So Very Wrong About Games

By: Mike Walker & Mark Bigney
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  • A podcast about all manner of hobby games by Mike Walker and Mark Bigney. Bad games don't go easy on you, so we don't go easy on them. Thorough analysis via reviews, news, and discussion of topics in gaming. We take context seriously, we value your time, and we're not into hype. Just because games are fun doesn't mean we can't take them seriously, and just because we take them seriously doesn't mean we can't have fun.
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Episodes
  • #341: Holiday Catch-Up
    Dec 24 2024

    Walker's glorious return portends a bumper crop of games to discuss, so we will forego a feature game or topic this week in favour of a deluge.


    02:11 AYURIS: Stationfall (Matt Eklund, Ion Game Design, 2023)


    Games Played Last Week:

    07:08 -Tiny Mini Golf (Kamis Kamiński, Self-published, 2023)

    12:46 -Green Team Wins (Nathan Thornton, 25th Century Games, 2022)

    15:33 -Flip 7 (Eric Olsen, The Op Games, 2024)

    18:08 -The LOOP (Maxime Rambourg and Théo Rivière, Pandasaurus Games, 2020)

    20:20 -Civolution (Stefan Feld, Deep Print Games, 2024)

    24:26 -Iron Forest (Brian Gomez, Brain Games, 2024)

    27:20 -Windmill Valley (Dani Garcia, Board&Dice, 2024)

    28:44 -Dragons Down (Scott DeMers, Mr. B Games, 2024)

    36:05 -The White Castle: Matcha (Israel Cendrero & Sheila Santos, Devir Games, 2024)

    37:43 -Black Forest (Tido Lorenz and Uwe Rosenberg, Feuerland Spiele, 2024)

    40:26 -Dead Cells: The Rogue-Lite Board Game (Antoine Bauza, Corentin Lebrat, Ludovic Maublanc, and Théo Rivière, Scorpion Masqué, 2024)

    47:44 -Tidal Blades 2: Rise of the Unfolders (Tim Eisner and Ben Eisner, Druid City Games, 2024)


    News (and why it doesn't matter):

    51:48 Red Tank media literacy: ask what elements of con hauls were purchased

    53:43 Green Team Wins Holiday Party Pack




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    57 mins
  • #340: Frustration with Randomness
    Dec 17 2024

    In addition to having to struggle with new hardware on account of gravity murdering his tablet of 10+ years, we now must try to adjust to capturing the sweet, sonorous tones of the elusive Jimbo. It's hard to get audio levels right when the mic's compressor itself swoons from sheer bliss.


    02:43 AYURIS: Revive (Helge Meissner, Eilif Svensson, Anna Wermlund, and Kristian Amundsen Østby, Aporta Games, 2022)


    Games Played Last Week:

    06:28 -Civolution (Stefan Feld, Deep Print Games, 2024)

    19:45 -Race for the Galaxy (Thomas Lehmann, Rio Grande Games, 2007)

    25:22 -Don't L.L.A.M.A. Dice (Reiner Knizia, AMIGO, 2021)

    27:56 -Windmill Valley (Dani Garcia, Board&Dice, 2024)

    30:32 -The Isle of Cats Duel (Frank West, The City of Games, 2024)

    34:22 -The White Castle: Matcha (Israel Cendrero & Sheila Santos, Devir Games, 2024)

    37:01 -Battalion: War of the Ancients (Paolo Mori and Francesco Sirocchi, Osprey, 2024)

    43:11 -Spirit Island (R. Eric Reuss, Greater Than Games, 2017)


    News (and why it doesn't matter):

    45:31 Please support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/svwag

    46:00 New content for Snap Ships Tactics!

    46:52 Behold: Rome is on The Game Crafter

    47:15 Persuasion by Xoe Allred Hollandspiele (PAX Unplugged)


    48:11 Topic: Frustration with Randomness



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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • #339: D.E.I.: Divide et Impera
    Dec 10 2024

    We're trying this YouTube thing in earnest, now, doing the video podcasting thing. This is our inaugural attempt at plastering our mugs on the internet in a podcast form. You have to be where your audience is, and also, Mark hopes that a link to a video can serve in lieu of his having to travel to see anyone ever again.

    https://www.youtube.com/@SoVeryWrongAboutGames


    Games Played Last Week:

    01:08 -This Is Not a Test: Post-Apocalyptic Skirmish Rules (Joseph McGuire, Worlds End Publishing, 2013)

    05:17 -The Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-earth (Antoine Bauza & Bruno Cathala, Repos Production, 2024)

    11:13 -Iron Forest (Brian Gomez, Brain Games, 2024)

    16:55 -Trudvang Legends (Jordy Adan, Fel Barros, Guilherme Goulart, Eric M. Lang, Marco Maggi, Francesco Nepitello, Umberto Pignatelli, & Fabio Tola, 2022)

    20:38 -The Gang (John Cooper and Kory Heath, KOSMOS, 2024)

    23:31 -Wonderland's War (Tim Eisner, Ben Eisner, & Ian Moss, Druid City Games, 2022)

    26:33 -SCOUT (Kei Kajino, Oink Games, 2019)

    28:49 -Fromage (Matthew O'Malley and Ben Rosset, Road to Infamy Games, 2024)


    News (and why it doesn't matter):

    33:05 Witcher 3's card game Gwent getting a physical version from No Loading Games

    34:57 Hachette distributing MicroMacro Crime City in North America

    35:19 Reiner Knizia's Ape Town from Piatnik

    36:22 Shut Up & Sit Down form "Strategic Partnership" with Play to Z Games


    37:35 Feature Game: D.E.I.: Divide et Impera (Tommaso Battista, Ludus Magnus Studio, 2022)



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    1 hr

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