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Spirited Discussion: A Spirit Island PodcastTariff Crisis Hits Spirit IslandSad news this week, as Greater Than Games (Spirit Island’s Publisher) is reducing staff and heading towards shuttering due to tariffs. Donald Trump’s Tariffs have made things very difficult for everyone, including those in the board game industry. It would not be right to ignore this, so join Kalen and Alex in a shorter episode as they talk about what this means for Spirit Island.Dice Monkey Article: https://www.dicemonkey.net/2025/04/17/greater-than-games-shutters-due-to-tariffs/R. Eric Reuss: https://rericreuss.com/2025/04/17/sad-greater-than-games-news/Greater Than Games Statement: https://www.greaterthangames.com/blogs/news/greater-than-games-team-reduced-in-response-to-tariff-crisis2025-04-2318 min
Hooks & Runs232 - It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over: The 1973 New York Mets w/ Len Ferman, The Sports Time TravelerTMLen Ferman's new book, The 1973 Mets - You've Got to Believe, is a day to day saga about a Mets team that that rallied from last place with a 61-71 record on August 31 to win the National League East with an 82-79 record. The Eastern Division race that year saw five teams still in the hunt for the title in the season's final week. In the end, the Mets won the title outright on the season's final day with just 5 games separating the champs from the fifth place Chicago Cubs. The Mets shocked the 99-win Cincinnati Reds...2024-12-2653 min
So Very Wrong About Games#340: Frustration with RandomnessIn addition to having to struggle with new hardware on account of gravity murdering his tablet of 10+ years, we now must try to adjust to capturing the sweet, sonorous tones of the elusive Jimbo. It's hard to get audio levels right when the mic's compressor itself swoons from sheer bliss. 02:43 AYURIS: Revive (Helge Meissner, Eilif Svensson, Anna Wermlund, and Kristian Amundsen Østby, Aporta Games, 2022)Games Played Last Week:06:28 -Civolution (Stefan Feld, Deep Print Games, 2024)19:45 -Race for the Galaxy (Thomas Lehmann, Rio Grande Games, 2007)25:22 -Do...2024-12-171h 11
IEN RadioLISTEN: GM Just Tested the Fastest Car Ever Built by a U.S. AutomakerOnce again, General Motors has made history. The 2025 Chevy Corvette ZR1 recently became the fastest car ever built by a U.S. auto manufacturer—and the driver was none other than GM President Mark Reuss. The GM team traveled to Germany's High-Speed Oval Track at ATP Automotive Testing facility in Papenburg and reached a two-way average speed of 233 mph—they clock you going both ways and take the average to account for wind. Papenburg provides ideal conditions for a high-speed test, like temperature and air density. 2024-10-1803 min
Games from the CellarSpirit IslandThis week, the panel defends their homeland from colonial invasion in a game of Spirit Island. Designed by E. Eric Reuss, Spirit Island was published by Greater Than Games in 2017, and has since been expanded several times. In Spirit Island, players take the role of one of the native Spirits of the Land and use their powers to thwart and push back the European settlers that have arrived to colonize the island. Players will work together and use their unique abilities and capabilities to rid the island of invaders. / / / / / You can Listen to...2024-09-1636 minSo Very Wrong About Games#323: Wilmot's WarehouseWho is this Wilmot? What wares is he housing? Few answers are offered. We are merely told, rather imperiously, that we work at his warehouse. Sure, we have weekends off, but on occasion the fickle demiurge Wilmot commands us to speak in monosyllable, or move seats, or hide secrets from our colleagues. One shudders to imagine what terrible fate befalls those foolhardy enough to flout his edicts.Games Played Last Week:00:41 -Terminus (Earl Aspiras and Tom Volpe, Inside Up Games, 2024)10:15 -Hour of Need (Adam Sadler & Brady Sadler, Blacklist Games, 2022)2024-08-061h 03
Keihard Klassiek: De MixDe meeste dromen zijn bedrogTony Ann - GEMINI "The Curious"
Alexandre Desplat - Tirailleurs ; "Les galons de Thierno"
Philippe de Monte - Super flumina BabylonisStile Antico
Alexis Ffrench - Once
Sarah Neutkens - The block splitAlma Quartet
Edward Elgar - Salut d'amour, op.12 (Arr.)John Williams [gitaar]
Michele Mangani - IntermezzoSeunghee Lee [klarinet] & Manhattan Chamber Players
Matteo Myderwyk - The Young Weaver (Renaissance piano version)
Gregorio Allegri - Miserere mei, Deus...2024-05-2957 min
Vrije geluiden op NPO KlassiekDe weg naar HolyslootMet heiligheid heeft die sloot niet zoveel te maken, of het moest de spirituele invloed zijn van het prachtige kerkje. In de 13e eeuw had graaf Floris V het over 'Hoolesloot' en dat betekende zoiets als 'laaggelegen stuk land bij een sloot'. Zo kennen we er wel meer in ons kikkerlandje, waar we tussen kerk en kroeg toch maar mooi prachtige muziek bedenken, maken, spelen en aan de man brengen. Vandaag is het 5 jaar geleden dat componist Hans Kox overleed, die niks had met laaggelegen grond, hij leefde van de stilte in de bergen, maar was toch onverbrekelijk verbonden met...2024-02-2559 minSo Very Wrong About Games#298: DeckbuildingEvery man wants to be a macho, macho manTo have the kind of body always in demandJogging in the mornings, go man goWork outs in the health spa, muscles glowYou can best believe that he's a macho manReady to get down with, anyone he canYou can tell a macho, he has a funky walkHis western shirts and leather, always look so bossFunky with his body, he's a kingCall him...2024-02-131h 04So Very Wrong About Games#291: Adventure GamesJust before Mark is de-platformed, he would like to remind the SVWAG audience of two very important facts. First, he is but a man shouting into a can, and just because he doesn't like the thing you like doesn't make either less worthy of respect, dignity, and chocolate. He is willing to accept the possibility that he's Playing It Wrong and/or Doesn't Get It and/or needs to Git Gud and/or is just insufficiently evolved.Second, a reminder that complaints are to be directed to support@aircanada.ca.01:12...2023-12-191h 13So Very Wrong About Games#271: ExpeditionsSome randomness is accepted nearly uncritically by many gamers. Conventional deckbuilders have exceptionally high variance as a rule, but no one bats an eye. We accept that anything martial might have mixed results, even after repeated attempts--in fact, many protest when the wound-making is too deterministic. Tiles from a bag? Sure. The instant that locomotion is involved, though, your typical gamer gets all shirty. Magical Athlete would like a word.Games Played Last Week:02:52 -Don't L.L.A.M.A. Dice (Reiner Knizia, AMIGO, 2021)06:00 -Lacuna (Mark Gerrits, CMYK, 2023)2023-07-251h 10
Dice Tower NowDice Tower Now 838: May 23, 2023This is Dice Tower Now for the week of May 23, 2023. This week, F F fondles flippers for Freaky Frogs, Red Raven rides a Creature Caravan, a Renegade bears Good Omens, and Indie Gloms on. TOP STORIES (2:10) Spiel des Jahres nominees Stonespine Architects from Jordy Adan and Thunderworks Games Stonespine Architects by Friedemann Friese Creature Caravan from Ryan Laukat and Red Raven Spectral from Ryan Courtney and Bitewing Games Sirens:The Deep Sea by designer Florian Molzahn and publisher Forgotten Tales Focus from designers Antonin Boccara and Romaric Galonnier War of the Ring Card Game e...2023-05-2331 minSo Very Wrong About Games#263: Darwin's JourneyIt is a truth universally acknowledged in eurogames that every famous historical man (it's almost always a man, of course) had a retinue of about 2-5 hangers-on whose sole job was to impress him. They did this mostly by doing stuff he did; maybe after he did them, maybe running states he conquered, maybe even by doing the stuff he was credited with. Their names are lost to antiquity. All we know is that they liked solid colours, and that the famous dude was most impressed with one of them. Games Played Last Week:2023-05-161h 06
BGT - Board Game TheoryBGG Top 100: Spirit Island mit Pile of HappinessSpirit Island als kooperatives Meisterwerk mit innovativem Thema.
Tina und Jen von Pile of Happiness sind für die Besprechung von dem kooperativen Schwergewicht Spirit Island zu uns Besuch gekommen. Vor allem mit Jen haben wir damit eine echte Expertin für dieses außergewöhnliche Spiel. Für tiefgründige Strategiehinweise haben wir zwar leider keine Zeit mehr gefunden, aber dafür feiern wir gemeinsam das unglaubliche Spielgefühl, dass Spirit Island auf den Tisch bringt.
Etwas negatives oder echte Alternativen zu finden viel uns hingegen schwer. Manchmal sind Spiele eben einfach gut wie sie sind...2023-04-051h 43So Very Wrong About Games#255: The Great WallEverything's gotta be a competition. "I've seen better walls," scoffs the ingrate. "I've had darker ages," insists the depressive. "Well, I'm a Time Duke," growls the superstar Duke (esq., O.B.E.). It's all right, people. We can accept the superlatives without making it a contest.Games Played Last Week:00:58 -Dark Ages: Heritage of Charlemagne (Adam Kwapiński & Andrei Novac, Board&Dice, 2021)08:04 -Horizons of Spirit Island (Eric R. Reuss, Greater Than Games, 2022)09:10 -Keyflower (Sebastian Bleasdale & Richard Breese, R&D Games, 2012)13:02 -Spots (Alex Hague, Jon Perry, and Ju...2023-03-2155 minSo Very Wrong About Games#253: New and Improved"And Blass is reeling from Yves Saint-Laurent's inverted atomic drop! But wait, who's that running towards the ring? IT'S THE BIG O! Oscar de la Renta is coming to the assistance of his tag-team partner! We thought Pierre Cardin had locked him backstage in his dressing room but no, here he is, steel chair in hand! And he levels YSL with one perfect shot to the head!!! Can you believe it? This the kind of action you can only see on pay-per-view in Versailles!" 01:24 AYURIS: Trickerion: Legends of Illusion (Richard Amann & Viktor Peter, Mindclash G...2023-03-071h 21
So Very Wrong About Games#242: Random EventsAll things in SVWAG are glorious, and that applies doubly for our glorious returns. We will also not be taking any additional breaks during the holidays! Yes, we can pledge an uninterrupted broadcast schedule through to the new year--leading directly to our annual end-of-year spectacular. And it shall be what, listeners? Say it with me,It shall be glorious.02:24 AYURIS: Bullet♥︎ (Joshua Van Laningham, Level 99 Games, 2021)Games Played Last Week:05:08 -Tidal Blades: Banner Festival (J.B. Howell and Michael Mihealsick, Druid City Games, 2022)08:12 -Riftforce: Beyond (Carlo Bortolini, 1 More Time Games, 2022)11:29 -Turing Machine (Fabi...2022-12-201h 22
So Very Wrong About Games#240: Deal-MakingWalker has yet to inform us what agenda the aliens are pursuing in Argentina during their relentless campaign of cow abduction. Do the alien overlords practise colonialism in the same way as their human counterparts? Do the inscrutable extraterrestrials differentiate between different humans, perhaps much as they differentiate between cows? Are their secret machinations behind the British East India Company as well? Walker, what are you hiding!01:54 AYURIS: Faiyum (Friedemann Friese, 2F-Spiele, 2020)Games Played Last Week:05:22 -Spire's End: Hildegard (Greg Favro, Favro Ventures, LLC., 2022)07:36 -Innovation (Carl Chudyk, Asmadi Games, 2010)07:44 -A Feast for Odin...2022-11-291h 22
So Very Wrong About Games#239: Dwellings of EldervaleSay what you want about the evils of filthy lucre, but I find it amazing how managers turn communitarian and high-minded when it comes to fair remuneration. "Don't you believe in the project?" "Aren't you committed to the team?" et al get deployed all the time when people want to, you know, get compensated for their work. One can't help but notice that racialized workers and women get subjected to such nonsense at a higher-than-average rate. Volunteerism is noble and good, but stiffing workers is not. When someone is trying to elide the difference, you can bet that they're up...2022-11-221h 06
The Return Of The Repressed.#16. Halloween Special. "Hallowed flames on Monte Veritá: A Third Reich flying saucers original short story"Books:
Radikalare än Hitler? (Göran Dahl)
Blod i salongerna. Om sex, primitivism och längtan efter det naturliga (Ingela Lind)
Hitler’s Monsters A Supernatural History of the Third Reich (Eric Kurlander)
Mountain of Truth The Counterculture Begins, Ascona 1900-1920 (Martin Green)
Das Geheimnis der Runen (Guido von List)
ALDEBARAN VRIL 1917 Extraterrestrials Messages to Maria Orsic and the Birth of the First German-Made UFO (Maximillien de Lafayette)
Arktos The Polar Myth in Science, Symbolism, and Nazi Survival (Joscelyn Godwin)
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Krigsgaldr (Heilung...2022-11-021h 51
So Very Wrong About Games#230: Mosaic: A Story of CivilizationWe encourage elaborate deception in this week's episode. Go on designers, up your game. While we can't accept anything from you in terms of gifts or donations, you can totally fool us. Stack yourselves three deep in a trenchcoat! Pretend to be long-lost, estranged, and newly-dead relatives! Don silly hats and fake moustaches! Games Played Last Week:01:00 -Monumental (Matthew Dunstan, Funforge, 2020)06:37 -Spirit Island: Jagged Earth (R. Eric Reuss, Greater Than Games, 2020)08:52 -Ragusa (Fabio Lopiano, Braincrack Games, 2019)12:52 -Dead Reckoning (John D. Clair, Alderac Entertainment Group, 2022)18:04 -Castles of Mad King Ludwig: Collector's Edition (Ted Alspach...2022-09-131h 07
Book of RulebooksChapter 1 - Spirit IslandThe first chapter of the Book of Rulebooks will go over the rules for Spirit Island, a game designed by R. Eric Reuss and published by Greater Than Games.TimestampsGameplay Overview - 0:42Game setup - 3:22Spirit Phase & Fast Power Phase - 6:48Invader Phase - 10:18Slow Power Phase & Time Passes - 16:00Victory & Defeat, Fear & Terror - 17:42Boards, Lands, Presence, Sacred Sites, Energy & Card Plays - 20:30Spirits & Invaders - 23:14Blight & The Dahan - 30:04Powers - 32:22Tips...2022-09-0353 min
So Very Wrong About Games#226: Space Station PhoenixThe Smart Car was truly out-of-the-box thinking. "Why do passenger cars all have to be the way they are?" asked some clever group of designers, and designed the minimalistic teensy Smart Car. Of course, the challenges posed by manufacturing the little thing, or driving the little thing on a highway, or walking away from a crash in the little thing, proved to be compelling arguments in favour of more traditional passenger car manufacture. What I'm saying is that sometimes the box exists for a reason, notwithstanding the virtues of experimentation. Games Played Last Week:01:48 -The Guild of...2022-08-161h 11
Le Club des PoètesLa poésie vous menace, succombezNous sommes le 8 décembre 1986. Guillaume Clifford, Paul, Antoine Amanieux et Benoît Guichard sont jeunes, épris de poésie et prêts à des actes fous pour partager leur passion. Ils escaladent Notre-Dame-de-Paris pour suspendre les deux tours une immense banderole : « La poésie vous menace, succombez ». Blaise reçoit aujourd’hui Guillaume Clifford pour évoquer avec lui son parcours poétique. "J’aurais aimé vouloir écrire" de Guillaume dit par Blaise"Le vitrail" de Guillaume Clifford dit par Côme"Déclaration d’amer" de Guillaume Clifford dit par Mado"La Statue et...2022-08-0431 min
The Kindred Spirit PodcastEpisode 67 - Horizons of Spirit Island! Ft Eric ReussIn this episode Eric describes to us some of the exciting new content that is coming in the Horizons of Spirit Island standalone expansion!
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So Very Wrong About Games#219: Guards of Atlantis IIMark had to reign himself in considerably this week, what with the song temptations of the Talking Heads followed by his favourite torch song teased by Welcome to the Moon. He also tried to workshop a Gourds of Atlantis joke, but responses were--to put it mildly--not encouraging. It wasn't a total loss, as he managed to sneak in some Norse mythology in Telestrations. So that's... something.Games Played Last Week:01:11 -XenoShyft: Onslaught (Keren Philosophales & Michael Shinall, CMON, 2015)06:21 -Azul: Queen's Garden (Michael Kiesling, Next Move Games, 2021)09:55 -Spirit Island (R. Eric Reuss, Greater Than Games, 2017)11:42 -Dungeons...2022-06-281h 04
The Kindred Spirit PodcastEpisode 64 - Let's Talk About Scenarios! Ft Eric ReussIn this episode, Designer of Spirit Island Eric Reuss stops by to talk about Scenarios! We discuss their history, design, and intended area of gameplay focus they are to have!
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So Very Wrong About Games#217: Let's Get on the Same PageWalker yearns for a universal grammar, a sort of iconograhic Esperanto. That is a bridge too far for Mark, but they nonetheless find common ground on certain time terms and certain graphical conventions. They may be alone, of course, but they would rather that everyone deferred to their intuitions.01:17 AYURIS: The Castles of Tuscany (Stefan Feld, alea, 2020)Games Played Last Week:03:17 -Unsettled (Marc Neidlinger & Tom Mattson, Orange Nebula, 2021)08:45 -Sniper Elite: The Board Game (Roger Tankersly & David Thompson, Rebellion Unplugged, 2022)12:48 -Hidden Leaders (Andreas Müller, Markus Müller, & Raphael Stocker, BFF Games, 2022)15:18 -For Sc...2022-06-141h 09
The Board Game Community Show60.R Eric ReussGet to know R Eric Reuss, designer of Spirit Island and For Science! We chat about ttrpgs, board games, rock climbing, play Ridiculous Theme, and more!
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Harvest PhaseNice Marmot.New “season”. New intro tune. Same off-the-cuff board game conversation. As usual, we start chatting about some of the latest stuff that we have been diggin’, including the new Big Thief record, Pokémon Legends Arceus, the Batman Calzone, and Ted Lasso, and then we dive into the games. Crowdfunding Roundup:24:20 Bloc by Bloc: Uprising26:47 Tindaya28:55 EarthGames We’ve Been Playing:32:25 Trails (Henry Audubon, Keymaster Games)36:10 Caper: Europe (Unai Rubio, Keymaster Games)42:12 For Science! (R. Eric Reuss, Grey Fox Games)51:05 Project L (Michal Mikes, Jan Soukal, Adam Spanel...2022-02-211h 57
So Very Wrong About Games#201: Having Fun While LosingIt is a strange thing for one's hobby to be utterly infused with a nominally competitive structure. I would venture to say that knitters, for instance, devote precious little thought as to whether they can knit more or less well than their fellow crafters. Perhaps it is different for scrapbookers, I don't know, they seem like a ruthless lot.01:16 AYURIS: Aristeia! (Alberto Abal, Jesús Fuster, & David Rosillo, Corvus Belli, 2017)Games Played Last Week:04:20 -Città-Stato (Simone Cerruti Sola, Giochix.it, 2021) 07:04 -Uprising: Curse of the Last Emperor (Cornelius Cremin, Pawel Mazur, & Dirk Sommer, Nemesis.Ga...2022-02-151h 13
Pass, Play, or PurchaseEp 26: Spirit IslandJoin us as we take a look at Spirit Island, a critically acclaimed co-op "settler destruction" game from R. Eric Reuss and Greater Than Games. At least for one of our friends it's a 10/10, but does that mean it's a purchase? We do our best to take a quick rundown on this strategic boardgame, and always welcome you to check out more on our Instagram & Twitter2022-01-1824 min
So Very Wrong About Games#195: CryoThe hosts are, briefly, back in the same room again, and this has had the unfortunate effect of bringing out the very worst in Mark. Don't worry, he doesn't spend ten minutes complaining about the implied political claims of kids' shows, but his mind naturally went to the gutter of abominable puns. You have been warned.Games Played Last Week:01:16 -On Mars (Vital Lacerda, Eagle-Gryphon Games, 2020)04:24 -Pulsar 2849 (Vladimír Suchý, CGE, 2017)06:37 -Hibachi (Marco Teubner, Grail Games, 2021)09:41 -The Siege of Runedar (Reiner Knizia, Ludonova, 2021)16:51 -Isle of Skye: Druids (Andreas Pelikan & Alexander Pfister, Lookout Games, 2018) 2021-12-141h 10
SingetFolge 13 - Julia Selina Blankeine Bayerin in Skandinavien
Eine Bayerin in Skandinavien
Wenn Musik und das Singen einen Menschen immer umgibt und das Mittun so selbstverständlich ist, dann könnte man einen Weg gehen, wie Julia Selina Blank ihn gefunden hat.
Wir schwelgen gemeinsam über das Studium der Chorleitung in Stockholm und Oslo und lassen uns die Ähnlichkeiten der Wettbewerbe für Chorleitung zum Spitzensport erklären (und die Unterschiede).
Wir haben Julia in Ljubljana getroffen, wo wir gemeinsam EuropaCantat besucht haben. „Singet – der Podcast aus Chormusik“ war eingeladen, dieses Festival zu begleiten. Dieses ist das dritte Interview aus dieser Zeit.
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So Very Wrong About Games#189: Resolving Rules DisputesThis topic was suggested by Penn State law professor Jacob Schuman, although let us be perfectly clear that he does not necessarily endorse any of the views expressed. I mean, if Justices Breyer and/or Alito heard us impugn their oracular insights, no doubt we would be put on blast; much like those terrible journalists for having the sheer gall to posit that judges are, well, human and all. Perish the thought! We also apologize for suggesting that textualism does not ineffably guide one to the True and Correct Opinion, just like it did in Bostock, where textualist methods gave...2021-10-261h 12
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Episode 38 - Spirit Island
This week is Spirit Island by designer R. Eric Reuss. A serious game for serious gamers that defies expectations in the best possible way. Here's an admission, we were a bit nervous to cover this game and its mammoth decision space. As we explored the game in preparation for this episode, t felt as if no amount of plays would be enough, but perhaps more than anything else that is a testament to the game and engine at...2021-10-201h 13
So Very Wrong About Games#188: Khôra: Rise of an EmpireWe are dangerously approaching peak culture here on SVWAG. In addition to Masterpiece Theatre, we have the return of the pie ranking system, plus now music tie-ins for Arkhipov Day. Could a wine section be far behind? Well, actually, Mark labels most of Walker's in-game comments the wine section. You see?! Yet more culture!Games Played Last Week:01:53 -Tidal Blades: Heroes of the Reef (Tim Eisner & Ben Eisner, Druid City Games, 2020)02:41 -ALIEN: Fate of the Nostromo (Scott Rogers, Ravensburger, 2021)04:38 -For Science! (R. Eric Reuss, Grey Fox Games, 2021)08:40 -Project: ELITE (Konstantinos Kokkinis, Marco Portugal, & Sotirios...2021-10-191h 17
So Very Wrong About Games#187: Multiplayer SolitaireIt was a thrill to have a pan-Anglo alliance together to raise money for Food Banks Canada, with many current or prior Commonwealth countries represented either on the stream or in the donations. That is globalism we can get behind here at SVWAG. That said, let us make our next planned fundraising endeavour yet more international: a Kickstarter campaign to fund Mark's acquisition of a Ferrari Portofino. Equally altruistic, yes?02:56 -Posthuman Saga (Gordon Calleja, Mighty Boards, 2019)Games Played Last Week:04:21 -Galaxy Trucker (Vlaada Chvátil, Czech Games Edition, 2021)10:36 -Barrage (Tommaso Battista & Simone Luciani, Cranio C...2021-10-051h 20
The Kindred Spirit PodcastEpisode 41 - Spirit Island All-Stars! Part 3, Your Teams!Here we are at last at the finale of the All-Stars! In this episode we dive in to the thoughts and opinions of the community on what you all think are the best spirits for each category! I hope you all were able to enjoy this fun little exercise and I also hope that you were able to learn a thing or 2 perhaps from all the discussions!
A podcast all about the board game Spirit Island! Designed by Eric Reuss and published by Greater Than Games, Spirit Island has become a favorite of ours and we love...2021-06-121h 25
The Kindred Spirit PodcastEpisode 40 - Spirit Island All-Stars! Part 2, The Data!You've heard our thoughts about our own All-Star teams but now it's time to look at your inputs based on the data from the surveys! Join us for our 40th episode as we relay the results of what the community had to say about our fun little team building exercise!
A podcast all about the board game Spirit Island! Designed by Eric Reuss and published by Greater Than Games, Spirit Island has become a favorite of ours and we love to talk all about it! Join us as we embarrass ourselves each episode as we dive head...2021-06-051h 44
So Very Wrong About Games#170: What Prompts Our PurchasesWalker's got this friend with a problem--not Walker, no not at all, a friend, you see, his name is... Bike Docker... and Bike has this problem that he judges a game by its cover art. Mike I mean Bike is so blinded by his prejudice that it causes him to rag on games like El Grande or GMT's entire catalog just because the cover doesn't appeal to his sensibilities. Luckily, there are enlightened people like Mike Walker to guide those like Bike Docker. 01:33 AYURIS: Tapestry (Jamey Stegmaier, Stonemaier Games, 2019)Games Played Last Week:03:09 -Street Masters...2021-05-251h 08
The Kindred Spirit PodcastEpisode 38 - Spirit Island Origins! Ft Eric ReussJoin us for a fun episode where the designer of the game Eric Reuss joins us to talk about how Spirit Island came to be! We're incredibly grateful to him for joining us for this one and we learned so many interesting things about the game! Sit back, relax and get ready to learn much about what went behind-the-scenes on the game's development!
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So Very Wrong About Games#169: Whale RidersOur inaugural Mark Bigney is a Blithering Idiot Fest has arrived, and we can chronicle a minor subsection of things that make evident Mark is a not a smart man. Although this episode is jam-packed with content, even its confines cannot contain a comprehensive accounting; rest assured we will return to this topic in future instalments. Games Played Last Week:01:42 -Kemet: Blood and Sand (Jacques Bariot & Guillaume Montiage, Matagot, 2021)09:24 -Scythe (Jamey Stegmaier, Stonemaier Games, 2016)10:55 -Finished! (Friedemann Friese, 2F-Spiele, 2017)15:51 -Groundhog Day: The Game (Prospero Hall, Funko Games, 2021)22:27 -Street Masters: Aftershock (Adam Sadler & Brady Sadler...2021-05-181h 18
Player Lair PodcastEpisode 15: Spirit Island with R. Eric ReussSend us a textWe chat with R. Eric Reuss, designer of Spirit Island, about game design. He tells us about the process he went through in the making of Spirit Island and it's expansions, his new game- For Science! and all of the in's and out's of game design! Thanks for listening!Intro music- "Madness is everywhere" by Lobo Loco is licensed under CC BY 2.0Support the showLinks to my games:99 NinjaRise of Babel on Kickstarter coming in 20242020-11-231h 05
So Very Wrong About Games#144: BoxesClearly the hosts secretly wanted to have a movie podcast, or perhaps just a podcast devoted to the movie Aliens. To their credit, they at least did not devolve into merely parroting quotes from the film, which is a behaviour as obnoxious and it is difficult to avoid. Rest assured they offered their poor paraphrases and hackneyed delivery while actually playing the Aliens game. It was a bad call, listener, it was...Crap. 02:37 AYURIS: Catacombs 3rd ed. (Ryan Amos, Marc Kelsey, & Aron West, Elzra Corp., 2015)Games Played Last Week: 04:34 -Rome & Roll (Nick Shaw & Dáv...2020-11-171h 14
BitsnBoardsSpirit Island (Episode #006)The island fights back!Join us for a game that has long been on our collective radar - Eric Reuss' SPIRIT ISLAND!Immersive, deeply strategic and downright beautiful, this co-operative epic pits players - Spirits of an island - against colonial invaders. Work together, alongside the native setters, to thwart the explorations and win back the island.https://store.greaterthangames.com/spirit-island.htmlMUSIC CREDITShttps://www.freesound.org/Intro/outro - 'Grandpa's Great Escape by TRG BanksIntro overlay: Timbre2020-11-0844 min
So Very Wrong About Games#138: Subliminal BrainwashThe mere framing of a question can subtly or overtly determine the answer. There's an old joke about a monk who asks his superior, "Can I smoke while I meditate?" He is told no, as that would be sullying an act that is meant to be free from worldly concerns. The clever monk decides instead to ask another superior, "While I smoke, can I meditate?" So it is with boardgames! Framing can have tremendous consequences.01:55 AYURIS: XenoShyft: Onslaught (Keren Philosophales & Michael Shinall, CMON, 2015) and Dreadmire (Michael Shinall, CMON, 2017) Games Played Last Week:04:35 -Assault on Doomrock...2020-10-061h 03
So Very Wrong About Games#135: BabyloniaOur cup runneth over, if the cup in question is being filled by tiles laid there by Reiner Knizia. Three Knizia tile-laying games were sampled by SVWAG, which of course made it a good week. One feels that if someone proposed a topic of "Reiner Knizia tile-laying games", the appropriate editorial response would be "narrow the scope, please." Games Played Last Week:01:12 -Spirit Island: Jagged Earth (R. Eric Reuss, Greater Than Games, 2020)02:27 -Mariposas (Elizabeth Hargrave, AEG, 2020)07:07 -Tekhenu: Obelisk of the Sun (Daniele Tascini & Dávid Turczi, Board&Dice, 2020)14:37 -Carolus Magnus (Leo Colovini, Rio Grande, 2000)2020-09-1554 min
So Very Wrong About Games#134: Games for 6+ PlayersIn remembrance of things past, we bite hard into the madeleine that is large player count gaming. The recollection of not being sequestered into small basements, where... actually, scratch that, we were often in basements in the Before Times. At least I think so. Time is now an illusion.01:57 AYURIS: A Feast for Odin: The Norwegians (Gernot Köpke & Uwe Rosenberg, Feuerland Spiele, 2018)Games Played Last Week:03:44 -Time of Legends: Joan of Arc (Pascal Bernard, Mythic Games, 2019)11:32 -Spirit Island: Jagged Earth (R. Eric Reuss, Greater Than Games, 2020)12:32 -My City (Reiner Knizia, KOSMOS, 2020)13:19...2020-09-081h 10
So Very Wrong About Games#133: Cosmic Frog"Cosmic Frog: World Eaters from Dimension Zero--A Game of Strategic Gluttony." I mean, what could I or anyone else possibly say that could add to that? Games Played Last Week:01:46 -Spirit Island: Jagged Earth (R. Eric Reuss, Greater Than Games, 2020)03:34 -Shards of Infinity: Shadow of Salvation (Justin Gary & Ryan Sutherland, Stone Blade Entertainment, 2019)07:19 -Castle Itter (David Thompson, DVG, 2019)12:44 -Kingdom Builder (Donald X. Vaccarino, Queen Games, 2011)14:24 -Las Vegas Royale (Rudiger Dorn, alea, 2019) 16:40 -Barrage: The Leeghwater Project (Tommaso Battista & Simone Luciani, Cranio Creations, 2019)22:17 -My City (Reiner Knizia, KOSMOS, 2020)25:46 -For What Remains (Paul...2020-09-0158 min
So Very Wrong About Games#132: Why Is That Still on My Shelf?I mean, maybe, possibly, hopefully, with luck, theoretically, given the right group, hypothetically, in time, conceivably, eventually, if I push hard enough, imaginably, as a favour, I could imagine, someday, perchance, play this again. Weather permitting.01:36 AYURIS: Cerebria: The Inside World (Richard Amann, Viktor Peter, István Pócsi, Frigyes Schőberl, Nick Shaw, & Dávid Turczi, Mindclash Games, 2018)Games Played Last Week:04:34 -Istanbul (Rudiger Dorn, Pegasus Spiele, 2014)06:06 -Blue Moon (Reiner Knizia, KOSMOS, 2004)09:23 -Saint Petersburg (Bernd Brunnhofer, Hans im Glück, 2004)12:08 -Spirit Island: Jagged Earth (R. Eric Reuss, Greater Than Games, 2020)16:52 -Unda...2020-08-251h 04
So Very Wrong About Games#130: Restrictive Player CountsWe take a break from heady issues this week; so we instead touch on what constitutes a trick, what friends are good for, and colonialism. You know, light discussion. 02:35 AYURIS: Core Worlds (Andrew Parks, Stronghold, 2011)Games Played Last Week:04:09 -Fort (Grant Rodiek, Leder Games, 2020)09:15 -Ascension Tactics: Miniatures Deckbuilding Game (Justin Gary & Ryan Sutherland, Stone Blade Entertainment, 2021)12:09 -The Voyages of Marco Polo (Simone Luciani & Daniele Tascini, Hans im Gluck, 2015)13:16 -Endeavor: Age of Expansion (Jarratt Gray, Burnt Island Games, 2020)15:51 -Turn the Tide (Stefan Dorra, AMIGO, 1997)20:22 -6 nimmt! (Wolfgang Kramer, AMIGO, 1994)21:45 -Spirit...2020-08-1158 min
The Secret Cabal Gaming PodcastEpisode 210: Spirit Island and Gaming Etiquette and The Social ContractHey Now Cabalists! Episode 210 starts out with a little bit of a bummer as we discuss how sad we are the Origins Game Fair won’t be happening this year but before too long, we jump into talking about some great games we've been playing including; Wingspan, Bumuntu, Fields of Green, Tapestry, Lockup: A Roll Player Tale, Claustrophobia 1643 and Small World. Then Don and Jamie jump into a feature review of Spirit Island from Greater Than Games and designed by R. Eric Reuss. Tony T collects and delivers a bonkers series of news articles and currently running Kickstarter projects while th...2020-07-012h 59
So Very Wrong About Games#122: Multiple Paths to VictoryChange is exactly like a starving polar bear, in that it is a frightening beast that will bite your face off. Despite that, we have changed the format of our episode notes in a startling act of courage. That said, as Robert Browning wrote, "One taste of the old time sets all to rights." It is in that spirit that we began, with the blessing of the Government of Ontario's health guidelines, to actually play games in meatspace again. We express our sincere condolences to those unfortunates living in situations where that is not safely feasible.03:22 AYURIS: New...2020-06-161h 00
Solo ManoloFolge 30 - Ghosts on the ShelfFür diese Folge hat sich Solo Manolo den Hesy eingeladen und spricht mit ihm über das beste aller kooperativen Siedlerzerstörungsstrategiespiele, Spirit Island. Dagegen sehen nämlich alle anderen kooperativen Siedlerzerstörungsstrategiespiele ziemlich alt aus. Um das zu beweisen, benötigen die Beiden weniger als drei Stunden. Wie ihnen dieses schier unmögliche Vorhaben gelungen ist, sollte jeder für sich selbst hören. Viel Spaß!
Weiterführende Links:
Spirit Island Wiki
Spirit Island Card Katalog
Kickstarter Jagged Earth
PnP-Anleitung Jagged Earth
PnP-Geister Jagged Earth
Interview R. Eric Reuss
Feedback zur Folge:
Blog: https://www.solomanolo.de
Email: info...2020-05-282h 44
The Cardboard HeraldEpisode 150 - Talking Spirit Island: Jagged Earth and For Science! with R. Eric Reuss*Note, you get images of many spirit boards in the video version on youtube right here - https://youtu.be/AFzxRMMVd-E * We get some nitty gritty on the design and development of the upcoming Spirit Island expansion, and to know how Eric made such a bold leap from that to the 15 minute realtime spacial dexterity puzzle "For Science".01:00 - What's been going on since the Jagged Earth Kickstarter?04:07 - Spirits left on the cutting room floor?07:44 - Iterating spirits during development16:30 - Are you "spirit cursed"?18:32 - Design, testing...2020-05-2054 min
So Very Wrong About Games#113: Undaunted: NormandyNo daunts are asked and no daunts are given this week. "I don't give a daunt" is tattooed on Walker's back, no doubt an homage to Rhett Butler's famous ending line. We needed a little breather this time--a break from two-hour epic experiences. A little palate cleanser to ease us into a purely digital gaming life; because, to be frank, in this stage of isolation, we felt a little daunted.We will plead for your indulgence, as our audio setup is once again in a state of flux as we transition to a two-studio setup. Games Played...2020-04-1455 min
Fully BookedThe Big Sleep Ep. 1 (First Half)_The Big Sleep Topics of Discussion
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- 00:40 - First Impressions
- 03:14 - Marlow's Pay
- 05:03 - Marlow's Values
- 06:56 - Marlow's World
- 10:10 - 1930's Books
- 11:00 - Problematic elements, representation of women and LGBTQ characters
- 16:30 - Masculine and Feminine Power in the book
- 22:42 - Why the title? Discussing 'The Big Sleep'
- Predictions for second half of the book
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Fully BookedThe Great Alone Ep. 2Episode Notes
1:03 - Intro
2:04 - First Impressions
4:04 - Josh gets three guesses at the plot
10:10 - Plot Explained
32:20 - Ratings and What's Next
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Fully BookedThe Great Alone by Kristin Hannah Pt. 1 (CH. 1-16)Episode Notes
0:00 - INITIAL THOUGHTS
5:38 - CINEMATIC SHALLOWNESS
8:20 - DISCUSSION OF ERNT
10:25 - NONSENSE PLOT
11:17 - BACK TO ERNT
13:50 - FEMINIST NOT FEMINIST BOOK
22:40 - SHALLOWNESS REVISITED
23:48 - PREDICTIONS FOR END OF THE BOOK
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Fully BookedHerzog by Saul Bellow Pt. 3 (Pg. 200 - Final)_Episode Notes: _
00:00 - Intro
4:10 - Josh Goofs
05:40 - Court Cases and Herzog's character
07:51 - Court cases and impact on Herzog
10:04 - Herzog and his daughter
11:28 - The Philosophy of Death
17:21 - What cures Herzog
21:34 - Ramona, Sexuality and Marriage
28:20 - Depictions of other women in the book
29:17 - More on Death
34:00 - Overall Ratings
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Fully BookedHerzog by Saul Bellow Pt. 2 (100-201)*Fully Book discusses: *
Herzog's Philosophy references
Eisenhower
Herzog's personal issues
Romana and possible redemption
Bellow's writing prowess
Predictions for the end of the book
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Fully BookedHerzog by Saul Bellow Ep. 1 (Pgs. 1-101)Conversation starts with what's up with Herzog and end with predictions about the rest of the novel.2020-01-1835 min
Fully BookedLast Days by Brian Evenson Pt. 2 (Pgs. 73-finish)2020-01-1339 min
Fully BookedLast Days - Brian Evenson Pt. 1 (Pg. 1-96)2020-01-1332 min
Into The MeepleverseEpisode 15: Cooperative GamesList of Games Discussed:The Mind, Wolfgang Warsch (5:51)Pandemic, Matt Leacock (14:01)Menara, Oliver Richtberg (17:53)Harry Potter Hogwarts Battle, Kami Mandell, Andrew Wolf (25:06)Just One, Ludovic Roudy, Bruno Sautter (28:43)Spirit Island, R. Eric Reuss (34:02)Mysterium, Oleksandr Nevskiy, Oleg Sidorenko (39:06)Gloomhaven, Isaac Childres (43:24)5 Minute Dungeon, Connor Reid (53:10)Nerd Adjacent Musings:The Man of Medan (59:22)Gossip Guys (1:02:35)2019-11-251h 09
So Very Wrong About Games#90: Rurik: Dawn of KievFatherhood is the overall theme of this week's episode. Imagine Harry Chapin's Cat's in the Cradle, except with the father played by Vladimir the Great and the son by Svyatopolk the Accursed. "When you coming home, dad?" asks the Accursed, to which the reply is "I don't know when. But we'll get together then, son." And then, the son allegedly murders several of his siblings in a vicious power struggle. Just like in the song! Folk music of the seventies is more bloodthirsty than many people recall. Remember that Cat Stevens song about the wars of the Diadochi? It was...2019-10-291h 05
Nerdlab Podcast033 – Spirit Island and Asymmetric Game Design with R. Eric ReussIn Episode 33 of the Nerdlab podcast, I had a great discussion with R. Eric Reuss about the design process of Spirit Island and asymmetric games in general. In our discussion, we focussed on the following questions: How was the design process of Spirit Island? What is asymmetry in board games? What are the best2019-10-221h 28
So Very Wrong About Games#58: A Feast for Odin: The Norwegians and Theme vs. BalanceYou do you, Walker always says, except he almost never does. Mark always says smoke 'em if you got 'em, despite his never uttering those words and frankly not knowing what they mean. He tried smoking once and didn't enjoy it. Why care about such petty things as truth or data when it feels consistent with a narrative you're peddling? Echoes of contemporary politics abound, as we ponder whether a game needs to be balanced so long as it tells a good tale.AYURIS: Rising Sun (Eric Lang, CMON, 2018) 5m26sGames Played Last Week: ...2019-02-261h 19
The Play Greater PodcastInterview with Spirit Island designer R. Eric ReussBefore the Spirit Island: Jagged Earth Kickstarter went live, the game's designer, R. Eric Reuss, stopped by the Greater Than Games headquarters for an interview with Maggie Clayton, GTG's marketing manager. 2018-10-2214 min
The Thoughtful Gamer PodcastEp 33: A Conversation With Eric ReussMarc, Orion, and Matt sit down with Eric Reuss, designer of Spirit Island. This is one of our longest podcasts ever, but it might be our best ever. Eric was a delightful conversationalist, and we learned so much about the design and lore of Spirit Island. We were absolutely amazed to hear about all of the thought and work that went into the design. There's so much going on underneath the surface that you only see glimpses of in the game itself. I think you'll be equally enthralled.
Music: Sailing The Solar Wind by Abstraction
Li...2018-06-142h 12
TCbH ReviewsSpirit Island - Designed by R. Eric ReussDesigned By R. Eric ReussPublished by Greater Than Games - 20171-4 Players90-120 MinutesHot Links:Original Review - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kt2kI2InpqY&t=146sOur Site - www.cardboardherald.comOur Video Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsBLZ33CJXoUffCBF7plpjgOut Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/user?u=9669551Game's BGG Page - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/162886/spirit-island2018-05-2522 min
So Very Wrong About Games#25: Lords of Hellas and Problematic ExpansionsMark tries to come to terms with his outright hypocrisy, largely on the basis that he feels it's acceptable for him but not for everyone else. Walker yearns for glory, but learns to his disappointment that glory is not legal tender and cannot be exchanged for goods or services. Lords of Hellas offer such piercing insights into the soul, "self-knowledge" being one of its 43 victory conditions. Also, SVWAG is giving away stuff.Massive Darkness Giveaway: 1m33sGames Played Last Week:-Spirit Island 3m05s (Eric Reuss, Greater Than Games, 2017)-John Company 4m21s...2018-05-151h 05
So Very Wrong About Games#24: The City of Kings and Interview with Eric ReussAs it happens, games do not spawn ex nihilo, fully armed and armored from Zeus' forehead. I'm certain that's what most of you believed, but it's not true! To confirm this implausible fact, Mark sat down with Eric Reuss, the designer of Spirit Island, to talk about stuff. Walker and Mark also discuss The City of Kings, a game that is a fascinating mixture of euro mechanics, grand adventure, and both excellent and terrible theming.Games Played Last Week:-Kemet 1m25s (Jacques Bariot & Guillaume Montiage, Matagot, 2012)-The Castles of Burgundy 3m22s (Stefan Feld, alea, 2011)2018-05-081h 19
So Very Wrong About Games#22: Feudum and Euro/Ameritrash HybridizationYou wouldn't like Mark when he's angry, but that's probably attributable to his being fundamentally unlikable at the best of times. At any rate, Walker tries to rein him in from ranting too long about obvious component failures, publisher laziness, and alleged outright theft. Walker, for his part, just wants things to mean something. We are seekers here at So Very Wrong About Games.Games Played Last Week:-Spirit Island 2m10s (Eric Reuss, Fabled Nexus, 2017)-The City of Kings 4m00s (Frank West, The City of Games, 2018)-Warhammer Underworlds: Shadespire 6m00s (David Sanders...2018-04-241h 10
The Who, What, Why? Game Design PodcastThe Island of Misfit SpiritsEric Reuss, designer of Spirit Island, joined me to talk about this impressive game. Spirit Island puts players in the roles of spirits of an island recently colonized by 16th and 17th century European-looking figures. Unlike games that focus on colonizing and settling an unexplored land, this game has players repelling those colonizers. The game presents an interesting take on what is a prolific style in the board game hobby without being didactic. The component quality adds to the impressive game play quality.2017-12-271h 18
So Very Wrong About Games#4: Spirit Island and RulebooksMark (alias Flavor Flav) and Walker (alias Chuck D) disagree about many things, among them Twilight Imperium 4th ed., Spirit Island, GMT Games, and rulebooks. Fight the power, by which we mean listen to this podcast of a couple of white dudes talking about games.Games played last week:1:37 -Pericles: The Peloponnesian Wars (Mark Herman, GMT Games, 2017)4:42 -Great Western Trail (Alexander Pfister, eggertspiele, 2016)6:32 -Sid Meier's Civilization: A New Dawn (James Kniffen, Fantasy Flight, 2017)9:11 -Twilight Imperium: Fourth Edition (Dane Beltrami, Corey Konieczka, & Christian T. Petersen, Fantasy Flight, 2017)21:51 -Pandemic Legacy: Season 2 (Rob Daviau & Matt Leacock...2017-12-121h 18
Quarter to Three Games PodcastQt3 Games Podcast: R. Eric Reuss and Spirit IslandI’ve spent many hours with R. Eric Reuss’ game. It’s only fair that he spends one with me. Join us for a wide-ranging talk with the creator of this brilliant co-op/solitaire boardgame.
The post Qt3 Games Podcast: R. Eric Reuss and Spirit Island appeared first on Quarter to Three.2017-09-081h 27
Vox Republica: Podcast of The Cardboard RepublicVox Republica 099: The Spirit of Spirit IslandEpisode 099: The Spirit Of Spirit Island
Length: 35:03
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Welcome back to Vox Republica, the Cardboard Republic Podcast!
We post new episodes every Thursday, with each episode being about 20 - 30 minutes long.
DESCRIPTION: Ryan and Erin touch base about the games they've busted out lately before bringing in R. Eric Reuss, designer of the reverse colonialism game Spirit Island. He walks us through the evolution of Spirit Island, from the initial concept through the version we see today.
GUEST: R. Eric Reus...2015-09-2435 min