So Very Wrong About Games

By: Mike Walker & Mark Bigney
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  • A podcast about all manner of hobby games by Mike Walker and Mark Bigney. Bad games don't go easy on you, so we don't go easy on them. Thorough analysis via reviews, news, and discussion of topics in gaming. We take context seriously, we value your time, and we're not into hype. Just because games are fun doesn't mean we can't take them seriously, and just because we take them seriously doesn't mean we can't have fun.
    Copyright Mike Walker & Mark Bigney
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Episodes
  • #334: EGO
    Oct 29 2024

    Walker: But, indeed, sir, we make holiday,

    to see Freedom Five and to rejoice in its triumph.


    Mark: Wherefore rejoice? What delight brings it home?

    What enjoyment follows it to the table,

    To grace in fun times its board presence?

    You blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless things!


    Games Played Last Week:

    01:08 -Freedom Five: A Sentinel Comics Board Game (Richard Launius, Adam Sadler, and Brady Sadler, Arcane Wonders, 2024)

    10:51 -Things in Rings (Peter C. Hayward, Allplay, 2024)

    13:46 -City of the Six Moons (Amabel Holland, Hollandspiele, 2024)

    19:56 -Lost Cities: Rivals (Reiner Knizia, KOSMOS, 2018)

    22:58 -Through Ice and Snow (Fernando Eduardo Sánchez, 2Tomatoes Games, 2024)

    29:54 -Don't L.L.A.M.A. Dice (Reiner Knizia, AMIGO, 2021)

    32:24 -Cockroach Poker (Jacques Zeimet, Drei Magier Spiele, 2004)

    37:03 -The Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-earth (Antoine Bauza & Bruno Cathala, Repos Production, 2024)

    39:42 -Harmonies (Johan Benvenuto, Libellud, 2024)


    News (and why it doesn't matter):

    40:18 Twilight Struggle 20th Anniversary Hall of Fame Edition

    41:25 Richard Garfield and CMYK revamp Magical Athlete

    42:19 Tons of upcoming Devir releases

    44:49 Amazing hidden movement: Burned is back on Kickstarter


    45:31 Feature Game: EGO (Reiner Knizia, Bitewing Games, 2025)



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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • #333: Expectations in Crowdfunding
    Oct 22 2024

    An auspicious palindrome of an episode number! Granted, in triple digits one encounters a palindrome every ten episodes or so, but I'm sure the numerologists amongst us have special enthusiasm for the mighty TRIP THREE. I mean, primes, and threes, and all that. Anyway, it'll be a minute until we reach episode TRIP FOUR, so lets savour this while we can.


    01:10 AYURIS: Mille Fiori (Reiner Knizia, Schmidt Spiele, 2021)


    Games Played Last Week:

    04:06 -Lunar Rush (Steven "Skippy" Brown, Dead Alive Games, 2023)

    08:53 -Dragons Down (Scott DeMers, Mr. B Games, 2024)

    16:20 -Things in Rings (Peter C. Hayward, Allplay, 2024)

    26:00 -EGO (Reiner Knizia, Bitewing Games, 2025)

    33:37 -Keep the Heroes Out!: Boss Battles (Luís Brueh, Brueh Games, 2024)

    37:20 -Mexica (Michael Kiesling & Wolfgang Kramer, Rio Grande Games, 2002)

    40:22 -Avatar: The Last Airbender--Aang's Destiny (Patrick Marino, The OP Games, 2024)

    43:47 -Formula D (Laurent Lavaur & Eric Randall, Asmodee, 2008)

    45:18 -Aquatica: Coral Reefs (Ivan Tuzovsky, Arcane Wonders, 2024)

    News (and why it doesn't matter):

    50:22 Risk 2210 A.D.: Frontline expansion

    51:49 New version of Diplomacy: Era of Empire

    52:42 Axis & Allies: Battle for the Deep

    53:41 Trilogy of Bitewing Knizia games: SILOS, EGO, and ORBIT

    55:20 It's time for another Mission: Red Planet reprint

    55:49 Join us in celebrating Arkhipov Day on October 27th


    56:08 Topic: Expectations in Crowdfunding




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    1 hr and 19 mins
  • #332: Undaunted 2200: Callisto
    Oct 15 2024

    Once again, a primer on some of the differences between the US and Canada. We Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving in early October, in honour of our second governor general, the Right Honourable October G. Thanksington. Rather than turkey and football, we do latkes and rugby.


    Games Played Last Week:

    00:55 -Black Forest (Tido Lorenz and Uwe Rosenberg, Feuerland Spiele, 2024)

    09:36 -Bargain Hunter (Uwe Rosenberg, Valley Games, 1998)

    12:21 -Unreliable Wizard (Kamibayashi, Salt & Pepper Games, 2024)

    15:25 -Space Alert (Vlaada Chvátil, Czech Games Edition, 2008)

    20:21 -Wabash Cannonball (John Bohrer, Rio Grande Games, 2023)

    25:28 -Quartermaster General: 1914 (Second Edition) (Ian Brody, Ares Games, 2022)

    29:20 -Lunar Rush (Steven "Skippy" Brown, Dead Alive Games, 2023)

    32:51 -Cross Clues (Grégory Grard, Blue Orange Games, 2020)

    35:46 -Avatar: The Last Airbender--Aang's Destiny (Patrick Marino, The OP Games, 2024)

    News (and why it doesn't matter):

    40:26 The Waste of Parts: a post-apocalyptic journey

    42:09 Join us in celebrating Arkhipov Day on October 27th

    42:19 Talisman Alliances: Fate Beckons. Co-op Talisman?


    43:19 Feature Game: Undaunted 2200: Callisto (Trevor Benjamin and David Thompson, Osprey, 2024)



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    1 hr and 10 mins

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