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So Very Wrong About Games

by Pickaxe

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.

Chart trend

Position in the Hobbies chart (US), last 90 days.

#16
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days in the top 3 since Nov 2024

Latest episodes

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Canon Update

#15 trending · Hobbies

The SVWAG Canon (https://www.sowronggames.com/svwag-canon) is an elite list of games that Walker and Mark both very much enjoy. Walker is nervous around recommendations,

Sep 1
1 h 18 min

Robo Rally Dice

It's hard to go wrong with cats. Even most people who don't like cats are wise enough to keep relatively quiet about it, lest they suffer the consequences. What consequen

Aug 25
1 h 15 min

Games that Build Cred

[EDIT] In this episode, Mark falsely attributes the co-authorship of Ayar to Nestore Mangone, when in fact it was designed by Mandela Fernandez-Grandon and Fabio Lopiano.

Aug 18
1 h 22 min

Notebook Nations

The world is changing, what with everything being cozy and (some) crowdfunding projects fulfilling in weeks rather than years. This dizzying pace of evolution can be diso

Aug 11
1 h 18 min

Mid-Year Tag Questions

We have recovered from SVWAG Con II: Electric Boogaloo, and to the best of our knowledge there was no "con crud" or equivalent contagion. We make no claims that the con p

Aug 4
1 h 17 min

SVWAGCon Beckons

Just in time for SVWAGCon, Mark's car has fallen prey to Princeton's unforgiving roads and local practitioners of the mechanical arts. Which ones are trustworthy? Which a

Jul 21
1 h 05 min

Falling in Love with Your Collection

"If you're down and confused And you don't remember who you're talking to Concentration slips away Because your baby is so far away Well there's a rose in a fisted gl

Jul 14
1 h 13 min

Recall

I was three actions deep into my tenth turn of Recall when I achieved total mastery. I was beyond the Schwarzenegger and the Farrell, deep with Koato and triple-mammaried

Jul 7
1 h 20 min

Teaching vs. Discovery

It is Inadvertent Surprise Railway Week (ISRW, pronounced "is raw") here at SVWAG, and we take a look at some train games without directly addressing the raging controver

Jun 30
1 h 28 min

Goa

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) Gua

Jun 23
1 h 07 min

The Successful Campaign Experience

SVWAG CON II Electric Boogaloo https://www.eventbrite.com/e/svwag-con-ii-electric-boogaloo-tickets-1986634285627 www.sowronggames.com www.twitch.tv/soverywrongaboutgam

Jun 16
1 h 20 min

Nippon: Zaibatsu

Rest assured, Mark was subjected to the appropriate onboarding procedures and workplace safety trainings incumbent with his new (old?) role. The HR gibbons are ever-vigil

Jun 9
1 h 12 min

Feya's Swamp

SVWAG CON II Electric Boogaloo https://www.eventbrite.com/e/svwag-con-ii-electric-boogaloo-tickets-1986634285627 www.sowronggames.com www.twitch.tv/soverywrongaboutgam

Jun 2
1 h 03 min

Baghdad: The City of Peace

https://www.youtube.com/@BoardGamingRamblings SVWAG CON II Electric Boogaloo https://www.eventbrite.com/e/svwag-con-ii-electric-boogaloo-tickets-1986634285627 www.sowr

May 26
52 min

Quest for the Roleplay Experience

https://www.youtube.com/@everydayboardgames https://www.eventbrite.com/e/svwag-con-ii-electric-boogaloo-tickets-1986634285627 www.sowronggames.com www.twitch.tv/sovery

May 19
1 h 03 min

Compania

One Stop Co-op Shop www.youtube.com/c/OneStopCoopShop SVWAG CON II Electric Boogaloo https://www.eventbrite.com/e/svwag-con-ii-electric-boogaloo-tickets-1986634285627

May 12
53 min

Moon Colony Bloodbath

Get your SVWAG CON tickets HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/svwag-con-ii-electric-boogaloo-tickets-1986634285627 This weeks guest Tim Dolloff from Board Game Hottakes

May 5
1 h 03 min

That's my JAM

This weeks guest: Jake Frydman https://www.decisionspacepodcast.com/ Blueberry jam not jelly........ don't be gross 00:00 INTRO 01:33 Cysmic (Jason Blake Star Reach

Apr 28
1 h 00 min

The Looming Shadow of the Golden Age of Board Games

This weeks guest: 5 Games 4 Doomsday Ben Maddox https://5g4d.com/ 00:00 INTRO 02:06 Moon Colony Bloodbath (Donald X. Vaccarino, Rio Grande Games 2025) 06:01 Ghost B

Apr 21
1 h 07 min

Fishing

This weeks Guest Charlie Theel https://playerelimination.com/ Something smells tricky 00:00 INTRO 01:01 Dark Pact (Thomas Lehmann Trick or Treat Studios 2026) 05:21

Apr 14
1 h 05 min

Chart positions

Where So Very Wrong About Games ranks today in each Apple Podcasts chart (US, Sep 3, 2026).

#35 Hobbies US

What listeners say

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Absolutely one of the best board game podcasts around!! I have been listening for probably over five years now and I greatly appreciate their insight into gaming and efforts to make the hobby more inclusive!! Keep it up y’all!! You make my week better!!

MeisterDuct · May 2025

This is the best show about board games, the industry, and the day-to-day experience of being a hobby board gamer. The hosts are not afraid to be honest, but when reacting poorly to a product or news event do it with a grace. The only must listen podcast I recommend to folks about board games.

C_Forbin · Mar 2025

Honest reviews, good timestamps, eclectic tastes. This isn’t focused only on heavy or light ganes, they give airspace to everything from crunchy euros to breezy dexterity games. If advocating for cultural respect and representation in gaming is too “woke” for you, take a nap. Yes, it’s a little pretentious at times but so am I, so I give it 4 instead of 5 stars.

Alternative Milks · Jun 2024

Mark is one of the most thoughtful critics of boardgames and the hobby as a whole. His understanding of boardgames and mechanics, matched with his ability to put them into words, is top notch. Is he overly pedantic? Sometimes. But most of the time he is just the right amount of pedantic. And then Walker is the balm that soothes my ears afterwards. Without him the show wouldn’t work. Probably the best reviewers out there and are not afraid to share their opinions about bad games. In a hobby with 1000s of new games coming out each year, most are going to be bad and these two will let you know about them.

Fbcc · Feb 2024

These guys provide the kind of board game analysis I want. They bring up specific features about games that they like or dislike and explain how those features impact the play experience. The reviews are very insightful and intelligent. Marks extremely cringe politics really spoil it.

Kkudjndyd · May 2024

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