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• #369: Take That

  The purest juxtaposition that reveals the absurdity of "take that" effects can be found in many of your heavier games and some consims with cards. You gather the resources, marshal your forces, laboriously haul those troops hither and yon, and then sometimes have to manage some activation tokens or whatnot to finally get it on. And then your opponent plays the "nuh uh" card. Fun!01:19 AYURIS: Daybreak (Matt Leacock & Matteo Menapace, CMYK, 2023)Games Played Last Week:04:35 -Star Wars Unlimited (Jim Cartwright, Tyler Parrott, Daniel Schaefer, & Jeremy Zwirn, Fantasy Flight Games, 2024)09:33 -Steam Power (Martin Wallace, Wallace Designs, 2024)16:20 -Spot It! Bluey (Denis Blanchot, Jacques Cottereau, Guillaume Gille-Naves, & Igor Polouchine, Blue Orange, 2025)19:15 -Mosaic: A Story of Civilization (Glenn Drover, Forbidden Games, 2022)21:47 -TowerBrix (Simon Thomas, KOSMOS, 2024)25:46 -Walk the Plank: Deluxe Edition (Shane Steely & Jared Tinney, Mayday Games, 2017)28:36 -Bomb Busters (Hisashi Hayashi, Pegasus Spiel, 2024)32:47 -Paint the Roses (Ben Goldman, North Star Games, 2022)38:24 -Kinfire Delve: Scorn's Stockade (Kevin Wilson, Incredible Dream Studios, 2024)41:55 -Transgalactica (Daniele Tascini, Devir, 2025)49:15 -Phantom Division (Pete Ruth & Mark Thomas, Phantom Horizon, 2026)News (and why it doesn't matter):55:14 Looking forward to SVWAGCon!55:43 Topic: Take ThatOur Sponsors:* Check out Express VPN: https://expressvpn.com/SOWRONGGAMESAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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• #368: Shackleton Base

  "Dear friend, if you wanna feel betterDon't let the devil make you toss this letterIf you've been crossed up by hoodoo voodooA wizard or the lizardYou got family trouble, man trouble, woman troubleNo light through the tunnelIf you're lookin' for a true friend, or a true loverOr if you've been livin' undercoverWell, I'm comin' to your town to break it all downAnd help you with all of thisI'm lookin' to help you find bliss one dayOr one way, can't miss"-Jack White, "Archbishop Harold Holmes", presumably extolling the virtues of the Millipede Death CultGames 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/25s6p5jd45:24 REPRINTS! PitchCar and expansions, Ra: The Dice Game, Rheinlander, Junk Art49:35 Carnegie expansion in development49:52 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/SOWRONGGAMESAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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• #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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