So Very Wrong About Games

It is striking that no one submitted a question regarding the hues of our auras, so allow us to address the issue here and declare that amber is the colour of our energy. I regret nothing. 01:39 AYURIS: Capital Lux 2: Generations (Eilif Svensson & Kristian Amundsen Østby, Aporta Games, 2020) Games Played Last Week: 03:46 -G.I. JOE Deck-Building Game: Raise the Flagg Campaign Expansion (T.C. Petty III, Renegade Game Studios, 2023) 07:10 -Through the Desert (Reiner Knizia, Allplay, 2024) ARTIST: Damien Mammoliti 11:27 -Leviathan Wilds (Justin Kemppainen, Moon Crab Games, 2024) 14:14 -Dungeons & Dragons: Dungeon Scrawlers--Heroes of Waterdeep (Vangelis Bagiartakis and Konstantinos Karagiannis, WizKids, 2023) 16:44 -Set a Watch (Mike Gnade and Todd Walsh, Rock Manor Games, 2019) 20:52 -Mysterium Park (Oleksandr Nevskiy and Oleg Sidorenko, Libellud, 2020) 24:08 -Biohack (Yofiandhy D Indrayana, uchibacoya, 2024) 30:05 -Mage Knight: The Board Game (Vlaada Chvatil, WizKids, 2011) 32:31 -Word Traveler (Thomas Dagenais-Lespérance, Office Dog, 2024) News (and why it doesn't matter): 36:23 Regicide Legacy on Kickstarter! Can Badgers from Mars triumph again? 38:30 Dune: War for Arrakis expansion/reprint on Gamefound 40:03 Topic: Omnibus Questions Delta Bet Our Sponsors: * Check out Express VPN: www.expressvpn.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

There is only one novel and commendable Kant pun, delivered in the novel and commendable film Hedwig and the Angry Inch: "I got kicked out of university after delivering a brilliant lecture on the aggressive influence of German philosophy on rock and roll, entitled, 'You, Kant, Always Get What You Want.'" 01:41 AYURIS: Mosaic: A Story of Civilization (Glenn Drover, Forbidden Games, 2022) Games Played Last Week: 04:11 -Gloomhaven: Buttons & Bugs (Joe Klipfel and Nikki Valens, Cephalofair Games, 2024) 07:59 -Scrap (Kenny Michael-Otton, Jolly Swagman Games, 2023) 14:52 -Biohack (Yofiandhy D Indrayana, uchibacoya, 2024) 18:42 -Leviathan Wilds (Justin Kemppainen, Moon Crab Games, 2024) 23:44 -Wolves (Connor Alexander, Coyote & Crow LLC, 2024) 33:57 -Dungeon Fighter: Second Edition (Aureliano Buonfino, Lorenzo Silva, and Lorenzo Tucci Sorrentino, Horrible Guild, 2021) News (and why it doesn't matter): 38:42 Mythic Battles goes to Egypt 40:07 Vote for the Golden Geek and for the Deutsche Spiele Preis (DSP) awards! 40:44 Please support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/svwag Coming soon: 3-part series on philosophy 42:07 Topic: Omnibus Questions Delta Aleph Our Sponsors: * Check out Express VPN: www.expressvpn.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

We are storytellers here at SVWAG. This week, we tell the stories of mismatched plagues with dead llamas posing as European dudes, of quixotic strivings for yet more skirmish games, of famous philosophers who hustled cards. Of course, if you wish to hear different stories, the power is yours! You have but to submit your questions for the upcoming Omnibus Questions episode, and all your idle demands shall be satisfied! Games Played Last Week: 02:33 -Scrap (Kenny Michael-Otton, Jolly Swagman Games, 2023) 09:12 -Root: The Marauder Expansion (Nick Brachmann, Patrick Leder, Cole Wehrle, and Joshua Yearsley, Leder Games, 2022) 14:29 -Cartographers: A Roll Player Game (Jordy Adan, Thunderworks Games, 2019) 16:52 -Lacuna (Mark Gerrits, CMYK, 2023) 19:21 -The Edge: Dawnfall (Michał Oracz, Krzysztof Piskorski, and Marcin Świerkot, Awaken Realms, 2018) News (and why it doesn't matter): 27:26 dlp's Orléans 10th Anniversary Edition, Walker has grievances 30:47 Star Control II sequel, Free Stars: Children of Infinity, on Kickstarter 31:56 Feature Game: An Age Contrived (Chris Matthew, Bellows Intent, 2024) Our Sponsors: * Check out Express VPN: www.expressvpn.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

No topic is off-limits for the upcoming return of our Omnibus Questions, as we demonstrate in this episode by tackling such issues as pre-Reformation papal indulgences. And if you were to guess which host brought up that little historical nugget, you'd be wrong! Possible questions: who would win in a street fight, J.G. Fichte or Nietzsche? Do sheep poop? Who is the best member of Team Avatar? (Fichte, yes, and Appa, respectively) 02:17 AYURIS: It's a Wonderful World (Frédéric Guérard, La Boîte de Jeu, 2019) and It's a Wonderful Kingdom (Frédéric Guérard, La Boîte de Jeu, 2021) Games Played Last Week: 06:23 -Orléans: The Plague (Reiner Stockhausen, dlp games, 2023) 13:59 -Antiquity (Joroen Doumen & Joris Wiersinga, Splotter, 2004) 20:30 -Just One (Ludovic Roudy & Bruno Sautter, Repos Production, 2018) 22:51 -Green Team Wins (Nathan Thornton, 25th Century Games, 2022) 23:47 -Quest (Don Eskridge, Indie Boards & Cards, 2021) 28:38 -Sidereal Confluence (TauCeti Deichmann, Wizkids, 2017) 32:53 -Fast Sloths (Friedemann Friese, 2F-SPiele, 2019) 35:59 -Set a Watch (Mike Gnade and Todd Walsh, Rock Manor Games, 2019) 37:38 -The Big Push: Trench Warfare on the Western Front in World War One (Renaud Verlaque, Hollandspiele, 2017) 42:14 -Robinson Crusoe: Collector's Edition (Joanna Kijanka and Ignacy Trzewiczek, Portal Games, 2024) 45:43 -Wabash Cannonball (John Bohrer, Rio Grande Games, 2023) News (and why it doesn't matter): 48:28 Adventure Time RPG on crowdfunding 49:27 Business Time! Embracer group spins off Asmodee (with debt), Goliath acquires Lucky Duck Games 51:06 Munchkin Big Box solves our problems 51:43 Topic: Favourite Mechanisms Our Sponsors: * Check out Express VPN: www.expressvpn.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

While we have little experience with Ed Sullivan's TV offerings, his legacy is a fascinating one. While he capitulated to pressure during the Red Scare, he did show remarkable courage in platforming African American performers despite opposition from his sponsors. Quite surprising is that the illness that eventually killed him was kept a secret from him by his family, a practise that was already frowned on in the United States by the seventies but is still widespread in many parts of the world. Games Played Last Week: 01:36 -The Vale of Eternity (Eric Hong, Mandoo Games, 2023) 04:28 -Voidfall (Nigel Buckle & Dávid Turczi, Mindclash Games, 2023) 08:42 -Radlands (Daniel Piechnick, Roxley, 2021) 10:11 -Mindbug Battlefruits (Christian Kudahl, Marvin Hegen, Skaff Elias, and Richard Garfield, Nerdlab Games, 2024) 14:36 -ICECOOL Wizards (Brian Gomez, Brain Games, 2024) 19:32 -Ratyl (Andy Gallagher, Busy Dad Games, 2023) 25:46 -Agricola (Revised Edition) (Uwe Rosenberg, Lookout Games, 2016) 29:42 -Almost Innocent (Philippe Attali, Kolossal Games, 2023) 31:18 -E.T. The Extra-Terestrial: Light Years from Home Game (Propsero Hall and Brian Kirk, Funko Games, 2022) 33:55 -Dune: Imperium--Uprising (Paul Dennen, Dire Wolf, 2023) 38:16 -Word Traveler (Thomas Dagenais-Lespérance, Office Dog, 2024) News (and why it doesn't matter): 41:11 Earth Reborn by Christophe Boelinger possibly to be expanded 44:31 Vladimír Suchý and Delicious Games go to Resafa 45:12 Feature Game: Galactic Renaissance (Christian Martinez, Matagot, 2024) Our Sponsors: * Check out Express VPN: www.expressvpn.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

It is said that both politics and religion are not good conversational fodder among people you don't know well (and perhaps not even for people with whom you are close), but sadly those are among Mark's favourite topics. The sun having been devoured may cause the astronomers to be delighted, but Mark knows a portent when he sees one, and he is confident some kind of sacrifice to appease violent spirits is in order. Walker escalates things by invoking the divine right of kings, the intersection of religion and politics, but then again escalation is Walker's default instinct. Further proof of Fenrir's influence, no doubt! 01:44 AYURIS: Space Station Phoenix (Gabriel J. Cohn, Rio Grande Games, 2022) Games Played Last Week: 03:54 -Black Rose Wars: Rebirth (Andrea Colletti, Diego Fonseca, and Marco Montanaro, Ludus Magnus Studio, 2024) 11:15 -G.I. JOE Deck-Building Game: Raise the Flagg Campaign Expansion (T.C. Petty III, Renegade Game Studios, 2023) 12:34 -Hissy Fit (Levi Robertson and Chris Stone, Stone Age Distractions, 2023) 16:09 -Almost Innocent (Philippe Attali, Kolossal Games, 2023) 16:47 -Don't L.L.A.M.A. Dice (Reiner Knizia, AMIGO, 2021) 17:15 -Matches (Daniel McKinley, Thing 12 Games, 2024) 19:42 -FORK (Ta-Te Wu, Sunrise Tornade Game Studio, 2023) 22:08 -Voidfall (Nigel Buckle & Dávid Turczi, Mindclash Games, 2023) 25:13 -Battlecrest: Metronn Base Game (Dustin Dobson & Milan Zivkovic, Button Shy, 2024) 28:55 -Omen: Whispers of the Muse (John Clowdus, Small Box Games, 2024) News (and why it doesn't matter): 32:11 Divine Right is back on Kickstarter 34:04 Light Speed Arena by Tablescope Games on Kickstarter May 7 36:26 Topic: What Brings You Back? Our Sponsors: * Check out Express VPN: www.expressvpn.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

I never really understood the term "undead." I mean, it's a binary, right? If it's not dead it must be alive, at least in the context of things that could or were once alive. The negation never seemed to be doing enough work to imply what it was intended to imply. That is, until Walker and Mark got sick. They're not dead, but going straight to "alive" seems a rather hopeful exaggeration. Undead seems appropriate for now. 01:47 AYURIS: Carnegie (Xavier Georges, Quined Games, 2022) Games Played Last Week: 03:48 -Legacy of Yu (Shem Phillips, Garphill Games, 2023) 07:30 -Set a Watch (Mike Gnade and Todd Walsh, Rock Manor Games, 2019) 09:12 -Gloomhaven: Buttons & Bugs (Joe Klipfel and Nikki Valens, Cephalofair Games, 2024) 15:03 -Stonespine Architects (Jordy Adan, Thunderworks Games, 2024) 17:23 -Marshmallow Test (Reiner Knizia, Gamewright, 2020) 19:21 -Black Rose Wars: Rebirth (Andrea Colletti, Diego Fonseca, and Marco Montanaro, Ludus Magnus Studio, 2024) 21:47 -Almost Innocent (Philippe Attali, Kolossal Games, 2023) 25:52 -Paint the Roses (Ben Goldman, North Star Games, 2022) 28:50 -Fromage (Matthew O'Malley and Ben Rosset, Road to Infamy Games, 2024) 32:40 -Dragonbond: Lords of Vaala (Jack Caesar and Alessio Cavatore, Draco Studios, 2023) 37:52 -City of the Living (Sebastian Bleasdale and Reiner Knizia, Trick or Treat Studios, 2024) News (and why it doesn't matter): 42:31 Micro Macro Bonus Box has come home 43:26 Age of Innovation balance adjustments for Illusionists and Navigators 46:22 Don't Starve the board game 47:26 Upcoming from Alex "Green Team" Cutler: Don't Skip Leg Day and Box Top Pinball Haunted House from Pandasaurus 48:44 Walker cuteness weakness: Kyoto no Neko 49:30 Railroad Tiles from Horrible Guild 50:38 Lots of content on our Patreon: www.patreon.com/svwag Our Sponsors: * Check out Express VPN: www.expressvpn.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

We haul ourselves off of our deathbeds to deliver this episode unto you. Prospects for our recovery seem dim, but we would sooner die than deprive you of that which is most sacred--namely content. Of course, illness may yet claim us, but we are far too stoic and noble to complain. 01:49 AYURIS: Stroganov (Andreas Steding, Game Brewer, 2021) Games Played Last Week: 04:46 -Hissy Fit (Levi Robertson and Chris Stone, Stone Age Distractions, 2023) 06:53 -Finished! (Friedemann Friese, 2F-Spiele, 2017) 12:01 -City of the Living (Sebastian Bleasdale and Reiner Knizia, Trick or Treat Studios, 2024) 15:07 -Legacy of Yu (Shem Phillips, Garphill Games, 2023) 20:27 -Bus (Jeroen Doumen and Joris Wiersinga, Capstone Games, 2019) 24:51 -Battlecrest: Metronn Base Game (Dustin Dobson & Milan Zivkovic, Button Shy, 2024) 28:59 -G.I. JOE Deck-Building Game: Raise the Flagg Campaign Expansion (T.C. Petty III, Renegade Game Studios, 2023) 31:25 -Gloomhaven: Buttons & Bugs (Joe Klipfel and Nikki Valens, Cephalofair Games, 2024) Our Sponsors: * Check out Express VPN: www.expressvpn.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

We present to you a specially chemically-enhanced episode. Walker has been doping specifically in preparation, eschewing any sustenance other than military-grade lozenges. Mark will be performing his hosting duties while fully immersed in a tank of benzocaine oral painkiller. It is a good thing that the International Olympic Committee has no sway here in SVWAG studios, or we would likely get disqualified for the podcast luge event. Games Played Last Week: 01:30 -Raising Robots (Brett Sobol & Seth Van Orden, Nauvoo Games, 2023) 08:26 -Omen: Banks of the Styx (John Clowdus, Small Box Games, 2024) 11:40 -Set a Watch (Mike Gnade and Todd Walsh, Rock Manor Games, 2019) 13:47 -Cryo (Tom Jolly & Luke Laurie, Z-Man Games, 2021) 17:33 -Formula D (Laurent Lavaur & Eric Randall, Asmodee, 2008) 18:39 -Riftforce (Carlo Bortolini, 1 More Time Games, 2021) 22:36 -Piazza Rabazza (Guido Hoffman and Jens-Peter Schliemann, Zoch Verlag, 2022) News (and why it doesn't matter): 25:37 RoboRally Transformers: can Autobots get drunk? 27:12 An expansion to Unfathomable, the Battlestar Galactica re-theme 27:52 Burned was too pure for this crowdfunded world 28:19 Etherstone from ThunderGryph Games by Virginio Gigli and Simone Luciani on Kickstarter 29:11 Avatar: The Last Airbender co-op deckbuilder 29:43 Feature Game: Kutná Hora: The City of Silver (Ondřej Bystroň, Petr Čáslava, and Pavel Jarosch, Czech Games Edition, 2023) 51:24 SVWAG Presents Masterpiece Theatre: Avatar: The Last Airbender (2024) Our Sponsors: * Check out Express VPN: www.expressvpn.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

For reasons both personal and highly arbitrary, the SVWAG style guide (authored by gibbons, of course) does not countenance using the word "teach" as a noun, with the possible exception as a casual nickname for a teacher. Thus a game does not, in our parlance, have a "teach" except insofar as you call the person explaining the rules to you "teach". As in, "yo, teach, thanks for doing this thankless job, you make our hobby possible, I'm certainly not going to give you a hard time for any minor rules errors or didactic missteps, lemme buy you a pizza, teach, you incredibly physically attractive hero." 01:25 AYURIS: Sakura Arms (BakaFire, Level 99 Games 2022) Games Played Last Week: 04:04 -La Granja: Deluxe Master Set (Michael Keller and Andreas "ode." Odendahl, Board&Dice, 2023) 10:19 -Unchained (David Gregg, Trick or Treat Studios, 2024) 18:04 -Paku Paku (Antoine Bauza, Ravensburger, 2017) 21:34 -Turbo Kidz (Emmanuel Gauvain, Scorpion Masqué, 2023) 23:46 -Nine Tiles Panic (Jens Merkl and Jean-Claude Pellin, Oink Games, 2019) 25:49 -5 Towers (Kasper Lapp, Deep Print Games, 2023) 26:33 -Clip Cut Parks (Shaun Graham and Scott Huntington, Renegade Game Studios, 2019) 28:17 -The Same Game (Wolfgang Warsch, Edition Spielwiese, 2023) 34:17 -Omen: Songs of Far Shores (John Clowdus, Small Box Games, 2024) 38:45 -The Vale of Eternity (Eric Hong, Mandoo Games, 2023) 43:27 -Sentinels of the Multiverse (Christopher Badell, Paul Bender, & Adam Rebottaro, Greater Than Games, 2011) News (and why it doesn't matter): 49:39 Ninja Division declares bankruptcy, leaves thousands of Kickstarter backers in the lurch 50:57 New Mage Knight expansion! Apocalypse Dragon from WizKids by Phil Pettifer 51:43 Star Trek Star Realms 52:02 Magical Athlete reprint by CMYK in 2025 52:41 Topic: Rules Explanations Our Sponsors: * Check out Express VPN: www.expressvpn.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Before shouting about toys professionally, Mark taught ethics at a health sciences university. He discussed matters of life and death, of cutting edge controversial technologies, of war and politics, and matters of fundamental rights and duties. He has learned two lessons from those experiences: never ever talk about animal rights with a pit bull owner, and his views on Mass Effect are vastly more controversial than any of his other views. In this episode, he is at least smart enough to stay silent about dogs. Games Played Last Week: 01:54 -Street Masters (Adam Sadler & Brady Sadler, Blacklist Games, 2018) 07:45 -The Barracks Emperors (Wray Ferrell and Brad Johnson, GMT Games, 2023) 15:08 -Dune: Imperium--Uprising (Paul Dennen, Dire Wolf, 2023) 17:58 -Tank Duel: Enemy in the Crosshairs (Mike Bertucelli, GMT Games, 2019) 28:09 -Lunar Rush (Steven "Skippy" Brown, Dead Alive Games, 2023) 32:27 -Regicide (Paul Abrahams, Luke Badger, & Andy Richdale, Badgers from Mars, 2020) News (and why it doesn't matter): 34:44 Modiphius' upcoming Mass Effect game by Eric Lang and Calvin Wong Tze Loon 36:49 Ares will publish and distribute new Mega Empires (further descendants of Mega Civilization) 38:17 Heroscape: Age of Annihilation from Renegade Games--prepaints and all your money 44:57 Street Masters Kickstarter buyer's guide redux 48:15 Feature Game: Leonardo da Vinci's Codex Leicester (Changhyun Baek, Flaminia Brasini, Virginio Gigli, Stefano Luperto, and Antonio Tinto, DiceTree Games, 2023) Our Sponsors: * Check out Express VPN: www.expressvpn.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Walker was all like "there's this card effect in Successors" and Mark was all like "nuh-uh" but Walker was like "yeah, fer sure" and Mark goes "no way" and Walker says "way" and that's a 100% accurate transcript. 01:53 AYURIS: Dice Realms (Thomas Lehmann, Rio Grande Games, 2022) Games Played Last Week: 04:07 -Lorenzo il Magnifico (Flaminia Brasini, Virginio Gigli, and Simone Luciani, Cranio Creations, 2016) 10:55 -Leonardo da Vinci's Codex Leicester (Changhyun Baek, Flaminia Brasini, Virginio Gigli, Stefano Luperto, and Antonio Tinto, DiceTree Games, 2023) 17:00 -Darwin’s Journey (Simone Luciani and Nestore Mangone, ThunderGryph Games, 2023) 21:23 -The North: Provenance (John Clowdus, Small Box Games, 2020) 27:03 -Sail (Akiyama Koryu & Korzu Yusei, Allplay, 2023) 28:18 -MLEM: Space Agency (Reiner Knizia, Rebel Studio, 2024) 31:15 -My Island (Reiner Knizia, KOSMOS, 2023) 36:48 -Successors 4th Edition (Richard H. Berg and Mark Simonitch, PHALANX, 2022) News (and why it doesn't matter): 46:25 Lifeboats reprint: Plank of Carneades 47:27 Mike Hutchinson running a survey on Gaslands: https://forms.gle/8DjmJDxpaivpsznW7 48:06 Eric Lang and Ken Grul's Life in Reterra from Hasbro 48:24 Please support us on Patreon, if so inclined! www.patreon.com/svwag 51:02 Topic: The Patrons' Top 20 Our Sponsors: * Check out Express VPN: www.expressvpn.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The theory of the atom first posited by the pre-Socratic philosopher Democritus in roughly the 4th Century BCE. None of his actual writings have survived. The great thing about the pre-Socratics is that so few of their works are available, you can spend about ten minutes (or less!) and have read as much of their stuff as have the world's leading experts. Games Played Last Week: 01:53 -Kingdom Rush: Elemental Uprising (Alara Cameron, Helana Hope, and Sen-Foong Lim, Lucky Duck Games, 2023) 04:15 -Assault on Doomrock: Ultimate Edition (Tom Stasiak, Beautiful Disaster Games, 2023) 06:43 -Caverna: The Cave Farmers (Uwe Rosenberg, Lookout Games, 2013) 07:22 -Hidden Leaders (Andreas Müller, Markus Müller, & Raphael Stocker, BFF Games, 2022) 08:28 -AQUA: Biodiversity in the Oceans (Dan Halstad and Tristan Halstad, Sidekick Games, 2024) 13:05 -Project: ELITE (Konstantinos Kokkinis, Marco Portugal, & Sotirios Tsantilas, CMON, 2020) 16:54 -Lacuna (Mark Gerrits, CMYK, 2023) 19:33 -5 Towers (Kasper Lapp, Deep Print Games, 2023) News (and why it doesn't matter): 24:05 Kemet: Rise of the Gods reprint with additional modules on crowdfunding soon from Matagot 25:11 Burned on Kickstarter February 13 from Stone Circle Games and Jon Moffat 25:52 Wandering Galaxy: new Crossroads game from Plaid Hat Games 26:52 Feature Game: Nucleum (Simone Luciani & Dávid Turczi, Board&Dice, 2023) Our Sponsors: * Check out Express VPN: www.expressvpn.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Every man wants to be a macho, macho man To have the kind of body always in demand Jogging in the mornings, go man go Work outs in the health spa, muscles glow You can best believe that he's a macho man Ready to get down with, anyone he can You can tell a macho, he has a funky walk His western shirts and leather, always look so boss Funky with his body, he's a king Call him Mister Ego, dig his chains You can best believe that he's a macho man He likes to be the leader, he never dresses grand -"Macho Man" by The Village People 03:05 AYURIS: Guards of Atlantis II (Artyom Nichipurov, Wolff Designa, 2022) Games Played Last Week: 05:06 -AQUA : Biodiversity in the Oceans (Dan Halstad and Tristan Halstad, Sidekick Games, 2024) 08:05 -Bloodstones (Martin Wallace, Wallace Designs, 2023) 09:36 -Kingdom Rush: Elemental Uprising (Alara Cameron, Helana Hope, and Sen-Foong Lim, Lucky Duck Games, 2023) 10:45 -Imperium: Horizons (Nigel Buckle and Dávid Turczi, Osprey Games, 2024) 15:48 -Tokyo Highway: Rainbow City (Naotaka Shimamoto and Yoshiaki Tomioka, itten, 2023) 19:32 -Sail (Akiyama Koryu & Korzu Yusei, Allplay, 2023) 21:33 -For Science! (R. Eric Reuss, Grey Fox Games, 2021) 24:45 -Charioteer (Matt Calkins, GMT Games, 2022) 27:59 -Great Western Trail: New Zealand (Alexander Pfister, eggertspiele, 2023) 35:09 -Don't L.L.A.M.A. Dice (Reiner Knizia, AMIGO, 2021) 36:14 -That's Not a Hat (Kasper Lapp, Ravensburger, 2023) News (and why it doesn't matter): 37:54 Bus from Capstone reprint in 2024 38:34 Burned on Kickstarter February 13 from Stone Circle Games and Jon Moffat 39:15 CMON moving to Gamefound for A Song of Ice and Fire Tactics 41:37 Topic: Deckbuilding Our Sponsors: * Check out Express VPN: www.expressvpn.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Let us, following in Andy Schwarz's example, highlight the fine work of Nancy Skinner, a California state senator whose "Fair Pay to Play Act" granted college athletes in California the right to profit from their name, image, and likeness. This forced the NCAA to allow such changes more broadly. It hasn't been perfect, but let's acknowledge one thing: if someone's gonna be making millions off your name and face, maybe--just maybe!--you should be able to get a cut. Games Played Last Week: 01:43 -AQUA : Biodiversity in the Oceans (Dan Halstad and Tristan Halstad, Sidekick Games, 2024) 06:24 -Imperium: Horizons (Nigel Buckle and Dávid Turczi, Osprey Games, 2024) 13:40 -World Wonders (Zé Mendes, Arcane Wonders, 2023) 19:33 -MLEM: Space Agency (Reiner Knizia, Rebel Studio, 2024) 24:14 -Maskmen (Jun Sasaki and Taiki Shinzawa, Oink Games, 2014) 28:27 -The Barracks Emperors (Wray Ferrell and Brad Johnson, GMT Games, 2023) 32:17 -Tokyo Highway: Rainbow City (Naotaka Shimamoto and Yoshiaki Tomioka, itten, 2023) 37:14 -Vengeance (Gordon Calleja, Mighty Boards, 2018) 40:03 -Charioteer (Matt Calkins, GMT Games, 2022) News (and why it doesn't matter): 44:29 "Wednesdays with Walker"--streaming on Twitch 45:05 Unpublished Flickateers by Trevor Benjamin and David Thompson 45:55 Storm Raiders by Shem Phillips 46:48 Voidfall Solo Online by Mark Hutchinson! https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3222419/play-voidfall-solo-online-fan-made-app 47:59 Feature Game: Envelopes of Cash (Andy Schwarz, Envelopes of Cash LLC, 2023) Our Sponsors: * Check out Express VPN: www.expressvpn.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

It has been many a year since our early days, our salad days when we were younger and dumb and didn't know what we were doing. Much has changed, in that we are now older and dumb and don't know what we're doing. But the inexorable march of time has at least offered many new offerings in the broad tent of dexterity games, and so it is past time that we focus on one of our preferred genus of toy. 01:26 AYURIS: Golem (Flaminia Brasini, Virginio Gigli, & Simone Luciani, Cranio Creations, 2021) Games Played Last Week: 04:19 -Anachrony (Dávid Turczi, Mindclash Games, 2017) 11:11 -Welcome to the Moon (Alexis Allard & Benoit Turpin, Blue Cocker Games, 2021) 15:44 -General Orders: World War II (Trevor Benjamin and David Thompson, Osprey Games, 2023) 22:16 -Sail (Akiyama Koryu & Korzu Yusei, Allplay, 2023) 25:25 -Burned (Jon Moffat, Stone Circle Games, Unpublished) 28:39 -My Island (Reiner Knizia, KOSMOS, 2023) 34:50 -Bloodstones (Martin Wallace, Wallace Designs, 2023) News (and why it doesn't matter): 39:59 Mythic Games sells Anastyr and Hel: The Last Saga to CMON; backers will get base game only 41:44 Renegade Games' Axis and Allies: G.I. Joe 44:19 Ads for Votes for Women pulled from Facebook because they apparently think women's suffrage is contentious 47:00 Carolingi pulled from Gamefound, pre-orders directly from Sea Cove Games 47:59 7 Empires from Mac Gerdts 49:27 Star Trek: Away Missions goes Original Series 51:52 Topic: Dexterity Games Revisited Our Sponsors: * Check out Express VPN: www.expressvpn.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

A pretty solid rule of thumb is that if you've been disappointed in a kind of game, try David Thompson's version of it and see how delightful it can be. Hidden movement got you down? Sniper Elite is the cure. Abstract chunky tiled fighty thing didn't please? War Chest might please. Mediocre skirmish cramping your style? For What Remains is ready to serve. It's a good thing he has styles of games he hasn't explored, lest he just obsolete the remainder of the games industry. Give him time. He'll collaborate with everyone eventually. Games Played Last Week: 01:41 -Beast (Aron Midhall, Elon Midhall, and Assar Pettersson, Studio Midhall, 2022) 07:17 -Iberia (Jesús Torres Castro and Matt Leacock, Z-Man Games, 2016) 11:42 -Sankoré: The Pride of Mansa Musa (Mandela Fernandez-Grandon and Fabio Lopiano, Osprey Games, 2024) 18:16 -Bitoku: Resutoran (Germán P. Millán, Devir, 2023) 23:00 -Kurz vor Knapp (Helmut Punke and Tobias Punke, Zoch Verlag, 2020) 28:06 -Animal Upon Animal (Klaus Miltenberger, HABA, 2005) 29:33 -Bloodstones (Martin Wallace, Wallace Designs, 2023) News (and why it doesn't matter): 38:01 Shipyard reprint from Delicious Games 38:55 In the Gang from KOSMOS 39:56 Kabuto Sumo: Sakura Slam on Kickstarter 40:51 Feature Game: Federation (Dimitri Perrier and Matthieu Verdier, Explor8, 2022) Our Sponsors: * Check out Express VPN: www.expressvpn.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

As ever, and with no clue what a lang syne is (much less an auld-y type configuration), we embrace the new year by commemorating the old. We would venture that the new year only truly begins once SVWAG has given its imprimatur on the best game published in the preceding year. The Julian Calendar was abandoned in favour of the Gregorian, and it is evident that the Gregorian should be abandoned in favour of the SVWAGgering Calendar. Games Played Last Week: 01:34 -Kutná Hora: The City of Silver (Ondřej Bystroň, Petr Čáslava, and Pavel Jarosch, Czech Games Edition, 2023) 06:53 -Voidfall (Nigel Buckle & Dávid Turczi, Mindclash Games, 2023) 07:57 -K2 (Adam Kałuża, Rebel Sp. z o.o., 2010) 09:35 -Cover Your Assets (Brent Beck & Jeffrey Beck, Grandpa Beck's Games, 2011) 11:52 -Assault on Doomrock: Ultimate Edition (Tom Stasiak, Beautiful Disaster Games, 2023) 16:53 -Road Trippin (Uncredited, Guilt Free Gaming, 2021) 19:42 -Evacuation (Vladimír Suchý, Delicious Games, 2023) 28:05 -Solar Titans (Phillip Gee and Xian Wu, SunnySideUp Games, 2023) 31:03 -Tiny Mini Golf (Kamis Kamiński, Self-published, 2023) News (and why it doesn't matter): Nothing to see here. 34:25 Topic: 2023 Year in Review 35:04 Mark and Walker's Top 10s 52:28 SVWAG 2023 Game of the Year 53:37 Special Categories Our Sponsors: * Check out Express VPN: www.expressvpn.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Heraclitus, an ancient Greek philosopher, claimed that you never step in the same river twice; for it is not the same river and you are not the same person. Such as it is with games! They are reprinted and thus reborn, all along some blurred spectrum of redesign spanning from carbon copy all the way to entirely new design. Let us not forget Heraclitus' student Cratylus, who evidently thought Heraclitus some kind of squish, insofar as he is credited with countering that you cannot step into the same river once. 01:25 AYURIS: Perseverance: Castaway Chronicles Episodes 1 & 2 (Richard Amann, Thomas Vande Ginste, Viktor Peter, Wolf Plancke, & Dávid Turczi, Mindclash Games, 2022) Games Played Last Week: 03:32 -Rats of Wistar (Simone Luciani and Danilo Sabia, Cranio Creations, 2023) 09:15 -Voidfall (Nigel Buckle & Dávid Turczi, Mindclash Games, 2023) 11:00 -Faiyum: Privileges (Friedemann Friese, 2F-Spiele, 2023) 15:04 -Horizon Wars: Midnight Dark (Robey Jenkins, Precinct Omega Publishing, 2023) 22:52 -Burned (Jon Moffat, Stone Circle Games, Unpublished) 26:36 -My Island (Reiner Knizia, KOSMOS, 2023) 30:40 -Trick Shot (Second Edition) (Artyom Nichipurov, Wolff Designa, 2023) 35:05 -Napoleon's Conquests (Bruno Lamotte, Fellowship of Simulations, 2023) 42:47 -Splendor Duel (Marc André and Bruno Cathala, Space Cowboys, 2022) 43:42 -Federation (Dimitri Perrier and Matthieu Verdier, Explor8, 2022) News (and why it doesn't matter): 47:23 War Story: Occupied France; narrative game by David Thompson, Dave Neale, and Osprey Games 49:02 Keyside: Richard Breese and 49:37 Turing Machine on Boardgamearena and designer's notes on BGG 50:49 Terra Pyramides by Kiesling & Kramer 51:06 Moby Trick 51:25 Halo miniatures game by Mantic Games 52:02 Gaia Project Expansion announced, again 52:49 RIP Bryan Ansell, co-founder of Games Workshop 54:05 Topic: Out of Print Games Revisited Our Sponsors: * Check out Express VPN: www.expressvpn.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

"This here's a jam for all the gamers Tryin' to do what those rulebooks offer Get shot down 'cause you're overzealous Take too long, opponents get jealous Ok, smarty, go to a party Games are on the menu for everybody You wanna play a game that's more complexer But you're standin' on the wall like you was Poindexter A game is laid out, one not played out The options unfold and your mind just spins out They say you should take your turn or get removed So come on, gamer, and just bust a move" -Young MC, noted foe of analysis paralysis Games Played Last Week: 01:10 -Evolution: Climate (Dominic Crapuchettes, Dmitry Knorre, & Sergey Machin, North Star Games, 2016) 05:57 -Tiny Epic Crimes (Scott Almes, Gamelyn Games, 2023) 10:20 -The Fox Experiment (Jeff Fraser and Elizabeth Hargrave, Pandasaurus Games, 2023) 13:45 -Undergrove (Elizabeth Hargrave and Mark Wootton, AEG, 2024) 15:15 -Votes for Women (Tory Brown, Fort Circle Games, 2022) 17:52 -The Gods Will Have Blood (Daniel Bullock, Lock Horns Games, 2023) 21:56 -Green Team Wins (Nathan Thornton, 25th Century Games, 2022) 23:40 -Fun Facts (Kasper Lapp, Repos Production, 2022) 24:31 -Just One (Ludovic Roudy & Bruno Sautter, Repos Production, 2018) 24:39 -So Clover! (François Romain, Repos Production, 2021) 25:55 -Duhr: The Lesser Houses (Jenna Felli, Devious Weasel, 2018) 30:47 -No Thanks! (Thorsten Gimmler, AMIGO, 2004) 32:37 -Leonardo da Vinci's Codex Leicester (Changhyun Baek, Flaminia Brasini, Virginio Gigli, Stefano Luperto, and Antonio Tinto, DiceTree Games, 2023) 38:58 -Road Trippin (Uncredited, Guilt Free Gaming, 2021) 41:00 -Star Trek: Away Missions (Andrew Haught, Mike Haught, and Phil Yates, Gale Force Nine, 2023) News (and why it doesn't matter): 47:35 Shackleton Base: A Journey to the Moon by Fabio Lopiano and Nestore Magone, published by Sorry We Are French 48:04 Amabel Holland in The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-inquiry/the-personal-political-art-of-board-game-design 48:36 Zombie Sniper. That is all. 48:59 Jenna Felli's upcoming game Murray the A**hole Frog (trans designer and trans artist) and upcoming novel Serpent Ascending 50:24 Co-op Dungeon Scrawlers?! 2together by OldChap Editions 51:24 Andy Schwarz's "Financial Reckoning" for Envelopes of Cash: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/envelopesofcash/envelopes-of-cash/posts/3995962 52:47 Assault on Doomrock: Ultimate Edition accidentally published with crypto-fascist imagery. Burn the "Banner of Kekistan" 54:48 Feature Game: Arborea (Dani Garcia, Alley Cat Games, 2023) Our Sponsors: * Check out Express VPN: www.expressvpn.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy