So Very Wrong About Games

You gotta read the fine print, always. Anyone dealing with a supernatural entity--whether a djinn or deity, gremlin or god--has to be conscious of the exceptions. It's simple enough--if the wizard handing you a fantastical creature tells you not to feed it, you just don't feed it. Similarly, if someone promises not to kill you *in a certain way*, MacBeth can tell you that's more of a threat than a guarantee. Games Played Last Week: 01:18 -Autobahn (Fabio Lopiano and Nestore Mangone, Alley Cat Games, 2022) 05:55 -Sidereal Confluence: Bifurcation (TauCeti Deichmann, WizKids, 2022) 12:46 -Origin Story (Jamey Stegmaier & Pete Wissinger, Stonemaier Games, 2025) 15:12 -Bargain Hunter (Uwe Rosenberg, Valley Games, 1998) 17:11 -KINGs: TRICKTAKERs (Hiroken, Joyple Games, 2023) 18:39 -Inkling (John Keyworth, Osprey Games, 2011) 20:47 -In the Shadows: Resistance in France 1943-1944 (Daniel Bullock & Joe Schmidt, GMT Games, 2025) 26:13 -Riftbound (Uncredited, Riot Games, 2025) 32:46 -Regicide Legacy (Paul Abrahams, Luke Badger, and Andy Richdale, Badgers from Mars, 2025) 34:33 -Lancaster: Big Box (Matthias Cramer & Wolfgang Panning, Queen Games, 2015) News (and why it doesn't matter): 39:44 Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Game by Cryptozoic 42:30 Reiner Knizia's Rheinlander reprint by 25th Century Games 44:33 Feature Game: Covenant (Germán P. Millán, Devir, 2025) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Yes, it’s Tapple! The toy sensation that’s sweeping the nation! Only $14.95 at participating stores! Get one today! Warning: Pregnant women, the elderly, and children under 10 should avoid prolonged exposure to Tapple. Caution: Tapple may suddenly accelerate to dangerous speeds. Tapple contains a liquid core, which, if exposed due to rupture, should not be touched, inhaled, or looked at. If Tapple begins to smoke, get away immediately. Seek shelter and cover head. Ingredients of Tapple include an unknown glowing green substance which fell to Earth, presumably from outer space. Do not taunt Tapple. -Saturday Night Live 0216 AYURIS: Leviathan Wilds (Justin Kemppainen, Moon Crab Games, 2024) Games Played Last Week: 04:01 -Tapple Mini (NPD Toys, The Op Games, 2025) 07:53 -Faiyum (Friedemann Friese, 2F-Spiele, 2020) 13:30 -Ayar: Children of the Sun (Mandela Fernandez-Grandon & Fabio Lopiano, Osprey Games, 2025) 16:10 -Wriggle Roulette (Bruno Faidutti & Jun Sasaki, Oink Games, 2025) 19:52 -Pick 'n Packers (Kaoru Arishima, Oink Games, 2025) 23:07 -Galactic Renaissance: 5th Player (Christian Martinez, Matagot, 2024) 27:49 -The Crew: Mission Deep Sea (Thomas Sing, KOSMOS, 2021) 29:27 -No Loose Ends (Taiki Shinzawa, GameHead, 2025) 30:11 -Shackleton Base: A Journey to the Moon (Fabio Lopiano & Nestore Mangone, Sorry We Are French, 2024) News (and why it doesn't matter): 33:45 Earth Reborn return news: West Coast expansion with Play to Z 36:19 Topic: Omnibus Questions Epsilon Bet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Before Dr. Reiner Knizia invented areas, everyone and everything was simultaneously co-located and yet distant all at the same time. It was primordial chaos. Movement was effectively impossible, as Xeno demonstrated; then Knizia did don his Bow-Tie of Delineation of Time and Space and constrained and liberated us all at once with his invention of areas. Games Played Last Week: 00:53 -Dungeons & Dragons: Builders of Baldur's Gate (Matthew Dunstan, WizKids, 2025) 11:40 -Keyflower (Sebastien Bleasdale & Richard Breese, R&D Games, 2012) 15:36 -I'm Out (Masato Uesugi, CMYK, 2025) 20:01 -No Thanks! (Thorsten Gimmler, CMYK, 2025) 25:18 -My Very First Games: Let's Be Veterinarians (Kristin Mückel, HABA, 2024) 27:30 -The Quest for El Dorado: The Golden Temples (Reiner Knizia, Ravensburger, 2019) 31:55 -Peloponnes (Bernd Eisenstein, Irongames, 2009) News (and why it doesn't matter): 37:48 Renegade reprint of Lords of Waterdeep (with expansion) 39:29 Renegade G.I. Joe Heroscape 43:06 Render unto us your questions! Ask us anything for Omnibus Questions 43:26 Feature Game: The Hobbit: There and Back Again (Reiner Knizia, Office Dog, 2025) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

While Mark is perhaps disappointed at the typical tragic dearth of questions related to Macross and Terry Bogard, and Walker secretly yearns to be granted naming rights to a listener's offspring (protip: don't let him), SVWAG answers all* of your questions! *by which we mean some. 01:21 AYURIS: Cascadero (Reiner Knizia, Bitewing Games, 2024) Games Played Last Week: 03:09 -Cerebria: The Inside World (Richard Amann, Viktor Peter, István Pócsi, Frigyes Schőberl, Nick Shaw, & Dávid Turczi, Mindclash Games, 2018) 09:41 -Captain's Gambit: Kings of Infinite Space (AC Atienza, Alvin Lee, and Mitchell Loewen, Cloudfall Interactive Studios, 2020) 14:27 -Iliad (Reiner Knizia, Bitewing Games, 2025) 19:37 -Floral (James Newman, Edition Spielwiese, 2024) 21:59 -Yomi 2: Road to Morningstar (David Sirlin, Sirlin Games, 2025) 28:58 -Tribune (Karl-Heinz Schmiel, Spielworxx, 2021) 31:46 -Windmill Valley: Blooming Sails (Dani Garcia, Board&Dice, 2025) 35:39 -Ada's Dream (Toni López, Ally Cat Games, 2025) 40:02 -D.E.I.: Divide et Impera (Tommaso Battista, Ludus Magnus Studio, 2022) 42:45 -Molly House (Jo Kelly & Cole Wehrle, Wehrlegig Games, 2025) News (and why it doesn't matter): 50:59 How much The Gang is too much The Gang? 7-10 player expansion 52:27 The Judge in Circuit by Francis Tresham 53:48 Topic: Omnibus Questions Epsilon Aleph Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In our effort to answer all of your Omnibus Questions, sadly we cannot enlist the assistance of notable Canadian Keanu Reeves. In an interview with Stephen Colbert--as a joke after Keanu said something profound--he was asked, "What do you think happens when we die, Keanu Reeves?" After a pause, and the audience's laughter, Keanu said, "I know that that the ones who love us will miss us." I SAY DAYUM, KEANU Games Played Last Week: 01:07 -Dogs of War Second Edition (Paolo Mori, Play to Z, 2026) 11:30 -Ostia (Totsuca Chuo, uchibacoya, 2022) 21:14 -SCOUT (Kei Kajino, Oink Games, 2019) 23:12 -Valheim: The Board Game (Ole Steiness, MOOD Publishing, 2025) 30:18 -Lunar Skyline (Charlie McCarron, Dead Alive Games, 2025) 38:57 -Thebai (Dávid Turczi, Bioard&Dice, 2025) 45:58 -Wilmot's Warehouse (Ricky Haggett, Richard Hogg, and David King, CMYK, 2024) 49:04 -Fairy Tale (Satoshi Nakamura, What's Your Game?, 2008) News (and why it doesn't matter): 53:37 Render unto us your questions! Ask us anything for Omnibus Questions 54:10 Tigris & Euphrates to be reprinted by 25th Century games, art by Ian O'Toole 55:57 Mage Knight: Apocalypse Dragon expansion; cards will not match, changed font 1:00:08 Will Riftbound be generally available? 1:00:57 Please support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/svwag 1:01:51 Feature Game: Wonderland's War (Tim Eisner, Ben Eisner, and Ian Moss, Druid City Games, 2022) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices