#179: Trenchcoat Games - So Very Wrong About Games

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The crushing burden of Masterpiece Theatre is having a toll. I had an attitude problem, but then I took a timeout, and I thought about what I did. The success of the Fast and/or Furious movies is undeniable--business-wise, this all seems like appropriate business--but at what cost? I went to the stock market today. I did a business. SVWAG is most emphatically not children stacked together wearing a trenchcoat. Would you like a alcohol? 02:39 AYURIS: Catan: Starfarers (Klaus Teuber, KOSMOS, 2019)Games Played Last Week:03:53 -Sunset Over Water (Eduardo Baraf, Steve Finn, & Keith Matejka, Delight, 2018)06:44 -Isle of Skye: From Chieftain to King (Andreas Pelikan & Alexander Pfister, Lookout Games, 2015)09:27 -Mysterium Park (Oleksandr Nevskiy & Oleg Sidorenko, Libellud, 2020)11:33 -Imperium: The Contention (Gary Dworetsky, Contention Games, 2021)14:32 -Crash Octopus (Naotaka Shimamoto, itten, 2021)15:02 -Dice Miner (Joshua DeBonis & Nikola Risteski, Atlas Games, 2021)16:40 -Regicide (Paul Abrahams, Luke Badger, & Andy Richdale, Badgers from Mars, 2020)17:25 -Caravan (Joe Huber, Rio Grande Games, 2019)18:58 -The Quest for El Dorado (Reiner Knizia, Ravensburger, 2017)21:16 -The Quacks of Quedlinburg: The Alchemists (Wolfgang Warsch, Schmidt Spiele, 2020)23:36 -Inis (Christian Martinez, Matagot, 2016)26:50 -Mafiozoo (Rüdiger Dorn, Super Meeple, 2017)News (and why it doesn't matter):30:05 KS creators: own your choices, stop guilting backers32:15 Why's everything gotta have a campaign? (reprise)34:04 Earthborne Rangers' desire for sustainability36:17 More crap in dice: dragon eyes36:39 Excavation Earth expansion: It Belongs in a Museum37:13 Bix box retail, licensed games are impressive: Ravensburger's Alien: Fate of the Nostromo and Disney Gargoyles: Awakening 38:21 Avatar RPG38:53 Tasty Minstrel Games suspends operations, refunds Kickstarter39:48 Pfister becomes post-colonialist? Boonlake41:21 Topic: Trenchcoat Games1:08:27 SVWAG Presents: Masterpiece Theatre: The Fate of the FuriousAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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The crushing burden of Masterpiece Theatre is having a toll. I had an attitude problem, but then I took a timeout, and I thought about what I did. The success of the Fast and/or Furious movies is undeniable--business-wise, this all seems like...

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