So Very Wrong About Games

"Dear friend, if you wanna feel better Don't let the devil make you toss this letter If you've been crossed up by hoodoo voodoo A wizard or the lizard You got family trouble, man trouble, woman trouble No light through the tunnel If you're lookin' for a true friend, or a true lover Or if you've been livin' undercover Well, I'm comin' to your town to break it all down And help you with all of this I'm lookin' to help you find bliss one day Or one way, can't miss" -Jack White, "Archbishop Harold Holmes", presumably extolling the virtues of the Millipede Death Cult Games Played Last Week: 01:14 -Cthulhu: Death May Die--Fear of the Unknown (Rob Daviau, Eric M. Lang, and Marco Portugal, CMON, 2024) 06:28 -Dune: Imperium--Uprising (Paul Dennen, Dire Wolf, 2023) 12:48 -Innovation Ultimate (Carl Chudyk, Asmadi Games, 2025) 18:25 -Leviathan Wilds: Deepvale (Justin Kemppainen, Moon Crab Games, 2025) 22:03 -Line of Fire: Burnt Moon (Trevor Benjamin & David Thompson, Osprey Games, 2025)  27:23 -Rumble Nation (Yogi Shinichi, Hobby Japan, 2017) 29:23 -Iron Forest (Brian Gomez, Brain Games, 2024) 32:23 -Crash Octopus (Naotaka Shimamoto, itten, 2021) 33:08 -Junk Art (Jay Cormier & Sen-Foong Lim, Pretzel Games, 2016) 33:51 -The Breach (Michele Morosini, Ludus Magnus Studio, 2024) 41:27 -A Gentle Rain (Kevin Wilson, Incredible Dream Studios, 2024) News (and why it doesn't matter): 44:34 Open registration for SVWAG Con (July 25th-July 27th) on Eventbrite! https://tinyurl.com/25s6p5jd 45:24 REPRINTS! PitchCar and expansions, Ra: The Dice Game, Rheinlander, Junk Art 49:35 Carnegie expansion in development 49:52 Feature Game: Shackleton Base: A Journey to the Moon (Fabio Lopiano & Nestore Mangone, Sorry We Are French, 2024) Our Sponsors: * Check out Express VPN: https://expressvpn.com/SOWRONGGAMES Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands [https://redcircle.com/brands] Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy [https://redcircle.com/privacy]

It is remarkable to reflect on how much hobbies can demand of us, and certainly board gaming is no different. Setting aside the administrative, economic, and social burdens; we then have to spend so much time teaching, setting up, and tearing down. Alas! 23-step processes for general set up prior to the 12-step individual player board set up. It was not always thus, but here we are. 01:42 AYURIS: Voidfall (Nigel Buckle & Dávid Turczi, Mindclash Games, 2023) Games Played Last Week: 07:15 -Shackleton Base: A Journey to the Moon (Fabio Lopiano & Nestore Mangone, Sorry We Are French, 2024) 13:37 -Cthulhu: Death May Die--Fear of the Unknown (Rob Daviau, Eric M. Lang, and Marco Portugal, CMON, 2024) 17:48 -Barony: Heroes (Marc André, Grail Games, 2025) 21:04 -Netrunner: System Gateway (Zoe Cohen, McGregor Crowley, June Valencia Cuervo, Max Chippington Derrick, Gregory Tongue, and Jade Wesley, Null Signal Games, 2021) 34:37 -Planepita (Eisuke Fuijinawa & Kazunori Hori, SzpiLAB, 2022) 40:50 -ALIEN: Fate of the Nostromo (Scott Rogers, Ravensburger, 2021) 44:47 -Endeavor: Deep Sea (Carl de Visser and Jarratt Gray, Burnt Island Games, 2024) News (and why it doesn't matter): 50:05 Germán P. Millán's Covenant 50:35 Blood Rage: Valhalla expandalone to be on crowdfunding 53:52 Little Soldiers: green army men miniatures game 54:38 SVWAG Con (July 25th-July 27th) SOLD OUT 55:34 Topic: Setup and Teardown Our Sponsors: * Check out Express VPN: https://expressvpn.com/SOWRONGGAMES Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands [https://redcircle.com/brands] Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy [https://redcircle.com/privacy]

Apparently the American custom of the "push present" can trace its roots to the Anglo-Indian tradition of the "baby bauble", although in the latter case jewellery is the more standard gift (instead of, say, boardgames). Can we acknowledge that baby bauble is a much less crude term? Let's try to be classy here, people. There is already enough about childbirth that is fraught. Games Played Last Week: 2:07 -Galactic Cruise (T.K. King, Dennis Northcott, and Koltin Thompson, Kinson Key Games, 2025) 6:31 -Cerebria: The Inside World (Richard Amann, Viktor Peter, István Pócsi, Frigyes Schőberl, Nick Shaw, & Dávid Turczi, Mindclash Games, 2018) 12:53 -Phantom Division (Pete Ruth & Mark Thomas, Phantom Horizon, 2026) 23:19 -Space Gits (Mike Hutchinson, Planet Smasher Games, 2025) 28:03 -Earthborne Rangers (Andrew Fischer, Brooks Flugaur-Leavitt, Andrew Navaro, Adam Sadler, and Brady Sadler, Earthborne Games, 2023) 30:00 -Dro Polter (Paul Schulz, Oink Games, 2023) 33:14 -Shackleton Base: A Journey to the Moon (Fabio Lopiano & Nestore Mangone, Sorry We Are French, 2024) 40:56 -TONKS (Apocrypha_Now, Web-published, 2023) News (and why it doesn't matter): 43:41 Flurry of Friedemann Friese: Formidable Farm, Fearless, Five Families 44:45 Open registration for SVWAG Con (July 25th-July 27th) on Eventbrite! https://tinyurl.com/25s6p5jd 45:14 Feature Game: 7 Empires (Mac Gerdts, PD-Verlag, 2024) Our Sponsors: * Check out Express VPN: https://expressvpn.com/SOWRONGGAMES Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands [https://redcircle.com/brands] Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy [https://redcircle.com/privacy]

Walker's approach to parenting eschews what he sees as the coddling endemic in other families. He believes in competition above all else, where newbs must be pwned and even babies must git gud. "L2P" is his family motto. Some appalled anthropologists tried making a documentary about the Walker household, but they were forced to tone it down and release it as Squid Game. 01:21 AYURIS: Through the Desert (Reiner Knizia, KOSMOS, 1998) Games Played Last Week: 02:56 -Pocket Paladin (Joe Klipfel, Mythfield Games, 2025) 09:44 -7 Empires (Mac Gerdts, PD-Verlag, 2024) 21:10 -A Gentle Rain (Kevin Wilson, Incredible Dream Studios, 2024) 24:37 -Flip 7 (Eric Olsen, The Op Games, 2024) 25:31 -NMBR 9 (Peter Wichmann, ABACUSSPIELE, 2017) 27:44 -Earthborne Rangers (Andrew Fischer, Brooks Flugaur-Leavitt, Andrew Navaro, Adam Sadler, and Brady Sadler, Earthborne Games, 2023) 31:23 -Everdell (James A. Wilson, Starling Games, 2018) 35:12 -Shackleton Base: A Journey to the Moon (Fabio Lopiano & Nestore Mangone, Sorry We Are French, 2024) 40:47 -Animal Upon Animal (Klaus Miltenberger, HABA, 2005) News (and why it doesn't matter): 45:16 Open registration for SVWAG Con (July 25th-July 27th) on Eventbrite! https://tinyurl.com/25s6p5jd 47:38 Support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/svwag 48:12 Law 96 threatens hobby game stores:  https://www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/article/hobby-shops-say-it-will-be-game-over-for-their-businesses-due-to-quebecs-language-law/ 49:49 Topic: Small Box, Big Game Our Sponsors: * Check out Express VPN: https://expressvpn.com/SOWRONGGAMES Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands [https://redcircle.com/brands] Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy [https://redcircle.com/privacy]

"Because of the long-standing mutual enmity between Meany and Brown, Meany was named among the suspects in The Case Of Encyclopedia Brown’s Mangled Corpse. Meany denied the allegations. 'It’s true that Detective Brown and I didn’t see eye to eye, but I would never do something so downright dirty rotten as murder him,' Meany said. 'Besides, it’s a matter of public record that, at the time the crime was committed, I was at the North Pole watching the penguins.'" -"Idaville Detective 'Encyclopedia' Brown Found Dead In Library Dumpster", The Onion 01:42 AYURIS: Zoo Vadis (Reiner Knizia, Bitewing Games, 2023) Games Played Last Week: 4:12 -Sky Team (Luc Rémond, Le Scorpion Masqué, 2023) 7:20 -Ofrenda (Orlando Sá & André Santos, Osprey Games, 2025) 12:51 -Galactic Cruise (T.K. King, Dennis Northcott, and Koltin Thompson, Kinson Key Games, 2025) 20:05 -Twins (Reiner Knizia, Oink Games, 1996) 23:59 -Clinic Deluxe Edition (Alban Viard, AVStudioGames, 2019) 28:23 -Stationfall (Matt Eklund, Ion Game Design, 2023) 37:46 -Great Western Trail: New Zealand (Alexander Pfister, eggertspiele, 2023) 40:45 -Schotten Totten 2 (Reiner Knizia, IELLO, 2020) 45:18 -Corps of Discovery: A Game Set in the World of Manifest Destiny (Jay Cormier & Sen-Foong Lim, Off the Page Games, 2025) News (and why it doesn't matter): 49:13 Balance updates to Fromage 50:17 Tianxia by Daniele Tascini & Antonio Petrelli, another "T" game by Board&Dice 50:39 Burned by Stone Circle Games will have a crowd sale on The Game Crafter soon 51:19 Open registration for SVWAG Con (July 25th-July 27th) on Eventbrite! https://tinyurl.com/25s6p5jd 51:45 Topic: Pulling Levers Our Sponsors: * Check out Express VPN: https://expressvpn.com/SOWRONGGAMES Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands [https://redcircle.com/brands] Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy [https://redcircle.com/privacy]