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So Very Wrong About Games Mike Walker & Mark Bigney
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A podcast about all manner of hobby games by Mike Walker and Mark Bigney. Bad games don't go easy on you, so we don't go easy on them. Thorough analysis via reviews, news, and discussion of topics in gaming. We take context seriously, we value your time, and we're not into hype. Just because games are fun doesn't mean we can't take them seriously, and just because we take them seriously doesn't mean we can't have fun.
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#312: Cascadero
Before the people of Quebec celebrated the Journée nationale des Patriotes (National Patriots' Day), they instead on the same day had the Fête de Dollard. A cynic might speculate that the timing of these holidays was chosen so as to pre-empt the English Canadian Victoria Day, and that cynic would be right.
Games Played Last Week:
01:21 -Dice Flick (Rami Gaber, Pegasus Spiele, 2021)
04:49 -A Message from the Stars (Clarence Simpson, Allplay, 2024)
11:21 -Switchbacks (Susumu Kawasaki, Allplay, 2022)
14:23 -Mage Knight: The Board Game (Vlaada Chvatil, WizKids, 2011)
18:29 -Leviathan Wilds (Justin Kemppainen, Moon Crab Games, 2024)
19:32 -Priorities (Uncredited, Clarendon Games, 2020)
22:11 -Word Traveler (Thomas Dagenais-Lespérance, Office Dog, 2024)
25:59 -Cascadito (Reiner Knizia, Bitewing Games, 2024)
News (and why it doesn't matter):
28:27 Grail Games will be reprinting Marc André's Barony with its Sorcery expansion
28:53 Indonesia reprint from Splotter with a new board
29:51 Black Forest from Tido Lorenze, Uwe Rosenberg, and Feuerland Spiele
30:04 Another Frostpunk game, this time from Board&Dice
30:28 Walking Dead game from Button Shy
30:39 New expansion for Aquatica, Coral Reefs
30:50 Followup to Oathsworn from Shadowborne and Jamie Jolly: Avalon: The Riven Veil
31:02 Darktide the miniatures game from Games Workshop
31:33 Dungeon Twister 20th Anniversary Edition by Christophe Boelinger and Ludically
32:57 Congratulations to the Golden Geek winners!
34:02 Feature Game: Cascadero (Reiner Knizia, Bitewing Games, 2024)
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#311: Omnibus Questions Delta Bet
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
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#310: Omnibus Questions Delta Aleph
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
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#309: An Age Contrived
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)
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#308: Favourite Mechanisms
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
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#307: Galactic Renaissance
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)
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