For reasons both personal and highly arbitrary, the SVWAG style guide (authored by gibbons, of course) does not countenance using the word "teach" as a noun, with the possible exception as a casual nickname for a teacher. Thus a game does not, in our parlance, have a "teach" except insofar as you call the person explaining the rules to you "teach". As in, "yo, teach, thanks for doing this thankless job, you make our hobby possible, I'm certainly not going to give you a hard time for any minor rules errors or didactic missteps, lemme buy you a pizza, teach, you incredibly physically attractive hero." 01:25 AYURIS: Sakura Arms (BakaFire, Level 99 Games 2022)Games Played Last Week:04:04 -La Granja: Deluxe Master Set (Michael Keller and Andreas "ode." Odendahl, Board&Dice, 2023)10:19 -Unchained (David Gregg, Trick or Treat Studios, 2024)18:04 -Paku Paku (Antoine Bauza, Ravensburger, 2017)21:34 -Turbo Kidz (Emmanuel Gauvain, Scorpion Masqué, 2023)23:46 -Nine Tiles Panic (Jens Merkl and Jean-Claude Pellin, Oink Games, 2019)25:49 -5 Towers (Kasper Lapp, Deep Print Games, 2023)26:33 -Clip Cut Parks (Shaun Graham and Scott Huntington, Renegade Game Studios, 2019)28:17 -The Same Game (Wolfgang Warsch, Edition Spielwiese, 2023)34:17 -Omen: Songs of Far Shores (John Clowdus, Small Box Games, 2024)38:45 -The Vale of Eternity (Eric Hong, Mandoo Games, 2023)43:27 -Sentinels of the Multiverse (Christopher Badell, Paul Bender, & Adam Rebottaro, Greater Than Games, 2011)News (and why it doesn't matter):49:39 Ninja Division declares bankruptcy, leaves thousands of Kickstarter backers in the lurch50:57 New Mage Knight expansion! Apocalypse Dragon from WizKids by Phil Pettifer51:43 Star Trek Star Realms52:02 Magical Athlete reprint by CMYK in 202552:41 Topic: Rules ExplanationsOur Sponsors:* Check out Manscaped and use my code SOWRONGGAMES for a great deal: https://www.manscaped.com/Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Before shouting about toys professionally, Mark taught ethics at a health sciences university. He discussed matters of life and death, of cutting edge controversial technologies, of war and politics, and matters of fundamental rights and duties. He has learned two lessons from those experiences: never ever talk about animal rights with a pit bull owner, and his views on Mass Effect are vastly more controversial than any of his other views. In this episode, he is at least smart enough to stay silent about dogs.Games Played Last Week:01:54 -Street Masters (Adam Sadler & Brady Sadler, Blacklist Games, 2018)07:45 -The Barracks Emperors (Wray Ferrell and Brad Johnson, GMT Games, 2023)15:08 -Dune: Imperium--Uprising (Paul Dennen, Dire Wolf, 2023)17:58 -Tank Duel: Enemy in the Crosshairs (Mike Bertucelli, GMT Games, 2019)28:09 -Lunar Rush (Steven "Skippy" Brown, Dead Alive Games, 2023)32:27 -Regicide (Paul Abrahams, Luke Badger, & Andy Richdale, Badgers from Mars, 2020)News (and why it doesn't matter):34:44 Modiphius' upcoming Mass Effect game by Eric Lang and Calvin Wong Tze Loon36:49 Ares will publish and distribute new Mega Empires (further descendants of Mega Civilization)38:17 Heroscape: Age of Annihilation from Renegade Games--prepaints and all your money 44:57 Street Masters Kickstarter buyer's guide redux48:15 Feature Game: Leonardo da Vinci's Codex Leicester (Changhyun Baek, Flaminia Brasini, Virginio Gigli, Stefano Luperto, and Antonio Tinto, DiceTree Games, 2023)Our Sponsors:* Check out Manscaped and use my code SOWRONGGAMES for a great deal: https://www.manscaped.com/Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Walker was all like "there's this card effect in Successors" and Mark was all like "nuh-uh" but Walker was like "yeah, fer sure" and Mark goes "no way" and Walker says "way" and that's a 100% accurate transcript.01:53 AYURIS: Dice Realms (Thomas Lehmann, Rio Grande Games, 2022)Games Played Last Week:04:07 -Lorenzo il Magnifico (Flaminia Brasini, Virginio Gigli, and Simone Luciani, Cranio Creations, 2016)10:55 -Leonardo da Vinci's Codex Leicester (Changhyun Baek, Flaminia Brasini, Virginio Gigli, Stefano Luperto, and Antonio Tinto, DiceTree Games, 2023)17:00 -Darwin’s Journey (Simone Luciani and Nestore Mangone, ThunderGryph Games, 2023)21:23 -The North: Provenance (John Clowdus, Small Box Games, 2020)27:03 -Sail (Akiyama Koryu & Korzu Yusei, Allplay, 2023)28:18 -MLEM: Space Agency (Reiner Knizia, Rebel Studio, 2024)31:15 -My Island (Reiner Knizia, KOSMOS, 2023)36:48 -Successors 4th Edition (Richard H. Berg and Mark Simonitch, PHALANX, 2022)News (and why it doesn't matter):46:25 Lifeboats reprint: Plank of Carneades47:27 Mike Hutchinson running a survey on Gaslands: https://forms.gle/8DjmJDxpaivpsznW748:06 Eric Lang and Ken Grul's Life in Reterra from Hasbro48:24 Please support us on Patreon, if so inclined! www.patreon.com/svwag51:02 Topic: The Patrons' Top 20Our Sponsors:* Check out Manscaped and use my code SOWRONGGAMES for a great deal: https://www.manscaped.com/Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The theory of the atom first posited by the pre-Socratic philosopher Democritus in roughly the 4th Century BCE. None of his actual writings have survived. The great thing about the pre-Socratics is that so few of their works are available, you can spend about ten minutes (or less!) and have read as much of their stuff as have the world's leading experts. Games Played Last Week:01:53 -Kingdom Rush: Elemental Uprising (Alara Cameron, Helana Hope, and Sen-Foong Lim, Lucky Duck Games, 2023)04:15 -Assault on Doomrock: Ultimate Edition (Tom Stasiak, Beautiful Disaster Games, 2023)06:43 -Caverna: The Cave Farmers (Uwe Rosenberg, Lookout Games, 2013)07:22 -Hidden Leaders (Andreas Müller, Markus Müller, & Raphael Stocker, BFF Games, 2022)08:28 -AQUA: Biodiversity in the Oceans (Dan Halstad and Tristan Halstad, Sidekick Games, 2024)13:05 -Project: ELITE (Konstantinos Kokkinis, Marco Portugal, & Sotirios Tsantilas, CMON, 2020)16:54 -Lacuna (Mark Gerrits, CMYK, 2023)19:33 -5 Towers (Kasper Lapp, Deep Print Games, 2023)News (and why it doesn't matter):24:05 Kemet: Rise of the Gods reprint with additional modules on crowdfunding soon from Matagot25:11 Burned on Kickstarter February 13 from Stone Circle Games and Jon Moffat25:52 Wandering Galaxy: new Crossroads game from Plaid Hat Games26:52 Feature Game: Nucleum (Simone Luciani & Dávid Turczi, Board&Dice, 2023)Our Sponsors:* Check out Manscaped and use my code SOWRONGGAMES for a great deal: https://www.manscaped.com/Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Every man wants to be a macho, macho manTo have the kind of body always in demandJogging in the mornings, go man goWork outs in the health spa, muscles glowYou can best believe that he's a macho manReady to get down with, anyone he canYou can tell a macho, he has a funky walkHis western shirts and leather, always look so bossFunky with his body, he's a kingCall him Mister Ego, dig his chainsYou can best believe that he's a macho manHe likes to be the leader, he never dresses grand-"Macho Man" by The Village People03:05 AYURIS: Guards of Atlantis II (Artyom Nichipurov, Wolff Designa, 2022)Games Played Last Week:05:06 -AQUA : Biodiversity in the Oceans (Dan Halstad and Tristan Halstad, Sidekick Games, 2024)08:05 -Bloodstones (Martin Wallace, Wallace Designs, 2023)09:36 -Kingdom Rush: Elemental Uprising (Alara Cameron, Helana Hope, and Sen-Foong Lim, Lucky Duck Games, 2023)10:45 -Imperium: Horizons (Nigel Buckle and Dávid Turczi, Osprey Games, 2024)15:48 -Tokyo Highway: Rainbow City (Naotaka Shimamoto and Yoshiaki Tomioka, itten, 2023)19:32 -Sail (Akiyama Koryu & Korzu Yusei, Allplay, 2023)21:33 -For Science! (R. Eric Reuss, Grey Fox Games, 2021)24:45 -Charioteer (Matt Calkins, GMT Games, 2022)27:59 -Great Western Trail: New Zealand (Alexander Pfister, eggertspiele, 2023)35:09 -Don't L.L.A.M.A. Dice (Reiner Knizia, AMIGO, 2021)36:14 -That's Not a Hat (Kasper Lapp, Ravensburger, 2023)News (and why it doesn't matter):37:54 Bus from Capstone reprint in 202438:34 Burned on Kickstarter February 13 from Stone Circle Games and Jon Moffat39:15 CMON moving to Gamefound for A Song of Ice and Fire Tactics41:37 Topic: DeckbuildingOur Sponsors:* Check out Manscaped and use my code SOWRONGGAMES for a great deal: https://www.manscaped.com/Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Let us, following in Andy Schwarz's example, highlight the fine work of Nancy Skinner, a California state senator whose "Fair Pay to Play Act" granted college athletes in California the right to profit from their name, image, and likeness. This forced the NCAA to allow such changes more broadly.It hasn't been perfect, but let's acknowledge one thing: if someone's gonna be making millions off your name and face, maybe--just maybe!--you should be able to get a cut. Games Played Last Week:01:43 -AQUA : Biodiversity in the Oceans (Dan Halstad and Tristan Halstad, Sidekick Games, 2024)06:24 -Imperium: Horizons (Nigel Buckle and Dávid Turczi, Osprey Games, 2024)13:40 -World Wonders (Zé Mendes, Arcane Wonders, 2023)19:33 -MLEM: Space Agency (Reiner Knizia, Rebel Studio, 2024)24:14 -Maskmen (Jun Sasaki and Taiki Shinzawa, Oink Games, 2014)28:27 -The Barracks Emperors (Wray Ferrell and Brad Johnson, GMT Games, 2023)32:17 -Tokyo Highway: Rainbow City (Naotaka Shimamoto and Yoshiaki Tomioka, itten, 2023)37:14 -Vengeance (Gordon Calleja, Mighty Boards, 2018)40:03 -Charioteer (Matt Calkins, GMT Games, 2022)News (and why it doesn't matter):44:29 "Wednesdays with Walker"--streaming on Twitch45:05 Unpublished Flickateers by Trevor Benjamin and David Thompson45:55 Storm Raiders by Shem Phillips46:48 Voidfall Solo Online by Mark Hutchinson! https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3222419/play-voidfall-solo-online-fan-made-app47:59 Feature Game: Envelopes of Cash (Andy Schwarz, Envelopes of Cash LLC, 2023)Our Sponsors:* Check out Manscaped and use my code SOWRONGGAMES for a great deal: https://www.manscaped.com/Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

It has been many a year since our early days, our salad days when we were younger and dumb and didn't know what we were doing. Much has changed, in that we are now older and dumb and don't know what we're doing. But the inexorable march of time has at least offered many new offerings in the broad tent of dexterity games, and so it is past time that we focus on one of our preferred genus of toy.01:26 AYURIS: Golem (Flaminia Brasini, Virginio Gigli, & Simone Luciani, Cranio Creations, 2021)Games Played Last Week:04:19 -Anachrony (Dávid Turczi, Mindclash Games, 2017)11:11 -Welcome to the Moon (Alexis Allard & Benoit Turpin, Blue Cocker Games, 2021)15:44 -General Orders: World War II (Trevor Benjamin and David Thompson, Osprey Games, 2023)22:16 -Sail (Akiyama Koryu & Korzu Yusei, Allplay, 2023)25:25 -Burned (Jon Moffat, Stone Circle Games, Unpublished)28:39 -My Island (Reiner Knizia, KOSMOS, 2023)34:50 -Bloodstones (Martin Wallace, Wallace Designs, 2023)News (and why it doesn't matter):39:59 Mythic Games sells Anastyr and Hel: The Last Saga to CMON; backers will get base game only41:44 Renegade Games' Axis and Allies: G.I. Joe44:19 Ads for Votes for Women pulled from Facebook because they apparently think women's suffrage is contentious47:00 Carolingi pulled from Gamefound, pre-orders directly from Sea Cove Games47:59 7 Empires from Mac Gerdts49:27 Star Trek: Away Missions goes Original Series51:52 Topic: Dexterity Games RevisitedOur Sponsors:* Check out Manscaped and use my code SOWRONGGAMES for a great deal: https://www.manscaped.com/Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

A pretty solid rule of thumb is that if you've been disappointed in a kind of game, try David Thompson's version of it and see how delightful it can be. Hidden movement got you down? Sniper Elite is the cure. Abstract chunky tiled fighty thing didn't please? War Chest might please. Mediocre skirmish cramping your style? For What Remains is ready to serve. It's a good thing he has styles of games he hasn't explored, lest he just obsolete the remainder of the games industry. Give him time. He'll collaborate with everyone eventually.Games Played Last Week:01:41 -Beast (Aron Midhall, Elon Midhall, and Assar Pettersson, Studio Midhall, 2022)07:17 -Iberia (Jesús Torres Castro and Matt Leacock, Z-Man Games, 2016)11:42 -Sankoré: The Pride of Mansa Musa (Mandela Fernandez-Grandon and Fabio Lopiano, Osprey Games, 2024)18:16 -Bitoku: Resutoran (Germán P. Millán, Devir, 2023)23:00 -Kurz vor Knapp (Helmut Punke and Tobias Punke, Zoch Verlag, 2020)28:06 -Animal Upon Animal (Klaus Miltenberger, HABA, 2005)29:33 -Bloodstones (Martin Wallace, Wallace Designs, 2023)News (and why it doesn't matter):38:01 Shipyard reprint from Delicious Games38:55 In the Gang from KOSMOS39:56 Kabuto Sumo: Sakura Slam on Kickstarter40:51 Feature Game: Federation (Dimitri Perrier and Matthieu Verdier, Explor8, 2022)Our Sponsors:* Check out Manscaped and use my code SOWRONGGAMES for a great deal: https://www.manscaped.com/Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

As ever, and with no clue what a lang syne is (much less an auld-y type configuration), we embrace the new year by commemorating the old. We would venture that the new year only truly begins once SVWAG has given its imprimatur on the best game published in the preceding year. The Julian Calendar was abandoned in favour of the Gregorian, and it is evident that the Gregorian should be abandoned in favour of the SVWAGgering Calendar. Games Played Last Week:01:34 -Kutná Hora: The City of Silver (Ondřej Bystroň, Petr Čáslava, and Pavel Jarosch, Czech Games Edition, 2023)06:53 -Voidfall (Nigel Buckle & Dávid Turczi, Mindclash Games, 2023)07:57 -K2 (Adam Kałuża, Rebel Sp. z o.o., 2010)09:35 -Cover Your Assets (Brent Beck & Jeffrey Beck, Grandpa Beck's Games, 2011)11:52 -Assault on Doomrock: Ultimate Edition (Tom Stasiak, Beautiful Disaster Games, 2023)16:53 -Road Trippin (Uncredited, Guilt Free Gaming, 2021)19:42 -Evacuation (Vladimír Suchý, Delicious Games, 2023)28:05 -Solar Titans (Phillip Gee and Xian Wu, SunnySideUp Games, 2023)31:03 -Tiny Mini Golf (Kamis Kamiński, Self-published, 2023)News (and why it doesn't matter):Nothing to see here.34:25 Topic: 2023 Year in Review35:04 Mark and Walker's Top 10s52:28 SVWAG 2023 Game of the Year53:37 Special CategoriesOur Sponsors:* Check out Manscaped and use my code SOWRONGGAMES for a great deal: https://www.manscaped.com/Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Heraclitus, an ancient Greek philosopher, claimed that you never step in the same river twice; for it is not the same river and you are not the same person. Such as it is with games! They are reprinted and thus reborn, all along some blurred spectrum of redesign spanning from carbon copy all the way to entirely new design.Let us not forget Heraclitus' student Cratylus, who evidently thought Heraclitus some kind of squish, insofar as he is credited with countering that you cannot step into the same river once.01:25 AYURIS: Perseverance: Castaway Chronicles Episodes 1 & 2 (Richard Amann, Thomas Vande Ginste, Viktor Peter, Wolf Plancke, & Dávid Turczi, Mindclash Games, 2022)Games Played Last Week:03:32 -Rats of Wistar (Simone Luciani and Danilo Sabia, Cranio Creations, 2023)09:15 -Voidfall (Nigel Buckle & Dávid Turczi, Mindclash Games, 2023)11:00 -Faiyum: Privileges (Friedemann Friese, 2F-Spiele, 2023)15:04 -Horizon Wars: Midnight Dark (Robey Jenkins, Precinct Omega Publishing, 2023)22:52 -Burned (Jon Moffat, Stone Circle Games, Unpublished)26:36 -My Island (Reiner Knizia, KOSMOS, 2023)30:40 -Trick Shot (Second Edition) (Artyom Nichipurov, Wolff Designa, 2023)35:05 -Napoleon's Conquests (Bruno Lamotte, Fellowship of Simulations, 2023)42:47 -Splendor Duel (Marc André and Bruno Cathala, Space Cowboys, 2022)43:42 -Federation (Dimitri Perrier and Matthieu Verdier, Explor8, 2022)News (and why it doesn't matter):47:23 War Story: Occupied France; narrative game by David Thompson, Dave Neale, and Osprey Games49:02 Keyside: Richard Breese and 49:37 Turing Machine on Boardgamearena and designer's notes on BGG50:49 Terra Pyramides by Kiesling & Kramer51:06 Moby Trick51:25 Halo miniatures game by Mantic Games52:02 Gaia Project Expansion announced, again 52:49 RIP Bryan Ansell, co-founder of Games Workshop54:05 Topic: Out of Print Games RevisitedOur Sponsors:* Check out Manscaped and use my code SOWRONGGAMES for a great deal: https://www.manscaped.com/Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy