#271: Expeditions

#271: Expeditions

Some randomness is accepted nearly uncritically by many gamers. Conventional deckbuilders have exceptionally high variance as a rule, but no one bats an eye. We accept that anything martial might have mixed results, even after repeated attempts--in fact, many protest when the wound-making is too deterministic. Tiles from a bag? Sure. The instant that locomotion is involved, though, your typical gamer gets all shirty. Magical Athlete would like a word. Games Played Last Week: 02:52 -Don't L.L.A.M.A. Dice (Reiner Knizia, AMIGO, 2021) 06:00 -Lacuna (Mark Gerrits, CMYK, 2023) 08:25 -Picky Eaters (Tanya Basu and Avi Setton, Le Fou, 2024) 14:42 -Spirit Island: Nature Incarnate (R. Eric Reuss, Greater Than Games, 2023) 15:43 -Time Barons (Jon Perry and Derek Yu, WizKids, 2014) 19:07 -Kemet: Blood and Sand (Jacques Bariot & Guillaume Montiage, Matagot, 2021) 21:40 -Shards of Infinity (Gary Arant & Justin Gary, Stone Blade Entertainment, 2018) 25:36 -Merchant of Venus (Richard Hamblen, Avalon Hill, 1988) News (and why it doesn't matter): 32:44 Firefighters on Duty; real-time co-op from the team behind Kitchen Rush and Rush M.D. 34:08 Infinity: Endsong--new rules and units for free (as always with Infinity) 35:26 Dorfromantik goes competitive with Das Duell 37:12 Match of the Century by Paolo Mori--Spassky vs. Fischer's 1972 chess championship 39:36 Turbo Kidz--real-time blind racing 40:41 Sunrise Lane by Reiner Knizia and Horrible Guild 41:09 DM-less roleplaying in Bramble Trek 41:28 Mass market fare by Games Workshop--Space Marine and Combat Arena 43:22 Granblue Fantasy skirmish board game 44:05 Feature Game: Expeditions (Jamey Stegmaier, Stonemaier Games, 2023) Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Denne episoden er hentet fra en åpen RSS-feed og er ikke publisert av Podme. Den kan derfor inneholde annonser.

Episoder(433)

Arkhipov Day

Arkhipov Day

Nothing captures the fundamental duality for which SVWAG strives than our two patron saints, Vasily Arkhipov and Honky Chonk Beardonkadonk. We aspire to be both enlightening and diverting, embracing b...

27 Okt 52min

The LOOP

The LOOP

Walker claims that his grandfather invented Crokinole, just because no one else is given credit. Next he'll be saying someone in his family invented poutine, or calculus even before Leibniz and Newton...

20 Okt 55min

Regionalisms

Regionalisms

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 me...

13 Okt 59min

Toy Battle

Toy Battle

"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 Bue...

6 Okt 1h 8min

Moving Day

Moving Day

We 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...

29 Sep 54min

How to Save a World

How to Save a World

To 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 t...

22 Sep 1h 11min

Games Catch-Up

Games Catch-Up

With 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 shackl...

15 Sep 1h 9min

Canon Update

Canon Update

The 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 ...

1 Sep 1h 18min

Populært innen Fritid

rss-spartsklubben
interiorradet
nerdelandslaget
mil-etter-mil-en-podcast-om-bil
livet-pa-veien-med-jan-erik-larssen
jegerpodden
jakt-og-fiskepodden
0-100-med-broom-mats-og-remi
rss-jegerpodden
rss-avskiltet
rss-jeg-fikser-vin
level-backup
fjellsportpodden
klokkepodden
villmarksliv
rss-flydilla
rss-usminka
rss-venner-i-vinen
rss-var-forste-kaffe
menn-uten-midje-kan-ogsa-lese