The Peter Principle observes that people tend to get promoted to their level of incompetence. Namely if someone does a job well, they'll be promoted, until such time as they cease doing a job well and persist at that level of ineptitude. We mention this not because it accurately describes the arc of Mark's life both professionally and personally--which, let's face it, it does--but rather because we have decided to promote the AYURIS from off-hand remark into Full Fledged Segment (AYURIS, FFS [tm]). Time stamp and everything! If it does well, it'll get it's own podcast; if it does poorly, all hail the Peter Principle.
AYURIS: 51st State: Master Set (Ignacy Trzewiczek, Portal, 2016) 1m31s
Games Played Last Week: -Kingdom Death: Monster 5m28s (Adam Poots, Kingdom Death, 2015) -Reykholt 9m02s (Uwe Rosenberg, Frosted Games, 2018) -Bargain Hunter 15m35s (Uwe Rosenberg, Valley Games, 1998) -Meltwater: A Game of Tactical Starvation 17m34s (Erin Lee Escobedo, Hollandspiele, 2018)
News (and why it doesn't matter) -The Orville Clix 19m34s -Samuel Bailey's Stars a little less Forbidden 19m59s -Samuel Bailey digs Deep 21m17s -Rooting around for more factions 22m22s -KeyForging on 22m46s -Being on the same Wavelength 23m14s -Even deeper Descent 24m31s -Rushing into the Kingdom of boardgames of apps 25m19s
Feature Game: Cerebria: The Inside World 25m58s (Richard Amann, Viktor Peter, István Pócsi, Frigyes Schőberl, Nick Shaw, & Dávid Turczi, Mindclash Games, 2018)
Sometimes categories are useful taxonomical tools, and sometimes they are so blunt as to be confusing and unhelpful. What gets parsed as "worker placement" can get downright murky at times. To Walker, though, the world is clear and simple. Tolstoy tells us that "All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." Walker has a modified view--all fun games are fun and thus good and interchangeable, and all unfun games are bad and thus the same. It's a good thing he's not a critic or anything.
Games Played Last Week: -Welcome to... 3m47s (Benoit Turpin, Blue Cocker Games, 2018) -A Feast for Odin: The Norwegians 6m19s (Gernot Köpke & Uwe Rosenberg, Feuerland Spiele, 2018) -Architects of the West Kingdom 9m55s (Shem Phillips & S. J. Macdonald, Garphill Games, 2018) -Byzantium 16m06s (Martin Wallace, Warfrog, 2005)
News (and why it doesn't matter) -Sushi Go Rolls on 20m13s -New Quest for El Dorado? Expansion? Hybrid? 21m21s -Scotland Yard: Now with dice, uncertain haberdashery 22m25s -Who wants to license Talisman? 22m59s -Ignorance is Bliss 24m36s -Time for more T.I.M.E. Stories 24m55s
Sorry for the back to back long episodes. However, we have a good reason. First, Sara Erickson from Renegade Game Studios dropped by and wanted to tell us about Mike […]
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Just as we are told that it's always five o'clock somewhere, we can be assured that Mark and Walker are always wrong somewhere. Time marches inexorably forward, and we mark that passage of time by checking in with the much-loved Quartermaster General series. Mark would happily tell you that time is nothing more and nothing less than a priori intuition, which when internalized allows us to ground the science of mathematics--and then Walker would rightfully point out that it's time for Mark to shut up.
Games Played Last Week: -Menara 3m01s (Oliver Richtberg, Zoch Spiele, 2018) -Massive Darkness 5m18s (Raphaël Guiton, Jean-Baptiste Lullien & Nicolas Raoult, CMON, 2017) -Sentinels of the Multiverse 8m13s (Christopher Badell, Paul Bender, & Adam Rebottaro, Greater than Games, 2011) -Millennium Blades 10m20s (D. Brad Talton, Jr., Level 99 Games, 2016) -Kitchen Rush 12m17s (Vangelis Bagiartakis & Dávid Turczi, Artipia, 2017)
News (and why it doesn't matter) -Quartermaster General (WWII) re-(quarter)mastered 15m22s -alea games joins a euro publishing revival 16m12s -Mystic Vale Steams up 17m27s -Plan B Games in a new Era from Matt Leacock 18m39s -Role-play as a Sentinel of the Multiverse 20m23s
Feature Game: Quartermaster General: The Cold War 22m11s (Ian Brody, PSC Games, 2018)
Sometimes our hosts can't quite understand what the situation demands of them. Walker has been known to approach thoughtful, deliberative games with the oft-repeated demand of "when do I get to shoot LEMME SHOOT." Mark tends to greet new acquaintances with profanity-laden assaults on their life choices, hygiene, and character. These traits perhaps serve to explain how they find themselves in the social circles that they do.
Games Played Last Week: -The Quacks of Quedlingburg 2m37s (Wolfgang Warsch, North Star Games, 2018) -Brass: Birmingham 5m18s (Gavan Brown, Matt Tolman, & Martin Wallace, Roxley, 2018) -In the Shadow of the Emperor 8m29s (Ralf Burkert, Rio Grande Games, 2004) -Kemet: Seth 11m09s (Jacques Bariot & Guillaume Montiage, Matagot, 2018) -Gaslands 15m39s (Glenn Ford & Mike Hutchinson, Osprey Publishing, 2017)
News (and why it doesn't matter) -Portal 2019: Roll & write, Neuroshima Hex! 16m58s -Restoring Conspiracy 17m50s -Build with ice (the Canadian currency) in Tuki 19m19s -Mark takes credit for Iwari 20m05s -New pain to Discover 21m52s -Rooting for new factions in Root 22m37s -Jim Henson's Labyrinth gets proportionally less Bowie 23m02s -How many Odysseys? Want 1001 of them? 23m58s
Feature Game: Talon 26m11s (Jim Krohn, GMT, 2016) and Talon 1000 (Jim Krohn, GMT, 2018)
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We take endorsements very seriously here at SVWAG. The Ferragamo deal fell through after Walker was seen wearing Fendi, and the whole Burberry fiasco is better left forgotten. Converse was our backup, but suffice to say after Mark's public comments about sportsball that seems like a distant possibility at best. All that said, we endorse Gloomy Companion unreservedly. We don't resort to apps very often, but we don't Gloomhaven without Gloomy Companion employed on a tablet. We've tried others but it suits us the best.
News (and why it doesn't matter) -Frontier Wars 15m34s -Rio Grande is back? 15m59s -The Galaxy Rolls on 16m55s -35 years of BattleTech 18m08s -Official statement on pronunciation 18m48s
Constant vigilance is the price of audio quality, and we apologize for how badly that struggle has been going of late. Walker prostrates himself before the altar of Bars, and Bars we achieve, but the nature of those Bars have been fickle. Their shape and pattern cannot be properly contained or channeled, and thus they spurn us and assault your ears. Rest assured that we are consulting the augurs and they are poring over the entrails of many a cassette tape in order to discern how we may appease the Bars. But yeah, it's totally Mark's fault.
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Games Played Last Week: -XCOM: The Boardgame--Evolution 1m51s (Samuel Bailey & Mark Larson, Fantasy Flight, 2016) -Quest for El Dorado: Heroes and Hexes 2m56s (Reiner Knizia, Ravensburger, 2018) -Kitchen Rush 5m59s (Vangelis Bagiartakis & Dávid Turczi, Artipia, 2017) -Codenames 6m59s (Vlaada Chvatil, CGE, 2015) -Wildlands 9m18s (Martin Wallace, Osprey, 2018) -Scythe: The Rise of Fenris 14m44s (Ryan Lopez DeVinaspre & Jamey Stegmaier, Stonemaier, 2018) -Tobago 18m40s (Bruce Allen, Zoch Verlag, 2009) -This Guilty Land 19m42s (Tom Russell, Hollandspiele, 2018)
News (and why it doesn't matter) -FFG Returns to Lord of the Rings 24m27s -Wolff Designaa in 2019: Guards and Tricks 26m11s -Snakes and Lattes unhinges its jaw and expands 27m41s -Suburbia's custom colours 28m12s
Feature Game: New Frontiers 29m43s (Thomas Lehmann, Rio Grande, 2018)
We are back from our break and ready to tackle another year of board gaming podcasting. Or as a listener pointed out to us, making background noise. We love comments […]
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Peer influence is a strange thing. For years Mark has been yelling at Walker about various ways he really ought to change, but a single board game now has Walker spewing Macross lore like he's a convert. Perhaps the authors like Erin Lee Escobedo have a point, and board games really can serve to deliver subtle yet powerful influence. Perhaps we could make board games to convince people to like and dislike the right board games...
Games Played Last Week: -Telestrations 3m40s (Uncredited, USAopoly, 2009) -Diamonds 4m52s (Mike Fitzgerald, Stronghold, 2014) -Meltwater: A Game of Tactical Starvation 8m30s (Erin Lee Escobedo, Hollandspiele, 2018) -Tokyo Highway 14m07s (Naotaka Shimamoto & Yoshiaki Tomioka, itten, 2016) -Robotech: Attack on the SDF-1 15m51s (Darius Hambleton & Jeff Mechlinski, Strange Machine Games, 2018) -Great Western Trail: Rails to the North 20m04s (Alexander Pfister, Stronghold, 2018) -Shards of Infinity: Relics of the Future 24m17s (Gary Arant & Justin Gary, Stone Blade Entertainment, 2018)
News (and why it doesn't matter) -2491 Planetship disappoints Walker pre-emptively 26m17s -Successors' Successor 27m36s -Age of Steam's authorship evaporates 28m43s -Vital Lacerda and Railways of the World 30m10s -Suburbia gets purdy 30m30s -Walker unimpressed by the Hotness 31m41s -SVWAG succumbs to the inevitable with an upcoming Patreon 32m47s
Feature Game: Pandemic: Fall of Rome 34m17s (Matt Leacock & Paolo Mori, Z-Man, 2018)
Topic: New Year's Resolutions Past and Present 53m48s
This Game is Broken is released every two weeks and features Matthew Jude, Dave Luza, Christina Aimerito and Nick and Mike Murphy.
The show is devised by the whole gang and is produced and edited by Matthew Jude. If you would like Matthew to help you edit your podcast then contact him at: Matthewjudecooper@gmail.com
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This Game is Broken is released every two weeks and features Matthew Jude, Dave Luza, Christina Aimerito and Nick and Mike Murphy.
The show is devised by the whole gang and is produced and edited by Matthew Jude. If you would like Matthew to help you edit your podcast then contact him at: Matthewjudecooper@gmail.com
Art by our secretive sixth member Gary. If you would like to commission Gary then email him at: Graphics@deadcatdreaming.co.uk
In this very special Christmas episode we got together with Flip and Chris from Flip the Table to record a bonus Episode as a way to thank everyone who listens to our shows!
Another round about the sun is complete, at least for those who acknowledge that sort of thing. I'm certain there must be a strand of Flat Eartherism that bows to the reality of the Earth's orbit--I could find out, but boardgaming already more than satisfies my desire for obscure minutia. We look back at the releases of the year, agreeing on many things but rather sharply disagreeing on others. There will be lists! And categories! Oh, the pageantry!
Games Played Last Week: -Space Hulk: Second Edition 1m30s (Dean Bass, Andy Chambers, Chris Colston, Richard Halliwell, Jervis Johnson, Andy Jones, & Paul Murphy, Games Workshop, 1996) -Senji 2m58s (Bruno Cathala & Serge Laget, Asmodee, 2008) -Terraforming Mars 6m19s (Jacob Fryxelius, Stronghold, 2016) -Dinosaur Island 6m58s (Jonathan Gilmour & Brian Lewis, Pandasaurus, 2017) -Cryptid 12m14s (Hal Duncan & Ruth Veevers, Osprey Games, 2018) -Mega Civilization 13m26s (Flo de Haan, John Rodriguez, & Francis Tresham, Pegasus, 2015) -Welcome To... 20m12s (Benoit Turpin, Blue Cocker Games, 2018) -Reef 21m20s (Emerson Matsuuchi, Next Move Games, 2018) -Menara 22m18s (Oliver Richtberg, ZOCH, 2018) -Diamonds 23m00s (Mike Fitzgrald, Stronghold, 2016)
2018 Year in Review
Personal Top 10s 23m59s SVWAG Game of the Year 45m06s Other Categories 48m30s
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Players aren't the only people who make choices, of course. Designers and publishers make decisions about the setting and the theme of their games. Insofar as games can communicate a message--whether purely aesthetic or more ideological--it is beneficial to have a clear vision. Things can get exceptionally problematic when you start playing fast and loose with things of great cultural and historical import. Incidentally, I will note that while our topic and our feature game often have no connection between them, sometimes they do. I don't know why I'm mentioning that this week.
Games Played Last Week: -Hyperborea: Light and Shadow 1m37s (Andrea Chiarvesio, Maurizio Vergendo, & Pierluca Zizzi, Asterion Press, 2016) -Between Two Cities 3m15s (Matthew O'Malley, Morten Monrad Pedersen, & Ben Rosset, Stonemaier, 2015) -Factory Funner 5m03s (Corné van Moorsel, Cwali, 2016) -Photosynthesis 8m06s (Hjalmar Hach, Blue Orange, 2017) -Stephenson's Rocket: Eastern USA & China 9m13s (Reiner Knizia, Grail Games, 2018) -Petrichor 12m12s (David Chircop & Dávid Turczi, APE Games, 2018) -The Voyages of Marco Polo 12m57s (Simone Luciani & Daniele Tascini, Hans im Gluck, 2015) -Teotihuacan: City of Gods 14m59s (Daniele Tascini, NSKN Games, 2018) -Dominant Species 15m37s (Chad Jensen, GMT, 2010) -Res Publica 18m03s (Reiner Knizia, Queen, 1991)
News (and why it doesn't matter) -Descent into new digital depths 22m05s -Fards of Inshinity digital 22m20s -Failed Carnival of Monsters rises again 23m02s -Die Macher won't die 24m15s
Feature Game: Crusaders: Thy Will Be Done 25m10s (Seth Jaffee, Tasty Minstrel, 2018)
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