About this episode

The episode discusses the nuances of acronyms in gaming and reviews several board games.

Acronyms and initialisms are a tricky thing. In SVWAG circles, one must be careful to use proper punctuation, lest GOA imply 2022's Game of the Year (GotY, not Gotye) Guards of Atlantis. Mark remains enraged that the SC2 acronym was robbed from Greatest of All Time (GOAT, not goat, obviously) Star Control 2 by the usurper StarCraft 2. Games Played Last Week: 01:07 -The Old King's Crown (Pablo Clark, Eerie Idol Games, 2025) 08:05 -Keltis (Reiner Knizia, KOSMOS, 2008) 11:43 -Das letzte Paradies (Reiner Knizia, KOSMOS, 1993) 16:01 -Keep the Heroes Out (Luís Brüeh, Brueh Games, 2022) 20:56 -All In: Predictions (Phil Walker-Harding, Next Move Games, 2026) 23:52 -Finspan: Sharks and Reefs (Michael O'Connell, Stonemaier Games, 2026) 27:16 -Genshin Tarot (MingYang Lu, Brother Ming Games, 2022) 33:43 -Recall (Helge Meissner, Kristian Amundsen Østby, Kjetil Svendsen, and Anna Wermlund, Alion – by Dr Ø, 2025) 36:21 -Railway Boom (Hisashi Hayashi & Simone Luciani, Arclight Games, 2025) News (and why it doesn't matter): 41:29 Come join us in Kingston, Ontario July 24th-26th for SVWAG Con! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/svwag-con-ii-electric-boogaloo-tickets-1986634285627 42:21 Icebreaker events…

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