#275: Nidavellir

As a certain talk-show huckster was wont to say, we train people how to treat us. Without absolving other people of their own responsibility, we can nonetheless take a certain amount of responsibility for entirely predictable reactions to our own decisions. "Don't feed the troll," goes the internet wisdom, and wise it is--Mark routinely fails to heed that good advice in the face of taunting by Walker. That said, Walker cannot claim to be long-suffering about Mark's mythological digressions while simultaneously goading him with mythologically-themed games. Games Played Last Week: 01:41 -Demon Ship (Malev Da Shinobi, Black Site Studios, 2023) 06:05 -Space Base (John D. Clair, AEG, 2018) 10:22 -Snap Ships Tactics (Josh Derksen, Snap Ships, 2023) 15:00 -Knarr (Thomas Dupont, Bombyx, 2023) 19:39 -Quantum (Eric Zimmerman, Funforge, 2013) 23:00 -Orléans Stories (Reiner Stockhausen, dlp Games, 2019) 26:18 -Dracula vs Van Helsing (Maxime Rmbourg and Théo Rivière, Mandoo Games, 2023) 29:02 -Caverna: Frantic Fiends (Karl-Heinz Kettl, Jürgen Mayrhofer, and Uwe Rosenberg, Lookout Games, 2022) News (and why it doesn't matter): 32:10 After Us, a game of post-apocalyptic apes, features NO GIBBONS. #nogibbonsnosale 32:55 Disney Lorcana price woes; allegations gouging 35:21 Orléans: The Plague. Diverse token printing woes! 36:54 www.patreon.com/svwag 37:54 Agricola 15 is the gift that keeps on taking--redundant components with the expansion 40:39 Check out Howie of What Does It Eat on Judge John Hodgman #630 41:12 Regicide giveaway on Twitch! Saturday, August 26th at 12:00 PM. 41:41 Feature Game: Nidavellir (Serge Laget, GRRRE Games, 2020) Nidavellir: Thingvellir (Serge Laget, GRRRE Games, 2020) Nidavellir: Idavoll (Serge Laget, GRRRE Games, 2022) Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices