Show Notes
With Walker imminently about to move (to Kingston from Kingston) and Mark still storing his games from the previous move, the overwhelming preponderance of the SVWAG collection(s) is currently shackled by packing tape. So much good design and fun toys yearning to get out! Alas, physical instantiation is a curse, the material world is a prison, and entropy always wins. Find me one realtor sympathetic to the specific needs of a boardgame collector, and that'd be something, at least.
01:12 AYURIS: The Fellowship of the Ring: Trick-Taking Game (Bryan Bormueller, Office Dog, 2025)
Games Played Last Week:
04:04 -The Crew: Journey to the Ends of the Earth (Thomas Sing, KOSMOS, 2026)
06:32 -Avalon: The Riven Veil (Jamie Jolly, Shadowborne Games, 2026)
18:14 -Got Five! (Yoann Levet, Blue Orange, 2026)
22:06 -Tiefe Taschen (Fabian Zimmermann, Fobs Games, 2016)
28:14 -Keltis: Dad Orakel (Reiner Knizia, KOSMOS, 2010)
32:16 -Regicide (Paul Abrahams, Luke Badger, & Andy Richdale, Badgers from Mars, 2020)
34:04 -Starts With / Ends With (Jason Tagmire, Championland, 2008)
36:58 -Pacts (Ben Brin, DVC Games, 2025)
39:39 -Cyclades: Legendary Edition (Bruno Cathala & Ludovic Maublanc, Open Sesame Games, 2024)
47:24 -Race for the Galaxy: Xeno Counterstrike (Thomas Lehmann, Rio Grande Games, 2026)
53:53 -Railway Boom (Hisashi Hayashi & Simone Luciani, Arclight Games, 2025)
57:08 -Reef Gardens (Jeffrey D. Allers, dlp games, 2025)
News (and why it doesn't matter):
1:00:44 Too Many Bones -> Too Little Time from Chip Theory
1:01:27 Cola Wars pulled from crowdfunding over AI generated art, will retool and relaunch
1:03:19 Antlanteum from Bad Comet
1:03:52 New expansion for Dwellings of Eldervale
1:04:39 New Deception in Hong Kong! No Murder, Heist
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