We're gluttons for punishment this week, because we're talking about harshness in board games. These are the sort of games where big moves or bad mistakes can be hard to recover from. Harsh games aren't for everyone, so when and why do we find them appealing? Before we grit our teeth, we talk about Wavelength, Genoa, Krass Kariert, and Oceans.
01:02 - Wavelength 05:39 - Genoa 07:30 - Krass Kariert 14:55 - Oceans 23:48 - Harshness in Games 24:24 - Biblios 24:48 - Arboretum 25:52 - Seasons 27:36 - The Estates 28:54 - Troyes 30:02 - Agricola 31:32 - A Feast For Odin 33:23 - Tigris and Euphrates 33:43 - Yellow and Yangtze 36:10 - Diplomacy 39:53 - Medici
One must learn as a child that just because something is difficult does not mean it isn't worth doing. Sometimes we here at SVWAG feel that the corollary for adults is that just because something is difficult doesn't mean it is worthwhile. Some hard things should just be avoided. It's hard to drive a nail through your own skull, but it doesn't follow that it's necessarily a prime opportunity for self-improvement that ought to be pursued. Unrelatedly, Vital Lacerda games.
Games Played Last Week: -Street Masters: Aftershock 2m32s (Adam Sadler & Brady Sadler, Blacklist Games, 2019) -Isle of Skye: From Chieftain to King 6m11s (Andreas Pelikan & Alexander Pfister, Lookout Games, 2015) -The Resistance 7m40s (Don Eskridge, Indie Boards & Cards, 2009) -Warhammer Underworlds: Shadespire 10m25s (David Sanders, Games Workshop, 2017) -Food Chain Magnate: The Ketchup Mechanism & Other Ideas 13m49s (Jeroen Doumen & Joris Wiersinga, Splotter, 2019) -Imperial Settlers: Empires of the North 21m36s (Joanna Kijanka & Ignacy Trzewiczek, Portal Games, 2019) -Pretense 24m13s (Jason Tagmire, AEG, 2015)
News (and why it doesn't matter): -Pay extra for early access to Kanban EV? 28m42s -Brick and mortar retail for Renegade early access? 31m36s -Walker wonders about Wonderland's War 32m58s -SHUX 2020: Oct. 16-18 36m06s -Marvel United 37m08s -Mindclash's Perseverance 38m43s -Nuremberg Toy Fair 2020 miscellany 39m20s
Feature Game: On Mars 41m19s (Vital Lacerda, Eagle-Gryphon Games, 2020)
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