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So Very Wrong About Games has produced 430 episodes. 289 of those episodes have been sponsored by 514 companies. We last recorded an episode on Oct 6, 2026.
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Toy Battle
Oct 6, 2026"Oh, boardgaming's very popular, Ed. The sportos, the motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, wastoids, dweebies, dickheads — they all adore it. They think it’s a righteous hobby." -Grace from Ferris Bueller's Day off, correctly observing that the hobby is for everyone Games Played Last Week: 01:13 -Revenant (Allan Kirkeby, Mindclash Games, 2026) 06:33 -Torres (Michael Kiesling & Richard Kramer, Rio Grande Games, 1999) (TIK< JAV< MEX Kramer & Kiesling 12:13 -Mein Lieber Scholli...
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Moving Day
Sep 29, 2026We cover the gamut of historical figures this week, from shy spiders, Thor, the Italian Masters, Iggy Pop, Terry Bogard, and one underexamined and grossly underappreciated figure in the form of Vasily Arkhipov. He made your life possible, so you owe him at least a day. 01:07 AYURIS: D.E.I.: Divide et Impera (Tommaso Battista, Ludus Magnus Studio, 2022) Games Played Last Week: 04:01 -Patchistory (Yeon-Min Jung & Jun-Hyup Kim, Deinko Games, 2013) 07:04 -Grabble (Naoki Fukuda, CMYK,...
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How to Save a World
Sep 22, 2026To paraphrase Sir Mix-a-Lot (O.B.E.), I like big bears and I cannot lie! Fat Bear Week is upon us. Let these corpulent kings of ursine excellence strut their stuff, and let us admire in awe at their tangible gains. These bears do not skip leg day. Some people have mukbang--we have out fat bears. Games Played Last Week: 01:05 -Panda Spin (Carl Chudyk, Moon Gate Design 2024) 05:04 -Brightcast (Nicholas Forker & Hugh Kramer, self-published, 2025) 09:10 -Landfall: A Cozy Volcano...
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Games Catch-Up
Sep 15, 2026With Walker imminently about to move (to Kingston from Kingston) and Mark still storing his games from the previous move, the overwhelming preponderance of the SVWAG collection(s) is currently shackled by packing tape. So much good design and fun toys yearning to get out! Alas, physical instantiation is a curse, the material world is a prison, and entropy always wins. Find me one realtor sympathetic to the specific needs of a boardgame collector, and that'd be something, at least. 01:12...
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Canon Update
Sep 1, 2026The SVWAG Canon (https://www.sowronggames.com/svwag-canon) is an elite list of games that Walker and Mark both very much enjoy. Walker is nervous around recommendations, per se, and the imitations on an ideal game library or somesuch is subject to many practical constraints--so instead SVWAG has an unruly list of games that are greatly enjoyed by both the hosts. And it is time for that list to be updated! 02:08 AYURIS: EGO (Reiner Knizia, Bitewing Games, 2025) Games Played Last...
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Robo Rally Dice
Aug 25, 2026It'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...
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Games that Build Cred
Aug 18, 2026Have you heard of the Walker Quint? This patent-pending, uncopyrightable system is more than just a game organizational schema--it is a multipurpose framework that will REVOLUTIONIZE YOUR LIFE in every way! It's more like a cult, really. Join us in following the Eternal Path of the Walker Quint. 01:43 AYURIS: Undaunted 2200: Callisto (Trevor Benjamin and David Thompson, Osprey, 2024) Games Played Last Week: 05:53 -Gold Country (Reiner Knizia, Bitewing Games, 2026) 09:45 -Bottle Imp...
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Notebook Nations
Aug 11, 2026The world is changing, what with everything being cozy and (some) crowdfunding projects fulfilling in weeks rather than years. This dizzying pace of evolution can be disorienting, which is why Notebook Nations seeks to comfort and console you by having throwbacks to the design decisions of years past. Games Played Last Week: 01:55 -Wonderland's War (Tim Eisner, Ben Eisner, and Ian Moss, Druid City Games, 2022) 06:48 -The Quest for El Dorado: Expansion Collection (Reiner Knizia,...
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Mid-Year Tag Questions
Aug 4, 2026We have recovered from SVWAG Con II: Electric Boogaloo, and to the best of our knowledge there was no "con crud" or equivalent contagion. We make no claims that the con possesses curative powers, though we haven't had anyone say that it *didn't* cure a chronic illness. 01:27 AYURIS: Andromeda's Edge (Luke Laurie and Maximus Laurie, Cardboard Alchemy, 2024) Games Played Last Week: 03:48 -Eternal Decks (Hiroken, tricktakers Games, 2025) 09:46 -D.E.I.: Divide et Impera (Tommaso...
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SVWAGCon Beckons
Jul 21, 2026Just in time for SVWAGCon, Mark's car has fallen prey to Princeton's unforgiving roads and local practitioners of the mechanical arts. Which ones are trustworthy? Which are inept mountebanks? As far as mountebanks are concerned, would one prefer an inept one or a skilled one? These pressing questions will have to wait, as in the interim the barrier between Mark and his SVWAGCon obligations is ALL THE MONEYS. 01:55 AYURIS: The Vale of Eternity (Eric Hong, Mandoo Games, 2023) Games Played...
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