Show Notes
In addition to using The Seven Years War quasi-exclusively to refer to that conflict, Canadians have a bevy of unique regionalisms to delight and confound our American neighbours. Our standards and measures are famously opaque, switching between imperial (a person's height and weight, distances less than ~100 meters) and metric (temperature always [except when baking], non-human weights usually, volume always [OUNCES DON'T MAKE SENSE, Y'ALL], most long distances [except when driving, then we use time]).
There are more, trust me.
02:51 AYURIS: Fromage (Matthew O'Malley and Ben Rosset, Road to Infamy Games, 2024)
Games Played Last Week:
06:33 -Deckers (Richard Wilkins, Deep Print Games, 2025)
10:45 -Salton Sea (David Bernal, Devir, 2024)
16:30 -Regicide Inferno (Paul Abrahams, Luke Badger, and Andy Richdale, Badgers from Mars, 2026)
20:41 -Regicide Legacy (Paul Abrahams, Luke Badger, and Andy Richdale, Badgers from Mars, 2025)
23:45 -Dune: Imperium--Uprising (Paul Dennen, Dire Wolf, 2023)
27:49 -Azure (Trevor Benjamin & Brett J. Gilbert, Bitewing Games, 2026)
29:34 -Sky Garden (Totsuca Chuo, uchibacoya, 2026)
35:15 -Ostia (Totsuca Chuo, uchibacoya, 2022)
40:43 -Star Wars: Imperial Assault (Justin Kemppainen, Corey Konieczka, and Jonathan Ying, Fantasy Flight, 2014)
45:02 -Romi Rami (Antoine Lefebvre, Randolph, 2023)
News (and why it doesn't matter):
49:14 Witches of Willowspur by Devious Weasel in distribution, more to follow
50:30 The LOOP correction: expansions will not come bundled, to be purchased separately
51:05 Rebirth 2, featuring Greece and Italy
52:47 Magical Athlete expandalone, Second Wind
53:23 A Feast for Odin pseudo-sequel The Danes hitting crowdfunding soon
54:18 Arkhipov Day! In recognition of Vasily Arkhipov saving the entire world on October 27, 1962, we celebrate Arkhipov Day on October 27th.
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