So Very Wrong About Games

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/@SoVeryWrongAboutGamesGames 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 Games34:57 Hachette distributing MicroMacro Crime City in North America35:19 Reiner Knizia's Ape Town from Piatnik36:22 Shut Up & Sit Down form "Strategic Partnership" with Play to Z Games37:35 Feature Game: D.E.I.: Divide et Impera (Tommaso Battista, Ludus Magnus Studio, 2022)Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

All of our musical references are at least a decade out of date, even when we attempt to reference contemporary artists--I must assume, because Mark knows her name, that no one listens to Billie Eilish anymore. We think Drake is suing Kendrick Lamar over claims he plagiarized a board game design, but the details elude us. 01:43 AYURIS: Gatefall (Jack Dire, Jack Dire Studios, 2020)Games Played Last Week:05:09 -The Gang (John Cooper and Kory Heath, KOSMOS, 2024)07:45 -Jekyll & Hyde vs Scotland Yard (Gaëtan Beaujannot, Olivier Cipière, and Geonil, Mandoo Games, 2023)11:28 -Chronicles of Avel (Przemek Wojtkowiak, Rebel Studio, 2021)13:49 -Han (Michael Schacht, ABACUSSPIELE, 2014)16:12 -Splendor Duel (Marc André and Bruno Cathala, Space Cowboys, 2022)18:41 -Battalion: War of the Ancients (Paolo Mori and Francesco Sirocchi, Osprey, 2024)23:23 -Rats of Wistar (Simone Luciani and Danilo Sabia, Cranio Creations, 2023)25:12 -Galactic Renaissance Expansion: 5th Player (Christian Martinez, Matagot, 2024)30:20 -Hallertau (Uwe Rosenberg, Lookout Games, 2020)News (and why it doesn't matter):34:30 Tales of the Arabian Nights 40th Anniversary Edition35:11 Powerboats ripped off by Rebellion's Joyride? In any case, cite your work! 38:44 Topic: Tempo ControlAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

When you are obliged to cite your sources is a fraught question, full of nuance. Even in academia there is some disagreement as to when yo quote, when to paraphrase, and when simply to assume common knowledge. Like the preceding sentence, for example--I assume it is common knowledge not requiring a citation, but then again maybe not, and were I using footnotes here I would comment on the absurdity of citations in episode notes (to say nothing of footnoting episode notes). And don't get me started on ibid, supra, and all their blighted ilk! Safer, I think, just not to ever read anything, and thus one's incoherent nonsense is indisputably one's own.Games Played Last Week:01:20 -Versailles 1919 (Geoff Engelstein & Mark Herman, GMT Games, 2020)12:33 -Mass Effect: The Board Game - Priority: Hagalaz (Eric M. Lang and Calvin Wong Tze Loon, Modiphius Entertainment, 2024)16:11 -Fromage (Matthew O'Malley and Ben Rosset, Road to Infamy Games, 2024)24:56 -Behold: Rome (Joe Klipfel, Mythfield Games, 2024)28:34 -Karvi (Torgei Tjong, Hans im Glück, 2023)30:44 -Revive (Helge Meissner, Eilif Svensson, Anna Wermlund, and Kristian Amundsen Østby, Aporta Games, 2022)35:07 -Castle Combo (Grégory Grard and Mathieu Roussel, Catch Up Games, 2024)News (and why it doesn't matter):36:04 Fateforge: Chronicles of Kaan re-print and new campaign on crowdfunding37:06 Sad passing of Kory Heath, designer of Zendo and co-designer of The Gang38:44 Join us on Bluesky! https://bsky.app/profile/sowronggames.bsky.social39:13 Feature Game: The Fellowship of the Ring: Trick-Taking Game (Bryan Bormueller, Office Dog, 2025)Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Apparently there were scrapped plans for the Gorn (the lumbering rubber lizard suit dude Kirk fights in that famous episode) to show up in other Star Trek properties. One plan had a Gorn show up as Worf's guest to Riker's bachelor party in Nemesis, and frankly despite how awful those latter movies were I would have been all over that. I can only imagine that the plan was abandoned when the props department couldn't get a styrofoam cocktail to look right.01:42 AYURIS: The Wolves (Ashwain Kamath and Clarence Simpson, Pandasaurus Games, 2022)Games Played Last Week:03:49 -Tidal Blades 2: Rise of the Unfolders (Tim Eisner and Ben Eisner, Druid City Games, 2024)10:28 -Mass Effect: The Board Game - Priority: Hagalaz (Eric M. Lang and Calvin Wong Tze Loon, Modiphius Entertainment, 2024)16:15 -The LOOP (Maxime Rambourg and Théo Rivière, Pandasaurus Games, 2020)20:57 -Cryo (Tom Jolly & Luke Laurie, Z-Man Games, 2021)24:37 -Flip 7 (Eric Olsen, The Op Games, 2024)26:23 -Rebel Princess (Daniel Byrne, José Gerardo Guerrero, Kevin Peláez, and Tirso Virgós, Zombi Paella, 2023)31:05 -Tiny Laser Heist (Evan Katz and Josh Roberts, Evan and Josh's Very Special Games Company, 2024)37:54 -D.E.I.: Divide et Impera (Tommaso Battista, Ludus Magnus Studio, 2022)44:42 -Modern Art (Reiner Knizia, CMON, 2017)News (and why it doesn't matter):48:13 Please support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/svwag49:15 Ingenious goes vertical: Einfach Genial 3D49:58 Clans of Caledonia's long-awaited expansion: Industria 51:26 Star Trek Ascendancy: The Gorn!52:41 Topic: Opening the Box DownersAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy