Our cup runneth over, if the cup in question is being filled by tiles laid there by Reiner Knizia. Three Knizia tile-laying games were sampled by SVWAG, which of course made it a good week. One feels that if someone proposed a topic of "Reiner Knizia tile-laying games", the appropriate editorial response would be "narrow the scope, please."
Games Played Last Week: 01:12 -Spirit Island: Jagged Earth (R. Eric Reuss, Greater Than Games, 2020) 02:27 -Mariposas (Elizabeth Hargrave, AEG, 2020) 07:07 -Tekhenu: Obelisk of the Sun (Daniele Tascini & Dávid Turczi, Board&Dice, 2020) 14:37 -Carolus Magnus (Leo Colovini, Rio Grande, 2000) 20:04 -My City (Reiner Knizia, KOSMOS, 2020) 21:48 -Indigo (Reiner Knizia, Ravensburger, 2012) 25:27 -Starlink (Markus Slawitscheck & Arno Steinwender, Blue Orange Games, 2020)
News (and why it doesn't matter): 29:36 The possible returns of things called HeroQuest and Avalon Hill 31:17 Dungeon Fighter returns 32:26 Ludonova: Sumatra by Knizia and Polynesia by Peer Sylvester 33:36 Where's Waldo the Murderer? MicroMacro: Crime City https://www.micromacro-game.com/en/index.html 36:07 Roll and write claims another victim--Troyes: Dice 36:38 Our Patreon: Boss us around! Exclusive content! Get games! etc.
In remembrance of things past, we bite hard into the madeleine that is large player count gaming. The recollection of not being sequestered into small basements, where... actually, scratch that, we were often in basements in the Before Times. At least I think so. Time is now an illusion.
01:57 AYURIS: A Feast for Odin: The Norwegians (Gernot Köpke & Uwe Rosenberg, Feuerland Spiele, 2018)
Games Played Last Week: 03:44 -Time of Legends: Joan of Arc (Pascal Bernard, Mythic Games, 2019) 11:32 -Spirit Island: Jagged Earth (R. Eric Reuss, Greater Than Games, 2020) 12:32 -My City (Reiner Knizia, KOSMOS, 2020) 13:19 -Thor (Reiner Knizia, Heidelberger Spieleverlag, 2002) 16:42 -For What Remains (Paul Low, David Thompson, & Ricardo Manuel Luis Tomas, DVG, 2020) 19:45 -Small Islands (Alexis Allard, MushrooM Games, 2018) 22:04 -Iwari: Deluxe Edition (Michael Schacht, ThunderGryph Games, 2020)
News (and why it doesn't matter): 28:20 Moar Assault on Doomrock? Maybe! 29:49 Satire no more: Dinosaur "Rawr 'n Write" from Pandasaurus 30:29 Neuroshima Hex! limited edition big box 34:03 "Borrowed" intellectual property: Fire Emblem and Anna's Roundtable
"Cosmic Frog: World Eaters from Dimension Zero--A Game of Strategic Gluttony." I mean, what could I or anyone else possibly say that could add to that?
Games Played Last Week: 01:46 -Spirit Island: Jagged Earth (R. Eric Reuss, Greater Than Games, 2020) 03:34 -Shards of Infinity: Shadow of Salvation (Justin Gary & Ryan Sutherland, Stone Blade Entertainment, 2019) 07:19 -Castle Itter (David Thompson, DVG, 2019) 12:44 -Kingdom Builder (Donald X. Vaccarino, Queen Games, 2011) 14:24 -Las Vegas Royale (Rudiger Dorn, alea, 2019) 16:40 -Barrage: The Leeghwater Project (Tommaso Battista & Simone Luciani, Cranio Creations, 2019) 22:17 -My City (Reiner Knizia, KOSMOS, 2020) 25:46 -For What Remains (Paul Low, David Thompson, & Ricardo Manuel Luis Tomas, DVG, 2020)
News (and why it doesn't matter): 32:17 Riot Games' Tellstones 34:48 Meeple Towers (sadly not dexterity) 35:59 More Civ-as-card-game: Imperium 36:54 BGG covering digital gaming again, and Neuroshima: Convoy 37:32 Eric Lang leaving CMON to become freelance again
I mean, maybe, possibly, hopefully, with luck, theoretically, given the right group, hypothetically, in time, conceivably, eventually, if I push hard enough, imaginably, as a favour, I could imagine, someday, perchance, play this again. Weather permitting.
01:36 AYURIS: Cerebria: The Inside World (Richard Amann, Viktor Peter, István Pócsi, Frigyes Schőberl, Nick Shaw, & Dávid Turczi, Mindclash Games, 2018)
Games Played Last Week: 04:34 -Istanbul (Rudiger Dorn, Pegasus Spiele, 2014) 06:06 -Blue Moon (Reiner Knizia, KOSMOS, 2004) 09:23 -Saint Petersburg (Bernd Brunnhofer, Hans im Glück, 2004) 12:08 -Spirit Island: Jagged Earth (R. Eric Reuss, Greater Than Games, 2020) 16:52 -Undaunted: North Africa (Trevor Benjamin & David Thompson, Osprey Games, 2020) 23:17 -The Crew: The Quest for Planet 9 (Thomas Sing, KOSMOS, 2019) 25:10 -Rome & Roll (Nick Shaw & Dávid Turczi, PSC Games, 2020)
News (and why it doesn't matter): 34:30 Lookout for more Uwe Rosenberg: Hallertau 35:15 More Stories for Orleans 35:39 Multiple He-Mans? Hes-Men? Archon and CMON 37:35 David Thompson's Switch and Signal 38:21 Dinosaur World 39:00 Root digital
Old conflicts are put to bed, taxonomies are shelved, and instead we take refuge in sweeping declarations. Walker focuses on the ad hominem, trying to dissuade people from game design because they are insufficiently hardcore; Mark focuses on games, declaring that you can't base games on random spat out tiles. Nuance is for the weak, and qualifications are for those lacking character. Mostly.
Games Played Last Week: 02:04 -Too Many Bones: Dart (Adam Carlson & Josh J. Carlson, Chip Theory Games, 2020) 06:28 -Tzolk'in: The Mayan Calendar (Simone Luciani & Daniele Tascini, CGE, 2012) 09:19 -Russian Railroads (Helmut Ohley & Leanhard "Lonny" Orgler, Hans im Gluck, 2013) 13:23 -Through the Desert (Reiner Knizia, KOSMOS, 1998) 16:36 -The Fox in the Forest Duet (Foxtrot Games, Renegade Game Studios, 2020) 18:13 -Shards of Infinity: Shadow of Salvation (Justin Gary & Ryan Sutherland, Stone Blade Entertainment, 2019) 20:44 -Terraforming Mars (Jacob Fryxelius, Stronghold, 2016) 21:37 -Cthulhu: Death May Die (Rob Daviau & Eric Lang, CMON, 2019)
News (and why it doesn't matter): 25:09 The Princess Bride Adventure Book Game 26:26 Capstone's Iron Rails: Iberian Gauge 27:35 Feld's Castles of Tuscany 28:32 Pfister's CloudAge 29:17 Another Teotihuacan expansion 30:00 Correction: Plaid Hat still owns Ashes 30:22 Sniper Elite 31:12 Walker complains about the Board Game Design Starter Kit 32:39 Mark loves the USPS
34:14 Feature Game: Eclipse: Second Dawn for the Galaxy (Touko Tahkokallio, Lautapelit.fl, 2020)
We take a break from heady issues this week; so we instead touch on what constitutes a trick, what friends are good for, and colonialism. You know, light discussion.
Games Played Last Week: 04:09 -Fort (Grant Rodiek, Leder Games, 2020) 09:15 -Ascension Tactics: Miniatures Deckbuilding Game (Justin Gary & Ryan Sutherland, Stone Blade Entertainment, 2021) 12:09 -The Voyages of Marco Polo (Simone Luciani & Daniele Tascini, Hans im Gluck, 2015) 13:16 -Endeavor: Age of Expansion (Jarratt Gray, Burnt Island Games, 2020) 15:51 -Turn the Tide (Stefan Dorra, AMIGO, 1997) 20:22 -6 nimmt! (Wolfgang Kramer, AMIGO, 1994) 21:45 -Spirit Island (R. Eric Reuss, Greater Than Games, 2017) 23:45 -Yokohama (Hisashi Hayashi, Tasty Minstrel Games, 2016) 25:42 -Sonora (Rob Newton, Pandasaurus Games, 2020) 28:36 -Eclipse: Second Dawn for the Galaxy (Touko Tahkokallio, Lautapelit.fi, 2020)
News (and why it doesn't matter): 29:12 Dune: Imperium 30:24 "Everyone's waiting for Tidal Blades" 31:25 More Assault on Doomrock, but only in Polish 32:44 Yet another edition of Blood Bowl, no more Guild Ball 35:02 Gods Love Dinosaurs (as do everyone else) 36:04 Ashes: Reborn [Editor's note: Plaid Hat has not sold Ashes to Team Covenant; the latter will merely be handling the distribution. We apologize for the error.] 37:10 Topic: Restrictive Player Counts
"Put down your chainsaw and listen to me It's time for us to join in the fight It's time to let your babies grow up to be cowboys It's time to let the bedbugs bite ... Talk with your mouth full Bite the hand that feeds you Bite on more than you chew What can you do Dare to be stupid"
-"Weird Al" Yankovic, noted Lovecraft scholar, "Dare to Be Stupid"
Games Played Last Week: 01:07 -Project: ELITE (Konstantinos Kokkinis, Marco Portugal, & Sotirios Tsantilas, CMON, 2020) 03:57 -Imperial Struggle (Ananda Gupta & Jason Matthews, GMT Games, 2020) 08:38 -Downforce (Rob Daviau, Justin D. Jacobson, & Wolfgang Kramer, Restoration Games, 2017) 12:03 -Albedo: Yggdrasil (Kai Herbertz, Herbertz Entertainment UG, 2019) 16:25 -Off the Rails (Andrew Platt & Stuart Platt, Rotten Games, 2018) 18:34 -Planet Apocalypse (Sandy Petersen, Sandy Petersen Games, 2020) 23:54 -Madeira (Nuno Bizarro Sentieiro & Paulo Soledade, What's Your Game?, 2013) 26:30 -Gaslands: Refuelled (Mike Hutchinson, Osprey Publishing, 2019)
News (and why it doesn't matter): 31:27 FFG News... except not 32:05 Mythic Games' Darkest Dungeon 32:46 Mythic will do right by its Reichbusters backers? 34:21 TI4: Prophecy of Kings 35:20 X-Men: Mutant Insurrection 36:43 Dire Alliance from Blacklist Games 38:23 Santorini: New York 39:00 Knizia's Tutankhamun 39:15 Street Masters Digital 40:40 All the Games You Like Are Bad is back. Sorry.
41:12 Feature Game: Cthulhu: Death May Die (Rob Daviau & Eric Lang, CMON, 2019)
Walker is a force of nature, a pent-up human-shaped mass of pure rage. The only outlet that can sate his furious destructive impulses is the ecstasy of the uninhibited flick--the catharsis of venting all of his power on a disc and then watching it careen around the board (then off the table, off someone's skull, off the floor, under the bookshelf, and then embedded in the drywall). He ten thunders with laughter, even as Huey informs him he missed his target and Dewey calls an ambulance. Is it a wonder, then, that Mark favours flicking games that encourage a modicum of restraint?
01:18 AYURIS: Quartermaster General: The Cold War (Ian Brody, PSC Games, 2018)
Games Played Last Week: 03:00 -Menara: Rituals and Ruins (Oliver Richtberg, Zoch Verlag, 2019) 08:08 -Rangers of Shadow Deep (Joseph McCullough, Self-published, 2019) 10:20 -Alone (Andrea Crespi & Lorenzo Silva, Horrible Guild, 2018) 15:48 -Pax Renaissance 2nd Edition (Phil Eklund & Matt Eklund, Ion Game Design, 2020) 18:06 -Albedo (Kai Herbertz, Herbertz Entertainment UG, 2017) 23:08 -FlickFleet (Jackson Pope & Paul Wilcox, Eurydice Games, 2018) 25:33 -Blitzkrieg!: Nippon Expansion (Paolo Mori, PSC Games, 2019) 29:33 -Qwixx (Steffen Benndorf, Gamewright, 2012)
News (and why it doesn't matter): 31:13 The team behind Wavelength gives us Fuzzies 32:25 Everyone can relax: Steven Universe Beach-a-Palooza funded 33:48 Mobile painting studio for the post-plague world 35:08 Return of All the Games You Like Are Bad: video reviews to follow
“The game which our enemies have laid before us is, in so far as the French dictated it, is a monument of pathological fear and pathological hatred; and in so far as the Anglo-Saxons dictated it, it is the work of a capitalistic policy of the most brutal and cleverest kind.” –A deliberate misquote of Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau reviewing Versailles 1919
Games Played Last Week: 01:40 -Nippon (Nuno Bizarro Sentieiro & Paulo Soledade, What's Your Game?, 2015) 05:24 -Space Cadets: Away Missions (Dan Raspler & Al Rose, Stronghold, 2015) 09:10 -Sonora (Rob Newton, Pandasaurus Games, 2020) 14:51 -Godzilla: Tokyo Clash (Prospero Hall, Funko Games, 2020) 19:41 -Flaming Pyramids (Norbert Abel, Cheeky Parrot Games, 2018) 21:27 -FlickFleet (Jackson Pope & Paul Wilcox, Eurydice Games, 2018) 23:17 -Can't Stop (Sid Sackson, Parker Brothers, 1980) 24:24 -Alone (Andrea Crespi & Lorenzo Silva, Horrible Guild, 2018)
News (and why it doesn't matter): 31:00 Spiel des Jahres (Pictures) and Kennerspiel des Jahres (The Crew) winners 32:06 Daimyo: Rebirth of an Empire by laboitedejeu 33:03 Steven Universe: Beach-a-Palooza is in trouble? 35:30 Walker watches Pendulum 36:15 Spielworxx's Die Macher on BGG Store
Walker feels he has missed his calling, and tries out his tight five as an insult comic this week. He directs his barbs at the typical targets--Mark, board game covers, games no one asked for, Mark, media he finds unengaging, and Mark. The latter (and former) does his level best at being supportive in the classic tradition of Ed McMahon, but one remembers why Don Rickles and Triumph the Insult Comic Dog are solo acts.
02:03 AYURIS: Talon (Jim Krohn, GMT, 2016) and Talon 1000 (Jim Krohn, GMT, 2018)
Games Played Last Week: 03:45 -The Voyages of Marco Polo (Simone Luciani & Daniele Tascini, Hans im Gluck, 2015) 06:20 -The Crew: The Quest for Planet 9 (Thomas Sing, KOSMOS, 2019) 07:29 -Versailles 1919 (Geoff Engelstein & Mark Herman, GMT Games, 2020) 16:10 -The Taverns of Tiefenthal (Wolfgang Warsch, Schmidt Spiel, 2019) 17:38 -Cosmic Frog (Jim Felli, Devious Weasel Games, 2020) 21:02 -Reichbusters: Project Vril (Jake Thornton, Mythic Games, 2020) 26:20 -That's Pretty Clever (Wolfgang Warsch, Schmidt Spiele, 2018) 30:04 -The Hunted: Twilight of the U-Boats, 1943-1945 (Gregory M. Smith, GMT Games, 2020)
News (and why it doesn't matter): 36:14 Aliens: Another Glorious Day in the Corps at last?! 37:20 Dim possibility of Descent Third Edition? 39:50 Not Alone expands on Kickstarter 40:26 Tammany Hall reprint 41:03 Rita Modl and King of 12 42:04 Mindclash's Perserverence: Castaway Chronicles 43:39 Catapult Kingdoms 43:48 Walker dunks on Escape the Night
45:41 Topic: I'm 90% Sure: Rules you Forget or Ignore
"From the discovery of New France to the 1981 Referendum, all of Quebec history is based on a single fallacy: that the British actually wanted to own Quebec. In fact, nothing could be further from the truth. The British already had a surplus of colonies in the sunny Caribbean and took little interest in the Canadian icebox later dismissed by Voltaire as nothing more than 'quelques arpents de neige'... In 1759, with war raging everywhere between France and England, the British knew if would look suspicious if they didn't engage the French in North America. They placed the expedition in the hands of a thirty-two-year-old, inexperienced general, James Wolfe, and gave him strict orders: 'Put up a good fight... but lose.' Wolfe devised a clever theatrical strategy. He would choose an impossible attack-route: Arriving by boat on the St. Lawrence river then scaling the unassailable walls of the fortress of Quebec, thus guaranteeing defeat and dumping Quebec with France for good. But Wolfe's glorious defeat was snapped from the jaws of victory by Montcalm who brilliantly out-manoeuvred Wolfe and surrendered--a stroke of genius that got the colony off France's hands once and for all." -Nick Auf der Mar, "La Petite Histoire du Québec (Version Anglaise)"
Games Played Last Week: 01:09 -SEAL Team Flix (Pete Ruth & Mark Thomas, WizKids, 2018) 02:37 -Teotihuacan: City of Gods (Daniele Tascini & Dávid Turczi, NSKN Games, 2018) 04:04 -Yokohama (Hisashi Hayashi, Tasty Minstrel Games, 2016) 04:48 -Sprawlopolis (Steven Aramini, Danny Devine, & Paul Kluka, Button Shy, 2018) 08:26 -Mezo (John Clowdus, Kolossal Games, 2019) 13:25 -The Crew: The Quest for Planet 9 (Thomas Sing, KOSMOS, 2019) 15:02 -Qwixx (Steffen Benndorf, Gamewright, 2012) 16:41 -That's Pretty Clever (Wolfgang Warsch, Schmidt Spiele, 2018) 17:30 -Coloretto (Michael Schacht, ABACUSSPIELE, 2003) 19:32 -Orléans: Invasion (Inka Brand, Markus Brand, & Reiner Stockhausen, dlp Games, 2015) 20:59 -Scythe (Jamey Stegmaier, Stonemaier Games, 2016)
News (and why it doesn't matter): 25:55 Expansion to Twilight Imperium 4th ed. 26:44 Pandemic Legacy Season 0 27:20 Undaunted: Reinforcements 28:39 DeepMind: An AI for Diplomacy? 29:35 Lord of the Rings: Anniversary Edition 31:01 Steven Universe Beach-a-Palooza on Kickstarter July 14th 31:29 Pendulum by Stonemaier 31:39 Lost Ruins of Arnak by CGE 31:59 Documentary: Gamemaster
We return, ill-advisedly, to the heavily-mined waters of classification and taxonomy. Mark will put up with it because of his love of Mac Gerdts, and Walker will put up with it because he gets to troll Mark with contrived classifications.
Editorial standards are constantly evolving here at SVWAG, and they lately proceed largely from Walker's unilateral declarations. Things get to be pronounced however he wills them. Prior utterances by anyone are rendered immediately obsolete if and when he deigns to acknowledge something. Comparisons are now his exclusive purview. Walker has spoken.
Games Played Last Week: 01:52 -Hour of Need (Adam Sadler & Brady Sadler, Blacklist Games, 2020) 04:21 -Inhuman Conditions (Tommy Maranges & Cory O'Brien, Web published, 2018) 08:59 -Crazy Tower: Contruction/Sabotage (Alexis Harvey, Félix Leblanc, Manuel-Lucas Bergeron Duhamel, & Mathieu Auger, Synapses Games, 2020) 12:15 -Fantastic Factories (Joseph Z Chen & Justin Faulkner, Metafactory Games, 2019) 14:51 -Fuji Koro: Deluxe (Jerome Demeyere, Game Brewer, 2020) 17:04 -Flick Wars (Shaun Austin & Andrew Tullsen, Breaking Games, 2019) 20:59 -Big City: 20th Anniversary Jumbo Edition! (Franz-Benno Delonge, Mercury Games, 2019)
News (and why it doesn't matter): 24:52 Pipeline 2P? Curious Cargo 25:31 Pandemic: Hot Zone PnP 26:28 Starfinder pre-painted minis 27:09 Gloomhaven hits Target 28:33 Sonora: "Flick and Write", again 29:41 More Battleground: Fantasy Warfare 31:13 Games are political: ConsimWorld's myopia [NB: An earlier version of this episode falsely claimed that Cool Mini or Not has been silent on Black Lives Matter. CMON issued a statement of support on June 5th, 2020. We apologize sincerely for the error.]
Change is exactly like a starving polar bear, in that it is a frightening beast that will bite your face off. Despite that, we have changed the format of our episode notes in a startling act of courage. That said, as Robert Browning wrote, "One taste of the old time sets all to rights." It is in that spirit that we began, with the blessing of the Government of Ontario's health guidelines, to actually play games in meatspace again. We express our sincere condolences to those unfortunates living in situations where that is not safely feasible.
03:22 AYURIS: New Frontiers (Thomas Lehmann, Rio Grande, 2018)
Games Played Last Week: 05:17 -Street Masters (Adam Sadler & Brady Sadler, Blacklist Games, 2018) 10:47 -Monolith Arena (Michał Oracz, Portal Games, 2018) 14:05 -Tank Duel: Enemy in the Crosshairs (Mike Bertucelli, GMT Games, 2019) 17:34 -Flick Wars (Shaun Austin & Andrew Tullsen, Breaking Games, 2019) 22:23 -Spirit Island (R. Eric Reuss, Greater Than Games, 2017) 24:45 -Hyperborea (Andrea Chiarvesio & Pierluca Zizzi, Asterion, 2014) 26:49 -Asgard’s Chosen (Morgan Dontanville, Mayfair Games, 2013) 29:16 -Fuji Koro: Deluxe (Jerome Demeyere, Game Brewer, 2020)
News (and why it doesn't matter): 37:33 Biblios Roll & Write 37:53 Freedom Five: More Sentinels 39:19 Monumental Cost 40:00 Charles S. Roberts Wargame Awards 40:45 Domination
"Please note that there are only two references to sports in this book... and both are appropriately dismissive. If you wish for sports information, might I kindly refer you to every other aspect of our culture?" -John Hodgman, "The Areas of My Expertise"
Games Played Last Week: -Commands and Colors: Napoleonics 1m40s (Richard Borg, GMT Games, 2010) -Wingspan 3m08s (Elizabeth Hargrave, Stonemaier Games, 2019) -Flick ‘Em Up: Dead of Winter 6m05s (Gaëtan Beaujannot, Jonathan Gilmour, Jean Yves Monpertuis, & Isaac Vega, Pretzel Games, 2017) -The Taverns of Tiefenthal 12m47s (Wolfgang Warsch, Schmidt Spiel, 2019) -Legacy of Dragonholt 20m17s (Nikki Valens with Daniel Clark, Tim Flanders, Annie VanderMeer Mitsoda, & Greg Spyridis, FFG, 2017) -Tank Duel: Enemy in the Crosshairs 22m48s (Mike Bertucelli, GMT Games, 2019)
News (and why it doesn't matter): -Terraforming Mars Big Box 26m40s -Awaken Realms Makes Walker Whole 29m01s -Dragon Gyas 29m36s -Massive Darkness 2 31m53s -Merchants of the Dark Road 34m28s -Kemet: Blood and Sand--Matagot's Responsiveness 35m56s
To be clear, we're not giving or receiving any awards this week--rather we're discussing their use, possible abuse, and impact on the hobby. Were we to deserve an award for this episode, though, clearly it would be for the quality and quantity of top-notch segues. Play style leads to play style, mechanism to mechanism, all flowing as naturally and as smoothly as a natural and smooth thing. Note that while our segues are stellar, are metaphors are often less so.
AYURIS: Pandemic: Fall of Rome 1m28s (Matt Leacock & Paolo Mori, Z-Man, 2018)
Games Played Last Week: -Commands and Colors: Napoleonics 4m00s (Richard Borg, GMT Games, 2010) -Kemet 6m37s (Jacques Bariot & Guillaume Montiage, Matagot, 2012) -Twilight Struggle 11m13s (Ananda Gupta & Jason Matthews, GMT Games, 2005) -Blood Rage 15m00s (Eric Lang, CMON, 2015) -Teotihuacan: City of Gods 15m57s (Daniele Tascini, NSKN Games, 2018) -Gaslands: Refuelled 20m58s (Mike Hutchinson, Osprey Publishing, 2019) -Maharaja 24m53s (Michael Kiesling & Wolfgang Kramer, Cranio Creations, 2020)
News (and why it doesn't matter): -Reiner Knizia's Whale Riders 30m53s -Infinity CodeOne and 4th Edition 31m35s -Warhammer 40,000 9th Edtiion 33m43s [EDIT] Early reports indicate that 9th Edition will not, in point of fact, obsolete codices. We apologize for the error. -X-Wing Solo Rules 34m33s -Pokémon Battle Academy 34m44s -CMON's Masters of the Universe 35m23s -Hope for the world: rubber ducks in dice 36m40s -BGG selling more games 37m20s -Upcoming GMT Games 37m54s
We sometimes don't understand the appeal of food-based games, friends and neighbours. To be sure, we adore Food Chain Magnate, but that is not parasitic upon our sincere appreciation of (say) lemonade and pizza. There seem to be many games based on enthusiasm for beer, coffee, whiskey, spicy food, wine... Wait, I'm noticing a trend. Is our indifference to alcohol poisoning yet another area of life?!
Games Played Last Week: -Gaia Project 1m01s (Jens Drögemüller & Helge Ostertag, Feuerland Spiele, 2017) -Legacy of Dragonholt 2m55s (Nikki Valens with Daniel Clark, Tim Flanders, Annie VanderMeer Mitsoda, & Greg Spyridis, FFG, 2017) -Race for the Galaxy 6m37s (Thomas Lehmann, Rio Grande Games, 2007) -Star Wars: X-Wing Second Edition 11m30s(Jason Little & Frank Brooks, Fantasy Flight, 2018) -Guards of Atlantis II: Tabletop MOBA 15m13s (Artyom Nichipurov, Wolff Designa, 2020) -A War of Whispers 19m55s (Jeremy Stoltzfus, Starling Games, 2019) -Tobago 24m49s (Bruce Allen, Zoch Verlag, 2009) -TINYforming Mars 27m3s (Michael Bevilacqua, Web published, 2019)
News (and why it doesn't matter): -Gen Con 2020 Cancelled 30m04s -Schotten Totten 2 30m31s -Wingspan App Beta 31m17s -Kemet and Tribune Reprints on Kickstarter 31m52s
Podcasts are often a discursive medium, and so naturally we find ourselves touching on many and diverse topics. This week, we delve into poetry and Star Trek, just in case you were under the illusion that we were anything other than unreconstructed nerds. Walker, being part jock, had to be restrained so as to not spontaneously give himself a wedgie.
AYURIS: Crusaders: Thy Will Be Done 2m06s (Seth Jaffee, Tasty Minstrel, 2018)
Games Played Last Week: -Bullet♥︎ 3m22s (Joshua Van Laningham, Level 99 Games, 2021) -Sapiens 7m10s (Cyrille Leroy, IELLO, 2015) -Legacy of Dragonholt 10m12s (Nikki Valens with Daniel Clark, Tim Flanders, Annie VanderMeer Mitsoda, & Greg Spyridis, FFG, 2017) -Can't Stop 17m38s (Sid Sackson, Parker Brothers, 1980) -Gaslands: Refuelled 19m36s (Mike Hutchinson, Osprey Publishing, 2019) -Kingdomino 24m58s (Bruno Cathala, Blue Orange Games, 2016) -TINYforming Mars 27m11s (Michael Bevilacqua, Web published, 2019) -Innovation (Carl Chudyk, Asmadi Games, 2010) -Hour of Need 35m48s (Adam Sadler & Brady Sadler, Blacklist Games, 2020)
News (and why it doesn't matter): -Spiel des Jahres nominees announced 39m20s -Spiel at Essen canceled 39m25s -Small World of Warcraft 42m14s -Embarrassing Kemet Sphinx mini inspires new SVWAG Poetry Corner 42m38s -New Maharaja 44m45s -Frenemy Pastry Party 45m35s -Who Asked for These? (TM): Battle of the Boy Bands 46m10s
There are so many life lessons to be learned from the presidency of Richard Milhous Nixon. For one, shave before debates. For another, hire limber secretaries with flexible standards on truth. Always be sure to hire expert lockpickers. Make sure your vice president will have your back (Nixon at least got a mulligan on that one). I mean, he's not a role model of mine--I wouldn't get his face tattooed on my back, to pick something at random--but he does serve as a potent set of object lessons.
Games Played Last Week: -Warfighter: The Tactical Special Forces Card Game 3m31s (Dan Verssen, DVG, 2014) -Splendor 5m48s (Marc André, SPace Cowboys, 2014) -Bullet♥︎ 8m28s (Joshua Van Laningham, Level 99 Games, 2021) -Castles of Burgundy 12m36s (Stefan Feld, alea, 2011) -Horizon Wars: Zero Dark 15m34s (Robey Jenkins, Precinct Omega Publishing, 2020) -Patchwork 20m57s (Uwe Rosenberg, Lookout Games, 2014) -Potion Explosion 21m55s (Stefano Castelli, Andrea Crespi, & Lorenzo Silva, Horrible Guild, 2015) -Glory to Rome 24m48s (Ed Carter & Carl Chudyk, Cambridge Games Factory, 2005) -Mottainai 25m47s (Carl Chudyk, Asmadi Games, 2015) -Mini Express 29m16s (Mark Gerrits, Moaideas Game Design, 2020)
News (and why it doesn't matter): -Who Asked for These? (TM) Headlock, Paper, Scissors 32m57s -Who Asked for These? (TM) Clank! for 6 players 34m40s -Kickstarter lays off 40% of workforce 35m24s -Who Asked for These? (TM) Marvel Splendor 36m32s -Who Asked for These? (TM) Star Wars: Talisman 37m18s -A Billion Suns extended beta 37m39s -Rodney Smith and Watch It Played expand 40m36s
Subtitles are to be used with discretion. Some people can't be trusted with them, and most of those people seem to work in Hollywood and non-fiction publishing. We resist the urge much of the time, but every once in a while the dam bursts and we must find an outlet for our pent-up subtitling impulses. We have over twenty this time. We're sorry.
AYURIS: Teotihuacan: City of Gods 3m53s (Daniele Tascini, NSKN Games, 2018)
Games Played Last Week: -Vanguard: Dawn of War 6m45s (Uncredited, Archon Studio, 2017) -Trieste 11m11s (Matthew Ma, Victory Point Games, 2013) -Warfighter: The Tactical Special Forces Card Game 15m46s (Dan Verssen, DVG, 2014) -Innovation 23m07s (Carl Chudyk, Asmadi Games, 2010) -Twilight Struggle 27m39s (Ananda Gupta & Jason Matthews, GMT Games, 2005) -Coralia 31m20s (Michael Rieneck, HUCH!, 2019) -Under Falling Skies 33m02s (Tomáš Uhlíř, Web-published, 2019)
News (and why it doesn't matter): -More Walker! Walker a guest on Board Game Barrage 34m59s -Fantasy Flight pulls down Tabletop Simulator mods 35m29s -Seastead: 2P Flotilla 38m20s -New expansion and Kickstarter for Rise of Tribes 38m36s -Guards of Atlantis II is awesome, its depiction of women less so 38m59s -New expansion and Kickstarter for Steampunk Rally 42m57s -UK Games Expo cancelled 43m57s
Topic: Analysis Paralysis and the Need to Win 44m13s
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