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1. #333: Expectations in Crowdfunding

   22 oktober 2024 · 1 uur 23 min

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   An auspicious palindrome of an episode number! Granted, in triple digits one encounters a palindrome every ten episodes or so, but I'm sure the numerologists amongst us have special enthusiasm for the mighty TRIP THREE. I mean, primes, and threes, and all that. Anyway, it'll be a minute until we reach episode TRIP FOUR, so let's savour this while we can. Lees meer

   01:10 AYURIS: Mille Fiori (Reiner Knizia, Schmidt Spiele, 2021)

   Games Played Last Week:
   04:06 -Lunar Rush (Steven "Skippy" Brown, Dead Alive Games, 2023)
   08:53 -Dragons Down (Scott DeMers, Mr. B Games, 2024)
   16:20 -Things in Rings (Peter C. Hayward, Allplay, 2024)
   26:00 -EGO (Reiner Knizia, Bitewing Games, 2025)
   33:37 -Keep the Heroes Out!: Boss Battles (Luís Brueh, Brueh Games, 2024)
   37:20 -Mexica (Michael Kiesling & Wolfgang Kramer, Rio Grande Games, 2002)
   40:22 -Avatar: The Last Airbender--Aang's Destiny (Patrick Marino, The OP Games, 2024)
   43:47 -Formula D (Laurent Lavaur & Eric Randall, Asmodee, 2008)
   45:18 -Aquatica: Coral Reefs (Ivan Tuzovsky, Arcane Wonders, 2024)

   News (and why it doesn't matter):
   50:22 Risk 2210 A.D.: Frontline expansion
   51:49 New version of Diplomacy: Era of Empire
   52:42 Axis & Allies: Battle for the Deep
   53:41 Trilogy of Bitewing Knizia games: SILOS, EGO, and ORBIT
   55:20 It's time for another Mission: Red Planet reprint
   55:49 Join us in celebrating Arkhipov Day on October 27th

   56:08 Topic: Expectations in Crowdfunding
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2. #332: Undaunted 2200: Callisto

   15 oktober 2024 · 1 uur 12 min

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   Once again, a primer on some of the differences between the US and Canada. We Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving in early October, in honour of our second governor general, the Right Honourable October G. Thanksington. Rather than turkey and football, we do latkes and rugby. Lees meer

   Games Played Last Week:
   00:55 -Black Forest (Tido Lorenz and Uwe Rosenberg, Feuerland Spiele, 2024)
   09:36 -Bargain Hunter (Uwe Rosenberg, Valley Games, 1998)
   12:21 -Unreliable Wizard (Kamibayashi, Salt & Pepper Games, 2024)
   15:25 -Space Alert (Vlaada Chvátil, Czech Games Edition, 2008)
   20:21 -Wabash Cannonball (John Bohrer, Rio Grande Games, 2023)
   25:28 -Quartermaster General: 1914 (Second Edition) (Ian Brody, Ares Games, 2022)
   29:20 -Lunar Rush (Steven "Skippy" Brown, Dead Alive Games, 2023)
   32:51 -Cross Clues (Grégory Grard, Blue Orange Games, 2020)
   35:46 -Avatar: The Last Airbender--Aang's Destiny (Patrick Marino, The OP Games, 2024)

   News (and why it doesn't matter):
   40:26 The Waste of Parts: a post-apocalyptic journey
   42:09 Join us in celebrating Arkhipov Day on October 27th
   42:19 Talisman Alliances: Fate Beckons. Co-op Talisman?

   43:19 Feature Game: Undaunted 2200: Callisto (Trevor Benjamin and David Thompson, Osprey, 2024)
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3. #331: Our Favourite Factions

   8 oktober 2024 · 1 uur 17 min

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   It is October, the month of Fat Bear Week, Decorative Gourd Season, Halloween, and Arkhipov Day! Sure, it has less candy than some of those other celebrations, but I'll wager neither a corpulent bear nor a kid dressed as a pirate has ever saved the entire human race. Lees meer

   01:00 AYURIS: IKI (Koota Yamada, Sorry We Are French, 2015)

   Games Played Last Week:
   03:38 -Valka (Brooke Penrose, Terrible Games, 2024)
   07:16 -Bus (Jeroen Doumen and Joris Wiersinga, Capstone Games, 2019)
   09:47 -Warpgate: Beyond (Artyom Nichipurov, Wolff Designa, 2022)
   12:33 -Dinosaur World (Brian Lewis, David McGregor, & Marissa Misura, Pandasaurus Games, 2021)
   16:02 -SCOUT (Kei Kajino, Oink Games, 2019)
   18:18 -Jekyll & Hyde vs Scotland Yard (Gaëtan Beaujannot, Olivier Cipière, and Geonil, Mandoo Games, 2023)
   20:11 -Cthulhu: Death May Die--Fear of the Unknown (Rob Daviau, Eric M. Lang, and Marco Portugal, CMON, 2024)
   22:57 -Set a Watch (Mike Gnade and Todd Walsh, Rock Manor Games, 2019)
   25:04 -Hamster Roll (Jacques Zeimet, Zoch Verlag, 2000)
   27:02 -Federation (Dimitri Perrier and Matthieu Verdier, Explor8, 2022)
   28:22 -R (Seiji Kanai, Kanai Factory, 2011)
   31:03 -Lost Cities: The Board Game (Reiner Knizia, Rio Grande, 2008)
   35:21 -Vengeance: Roll & Fight (Gordon Calleja, Noralie Lubbers, & Dávid Turczi, Mighty Boards, 2022)

   News (and why it doesn't matter):
   38:57 Friedemann Friese's Fishing: trick-taking
   39:37 Mac Gerdts' 7 Empires
   40:40 Reiner Knizia's Cosmolancer: Kingdoms, again
   41:48 Burned relaunches on crowdfunding October 23 from Jon Moffat and Stone Circle Games
   42:15 Daniele Tascini's Transgalactica
   42:29 Chonkers Party: phat animals
   42:50 Walker on Boards and Brews
   43:14 Join us in celebrating Arkhipov Day on October 27th

   44:22 Topic: Our Favourite Factions
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4. #330: Andromeda's Edge

   24 september 2024 · 1 uur 7 min

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   Generally we here at SVWAG prefer sci-fi to fantasy, especially if it is of the general sort. There is something joyous about the weird flights of fancy that sci-fi can enable, such as Andromeda's Edge with its "Jelluloid Technoblorps." That said, there's something particularly odious about importing generic fantasy into your sci-fi, like space dwarves and space dragons--something Andromeda's Edge also does. Call it a wash. Lees meer

   Games Played Last Week:
   01:01 -Harmonies (Johan Benvenuto, Libellud, 2024)
   02:14 -Dro Polter (Paul Schulz, Oink Games, 2023)
   05:56 -Rise and Fall (Christophe Boelinger, Ludically, 2024)
   11:26 -Planet Unknown (Ryan Lambert & Adam Rehberg, Adam's Apple Games, 2022)
   16:27 -Undaunted 2200: Callisto (Trevor Benjamin and David Thompson, Osprey, 2024)
   18:18 -Irish Gauge (Amabel Holland, Capstone Games, 2019)
   22:25 -Jekyll vs. Hyde (Geonil, Mandoo Games, 2021)
   26:42 -Through the Desert (Reiner Knizia, Allplay, 2024)
   31:43 -Cthulhu: Death May Die--Fear of the Unknown (Rob Daviau, Eric M. Lang, and Marco Portugal, CMON, 2024)

   News (and why it doesn't matter):
   37:15 From the Voidfall universe Mindclash brings us Revenant by Allan Kirkeby
   39:28 Renegade reprints Acquire
   41:03 Please support us on Patreon and take our games! www.patreon.com/svwag

   41:53 Feature Game: Andromeda's Edge (Luke Laurie and Maximus Laurie, Cardboard Alchemy, 2024)
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5. #329: Replayability

   17 september 2024 · 1 uur 13 min

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   If you replayed all the published SVWAG episodes back-back, it would take over 355 hours, or almost 15 days. This is not necessarily how we would recommend you spend your time. Indeed, for our purposes, we are equally wrong regardless of whether anyone is there to hear it; while we sometimes engage with Western philosophy due to Mark's academic background, the realm of the koan is beyond our purview.
   Long story short, feel free to re-download all our episodes to your heart's content. I'm sure it would help us with some algorithm somewhere. Lees meer

   01:41 AYURIS: Autobahn (Fabio Lopiano and Nestore Mangone, Alley Cat Games, 2022)

   Games Played Last Week:
   05:06 -Harmonies (Johan Benvenuto, Libellud, 2024)
   11:30 -Valka (Brooke Penrose, Terrible Games, 2024)
   17:01 -Keep the Heroes Out!: Boss Battles (Luís Brueh, Brueh Games, 2024)
   21:43 -Undaunted 2200: Callisto (Trevor Benjamin and David Thompson, Osprey, 2024)
   29:36 -CATAN: Starfarers Duel (Klaus Teuber and Benjamin Teuber, KOSMOS, 2023)
   33:38 -Rise and Fall (Christophe Boelinger, Ludically, 2024)
   40:54 -Martian Dice (Scott Almes, Tasty Minstrel Games, 2011)

   News (and why it doesn't matter):
   42:20 International Gamers Awards announce their 2024 winners
   43:18 German wooden monstrosity: Drachentreppe
   44:59 David Thompson and Trevor Benjamin Line of Fire: Burnt Moon; in the Undaunted 2200 setting

   46:12 Topic: Replayability

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6. #328: The Vale of Eternity

   10 september 2024 · 1 uur

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   I find so many mnemonics to be profoundly disappointing. Unless there's a structural element to tie the components together, a mnemonic will not serve to dispositively disambiguate a dyad.
   I assure you, that lamentable bit of alliteration was unintentional.
   For example, "I before E except after C" also works qua slogan as "I after E except before C." There are the ones about beer and liquor, feeding or starving a cold, colour of the sky and sailors' states of mind... I recall the structure, but not which one goes with which. Relatedly, is there a mnemonic to remember how to spell mnemonic? Lees meer

   Games Played Last Week:
   02:27 -The Voyages of Marco Polo (Simone Luciani & Daniele Tascini, Hans im Gluck, 2015)
   04:52 -Pulsar 2849 (Vladimír Suchý, CGE, 2017)
   07:29 -Faiyum (Friedemann Friese, 2F-Spiele, 2020)
   12:01 -MicroMacro: Crime City--All In (Johannes Sich, Edition Spielwiese, 2022)
   14:45 -Who's the Banana? (Chris Cieslik, Asmadi Games, 2009)
   17:07 -Rats of Wistar (Simone Luciani and Danilo Sabia, Cranio Creations, 2023)
   19:29 -Raccoon Tycoon (Glenn Drover, Forbidden Games, 2018)
   22:05 -Yokohama Roll & Write (Hisashi Hayashi, OKAZU Brand, 2021)
   24:29 -Gods Love Dinosaurs (Kasper Lapp, Pandasaurus Games, 2020)
   27:05 -Harmonies (Johan Benvenuto, Libellud, 2024)
   29:49 -Ratyl (Andy Gallagher, Busy Dad Games, 2023)

   News (and why it doesn't matter):
   33:51 Monopoly goes to Flavortown
   34:38 Zheng He by Greg Engelstein and David Thompson on GMT's P500
   35:47 Cyberpunk 2077: more promising-looking than CMON's offering
   39:46 Beyond the Horizon: Dennis K. Chan, Adam Hill, Ben Pinchback, Matt Riddle
   41:20 Studio Ghibli Othello/Reversi sets: https://boardgamegeek.com/image/8405167/othello

   43:20 Feature Game: The Vale of Eternity (Eric Hong, Mandoo Games, 2023)

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7. #327: Game Mastery

   3 september 2024 · 1 uur 12 min

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   Solidarity, dear listeners, on this most august September Labour Day. Of course, Labour Day is the labour holiday invented for the US and Canada so as to undermine global solidarity. Nearly everywhere else celebrates International Workers' Day instead. One must marvel at the ingenuity of inventing Labour Day so as to undermine global labour solidarity. Lees meer

   02:29 AYURIS: Rolling Heights (John D. Clair, AEG, 2023)

   Games Played Last Week:
   06:59 -Harmonies (Johan Benvenuto, Libellud, 2024)
   09:49 -Flowerfall (Carl Chudyk, Asmadi Games, 2012)
   11:51 -MicroMacro: Crime City--All In (Johannes Sich, Edition Spielwiese, 2022)
   12:29 -Who's the Banana? (Chris Cieslik, Asmadi Games, 2009)
   14:52 -Dodo (Frank Bebenroth and Marco Teubner, MOSMOS, 2020)
   19:00 -Life in Reterra (Ken Gruhl and Eric M. Lang, Hasbro, 2024)
   21:48 -Windmill Valley (Dani Garcia, Board&Dice, 2024)
   25:12 -Ra (Reiner Knizia, alea, 1999)
   28:28 -River of Gold (Keith Piggott, Office Dog, 2024)
   33:06 -Spectral (Ryan Courtney, Bitewing Games, 2024)
   37:07 -Bargain Hunter (Uwe Rosenberg, Valley Games, 1998)
   41:53 -Fateforge: Chronicles of Kaan (Gordon Calleja, Mighty Boards, 2024)
   45:15 -Heat: Pedal to the Metal (Asger Harding Granerud and Daniel Skjold Pedersen, Days of Wonder, 2022)

   News (and why it doesn't matter):
   47:18 Kronologic series: Paris 1920, Cuzco 1450, and Babylon 2500

   48:15 Topic: Game Mastery
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8. #326: Deep Rock Galactic

   27 augustus 2024 · 1 uur 10 min

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   Some important editorial notes!
   -the game walker mentioned is Völuspá, and no we don't know what work those accents are doing;
   -SVWAG does not engage in the eating of seal meat (no one's thought to offer, really);
   -we hope that Undaunted 2200: Callisto will follow in Battle of Britain's excellent example of having a badass Sikh pilot. Lees meer

   Games Played Last Week:
   01:02 -Nocturne (David Iezzi, Flatout Games, 2024)
   03:24 -Cosmic Encounter (Bill Eberle, Jack Kittredge, Bill Norton, Peter Olotka, and Kevin Wilson, Fantasy Flight, 2008)
   12:20 -Spectral (Ryan Courtney, Bitewing Games, 2024)
   15:13 -The Edge: Dawnfall (Michał Oracz, Krzysztof Piskorski, and Marcin Świerkot, Awaken Realms, 2018)
   22:20 -Darwin’s Journey (Simone Luciani and Nestore Mangone, ThunderGryph Games, 2023)
   24:50 -Life in Reterra (Ken Gruhl and Eric M. Lang, Hasbro, 2024)
   28:06 -Undaunted: Battle of Britain (Trevor Benjamin and David Thompson, Osprey Games, 2023)

   News (and why it doesn't matter):
   34:55 English Sakura Arms now owned by Japanime Games; third time's the charm?
   37:03 Res Arcana Duo expandalone
   37:48 Natera: New Beginning: cute and only somewhat anthropomorphic
   38:53 Lords of Heaven from PHALANX: Crusades revisionism or culturally sensitive?

   40:55 Feature Game: Deep Rock Galactic (Ole Steiness, MOOD Publishing, 2022)

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9. #325: Collection Organization

   20 augustus 2024 · 1 uur 8 min

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   The full title of the Spider Lord is Spider the Third, by the Grace of God of the Unfinished Basement, Canada and His other Realms and Territories King, Head of the Subterranean, Defender of the Faith. Lees meer

   01:56 AYURIS: Ginkgopolis (Xavier Georges, Pearl Games, 2012)

   Games Played Last Week:
   05:02 -Knarr (Thomas Dupont, Bombyx, 2023)
   08:12 -Primal: The Awakening (Tommaso Mondadori and Alberto Parisi, Reggie Games, 2024)
   12:55 -Beowulf: The Legend (Reiner Knizia, KOSMOS, 2005)
   19:19 -Pavlov's House (David Thompson, Dan Verssen Games, 2018)
   23:26 -Deep Rock Galactic (Ole Steiness, MOOD Publishing, 2022)
   24:47 -Capital Lux 2: Generations (Eilif Svensson & Kristian Amundsen Østby, Aporta Games, 2020)
   29:17 -Trolls & Princesses (Pim Thunborg, Game Brewer, 2023)
   32:21 -Dro Polter (Paul Schulz, Oink Games, 2023)
   36:47 -Gnome Hollow (Ammon Anderson, Levity Games, 2024)

   News (and why it doesn't matter):
   42:22 Board Game Arena: Gnome Hollow, Orleans, Darwin's Journey
   43:47 Flickering Stars: sci-fi dexterity by Matt Leacock
   44:11 French Republican Calendar from Karate Fight Publishing
   45:15 Tikal Legendary
   46:19 Please consider supporting us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/svwag

   46:40 Topic: Collection Organization

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10. #324: Design Pet Peeves

    13 augustus 2024 · 1 uur 9 min

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    It is Festivus once again here at SVWAG, where we shall once again vent our collective spleen over features of games that irk us. Sometimes we will assert that our umbrage is righteous and ought to be shared, and other times we will concede we are merely motivated by idiosyncratic pique. Our feelings, in either case, shall not be denied. Lees meer

    00:46 AYURIS: Beowulf: The Legend (Reiner Knizia, KOSMOS, 2005)

    Games Played Last Week:
    04:21 -Terminus (Earl Aspiras and Tom Volpe, Inside Up Games, 2024)
    08:53 -For Northwood! A Solo Trick-Taking Game (Wilhelm Su, Self-published, 2021)
    12:41 -Deep Rock Galactic (Ole Steiness, MOOD Publishing, 2022)
    15:15 -Harvest (Trey Chambers, Keymaster Games, 2024)
    20:44 -Assault on Doomrock: Ultimate Edition (Tom Stasiak, Beautiful Disaster Games, 2023)
    24:46 -Tribune (Karl-Heinz Schmiel, Spielworxx, 2021)
    29:18 -Charioteer (Matt Calkins, GMT Games, 2022)

    News (and why it doesn't matter):
    33:59 Peacemakers: Horrors of War, a promising sequel to Dawn of the Peacemakers
    35:27 Quartermaster General: South Front
    36:37 Valiant Defense: Guadalcanal: The Battle for Henderson Field NOT designed by David Thompson

    37:53 Topic: Game Design Pet Peeves
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11. #323: Wilmot's Warehouse

    6 augustus 2024 · 1 uur 5 min

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    Who is this Wilmot? What wares is he housing? Few answers are offered. We are merely told, rather imperiously, that we work at his warehouse. Sure, we have weekends off, but on occasion the fickle demiurge Wilmot commands us to speak in monosyllable, or move seats, or hide secrets from our colleagues. One shudders to imagine what terrible fate befalls those foolhardy enough to flout his edicts. Lees meer

    Games Played Last Week:
    00:41 -Terminus (Earl Aspiras and Tom Volpe, Inside Up Games, 2024)
    10:15 -Hour of Need (Adam Sadler & Brady Sadler, Blacklist Games, 2022)
    13:40 -Animal Upon Animal (Klaus Miltenberger, HABA, 2005)
    14:01 -Ghost Blitz (Jacques Zeimet, Zoch Verlag, 2010)
    14:50 -Green Team Wins (Nathan Thornton, 25th Century Games, 2022)
    15:45 -Spirit Island: Nature Incarnate (R. Eric Reuss, Greater Than Games, 2023)
    21:39 -Robinson Crusoe: Collector's Edition (Joanna Kijanka and Ignacy Trzewiczek, Portal Games, 2024)
    28:29 -Slay the Spire: The Board Game (Gary Dworetsky, Anthony Giovannetti, and Casey Yano, Contention Games, 2024)
    34:39 -Deep Rock Galactic (Ole Steiness, MOOD Publishing, 2022)
    37:04 -Quartermaster General: East Front (Ian Brody, Ares Games, 2023)

    News (and why it doesn't matter):
    44:49 Phil Walker-Harding, Dr. Finn, and Devir Game's Cities

    46:15 Feature Game: Wilmot's Warehouse (Ricky Haggett, Richard Hogg, and David King, CMYK, 2024)

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12. #322: Michael Walker Revolutionizes Physical Therapy

    30 juli 2024 · 1 uur 9 min

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    We here at SVWAG take pains to differentiate between two conflated ideas. We say "approachable" for rulesets that are easily learned and internalized, reserving the similar-sounding term "accessible" to refer to games that are usable for people with disabilities.
    Relatedly, MICHAEL WALKER IS BACK. Lees meer

    02:43 AYURIS: Oak (Wim Goossens, Game Brewer, 2022)

    Games Played Last Week:
    04:25 -Friday (Friedemann Friese, 2F-Spiele, 2011)
    07:12 -Fast Sloths (Friedemann Friese, 2F-SPiele, 2019)
    10:56 -Ghost Blitz Mini (Jacques Zeimet, Zoch Verlag, 2010)
    12:11 -For Sale (Stefan Dorra, Uberplay, 1997)
    13:52 -Primal: The Awakening (Tommaso Mondadori and Alberto Parisi, Reggie Games, 2024)
    18:19 -Corporate America (Teale Fristoe, Nothing Sacred Games, 2013)
    23:10 -Guards of Atlantis II (Artyom Nichipurov, Wolff Designa, 2022)
    25:57 -Arcs (Cole Wehrle, Leder Games, 2024)
    33:00 -Slay the Spire: The Board Game (Gary Dworetsky, Anthony Giovannetti, and Casey Yano, Contention Games, 2024)
    35:33 -Combat Commander: Europe (Chad Jensen, GMT, 2006)
    40:08 -Marshmallow Test (Reiner Knizia, Gamewright, 2020)
    42:06 -Wilmot's Warehouse (Ricky Haggett, Richard Hogg, and David King, CMYK, 2024)

    News (and why it doesn't matter):
    46:31 Until Proven Guilty: cooperative storytelling
    46:55 More Root factions: bats and frogs
    47:35 Planet of the Apes cooperative miniatures game
    48:24 Barrage legendary box
    48:38 Great Western Trail El Paso
    48:55 Liège of Games is Walker's source of news: https://www.youtube.com/c/Li%C3%A8geofGames/videos
    49:13 Unmatched Adventures: TMNT and cross-license games

    51:07 Topic: Michael Walker Revolutionizes Physical Therapy

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13. #321: Captain Flip and the SdJ

    23 juli 2024 · 1 uur 27 min

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    Our guest host this week is the estimable Mark Besada of the Golden Geek Award-winning podcast, Board Game Barrage! Known as the Green Tank because he is more swole than the Hulk (rumours persist that Lou Ferrigno learned all he knew about bodybuilding from Mark), he nonetheless exudes generosity and hospitality.
    Unless you throw down in Ghost Blitz, that is. Then it's Go Time. Lees meer

    Games Played Last Week:
    02:31 -Skytear Horde: Monoliths (Giacomo Neri and Riccardo Neri, Skytear Games, 2024)
    07:39 -Lords of Scotland (Richard James, Z-Man Games, 2010)
    11:27 -Slay the Spire: The Board Game (Gary Dworetsky, Anthony Giovannetti, and Casey Yano, Contention Games, 2024) [EDIT: The "Ironclad" character was erroneously referred to as the Ironborn. We apologize for the error and look forward to your many, many correction emails]
    17:11 -Distilled (Dave Beck, Paverson Games, 2023)
    21:51 -RelicBlade: Adventure Battle Game (Sean Sutter, Metal King Studio, 2015)
    30:23 -Sky Team (Luc Rémond, Le Scorpion Masqué, 2023)
    34:05 -Ghost Blitz Mini (Jacques Zeimet, Zoch Verlag, 2010)
    39:55 -Arcs (Cole Wehrle, Leder Games, 2024)

    News (and why it doesn't matter):
    46:00 Atlantis Exodus has an "apotheosis track"
    47:18 Please support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/svwag

    47:36 Feature Game: Captain Flip (Remo Conzadori and Paolo Mori, PlayPunk, 2024) and the Spiel des Jahres

    1:18:14 SVWAG Presents Masterpiece Theatre: Ripley
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14. #320: Slay the Spire

    16 juli 2024 · 1 uur 38 min

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    Our next guest host during Michael Walker's recovery is Efka Bladukas, half of No Pun Included! Efka is an internationally-renowned board game critic and dog enthusiast, known for his detestation of whimsy and tireless tolerance of Mark's yammerings. He once split a mountain in twain with his bare hands while simultaneously inventing cold fusion, but he's so humble he'll probably deny it--which is proof positive that it's all true. Lees meer

    Games Played Last Week:
    01:37 -Captain Flip (Remo Conzadori and Paolo Mori, PlayPunk, 2024)
    08:30 -In the Footsteps of Darwin (Grégory Grard and Matthieu Verdier, Sorry We Are French, 2023)
    13:31 -It’s a Wonderful World: Corruption & Ascension (Frédéric Guérard, La Boîte de Jeu, 2020)
    17:34 -Cascadero (Reiner Knizia, Bitewing Games, 2024)
    22:03 -Dungeons & Dragons: Dungeon Scrawlers--Heroes of Waterdeep (Vangelis Bagiartakis and Konstantinos Karagiannis, WizKids, 2023)
    27:27 -Power Vacuum (Kaleb Wentzel-Fisher, Keen Bean Studio, 2024)
    39:03 -Leviathan Wilds (Justin Kemppainen, Moon Crab Games, 2024)
    43:32 -Primal: The Awakening (Tommaso Mondadori and Alberto Parisi, Reggie Games, 2024)
    53:38 -Dune: Imperium (Paul Dennen, Dire Wolf, 2020)

    News (and why it doesn't matter):
    57:55 Walker continues to recover and is doing well
    58:32 Leviathan Wilds expansion and reprint soon on Gamefound; uncertainty as to possible fixes
    59:22 Flickering Stars by Matt Leacock and Josh Cappel; another sci-fi flicking boardgame

    1:00:34 Feature Game: Slay the Spire: The Board Game (Gary Dworetsky, Anthony Giovannetti, and Casey Yano, Contention Games, 2024)

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15. #319: When to Go Digital

    9 juli 2024 · 1 uur 10 min

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    Our first guest host while Michael Walker is recovering is James de Moss, aka Jimbo!
    Many a human being has become lost in the deep recesses of Jimbo's sonorous voice, and thus one must take care lest you become consumed by his powerful charisma. Jimbo brings his extensive experience of digital board games, and board game adaptations, to SVWAG. Lees meer

    02:29 AYURIS: Planet Unknown

    Games Played Last Week:
    06:13 -Skytear Horde: Monoliths (Giacomo Neri and Riccardo Neri, Skytear Games, 2024)
    09:32 -Mythwind (Nathan Lige and Brendan McCaskell, Open Owl Studios, 2023)
    12:10 -Slay the Spire: The Board Game (Gary Dworetsky, Anthony Giovannetti, and Casey Yano, Contention Games, 2024)
    15:07 -Sentinels of the Multiverse (Christopher Badell, Paul Bender, & Adam Rebottaro, Greater Than Games, 2011)
    22:50 -Marshmallow Test (Reiner Knizia, Gamewright, 2020)
    26:20 -Primal: The Awakening (Tommaso Mondadori and Alberto Parisi, Reggie Games, 2024)
    37:33 -Oak (Wim Goossens, Game Brewer, 2022)
    39:50 -Gaia Project (Jens Drögemüller & Helge Ostertag, Feuerland Spiele, 2017)

    News (and why it doesn't matter):
    42:50 A sincere thank you for the outpouring of support
    43:23 Shapeways has filed for bankruptcy and ceased operations, independent operators left in the lurch
    44:40 X-Wing community's efforts in the wake of cessation of official support
    47:54 Martin Wallace news: Cthulhu: Dark Providence with Travis Chance, and Casus Belli

    49:42 Topic: When to Go Digital

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16. #318: Fateforge: Chronicles of Kaan

    2 juli 2024 · 59 min

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    One of the under-appreciated virtues of an auction game is that each session can provide its own economy. While daunting to new players, who don't know what things might be worth, their flailing speculation actually helps determine what things are worth. If they buy that share of red for a squillion moneys, guess what, that is what that market would bear. At least for now, that is. Some jerk might then get the next share for two cents and a smile, but watching those economies develop differently every time is part of the magic. Lees meer

    Games Played Last Week:
    01:22 -Snow Planner (Akashi, Soragame Studio, 2024)
    04:24 -That's Not a Hat (Kasper Lapp, Ravensburger, 2023)
    05:45 -Guards of Atlantis II (Artyom Nichipurov, Wolff Designa, 2022)
    10:27 -Iberian Gauge (Amabel Holland, Capstone Games, 2017)
    18:17 -Medici (Reiner Knizia, AMIGO, 1995)
    23:08 -CATAN: Starfarers Duel (Klaus Teuber and Benjamin Teuber, KOSMOS, 2023)
    28:46 -Mythwind (Nathan Lige and Brendan McCaskell, Open Owl Studios, 2023)

    News (and why it doesn't matter):
    31:08 Star Realms 10th Anniversary edition and Star Trek Star Realms
    31:41 Satoshi Matsuura illustrates Yield
    31:56 Iliad and Ichor from Reiner Knizia and Bitewing on Kickstarter
    32:53 Imperial Borders--massive numbers of troops on a massive map from Larry Summers

    33:44 Feature Game: Fateforge: Chronicles of Kaan (Gordon Calleja, Mighty Boards, 2024)
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17. #317: The 180

    25 juni 2024 · 1 uur 18 min

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    While we pride ourselves on our internationalist focus here at SVWAG, we have been remiss in our multilingualism lately. While we reliably rendezvous with French on a semi-regular basis, a skosh of Japanese here and there, a quantum of Latin periodically, and whatever language AYURIS pretends to be, our Spanish could use some work. We thus devote ourselves to utter three whole words of Spanish in this episode. Lees meer

    01:30 AYURIS: Dwellings of Eldervale (Luke Laurie, Breaking Games, 2020)

    Games Played Last Week:
    03:36 -Federation (Dimitri Perrier and Matthieu Verdier, Explor8, 2022)
    06:40 -Successors 4th Edition (Richard H. Berg and Mark Simonitch, PHALANX, 2022)
    12:10 -Knarr (Thomas Dupont, Bombyx, 2023)
    13:13 -TRICKTAKERs (Hiroken, Joyple Games, 2021) [EDIT: Mark mistakenly claimed that there is no English edition, but this is incorrect]
    16:40 -Fateforge: Chronicles of Kaan (Gordon Calleja, Mighty Boards, 2024)
    22:03 -The Plum Island Horror (Hermann Luttmann, GMT Games, 2023)
    26:36 -Sky Team (Luc Rémond, Le Scorpion Masqué, 2023)
    28:45 -Slay the Spire: The Board Game (Gary Dworetsky, Anthony Giovannetti, and Casey Yano, Contention Games, 2024)
    35:42 -Gaia Project (Jens Drögemüller & Helge Ostertag, Feuerland Spiele, 2017)
    37:47 -nana (Kaya Miyano, Mob+, 2021)
    40:48 -Murray the A**hole Frog (Jenna Felli, Devious Weasel Games, 2024)
    46:04 -Jenga Maker (Uncredited, Hasbro, 2022)
    48:32 -Arcs (Cole Wehrle, Leder Games, 2024)

    News (and why it doesn't matter):
    55:33 Game Brewer, publisher of Stroganov, Oak and Gugong, calls it quits
    55:51 Star Wars: X-Wing and Armada terminated by Atomic Mass Games
    56:56 Hans im Glück starts asserting its ownership of the word "meeple"
    57:30 Mike Hutchinson and Planet Smasher Games' possible future products: Perilous Tales/Gaslands XL box sets?, Space Gits merging dexterity and miniatures, and more

    59:26 Topic: The 180
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18. #315: Games that Make You Uncomfortable

    11 juni 2024 · 58 min

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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. Lees meer

    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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19. #314: Leviathan Wilds

    4 juni 2024 · 1 uur 14 min

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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. Lees meer

    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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20. #313: The One that Broke the Kallax's Back

    28 mei 2024 · 1 uur 7 min

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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. Lees meer

    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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21. #312: Cascadero

    21 mei 2024 · 56 min

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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. Lees meer

    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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22. #311: Omnibus Questions Delta Bet

    14 mei 2024 · 1 uur 17 min

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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. Lees meer

    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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23. #310: Omnibus Questions Delta Aleph

    7 mei 2024 · 1 uur 27 min

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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.'" Lees meer

    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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24. #309: An Age Contrived

    30 april 2024 · 55 min

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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! Lees meer

    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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25. #308: Favourite Mechanisms

    23 april 2024 · 1 uur 10 min

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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) Lees meer

    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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26. #307: Galactic Renaissance

    16 april 2024 · 1 uur 11 min

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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. Lees meer

    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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27. #306: What Brings You Back

    9 april 2024 · 58 min

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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! Lees meer

    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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28. #305: Barely Alive

    2 april 2024 · 54 min

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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. Lees meer

    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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29. #304: We Are Sick

    26 maart 2024 · 44 min

    Afspelen
    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. Lees meer

    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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30. #303: Kutna Hora: The City of Silver

    19 maart 2024 · 1 uur 3 min

    Afspelen
    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. Lees meer

    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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31. #302: Rules Explanations

    12 maart 2024 · 1 uur 16 min

    Afspelen
    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." Lees meer

    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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32. #301: Leonardo da Vinci's Codex Leicester

    5 maart 2024 · 1 uur 11 min

    Afspelen
    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. Lees meer

    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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33. #300: Patrons' Top 20

    27 februari 2024 · 1 uur 19 min

    Afspelen
    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. Lees meer

    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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34. #299: Nucleum

    20 februari 2024 · 57 min

    Afspelen
    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. Lees meer

    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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35. #298: Deckbuilding

    13 februari 2024 · 1 uur 9 min

    Afspelen
    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 Lees meer

    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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36. #297: Envelopes of Cash

    6 februari 2024 · 1 uur 12 min

    Afspelen
    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. Lees meer

    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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37. #296: Dexterity Games Revisited

    30 januari 2024 · 1 uur 22 min

    Afspelen
    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. Lees meer

    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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38. #295: Federation

    23 januari 2024 · 1 uur 6 min

    Afspelen
    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. Lees meer

    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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39. #294: 2023 Year in Review

    16 januari 2024 · 1 uur 20 min

    Afspelen
    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. Lees meer

    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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40. #293: Out of Print Games Revisited

    9 januari 2024 · 1 uur 22 min

    Afspelen
    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. Lees meer

    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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41. #292: Arborea

    2 januari 2024 · 1 uur 21 min

    Afspelen
    "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 Lees meer

    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 Zombi…

42. #291: Adventure Games

    19 december 2023 · 1 uur 16 min

    Afspelen
    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 support@aircanada.ca. Lees meer

    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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43. #290: Mindclash Games

    12 december 2023 · 1 uur 5 min

    Afspelen
    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." Lees meer

    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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44. #289: Daybreak

    5 december 2023 · 1 uur 22 min

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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! Lees meer

    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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45. #288: All the Games

    28 november 2023 · 1 uur 34 min

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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 Lees meer

    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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46. #287: Voidfall

    14 november 2023 · 1 uur 22 min

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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! Lees meer

    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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47. #286: Through the Desert

    7 november 2023 · 1 uur 10 min

    Afspelen
    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. Lees meer

    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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48. #285: Updating the Canon

    31 oktober 2023 · 1 uur 22 min

    Afspelen
    "'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'" Lees meer

    -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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49. #284: Zoo Vadis

    24 oktober 2023 · 1 uur 17 min

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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. Lees meer

    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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50. #283: Calling It a Win

    17 oktober 2023 · 1 uur 30 min

    Afspelen
    "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" Lees meer

    -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 T…