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Draft Mechanic Episode #106: The Hype List 2019! Gen Con 52 Preview IT’S TIME, DEAR LISTENER. TIME TO EMBRACE THE HYPE. LET IT WASH OVER YOU. GEN CON IS HERE. 01:00 Show Intro, News & Updates 03:05 Gen Con Meetup Plans 07:02 Games News: Raiders of the North Sea digital! 08:10 Kickstarter Updates 10:36 Kickstarter: Chain Mail 13:32 Kickstarter: Chiseled: A Deck-Sculpting Game 16:11 Kickstarter: Smartphone, Inc 18:21 Initial Thoughts about Gen Con 2019 22:53 The Hype List 2019, Part One 51:33 Grey Fox Games Sponsorship Spot 52:40 The Hype List 2019, Part Two 72:41 Final Round & Outro We hope you enjoyed today's episode! Send us some feedback at draftmechanic@gmail.com and visit us on the web at draftmechanic.net! Pick up one of three designs for a Draft Mechanic T-Shirt today! Join our Draft Mechanic Slack Channel, or our BGG Guild (#2470)! We’re also on Twitter and Instagram - follow us at @draftmechanic! Also, Like us on Facebook! Draft Mechanic is a proud member of Punchboard Media, where we all brin

Draft Mechanic Episode #105: Blue Lagoon Ahh, hear that? The relaxing waves, the ocean crashing, yes, you’ve found yourself at a review of Blue Lagoon. It’ll be nice to relax a minute before we fall into the rapids of Gen Con! We’ve got Blue Lagoon on tap and in the review zone. We’ve got solo games with Proving Grounds and Aerion. We’ve got a massive flood of news and Kickstarters. And Jake went on the road for work a whole ton and gives mini-beer-traveler reviews of three cities. All that and more! Right now! Right here! 01:00 Show Intro, News & Updates 02:40 Games News: Gen Con is HERE! 07:12 Games News: Gloomhaven Digital Edition 09:00 Games News: Luckyhammers gets the axe 10:23 Games News: Even More Villainous 11:30 Games News: Diana Jones Award Nods 13:34 Kickstarter Updates 16:22 Kickstarter: Pret-a-Porter 3E 18:32 Kickstarter: Dice Hospital Community Care 19:52 Kickstarter: Rush MD 22:32 Kickstarter: One Small Step 24:37 Kickstarter: Dice Throne Adventures 29:13 Recent Plays: Proving Grounds 43:01

Draft Mechanic Episode #104: 2018 Redux There’s no better time to look back on a year than halfway through the next one! In our mid-year tradition, we take a second look at our Top Games lists of the previous year and discuss how they’ve changed since January. There’s new games, moved games and all sorts of movement on the list! We’ve got a kickstarter preview of The Alwaysgreen Garden, plus a fresh batch of recent plays as well. Enjoy and we’ll see you back in two weeks for another round! 01:00 Show Intro, News & Updates 03:00 Games News: BGG’s Convention Tools 04:52 Kickstarter Updates 07:13 Kickstarter: Classy Dice Buddies Part 1 08:20 Kickstarter: BoardGameTables.com Bags & Calendar 12:51 Kickstarter: The Isle of Cats 14:53 Kickstarter: The Alwaysgreen Garden 26:45 Recent Plays: Shikoku 38:05 Recent Plays: Navegador 51:23 Recent Plays: The Hearmees 59:32 Grey Fox Games Sponsorship Spot 60:35 2018 Redux: Superlative Categories 67:27 2018 Redux: Top 10 Games Re-Lists 96:00 Recent Beer Legislation Ne

Draft Mechanic Episode #103: We’re Doomed, Favorite Taprooms, Origins Recap Today’s episode comes right from the source! Jake went to Origins, we talk up our favorite brewery taprooms, and there’s a selection of fresh new games! We pair beers with Board & Dice’s new butterfly-fluttering abstract Dust in the Wings, and review the fifteen minutes of pure absurdity called We’re Doomed from Breaking Games. Enjoy! 01:00 Show Intro, News & Updates 03:30 Mile High Game Guys interviewed Jake for some reason 04:38 Games News: BGG Gen Con GeekPreview 07:15 Kickstarter Updates 09:20 Kickstarter: The Refuge: Terror from the Deep 12:59 Kickstarter: Darwinauts 17:15 Recent Plays: Carcassonne fur 2 23:18 Recent Plays: Brikks 32:52 Recent Plays: Dust in the Wings 40:53 On Tap: Dust in the Wings 44:50 Grey Fox Games Sponsorship Spot 45:36 Six-Pack Review: We’re Doomed! 57:20 Jake’s Origins Recap 70:47 Six Pack: Our Favorite Taprooms 102:34 Final Round: What Makes a Great Taproom? 109:32 Outro We hope you enjoyed today

Draft Mechanic Episode #102: Variants: Uwe Rosenberg’s Puzzle Trilogy Today we’re taking a look at not one, not two but three polyomino-based games from Uwe Rosenberg as we compare his Puzzle Trilogy: Cottage Garden, Indian Summer and Spring Meadow! Plus, we’ve got a few recent plays from years past - Reef stacks big chunky coral, Lotus grows beautiful flowers, and Scoville has the hottest pepper meeples this side of the Carolina Reaper. Enjoy all that plus more in today’s episode! 01:00 Show Intro, News & Updates 04:39 Games News: Mystic Vale app, Cities: Skylines 08:46 Kickstarter Updates 11:03 Kickstarter: Fickle 13:44 Kickstarter: Remarkable Shops & their Wares 16:37 Recent Plays: Reef 22:16 Recent Plays: Lotus 29:55 Recent Plays: Scoville 38:00 Grey Fox Games Sponsorship Spot 38:48 Variants: Uwe Rosenberg’s Puzzle Trilogy 41:18 Variants: Cottage Garden overview 48:17 Variants: Indian Summer overview 57:21 Variants: Spring Meadow overview 68:08 Variants Discussion 86:23 On Tap: Those Three Games 9

Draft Mechanic Episode #101: The Geekway Experience I! Hope! You! Are! Ready! To! Hear! About! Some! Games! We’re back from Geekway and fully recovered and comin’atcha with over two hours of Geekway recap. It was a whirlwind of cardboard and wooden bits with a stop or two for a brew. Ok, maybe more than two. We talk up the games we played, what rocked and what flopped, the Geekway bottle share, Southern’s amazing fried chicken, hanging out with pals old and new, and more. And news definitely didn’t take a week off because we’ve got big ol’ news in both games and beer. So let’s get on the road (metaphorically) to the Gateway city, Saint Llllllllllllllouis Missouri! 01:00 Show Intro, News & Updates 02:51 We survived Geekway to the West! 03:43 Games News! The Spiel des Jahres! 09:30 I’m playing Terraforming Mars on my Phone 12:30 Beer’s Big Merger: Sam (Adams) and Sam (Dogfish) 18:37 Kickstarter Updates 21:20 Kickstarter: Matryoshka 23:37 Kickstarter: CliniC Deluxe Edition 26:03 Geekway begins on Wednesday i

Draft Mechanic Episode #100: Our Top Tens & Listener Q&A Now we’re really old! In this centennial episode of Draft Mechanic, we’re looking at our Top 10s, we have a Listener Q&A segment, Danielle tackles the biggest Beer Primer to date, Jake talks about going to Chicago for the Gaming Hoopla, and Danielle talks about more games played at our local game nights! Plus - new Draft Mechanic merch?!? Thanks so much for making Episode 100 possible! 01:00 Show Intro, News & Updates 03:27 Geekway to the West! 04:16 New Draft Mechanic pins! 05:12 Kickstarter Updates 06:47 Kickstarter: Cleopatra & The Society of Architects 09:29 Kickstarter: Crystallo 12:24 Recent Plays: Hex Roller 20:03 Recent Plays: Fae 25:21 Recent Plays: Just One 30:12 Jake at the Gaming Hoopla 31:55 Hoopla: TWIXT 35:35 Hoopla: Bargain Quest 42:48 Hoopla: My Little Scythe 45:49 Hoopla Wrap-up 47:40 Grey Fox Games Sponsorship Spot 48:45 Our Top Ten Games of All Time (Honorable mentions) 52:00 Our Top Ten Games of All Time 103:55 B

Draft Mechanic Episode #99: Hero Realms v Star Realms It’s the last two-digit episode of Draft Mechanic, and we’re sizing up a pair of deck builders in our Variants feature of Hero Realms and Star Realms! We talk about Bosk, the latest from Floodgate Games, go 15 years back to St. Petersburg, and dive into the Gold Rush in the CarcaZone. Danielle talks about uses for spent grain from the brewing process in the beer segment, and today’s Kickstarters are 70% Mars. Enjoy! 01:00 Show Intro, News & Updates 03:49 Episode 100 Plans! 04:53 Kickstarter Updates 07:01 Kickstarter: Terraforming Mars: Turmoil 15:44 Kickstarter: On Mars 20:28 Kickstarter: Anachrony: Fractures of Time 23:44 Kickstarter: Doublesix Dice 25:31 Recent Plays: Bosk 37:18 Recent Plays: St. Petersburg 45:52 Recent Plays: Carcassonne: Gold Rush 65:59 Grey Fox Games Sponsorship Spot 66:52 Variants: Hero Realms v. Star Realms 67:53 Variants Gameplay Overview 71:06 Variants Discussion 90:47 Variants Final Thoughts 92:58 On Tap: Hero Realms 98:21 Us

Draft Mechanic Episode #98: Otys Sometimes, you’re able to dig up a gem - and we’ve gone sea-floor salvaging to pull up today’s review of Otys. The Kickstarter wave continues to crest and we’ve got a preview of Freshwater Fly; and in recent plays it’s Pikoko, plus an odd detour into the CarcaZone with The Ark of the Covenant. Jake also recaps his trip through Augusta, GA in this episode’s Beer Traveler segment, and we’ve got a special report on Unpub from friend of the show Will! 01:00 Show Intro, News & Updates 04:06 The Geekway Bottle Share 04:30 Stone v Keystone 06:51 Kickstarter Updates 08:07 Kickstarter: Tsukuyumi: Full Moon Down 10:40 Kickstarter: Gartenbau 14:39 Kickstarter: TC Petty III’s Handsome 17:45 Kickstarter Preview: Freshwater Fly 28:36 Recent Plays: Ark of the Covenant 38:01 Recent Plays: Pikoko 46:38 Grey Fox Games Sponsorship Spot 47:33 Six Pack Review: Otys 47:55 Otys: Gameplay Overview 54:00 Otys: Discussion 73:16 Otys: Final Thoughts 75:21 On Tap: Otys 79:10 The Beer Traveler: August

Draft Mechanic Episode #97: Coimbra Today on Draft Mechanic, Jake gets to play his most-wanted game from 2018, Coimbra! Does it live up to the hype, or will it fall short of expectations? We also look at the new rondel-icious Winterborne from Brian Suhre and Talon Strikes Studios, plus a pair of Button Shy wallet games and the solo space adventure Deep Space D-6! Danielle wraps it up with a timely Beer Primer on the Dry Irish Stout. 01:00 Show Intro, News & Updates 04:47 Craft Freedom success! 08:54 C’mon, CMON 12:13 Kickstarter Updates 14:17 Kickstarter: Glen More II: Chronicles 18:42 Kickstarter: Thrive 21:59 Kickstarter Preview: Winterborne 37:40 Recent Plays: Sprawlopolis 47:27 Recent Plays: Turbo Drift 58:01 Recent Plays: Deep Space D-6 & The Endless 70:53 On Tap: Deep Space D-6 76:15 Grey Fox Games Sponsorship Spot 77:07 Six Pack Review: Coimbra 77:27 Coimbra: Gameplay Overview 85:26 Coimbra: Discussion 106:59 Coimbra: Final Thoughts 110:35 The Beer Primer: Dry Irish Stout 116:37 Outro We hope y

Draft Mechanic Episode #96: Expandapalooza 2 They said an Expandapalooza couldn’t be done, but we proved them all wrong. Now Draft Mechanic is back for round 2, Expandapalooza 2 that is and we are ready to look at expansions to a new crop of games. Euphoria? We got it. Altiplano? No problem. 5 Minute Dungeon, Imhotep, and not one, but two Terraforming Mars expansions? Check, check, and double check. Plus we talk about some new expansions that were just announced and about variants, which might just be the expansions of the craft beer world. 01:00 Show Intro, News & Updates 03:24 Ananchrony: Fractures in Time 05:15 Terraforming Mars: Turmoil 07:18 Quacks of Quedlinburg: Krauterhexen 07:57 Teotihuacan: Late Preclassic 09:09 Kickstarter Updates 11:14 Kickstarter: High Rise (Relaunch) 13:01 Kickstarter: Winterborne 14:52 Expandapalooza - Euphoria: Ignorance Is Bliss 29:08 Expandapalooza - Imhotep: A New Dynasty 36:20 Expandapalooza - 5 Minute Dungeon - Curses! Foiled Again! 45:04 Grey Fox Games Sponsorship Sp

Draft Mechanic Episode #96 Taster: Euphoria’s “Ignorance is Bliss” expansion Join us for this mini-episode as we look at the new “Ignorance is Bliss” expansion for Euphoria, from Stonemaier Games! Join us on Monday for the full episode #96, Expandapalooza 2! We hope you enjoyed today's episode! Send us some feedback at draftmechanic@gmail.com and visit us on the web at draftmechanic.net! Pick up one of three designs for a Draft Mechanic T-Shirt today! Join our Draft Mechanic Slack Channel, or our BGG Guild (#2470)! We’re also on Twitter and Instagram - follow us at @draftmechanic! Also, Like us on Facebook! Draft Mechanic is a proud member of Punchboard Media, where we all bring something to the table. Check out our diverse group of audio, video and written board game content creators! Draft Mechanic is sponsored by Grey Fox Games. Check out their website for information on all their great games, and sign up for the newsletter for updates direct to your inbox! Our theme and bump music is from the album “Super

Draft Mechanic Episode #95: Keyforge Each episode of Draft Mechanic is just like a deck of Keyforge - they’re all unique and have their own special content! This one, thankfully, is reviewing Keyforge, so that metaphor was applicable and totally called for. We’re also going on a weird unique detour in the CarcaZone… the Card game? Plus Herbaceous gets dice, your tour band gets… other dice, and lots more. Such interesting combinations! 01:00 Show Intro, News & Updates 03:46 Circular Charlotte and Gaming 09:49 Keyforge: Age of Ascension 12:53 Kickstarter Updates 16:45 Kickstarter: Wavelength 20:33 Kickstarter: In the Hall of the Mountain King 24:41 Recent Plays: Cardcassonne 38:15 Recent Plays: Herbaceous Sprouts 48:14 Recent Plays: On Tour 58:27 On Tap: On Tour 62:08 Grey Fox Games Sponsorship Spot 63:05 Six Pack Review: Keyforge 63:50 Keyforge: Gameplay Overview 67:28 Keyforge: Discussion 82:12 Keyforge: Final Thoughts 85:35 Brewer’s Association Diversity & Inclusion Grant 87:18 Fresh Fest 2019 88:59

Draft Mechanic Episode #94: Wingspan I don’t mean to preen but you’d be crazy to pass up this episode in the hand. We have a Six Pack Review of Stonemaier Games’s new title Wingspan and we’ve put it On Tap as well! We’ve also got a nest full of games news, kickstarters, Twin It!, Doppler So Clever, and we fly into the CarcaZone to check out Carcassonne: Star Wars. This episode of Draft Mechanic is nothing short of eggcellent! 01:00 Show Intro, News & Updates 04:57 Alea 20th Anniversary Editions of Castles of Burgundy and Las Vegas 08:19 T.I.M.E. Stories Revolution: A Midsummer Night 13:30 Kickstarter Updates 15:13 Kickstarter: High Rise 19:58 Kickstarter: 1001 Odysseys 22:42 Kickstarter: Reunification 25:33 Recent Plays: Twin It! 31:40 Recent Plays: Carcassonne: Star Wars 40:20 Recent Plays: Doppelt So Clever 50:15 Grey Fox Games Sponsorship Spot 51:14 Six Pack Review: Wingspan 52:00 Wingspan: Gameplay Overview 58:06 Wingspan: Discussion 77:08 Wingspan: Final Thoughts 80:29 On Tap: Wingspan 85:20 Low Carb

Draft Mechanic Episode #93: The Quacks of Quedlinburg I promise, this episode is made with only 100% the finest, realest, and bestest of ingredients! No filler here - that’s what you get with today’s feature review of The Quacks of Quedlinburg from North Star Games. We’re even putting it on tap, what a deal! We’ve got a helping of games news, kickstarters, Junk Orbit, and a Safari expedition into the CarcaZone! Don’t miss out on the cure for what ails ya, here in this episode of Draft Mechanic! 01:00 Show Intro, News & Updates 05:46 Direwolf Digital Announces Games 07:44 Roll For The Galaxy Expansion 12:15 Kickstarter Updates 13:54 Kickstarter: War of the Worlds: The New Wave 14:27 Kickstarter: Suburbia: Collector’s Edition 18:28 Kickstarter: Rival Restaurants 21:50 Kickstarter: Tiny Dice Buddies Apparel 23:53 Recent Plays: Junk Orbit 33:00 Recent Plays: Carcassonne: Safari 51:01 Grey Fox Games Sponsorship Spot 52:18 Six Pack Review: The Quacks of Quedlinburg 53:01 The Quacks of Quedlinburg: Gameplay Over

Draft Mechanic Episode #92: 2018 In Review It’s the first episode of the year - and you know what that means! It’s time for our fourth-annual-recap-of-last-year! We’re bringing back the usual superlative categories, plus our six favorite beers, top six games and a huge final round of everyone’s most memorable gaming moments. Thanks so much for joining us for another year, we look forward to gaming with you in 2019! 01:00 Show Intro, News & Updates 04:42 Kickstarter Updates 05:46 Kickstarter: Railways of Portugal 07:58 Kickstarter: Folded Space Inserts 10:56 Meta Mechanic: 2018 Podcast Stats 15:40 2018 In Review 20:24 2018 Superlative Categories 53:19 2018 Six Pack: Favorite Beers 65:52 Grey Fox Games Sponsorship Spot 67:11 2018 Six Pack: Honorable Mentions 69:45 2018 Six Pack: Favorite Games 102:03 The Final Round: Your 2018 Moments 111:53 Outro We hope you enjoyed today's episode! Send us some feedback at draftmechanic@gmail.com and visit us on the web at draftmechanic.net! Pick up one of three designs f

Draft Mechanic Episode #91: City of Gears review & on tap; Azul: Stained Glass of Sintra; Songbirds; Gizmos; 2019 Gaming Resolutions; Biere de Champagne Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! For our final show of 2018, we’re checking out City of Gears, and we’ve got some mechanical beer pairings as well! We also talk about the new Azul: Stained Glass of Sintra, build an engine with Gizmos, and find the loudest bird in Songbirds. Our slack shares their 2019 gaming resolutions, and Danielle gets us ready for New Year’s with a beer primer on Biere de Champagne! Enjoy and we’ll see you back next year for our 2018 In Review! 01:00 Show Intro, News & Updates 03:53 Games news bites 06:29 Kickstarter Updates 07:56 Kickstarter: Stonehenge and the Sun 13:19 Recent Plays: Songbirds 21:58 Recent Plays: Azul: Stained Glass of Sintra 34:35 Recent Plays: Gizmos 42:56 Grey Fox Games Sponsorship Spot 43:44 Six Pack Review: City of Gears 45:07 City of Gears: Gameplay Overview 50:45 City of Gears: Discussion 68:24 City of

  Draft Mechanic Episode #90: PAX Unplugged recap; Trellis on tap; The Stars Align; Drop It; Beer Dating; Jake Makes a Graph Convention season is finally over! In this episode, Jake & Danielle are joined by Eric Buscemi of the Cardboard Hoard and Eric & Jake recap their visit to Philly for the year’s last big board gaming convention. We cover three new games that Jake picked up, including beer pairings for Trellis plus The Stars Align and Drop It! Danielle discusses how different breweries date their packaged offerings, and Jake makes a graph in the final round. 01:00 Show Intro, News & Updates 03:13 The End of Con Season 05:01 Kickstarter Updates 08:01 Kickstarter: Roll to the Top! Laminate 12:18 Kickstarter: The Final Flicktier 17:11 Kickstarter: The Art of De Architecturart 20:35 Recent Plays: The Stars Align 30:03 Recent Plays: Drop It! 37:39 Recent Plays: Trellis 48:36 On Tap: Trellis 55:30 Grey Fox Games Sponsorship Spot 56:18 PAX Unplugged Recap w/Eric Buscemi 93:10 Bottle/Can Dating for Be

Draft Mechanic Episode #89: Pasaraya review & on tap; War Chest; Impact; Carcassonne: South Seas; Winter Warmers; Deck Builders Welcome, shoppers! On today’s episode, we hit the retail sector with a review of Pasaraya: Supermarket Manager! Don’t pass up great savings on recent plays: we’ve got a three-pack of them featuring Impact, War Chest and an installment of the CarcaZone with the South Seas standalone! Danielle has you set with a beer primer on the Winter Warmer style, and we poll our Slack channel for their opinions on deck builders. Enjoy! 01:00 Show Intro, News & Updates 04:35 Two new Draft Mechanic t-shirts! 05:42 News: Board & Dice merges with NSKN 06:33 News: Sierra Nevada Camp Fire Relief Fund 08:58 Kickstarter Updates 11:29 Kickstarter: Aeon’s End Digital Edition 13:10 Kickstarter: Rallyman GT 15:56 Kickstarter: METAL 19:40 Recent Plays: Impact Battle of Elements 28:50 Recent Plays: War Chest 46:26 Recent Plays: Carcassonne: South Seas 60:26 Grey Fox Games Sponsorship Spot 61:22 Six

Draft Mechanic: Spoiler Episode Theta T.I.M.E Stories: Brotherhood of the Coast, 1685 NT WARNING! This episode contains MAJOR, MASSIVE, COMPLETE SPOILERS for the T.I.M.E Stories scenario “Brotherhood of the Coast.” This was probably our most divisive scenario yet, and the segments in this episode are not presented in chronological order. We’ll hear from team Beta first, then back to Alpha to close. Want more discussion? Join our new Slack channel! Sign up at http://www.draftmechanic.net/slack for games, beer and more! We hope you enjoy today's spoiler episode! Send us some feedback at draftmechanic@gmail.com and visit us on the web at draftmechanic.net! Join us at the local, our BGG Guild (#2470)! We’re also on Twitter and Instagram - follow us at @draftmechanic! Also, Like us on Facebook! Our spoiler episode theme music is “Rinse/Repeat” by the Liberation Jumpsuit - thanks to Drew and Jeff for making it happen! Thanks for listening and we’ll see you back here again soon for another round!