So Very Wrong About Games

Just in time for SVWAGCon, Mark's car has fallen prey to Princeton's unforgiving roads and local practitioners of the mechanical arts. Which ones are trustworthy? Which are inept mountebanks? As far as mountebanks are concerned, would one prefer an inept one or a skilled one? These pressing questions will have to wait, as in the interim the barrier between Mark and his SVWAGCon obligations is ALL THE MONEYS.

01:55 AYURIS: The Vale of Eternity (Eric Hong, Mandoo Games, 2023)

Games Played Last Week:

06:12 -Tidal Blades: Heroes of the Reef (Tim Eisner & Ben Eisner, Druid City Games, 2020)

09:24 -Autobahn (Fabio Lopiano & Nestore Mangone, Alley Cat Games, 2022)

14:18 -Shackleton Base: A Journey to the Moon (Fabio Lopiano & Nestore Mangone, Sorry We Are French, 2024)

18:29 -Daybreak (Matt Leacock & Matteo Menapace, CMYK, 2023)

24:10 -Super Auto Pets Card Battle (Nick Conley, Plaid Hat Games, 2026)

29:38 -Gal4xeon (Jackson Pope, Eurydice Games, 2026)

36:03 -dnup (Kei Kajino, asmodee, 2025)

37:53 -Mystic Curling Club (Chris Cieslik, Asmadi Games, 2026)

44:31 -Shadowrift (Jeremy Anderson, Game Salute, 2012)

52:25 -HEROish (TechDweeb, Web-published, 2026)

https://techdweeb.itch.io/heroish

News (and why it doesn't matter):

56:44 Come join us in Kingston, Ontario July 24th-26th for SVWAG Con!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/svwag-con-ii-electric-boogaloo-tickets-1986634285627

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58:23 Alexander Pfister and Peter Prinz go Sixty Below in -60°

58:55 Upcoming Snap Ships Tactics "Massive Expansion"

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"If you're down and confused

And you don't remember who you're talking to

Concentration slips away

Because your baby is so far away

Well there's a rose in a fisted glove

And the eagle flies with the dove

And if you can't be with the one you love honey

Love the one you're with"

-Confucius (probably, maybe Socrates, I don't know)

02:13 AYURIS: Deep Rock Galactic (Ole Steiness, MOOD Publishing, 2022)

Games Played Last Week:

05:28 -Firefighters on Duty (Konstantinos Kokkinis & Sotirios Tsantilas, Artipia Games, 2025)

08:48 -The Witches of Willospur (Jenna Felli, Devious Weasel Games, 2026)

18:53 -Gingham (Robert Hovakimyan, Bitewing Games, 2025)

22:53 -Revenant (Allan Kirkeby, Mindclash Games, 2026)

30:51 -Pencil Book Quest (David David, Grumpy Spider Games, 2025)

34:30 -3 Witches (Corey Young, Allplay, 2025)

38:18 -The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers--Trick-Taking Game (Bryan Bornmueller, Office Dog, 2026)

40:46 -Harmonies (Johan Benvenuto, Libellud, 2024)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

44:03 Come join us in Kingston, Ontario July 24th-26th for SVWAG Con!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/svwag-con-ii-electric-boogaloo-tickets-1986634285627

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45:10 Shelfy by Brotherwise lets you blind buy your collection in miniature

48:08 Why associate with Kingdom Come: Deliverance's creator, Daniel Vávra, and his GamerGate support? Make better choices, Vlaada Chvátil! Rated "U" for "UGH"

49:51 Topic: Falling in Love with Your Collection (Again)

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I was three actions deep into my tenth turn of Recall when I achieved total mastery. I was beyond the Schwarzenegger and the Farrell, deep with Koato and triple-mammaried subversives. A newb at the table interrupted my reverie with a question concerning ambiguous inconography. "That card?" I said, feeling like cutting a deal. "I can remember it for you wholesale." They called me a dick.

Games Played Last Week:

01:20 -Innovation Deluxe (Carl Chudyk, Asmadi Games, 2017)

05:19 -Wroth (Manny Trembley, Chip Theory Games, 2025)

08:37 -All In: Predictions (Phil Walker-Harding, Next Move Games, 2026)

12:06 -dnup (Kei Kajino, asmodee, 2025)

14:36 -Double Seven (Michael Schacht, TIKI Editions, 2025)

17:54 -Eternal Decks (Hiroken, tricktakers Games, 2025)

24:49 -Knarr (Thomas Dupont, Bombyx, 2023)

26:03 -Orléans: Invasion (Inka Brand, Markus Brand, & Reiner Stockhausen, dlp Games, 2015)

30:58 -Queen of Spies (Liz Davidson & David Thompson, Salt & Pepper Games, 2026)

37:32 -Regicide (Paul Abrahams, Luke Badger, & Andy Richdale, Badgers from Mars, 2020)

39:07 -Snakes and Hawks (Carey Suber, Suber Electronics, 2020)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

42:10 Come join us in Kingston, Ontario July 24th-26th for SVWAG Con!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/svwag-con-ii-electric-boogaloo-tickets-1986634285627

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43:57 Kingdom Come: Deliverance preorder from CGE (by Vlaada Chvátil & Tomáš Holek!)

47:14 Eternal Sevens, psuedo-sequel to Eternal Decks

47:41 Feature Game: Recall (Helge Meissner, Kristian Amundsen Østby, Kjetil Svendsen, and Anna Wermlund, Alion – by Dr Ø, 2025)
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It is Inadvertent Surprise Railway Week (ISRW, pronounced "is raw") here at SVWAG, and we take a look at some train games without directly addressing the raging controversy of what, exactly, constitutes a train game.

02:25 AYURIS: Wilmot's Warehouse (Ricky Haggett, Richard Hogg, and David King, CMYK, 2024)

Games Played Last Week:

07:06 -Railway Boom (Hisashi Hayashi & Simone Luciani, Arclight Games, 2025)

14:48 -Pickomino (Reiner Knizia, Zoch Verlag, 2005)

19:25 -Keltis: Neue Wege, Neue Ziele (Reiner Knizia, KOSMOS, 2009)

23:04 -King of Tokyo (Richard Garfield, IELLO, 2011)

29:22 -Jekyll & Hyde vs Scotland Yard (Gaëtan Beaujannot, Olivier Cipière, and Geonil, Mandoo Games, 2023)

33:30 -Irish Gauge (Amabel Holland, Capstone Games, 2019)

35:42 -Railroad Tycoon/Railways of the World (Glenn Drover & Martin Wallace, Eagle-Gryphon Games, 2005)

43:06 -Portobello Market (Thomas Odenhaven, Schmidt Spiele, 2007)

46:00 -Medina (Second Edition) (Stefan Dorra, Stronghold Games, 2014)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

49:09 Come join us in Kingston, Ontario July 24th-26th for SVWAG Con!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/svwag-con-ii-electric-boogaloo-tickets-1986634285627

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52:21 Stonemaier's Scythe/Expeditions mashup: Duel of Meloch

54:06 Kabuto Sumo Dice! Alex Culter Michael Mihaelsick (Tidal Banner, Flotilla)

55:21 Topic: Teaching vs. Discovery (what to teach and what to let players find out)
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Acronyms and initialisms are a tricky thing. In SVWAG circles, one must be careful to use proper punctuation, lest GOA imply 2022's Game of the Year (GotY, not Gotye) Guards of Atlantis. Mark remains enraged that the SC2 acronym was robbed from Greatest of All Time (GOAT, not goat, obviously) Star Control 2 by the usurper StarCraft 2.

Games Played Last Week:

01:07 -The Old King's Crown (Pablo Clark, Eerie Idol Games, 2025)

08:05 -Keltis (Reiner Knizia, KOSMOS, 2008)

11:43 -Das letzte Paradies (Reiner Knizia, KOSMOS, 1993)

16:01 -Keep the Heroes Out (Luís Brüeh, Brueh Games, 2022)

20:56 -All In: Predictions (Phil Walker-Harding, Next Move Games, 2026)

23:52 -Finspan: Sharks and Reefs (Michael O'Connell, Stonemaier Games, 2026)

27:16 -Genshin Tarot (MingYang Lu, Brother Ming Games, 2022)

33:43 -Recall (Helge Meissner, Kristian Amundsen Østby, Kjetil Svendsen, and Anna Wermlund, Alion – by Dr Ø, 2025)

36:21 -Railway Boom (Hisashi Hayashi & Simone Luciani, Arclight Games, 2025)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

41:29 Come join us in Kingston, Ontario July 24th-26th for SVWAG Con!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/svwag-con-ii-electric-boogaloo-tickets-1986634285627

42:21 Icebreaker events to meet new people at SVWAG Con!

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43:06 Star Trek Lower Decks: Chaos Protocol. Escape room in a box!

43:38 Witches of Willowspur by Devious Weasel and Jenna Felli. Murray's origins!

44:50 Feature Game: Goa (Rüdiger Dorn, Quined Games, 2026)
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