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Apparently the American custom of the "push present" can trace its roots to the Anglo-Indian tradition of the "baby bauble", although in the latter case jewellery is the more standard gift (instead of, say, boardgames). Can we acknowledge that baby bauble is a much less crude term? Let's try to be classy here, people. There is already enough about childbirth that is fraught.
Games Played Last Week:
2:07 -Galactic Cruise (T.K. King, Dennis Northcott, and Koltin Thompson, Kinson Key Games, 2025)
6:31 -Cerebria: The Inside World (Richard Amann, Viktor Peter, István Pócsi, Frigyes Schőberl, Nick Shaw, & Dávid Turczi, Mindclash Games, 2018)
12:53 -Phantom Division (Pete Ruth & Mark Thomas, Phantom Horizon, 2026)
23:19 -Space Gits (Mike Hutchinson, Planet Smasher Games, 2025)
28:03 -Earthborne Rangers (Andrew Fischer, Brooks Flugaur-Leavitt, Andrew Navaro, Adam Sadler, and Brady Sadler, Earthborne Games, 2023)
30:00 -Dro Polter (Paul Schulz, Oink Games, 2023)
33:14 -Shackleton Base: A Journey to the Moon (Fabio Lopiano & Nestore Mangone, Sorry We Are French, 2024)
40:56 -TONKS (Apocrypha_Now, Web-published, 2023)
News (and why it doesn't matter):
43:41 Flurry of Friedemann Friese: Formidable Farm, Fearless, Five Families
44:45 Open registration for SVWAG Con (July 25th-July 27th) on Eventbrite! https://tinyurl.com/25s6p5jd
45:14 Feature Game: 7 Empires (Mac Gerdts, PD-Verlag, 2024)
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Apparently the American custom of the "push present" can trace its roots to the Anglo-Indian tradition of the "baby bauble", although in the latter case jewellery is the more standard gift (instead of, say, boardgames). Can we acknowledge that baby bauble is a much less crude term? Let's try to be classy here, people. There is already enough about childbirth that is fraught.
Games Played Last Week:
2:07 -Galactic Cruise (T.K. King, Dennis Northcott, and Koltin Thompson, Kinson Key Games, 2025)
6:31 -Cerebria: The Inside World (Richard Amann, Viktor Peter, István Pócsi, Frigyes Schőberl, Nick Shaw, & Dávid Turczi, Mindclash Games, 2018)
12:53 -Phantom Division (Pete Ruth & Mark Thomas, Phantom Horizon, 2026)
23:19 -Space Gits (Mike Hutchinson, Planet Smasher Games, 2025)
28:03 -Earthborne Rangers (Andrew Fischer, Brooks Flugaur-Leavitt, Andrew Navaro, Adam Sadler, and Brady Sadler, Earthborne Games, 2023)
30:00 -Dro Polter (Paul Schulz, Oink Games, 2023)
33:14 -Shackleton Base: A Journey to the Moon (Fabio Lopiano & Nestore Mangone, Sorry We Are French, 2024)
40:56 -TONKS (Apocrypha_Now, Web-published, 2023)
News (and why it doesn't matter):
43:41 Flurry of Friedemann Friese: Formidable Farm, Fearless, Five Families
44:45 Open registration for SVWAG Con (July 25th-July 27th) on Eventbrite! https://tinyurl.com/25s6p5jd
45:14 Feature Game: 7 Empires (Mac Gerdts, PD-Verlag, 2024)
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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