So Very Wrong About Games

The podcast discusses games like Feudum, The Boldest, Wingspan, Council of 4, Root, and Warpgate. They explore biggest rules mistakes in gaming and news on board game expansions and legal battles. Featuring sponsor Manscaped for grooming needs.

"Money makes the world go 'round" is a common saying decried by most astronomers and physicists, who instead stubbornly maintain that it is due to some invisible thing that can't even qualify for a credit card. "More money than God" is also a strange phrasing, insofar as I believe the theological consensus (ranging from the Abrahamic faiths all the way to Pastafarianism) is that God does not hold assets in the standard sense. Then again, I've never seen His portfolio. Anyway, Cthulhu Wars is expensive and so are exciting plans.AYURIS: Quartermaster General 2m35s (Ian Brody, Griggling Games, 2014)Games Played Last Week: -Walker has a family 4m24s-Res Arcana 5m27s (Thomas Lehmann, Sand Castle Games, 2019)-The Boldest 7m19s (Sophia Wagner, Pegasus Spiele, 2019)-Snit's Revenge 10m51s (Tom Wham, TSR, 1977)-Hanabi 12m39s (Antoine Bauza, R&R, 2010)-FlickFleet 13m18s (Jackson Pope & Paul Willcox, Eurydice Games, 2018)-Magnastorm 15m42s (Bauldric & Friends, Feuerland Spiele, 2018)News (and why it doesn't matter)-CMON licenses God of War... 18m48s-...and Bloodborne 19m07s-More pretty things from Ryan Laukat 20m20s-Marco Polo voyages again 21m04s-Warhammer Underworlds (Shadespire, really) lives on 21m58sFeature Game: Cthulhu Wars 22m31s (Sandy Peterson & Lincoln Petersen, Petersen Games, 2015)Topic: Dueling Rules: The "Right" Way to Play 51m30sLoopin' Louie tournament rules: http://bit.ly/loopingtournamentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We spare you the onomatopoeias this week, as our audio editing software cannot process the brightly-coloured spiky expostulations properly. Walker gets to backpedal at full speed this week, having previously declared his being done with both 1 vs. all games and games with tons of minis. So he surely wouldn't have any enthusiasm for this 1 vs. all minis-heavy game, would he? Could he?!Na na na na na na na naNa na na na na na na naPLASTICAYURIS: GKR: Heavy Hitters 1m25s (Matt Hyra, Cryptozoic Entertainment, 2018)Games Played Last Week: -Res Arcana 3m08s (Thomas Lehmann, Sand Castle Games, 2019)-Warhammer Quest: Blackstone Fortress 6m56s (Jervis Johnson, Games Workshop, 2018)-Warpgate 9m38s (Artyom Nichipurov, Wolff Designa, 2018)-Titans Tactics 12m37s (G. Kelly Toyama, Imbalanced Games, 2013)-Pax Renaissance 14m21s (Phil Eklund & Matt Eklund, Sierra Madre Games, 2016)-For Sale 18m34s (Stefan Dorra, Uberplay, 1997)News (and why it doesn't matter)-Mensa? Do we care about Mensa? 19m26s-Renegade charms again with Bubble Tea 21m40s-Mega Vampires and Mega Werewolves 22m13s-More tile-laying from Reiner Knizia 23m19sFeature Game: Batman: Gotham City Chronicles 24m06s (Frédéric Henry, Monolith, 2019)Topic: Changing Tastes Over Time 53m17sAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Here's the thing, at least as Mark understands it: acquired tastes are weird. Some things are great the first time. Furthermore, some things are easy and great the first time. Take chocolate, for example. Most people start out champs at eating chocolate. Mark tried to get good at something once, but he found out that requires effort. Who has time for ten thousand hours when there's elite-level candy consumption to be had? Walker on the other hand laments Mark's narrow little horizons. AYURIS: Space Alert 2m59s (Vlaada Chvatil, CGE, 2008)Games Played Last Week: -Warpgate 4m22s (Artyom Nichipurov, Wolff Designa, 2018)-Caverna: The Cave Farmers 6m38s (Uwe Rosenberg, Lookout Games, 2013)-Codenames 8m10s (Vlaada Chvatil, CGE, 2015)-KeyForge: Call of the Archons 9m29s (Richard Garfield, Fantasy Flight, 2018)-Intrigue 10m06s (Stefan Dorra, AMIGO, 1994)-Combat Commander: Europe 14m13s (Chad Jensen, GMT, 2006)-Aristeia! 16m39s (Alberto Abal, Jesús Fuster, & David Rosillo, Corvus Belli, 2017)-Pax Renaissance 19m01s (Phil Eklund & Matt Eklund, Sierra Madre Games, 2016)News (and why it doesn't matter)-Spread the Love Letter, spread the pain 21m59s-In Defiance of the glut of dungeon crawlers 22m58s-Conflick in the Neutral Zone, again 25m35s-Scramble for outrage in wargamer land 26m37sFeature Game: Catacombs 3rd ed. 28m44 (Ryan Amos, Marc Kelsey, & Aron West, Elzra Corp., 2015)Topic: Mastering a Game 49m35sAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today is a telling day in the annals of SVWAG, especially with respect to Mark coming to terms with his own essential wrongness. He gets to partially repent for his tonal excesses with respect to the AYURIS; he gets to mull over painful loves lost in Billionaire Banshee; and he gets to realize that once again that while Walker cares deeply about people, he cares mostly about stuffing his face and listening to loud music. Things get real.AYURIS: Champions of Midgard 1m47s (Ole Steiness, Grey Fox Games, 2015)Games Played Last Week: -Die fiesen 7 4m03s (Jacques Zeimet, Drei Hasen in der Abendsonne, 2015)-Factory Funner 6m17s (Corné van Moorsel, Cwali, 2016)-Swordcrafters 7m15s (Ryan Lambert, Chris Neuman, & Adam Rehberg, Adam's Apple Games, 2018)-Formula D 8m48s (Laurent Lavaur & Eric Randall, Asmodee, 2008)-Billionaire Banshee 10m26s (Steven “Razlo” Bailey, Breaking Games, 2014)-Quadropolis 13m20s (François Gandon, Days of Wonder, 2016)-Vengeance 14m05s (Gordon Calleja, Mighty Boards, 2018)-Race for the Galaxy: The Brink of War 15m35s (Thomas Lehmann, Rio Grande Games, 2010)News (and why it doesn't matter)-Carnival Zombie 2nd ed. finally shambles out of development limbo 17m28s-Vicious, adorable creatures in Crumbs 19m03s-Golden Geek Awards voting over 20m24s-Bus reprint by Capstone 21m05sFeature Game: Calimala 22m19s (Fabio Lopiano, ADC Blackfire Entertainment GmbH, 2017)Topic: Gaming Ambiance 43m35sAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

HATE has landed, and you can't have it. CMON's dalliances with Kickstarter exclusives have been numerous, but now they have their first Kickstarter-exclusive game. We review it not to taunt you with things you can't acquire, but rather to give you the vicarious thrill of someone who can have everything. Let your imagination whisk you away to a universe that is all plastic cannibalistic hardcases! AYURIS: Battlelore 2nd Edition 2m14s (Richard Borg & Robert A. Kouba, FFG, 2013)Games Played Last Week: -Root 4m39s (Cole Wehrle, Leder Games, 2018)-Gùgōng 6m37s (Andreas Steding, Game Brewer, 2018)-Blood Rage 8m36s (Eric M. Lang, CMON, 2015)-Die fiesen 7 10m34s (Jacques Zeimet, Drei Hasen in der Abendsonne, 2015)-Calimala 11m33s (Fabio Lopiano, ADC Blackfire Entertainment GmbH, 2017)-Hansa Teutonica 13m11s (Andreas Steding, Argentum Verlag, 2010)-Amun-Re: The Card Game 13m54s (Reiner Knizia, Super Meeple, 2017)-Agricola 15m45s (Uwe Rosenberg, Lookout Games, 2007)-Hanabi 18m25s (Antoine Bauza, ABACUSSPIELE, 2010)News (and why it doesn't matter)-Bauza has sequels for Ghost Stories and Tokaido 20m21s-Asmodee will distribute CMON post-Kickstarter 21m37s-The OP lands Die Hard license 22m57s-Walker falls for Aquicorn Cove's stunning visuals 24m48s -...and for Fuji Koro 25m12sFeature Game: HATE 25m50s (Raphaël Guiton, Jean-Baptiste Lullien, Alexandru Olteanu, & Nicolas Raoult, CMON, 2019)Topic: Needing to Know the Deck 50m01sAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As my father is wont to say, "Accept credit, pass blame." Actually, no, I said that, and it's my father's fault that I forgot the correct attribution. Is that how that works? At any rate, we here at SVWAG are always happy to claim responsibility for all positive developments. When and if peace breaks out anywhere, we will assert it is our doing based merely on this aside. Such is the power of our episode notes and our self-aggrandizement!AYURIS: The World of SMOG: Rise of Moloch 2m08s (Fel Barros, Christophe Madura, Alexandru Olteanu, David Rakoto, & Michael Shinall, CMON, 2018)Games Played Last Week: -Barony 4m51s (Marc André, Matagot, 2015)-Millennium Blades 5m37s (D. Brad Talton, Level 99 Games, 2016)-Santorini 7m32s (Gord!, Roxley, 2016)-Space Base 8m37s (John D. Clair, AEG, 2018)-Scythe 11m43s (Jamey Stegmaier, Stonemaier Games, 2016-Obsession 13m17s (Dan Hallagan, Kayenta Games, 2018)-Caverna: The Forgotten Folk 16m20s (Uwe Rosenberg & Alex Wilber, Lookout Games, 2018)-Claustrophobia: 1642 (Croc & Laurent Pouchain, Monolith, 2019)News (and why it doesn't matter)-Mild Patreon Shilling 23m34s-Peace during the Age of Steam 24m09s-Dune is back. Insert reference here. 25m36s -Sneak Breakout preview 28m35sFeature Game: XenoShyft: Onslaught 29m12s (Keren Philosophales & Michael Shinall, CMON, 2015) and Dreadmire (Michael Shinall, CMON, 2017)Topic: 1 vs. All vs. Coop vs. Semi-Coop vs. Vs. 53m54sAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Currencies drive many things, perhaps most things. HATE is driven by a currency called Savagery, which I believe is floated on the international market and its exchange rate fluctuates daily. We here at So Very Wrong About Games fuel our episodes with Snark, which is pegged conveniently to the Canadian Dollar. As a consequence, when some of you might be tempted to correct Mark on the name of the 1987 Richard Halliwell design ("um, actually, it's Block Mania, not Block Panic"), you are only making them stronger.AYURIS: Warhammer Underworlds: Shadespire (David Sanders, Games Workshop, 2017) 1m54sGames Played Last Week: -HATE 4m34s (Raphaël Guiton, Jean-Baptiste Lullien, Alexandru Olteanu, & Nicolas Raoult, CMON, 2019)-Climb! 7m08s (Benoit Michaud, Le Scorpion Masqué, 2008)-Siege of the Citadel 9m32s (Richard Borg, Eric M. Lang, Jason Little, & Kevin Wilson, Modiphius Entertainment, 2019)-Goodcritters 11m45s (Fabian Zimmermann, Arcane Wonders, 2018)-Teotihuacan: City of Gods 14m43s (Daniele Tascini, NSKN Games, 2018)-Infinity 15m20s (Gutier Lusquiños Rodríguez, Corvus Belli, 2005)-Pax Pamir 17m25s (Phil Eklund & Cole Wehrle, Sierra Madre Games, 2015)-Obsession 21m35s (Dan Hallagan, Kayenta Games, 2018)News (and why it doesn't matter)-The Talisman nightmare has started: Batman and Kingdom Hearts 25m34s-It, and I can't even 26m43s-Worst expansion title competition 27m30s-Judge Dredd enters the Wildlands 28m57s-Restoring Epic Duels 30m09s-Age of Steam boils over. Again. 31m49sFeature Game: Concordia (Mac Gerdts, PD-Verlag, 2013) and Concordia Venus (2018) 34m14sTopic: Spending Money on the Hobby: Are You Getting Your Money's Worth? 1h01m43sAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You do you, Walker always says, except he almost never does. Mark always says smoke 'em if you got 'em, despite his never uttering those words and frankly not knowing what they mean. He tried smoking once and didn't enjoy it. Why care about such petty things as truth or data when it feels consistent with a narrative you're peddling? Echoes of contemporary politics abound, as we ponder whether a game needs to be balanced so long as it tells a good tale.AYURIS: Rising Sun (Eric Lang, CMON, 2018) 5m26sGames Played Last Week: -Cerebria: The Inside World 8m57s (Richard Amann, Viktor Peter, István Pócsi, Frigyes Schőberl, Nick Shaw, & Dávid Turczi, Mindclash Games, 2018)-Teotihuacan: City of Gods 11m22s (Daniele Tascini, NSKN Games, 2018)-Spirit Island 12m10s (R. Eric Reuss, Greater Than Games, 2017)-Tajemnicze Domostwo/Mysterium 15m24s (Oleksandr Nevskiy & Oleg Sidorenko, Portal Games, 2013)-Millennium Blades 19m11s (D. Brad Talton Jr., Level 99 Games, 2016)-Shadowrift 21m11s (Jeremy Anderson, Game Salute, 2012)-Donning the Purple 24m54s (Petter Schanke Olsen, Tompet Games, 2018)News (and why it doesn't matter)-Hanabi deluxe blows up again 27m32s-Dice Forge rebels 28m45s-Capstone gauges Winsome's Irish Gauge 29m09s-Sailor Moon deceives...? 31m00s-White Goblin will Yoko no mo 32m04sFeature Game: A Feast for Odin: The Norwegians 33m37s (Gernot Köpke & Uwe Rosenberg, Feuerland Spiele, 2018)Topic: Theme vs. Balance 59m35sAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Peter Principle observes that people tend to get promoted to their level of incompetence. Namely if someone does a job well, they'll be promoted, until such time as they cease doing a job well and persist at that level of ineptitude. We mention this not because it accurately describes the arc of Mark's life both professionally and personally--which, let's face it, it does--but rather because we have decided to promote the AYURIS from off-hand remark into Full Fledged Segment (AYURIS, FFS [tm]). Time stamp and everything! If it does well, it'll get it's own podcast; if it does poorly, all hail the Peter Principle.AYURIS: 51st State: Master Set (Ignacy Trzewiczek, Portal, 2016) 1m31sGames Played Last Week: -Kingdom Death: Monster 5m28s (Adam Poots, Kingdom Death, 2015)-Reykholt 9m02s (Uwe Rosenberg, Frosted Games, 2018)-Bargain Hunter 15m35s (Uwe Rosenberg, Valley Games, 1998)-Meltwater: A Game of Tactical Starvation 17m34s (Erin Lee Escobedo, Hollandspiele, 2018)News (and why it doesn't matter)-The Orville Clix 19m34s-Samuel Bailey's Stars a little less Forbidden 19m59s-Samuel Bailey digs Deep 21m17s-Rooting around for more factions 22m22s-KeyForging on 22m46s-Being on the same Wavelength 23m14s-Even deeper Descent 24m31s-Rushing into the Kingdom of boardgames of apps 25m19sFeature Game: Cerebria: The Inside World 25m58s (Richard Amann, Viktor Peter, István Pócsi, Frigyes Schőberl, Nick Shaw, & Dávid Turczi, Mindclash Games, 2018)Topic: Hype 54m39sAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices