Show Notes
"I thought the Rococo was the name of the ship in Aliens."
"No, that's Sulaco. Rococo is the statute targeting organized crime."
"No, that's RICO. Rococo is the hot beverage made with chocolate."
"No, that's cocoa. Rococo is what you put on walls to give them texture."
"No, that's stucco. Rococo is a kind of shortened note in music."
"No, that's staccato..."
1:10 AYURIS: Fateforge: Chronicles of Kaan (Gordon Calleja, Mighty Boards, 2024)
Games Played Last Week:
4:38 -Regicide (Paul Abrahams, Luke Badger, & Andy Richdale, Badgers from Mars, 2020)
5:54 -The Crew: Mission Deep Sea (Thomas Sing, KOSMOS, 2021)
8:54 -Men-Nefer (Germán P. Millán, Ludonova, 2024)
12:49 -Philharmonix (Faris Suhaimi, Archona Games, 2025)
20:20 -Galactic Cruise (T.K. King, Dennis Northcott, and Koltin Thompson, Kinson Key Games, 2025)
26:51 -Kinfire Council (Kevin Wilson, Incredible Dream Studios, 2025)
36:08 -La Pâtisserie Rococo (Stefan Malz & Louis Malz, Eagle-Gryphon Games, 2025)
News (and why it doesn't matter):
43:32 Leviathan Wilds: Shattered Peak expansion in 2026
43:56 Take no longer to be published by Leder Games
44:37 Queen of Spies by Liz Davidson and David Thompson
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