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.

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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00:00:00 Intro

00:00:30 Day One

00:01:34 Baseball Game

00:02:28 Setting Up the Booth

00:03:19 D&D 50th Party

00:08:00 Asmodee Release Event

00:11:40 Lucky Duck Release Event

00:12:40 Hatchette Release Event

00:15:37 Long Line Time

00:16:51 Gametoppers

00:19:05 Day Two

00:22:23 Fantasy Flight Report

00:24:57 Plaid Hat Games

00:26:50 Floodgate Games

00:27:52 Wizkids

00:29:20 Thames and Kosmos

00:31:41 Bezier Games

00:33:57 Hobby Japan

00:37:54 Strike Tournament

00:48:24 Portal Games

00:49:58 Day Three

00:51:02 CGE

00:55:35 OP Games

00:57:32 Allplay Games

00:58:39 Flat River Group

01:00:45 Minos

01:03:00 Strike Event

01:03:46 Arcane Wonders

01:06:25 Flat River Demo Night

01:10:12 Star Wars Unlimited Draft

01:17:10 Miniature Market

01:18:48 Day Four

01:19:28 Bandai Demo

01:22:10 North Star Games

01:25:02 Off Duty Ninja

01:26:00 Strike Event

01:28:23 Chip Theory Games

01:32:05 Warhammer

01:37:00 Star Wars Unlimited Draft Again

01:41:10 Outro

Attending Gen Con 2024 is an exhilarating experience for any gaming enthusiast especially getting in that initial crowd rush going into the hall. For those that don’t know, it is held in Indianapolis and got started when D&D players got together over a weekend. It has grown into one of the biggest conventions for board games in the United States.

In this episode, we tell you about the events we attend and the new things we saw that will be coming to your gaming table soon.

Thanks for listening and see you in two weeks.

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This week Adrian, Dana and Joe are sharing the latest to be hitting their tables. Adrian has been playing a favourite trick taker and the experience was a Nyet positive overall. Dana has been collecting sets and boosting her economy in the latest game to kill Splendor, Star Tycoon. It's raining ramen over in Melbourne as Joe powers his merchants and ships goods in Yokohama. 

There's also the Question of the Pod, some attempts to Swear an Oath, and the usual antics. 

New Question of the Pod: How do you feel about expansions that contain 'patches' or 'fixes' for board games?

Timestamps:
Games we've been playing (0:05:53)
Yokohama (0:32:28)
Star Tycoon (0:40:30)
Nyet! (0:49:16)
Question of the Pod Recap: (1:03:50)
Swear An Oath: (1:15:02)

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Has this episode left you with a thirst for more? Here are all of the games that we discussed:
Stick 'Em
Obsession
The Red Cathedral
Expeditions
Monikers
Paku Paku
Sausage Sizzle

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