So Very Wrong About Games
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.
Episodes
September 15, 2026 • 69 mins
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 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 boar...
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September 1, 2026 • 78 mins
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 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 (Rei...
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August 25, 2026 • 75 mins
It'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...
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August 18, 2026 • 82 mins
[EDIT] In this episode, Mark falsely attributes the co-authorship of Ayar to Nestore Mangone, when in fact it was designed by Mandela Fernandez-Grandon and Fabio Lopiano. We regret the error.
Have 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. Jo...
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August 11, 2026 • 78 mins
The 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...
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August 4, 2026 • 77 mins
We 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 ...
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July 21, 2026 • 65 mins
Just 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 Va...
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July 14, 2026 • 73 mins
"If you're down and confused
And you don't remember who you're talking to
Concentration slips away
Because your baby is so far away
Well there's a rose in a fisted glove
And the eagle flies with the dove
And if you can't be with the one you love honey
Love the one you're with"
-Confucius (probably, maybe Socrates, I don't know)
02:13 AYURIS: Deep Rock Galactic (Ole Steiness, MOOD Publishing, 2022)
Games Played Last ...
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July 7, 2026 • 80 mins
I was three actions deep into my tenth turn of Recall when I achieved total mastery. I was beyond the Schwarzenegger and the Farrell, deep with Koato and triple-mammaried subversives. A newb at the table interrupted my reverie with a question concerning ambiguous inconography. "That card?" I said, feeling like cutting a deal. "I can remember it for you wholesale." They called me a dick.
Games Played Last Week:
01:20 -Innovation...
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June 30, 2026 • 88 mins
It is Inadvertent Surprise Railway Week (ISRW, pronounced "is raw") here at SVWAG, and we take a look at some train games without directly addressing the raging controversy of what, exactly, constitutes a train game.
02:25 AYURIS: Wilmot's Warehouse (Ricky Haggett, Richard Hogg, and David King, CMYK, 2024)
Games Played Last Week:
07:06 -Railway Boom (Hisashi Hayashi & Simone Luciani, Arclight Games, 2025)
14:48 -Pickomi...
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June 23, 2026 • 67 mins
Acronyms and initialisms are a tricky thing. In SVWAG circles, one must be careful to use proper punctuation, lest GOA imply 2022's Game of the Year (GotY, not Gotye) Guards of Atlantis. Mark remains enraged that the SC2 acronym was robbed from Greatest of All Time (GOAT, not goat, obviously) Star Control 2 by the usurper StarCraft 2.
Games Played Last Week:
01:07 -The Old King's Crown (Pablo Clark, Eerie Idol Games, 2025)
08...
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June 16, 2026 • 80 mins
SVWAG CON II Electric Boogaloo
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We are now a transnational podcast, bearing the official approval of both United States Customs and Immigration Services an...
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June 9, 2026 • 72 mins
Rest assured, Mark was subjected to the appropriate onboarding procedures and workplace safety trainings incumbent with his new (old?) role. The HR gibbons are ever-vigilant, and wouldn't dream of letting him skip the mandatory 56 week course. Well, that's the longest one, anyway--the ape sensitivity course is a mere 45 weeks long, despite the gibbons' insistence that it ought to be the most exhaustive.
Games Played Last Week:
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June 2, 2026 • 63 mins
SVWAG CON II Electric Boogaloo
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00:00 INTRO
01:39 Salton Sea (David Bernal Devir 2024)
09:25 Stellar Ventures (Pontus Nilsson TableTapas Games 2026...
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May 26, 2026 • 52 mins
https://www.youtube.com/@BoardGamingRamblings
SVWAG CON II Electric Boogaloo
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www.sowronggames.com
www.twitch.tv/soverywrongaboutgames
www.youtube.com/c/SoVeryWrongAboutGames
https://twitter.com/sowronggames
www.facebook.com/sowronggames
www.patreon.com/svwag/
00:00 INTRO
00:50 Secret Societies (S J Macdonald Garphill Games 2026)
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May 19, 2026 • 63 mins
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https://www.eventbrite.com/e/svwag-con-ii-electric-boogaloo-tickets-1986634285627
www.sowronggames.com
www.twitch.tv/soverywrongaboutgames
www.youtube.com/c/SoVeryWrongAboutGames
https://twitter.com/sowronggames
www.facebook.com/sowronggames
www.patreon.com/svwag/
00:00 INTRO
01:12 Formidable Farm (Friedemann Friese 2F-Spiele 2025)
04:43 Trickster Gods (Dennis Bigelow Farallon...
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May 12, 2026 • 53 mins
One Stop Co-op Shop
www.youtube.com/c/OneStopCoopShop
SVWAG CON II Electric Boogaloo
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/svwag-con-ii-electric-boogaloo-tickets-1986634285627
www.sowronggames.com
www.twitch.tv/soverywrongaboutgames
www.youtube.com/c/SoVeryWrongAboutGames
https://twitter.com/sowronggames
www.facebook.com/sowronggames
www.patreon.com/svwag/
00:00 INTRO
01:30 Nippon: Zaibatsu (Nuno Bizarro Sentieiro, Paulo So...
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May 5, 2026 • 63 mins
Get your SVWAG CON tickets HERE:
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This weeks guest Tim Dolloff from Board Game Hottakes
https://boardgamehottakes.com/
00:00 INTRO
00:47 Euphoria Essential Edition (Morten Monrad Pedersen, Jamey Stegmaier, David J. Studley Stonemaier Games 2026)
05:56 The Waste of Parts (Evan Duda Sky Kingdom Games 2026)
10:57 Aquaria (Tomáš Holek ...
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April 28, 2026 • 60 mins
This weeks guest:
Jake Frydman
https://www.decisionspacepodcast.com/
Blueberry jam not jelly........ don't be gross
00:00 INTRO
01:33 Cysmic (Jason Blake Star Reach Games 2026)
04:43 Bomb Busters (Hisashi Hayashi Pegasus Spiele 2024)
07:03 Crits & Tricks (Pete Wissinger Inside Up Games 2026)
10:47 Baghdad: The City of Peace (Fabio Lopiano, Nestore Mangone Alley Cat Games 2025)
15:25 Taj Mahal (Reiner Knizia ...
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April 21, 2026 • 67 mins
This weeks guest:
5 Games 4 Doomsday
Ben Maddox
https://5g4d.com/
00:00 INTRO
02:06 Moon Colony Bloodbath (Donald X. Vaccarino, Rio Grande Games 2025)
06:01 Ghost Blitz Junior (Jacques Zeimet Zoch Verlag 2018)
06:56 Paku Paku (Antoine Bauza Ravensburger 2017)
11:07 Imperial Elegy: The Road to the Great War 1850-1920 (Michael Lorino VUCA Simulations 2025)
17:12 Cysmic (Jason Blake Star Reach Games 2026)
20:15 Stat...
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