Show Notes
It's hard to go wrong with cats. Even most people who don't like cats are wise enough to keep relatively quiet about it, lest they suffer the consequences. What consequences? Oh, I don't know, maybe the fury of needle-armed psychopaths who watch things die for fun! And that's just the cat owners. ZING
I kid, I kid. We here at SVWAG have considerable enthusiasm for Official SVWAG cat, Chandler, aka Chan-Chan aka Chan Man aka Potato.
Games Played Last Week:
00:54 -Movie Tricks (Vegard Eliassen Stillerud, Eilif Svensson, and Åsmund Svensson, Chilifox Games, 2025)
06:49 -Avalon: The Riven Veil (Jamie Jolly, Shadowborne Games, 2026)
15:04 -D.E.I.: Divide et Impera (Tommaso Battista, Ludus Magnus Studio, 2022)
17:27 -Barrage: The Colorado Connection (Tommaso Battista & Simone Luciani, Cranio Creations, 2024)
25:06 -Alibis (Yusuke Sato, Allplay, 2025)
27:36 -Landmarks (Rodrigo Rego & Danilo Valente, Floodgate Games, 2024)
28:22 -dnup (Kei Kajino, asmodee, 2025)
31:11 -Bookshelf (Caezar Al-Jassar, Alley Cat Games, 2026)
33:19 -Realm of Reckoning (Max Anderson, Zac Dixon, and Austin Harrison, IV Studio, 2026)
39:37 -Totally Human (Kasper Lapp, Bitewing Games, 2026)
45:52 -Cats Knocking Things Off Ledges (David Killing & Sen Foong-Lim, The Op games, 2026)
News (and why it doesn't matter):
49:17 Glorious Listener Survey! https://forms.gle/ghqMH9cuiRWCVyZn9
49:46 Valuable creator, JonGetsGames, on hiatus
51:38 Dinosaurs, everybody! Dino Racer from Underdog and Marceline Leiman
53:08 Rebels Against Rebellion by Trevor Benjamin, David Thompson, and art by Kwanchai Moriya
54:32 Feature Game: Robo Rally Dice (Kane Klenko, Renegade Game Studios, 2026) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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