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Jan 2025
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#344: Only at Certain Player Counts

MIKE WALKER & MARK BIGNEY
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The editorial department of So Very Wrong About Games has several sub-divisions, and admittedly the orgchart gets a bit baroque at this point. The rules errors office is technically a sub-branch of the fact checking desk, but it is funded out of the game design sub-budget. This muddies the line of accountability, and as anyone who works with gibbons can tell you, this is not ideal. 


03:53 AYURIS: Lacrimosa (Gerard Ascendi and Ferran Renalias, Devir, 2022)


Games Played Last Week:

05:20 -Endeavor: Deep Sea (Carl de Visser and Jarratt Gray, Burnt Island Games, 2024)

08:30 -Hanabi (Antoine Bauza, ABACUSSPIELE, 2010)

13:55 -Thor (Reiner Knizia, Heidelberger Spieleverlag, 2002)

16:39 -Quin (Brian Rooney and Taeleen Woodard, Arch & Gravity Publishing, 2024)

21:12 -Hamster Roll (Jacques Zeimet, Zoch Verlag, 2000)

24:33 -Gun It (Randy O'Connor, Randy O Games, 2024)

30:20 -Spirits of the Forest (Michael Schacht, ThunderGryph Games, 2018)


News (and why it doesn't matter):

33:44 Project K: The League of Legends Trading Card Game

35:42 Dragons Down: Natives and Legends on Kickstarter

36:26 Assault on Doomrock: Party Hard expansion soon on crowdfunding

37:11 Gamers in need after Los Angeles fires: https://www.gofundme.com/f/our-home-is-gone-we-need-your-help


38:11 Topic: Only at Certain Player Counts




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