The Smart Car was truly out-of-the-box thinking. "Why do passenger cars all have to be the way they are?" asked some clever group of designers, and designed the minimalistic teensy Smart Car. Of course, the challenges posed by manufacturing the little thing, or driving the little thing on a highway, or walking away from a crash in the little thing, proved to be compelling arguments in favour of more traditional passenger car manufacture. What I'm saying is that sometimes the box exists for a reason, notwithstanding the virtues of experimentation.
Games Played Last Week: 01:48 -The Guild of Merchant Explorers (Matthew Dunstan & Brett J. Gilbert, AEG, 2022) 06:25 -Street Masters (Adam Sadler & Brady Sadler, Blacklist Games, 2018) 11:37 -Oltréé (Antoine Bauza & John Grümph, Studio H, 2021) 17:08 -Massive Darkness 2: Hellscape (Alex Olteanu & Marco Portugal, CMON, 2022) 21:46 -Paint the Roses (Ben Goldman, North Star Games, 2022) 24:04 -Groundhog Day: The Game (Propsero Hall, Funko Games, 2021) 26:21 -Framework (Uwe Rosenberg, Edition Spielwiese, 2022) 29:11 -Circadians: Chaos Order (S J Macdonald & Zach Smith, Garphill Games, 2022) 33:59 -For Science! (R. Eric Reuss, Grey Fox Games, 2021) 35:39 -Vengeance (Gordon Calleja, Mighty Boards, 2018)
News (and why it doesn't matter): 42:24 Tiletum from Daniele Tascini and Simone Luciani, update on the Daniele Tascini controversies 44:47 HeroScape will not return with pre-painted minis and ode to American retail 47:31 SVWAG at the Shut Up & Sit Down Expo: SHUX! September 30 - October 2
47:45 Feature Game: Space Station Phoenix (Gabriel J. Cohn, Rio Grande Games, 2022)
There was a time you could just stroll in a big box store in the United States and just buy a miniatures skirmish game that was actually pretty good. Sure, it didn't have analog movement or anything, but it used true line of sight and had amazing plastic terrain. So much plastic. Like, a whole lot. One the one hand, Hasbro says they're bringing HeroScape back, but on the other, ain't no way it's coming back the same as it was. They're going to bleed us dry for those little pre-painted dolls--even assuming they're still pre-painted, that is.
Games Played Last Week: 02:22 -My Father's Work (T.C. Petty III, Renegade Game Studios, 2022) 04:20 -Kleos (Jim Kavanagh, Azure Horizon Games, 2021) 08:14 -Meeple War (Max Valembois, Blue Cocker Games, 2016) 10:23 -Imperium: The Contention (Gary Dworetsky, Contention Games, 2021) 12:24 -Neuroshima Hex! 3.0: Beasts (Joanna Kijanka, Portal Games, 2021) 13:48 -Catch the Moon (Fabien Riffaud & Juan Rodriguez, Bombyx, 2017) 15:09 -A Feast for Odin: The Norwegians (Gernot Köpke & Uwe Rosenberg, Feuerland Spiele, 2018) 16:45 -Zeppelin Attack! (Eric B. Vogel, Evil Hat Productions, 2014) 19:22 -Arctic Scavengers (Robert K. Gabhart, Rio Grande Games, 2009) 20:43 -Capital Lux 2: Generations (Eilif Svensson & Kristian Amundsen Østby, Aporta Games, 2021) 23:04 -Wonderland's War (Tim Eisner, Ben Eisner, & Ian Moss, Druid City Games, 2022) 26:53 -Flourish (James A. Wilson & Clarissa A. Wilson, Starling Games, 2021)
News (and why it doesn't matter): 29:37 Everdell digital on Steam by Dire Wolf 30:37 www.patreon.com/svwag 31:39 HeroScape: Age of Annihilation announced at GenCon 34:35 Imperium: Horizons expandalone for Classics/Legends with 14 new civilizations 37:05 SVWAG at the Shut Up & Sit Down Expo: SHUX! September 30 - October 2
Times are bad. Children no longer listen to their elders and everyone is running a Kickstarter. When I started this hobby I had no idea I would get a crash course in international shipping and logistics. Back in the day you might have had a friend in Germany send you the hot new thing, now you're tracking to see when the container ship with your stuff gets to leave port in China.
01:24 AYURIS: Beyond the Sun (Dennis K. Chan, Rio Grande Games, 2020)
Games Played Last Week: 03:42 -Legacy of Dragonholt (Nikki Valens with Daniel Clark, Tim Flanders, Annie VanderMeer Mitsoda, & Greg Spyridis, FFG, 2017) 09:51 -Dungeons & Dragons: Dungeon Scrawlers--Heroes of Undermountain (Vangelis Bagiartakis & Konstantinos Karagiannis, Wizkids, 2021) 11:36 -The Great Wall (Kamil 'Sanex' Cieśla, Robert Plesowicz, & Łukasz Włodarczyk, Awaken Realms, 2021) 15:08 -Eriantys (Leo Colovini, Cranio Creations, 2021) 20:28 -Northgard: Uncharted Lands (Adrian Dinu, Shiro Games, 2022) 26:14 -Space Station Phoenix (Gabriel J. Cohn, Rio Grande Games, 2022) 30:07 -Don't L.L.A.M.A. Dice (Reiner Knizia, AMIGO, 2021) 31:21 -Circadians: Chaos Order (S J Macdonald & Zach Smith, Garphill Games, 2022) 37:35 -Mosaic: A Story of Civilization (Glenn Drover, Forbidden Games, 2022)
News (and why it doesn't matter): 47:38 Peter Pan by Marc Paquien 48:07 Reprint of Traumfabrik: Nightmare Productions (by Trick or Treat Productions) 48:29 Return of the 7th Sea CCG 48:45 Deal with the Devil: hidden roles, app-driven, huge theological questions 49:26 Bloodstones by Martin Wallace 50:31 SVWAG at the Shut Up & Sit Down Expo: SHUX! September 30 - October 2
Much talk of animals this week, what with wombats and mass animal harvesting in Stroganov. Mark's experience was that despite covering many hot-button issues in his medical ethics classes, the one that invariably produced the most voluble emotional responses was that of medical testing on animals. Pit Bull owners, in particular; despite there being no medical testing of the type discussed on Pit Bulls. Go figure.
Games Played Last Week: 01:03 -San Francisco (Reiner Knizia, Rebel Studio, 2022) 04:44 -Ca$h 'n Guns: Second Edition (Ludovic Maublanc, Repos Production, 2014) 06:69 -Carnegie (Xavier Georges, Quined Games, 2022) 08:15 -Vengeance (Gordon Calleja, Mighty Boards, 2018) 10:17 -Dungeons & Dragons: Dungeon Scrawlers--Heroes of Undermountain (Vangelis Bagiartakis & Konstantinos Karagiannis, Wizkids, 2021) 12:58 -Dungeons, Dice & Danger (Richard Garfield, alea, 2022) 15:44 -Space Station Phoenix (Gabriel J. Cohn, Rio Grande Games, 2022) 20:09 -The Great Wall (Kamil 'Sanex' Cieśla, Robert Plesowicz, & Łukasz Włodarczyk, Awaken Realms, 2021) 23:08 -Hand-to-Hand Wombat (Matthew Inman, Elan Lee, & Cory O'Brien, Exploding Kittens, 2022) 26:38 -Transmissions (Adam West, CrossCut Games, 2022) 27:54 -Legacy of Dragonholt (Nikki Valens with Daniel Clark, Tim Flanders, Annie VanderMeer Mitsoda, & Greg Spyridis, FFG, 2017)
News (and why it doesn't matter): 32:06 SVWAG at the Shut Up & Sit Down Expo: SHUX! September 30 - October 2 32:30 SVWAG back on YouTube: Video review of Stars of Akarios' Prelude https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXJrOXhZz0E 32:42 Gordon Calleja's Fateforge: Chronicles of Kaan 33:33 Undaunted: Battle of Britain 34:37 Ascending Empires: Zenith edition 2023 WizKids 35:48 Hickory Dickory 36:20 Spirit Island: New Horizons Target-exclusive 38:42 CMON's Dune: War for Arrakis
39:20 Feature Game: Stroganov (Andreas Steding, Game Brewer, 2021)
We celebrate the release of a palindrome episode with the glorious news of the return of SHUX, the Shut Up & Sit Down Expo. Perhaps more relevantly, SVWAG are invited guests! Both Mark and Walker will be in Vancouver from September 30th to October 2nd. Now that you know where they will be, you can more efficiently avoid them. Or you could go play a game with them, whatevs.
02:54 AYURIS: Tidal Blades: Heroes of the Reef (Tim Eisner & Ben Eisner, Druid City Games, 2020)
Games Played Last Week: 05:45 -Vengeance: Roll & Fight (Gordon Calleja, Noralie Lubbers, & Dávid Turczi, Mighty Boards, 2022) 10:05 -Regicide (Paul Abrahams, Luke Badger, & Andy Richdale, Badgers from Mars, 2020) 10:52 -Scape Goat (Jon Perry, Indie Boards & Cards, 2020) 12:54 -Battlelore 2nd Edition (Richard Borg & Robert A. Kouba, FFG, 2013) 15:57 -Millennium Blades: Collusion (Joshua Van Laningham & D. Brad Talton, Jr., Level 99 Games, 2021) 21:32 -Golem (Flaminia Brasini, Virginio Gigli, & Simone Luciani, Cranio Creations, 2021) 22:42 -Clash of the Gladiators (Reiner Knizia, Rio Grande Games, 2002) 27:17 -Guards of Atlantis II (Artyom Nichipurov, Wolff Designa, 2022) 28:22 -Ghost Adventure (Wlad Watine, Buzzy Games, 2020) 31:36 -Orléans (Reiner Stockhausen, dlp Games, 2014) 33:01 -Shamans (Cédrick Chaboussit, Studio H, 2021) 37:19 -Carnegie (Xavier Georges, Quined Games, 2022) 38:39 -Scythe (Jamey Stegmaier, Stonemaier Games, 2016) 39:44 -The Guild of Merchant Explorers (Matthew Dunstan & Brett J. Gilbert, AEG, 2022)
News (and why it doesn't matter): 41:09 Discordia by Bernd Eisenstein 41:25 Spiel des Jahres Winner: Cascadia from Randy Flynn and Flatout Games, Kennerspiel Living Forest from Aske Christiansen and Ludonaute 41:52 The Wordle nightmare evolves into board form 42.32 Sabika by Germán P. Millán 43:00 SVWAG at the Shut Up & Sit Down Expo: SHUX! September 30 - October 2
It's a weird little thematic disconnect when you're not sure who or what your avatar in-game is. Perhaps we have swallowed corporate personhood so fully that we can easily accept playing as a corporation but balk a little at an amorphous group of power brokers--or a faceless protagonist channeling tree spirits.
Games Played Last Week: 01:51 -The Great Wall (Kamil 'Sanex' Cieśla, Robert Plesowicz, & Łukasz Włodarczyk, Awaken Realms, 2021) 08:19 -Stars of Akarios (Brendan McCaskell & Jonathan Thwaites, OOMM, 2022) 12:16 -Messina 1347 (Raúl Fernández Aparicio & Vladimír Suchý, Delicious Games, 2021) [EDIT: An earlier version of this episode uncritically parroted the dodgy history of the game's purported setting. We apologize for the error and will address it further.] 13:56 -So Clover! (François Romain, Repos Production, 2021) 16:01 -Rush Out! (Thomas Dupont, Sit Down!, 2021) 19:43 -Vengeance: Roll & Fight (Gordon Calleja, Noralie Lubbers, & Dávid Turczi, Mighty Boards, 2022) 23:30 -Project L (Michal Mikeš, Jan Soukal, & Adam Spanel, Boardcubator, 2020) 26:45 -Ark Worlds: MOBA Inspired Hero Engagements Game (Orion McClelland, Unpossible Game Labs, 2021) 31:04 -Reichbusters: Project Vril (Jake Thornton, Mythic Games, 2020) 32:42 -The Silver Bayonet (Joseph McCullough, Osprey Games, 2021) 37:30 -Barrage (Tommaso Battista & Simone Luciani, Cranio Creations, 2019) 38:12 -Regicide (Paul Abrahams, Luke Badger, & Andy Richdale, Badgers from Mars, 2020) 38:34 -Aquatica (Ivan Tuzovsky, Cosmodrome Games, 2019)
News (and why it doesn't matter): 40:35 Grand Carnival expansion and Kittens Love Sushi on Kickstarter 41:32 Omicron Protocol: Critical Condition on Kickstarter 42:25 So far so good for Board Game Arena under Asmodee? T&E, Regicide, El Grande
44:17 Feature Game: Sakura Arms (BakaFire, Level 99 Games 2022)
Enjoy the works of Thomas Lehmann while you can! Despite the lack of player interaction of Dice Realms, Mr. Lehmann has violated local, provincial, and federal law by not supplying a solo mode. International treaty has also been flouted by the absence of a campaign. I fear he may be put in boardgame jail as a consequence. Can he build a tableau convincing enough as his defence? His attorney, Dr. Gonzo, does not inspire much confidence.
Games Played Last Week: 01:01 -Titan (Matthieu Podevin, Holy Grail Games, 2022) 09:25 -Carnegie (Xavier Georges, Quined Games, 2022) 12:58 -Core Worlds: Nemesis (Andrew Parks, Quixotic Games, 2021) 16:36 -Transmissions (Adam West, CrossCut Games, 2022) 19:11 -burncycle (Josh J. Carlson & Shannon Wedge, Chip Theory Games, 2022) 21:41 -Lancaster: Big Box (Matthias Cramer & Wolfgang Panning, Queen Games, 2015) 27:49 -Sleeping Gods (Ryan Laukat, Red Raven Games, 2021) 31:21 -Shamans (Cédrick Chaboussit, Studio H, 2021)
News (and why it doesn't matter): 34:49 FlickFleet: Xeno Wars on Gamefound 36:12 Village Big Box 36:39 Puerto Rico decolonized: Puerto Rico 1897 37:53 Furnace expansion: Interbellum 38:25 BoardGameGeek signs deal to push Gamegenic sleeves. Too little independent media in boardgaming?
40:22 Feature Game: Dice Realms (Thomas Lehmann, Rio Grande Games, 2022)
Mark had to reign himself in considerably this week, what with the song temptations of the Talking Heads followed by his favourite torch song teased by Welcome to the Moon. He also tried to workshop a Gourds of Atlantis joke, but responses were--to put it mildly--not encouraging. It wasn't a total loss, as he managed to sneak in some Norse mythology in Telestrations. So that's... something.
Games Played Last Week: 01:11 -XenoShyft: Onslaught (Keren Philosophales & Michael Shinall, CMON, 2015) 06:21 -Azul: Queen's Garden (Michael Kiesling, Next Move Games, 2021) 09:55 -Spirit Island (R. Eric Reuss, Greater Than Games, 2017) 11:42 -Dungeons & Dragons: Dungeon Scrawlers--Heroes of Undermountain (Vangelis Bagiartakis & Konstantinos Karagiannis, Wizkids, 2021) 13:41 -Telestrations (Uncredited, USAopoly, 2009) 19:17 -Trickerion: Legends of Illusion (Richard Amann & Viktor Peter, Mindclash Games, 2015) 20:40 -Psycho Killer (Michael Wilkinson, Escape Tabletop Games, 2020) 23:47 -Welcome to the Moon (Alexis Allard & Benoit Turpin, Blue Cocker Games, 2021) 25:47 -Yak (Michael Luu, Pretzel Games, 2022) 26:44 -Dice Realms (Thomas Lehmann, Rio Grande Games, 2022) 32:44 -Yokohama Roll & Write (Hisashi Hayashi, OKAZU Brand, 2021) 34:54 -Stars of Akarios (Brendan McCaskell & Jonathan Thwaites, OOMM, 2022)
News (and why it doesn't matter): 39:22 Spirit Island expansion to be funded on BackerKit; new crowdfunding options 40:55 Galactic Renaissance by Christian Martinez of Inis; the "Political Trilogy" by Matagot
42:05 Feature Game: Guards of Atlantis II (Artyom Nichipurov, Wolff Designa, 2022)
The dam has burst, and the flow of large player-count games rushes without signs of abating. We are willing to be sufficiently foolhardy to gather in larger groups, so the demand for 6+ player games has skyrocketed; and with it, the chance to return to old favourites. Dare we call it... a party?
Games Played Last Week: 02:22 -Guards of Atlantis II (Artyom Nichipurov, Wolff Designa, 2022) 07:46 -Thor (Reiner Knizia, Heidelberger Spieleverlag, 2002) 10:37 -Reichbusters: Project Vril (Jake Thornton, Mythic Games, 2020) 12:13 -Just One (Ludovic Roudy & Bruno Sautter, Repos Production, 2018) 13:28 -Wits & Wagers (Dominic Crapuchettes, North Star Games, 2005) 13:58 -For Sale: Advisors (Stefan Dorra, Eagle-Gryphon Games, 2021) 17:39 -The Guild of Merchant Explorers (Matthew Dunstan & Brett J. Gilbert, AEG, 2022) 19:21 -Empyreal: Spells & Steam (Trey Chambers, Level 99 Games, 2020) 21:20 -Yak (Michael Luu, Pretzel Games, 2022) 23:28 -Trial by Trolley (Scott Hauser, Skybound Games, 2020) 26:59 -The Chameleon (Rikki Tahta, Big Potato, 2017) 28:09 -Cockroach Poker (Jacques Zeimet, Drei Magier Spiele, 2004) 28:49 -Blood Bound (Kalle Krenzer, Fantasy Flight Games, 2013)
News (and why it doesn't matter): 31:49 Joan of Arc: Orléans Draw & Write, Yokohama Roll & Write 32:53 KS: Metropolys becomes Skyrise, Septima from Mindclash, and Bot Factory from Lacerda 33:29 RIP Maureen Hiron, hall-of-fame designer of Continuo and many others
Walker yearns for a universal grammar, a sort of iconograhic Esperanto. That is a bridge too far for Mark, but they nonetheless find common ground on certain time terms and certain graphical conventions. They may be alone, of course, but they would rather that everyone deferred to their intuitions.
01:17 AYURIS: The Castles of Tuscany (Stefan Feld, alea, 2020)
Games Played Last Week: 03:17 -Unsettled (Marc Neidlinger & Tom Mattson, Orange Nebula, 2021) 08:45 -Sniper Elite: The Board Game (Roger Tankersly & David Thompson, Rebellion Unplugged, 2022) 12:48 -Hidden Leaders (Andreas Müller, Markus Müller, & Raphael Stocker, BFF Games, 2022) 15:18 -For Science! (R. Eric Reuss, Grey Fox Games, 2021) 17:41 -Stars of Akarios (Brendan McCaskell & Jonathan Thwaites, OOMM, 2022) 25:13 -Omicron Protocol (Brendan Kendrick & Bernie Lin, Dead Alive Games, 2022) 31:14 -Ark Nova (Mathias Wigge, Feuerland Spiele, 2021) 32:10 -Warpgate (Artyom Nichipurov, Wolff Designa, 2018) 33:45 -Shards of Infinity (Gary Arant & Justin Gary, Stone Blade Entertainment, 2018)
News (and why it doesn't matter): 34:36 TOYS! Snap Ships Tactics 36:09 CMON: Cyberpunk 2077 and Zombicide Flip and Write. Whee. 36:58 DVG Reprints & Dice: Pavlov's House and Soldiers in Postman's Uniforms 37:53 War of the Ring Card Game by Ian Brody 38:24 Drags 2 Riches: Eleganza Deckbuilding Extravanganza 39:00 MicroMacro Crime City All-In: Sept 22
After a purgatorial thirteen months, Mark will be released from his Cain-like wanderings and allowed to repatriate to Kingston where he will get to be home. He figures that if Immanuel Kant got to be world famous before the age of global communications without leaving a 50 kilometer radius of his hometown, he has more than paid his dues. If anyone wants him to attend a function in the future, they had best plan on getting married and/or dying in close proximity to Mark's home.
01:43 AYURIS: Lost Ruins of Arnak (Elwen & Mín, CGE, 2020)
Games Played Last Week: 03:51 -Foundations of Rome (Emerson Matsuuichi, Arcane Wonders, 2022) 07:05 -Golem (Flaminia Brasini, Virginio Gigli, & Simone Luciani, Cranio Creations, 2021) 10:56 -Token Terrors: Battlegrounds (John de Campos & Phillip Doccolo, Terrible Games, 2020) 16:50 -Switch & Signal (David Thompson, KOSMOS, 2020) 19:13 -Unsettled (Marc Neidlinger & Tom Mattson, Orange Nebula, 2021) 27:09 -Ark Nova (Mathias Wigge, Feuerland Spiele, 2021) 28:21 -The Bridges of Shangri-La (Leo Colovini, Uberplay, 2003) 32:09 -Merchants of the Dark Road (Brian Suhre, Elf Creek Games, 2022) 36:09 -Paper Tales (Masato Uesugi, Stronghold, 2017) 38:31 -Memoir '44 (Richard Borg, Days of Wonder, 2004) 41:52 -Iwari (Michael Schacht, ThunderGlyph Games, 2020)
News (and why it doesn't matter): 44:51 Ghost Adventure: spinning, grabbing, tilting! 45:57 Uwe Rosenberg's Atiwa (Ghana) 47:42 Idavoll for Nidavellir: giants, Aesir, and more 49:33 Terra Mystica minus tracks becomes Terra Nova? 50:24 Terraforming Mars: Dice Game
Multi-Deck System Games! Canadian content! Kevin Bacon! So many digressions in an episode packed with so much culture it couldn't even fit in one of Vin Diesel's muscle shirts. We do, however, focus on games long enough to rhetorically ask--with several stress patterns--of David Thompson: who is this guy? As a note, during the time of the taping of this episode, David Thompson released five more excellent board games. Oh, sorry, I type slowly, make that six.
01:23 AYURIS: Fort (Grant Rodiek, Leder Games, 2020)
Games Played Last Week: 03:36 -Contra: The Board Game (Adam Sadler & Brady Sadler, Blacklist Games, 2022) 08:23 -Hour of Need (Adam Sadler & Brady Sadler, Blacklist Games, 2022) 13:58 -Paint the Roses (Ben Goldman, North Star Games, 2022) 17:41 -Sniper Elite: The Board Game (Roger Tankersly & David Thompson, Rebellion Unplugged, 2022) 24:31 -SCOUT (Kei Kajino, Oink Games, 2019) 26:48 -Hidden Leaders (Andreas Müller, Markus Müller, & Raphael Stocker, BFF Games, 2022) 30:09 -Foundations of Rome (Emerson Matsuuichi, Arcane Wonders, 2022) 34:18 -Stroganov (Andreas Steding, Game Brewer, 2021) 37:44 -burncycle (Josh J. Carlson & Shannon Wedge, Chip Theory Games, 2022) 44:48 -For Sale (Stefan Dorra, Uberplay, 1997)
News (and why it doesn't matter): 46:39 Support the show on Patreon, by word of mouth, or don't. You do you! 48:56 Fantasy Realms Deluxe. With sleeves! 49:35 Arcs by Leder Games on Kickstarter now. Trick-taking! 50:27 Batman: Gotham City Chronicles Season 3. New rulebook!
52:48 Topic: Designer Spotlight: David Thompson [EDIT: The actor who co-starred in Tremors is named Michael Gross. We regret the error.]
1:17:45 SVWAG Presents Masterpiece Theatre: The Pentaverate
On Mark's drive across Canada (the first time), he stopped in Drumheller, Alberta for some dinosaur tourism. It has a truly impressive nodosaur specimen. The nodosaur is a close relative of the ankylosaur, a key difference being the former's lack of a thagomizer, the club-like appendage at the end of an ankylosaur's tail. Mark bought a plastic ankylosaur as a souvenir. Its name is Angie. Perseverance doesn't have any ankylosaurs or nodosaurs. A shame.
Games Played Last Week: 00:53 -Planet Unknown (Ryan Lambert & Adam Rehberg, Adam's Apple Games, 2022) 04:53 -Carnegie (Xavier Georges, Quined Games, 2022) 11:16 -Imperium: Legends (Nigel Buckle & Dávid Turczi, Osprey Games, 2021) 15:08 -Titan (Matthieu Podevin, Holy Grail Games, 2022) 21:19 -Hour of Need (Adam Sadler & Brady Sadler, Blacklist Games, 2022) 27:25 -Get on Board: New York & London (Saashi, IELLO, 2022) 28:31 -Omicron Protocol (Brendan Kendrick & Bernie Lin, Dead Alive Games, 2022)
News (and why it doesn't matter): 34:05 Starship Captains by CGE (not Vlaada) 34:56 Leave the Church in the Village: Quoridor-esque? 35:50 Spiel des Jahres Nominees: Cascadia, SCOUT, Top Ten. Kennerspiel: Living Forest, Cryptid, Dune: Imperium 37:13 Escape from New York
38:07 Feature Game: Perseverance: Castaway Chronicles Episodes 1 & 2 (Richard Amann, Thomas Vande Ginste, Viktor Peter, Wolf Plancke, & Dávid Turczi, Mindclash Games, 2022)
1:09:53 SVWAG Presents Masterpiece Theatre: The Kid Detective
We received a number of questions of a more personal nature which we have decided not to address. This is only partially out of a sense of privacy. Rather, we are firmly of the editorial position that the show is best when we focus on games, rather than the personal details of the hosts. We pride ourselves in only wasting a certain amount of your valuable time, and were we to indulge in more personal digressions that could easily balloon the show well beyond the limits of absurdity.
01:08 AYURIS: Flotilla (J.B. Howell & Michael Mihealsick, WizKids, 2019)
Games Played Last Week: 04:10 -Ark Nova (Mathias Wigge, Feuerland Spiele, 2021) 07:26 -Massive Darkness 2: Hellscape (Alex Olteanu & Marco Portugal, CMON, 2022) 11:40 -Foundations of Rome (Emerson Matsuuichi, Arcane Wonders, 2022) 13:31 -Planet Unknown (Ryan Lambert & Adam Rehberg, Adam's Apple Games, 2022) 17:45 -Ghosts of Christmas (Taiki Shinzawa, BoardGameTables.com, 2022) 20:00 -Imperium: The Contention (Gary Dworetsky, Contention Games, 2021) 21:26 -Legendary Inventors (Frédéric Henry, Bombyx, 2016) 22:50 -Capital Lux 2: Generations (Eilif Svensson & Kristian Amundsen Østby, Aporta Games, 2021) 26:22 -Paint the Roses (Ben Goldman, North Star Games, 2022) 29:40 -Space Alert (Vlaada Chvátil, Czech Games Edition, 2008) 30:57 -Reichbusters: Project Vril (Jake Thornton, Mythic Games, 2020)
News (and why it doesn't matter): 32:02 Tough Calls: Dystopia; negotiation reminiscent of Durance? 33:05 Anunnaki: Dawn of the Gods is back, revised, on Kickstarter #noTyrnosale 34:10 Awlrach the Drowner from Games Workshop
Inquiring minds demand to know, and we, your humble servants, must perforce answer. Mark resists the urge to elaborate on Kant and Macross! Walker resists the siren call of nineties hip hop! Such feats of iron will are the least of what our curious and/or trolling listeners deserve. (It's the curious trolls that always get you in the end)
Games Played Last Week: 03:05 -Switch & Signal (David Thompson, KOSMOS, 2020) 05:30 -Cryptid: Urban Legends (Hal Duncan & Ruth Veevers, Osprey Games, 2022) 09:21 -Horrified: American Monsters (Michael Mulvihill, Ravensburger, 2021) 11:48 -Massive Darkness 2: Hellscape (Alex Olteanu & Marco Portugal, CMON, 2022) 18:29 -Perseverance: Castaway Chronicles Episode 1 (Richard Amann, Thomas Vande Ginste, Viktor Peter, Wolf Plancke, & Dávid Turczi, Mindclash Games, 2022) 22:42 -Core Worlds: Empires (Christopher Guild & Andrew Parks, Quixotic Games, 2021) 30:47 -Paint the Roses (Ben Goldman, North Star Games, 2022) 35:19 -Envelopes of Cash (Andy Schwarz, Envelopes of Cash LLC, 2022) 40:17 -Fjords (Franz-Benno Delonge & Phil Walker-Harding, Grail Games, 2022) 42:55 -Capital Lux 2: Pocket (Eilif Svensson & Kristian Amundsen Østby, Aporta Games, 2021)
News (and why it doesn't matter): 46:30 Age of Steam Deluxe with new maps and no authorial attribution 47:05 Reprint of classic game Inkognito 48:40 David Thompson's RESIST! on Gamefound May 12th 49:09 Point Salad Pokémon version 49:56 Kingdom Builder: Empire Edition for exorbitant monies
Games Played Last Week: 04:10 -Wonderland's War (Tim Eisner, Ben Eisner, & Ian Moss, Druid City Games, 2022) 10:04 -Décorum (Harry Mackin, Charlie Mackin, & Drew Tenenbaum, Floodgate Games, 2022) 14:48 -Crescent Moon (Steven Mathers, Osprey Games, 2022) 23:07 -Gutenberg (Katarzyna Cioch & Wojciech Wiśniewski, Granna, 2021) 26:06 -Jekyll vs. Hyde (Geonil, Mandoo Games, 2021) 28:30 -Stroganov (Andreas Steding, Game Brewer, 2021) 31:01 -Ark Nova (Mathias Wigge, Feuerland Spiele, 2021) 39:25 -Hippocrates (Alain Orban, Game Brewer, 2022) 42:31 -Clinic Deluxe Edition (Alban Viard, AVStudioGames, 2019)
News (and why it doesn't matter): 46:38 Twilight Imperium Roll and Write 46:56 Twilight Imperium Codex on FFG website 47:27 Anunnaki: Dawn of the Gods cancelled Kickstarter campaign; #noTyrnosale 50:07 Firefly deckbuilding game from Gale Force Nine
Preparation is important. We very carefully do our advance research here at SVWAG, but occasionally mild errors do creep in. For this week, Mark studiously crafted notes and observations on such issues as four octave vocal ranges, Nickelodeon celebrity culture, and whether boredom of a third party constitutes necessary or sufficient conditions for breaking up with one's girlfriend. Sadly for Mark, Ariana was not the Grande under discussion this week, so he was forced to begin anew.
Games Played Last Week: 01:12 -Clinic Deluxe Edition (Alban Viard, AVStudioGames, 2019) 05:36 -Contra: The Board Game (Adam Sadler & Brady Sadler, Blacklist Games, 2022) 07:08 -Furnace (Ivan Lashin, Hobby World, 2021) 08:38 -Pulsar 2849 (Vladimír Suchý, CGE, 2017) 10:59 -Settlement (Oleksandr Nevskiy, IGAMES, 2021) 12:43 -Race for the Galaxy (Thomas Lehmann, Rio Grande Games, 2007) 16:23 -Décorum (Harry Mackin, Charlie Mackin, & Drew Tenenbaum, Floodgate Games, 2022) 19:49 -Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition (Sydney Engelstein, Jacob Fryxelius, & Nick Little, Stronghold Games, 2021) 23:34 -Factory 42 (Timo Multamäki, Dragon Dawn Productions, 2021) 31:05 -Nidavellir: Thingvellir (Serge Laget, GRRRE Games, 2020) 33:31 -Dune: Imperium--Rise of Ix (Paul Dennen, Dire Wolf, 2022)
News (and why it doesn't matter): 37:19 Rise & Fall by Christophe Boelinger and Ludically launching on Kickstarter in July 37:54 Doomrock Ultimate on Gamefound 38:46 Castles by the Sea on Kickstarter 39:41 Robotech Macross DOG FIGHT follow-up: caveat emptor, perhaps best to wait and see 41:05 Mark on Board Game Barrage this Thursday, April 28 41:45 Check out our Patreon: www.patreon.com/svwag, new exclusive show BLOAT 42:30 Upcoming Omnibus questions episode! Please submit any and all questions. www.sowronggames.com/contact
43:07 Feature Game: El Grande (Wolfgang Kramer & Richard Ulrich, Hans im Glück, 1995)
1:15:08 SVWAG Presents Masterpiece Theatre: The Orbital Children
A tragedy of consuming media or goods is that sometimes, regardless of how diligent you are, you cannot keep up with new releases. The creators you love might keep putting out new products, and even a casual enthusiast of a given medium might be disappointed to learn that they missed out on an offering. What I'm trying to get at is that HOW DARE they make a new Macross tabletop game and NOT TELL MARK.
01:15 AYURIS: Eclipse: Second Dawn for the Galaxy (Touko Tahkokallio, Lautapelit.fl, 2020)
Games Played Last Week: 03:44 -Cascadia (Randy Flynn, Flatout Games, 2021) 06:25 -Contra: The Board Game (Adam Sadler & Brady Sadler, Blacklist Games, 2022) 12:25 -Planet Unknown (Ryan Lambert & Adam Rehberg, Adam's Apple Games, 2022) 14:43 -Mega Man Adventures (Peter Gousis & Michael D. Kelley, Blacklist Games, 2022) 19:35 -Crusaders: Thy Will Be Done (Seth Jaffee, Tasty Minstrel, 2018) 21:16 -Albedo (Kai Herbertz, Herbertz Entertainment UG, 2017) 23:13 -Reichbusters: Project Vril (Jake Thornton, Mythic Games, 2020) 28:01 -Medici: The Dice Game (Reiner Knizia, Grail Games, 2020) 30:01 -Merchants of the Dark Road (Brian Suhre, Elf Creek Games, 2022) 33:57 -Mogul (Michael Schacht, Spiele aus Timbuku, 2002) 36:38 -Jekyll vs. Hyde (Geonil, Mandoo Games, 2021) 37:05 -Attika (Marcel-André Casasola Merkle, Hans im Glück, 2003)
News (and why it doesn't matter): 39:43 Robotech Macross DOG FIGHT and Mark loses his mind 41:30 Boardgamegeek Golden Geek Award Nominations 42:32 A Game of Thrones 2nd. edition app gets A Feast for Crows expansion 43:12 New Necromunda gets vehicles: Ash Wastes 44:40 Shut Up & Sit Down Expo (SHUX) back in Vancouver: Sep. 30-Oct. 2
Yes, we are but slaves to the new releases, which is why we are reviewing a fifteen-year-old game. "But that's impossible!" you reply, "No one was alive back then!" Records are scant, but there is a rich oral tradition that people have been playing games at least since the release of Nirvana's Nevermind. Archeologists are still trying to carbon-date that period exactly, though.
Games Played Last Week: 01:39 -Dead Reckoning (John D. Clair, Alderac Entertainment Group, 2022) 08:14 -Cosmic Frog (Jim Felli, Devious Weasel Games, 2020) 09:54 -Familienbande (Leo Colovini, Winning Moves Germany, 2004) 13:23 -Barrage (Tommaso Battista & Simone Luciani, Cranio Creations, 2019) 16:04 -Cursed Court (Andrew Hanson, Atlas Games, 2017) 19:37 -Blockers! (Kory Heath, AMIGO, 2007) 21:48 -Dicke Dämonen (Heinrich Glumpler, Edition Erlkönig, 2004) 24:09 -New York Zoo (Uwe Rosenberg, Feuerland Spiele, 2020) 28:05 -Khmer (team SAIEN, Saien, 2010) 30:05 -Priests of Ra (Reiner Knizia, Rio Grande Games, 2009)
News (and why it doesn't matter): 32:26 Corvus Belli's (of Infinity fame) upcoming fantasy game: Warcrow 33:31 Pfister's Mombasa to become Skymines 34:13 New Cosmic Encounter expansion: Cosmic Odyssey 35:30 Walker's Who Asked for This? Fantasy Realms Marvel, and Deluxe Castles of Burgundy 36:48 Board game beat-em-up à la Golden Axe? Mythic Games' Anastyr 38:35 Through the Desert 25th Anniversary Edition from Steeped Games
Kids in the Hall reviewing Great Western Trail: "What's the point of what we do?" "Sorry, I don't follow you." "Well, I mean, we travel 250,000 light years across the universe, abduct cows, probe them, and release them." "Yeah, and?" "Well, doesn't it seem kind of pointless?" "I don't think I should question the leadership of our Great Leader." "Oh, come on. We've been coming here for fifty years and performing cow probes, and all that we have learned is that one in ten doesn't really seem to mind. Couldn't we at least abduct their political or religious leaders instead of just random livestock?" "I'm sure the Great Leader has his reasons." "Well, I'm sure the Great Leader is just some twisted cow freak."
01:21 AYURIS: Cthulhu: Death May Die (Eric M. Lang & Rob Daviau, CMON, 2019)
Games Played Last Week: 04:19 -Switch & Signal (David Thompson, KOSMOS, 2020) 06:32 -Big Monster (Dimitri Perrier, BoardBros, 2018) 09:13 -Ghosts of Christmas (Taiki Shinzawa, BoardGameTables.com, 2022) 14:29 -Champions of Midgard (Ole Steiness, Grey Fox Games, 2015) 16:11 -Tsukuyumi: Full Moon Down (Second Edition) (Felix Mertikat, Grey Fox Games, 2021) 22:41 -Yokohama (Hisashi Hayashi, Tasty Minstrel Games, 2016) 24:15 -Dinosaur Table Battles (Amabel Holland, Hollanspiele, 2020) 27:17 -Great Western Trail: Rails to the North (Alexander Pfister, eggertspiele, 2018) 29:12 -Quirky Circuits (Nikki Valens, Plaid Hat Games, 2019)
News (and why it doesn't matter): 33:55 Agricola 15; not remotely a "big box"-style omnibus 36:03 Squats return to Warhammer 40K 37:25 Trick Shot Second Edition soon on Gamefound
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