So Very Wrong About Games

• #367: Set Up and Tear Down

  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 Covenant50:35 Blood Rage: Valhalla expandalone to be on crowdfunding53:52 Little Soldiers: green army men miniatures game54:38 SVWAG Con (July 25th-July 27th) SOLD OUT55:34 Topic: Setup and TeardownOur Sponsors:* Check out Express VPN: https://expressvpn.com/SOWRONGGAMESAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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• #366: 7 Empires

  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 Families44:45 Open registration for SVWAG Con (July 25th-July 27th) on Eventbrite! https://tinyurl.com/25s6p5jd45:14 Feature Game: 7 Empires (Mac Gerdts, PD-Verlag, 2024)Our Sponsors:* Check out Express VPN: https://expressvpn.com/SOWRONGGAMESAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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• #365: Small Box, Big Game

  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/25s6p5jd47:38 Support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/svwag48:12 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 GameOur Sponsors:* Check out Express VPN: https://expressvpn.com/SOWRONGGAMESAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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• #364: Pulling Levers

  "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 Onion01:42 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 Fromage50:17 Tianxia by Daniele Tascini & Antonio Petrelli, another "T" game by Board&Dice50:39 Burned by Stone Circle Games will have a crowd sale on The Game Crafter soon51:19 Open registration for SVWAG Con (July 25th-July 27th) on Eventbrite! https://tinyurl.com/25s6p5jd51:45 Topic: Pulling LeversOur Sponsors:* Check out Express VPN: https://expressvpn.com/SOWRONGGAMESAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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• #363: The Social Contract

  We generally frown on ad hominem here at SVWAG, ensconced as we are in our glass houses. In the case of Jean-Jacques Rousseau (known affectionately as "Ja-Jay" by no one), though, who wrote extensively about proper methods of childhood education, we shall report that he confessed to rather callously sandbagging his lover into abandoning their children (Rousseau claimed there were five of them, though records are tricky). Way to be a douchebag, Jay-Jay.01:47 AYURIS: City of the Great Machine (German Tikhomirov, CrowD Games, 2023)Games Played Last Week:03:36 -River Rats (Mathijs Jansen & Robin Stokkel, Four Suits Studio, 2025)08:08 -The Gang (John Cooper and Kory Heath, KOSMOS, 2024)09:47 -SCOUT (Kei Kajino, Oink Games, 2019)11:47 -Storm Raiders (Shem Phillips, Arkus Games, 2025)13:36 -Tigris & Euphrates (Reiner Knizia, Hans im Gluck, 1997)16:17 -Corps of Discovery: A Game Set in the World of Manifest Destiny (Jay Cormier & Sen-Foong Lim, Off the Page Games, 2025)21:58 -Dogs of War (Paolo Mori, CMON, 2014)25:27 -Stroganov: Turukhan (Andreas Steding, Game Brewer, 2024)32:48 -Veiled Fate (Max Anderson, Zac Dixon, and Austin Harrison, IV Studio, 2022)40:29 -Jekyll & Hyde vs Scotland Yard (Gaëtan Beaujannot, Olivier Cipière, and Geonil, Mandoo Games, 2023)News (and why it doesn't matter):43:56 SEAL Team Flix follow up Phantom Division! Stealth! Tactics! Flicking! on Kickstarter 44:29 Pacific Command, fleet miniatures game, by Osprey and Mike Hutchinson45:41 Agricola Special Edition on Gamefound47:43 Catacombs Alpha, new minimalist Catacombs starter, on Kickstarter48:25 Open registration for SVWAG Con (July 25th-July 27th) on Eventbrite! https://tinyurl.com/25s6p5jd49:17 Topic: The Social ContractOur Sponsors:* Check out Express VPN: https://expressvpn.com/SOWRONGGAMESAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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