So Very Wrong About Games

You gotta read the fine print, always. Anyone dealing with a supernatural entity--whether ... more

Yes, it’s Tapple! The toy sensation that’s sweeping the nation! Only $14.95 at participati... more

Before Dr. Reiner Knizia invented areas, everyone and everything was simultaneously co-loc... more

While Mark is perhaps disappointed at the typical tragic dearth of questions related to Ma... more

In our effort to answer all of your Omnibus Questions, sadly we cannot enlist the assistan... more

We deliver this episode despite the officially mandated period of public mourning due to T... more

"'Frederick Chopin was a Polish composer in the Romantic style who wrote primarily for the... more

As ever, we do not acknowledge one of the most pernicious false dichotomies in the ruleboo... more

"Wiarton Willie is the name given to a Canadian groundhog who lives in the community of Wi... more

Rest assured that every topic we address here at SVWAG will be utterly comprehensive and f... more

"A quipu usually consists of cotton or camelid fiber cords, and contains categorized infor... more

We are staunchly body positive here at SVWAG, but we do prefer our bears fat. "Let me have... more

We tempt fate and refer to a number of third rails in the hobby community. For one, we ack... more

"Well, that was your mother And that was your father Before you was born dude When life wa... more

On this day of Labour, we offer our solidarity to you. We also offer our labour, because w... more

I've always chafed at the conventional wisdom that young goats are good at trick-taking ga... more

Losing a component is rough. Knowing that one of your games is incomplete is like having a... more

Inigo: I am waiting for you, Vizzini. You told me to go back to the beginning. So I have. ... more

"We don’t ask that you stop loving your fantasy world. We ask you stop paying money for th... more

A chief misgiving Mark has about the con is that he is a terrible playtester. He was able ... more

The purest juxtaposition that reveals the absurdity of "take that" effects can be found in... more

"Dear friend, if you wanna feel better Don't let the devil make you toss this letter If yo... more

It is remarkable to reflect on how much hobbies can demand of us, and certainly board gami... more

Apparently the American custom of the "push present" can trace its roots to the Anglo-Indi... more

Walker's approach to parenting eschews what he sees as the coddling endemic in other famil... more

"Because of the long-standing mutual enmity between Meany and Brown, Meany was named among... more

We generally frown on ad hominem here at SVWAG, ensconced as we are in our glass houses. I... more

I've read several different accounts of the battle of Sekigahara, and I swear there's no m... more

Walker and Mark almost come to blows over Flip 7 this week. Their disagreements over the m... more

"Observers brought attention to [Gritty's] appearance, which could be construed as frighte... more