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 03:46 Pledge of Indifference 2023-07-06 Audio (we also publish a video version) 
 03:56 Shipwrights of the North Sea 07:17 Tanares Adventures Ultimate Edition 11:41 Cyclades Legendary Edition 18:14 Buttons & Bugs 20:23 Other pledges: Planet Unknown Supermoon, Stroganov expansion  (Note: Mark did not end up backing Projekt Riese, but Walker did back Cyclades Legendary Edition) 
 21:23 BLOAT #18 
 21:44 World Beyond SVWAG--Returnal's storytelling, emergent vs. narrative storytelling, have difficulty with emergent storytelling in video games, but prefer it in board games, Nikki Valens  34:45 Meta Media--ethical standards of US Supreme Court, Thurgood and Cecilia Marshall, "dicta," rules textualism, For Sale, Tower of Babel: Reiner Knizia vs. Hans im Glück 
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In the vast panoply of human misfortunes, it is often fruitless to try to rank misery. Was historical tragedy X worse or better than atrocity Y? It seems callous to ask. That said, thanks to the applied research of a retired ethicist with the aid of Reiner Knizia's Zoo Vadis, we have conclusively discovered that it is better to be extorted by a marmoset than assaulted by an armadillo. Thus is human knowledge expanded. 
 01:01 AYURIS: Heroscape (Stephen Baker, Rob Daviau, & Craig Van Ness, Hasbro, 2004) 
 Games Played Last Week: 05:30 -Uprising: Curse of the Last Emperor (Cornelius Cremin, Pawel Mazur, & Dirk Sommer, Nemesis.Games, 2021) 10:23 -Zoo Vadis (Reiner Knizia, Bitewing Games, 2023) 15:53 -Marabunta (Reiner Knizia, Space Cowboys, 2023) 22:35 -Feed the Kraken (Maikel Cheney, Dr. Hans Joachim Höh, and Tobias Immich, Funtails, 2022) 26:19 -La Granja: Deluxe Master Set (Michael Keller and Andreas "ode." Odendahl, Board&Dice;, 2023) 31:30 -Sand (Ariel Di Costanzo and Javier Pelizzari, Devir, 2024) 
 News (and why it doesn't matter): 38:45 Calico spinoff: Knitting Circle 39:29 Founders of Reyvick: Richard Garfield and GMT 40:54 Boardgaming has jumped the shark: Winston: Nineteen Eighty-Four  42:56 Expeditions: Gears of Corruption 43:14 Radlands gets 1.2 rules and a new deck 
 44:20 Topic: The One that Broke the Kallax's Back 


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#313: The One that Broke the Kallax's Back

Before the people of Quebec celebrated the Journée nationale des Patriotes (National Patriots' Day), they instead on the same day had the Fête de Dollard. A cynic might speculate that the timing of these holidays was chosen so as to pre-empt the English Canadian Victoria Day, and that cynic would be right. 
 Games Played Last Week: 01:21 -Dice Flick (Rami Gaber, Pegasus Spiele, 2021)  04:49 -A Message from the Stars (Clarence Simpson, Allplay, 2024) 11:21 -Switchbacks (Susumu Kawasaki, Allplay, 2022) 14:23 -Mage Knight: The Board Game (Vlaada Chvatil, WizKids, 2011) 18:29 -Leviathan Wilds (Justin Kemppainen, Moon Crab Games, 2024) 19:32 -Priorities (Uncredited, Clarendon Games, 2020) 22:11 -Word Traveler (Thomas Dagenais-Lespérance, Office Dog, 2024) 25:59 -Cascadito (Reiner Knizia, Bitewing Games, 2024) 
 News (and why it doesn't matter): 28:27 Grail Games will be reprinting Marc André's Barony with its Sorcery expansion 28:53 Indonesia reprint from Splotter with a new board 29:51 Black Forest from Tido Lorenze, Uwe Rosenberg, and Feuerland Spiele 30:04 Another Frostpunk game, this time from Board&Dice; 30:28 Walking Dead game from Button Shy 30:39 New expansion for Aquatica, Coral Reefs 30:50 Followup to Oathsworn from Shadowborne and Jamie Jolly: Avalon: The Riven Veil 31:02 Darktide the miniatures game from Games Workshop 31:33 Dungeon Twister 20th Anniversary Edition by Christophe Boelinger and Ludically 32:57 Congratulations to the Golden Geek winners!  
 34:02 Feature Game: Cascadero (Reiner Knizia, Bitewing Games, 2024)

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#312: Cascadero

It is striking that no one submitted a question regarding the hues of our auras, so allow us to address the issue here and declare that amber is the colour of our energy. I regret nothing. 
 01:39 AYURIS: Capital Lux 2: Generations (Eilif Svensson & Kristian Amundsen Østby, Aporta Games, 2020) 
 Games Played Last Week: 03:46 -G.I. JOE Deck-Building Game: Raise the Flagg Campaign Expansion (T.C. Petty III, Renegade Game Studios, 2023) 07:10 -Through the Desert (Reiner Knizia, Allplay, 2024) ARTIST: Damien Mammoliti 11:27 -Leviathan Wilds (Justin Kemppainen, Moon Crab Games, 2024) 14:14 -Dungeons & Dragons: Dungeon Scrawlers--Heroes of Waterdeep (Vangelis Bagiartakis and Konstantinos Karagiannis, WizKids, 2023) 16:44 -Set a Watch (Mike Gnade and Todd Walsh, Rock Manor Games, 2019) 20:52 -Mysterium Park (Oleksandr Nevskiy and Oleg Sidorenko, Libellud, 2020) 24:08 -Biohack (Yofiandhy D Indrayana, uchibacoya, 2024) 30:05 -Mage Knight: The Board Game (Vlaada Chvatil, WizKids, 2011) 32:31 -Word Traveler (Thomas Dagenais-Lespérance, Office Dog, 2024) 
 News (and why it doesn't matter): 36:23 Regicide Legacy on Kickstarter! Can Badgers from Mars triumph again? 38:30 Dune: War for Arrakis expansion/reprint on Gamefound 
 40:03 Topic: Omnibus Questions Delta Bet 


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#311: Omnibus Questions Delta Bet

There is only one novel and commendable Kant pun, delivered in the novel and commendable film Hedwig and the Angry Inch: "I got kicked out of university after delivering a brilliant lecture on the aggressive influence of German philosophy on rock and roll, entitled, 'You, Kant, Always Get What You Want.'" 
 01:41 AYURIS: Mosaic: A Story of Civilization (Glenn Drover, Forbidden Games, 2022) 
 Games Played Last Week: 04:11 -Gloomhaven: Buttons & Bugs (Joe Klipfel and Nikki Valens, Cephalofair Games, 2024) 07:59 -Scrap (Kenny Michael-Otton, Jolly Swagman Games, 2023) 14:52 -Biohack (Yofiandhy D Indrayana, uchibacoya, 2024) 18:42 -Leviathan Wilds (Justin Kemppainen, Moon Crab Games, 2024) 23:44 -Wolves (Connor Alexander, Coyote & Crow LLC, 2024) 33:57 -Dungeon Fighter: Second Edition (Aureliano Buonfino, Lorenzo Silva, and Lorenzo Tucci Sorrentino, Horrible Guild, 2021) 
 News (and why it doesn't matter): 38:42 Mythic Battles goes to Egypt 40:07 Vote for the Golden Geek and for the Deutsche Spiele Preis (DSP) awards! 40:44 Please support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/svwag Coming soon: 3-part series on philosophy  
 42:07 Topic: Omnibus Questions Delta Aleph

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#310: Omnibus Questions Delta Aleph

We are storytellers here at SVWAG. This week, we tell the stories of mismatched plagues with dead llamas posing as European dudes, of quixotic strivings for yet more skirmish games, of famous philosophers who hustled cards. Of course, if you wish to hear different stories, the power is yours! You have but to submit your questions for the upcoming Omnibus Questions episode, and all your idle demands shall be satisfied! 
 Games Played Last Week: 02:33 -Scrap (Kenny Michael-Otton, Jolly Swagman Games, 2023) 09:12 -Root: The Marauder Expansion (Nick Brachmann, Patrick Leder, Cole Wehrle, and Joshua Yearsley, Leder Games, 2022) 14:29 -Cartographers: A Roll Player Game (Jordy Adan, Thunderworks Games, 2019) 16:52 -Lacuna (Mark Gerrits, CMYK, 2023) 19:21 -The Edge: Dawnfall (Michał Oracz, Krzysztof Piskorski, and Marcin Świerkot, Awaken Realms, 2018) 
 News (and why it doesn't matter): 27:26 dlp's Orléans 10th Anniversary Edition, Walker has grievances 30:47 Star Control II sequel, Free Stars: Children of Infinity, on Kickstarter 
 31:56 Feature Game: An Age Contrived (Chris Matthew, Bellows Intent, 2024)

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