We love a good old game - there are a lot that of games over a decade old that we'd happily sing the praises of, but if we were being brutally honest, how many of them do we think would make it in today's markets? How much have tastes really moved on since these games were in their prime? Before we let nostalgia get the better of us, we talk about I'm Out, Evenglow, and Trials of Maya.
03:08 - I'm Out 09:28 - Evenglow 13:32 - Trials of Maya 29:40 - If old games were released today 31:29 - Pandemic Legacy: Season 1 39:14 - War of the Ring: Second Edition 42:22 - Terraforming Mars 44:30 - Star Wars: Rebellion 46:41 - Twilight Struggle 48:01 - The Castles of Burgundy 50:08 - Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization 52:37 - Great Western Trail 54:02 - Brass: Lancashire 57:52 - 7 Wonders Duel 59:51 - Scythe
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Tom takes a brief respite before the end-of-year events hit, and before we discuss "simple" versions of popular games intended for the Mass Market shelves. Then, we answer a bunch of questions from the mailbag before moving on to a new batch of Roses, Thorns, and Hula Hoops.
00:00 - Intro
00:55 - Hottest Days of the Year and Dice Tower West
02:06 - Too Many Games?
04:30 - Future Events: Spiel, PAX Unplugged, Internal Conventions
06:57 - "Simple" Versions
28:40 - Question: Theme or Mechanism?
30:00 - Question: What to Play?
34:34 - Question: Airing of Grievances?
38:29 - Question: Latecomers?
42:45 - Pondscape
45:38 - Sandcastles
51:20 - Miniature Adventures: Adventure 1: Goblin Trouble
55:10 - Dino Racer
57:31 - The Crew: Journeys to the Ends of the Earth
Questions? Tales of Horror? tom@dicetower.com
It's hard to go wrong with cats. Even most people who don't like cats are wise enough to keep relatively quiet about it, lest they suffer the consequences. What consequences? Oh, I don't know, maybe the fury of needle-armed psychopaths who watch things die for fun! And that's just the cat owners. ZING
I kid, I kid. We here at SVWAG have considerable enthusiasm for Official SVWAG cat, Chandler, aka Chan-Chan aka Chan Man aka Potato.
Games Played Last Week:
00:54 -Movie Tricks (Vegard Eliassen Stillerud, Eilif Svensson, and Åsmund Svensson, Chilifox Games, 2025)
06:49 -Avalon: The Riven Veil (Jamie Jolly, Shadowborne Games, 2026)
15:04 -D.E.I.: Divide et Impera (Tommaso Battista, Ludus Magnus Studio, 2022)
17:27 -Barrage: The Colorado Connection (Tommaso Battista & Simone Luciani, Cranio Creations, 2024)
25:06 -Alibis (Yusuke Sato, Allplay, 2025)
27:36 -Landmarks (Rodrigo Rego & Danilo Valente, Floodgate Games, 2024)
28:22 -dnup (Kei Kajino, asmodee, 2025)
31:11 -Bookshelf (Caezar Al-Jassar, Alley Cat Games, 2026)
33:19 -Realm of Reckoning (Max Anderson, Zac Dixon, and Austin Harrison, IV Studio, 2026)
39:37 -Totally Human (Kasper Lapp, Bitewing Games, 2026)
45:52 -Cats Knocking Things Off Ledges (David Killing & Sen Foong-Lim, The Op games, 2026)
News (and why it doesn't matter):
49:17 Glorious Listener Survey! https://forms.gle/ghqMH9cuiRWCVyZn9
49:46 Valuable creator, JonGetsGames, on hiatus
51:38 Dinosaurs, everybody! Dino Racer from Underdog and Marceline Leiman
53:08 Rebels Against Rebellion by Trevor Benjamin, David Thompson, and art by Kwanchai Moriya
54:32 Feature Game: Robo Rally Dice (Kane Klenko, Renegade Game Studios, 2026)
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Another fortnight, another sesh of the Board Game BBQ Podcast!
This week, Dana joins Conor as the two put aside their travel plans to chat about portable and not portable Stonemaier Games in Wingspan Pocket and Euphoria, Conor gives excuses to play pretend with his IRL friends as he discusses another DnD campaign as well as playing Oracle of Delphi with a familiar face. Do you fancy living a whole life in one game sitting? Then maybe take a listen to Dana's Sizzle in 'The Pursuit of Happiness', Conor on the other hand avoids murky and dangerous waters in his own Sizzle with 'Sail'.
The crew also announces they'll be at PAX 2026 and discuss the responses to last week's question of the pod, this weeks is 'What Game Always Provides Memorable Moments and Why?'
All that and more on this week's episode of the Board Game BBQ Podcast!
00:00:30 Intro
00:01:15 Sleeved and Confused
00:07:15 AI in TCG Deck Creation
00:13:30 Backflow failed inspection
00:16:30 Quick Hits
00:17:30 Tag Team: Arthur’s Legacy
00:20:45 Warp 99
00:25:30 Tug of Roar
00:31:50 Miniature Market
00:33:30 Greylune
00:44:15 Mythologies
00:50:15 Gunsen: The Battle for Toshi Ranbo
01:07:00 Comic Books Resurgence
01:15:00 Outro
Man, listening back at the episode, didn’t realize just how much we covered. And what we cover —Tag Team: Arthur’s Legacy, Warp 99, Tug of Roar, Greylune, Mythologies, and Gunsen: The Battle for Toshi Ranbo — is a very broad spectrum of board game mechanics. But what is interesting with these games, there are cross over mechanics that exist that making learning the next one simpler because we already understand what is expected.
Tag Team: Arthur’s Legacy is a follow up to the initial Tag Team game. However, this time we have Arthurian heroes teaming up, chaining abilities, and pulling off last minute heroics to pull out a win. It’s the kind of game tension builds each round. Warp 99 is a fast‑paced card game where players race to shed their hands, aiming for massive point bursts driven by the tableau they build. The twist is in the scoring, every card you manage to keep in your tableau gets squared, turning even a modest spread of cards into a surprisingly explosive payoff.
Then comes Tug of Roar, a clever lane battler that thrives on tension and brinkmanship. It’s quick, tight, and surprisingly dramatic for such a streamlined design. And the card drafting mechanic really adds to the strategy of this game. Greylune offers a fresh twist on the classic Spyrium formula. Games in this genre can sometimes slip into feeling like pure resource spreadsheets—convert this into that, chase efficiency, tally points. Greylune pushes back against that monotony by layering in a quest system that lets players build small narrative arcs as they play. Those stories aren’t just flavor; they can provide meaningful advantages that shape your path to victory, giving the game a welcome sense of accomplishment alongside its familiar economic core. Mythologies is a card drafting game that offers a twist on the style of drafting that is refreshing in a very crowded field of these types of games. We really appreciated this change and welcome the twist that this game provided.
Finally, Gunsen: The Battle for Toshi Ranbo delivers a crisp, tactical showdown rooted in samurai warfare. It’s all about positioning, timing, and reading your opponent. For an area control style game, is not about a big push but more about reading the board’s subtle signals. Victory can be quick for someone if the others are caught napping, so you always should be on your toes. However, this may also create an unsatisfying finish for some.
Thanks for listening
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On this episode of On Board Games, Erik talks with Marc Spectre of Grand Gamers Guild about games (and other things) they've played lately.
Games discussed are:
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(25:32) Then, the two talk about three different IP experiences for Grand Gamers Guild.
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Reviews of Pulitzer, Greylune, and so much more. All the pegs deep dive Skara Brae. Game discussion starts at {00:38:37}.
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On this pocket-sized episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down podcast, Tom and Matt have been shrunk down to miniscule versions of themselves, and are crawling around inside the box for Hansa Teutonica. They’re having the time of their lives in there. But there’s still work to be done, and games to be reviewed! This episode tackles a clutch of tiny titles and small-scale surprises.
Otter is a shedding game about piling up sea creatures on the bellies of the nation's favourite semi-weasel, and Zombie Princess is a trick-taker jam-packed with the freshly undead. There’s also time to talk Tally Up; a game that’s somewhat lovingly and somewhat scathingly referred to as ‘just gambling’. It kind of is?
Have a great week, everybody!
Timestamps:
01:02 - Otter
09:26 - Tally Up!
21:02 - Zombie Princess
Dave hosts this weeks show. What happens you ask? No idea. Matthew wasn't in this one and he writes these.
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[EDIT] In this episode, Mark falsely attributes the co-authorship of Ayar to Nestore Mangone, when in fact it was designed by Mandela Fernandez-Grandon and Fabio Lopiano. We regret the error.
Have you heard of the Walker Quint? This patent-pending, uncopyrightable system is more than just a game organizational schema--it is a multipurpose framework that will REVOLUTIONIZE YOUR LIFE in every way! It's more like a cult, really. Join us in following the Eternal Path of the Walker Quint.
01:43 AYURIS: Undaunted 2200: Callisto (Trevor Benjamin and David Thompson, Osprey, 2024)
Games Played Last Week:
05:53 -Gold Country (Reiner Knizia, Bitewing Games, 2026)
09:45 -Bottle Imp (Günter Cornett, Grail Games, 2024)
15:27 -Las Vegas (Rüdiger Dorn, alea, 2012)
18:44 -Avalon: The Riven Veil (Jamie Jolly, Shadowborne Games, 2026)
28:06 -Tiletum (Simone Luciani and Daniele Tascini, Board&Dice, 2022)
32:53 -Baghdad: The City of Peace (Fabio Lopiano & Nestore Mangone, Alley Cat Games, 2025)
40:03 -Into the Machine (Kasper Lapp, AEG, 2026)
46:22 -Sentinels of the Multiverse: Definitive Edition (Christopher Badell & Adam Rebottaro, Greater Than Games, 2022)
News (and why it doesn't matter):
54:19 Calactic Cruise rakes in the Dice Tower ards at Gen Con
54:36 Glorious Listener Survey! https://forms.gle/ghqMH9cuiRWCVyZn9
55:05 Nidavellir re-developed into Dwarves of Aquilon
56:20 One Page Rules is crowdfunding starter boxes
57:39 Blind buy for Games Workshop minis
1:00:35 Topic: Games that Build Cred
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