When is a thing like another thing? Is Albedo like Core Worlds? Is Cat Blues like Rummy? Is Through the Desert like Go? Is a nudge as good as a wink to blind bat? Are all Roll & Writes inferior to Roll a 6, Win a Cookie? Is Christophe Boelinger France's Vlaada Chvátil? Probably, because it's all just like Mage Knight in the end.

Games Played Last Week:

04:46 -Street Masters: Tide of the Dragon (Scott McFall, Adam Sadler, Brady Sadler, and Mitch Schroeder, Blacklist Games, 2022)

09:45 -Castles of Mad King Ludwig: Collector's Edition (Ted Alspach, Bézier Games, 2022)

13:55 -Cat Blues: The Big Gig (Reiner Knizia, Bitewing Games, 2024)

22:14 -Moon Colony Bloodbath (Donald X. Vaccarino, Rio Grande Games, 2025)

28:03 -Albedo: Space Pirates! (Kai Herbertz, Herbertz Entertainment UG, 2018)

35:43 -Malediction (Leo Cunha, Nicole Lobo, and Daniel Pettersen de Lucena, Loot Studios, 2025)

39:46 -Hey, That's My Fish! (Günter Cornett & Alvydas Jakeliunas, Bambus Spieleverlag, 2003)

40:55 -Parks: Roll & Hike (Henry Audubon & Mattox Shuler, Keymaster Games, 2024)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

44:04 Tariffs impacting the hobby

45:12 Please support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/svwag

46:23 Zombie Princess, a riff on Spades, by Bézier and Ted Alspach

47:05 Feature Game: Rise & Fall (Christophe Boelinger, Ludically, 2024)

People have favourably described our physical appearances as "borderline tolerable" and "just short of hideous", and that was just our mothers. In light of this, we put ourselves forward as candidates for all manner of game show. Mark is quite fond of Rice-a-Roni and thus would be more than happy to just have a consolation prize, and Walker just wants to spin something as hard as he can. Better reinforce your props.

01:43 AYURIS: Archeos Society (Paolo Mori, Space Cowboys, 2023)

Games Played Last Week:

03:16 -Ethnos (Paolo Mori, CMON, 2017)

08:20 -Wizards of the Grimoire: Shifting Sands (Cole Banning & Joe Banning, Grimoire Games, 2025)

12:14 -Jenga Maker (Uncredited, Hasbro, 2022)

16:20 -Click A Tree (Uwe Rosenberg, Skellig Games, 2025)

18:15 -Street Masters: Tide of the Dragon (Scott McFall, Adam Sadler, Brady Sadler, and Mitch Schroeder, Blacklist Games, 2022)

22:15 -Crafting the Cosmos (David Gordon & TAM, Office Dog, 2025)

23:48 -Scape Goat (Jon Perry, Indie Boards & Cards, 2020)

28:41 -Shuffle and Swing (Robert Hovakimyan, Bitewing Games, 2025)

32:31 -Bebop (Robert Hovakimyan, Bitewing Games, 2025)

39:53 -El Grande (Wolfgang Kramer & Richard Ulrich, Hans im Glück, 1995)

44:03 -Crokinole (Uncredited, Mayday, 2025)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

47:19 Phantom Division returning and editorial challenges

47:55 Early Registration for SVWAGCon for patrons! www.patreon.com/svwag

48:20 G.I. Joe Heroscape--will Transformers follow?

52:53 CMYK game show: Perfect Line hosted by Deborah Norville

54:26 Ark Nova spin-off Sanctuary

54:54 StarCraft miniatures and board games incoming

55:14 Alley Cat games sticking to crowdfunding, skipping retail

55:37 Topic: 20th Century Games

In logic, conditionals are always true if the antecedent is false. You can't falsify the conditional if the conditions aren't met. For example, if Mark can bench 500 pounds, then vinegar tastes like cotton candy. Rest assured that I ain't benching that much, so don't worry about it; the conditional is true. Similarly, I can invite pretty much whoever I want to SVWAGCon. Fareed Zakaria, Olivia Rodrigo, and Jordan Mechner? Sure, they're all invited. They don't know about us, but it's all good.

Games Played Last Week:

04:00 -Finspan (David Gordon & Michael O'Connell, Stonemaier Games, 2025)

07:51 -Slay the Spire: The Board Game (Gary Dworetsky, Anthony Giovannetti, and Casey Yano, Contention Games, 2024)

11:16 -Marvel Dice Throne Missions (Gavan Brown & Nate Chatellier, Roxley, 2025)

13:28 -Star Trek: Into the Unknown (Max Brooke & Michael Gernes, WizKids, 2025)

21:51 -Lunar (Masato Uesagi, Allplay, 2024)

23:25 -Lone Wolves (Yasuyuki Nakamura, Wonderful World Board Games, 2024)

27:57 -Fateforge: Chronicles of Kaan (Gordon Calleja, Mighty Boards, 2024)

33:00 -Duos (Johannes Schmidauer-König, CMYK, 2025)

35:35 -Creature Caravan (Ryan Laukat, Red Raven Games, 2024)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

41:00 Early Registration for SVWAGCon for patrons! www.patreon.com/svwag

42:37 Space Gits on Kickstarter soon! A dexterity miniatures game of drunk orcs

43:48 Feature Game: Rebirth (Reiner Knizia, Mighty Boards, 2024)