Mark 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 & Dragons: Dungeon Scrawlers--Heroes of Undermountain (Vangelis Bagiartakis & Konstantinos Karagiannis, Wizkids, 2021)13:41 -Telestrations (Uncredited, USAopoly, 2009)19:17 -Trickerion: Legends of Illusion (Richard Amann & Viktor Peter, Mindclash Games, 2015)20:40 -Psycho Killer (Michael Wilkinson, Escape Tabletop Games, 2020)23:47 -Welcome to the Moon (Alexis Allard & Benoit Turpin, Blue Cocker Games, 2021)25:47 -Yak (Michael Luu, Pretzel Games, 2022)26:44 -Dice Realms (Thomas Lehmann, Rio Grande Games, 2022)32:44 -Yokohama Roll & Write (Hisashi Hayashi, OKAZU Brand, 2021)34:54 -Stars of Akarios (Brendan McCaskell & Jonathan Thwaites, OOMM, 2022)News (and why it doesn't matter):39:22 Spirit Island expansion to be funded on BackerKit; new crowdfunding options 40:55 Galactic Renaissance by Christian Martinez of Inis; the "Political Trilogy" by Matagot42:05 Feature Game: Guards of Atlantis II (Artyom Nichipurov, Wolff Designa, 2022)