As is readily apparent from the show's subject matter and our general presentation, we here at SVWAG are stone-cold jocks who excel at the sports and are thoroughly ripped. We trust the launcher and never ever skip leg day.

00:57 AYURIS: Expeditions (Jamey Stegmaier, Stonemaier Games, 2023)

Games Played Last Week:

03:04 -Coloretto (Michael Schacht, ABACUSSPIELE, 2003)

07:16 -Metal Gear Solid: The Board Game (Emerson Matsuuchi, CMON, 2025)

14:20 -Mega Civilization (Flo de Haan, John Rodriguez, and Francis Tresham, 999 Games, 2015)

30:11 -Star Trek: Captain's Chair (Nigel Buckle & Dávid Turczi, WizKids, 2025)

37:38 -Keep the Heroes Out!: Boss Battles (Luís Brueh, Brueh Games, 2024)

40:46 -Until Proven Guilty: The Starry Sky Necklace (Enrico Procacci, DV Games, 2024)

46:46 -Crafting the Cosmos (David Gordon & TAM, Office Dog, 2025)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

48:24 Granddaughter success with Heap-O-Sheep

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50:18 Note-taking in Space Alert and Paint the Roses

53:57 Topic: Flexing New Muscles

Despite the welcome relative absence of anthropomorphic animals this week--aside from some sundry ducks in Lorcana--we see a lot of animals and various critters this week. We eschew sacrifices to a dodgy snake in Imperium, we fling sheep with abandon, we throw down with some wrestling bugs, and that's on top of comparatively mundane animal husbandry in Keyflower. Mark offered some unflattering comparisons between Walker and various animals during Crokinole, but that doesn't quite count.

Games Played Last Week:

02:22 -Space Alert (Vlaada Chvátil, Czech Games Edition, 2008)

04:58 -Imperium: Horizons (Nigel Buckle and Dávid Turczi, Osprey Games, 2024)

09:17 CMYK's Magenta Series: Duos (Johannes Schmidauer-König, CMYK, 2025), Figment (Wolfgang Warsch, CMYK, 2025), Fives (Taiki Shinzawa, CMYK, 2025), Fruit Fight (Reiner Knizia, CMYK, 2025)

12:21 -Heap-O-Sheep: The High Flying Game of Flingin' Sheep! (Dominic Yard, Fat Brain Toy Company, Unknown)

16:48 -Crokinole (Uncredited, Mayday, 2025)

19:36 -Kabuto Sumo: Sakura Slam (John Brieger, Michael Dunsmore, & Tony Miller, Allplay, 2024)

24:28 -Disney Lorcana (David Iezzi, Ryan Miller, and Steve Warner, Ravensburger, 2023)

32:40 -Keyflower: The Farmers (Sebastian Bleasdale & Richard Breese, R&D Games, 2013)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

38:24 Agricola: Dead Harvest from Awaken Realms

39:07 Rest in peace, Rodger MacGowan, prolific designer and artist

40:01 Chris Farrell has a substack! https://chrisfarrell317.substack.com/p/week-of-feb-24th-2025

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43:03 Feature Game: Beyond the Horizon (Dennis K. Chan, Adam Hill, Ben Pinchback, and Matt Riddle, Cranio Creations, 2024)

While we hate to confirm your most reductive of preconceived notions, snow removal in Canadian cities is no joke. The fleet of vehicles required to allow for daily life in even a small Canadian city after major snowfall is impressive. The balletic dance of some of their formations while in operation calls to mind the precise of mid-air refuelling.

01:03 AYURIS: Ra (Reiner Knizia, alea, 1999)

Games Played Last Week:

04:07 -Mistborn (John D. Clair, Brotherwise Games, 2024)

09:17 -Cerebria: The Inside World (Richard Amann, Viktor Peter, István Pócsi, Frigyes Schőberl, Nick Shaw, & Dávid Turczi, Mindclash Games, 2018)

13:40 -1793: Patriots & Traitors (Jason St.Just, Sound of Drums, 2024)

20:35 -Navegador (Mac Gerdts, PD-Verlag, 2010)

26:43 -Galactic Renaissance (Christian Martinez, Matagot, 2024)

29:25 -Cyclades: Legendary Edition (Bruno Cathala & Ludovic Maublanc, Open Sesame Games, 2024)

39:24 -Whale Riders (Reiner Knizia, Grail Games, 2021)

41:06 -Figment (Wolfgang Warsch, CMYK, 2025)

46:01 -Kabuto Sumo: Sakura Slam (John Brieger, Michael Dunsmore, & Tony Miller, Allplay, 2024)

49:53 -Portmanteau: A Cooperative Game of Linguistic Fusion (Robert Fisk, Doghalla Games, 2025)

54:26 -Dragon Valley (CW Karstens, Diamond K Games, 2012)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

1:01:56 Dragon Valley: Advisors & Quests, 2012

1:02:27 2001: A Space Odyssey 1 vs. all

1:03:13 Paolo Mori and Alessandro Zucchini form Ingenioso Hidalgo for Battlefields of the Napoleonic Wars

1:03:53 Feya's Swamp from Helge and Anselm Ostertag