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.
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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.
"A quipu usually consists of cotton or camelid fiber cords, and contains categorized information based on dimensions like color, order and number. The Inca, in particular, used knots tied in a decimal positional system to store numbers and other values in quipu cords. Depending on its use and the amount of information it stored, a given quipu may have anywhere from a few to several thousand cords. [...]
Inca administration used quipus extensively for a variety of uses: monitoring tax obligations, collecting census records, keeping calendrical information, military organization, and potentially for recording simple and stereotyped historical "annales"."
-Wikipedia
SVWAG's Pickaxe stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t8XLnJha-E
Games Played Last Week:
00:55 -Marvel Dice Throne Missions (Gavan Brown & Nate Chatellier, Roxley, 2025)
05:03 -It's a Wonderful World (Frédéric Guérard, La Boîte de Jeu, 2019)
09:03 -The Fellowship of the Ring: Trick-Taking Game (Bryan Bormueller, Office Dog, 2025)
12:03 -Corporate America (Teale Fristoe, Nothing Sacred Games, 2013)
15:23 -Tidal Blades 2: Rise of the Unfolders (Tim Eisner and Ben Eisner, Druid City Games, 2024)
18:03 -Captain's Gambit: Kings of Infinite Space (AC Atienza, Alvin Lee, and Mitchell Loewen, Cloudfall Interactive Studios, 2020)
23:51 -Lacuna (Mark Gerrits, CMYK, 2023)
27:12 -Stellar Conflict (James Ernest & Tom Jolly, Artipia Games, 2015)
29:48 -Figment (Wolfgang Warsch, CMYK, 2025)
31:53 -Leonardo da Vinci's Codex Leicester (Changhyun Baek, Flaminia Brasini, Virginio Gigli, Stefano Luperto, and Antonio Tinto, DiceTree Games, 2023)
News (and why it doesn't matter):
35:43 Reprint of At the Gates of Loyang
36:09 Fat Bear week comes to its climax! https://explore.org/fat-bear-week
37:19 The Hobbit: There and Back Again roll-and-write by Reiner Knizia
37:42 Dogs of War reprint: controversy over hats
38:38 Wandering Galaxy: A Crossroads Game
39:50 Cross-Bronx Expressway by Non-Breaking Space and GMT Games
41:26 Cranio expansion pack on crowdfunding Oct. 1st: Barrage, Rats of Wistar, Golem
42:09 Feature Game: Ayar: Children of the Sun (Mandela Fernandez-Grandon & Fabio Lopiano, Osprey Games, 2025)
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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.
