So Very Wrong About Games

• #351: Flexing New Muscles

  As is readily apparent from the show's subject matter and our general presentation, we here at SVWAG are stone-cold jocks who excel at the sports and are thoroughly ripped. We trust the launcher and never ever skip leg day.00:57 AYURIS: Expeditions (Jamey Stegmaier, Stonemaier Games, 2023)Games Played Last Week:03:04 -Coloretto (Michael Schacht, ABACUSSPIELE, 2003)07:16 -Metal Gear Solid: The Board Game (Emerson Matsuuchi, CMON, 2025)14:20 -Mega Civilization (Flo de Haan, John Rodriguez, and Francis Tresham, 999 Games, 2015) 30:11 -Star Trek: Captain's Chair (Nigel Buckle & Dávid Turczi, WizKids, 2025)37:38 -Keep the Heroes Out!: Boss Battles (Luís Brueh, Brueh Games, 2024)40:46 -Until Proven Guilty: The Starry Sky Necklace (Enrico Procacci, DV Games, 2024)46:46 -Crafting the Cosmos (David Gordon & TAM, Office Dog, 2025)News (and why it doesn't matter):48:24 Granddaughter success with Heap-O-Sheep48:48 Registration for SVWAGCon open for patrons! www.patreon.com/svwag50:18 Note-taking in Space Alert and Paint the Roses53:57 Topic: Flexing New MusclesAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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• #350: Beyond the Horizon

  Despite the welcome relative absence of anthropomorphic animals this week--aside from some sundry ducks in Lorcana--we see a lot of animals and various critters this week. We eschew sacrifices to a dodgy snake in Imperium, we fling sheep with abandon, we throw down with some wrestling bugs, and that's on top of comparatively mundane animal husbandry in Keyflower. Mark offered some unflattering comparisons between Walker and various animals during Crokinole, but that doesn't quite count.Games Played Last Week:02:22 -Space Alert (Vlaada Chvátil, Czech Games Edition, 2008)04:58 -Imperium: Horizons (Nigel Buckle and Dávid Turczi, Osprey Games, 2024)09:17 CMYK's Magenta Series: Duos (Johannes Schmidauer-König, CMYK, 2025), Figment (Wolfgang Warsch, CMYK, 2025), Fives (Taiki Shinzawa, CMYK, 2025), Fruit Fight (Reiner Knizia, CMYK, 2025) 12:21 -Heap-O-Sheep: The High Flying Game of Flingin' Sheep! (Dominic Yard, Fat Brain Toy Company, Unknown)16:48 -Crokinole (Uncredited, Mayday, 2025)19:36 -Kabuto Sumo: Sakura Slam (John Brieger, Michael Dunsmore, & Tony Miller, Allplay, 2024)24:28 -Disney Lorcana (David Iezzi, Ryan Miller, and Steve Warner, Ravensburger, 2023)  32:40 -Keyflower: The Farmers (Sebastian Bleasdale & Richard Breese, R&D Games, 2013)News (and why it doesn't matter):38:24 Agricola: Dead Harvest from Awaken Realms39:07 Rest in peace, Rodger MacGowan, prolific designer and artist40:01 Chris Farrell has a substack! https://chrisfarrell317.substack.com/p/week-of-feb-24th-202540:52 Please support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/svwag Patreon perk: early registration for SVWAG Con!43:03 Feature Game: Beyond the Horizon (Dennis K. Chan, Adam Hill, Ben Pinchback, and Matt Riddle, Cranio Creations, 2024)Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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• #349: A Plowful of Games

  While we hate to confirm your most reductive of preconceived notions, snow removal in Canadian cities is no joke. The fleet of vehicles required to allow for daily life in even a small Canadian city after major snowfall is impressive. The balletic dance of some of their formations while in operation calls to mind the precise of mid-air refuelling.  01:03 AYURIS: Ra (Reiner Knizia, alea, 1999)Games Played Last Week:04:07 -Mistborn (John D. Clair, Brotherwise Games, 2024)09:17 -Cerebria: The Inside World (Richard Amann, Viktor Peter, István Pócsi, Frigyes Schőberl, Nick Shaw, & Dávid Turczi, Mindclash Games, 2018)13:40 -1793: Patriots & Traitors (Jason St.Just, Sound of Drums, 2024) 20:35 -Navegador (Mac Gerdts, PD-Verlag, 2010)26:43 -Galactic Renaissance (Christian Martinez, Matagot, 2024)29:25 -Cyclades: Legendary Edition (Bruno Cathala & Ludovic Maublanc, Open Sesame Games, 2024)39:24 -Whale Riders (Reiner Knizia, Grail Games, 2021)41:06 -Figment (Wolfgang Warsch, CMYK, 2025)46:01 -Kabuto Sumo: Sakura Slam (John Brieger, Michael Dunsmore, & Tony Miller, Allplay, 2024)49:53 -Portmanteau: A Cooperative Game of Linguistic Fusion (Robert Fisk, Doghalla Games, 2025)54:26 -Dragon Valley (CW Karstens, Diamond K Games, 2012)News (and why it doesn't matter):1:01:56 Dragon Valley: Advisors & Quests, 20121:02:27 2001: A Space Odyssey 1 vs. all1:03:13 Paolo Mori and Alessandro Zucchini form Ingenioso Hidalgo for Battlefields of the Napoleonic Wars1:03:53 Feya's Swamp from Helge and Anselm OstertagAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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• #348: SETI

  Colour nouns are essentially arbitrary; how one decides to chop up the visible spectrum of light is a matter of contingent taxonomy. Some languages have one noun for both blue and green, for example. English has a word for light red (pink) where other languages don't. Russian similarly has a word for light blue. And then there's magenta, which we can all agree is a scene and a half. Games Played Last Week:02:35 -Fruit Fight (Reiner Knizia, CMYK, 2025) 06:55 -Fives (Taiki Shinzawa, CMYK, 2025) 09:49 -Figment (Wolfgang Warsch, CMYK, 2025)12:49 -Duos (Johannes Schmidauer-König, CMYK, 2025) 16:17 -Sidereal Confluence (TauCeti Deichmann, Wizkids, 2017)19:24 -Fishing (Friedemann Friese, 2F-Spiele, 2024)24:36 -The Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era (Josh J. Carlson, Michael Gernes, Logan Giannini, Ryan Howard, Salem Scott, and Josh Wielgus, Chip Theory Games, 2025)32:24 -Storm Raiders (Shem Phillips, Arkus Games, 2025)News (and why it doesn't matter):38:55 Mythic Games in trouble (again), crowdfunding commitments unfulfilled40:37 Monolith's Reichbusters: Reloaded41:10 Cardboard Ghosts by Amabel Holland and CRC Press41:46 Lord of the Rings Pandemic! Fate of the Fellowship42:06 Crawling Chaos by Mike Hutchinson on Kickstarter44:15 Endless Winter expansion crowdfunding soon44:28 Rebel Princess: Happily Ever After44:44 Feature Game: SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (Tomáš Holek, Czech Games Edition, 2024)Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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• #347: How Expansions Can Fail

  Our upcoming convention, July 25th-27th 2025, is in its planning stages! We have a venue but nothing much else yet. Not even a name! Suggestions welcome. Mark quite likes So Very Wrong About Games Fun Times Good Vibes Only Trans Rights Are Human Rights Boardgame Jamboree, but he worries that it might be too pithy. Few things are off the table! Special guests? Maybe! Fabulous prizes? Well, prizes, definitely. More like obligatory prizes.03:08 AYURIS: Undaunted: Battle of Britain (Trevor Benjamin and David Thompson, Osprey Games, 2023)Games Played Last Week:04:49 -Malediction (Leo Cunha, Nicole Lobo, and Daniel Pettersen de Lucena, Loot Studios, 2025)12:09 -Slay the Spire: The Board Game (Gary Dworetsky, Anthony Giovannetti, and Casey Yano, Contention Games, 2024)13:43 -Lone Wolves (Yasuyuki Nakamura, Wonderful World Board Games, 2024)18:51 -Massive Darkness 2: Hellscape (Alex Olteanu & Marco Portugal, CMON, 2022)24:01 -Critter Kitchen (Alex Cutler & Peter C. Hayward, Carboard Alchemy, 2025) 27:59 -Coloretto (Michael Schacht, ABACUSSPIELE, 2003)29:26 -The White Castle: Matcha (Israel Cendrero & Sheila Santos, Devir Games, 2024)32:56 -Planet Unknown: Supermoon (Ryan Lambert & Adam Rehberg, Adam's Apple Games, 2024)News (and why it doesn't matter):38:59 Bullet big box40:03 Benjamin Sperling Persuasion roll and write on Kickstarter40:32 Champions of Midgard 10th Anniversary Edition41:15 SVWWAG Convention! July 25th, 26th, 27th. Details to follow!42:21 Topic: How Expansions Can FailAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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