The trajectory of spin-offs seems indelibly tied to aquatic environments, so perhaps we ought to accept the inevitable and begin planning for "SVWAG of the Depths" wherein our hosts play games and then talk about them while entirely submerged. Imagine what effect it will have on most dexterity games! Only Chip Theory Games' offerings will emerge unaltered. Sound quality will perforce suffer, as no doubt will the hosts' lungs, but no one said art was going to be easy.
Games Played Last Week: 01:26 -Formula Dé (Laurent Lavaur & Eric Randall, Eurogames, 1997) 01:44 -Automobiles (David Short, AEG, 2016) 02:00 -Cubitos (John D. Clair, AEG, 2021) 12:45 -Ra (Reiner Knizia, alea, 1999) 16:38 -Hallertau (Uwe Rosenberg, Lookout Games, 2020) 20:39 -Regicide (Paul Abrahams, Luke Badger, & Andy Richdale, Badgers from Mars, 2020) 25:00 -Jekyll vs. Hyde (Geonil, Mandoo Games, 2021) 27:04 -The Magnificent (Eilif Svensson & Kristian Amundsen Østby, Aporta Games, 2019) 30:18 -Champions of Midgard (Ole Steiness, Grey Fox Games, 2015) 31:14 -The King's Dilemma (Hjalmar Hach & Lorenzo Silva, Horrible Guild, 2019) 36:32 -Conspiracy: Abyss Universe (Bruno Cathala & Charles Chevallier, Bombyx, 2019)
News (and why it doesn't matter): 38:02 Marvel United X-Men, sans Gambit (so far) 39:39 Frostpunk: Surprise billing 40:56 Classics going out of print prompting media navel-gazing [EDIT: A previous version of the episode falsely attributed the Euro Classics line to Plaid Hat instead of Z-Man Games. We apologize for the error.] 44:59 Stream of The Magnificent 04/24, 10:30 AM EST
Important Macross news! Mark will ruthlessly exploit any and all chances to mention Macross, and so he shoehorns in a quote from a Macross property so he can talk about Macross. He can then mention his mention of Macross in the episode description, in a move called Meta-cross. There's some stuff about board games too, I guess.
01:51 AYURIS: Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Warcry (Uncredited, Games Workshop, 2019)
Games Played Last Week: 04:22 -After the Empire (Evan Halbert & Ryan Mauk, Grey Fox Games, 2021) 12:47 -Beyond the Sun (Dennis K. Chan, Rio Grande Games, 2020) 16:18 -Keyflower (Sebastien Bleasdale & Richard Breese, R&D Games, 2012) 21:22 -Black Rose Wars: Sator Box (Marco Montanaro, Ludus Magnus Studio, 2020) 27:26 -Commands & Colors: Samurai Battles (Richard Borg, GMT Games, 2021) 37:47 -Haiclue (Will Leaf, Tiger Board Games, 2019) 38:46 -Street Fighter: The Miniatures Game (Alex Tune & Joe Vargas, Jasco Games, 2021)
News (and why it doesn't matter): 44:40 15th annual Golden Geek Awards nominations are open on BGG 47:51 Mighty Boards' Vengeance: Roll and Fight! 48:37 Let's Make a Bus Route dice game 49:06 Safe Battle: sound check [EDIT: Mark mistakenly conflates the Tokyo Game Market with TGS, which are different events. We apologize for the error.] 49:53 Warhammer Underworlds "Starter Set?"
A great man once said that he thought bullets should cost five thousand dollars. As we are not currently playing a game of SHASN, we here at SVWAG will demur on weighing in on hot-button political issues at this time. Suffice to say that while there is another raging controversy about whether one should address cost in the context of board games criticism, Bullet♥︎ does not cost five thousand dollars.
Games Played Last Week: 02:05 -Nidavellir: Thingvellir (Serge Laget, GRRRE Games, 2020) 04:48 -Gùgōng: Pànjūn (Andreas Steding, Game Brewer, 2020) 09:50 -A Billion Suns: Interstellar Fleet Battles (Mike Hutchinson, Osprey Games, 2021) 15:01 -Star Trek: Alliance – Dominion War Campaign (Josh Derksen & Thomas M. Gofton, WizKids, 2021) 20:12 -SHASN (Zain Memon, Memesys Culture Lab, 2021) 28:11 -The Red Cathedral (Israel Cendrero & Sheila Santos, Devir Games, 2020) 31:44 -Pandemic Legacy: Season 0 (Rob Daviau & Matt Leacock, Z-Man Games, 2020)
[EDIT: An earlier version of this episode implied that Merv was designed by Andreas Steding, when in fact it was designed by Fabio Lopiano. We apologize for the error.]
News (and why it doesn't matter): 35:37 The Dragon Prince: Battlecharged 36:19 Unmatched System gets Deadpool et al, because Marvel is all-consuming 37:35 Reiner Knizia: The Siege of Runedar, Witchstone, Blue Moon reprint 38:47 KS roundup: Longshot roll and write, googley-eyed dice 39:33 Mythic Battles: Ragnarok 40:56 Level 99 Games Expansions: Bullet Orange and Empyreal reprint 42:05 Little Plastic Train Company 42:38 The shame of Biblios spawns For the King (and Me)
No, not winning, that is emphatically not on the docket today. Today we inveigh against whining, which is a form of meta-whining; what the Brits call "recursive whinging" or the French language names "le grand boo-hoo." Given that the hosts engage in this degenerate, despicable behaviour, this is very much an issue of do as we say, not as we say when whining. Perhaps this is more complicated than I first suspected.
01:16 AYURIS: Sol: Last Days of a Star (Ryan Spangler & Sean Spangler, Elephant Laboratories, 2017)
Games Played Last Week: 03:55 -Root (Cole Wehrle, Leder Games, 2008) 07:30 -Hard City (Adam Kwapiński & Marek Raczyński, Hexy Studio, 2020) 12:09 -Tajuto (Reiner Knizia, Super Meeple, 2019) 16:09 -Medici (Reiner Knizia, AMIGO, 1995) 19:30 -The Search for Planet X (Matthew O'Malley & Ben Rosset, Renegade Game Studios, 2020) 26:26 -Blackout: Hong Kong (Alexander Pfister, eggertspiele, 2018) 31:06 -The Shores of Tripoli (Kevin Bertram, Fort Circle Games, 2020) 35:42 -Shadows: Amsterdam (Mathieu Aubert, Libellud, 2018) 40:31 -Dice Forge (Régis Bonnessée, Libellud, 2017)
Don't you know who I am Remember my name Faiyum I'm gonna live for ever I'm gonna learn how to fly
-clearly some song about ancient Pharaohs
Games Played Last Week: 00:51 -Aquatica (Ivan Tuzovsky, Cosmodrome Games, 2019) 05:06 -Dungeon Petz (Vlaada Chvátil, CGE, 2011) 07:46 -Concordia Solitaria (Mac Gerdts, PD-Verlag, 2021) 11:25 -CuBirds (Stefan Alexander, Catch Up Games, 2018) 12:01 -Dragonwood (Darren Kisgen, AURUM, Inc., 2015) 13:17 -Abyss (Bruno Cathala & Charles CHvallier, Bombyx, 2014) 13:57 -Nidavellir (Serge Laget, GRRRE Games, 2020) 14:58 -Beyond the Sun (Dennis K. Chan, Rio Grande Games, 2020) 15:08 -Lost Ruins of Arnak (Elwen & Mín, CGE, 2020) 15:49 -Bullet♥︎ (Joshua Van Laningham, Level 99 Games, 2021) 18:18 -Project: ELITE (Konstantinos Kokkinis, Marco Portugal, & Sotirios Tsantilas, CMON, 2020) 19:44 -Warhammer Underworlds: Direchasm (David Sanders, Games Workshop, 2020) 23:29 -The Shores of Tripoli (Kevin Bertram, Fort Circle Games, 2020) 30:20 -Yura Yura Penguin (Yabuchi Ryoko, Self-Published, 2020)
News (and why it doesn't matter): 31:09 Robotech: Reconstruction 33:16 More Necromunda and Warhammer Underworlds 34:21 Res Arcana: Perlae Imperii 34:49 In-person GenCon in September 35:35 Lost Cities roll-and-write 36:16 As d'or goes to MicroMacro: Crime City
CASSIUS: Did SVWAG say any thing? CASCA: Ay, they spoke Geek. CASSIUS: To what effect? CASCA: Nay, an I tell you that, I'll ne'er look you i' the face again: but those that understood them smiled at one another and shook their heads; but, for mine own part, it was Geek to me.
01:54 AYURIS: Star Wars: Outer Rim (Corey Konieczka with Tony Fanchi, FFG, 2019)
Games Played Last Week: 03:30 -Paleo (Peter Rustemeyer, Hans im Glück, 2020) 08:56 -MicroMacro: Crime City (Johannes Sich, Pegasus Spiele, 2020) 10:44 -Root: The Underworld Expansion (Patrick Leder & Cole Wehrle, Leder Games, 2020) 13:30 -Ra (Reiner Knizia, alea, 1999) 15:50 -Dune: Imperium (Paul Dennen, Dire Wolf, 2020) 17:45 -Res Arcana: Lux et Tenebrae (Thoman Lehman, Sand Castle Games, 2019) 19:23 -Beyond the Sun (Dennis K. Chan, Rio Grande Games, 2020) 22:10 -Scape Goat (Jon Perry, Indie Boards & Cards, 2020) 24:47 -Aquatica (Ivan Tuzovsky, Cosmodrome Games, 2019) 26:42 -Flick of Faith (Paweł Stobiecki, Jan Truchanowicz, & Łukasz Włodarczyk, Awaken Realms Lite, 2019) 29:38 -Strike (Dieter Nüßle, Ravensburger, 2012)
News (and why it doesn't matter): 30:40 Jack Vasel Memorial Auction on BGG 31:02 Parasocial Saturdays: Project: ELITE on March 20th, 10:30 AM EST on Twitch. 31:18 Stop appropriating indigenous religious practices, CMON! "Trickster" in Zombicide. 32:54 Dominant Species Marine by GMT. 33:59 www.patreon.com/svwag
Round structure of Anachrony: I. Jump to the left phase. II. Step to the right phase. III. Bring your knees in tight phase. IV. Pelvic thrust phase. V. Drives you insane phase. Let's play Anachrony again! It's just...
Games Played Last Week: 01:25 -Barrage (Tommaso Battista & Simone Luciani, Cranio Creations, 2019) 07:49 -Argent: Summer Break (Trey Chambers, Level 99 Games, 2014) 11:19 -Warhammer Underworlds: Direchasm (David Sanders, Games Workshop, 2020) 16:48 -Rum & Bones: Second Tide (Michael Shinall, CMON, 2017) 20:55 -Scape Goat (Jon Perry, Indie Boards & Cards, 2020) 24:06 -Yura Yura Penguin (Yabuchi Ryoko, Self-Published, 2020) 26:18 -Hansa Teutonica: East Expansion (Andreas Steding, Argentum Verlag, 2010) 28:33 -Pictures (Christian Stöhr & Daniela Stöhr, PD-Verlag, 2019) 32:41 -Project: ELITE – R.O.O.K. Team (Konstantinos Kokkinis, Marco Portugal, & Sotirios Tsantilas, CMON, 2020) 35:52 -MicroMacro: Crime City (Johannes Sich, Pegasus Spiele, 2020) 38:38 -Pavlov's House (David Thompson, Dan Verssen Games, 2018)
News (and why it doesn't matter): 40:50 Robinson Crusoe Collector's Edition on Gamefound March 23rd 41:55 Trireme racing AND puns?! Greece Lightning 42:46 Level 99 Games' crowdfunding: Launch 99 43:59 Should there be moderation on Kickstarter comments? Mark says yes.
49:06 Feature Game: Anachrony: Fractures of Time (Richard Amann, Viktor Peter, Dávid Turczi, & Mindclash Games, 2020)
The kids these days, what with their pokemons and their video games. The bleeping and the blooping. Personally I think civilization's gone downhill since Pong. It's all the colours! Pong had one too many colours if you ask me. What with the violence in the games and in the rock music and the hip hop... Hell in a handbasket. Coming soon to PS5: "Hell in a Handbasket" by EA.
01:50 AYURIS: Hellboy: The Board Game (James M. Hewitt & Sophie Williams, Mantic Games, 2019)
Games Played Last Week: 03:22 -Cerebria: The Inside World (Richard Amann, Viktor Peter, István Pócsi, Frigyes Schőberl, Nick Shaw, & Dávid Turczi, Mindclash Games, 2018) 05:54 -Shadowrift: Boomtown (Jeremy Anderson, Starling Games, 2020) 08:28 -Horizon Wars: Zero Dark (Robey Jenkins, Precinct Omega Publishing, 2020) 10:56 -Fuji Koro: Deluxe (Jerome Demeyere, Game Brewer, 2020) 13:02 -Kingdom Rush: Rift in Time (Helana Hope, Sen-Foong Lim, & Jessey Wright, Lucky Duck Games, 2020) 18:56 -Bloodborne: The Board Game (Eric M. Lang & Michael Shinall, CMON Limited, 2021) 25:32 -It’s a Wonderful World: Corruption & Ascension (Frédéric Guérard, La Boîte de Jeu, 2020) 28:28 -The Taverns of Tiefenthal (Wolfgang Warsch, Schmidt Spiel, 2019)
News (and why it doesn't matter): 29:19 Batman: Dark Knight Returns solo only 30:01 Bamboo Bash faces accusations of ripping off Toc Toc Woodman 34:15 Tiny Turbo Cars on Kickstarter 34:58 Tiny Epic Dungeons improves its sexist art 36:31 Skyrim: The Boardgame on Gamefound soon 37:54 John Company 2nd Edition on Kickstarter March 30th 39:06 Ragnarocks on Kickstarter 39:41 Patrons eligible for a free copy of Trick Shot 40:13 40K Magic: the Gathering?! 40:25 Brew from Pandasaurus
40:52 Topic: Video Game Adaptations [EDIT: Mark, when discussing the roguelite deckbuilding game "Griftlands," mistakenly refers to it as "Outlands." We apologize for the error.]
Wheel, snipe, celly boys. Crushin' sandos. Superstar power poses? Pfft. I could run a clinic on this, boys. The flow, and the snow. That's it, tarps off boys! You looking for a tilly, buddy? It's time for a donnybrook! Ferda.
Games Played Last Week: 01:17 -Crystal Palace (Carsten Lauber, Feuerland Spiele, 2019) 08:21 -Schotten Totten 2 (Reiner Knizia, IELLO, 2020) 11:04 -Blackout: Hong Kong (Alexander Pfister, eggertspiele, 2018) 15:20 -Cthulhu: Death May Die (Eric M. Lang & Rob Daviau, CMON, 2019) 17:14 -Anachrony: Fractures of Time (Richard Amann, Viktor Peter, Dávid Turczi, & Mindclash Games, 2020) 23:38 -Scape Goat (Jon Perry, Indie Boards & Cards, 2020) 26:33 -The Court of Miracles (Vincent Brugeas & Guilhem Gautrand, Lumberjacks Studio, 2019) 29:07 -Res Arcana (Thomas Lehmann, Sand Castle Games, 2019) 30:03 -Medina (Second Edition) (Stefan Dorra, Stronghold Games, 2014) 31:47 -Pandemic Legacy: Season 0 (Rob Daviau & Matt Leacock, Z-Man Games, 2020)
News (and why it doesn't matter): 31:47 Glorious return of Pandemic Legacy Patreon show The C.U.R.E. Files 32:24 Black History Month at Boardgamegeek 33:26 Core Worlds: Empires 33:58 Metal Gear Solid board game reverts to Matsuuchi, future uncertain 34:41 Stroganov by Andread Steding 35:14 More Great Western Trail(s) 35:58 Let's Role on Kickstarter--online tabletop roleplaying 36:37 Concordia Solitaria
So. Many. Games. Could two humans play so many games in a mere week? Well, certainly no humans that aren't preternaturally devoted to their dear listeners. But we are devoted, and your mere idlest of wishes is our most sacrosanct of commands; and so, brutal though taskmasters that you are, you bid us play so. Many. Games.
News (and why it doesn't matter): 49:06 Asmodee buys Board Game Arena 51:51 Summoner Wars 2nd Edition: March 1st 52:17 Warhammer Underworlds keeps evolving 53:08 https://tekeli.li/svwag/ is your friend! All episode notes of SVWAG 54:05 Yet more Zombicide?! 54:43 Editorial: The issue isn't who is a racist, the issue is what we do
One portentious day, Uwe Rosenberg will design a worker-placement game where polyomino sheep breed by being sown into fields that are also special power cards, and the Great Cycle will be complete. No one knows what happens then, and quite frankly we are too afraid to ask.
Games Played Last Week: 01:33 -Anachrony: Fractures of Time (Richard Amann, Viktor Peter, Dávid Turczi, & Mindclash Games, 2020) 08:15 -Honey Buzz (Paul Salomon, Elf Creek Games, 2020) 14:56 -The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine (Thomas Sing, KOSMOS, 2019) 16:46 -Flick of Faith (Paweł Stobiecki, Jan Truchanowicz, & Łukasz Włodarczyk, Awaken Realms Lite, 2019) 18:54 -Paris (Michael Kiesling & Wolfgang Kramer, Game Brewer, 2020) 26:55 -Guards of Atlantis II: Tabletop MOBA (Artyom Nichipurov, Wolff Designa, 2021) 29:46 -Dice Hospital (Stan Kordonskiy & Mike Nudd, Alley Cat Games, 2018)
News (and why it doesn't matter): 31:21 Red Rising from Stonemaier Games 32:03 Assault on Doomrock: Ultimate Edition 33:26 Oink Games on Kickstarter 34:08 Patreon: Free games, Pledge of Indifference, and more 34:51 The Dragon Prince Tales of Xadia RPG 35:15 We Care: A Grizzled Game 36:30 Unity and empathy: on whose terms? Tascini's critics get death threats
"My defense, Your Honour, was that I was specifically mandated by the rulebook issued by M. Xavier Georges and Quined Games to violate the lockdown restrictions issued by the Province of Ontario. I would put to you that it is unjust for the government to force me to choose between public heath measures backed by civil sanction on the one hand, and being a dirty dirty cheater on the other. Why are you all looking at me like that?"
Games Played Last Week: 06:04 -Age of Industry (Martin Wallace, Treefrog Games, 2010) 12:20 -Aquatica (Ivan Tuzovsky, Cosmodrome Games, 2019) 16:09 -Russian Railroads (Helmut Ohley & Leanhard "Lonny" Orgler, Hans im Gluck, 2013) 17:52 -Skytear (Giacomo Neri, Riccardo Neri, & Riccardo Parmeggiani, PvP Geeks, 2020) 21:47 -La Granja (Michael Keller & Andreas "ode." Odendahl, Spielworxx, 2014) 23:58 -Paris Connection (John Bohrer, Queen Games, 2010) 26:23 -Anachrony (Dávid Turczi, Mindclash Games, 2017) 30:39 -Carnegie (Xavier Georges, Quined Games, 2021)
News (and why it doesn't matter): 38:01 Caverna: Frantic Fiends 38:44 Sentinels of the Multiverse: Definitive Edition. No. 41:33 Abyss on Board Game Arena 41:55 Isaac Vega and Lindsey Rode form Rose Gauntlet Entertainment 43:41 Daniele Tascini apologizes, Phil Eklund doubles down
Board Game Arena gets more and more of our gaming time, what with its snappy interface and minimal system requirements. The sound effects, though, are controversial. The community seems divided on whether the whooshes are pleasing or distracting, and whether the knock-knock-knock sound is charming or nerve-wracking. We have heard the noise accused of being evocative of imminent swatting, which seems excessive but potentially horrifying.
Games Played Last Week: 01:07 -The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine (Thomas Sing, KOSMOS, 2019) 05:23 -MicroMacro: Crime City (Johannes Sich, Pegasus Spiele, 2020) 08:26 -Flick Wars (Shaun Austin & Andrew Tullsen, Breaking Games, 2019) 10:46 -No Thanks! (Thorsten Gimmler, AMIGI, 2005) 10:52 -Paris Connection (John Bohrer, Queen Games, 2010) 11:42 -Nippon (Nuno Bizarro Sentieiro & Paulo Soledade, What's Your Game?, 2015) 16:30 -Carnegie (Xavier Georges, Quined Games, 2021) 18:43 -A Billion Suns: Interstellar Fleet Battles (Mike Hutchinson, Osprey Games, 2021) 24:33 -Hallertau (Uwe Rosenberg, Lookout Games, 2020) 31:03 -Guards of Atlantis II: Tabletop MOBA (Artyom Nichipurov, Wolff Designa, 2021) 34:00 -Food Chain Magnate (Jeroen Doumen & Joris Wiersinga, Splotter, 2015) 35:38 -Yokohama (Hisashi Hayashi, Tasty Minstrel Games, 2016) 36:18 -Underwater Cities (Vladimír Suchý, Rio Grande Games, 2018)
News (and why it doesn't matter): 37:25 Dune: House Secrets--Detective Dune? 37:52 Ultimate Railroads: Russian, German, American, and Asian 39:10 Sagrada Legacy?! 39:42 Equinox from Reiner Knizia 40:36 Funagain CEO steps down after sexist harrassment
If you've been following board games social media recently, you might have noticed that it's been a rough couple of weeks. Incidents like these, albeit difficult, allow us a chance to define our community and underscore our values. Silence can imply consent. We can either choose to silently defend powerful figures use their influence to harm vulnerable people without consequence, or we can choose to try and speak up to become a more welcoming and inclusive community. So Very Wrong About Games chooses to try to do the latter.
00:57 Our statement on Phil Eklund and Daniele Tascini
Too much news! So much news, in fact, that we had to cut some news. Some news, though news-y, will keep until next week. The key is to wrap the roots of the news in damp paper towel, put the news in a plastic bag, and put the bag in the fridge. The news will keep up to a couple weeks that way, whereas it would have become limp news on the counter in as little as a day.
Games Played Last Week: 01:11 -By Stealth and Sea (Nicola Saggini & David Thompson, DVG Games, 2020) 06:02 -Dinosaur Tea Party (Rob Daviau, JR Honeycutt, & Justin D. Jacobson, Restoration Games, 2018) 09:43 -Guards of Atlantis II: Tabletop MOBA (Artyom Nichipurov, Wolff Designa, 2021) 14:27 -Iwari: Deluxe Edition (Michael Schacht, ThunderGryph Games, 2020) 17:33 -BattleCON: Unleashed (D. Brad Talton, Level 99 Games, 2020) 21:01 -Whistle Mountain (Scott Caputo & Luke Laurie, Bézier Games, 2020) 24:16 -Charterstone (Jamey Stegmaier, Stonemaier Games, 2017)
News (and why it doesn't matter): 26:31 Leftover animal mentions: Kabuto Sumo, Crash Octopus, and Scape Goat 28:05 Ares Games loses Battlestar Galactica license 29:05 Boardgamegeek Artist Series #5 30:22 Kolossal Games' Reload 30:50 Nidavellir expansion: Thingvellir 31:51 More modules for Taverns of Tiefenthal 32:24 It's a Wonderful Kingdom 33:03 New solo modes for Concordia and AuZtralia 33:53 Antoine Bauza's Oltréé 34:51 Fantasy Flight Games forums shutting down 36:12 Mayhem from CMON 36:46 Lizard people for Warhammer Underworlds 36:52 Dark Crystal RPG 37:13 Simone Luciani's Darwin's Journey
In honour of our big, blowout, end-of-year extravaganza spectacular, no expense was spared. Mark put on pants. Walker wore his t-shirt with the fewest holes. The sheep freshly sheared. The palanquin carriers were freshly oiled. Come, thrill to the summary of what was actually a very good year in terms of boardgame releases.
Games Played Last Week: 02:16 -Guardians (Callin Flores, Plaid Hat Games, 2018) 03:46 -Super Fantasy Brawl (Jochen Eisenhuth, Mythic Games, 2020) 06:07 -MegaCity: Oceania (Jordan Draper & Michael Fox, Hub Games, 2019) 09:55 -Dwellings of Eldervale (Luke Laurie, Breaking Games, 2020) 14:59 -Bonfire (Stefan Feld, Hall Games, 2020) 19:13 -Caravan (Joe Huber, Rio Grande Games, 2019) 22:50 -Dune: Imperium (Paul Dennen, Dire Wolf, 2020) 27:42 -Nidavellir (Serge Laget, GRRRE Games, 2020) 29:17 -Whistle Mountain (Scott Caputo & Luke Laurie, Bézier Games, 2020) 34:09 -Aristocracy (Reiner Knizia, Tasty Minstrel Games, 2019) 35:08 -Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion (Isaac Childres, Cephalofair Games, 2020)
News (and why it doesn't matter): 36:07 The C.U.R.E. Files are now The HOBO Chronicles
38:16 2020 Year in Review
39:31 Personal Top 10s 1:01:56 SVWAG Game of the Year 1:05:02 Miscellaneous Categories
All right, sweethearts, what are you waiting for? Breakfast in bed? Another glorious episode of SVWAG! A day with So Very Wrong About Games is like a day on the farm. Every word's a banquet! Every sentence a fortune! Every review a soliloquy! I love SVWAG!
Games Played Last Week: 01:40 -Aristeia!: Prime Time (Alberto Abal, Jesús Fuster, & David Rosillo, Corvus Belli, 2020) 05:05 -Vengeance: Director’s Cut Expansion (Gordon Calleja, Mighty Boards, 2020) 11:03 -For What Remains: Out of the Basement (Paul Low, David Thompson, & Ricardo Manuel Luis Tomas, DVG, 2020) 14:42 -Undaunted: North Africa (Trevor Benjamin & David Thompson, Osprey Games, 2020) 18:13 -It's a Wonderful World (Frédéric Guérard, La Boîte de Jeu, 2019) 21:20 -Caravan (Joe Huber, Rio Grande Games, 2019) 22:41 -Fast Sloths (Friedemann Friese, 2F-SPiele, 2019) 27:19 -Cacao (Phil Walker-Harding, ABACUSSPIELE, 2015) 28:11 -Aliens: Another Glorious Day in the Corps (Andrew Haught, Gale Force Nine, 2020) 32:45 -Aliens (David McKenzie & Barry Nakazono, Leading Edge Games, 1989)
News (and why it doesn't matter): 34:42 Transmissions 35:13 Hansa Teutonica Big Box exists! 36:22 Commands & Colors Samurai Battles from GMT 37:18 French law enforcement investigate the Confrontation debacle 39:35 The Castles of Mad King Ludwig deluxe 40:12 SVWAG News: See you in 2021
"I hit you!" "Nuh-uh, you missed!" "I totally hit you!" "I dodged it!" "I have special homing missiles you can't dodge!" "I have a shield that redirects all your shots back to you!" "I have an invincibility field!" "I can shoot through invincibility!" At this point, Games Workshop would have us roll off, with the person rolling higher getting the title of Most Obnoxious Person.
Mark has occasion to quote three different movies in this episode, and miraculously none of them are Pulp Fiction, The Lion in Winter, or even Aliens--despite the latter being related to a game discussed! Perhaps his echolalia is abating, or perhaps merely evolving. One should, after all, take every advantage to quote the well-spoken Ayatollah of Rock-and-Rolla.
Games Played Last Week: 01:19 -Pax Renaissance (Phil Eklund & Matt Eklund, Sierra Madre Games, 2016) 04:14 -Praga Caput Regni (Vladimír Suchý, Delicious Games, 2020) 13:20 -Agricola (Revised Edition) (Uwe Rosenberg, Lookout Games, 2016) 17:56 -Marvel United (Andrea Chiarvesio & Eric M. Lang, CMON, 2020) 21:30 -Under Falling Skies (Tomáš Uhlíř, Czech Games Edition, 2020) 24:59 -The Court of Miracles (Vincent Brugeas & Guilhem Gautrand, Lumberjacks Studio, 2019) 29:05 -Nidavellir (Serge Laget, GRRRE Games, 2020) 32:00 -Last Aurora (Mauro Chiabotto, Pendragon Game Studio, 2020) 37:40 -Evolution: Climate (Dominic Crapuchettes, Dmitry Knorre, & Sergey Machin, North Star Games, 2016)
News (and why it doesn't matter): 43:25 Ginkgopolis (and Hansa Teutonica) reprint soon-ish? Maybe? 44:13 Inuit board game: Nunami 45:37 The Transcontinental: Canadian trains 46:38 Aliens: Another Glorious Day in the Corps actually exists 47:28 Sushi Boat: conveyer tastiness 48:10 Fist of the North Star 49:15 Warhammer Underworlds continues with Direchasm
50:07 Feature Game: Beyond the Sun (Dennis K. Chan, Rio Grande Games, 2020)
One is reminded of those memes that plot definitions on two axes, asking to what degree the reader is a purist or a rebel--the setting purist and the mechanical purist would say "Descent is a dungeon crawler." Perhaps the setting purist and mechanical rebel would say "Dungeon Lords is a dungeon crawler." Invariably these memes revel in the reductio ad absurdum, so I have to imagine the setting rebel and the mechanical rebel would say "Hopscotch is a dungeon crawler."
01:43 AYURIS: Batman: Gotham City Chronicles (Frédéric Henry, Monolith, 2019)
Games Played Last Week: 03:39 -By Stealth and Sea (Nicola Saggini & David Thompson, DVG Games, 2020) 08:26 -Altar Quest (Adam Sadler & Brady Sadler, Blacklist Games, 2020) 18:17 -Gods Love Dinosaurs (Kasper Lapp, Pandasaurus Games, 2020) 19:34 -Yedo: Deluxe Master Set (Thomas Vande Ginste & Wolf Plancke, Board&Dice, 2020) 24:50 -The Court of Miracles (Vincent Brugeas & Guilhem Gautrand, Lumberjacks Studio, 2019) 27:15 -Nidavellir (Serge Laget, GRRRE Games, 2020) 32:38 -Frenemy Pastry Party (Jesse Li, Mizo Games, 2019) 34:52 -Marvel United (Andrea Chiarvesio & Eric M. Lang, CMON, 2020) 37:25 -Eminent Domain (Seth Jaffee, Tasty Minstrel Games, 2011)
News (and why it doesn't matter): 43:59 Board Game Arena Opus Magnus: A new game every day in December
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