, WizKids, 2019)

Games Played Last Week:
04:10 -Ark Nova (Mathias Wigge, Feuerland Spiele, 2021)
07:26 -Massive Darkness 2: Hellscape (Alex Olteanu & Marco Portugal, CMON, 2022)
11:40 -Foundations of Rome (Emerson Matsuuichi, Arcane Wonders, 2022)
13:31 -Planet Unknown (Ryan Lambert & Adam Rehberg, Adam's Apple Games, 2022)
17:45 -Ghosts of Christmas (Taiki Shinzawa, BoardGameTables.com, 2022)
20:00 -Imperium: The Contention (Gary Dworetsky, Contention Games, 2021)
21:26 -Legendary Inventors (Frédéric Henry, Bombyx, 2016)
22:50 -Capital Lux 2: Generations (Eilif Svensson & Kristian Amundsen Østby, Aporta Games, 2021)
26:22 -Paint the Roses (Ben Goldman, North Star Games, 2022)
29:40 -Space Alert (Vlaada Chvátil, Czech Games Edition, 2008)
30:57 -Reichbusters: Project Vril (Jake Thornton, Mythic Games, 2020)

News (and why it doesn't matter):
32:02 Tough Calls: Dystopia; negotiation reminiscent of Durance?
33:05 Anunnaki: Dawn of the Gods is back, revised, on Kickstarter #noTyrnosale
34:10 Awlrach the Drowner from Games Workshop

34:49 Topic: Omnibus Questions Charlie Bravo

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Inquiring minds demand to know, and we, your humble servants, must perforce answer. Mark resists the urge to elaborate on Kant and Macross! Walker resists the siren call of nineties hip hop! Such feats of iron will are the least of what our curious and/or trolling listeners deserve.
(It's the curious trolls that always get you in the end)

01:21 AYURIS: Babylonia (Reiner Knizia, Ludonova, 2019)

Games Played Last Week:
03:05 -Switch & Signal (David Thompson, KOSMOS, 2020)
05:30 -Cryptid: Urban Legends (Hal Duncan & Ruth Veevers, Osprey Games, 2022)
09:21 -Horrified: American Monsters (Michael Mulvihill, Ravensburger, 2021)
11:48 -Massive Darkness 2: Hellscape (Alex Olteanu & Marco Portugal, CMON, 2022)
18:29 -Perseverance: Castaway Chronicles Episode 1 (Richard Amann, Thomas Vande Ginste, Viktor Peter, Wolf Plancke, & Dávid Turczi, Mindclash Games, 2022)
22:42 -Core Worlds: Empires (Christopher Guild & Andrew Parks, Quixotic Games, 2021)
30:47 -Paint the Roses (Ben Goldman, North Star Games, 2022)
35:19 -Envelopes of Cash (Andy Schwarz, Envelopes of Cash LLC, 2022)
40:17 -Fjords (Franz-Benno Delonge & Phil Walker-Harding, Grail Games, 2022)
42:55 -Capital Lux 2: Pocket (Eilif Svensson & Kristian Amundsen Østby, Aporta Games, 2021)

News (and why it doesn't matter):
46:30 Age of Steam Deluxe with new maps and no authorial attribution
47:05 Reprint of classic game Inkognito
48:40 David Thompson's RESIST! on Gamefound May 12th
49:09 Point Salad Pokémon version
49:56 Kingdom Builder: Empire Edition for exorbitant monies

51:57 Topic: Omnibus Questions Charlie Alpha

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I wanna be where the patients are
I wanna see, wanna see 'em coughin'

Buildin' your wings, you don't get too far
Clients are required for billing, charging

Up where they sneeze, up where they shudder
Up where they stay all day just to suffer
Treatin' for a fee, wish I could be
Part of that world

01:37 AYURIS: Cosmic Frog (Jim Felli, Devious Weasel Games, 2020)

Games Played Last Week:
04:10 -Wonderland's War (Tim Eisner, Ben Eisner, & Ian Moss, Druid City Games, 2022)
10:04 -Décorum (Harry Mackin, Charlie Mackin, & Drew Tenenbaum, Floodgate Games, 2022)
14:48 -Crescent Moon (Steven Mathers, Osprey Games, 2022)
23:07 -Gutenberg (Katarzyna Cioch & Wojciech Wiśniewski, Granna, 2021)
26:06 -Jekyll vs. Hyde (Geonil, Mandoo Games, 2021)
28:30 -Stroganov (Andreas Steding, Game Brewer, 2021)
31:01 -Ark Nova (Mathias Wigge, Feuerland Spiele, 2021)
39:25 -Hippocrates (Alain Orban, Game Brewer, 2022)
42:31 -Clinic Deluxe Edition (Alban Viard, AVStudioGames, 2019)


News (and why it doesn't matter):
46:38 Twilight Imperium Roll and Write
46:56 Twilight Imperium Codex on FFG website
47:27 Anunnaki: Dawn of the Gods cancelled Kickstarter campaign; #noTyrnosale
50:07 Firefly deckbuilding game from Gale Force Nine

50:27 Topic: Hidden Trackable Information

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Preparation is important. We very carefully do our advance research here at SVWAG, but occasionally mild errors do creep in. For this week, Mark studiously crafted notes and observations on such issues as four octave vocal ranges, Nickelodeon celebrity culture, and whether boredom of a third party constitutes necessary or sufficient conditions for breaking up with one's girlfriend. Sadly for Mark, Ariana was not the Grande under discussion this week, so he was forced to begin anew.

Games Played Last Week:
01:12 -Clinic Deluxe Edition (Alban Viard, AVStudioGames, 2019)
05:36 -Contra: The Board Game (Adam Sadler & Brady Sadler, Blacklist Games, 2022)
07:08 -Furnace (Ivan Lashin, Hobby World, 2021)
08:38 -Pulsar 2849 (Vladimír Suchý, CGE, 2017)
10:59 -Settlement (Oleksandr Nevskiy, IGAMES, 2021)
12:43 -Race for the Galaxy (Thomas Lehmann, Rio Grande Games, 2007)
16:23 -Décorum (Harry Mackin, Charlie Mackin, & Drew Tenenbaum, Floodgate Games, 2022)
19:49 -Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition (Sydney Engelstein, Jacob Fryxelius, & Nick Little, Stronghold Games, 2021)
23:34 -Factory 42 (Timo Multamäki, Dragon Dawn Productions, 2021)
31:05 -Nidavellir: Thingvellir (Serge Laget, GRRRE Games, 2020)
33:31 -Dune: Imperium--Rise of Ix (Paul Dennen, Dire Wolf, 2022)


News (and why it doesn't matter):
37:19 Rise & Fall by Christophe Boelinger and Ludically launching on Kickstarter in July
37:54 Doomrock Ultimate on Gamefound
38:46 Castles by the Sea on Kickstarter
39:41 Robotech Macross DOG FIGHT follow-up: caveat emptor, perhaps best to wait and see
41:05 Mark on Board Game Barrage this Thursday, April 28
41:45 Check out our Patreon: www.patreon.com/svwag, new exclusive show BLOAT
42:30 Upcoming Omnibus questions episode! Please submit any and all questions. www.sowronggames.com/contact

43:07 Feature Game: El Grande (Wolfgang Kramer & Richard Ulrich, Hans im Glück, 1995)

1:15:08 SVWAG Presents Masterpiece Theatre: The Orbital Children

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A tragedy of consuming media or goods is that sometimes, regardless of how diligent you are, you cannot keep up with new releases. The creators you love might keep putting out new products, and even a casual enthusiast of a given medium might be disappointed to learn that they missed out on an offering. What I'm trying to get at is that HOW DARE they make a new Macross tabletop game and NOT TELL MARK.

01:15 AYURIS: Eclipse: Second Dawn for the Galaxy (Touko Tahkokallio, Lautapelit.fl, 2020)

Games Played Last Week:
03:44 -Cascadia (Randy Flynn, Flatout Games, 2021)
06:25 -Contra: The Board Game (Adam Sadler & Brady Sadler, Blacklist Games, 2022)
12:25 -Planet Unknown (Ryan Lambert & Adam Rehberg, Adam's Apple Games, 2022)
14:43 -Mega Man Adventures (Peter Gousis & Michael D. Kelley, Blacklist Games, 2022)
19:35 -Crusaders: Thy Will Be Done (Seth Jaffee, Tasty Minstrel, 2018)
21:16 -Albedo (Kai Herbertz, Herbertz Entertainment UG, 2017)
23:13 -Reichbusters: Project Vril (Jake Thornton, Mythic Games, 2020)
28:01 -Medici: The Dice Game (Reiner Knizia, Grail Games, 2020)
30:01 -Merchants of the Dark Road (Brian Suhre, Elf Creek Games, 2022)
33:57 -Mogul (Michael Schacht, Spiele aus Timbuku, 2002)
36:38 -Jekyll vs. Hyde (Geonil, Mandoo Games, 2021)
37:05 -Attika (Marcel-André Casasola Merkle, Hans im Glück, 2003)

News (and why it doesn't matter):
39:43 Robotech Macross DOG FIGHT and Mark loses his mind
41:30 Boardgamegeek Golden Geek Award Nominations
42:32 A Game of Thrones 2nd. edition app gets A Feast for Crows expansion
43:12 New Necromunda gets vehicles: Ash Wastes
44:40 Shut Up & Sit Down Expo (SHUX) back in Vancouver: Sep. 30-Oct. 2

45:09 Topic: End Conditions

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Yes, we are but slaves to the new releases, which is why we are reviewing a fifteen-year-old game. "But that's impossible!" you reply, "No one was alive back then!" Records are scant, but there is a rich oral tradition that people have been playing games at least since the release of Nirvana's Nevermind. Archeologists are still trying to carbon-date that period exactly, though.

Games Played Last Week:
01:39 -Dead Reckoning (John D. Clair, Alderac Entertainment Group, 2022)
08:14 -Cosmic Frog (Jim Felli, Devious Weasel Games, 2020)
09:54 -Familienbande (Leo Colovini, Winning Moves Germany, 2004)
13:23 -Barrage (Tommaso Battista & Simone Luciani, Cranio Creations, 2019)
16:04 -Cursed Court (Andrew Hanson, Atlas Games, 2017)
19:37 -Blockers! (Kory Heath, AMIGO, 2007)
21:48 -Dicke Dämonen (Heinrich Glumpler, Edition Erlkönig, 2004)
24:09 -New York Zoo (Uwe Rosenberg, Feuerland Spiele, 2020)
28:05 -Khmer (team SAIEN, Saien, 2010)
30:05 -Priests of Ra (Reiner Knizia, Rio Grande Games, 2009)

News (and why it doesn't matter):
32:26 Corvus Belli's (of Infinity fame) upcoming fantasy game: Warcrow
33:31 Pfister's Mombasa to become Skymines
34:13 New Cosmic Encounter expansion: Cosmic Odyssey
35:30 Walker's Who Asked for This? Fantasy Realms Marvel, and Deluxe Castles of Burgundy
36:48 Board game beat-em-up à la Golden Axe? Mythic Games' Anastyr
38:35 Through the Desert 25th Anniversary Edition from Steeped Games

39:50 Feature Game: Agricola (Uwe Rosenberg, Lookout Games, 2007) and Agricola (Revised Edition) (Uwe Rosenberg, Lookout Games, 2016)

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Kids in the Hall reviewing Great Western Trail:
"What's the point of what we do?"
"Sorry, I don't follow you."
"Well, I mean, we travel 250,000 light years across the universe, abduct cows, probe them, and release them."
"Yeah, and?"
"Well, doesn't it seem kind of pointless?"
"I don't think I should question the leadership of our Great Leader."
"Oh, come on. We've been coming here for fifty years and performing cow probes, and all that we have learned is that one in ten doesn't really seem to mind. Couldn't we at least abduct their political or religious leaders instead of just random livestock?"
"I'm sure the Great Leader has his reasons."
"Well, I'm sure the Great Leader is just some twisted cow freak."

01:21 AYURIS: Cthulhu: Death May Die (Eric M. Lang & Rob Daviau, CMON, 2019)

Games Played Last Week:
04:19 -Switch & Signal (David Thompson, KOSMOS, 2020)
06:32 -Big Monster (Dimitri Perrier, BoardBros, 2018)
09:13 -Ghosts of Christmas (Taiki Shinzawa, BoardGameTables.com, 2022)
14:29 -Champions of Midgard (Ole Steiness, Grey Fox Games, 2015)
16:11 -Tsukuyumi: Full Moon Down (Second Edition) (Felix Mertikat, Grey Fox Games, 2021)
22:41 -Yokohama (Hisashi Hayashi, Tasty Minstrel Games, 2016)
24:15 -Dinosaur Table Battles (Amabel Holland, Hollanspiele, 2020)
27:17 -Great Western Trail: Rails to the North (Alexander Pfister, eggertspiele, 2018)
29:12 -Quirky Circuits (Nikki Valens, Plaid Hat Games, 2019)

News (and why it doesn't matter):
33:55 Agricola 15; not remotely a "big box"-style omnibus
36:03 Squats return to Warhammer 40K
37:25 Trick Shot Second Edition soon on Gamefound

38:13 Topic: Miniatures

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Let us not, as the saying goes, hold the perfect in opposition to the good. We here at SVWAG always encourage the lowering of standards, which the hosts tend to do by their very presences--dragging down the average of any group of which they are a part. We offer but a portion of an episode, but let us be optimists and observe that that allows us to be less wrong.

01:34 AYURIS: Versailles 1919 (Geoff Engelstein & Mark Herman, GMT Games, 2020)

Games Played Last Week:
05:42 -Creature Comforts (Roberta Taylor, Kids Table BG, 2022)
10:18 -IKI (Koota Yamada, Sorry We Are French, 2015)
14:24 -The Red Cathedral (Israel Cendrero & Sheila Santos, Devir Games, 2020)
18:45 -Switch & Signal (David Thompson, KOSMOS, 2020)
22:55 -Core Worlds (Andrew Parks, Stronghold, 2011)
26:08 -SCOUT (Kei Kajino, Oink Games, 2019)
28:50 -Dinosaur Island: Rawr 'n Write (Brian Lewis, David McGregor, & Marissa Misura, Pandasaurus Games, 2021)
31:16 -Just One (Ludovic Roudy & Bruno Sautter, Repos Production, 2018)
33:30 -Brass: Birmingham (Gavan Brown, Matt Tolman, & Martin Wallace, Roxley, 2018)
36:40 -Uprising: Curse of the Last Emperor (Cornelius Cremin, Pawel Mazur, & Dirk Sommer, Nemesis.Games, 2021)
38:33 -Clinic Deluxe Edition (Alban Viard, AVStudioGames, 2019)

News (and why it doesn't matter):
40:43 Pathways: Canadian dexterity game on Kickstarter
41:25 Come see Warmboy's website sowronggames.com! Merch, esoteric information, streaming and more!
43:22 ONUS! Traianus on Kickstarter: 2D miniatures-esque gaming.
44:16 Sidereal Confluence: Bifurcation expansion
44:50 Air, Land & Sea: Spies, Lies & Supplies expandalone
45:20 Crescent Moon by Steven Mathers and Osprey Games
46:44 Richard Garfield rolls, writes with Dungeons, Dice & Danger
47:07 Reiner Knizia's follow-up to My City: My Island
47:43 Simpler Lacerda? Bot Factory
48:07 A BGG Top 100 without Reiner Knizia (and Tigris & Euphrates)?

51:39 SVWAG Presents Masterpiece Theatre: Clue

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The range of new features our merch line has opened up is endless. Who wore it better?, SVWAG Hypebeast, Project Runway SVWAG, Making the Cut SVWAG, the possibilities abound! Get me Tim Gunn on the line, I'm sure he's heard of us. I'm sure we'll see His Grace, Professor Doktor Doktor Vincent, Duke of Diesel, esq. O.B.E. in a t-shirt two sizes too small before long.

01:07 AYURIS: Imperial Struggle (Ananda Gupta & Jason Matthews, GMT Games, 2020)

Games Played Last Week:
03:26 -Black Hole Rainbows (Uncredited, June Dune Games Production, 2022)
06:45 -Ascension Tactics: Miniatures Deckbuilding Game (Justin Gary & Ryan Sutherland, Stone Blade Entertainment, 2021)
15:00 -Meeples and Monsters (Ole Steiness, Alderac Entertainment Group, 2022)
17:17 -Assault on Doomrock: Ultimate Edition (Tom Stasiak, Beautiful Disaster Games, 2022)
22:45 -Teotihuacan: Late Preclassic Period (Rainer Ahlfors, Andrei Novac, & Daniele Tascini, Board2Dice, 2019)
28:01 -Crash Octopus (Naotaka Shimamoto, itten, 2021)
31:39 -Reichbusters: Project Vril (Jake Thornton, Mythic Games, 2020)
33:45 -Città-Stato (Simone Cerruti Sola, Giochix.it, 2021)
37:06 -Clinic Deluxe Edition (Alban Viard, AVStudioGames, 2019)
40:32 -IKI (Koota Yamada, Sorry We Are French, 2015)

News (and why it doesn't matter):
41:51 SVWAG on break
42:25 Warpgate: Beyond by Artyom Nichipurov and Wolff Designa on Gamefound
43:11 Renegade reprinting Crusaders: Thy Will Be Done and distributing expansion
44:30 Can we stop using the word "pimp" in gaming contexts? Let us "bling" instead
45:18 MERCH! soverywrongaboutgames.myspreadshop.com (or .ca) 15% off the next two weeks!

46:45 Topic: Draws and Red Flags

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Much art is discussed this week, from French Romantics, to pirate stuff, to conspiracist vision boards, to whatever Walker is doing when he uses clothespins on felt. Mark wonders whether he can justify leaving in dead air and calling it "bold use of negative space," but the deeper worry is that too many people would prefer the silence.

Games Played Last Week:
01:14 -Ark Nova (Mathias Wigge, Feuerland Spiele, 2021)
05:46 -Agricola (Revised Edition) (Uwe Rosenberg, Lookout Games, 2016)
10:09 -Witchstone (Martino Chiacchiera & Reiner Knizia, R&R Games, 2021)
10:50 -Republic of Virtue (Amabel Holland, Hollandspiele, 2021)
15:08 -Pulsar 2849 (Vladimír Suchý, CGE, 2017)
22:58 -Libertalia: Winds of Galecrest (Paolo Mori, Stonemaier Games, 2022)
31:16 -Pictures: Orange (Daniela Stöhr & Christian Stöhr, PD-Verlag, 2021)
34:50 -Reichbusters: Project Vril (Jake Thornton, Mythic Games, 2020)
38:11 -Table Battles (Amabel Holland, Hollandspiele, 2017)
43:19 -Ascension Tactics: Miniatures Deckbuilding Game (Justin Gary & Ryan Sutherland, Stone Blade Entertainment, 2021)

News (and why it doesn't matter):
47:22 Arcs: Collapse and Conflict in the Void by Cole Wehrle and Leder Games
48:06 Zheng He solo game by Geoff Engelstein and David Thompson
49:07 Avatar: The Last Airbender Fire Nation Rising
50:01 Dead by Daylight board game by Brad Talton of Level 99 Games
51:53 No singing in The Wizard of Oz Adventure Book Game

53:09 Feature Game: Riftforce (Carlo Bortolini, 1 More Time Games, 2021)

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We're always on the lookout for new potential taglines here at SVWAG, as our earlier efforts "that one where the guy talks to that dude" and "we shout into a can so you don't have to" have been deemed insufficient. "We like it hard" was put forth by Walker, but the editorial staff are afraid it is apt to be misconstrued. "We weaponize children" was rejected for the opposite reason, namely that it might be correctly interpreted. Specificity tends to get us into trouble, which is why we have kept "a boardgaming podcast about boardgames" for as long as we have.

1:04 AYURIS: Project: ELITE (Konstantinos Kokkinis, Marco Portugal, & Sotirios Tsantilas, CMON, 2020)

Games Played Last Week:
02:33 -Crusaders: Thy Will Be Done (Seth Jaffee, Tasty Minstrel, 2018)
04:54 -Beyond the Sun (Dennis K. Chan, Rio Grande Games, 2020)
08:48 -Gutenberg (Katarzyna Cioch & Wojciech Wiśniewski, Granna, 2021)
11:24 -Reign (Uncredited, PlayMonster, 2020)
16:55 -Gizmos (Phil Walker-Harding, CMON Global Limited, 2018)
18:30 -Combat Commander: Mediterranean (Chad Jensen, GMT Games, 2007)
23:15 -Jekyll vs. Hyde (Geonil, Mandoo Games, 2021)
27:08 -Ankh: Gods of Egypt (Eric M. Lang, CMON, 2021)
30:52 -Merchants Cove (Jonny Pac, Carl Van Ostrand, & Drake Villareal, Final Frontier Games, 2021)
33:33 -Caverna: The Cave Farmers (Uwe Rosenberg, Lookout Games, 2013)

News (and why it doesn't matter):
37:16 Co-op Carcassonne: Nebel über Carcassonne, "Fog over Carcassonne"
38:00 Frostpunk and Dying Light Adaptations
39:00 Undaunted Normandy on PC, Mac, and iPad by Bookmark Games
40:04 51st State Master Set Ultimate Edition on Gamefound

40:29 Topic: Difficulty in Co-ops

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We are Canadian, and thus must perforce apologize for those we may have slandered, misquoted, or used their name in vain: Warmboy, Alan Turing, Dewey, Peggy Lee, Dick Pound, Bruno Faidutti, and His Grace, Professor Doktor Doktor Vincent, Duke of Diesel, esq. O.B.E. We are honoured to have inadvertently tarnished the reputations of such grandees.

Games Played Last Week:
00:52 -The Quest for El Dorado: The Golden Temples (Reiner Knizia, Ravensburger, 2019)
03:59 -Copenhagen (Asger Harding Granerud & Daniel Skjold Pedersen, Queen Games, 2019)
05:12 -Imperium: Classics and Imperium: Legends (Nigel Buckle & Dávid Turczi, Osprey Games, 2021)
07:51 -Città-Stato (Simone Cerruti Sola, Giochix.it, 2021)
10:39 -Caesar!: Seize Rome in 20 Minutes! (Paolo Mori, PSC Games, 2022)
15:07 -Petrichor: Collector's Edition (David Chircop, Mighty Boards, 2021)
17:58 -Merlin: Big Box (Stefan Feld & Michael Rieneck, Queen Games, 2020)
20:24 -Kleos (Jim Kavanagh, Azure Horizon Games, 2021)
24:51 -Vampire: The Masquerade -- Vendetta (Charlie Cleveland & Bruno Faidutti, Horrible Guild, 2020)

News (and why it doesn't matter):
26:46 Turing Machine from Scorpion Masqué
28:06 Reiner Roundup: Into the Blue, Longboard, San Francisco
29:05 New logo and incoming SVWAG merch!

29:55 Feature Game: Bitoku (Germán P. Millán, Devir, 2021)

1:01:15 SVWAG Presents: Masterpiece Theatre: All of Us Are Dead

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It is a strange thing for one's hobby to be utterly infused with a nominally competitive structure. I would venture to say that knitters, for instance, devote precious little thought as to whether they can knit more or less well than their fellow crafters. Perhaps it is different for scrapbookers, I don't know, they seem like a ruthless lot.

01:16 AYURIS: Aristeia! (Alberto Abal, Jesús Fuster, & David Rosillo, Corvus Belli, 2017)

Games Played Last Week:
04:20 -Città-Stato (Simone Cerruti Sola, Giochix.it, 2021)
07:04 -Uprising: Curse of the Last Emperor (Cornelius Cremin, Pawel Mazur, & Dirk Sommer, Nemesis.Games, 2021)
15:34 -G.I. JOE Deck-Building Game (T.C. Petty III, Renegade Game Studios, 2021)
17:16 -Bitoku (Germán P. Millán, Devir, 2021)
22:58 -Steamwatchers (Marc Lagroy, Mythic Games, 2021)
29:44 -Regicide (Paul Abrahams, Luke Badger, & Andy Richdale, Badgers from Mars, 2020)
30:58 -Boonlake (Alexander Pfister, Capstone Games, 2021)
38:18 -Shards of Infinity: Into the Horizon (Gary Arant, Justin Gary, Ryan Sutherland, Jared Saramago, Mataio Wilson, & Jason Zila, Stone Blade Entertainment, 2021)
39:49 -For Science! (R. Eric Reuss, Grey Fox Games, 2021)
41:43 -Niagara (Thomas Liesching, Zoch Verlag, 2004)

News (and why it doesn't matter):
43:34 Riftforce expansion: Beyond
43:57 Instead of sci-fi -> fantasy, Aeon's End -> Astro Knights
44:30 Ravensburger investing in GameFound
45:45 Sláine: Warlord Games' cavalcade of talent

47:05 Topic: Having Fun While Losing

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The So Very Wrong About Games line of Action Princess Dolls (TM) are coming to a store near you! Thrill to all your favourite characters, like Huey, Dewey, and Louis, each with weird monochromatic accessories and some spring-loaded gimmick that'll bruise some kid in Oregon and thus be regulated into weaksauce! Plus, get the Kingston Action Playset. Your parents put it together, batteries not included.

Games Played Last Week:
01:57 -Puzzle Strike 2 (David Sirlin, Sirlin Games, 2022)
08:49 -The Crew: Mission Deep Sea (Thomas Sing, KOSMOS, 2021)
10:59 -Uprising: Curse of the Last Emperor (Cornelius Cremin, Pawel Mazur, & Dirk Sommer, Nemesis.Games, 2021)
11:36 -Reign of Witches (Amabel Holland, Hollandspiele, 2020)
16:56 -Bitoku (Germán P. Millán, Devir, 2021)
18:47 -Riftforce (Carlo Bortolini, 1 More Time Games, 2021)
20:54 -Orléans: Invasion (Inka Brand, Markus Brand, & Reiner Stockhausen, dlp Games, 2015)
22:18 -Regicide (Paul Abrahams, Luke Badger, & Andy Richdale, Badgers from Mars, 2020)
25:29 -Final Girl (Evan Derrick & A.J. Porfirio, Van Ryder Games, 2021)

News (and why it doesn't matter):
31:54 Iron Forest on Kickstarter February 8th by Brain Games
33:20 Hand-to-Hand Wombat on Kickstarter now
35:05 Rolling Heights from John D. Clair on Kickstarter February 8th
35:51 Space Station Phoenix by Gabriel J Cohn and Rio Grande Games in April 2022
36:58 Deep Rock Galactic: The Board Game on Kickstarter February 10th
38:08 Libertalia: Winds of Galecrest by Paolo Mori and Stonemaier Games

39:33 Feature Game: G.I. JOE Deck-Building Game (T.C. Petty III, Renegade Game Studios, 2021)

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No, dear listener, we haven't played that one regional trick-taking game popular in the Adirondacks where the only red card is the 9 of diamonds and you play counter-clockwise and the bid is called in pig latin and you have to wear your socks on your hands. I'm sure it's a blast. We are but tourists in the wide world of taking tricks, and to some extent it can be a hobby unto itself. Contract Bridge alone! But we share our thoughts all the same.

01:49 AYURIS: Clans of Caledonia (Juma Al-JouJou, Karma Games, 2017)

Games Played Last Week:
03:50 -Uprising: Curse of the Last Emperor (Cornelius Cremin, Pawel Mazur, & Dirk Sommer, Nemesis.Games, 2021)
05:22 -Radlands (Daniel Piechnick, Roxley, 2021)
10:04 -Tabbanusi: Builders of Ur (David Spada & Daniele Tascini, Board&Dice, 2021)
12:33 -Shamans (Cédrick Chaboussit, Studio H, 2021)
16:09 -Ankh: Gods of Egypt (Eric M. Lang, CMON, 2021)
17:51 -SCOUT (Kei Kajino, Oink Games, 2019)
21:14 -Steamwatchers (Marc Lagroy, Mythic Games, 2021)
22:28 -MicroMacro: Crime City--Full House (Johannes Sich, Pegasus Spiele, 2021)
22:54 -El Grande (Wolfgang Kramer & Richard Ulrich, Hans im Gluck, 1995)
[EDIT: Mark incorrectly said that El Grande was playable on Boardgamegeek when he should have said Board Game Arena. We apologize for the error.]
25:47 -The Field of the Cloth of Gold (Amabel Holland, Hollanspiele, 2020)

News (and why it doesn't matter):
29:19 Bonfire on yucata.de
29:55 Yak wrangling with Pretzel Games
30:53 David Thompson's next Valiant Defense game: Lanzerath Ridge on KS
31:56 La Granja reprint from Board&Dice on KS
33:01 3D printable, pay-what-you-want Blood Rage files on KS
34:12 51st State Ultimate Edition from Portal launching February 22

35:50 Topic: Trick-Taking Games

1:03:52 Masterpiece Theatre: Midnight Mass

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It's a star-studded eleganza extravaganza, featuring your two least-favourite SVWAG hosts giving you an incomplete capsule summary of a terrible year of great games. Of course, they neglected to play That One Game, of course, which means that all their observations are utterly useless, but how does that differentiate this episode from any other? This offering is more classy, however, as in a concession to the glitz and glamour of end-of-year shows, both hosts begrudgingly and uncharacteristically wear pants.
(You might be asking--is that "pants" in the British sense or the Canadian sense? The answer is yes.)

Games Played Last Week:
02:50 -Fossilis (David Alberto Diaz, Kids Table BG, 2020)
05:07 -In Too Deep (Josh Cappel & Daryl Chow, Burnt Island Games, 2021)
10:17 -French Toast (Uncredited, Blue Beard Entertainment, 2021)
12:06 -Magnate: The First City (James Naylor, Naylor Games, 2021)
18:02 -Corrosion (Stefan Bauer, Capstone Games, 2021)
20:35 -G.I. JOE Deck-Building Game (T.C. Petty III, Renegade Game Studios, 2021)
24:18 -Uprising: Curse of the Last Emperor (Cornelius Cremin, Pawel Mazur, & Dirk Sommer, Nemesis.Games, 2021)
29:46 -Monstrology (Andy Lubershane, Middle Brain Games, 2017)
33:06 -Conquest & Consequence (Craig Besinque, GMT Games, 2021)

YEAR IN REVIEW
35:59 Personal Top 10s

58:07 SVWAG Game of the Year

1:08:48 Special Categories

1:25:37 SVWAG Presents Masterpiece Theatre Year in Review

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In the 14th Century B.C.E., the pharaoh Akhenaten attempted to shift Egypt into monotheism centered on the cult of the god Aten. Apparently there's some who argue it was possibly instead henotheism, whereby many gods are acknowledged but one is elevated above the others--a claim advanced about many ostensibly mono- or polytheistic religions, even some practised today--but at any rate is was exceptionally controversial. By the time his son Tutankhaten became pharaoh, the cult of Aten was suppressed, and the ascendancy of the god Amun was restored in a polytheistic pantheon. Hence the new pharaoh's name was changed from Tutankhaten to Tutankhamun. Theme!

Games Played Last Week:
05:51 -Coyote (Spartaco Albertarelli, New Games Order, 2015)
07:19 -Assault on Doomrock: Ultimate Edition (Tom Stasiak, Beautiful Disaster Games, 2022)
13:11 -Furnace (Ivan Lashin, Hobby World, 2021)
15:24 -That Time You Killed Me (Peter C. Hayward, Pandasaurus Games, 2021)
22:03 -The Adventures of Robin Hood (Michael Menzel, KOSMOS, 2021)
26:16 -Final Girl (Evan Derrick & A.J. Porfirio, Van Ryder Games, 2021)
34:43 -Radlands (Daniel Piechnick, Roxley, 2021)
38:06 -Crash Octopus (Naotaka Shimamoto, itten, 2021)
41:53 -7 Wonders: Architects (Antoine Bauza, Repos Production, 2021)

News (and why it doesn't matter):
43:35 Kickstarter Christmas! Upcoming For Science! giveaway
44:17 Boardgamegeek 2021 Support Drive
44:37 Walker a guest on Board Game Barrage
45:29 25th Century Games' Ra with Ian O'Toole art
46:12 Games Workshop backtracks, re-issues Cursed City
46:53 See you again in 2022

47:36 Feature Game: Ankh: Gods of Egypt (Eric M. Lang, CMON, 2021)

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Some things, of course, from Josie and the Pussycats have aged poorly. The idea of "record stores" and CDs (that could, in turn sell out like they were PS5s or something) is downright quaint--especially given the format of this show. I'm pretty confident that the cultural moment of Moviefone Guy has well and truly passed, despite the continued use of both movies and phones. Do people still know who Carson Daly is? I confess I never really did. Mostly I know him from that totally jerkin' movie, Josie and the Pussycats.

01:39 AYURIS: Watergate (Matthias Cramer, Capstone Games, 2019)

Games Played Last Week:
04:10 -Sine Tempore (Luca Bernardini & Andrea Colletti, Ludus Magnus Studio, 2018)
06:27 -L.A.M.A. Dice (Reiner Knizia, AMIGO, 2021)
07:08 -Llamaland (Phil Walker-Harding, Lookout Games, 2021)
11:40 -G.I. JOE Deck-Building Game (T.C. Petty III, Renegade Game Studios, 2021)
13:59 -Assault on Doomrock: Ultimate Edition (Tom Stasiak, Beautiful Disaster Games, 2022)
19:40 -Wingspan (Elizabeth Hargrave, Stonemaier Games, 2019)
21:20 -Factory Funner (2nd ed) (Corné van Moorsel, Boardgametables.com, 2021)
26:18 -Ethnos (Paolo Mori, CMON, 2017)
28:32 -Undaunted: Reinforcements (Trevor Benjamin, David Digby, David Thompson, & Dávid Turczi, Osprey Games, 2021)
37:49 -Bitoku (Germán P. Millán, Devir, 2021)
40:28 -Gutenberg (Katarzyna Cioch & Wojciech Wiśniewski, Granna, 2021)

News (and why it doesn't matter):
45:48 Kickstarter moving to blockchain is better for... reasons
46:32 Fairy Tale Inn from Remo Conzadori and Paolo Mori
47:09 New Patreon-exclusive Discord channel
48:00 Asmodee sold to Swedish Embracer group for €2.75 billion
48:26 Asmodee purchased retailer Miniature Market sometime in 2021

50:08 Topic: Going Off-Script

1:11:16 Masterpiece Theatre: Josie and the Pussycats

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The hosts are, briefly, back in the same room again, and this has had the unfortunate effect of bringing out the very worst in Mark. Don't worry, he doesn't spend ten minutes complaining about the implied political claims of kids' shows, but his mind naturally went to the gutter of abominable puns. You have been warned.

Games Played Last Week:
01:16 -On Mars (Vital Lacerda, Eagle-Gryphon Games, 2020)
04:24 -Pulsar 2849 (Vladimír Suchý, CGE, 2017)
06:37 -Hibachi (Marco Teubner, Grail Games, 2021)
09:41 -The Siege of Runedar (Reiner Knizia, Ludonova, 2021)
16:51 -Isle of Skye: Druids (Andreas Pelikan & Alexander Pfister, Lookout Games, 2018)
21:08 -L.A.M.A. Dice (Reiner Knizia, AMIGO, 2021)
25:15 -The Dragon Prince: Battlecharged (Johnny O'Neal, Britherwise Games, 2021)
27:09 -Brian Boru: High King of Ireland (Peer Sylvester, Osprey Games, 2021)
33:37 -7 Wonders: Architects (Antoine Bauza, Repos Production, 2021)
37:21 -For Science! (R. Eric Reuss, Grey Fox Games, 2021)

News (and why it doesn't matter):
45:44 Werewolves of Miller's Hollow (i.e., Werewolf/Mafia) licensed for a movie
47:12 Kickstarter moving to blockchain for... reasons

50:41 Feature Game: Cryo (Tom Jolly & Luke Laurie, Z-Man Games, 2021)

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