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Draft Mechanic Episode #88: Gamers for Cures Gaming Marathon; Atlantis Rising KS preview; Burnpile Harvest Festival In today’s episode, we’ve gamed for 24 hours straight and, well, that’s a lot of games to talk about! So here’s our recap of what we played at the Gamers for Cures marathon, plus a Kickstarter preview of Atlantis Rising, and a look back at Burial Beer’s Burnpile Harvest Festival. I hope you brought some snacks, let’s marathon! 01:00 Show Intro, News & Updates 04:55 Kickstarter Updates 07:09 Kickstarter: Pipeline 11:00 Kickstarter: Imagineers 13:59 Kickstarter Preview: Atlantis Rising 24:44 Gamers for Cures 2018 26:07 GFC: Citrus 31:47 GFC: CONEX 35:51 GFC: Fortune City 44:36 GFC: Dice Town 47:25 GFC: Betrayal at House on the Hill 53:08 Grey Fox Games Sponsorship Spot 53:58 GFC: Agra 61:42 GFC: Race for the Galaxy 65:17 GFC: Escape Tales: The Awakening 78:34 GFC: Koi 84:45 GFC: Underwater Cities 95:14 Gamers for Cures wrap-up 96:07 Burial Beer Co’s Burnpile Festival 113:37 The Final Round: A

Draft Mechanic Episode #87: Cryptid six-pack review & on tap; Terraforming Mars Digital Edition; Carcassonne: The Catapult; Orbis; The Beer Traveler: Seattle Today’s featured game will require your full attention and a little bit of reasoning: it’s Cryptid, the new logic deduction game from Osprey Games! Are our brains up to the task? If not, we’ve gone full CarcaZone with a look at the fabled Catapult expansion, plus newly released Orbis and the Digital Edition of Terraforming Mars. We round it out with a look at breweries we visited in Seattle, discussion about finding friendly game stores while traveling, and more! Enjoy! 01:00 Show Intro, News & Updates 03:39 Essen Spiel 2018 08:16 Kickstarter Updates 09:12 Kickstarter: Spirit Island Jagged Earth Expansion 14:20 Kickstarter: Barrage 20:49 Recent Plays: Terraforming Mars Digital Edition 40:01 Recent Plays: Orbis 50:03 Recent Plays: Carcassonne The Catapult 64:35 Grey Fox Games Sponsorship Spot 65:30 Six Pack Review: Cryptid 65:53 Cryptid: Gameplay

Draft Mechanic Episode #86: Legacy of Dragonholt six-pack, Catch the Moon on tap, Dreams of Tomorrow preview, River Dragons, Rauchbier Hello again! We’ve been adventuring, and we’re back with tales from the Legacy of Dragonholt. We’re also checking out the upcoming Dreams of Tomorrow from Weird Giraffe Games (on kickstarter now!), we play River Dragons, and we put Catch the Moon on tap. Danielle rounds this one out with a beer primer of the Rauchbier style. Smoky! 01:00 Show Intro, News & Updates 03:18 Upcoming appearance on Game All Nite 04:19 Castles of Burgundy goes Digital 09:28 Kickstarter Updates 11:15 Kickstarter: Lovelace & Babbage 16:00 KS Preview: Dreams of Tomorrow 31:27 Recent Plays: River Dragons 39:17 Recent Plays: Catch the Moon 47:39 On Tap: Catch the Moon 50:36 Grey Fox Games Sponsorship Spot 51:26 Six Pack Review: Legacy of Dragonholt 51:58 Legacy of Dragonholt: Overview 56:12 Legacy of Dragonholt: Discussion 75:30 Legacy of Dragonholt: Final Thoughts 77:57 The Beer Primer: Rauchbier

Draft Mechanic Episode #85: Most Wanted six-pack review & on tap; Homebrewers kickstarter preview; Istanbul: The Dice Game; Bandido; GABF 2018 In today’s episode, we’re going west with North Star Games’ new poker-based game Most Wanted! We’ve got a kickstarter preview of Homebrewers, recent plays of Istanbul: The Dice Game and Bandido, plus a recap of the 2018 Great American Beer Festival. In our final round, we talk about games that either succeeded - or failed spectacularly - at their advertised player count. Enjoy! 01:00 Show Intro, News & Updates 02:50 Jake & Danielle on Gumbo Live! 03:17 News: BGG Essen Geek Preview tops 1000 05:55 Kickstarter Updates 07:51 Kickstarter: Project L 13:56 Kickstarter: Something is Wrong Here 16:00 KS Preview: Homebrewers 30:34 Recent Plays: Bandido 37:11 Recent Plays: Istanbul, The Dice Game 51:19 Grey Fox Games Sponsorship Spot 52:09 Six Pack Review: Most Wanted 52:35 Most Wanted: Gameplay Rundown 56:07 Most Wanted: Discussion 66:27 Most Wanted: ‘Hidden Treasur

Draft Mechanic Episode #84: Three Year Anniversary! The Ultimate CarcaZone, Into the Black Forest, Spirits of the Wild Hello there! I hope you’ll allow us a bit of celebration as we start our fourth season off with a bang - the biggest CarcaZone ever! We’re going to go through all of the major expansions and share our reviews of each. We’ve got a kickstarter preview of Green Couch Games’ Into the Black Forest, talk about Spirits of the Wild, and share the biggest on-tap beer pairing ever with beers for each feature across all ten Carcassonne expansions. Our Slack channel wraps it up with a look at their favorite games of the last 3 years! Thanks so much for tuning in, and we hope you’re excited for another year of Draft Mechanic like we are! 01:00 Show Intro, News & Updates 03:45 News: Renegade picks up another Kickstarter 05:52 Kickstarter Updates 07:09 Kickstarter: The Artemis Project 08:52 Kickstarter: The Jasper Board Gaming Table 13:09 Kickstarter: Homebrewers 15:31 KS Preview: Into the Black Forest

Draft Mechanic Episode #83: Space Base six-pack; Bad Maps preview; Team UP on tap; Scarabya & Carcassonne: The Dice Game Hello again! Today we’re spacing out with the tableau engine builder Space Base. We’ve got a Kickstarter preview of Bad Maps coming from Floodgate Games, the pallet-building Team UP! on tap, Scarabya, and we return to the CarcaZone with Carcassonne: The Dice Game. Danielle talks about brewing beers with tea, and Jake confesses his Noch Mal addiction. All this, plus our favorite Viking Leader leaves us for the red planet. Enjoy! 01:00 Show Intro, News & Updates 03:19 News: Stonemaier Games’ BtCoMKL 06:59 Kickstarter Updates 08:16 Kickstarter: Infamous (Eagle-Gryphon) 13:11 KS Preview: Bad Maps (Floodgate) 23:15 Recent Plays: Carcassonne The Dice Game 29:47 Recent Plays: Scarabya 41:24 Recent Plays: Team UP! 47:27 On Tap: Team UP! 50:19 Grey Fox Games Spot: Gunnar Goes to Mars 51:27 Six Pack Review: Space Base 51:55 Space Base: Gameplay Rundown 56:37 Space Base: Discussion 80:22 Space

Draft Mechanic Episode #82: Randowriters! Welcome To… (on tap) plus seven more! Whether you prefer to roll or flip, the latest craze in board gaming involves a randomizing element and writing on your score sheet. We tackle eight of these ‘randowriters’ in today’s episode that cover a wide spectrum of possibilities. From the 15-minute Qwinto to the longer No Siesta! and Welcome to…, the category is growing fast and we find some interesting connections in this jam-packed episode. Plus, the usual kickstarter updates, beer info, and chatter from our Slack channel in the final round! 01:00 Show Intro, News & Updates 06:11 News: Discover: Lands Unknown 13:38 Kickstarter Updates 14:55 Kickstarter: Adrift, Lost at Sea 17:55 Kickstarter: Bargain Quest 20:48 About Randowriters 22:34 Randowriters: Qwinto 32:30 Randowriters: Dice Stars 42:15 Randowriters: Can’t Stop Express 54:31 Randowriters: Roll to the Top 66:29 Grey Fox Games Sponsorship Spot 67:17 Randowriters: Railroad Ink (Blazing Red Edition) 79:59 Randowrite

Draft Mechanic Episode #81: Gen Con 2018 Convention Recap Welcome to our yearly Gen Con recap episode! We’ve got two hours of new games, demos and news from publishers to cover, so this one will be structured differently than the usual (no on tap or featured review). Check below for timestamps for what we thought of the show. Thanks so much for tuning in, and we’ll be back in two weeks with a regular episode! 01:00 Wednesday (intro) 03:48 Played: Pasaraya 06:27 Planning for the week 07:44 Thursday recap 09:00 First stops in the hall 11:15 Played: Warsaw, City of Ruins 15:45 Played: Everdell 20:57 Played: Spirits of the Forest 25:21 Demo: Franchise 32:33 Played: Team Up! 36:06 News from: Asmodee Digital 41:48 News from: Direwolf Digital 45:04 Demo: Cryptid 49:45 Friday recap 50:33 Played: Homebrewers 55:19 Played: Sabotage 56:38 Demo: Crusader Kings & Europa Universalis 61:08 Played: Into the Black Forest 64:50 News from: Alderac Entertainment (AEG) 68:16 News: New T.I.M.E Stories surprise 69:45 Rolling Di

Draft Mechanic Episode #80: The Hype List 2018; Villainous; Star Realms: Frontiers; Downforce: Danger Circuit It’s time to hop on the HYPE train! We’re days away from Gen Con 2018, our fifth time at the show and this is our third annual Hype List episode where we dig into the upcoming releases and games for demo at the biggest games convention (at least in the states) of the year! We’ve also got talk about three hyped releases that are making their big debuts at Gen Con: Disney’s Villainous, Star Realms: Frontiers, and Downforce: Danger Circuit! All aboard!!! 01:00 Show Intro, News & Updates 04:17 Gen Con Plans 08:18 News: Asmodee for Sale 09:23 Kickstarter Updates 12:24 Kickstarter: 2019 Gaming Calendar 13:58 Kickstarter: Escape Plan 17:20 Kickstarter: TROGDOR! The Board Game 20:45 Recent Plays: Downforce: Danger Circuit 26:04 Recent Plays: Star Realms: Frontiers 34:17 Recent Plays: Villainous 45:12 On Tap: Villainous 50:54 Grey Fox Games Sponsorship Spot 51:44 Feature: The Gen Con Hype List 2018 53:17 H

Draft Mechanic Episode #79: DropMix on tap; Near & Far Campaign recap; Century: Eastern Wonders; Carcassonne: The Castle; Dragoon; Gluten-Free Beer; Under-appreciated classics Hot on the heels of our 2017 redux, we’re finishing up our Near & Far campaign and talk about what we’ve learned over the 10-game story. No spoilers here, unless you’re worried about knowing it’s a great game! We’re putting Hasbro’s music mixing masterpiece DropMix on tap, and visiting Carcassonne’s “The Castle” standalone in the CarcaZone. Recent plays include the hyped Century: Eastern Wonders, and Dragoon - plus there’s news, beer talk, discussion with the Slack, and crowdfunding as well! Oh, and you see that right - Draft Mechanic shirts are REAL! 01:00 Show Intro, News & Updates 04:44 Draft Mechanic T-Shirts available! 06:22 News: Azul, Stained Glass of Sintra 08:47 News: A Feast For Odin expansion 10:43 News: Gen Con GeekPreview 12:46 News: BGG approaches 100,000 games 13:43 Kickstarter Updates 15:19 Kickstarter: SPQF

Draft Mechanic Episode #78: The 2017 Redux! Looking back at 2017, six months later. Plus: Tokyo Highway, Circle the Wagons, Carcassonne: Amazonas and more It’s the middle of the year! What better time to take a weathered look back at last year’s games? We’ve played more 2017 games, and the hype has died down from others, so it’s time to recalculate those lists and see how it’s shaken out! We’ve also got Circle the Wagons on tap, recent plays of Carcassonne: Amazonas and Tokyo Highway, some odd beer news from across the pond, and a pair of Kickstarters that couldn’t be more thematically distant. Sit back, relax, grab a pint and enjoy the show! 01:00 Show Intro, News & Updates 02:20 Draft Mechanic BGG microbadge! 04:45 Games News: Terraforming Mars’ 4th Expansion 07:52 Games News: BGG Gen Con GeekPreview 09:34 Kickstarter Updates 11:11 Kickstarter: So Long, My World 15:41 Kickstarter: Wreck Raiders 18:27 Recent Plays: Carcassonne Amazonas 38:17 Recent Plays: Tokyo Highway 47:37 Recent Plays: Circle the Wago

Draft Mechanic Episode #77: Vinhos High Gravity review & on tap; Coldwater Crown: The Sea; Carcassonne: Over Hill & Dale; Alhambra; Cleopatra & the Society of Architects Hello again! Today, we return to the heavier side of gaming today with Vinhos in our featured High Gravity review segment, and give the game of strategic winemaking our On Tap treatment. We take a look at the upcoming The Sea expansion for Bellwether Games’ Coldwater Crown, discuss recent plays of another Carcassonne spinoff (Over Hill and Dale) and classic titles Alhambra and Cleopatra. Danielle’s beer primer segment is all about hefeweizens today, and in the Final Round we talk about when it’s ok to help other players choose their moves. Enjoy! 01:00 Show Intro, News & Updates 04:26 News: Origins awards 08:00 Kickstarter Updates 11:46 Kickstarter: Creatures & Cupcakes 13:30 Kickstarter: Fantastic Factories 15:19 Kickstarter: Coldwater Crown “The Sea” expansion! 19:15 Recent Plays: Carcassonne Over Hill and Dale 28:57 Rec

Draft Mechanic Episode #76: Altiplano six-pack review & on tap; Food Truck Champion, Carcassonne: The Discovery, The Mind, Sour Beer, Story or Game? In episode 76, we review Altiplano, the new bag-building, Alpaca-farming game from Renegade Games and share a pack of beers to pair it up with. We discuss Food Truck Champion, The Mind, and Carcassonne: The Discovery; also, there’s Kickstarters, news, a discussion on sour beer, plus our final round discussion about the difference between an interactive story and a game. Enjoy! 01:00 Show Intro, News & Updates 03:03 News: Choose Your Own Adventure game 04:31 News: Spring Meadow 08:17 Kickstarter: On Tour 11:23 Kickstarter: Villagers 15:44 Kickstarter: Herbaceous Sprouts 18:54 Recent Plays: Food Truck Champion 32:49 Recent Plays: Carcassonne: The Discovery 43:35 Recent Plays: The Mind 49:17 Grey Fox Games Sponsorship Spot 50:22 Six Pack Review: Altiplano 50:55 Altiplano Gameplay Overview 56:52 Altiplano Discussion 85:53 Altiplano Final Thoughts 87:38 On Tap

Draft Mechanic Episode #75: Geekway 2018 Recap & Pot De Vin on tap In today’s episode, we’re looking back at our trip to St Louis for Geekway to the West! This episode’s going to break free from the normal structure as we want to talk games, games and more games! We talk about games new, old and rare that we found in the incredibly deep Geekway games library and about the convention as a whole. We’ve also got Pot De Vin, a neat trick taking game we stumbled upon at the con, on tap for some beer pairings. Enjoy! 01:00 Show Intro, News & Updates 02:55 News: Spiel & Kennerspiel Nominees 06:46 Kickstarter Updates 08:53 Geekway Part One 15:15 Recent Play: Indian Summer 23:14 Recent Play: Topiary 29:05 Recent Play: Majesty for the Realm 35:13 Recent Play: Clans of Caledonia 46:55 Geekway Part Two 48:39 On Tap: Pot De Vin 59:09 Visiting Urban Chestnut Brewing Company 60:44 Recent Play: Star Scrappers: Cave In 66:58 Grey Fox Games Sponsorship Spot 68:07 Geekway Part Three 68:22 Recent Play: Capital Lux 74

Draft Mechanic Episode #74: Decrypto v Codenames; Dice Throne; Wonderland; Hive; Biblios We’re back! Today’s episode features a Variants segment where we pit newcomer team word game Decrypto against the juggernaut of Codenames. We recap Tabletop Day with Dice Throne, Hive, Biblios & Wonderland. Decrypts on tap with five beer pairings, and for the beer segment today we discuss the winners and results from the 2018 World Beer Cup. We’ll be back on our regular schedule next Monday with our Geekway to the West recap. Enjoy! 01:00 Show Intro, News & Updates 02:21 Geekway to the West meetup! 03:10 News: Asmodee for Sale? 08:37 News: My Little Scythe 11:24 Kickstarter Updates 13:32 Kickstarter: Overlight RPG 17:29 Kickstarter: Gravity Warfare 19:32 Kickstarter: Journal 29 Revelation 22:42 Recent Plays: Dice Throne 31:29 Recent Plays: Hive 36:21 Recent Plays: Biblios 44:11 Recent Plays: Wonderland 52:31 Recent Plays: Among the Stars app 54:34 Grey Fox Games Sponsorship Spot 55:43 Variants: Decrypto v Codename

Draft Mechanic Episode #73: Rising 5 six-pack review; Blight Chronicles: Agent Decker preview; Happy Planet Games (Monster Match & Funky Chicken); Las Vegas Boulevard Hello again! On today’s episode, we’re looking at Rising 5, the new app-enhanced deduction game featuring some stellar artwork from Vincent Dutrait. We have a Kickstarter preview of Blight Chronicles: Agent Decker from Board & Dice, and we look at the new Happy Planet games from North Star Games, Monster Match and Funky Chicken! Also: the Boulevard expansion for Las Vegas, a history of hard cider, and a final round where we discuss what games should be called ‘modern classics.’ Enjoy! 01:00 Show Intro, News & Updates 02:42 News: Gen Con Events Catalog is live 04:55 News: Asmodee’s Modern Classics 07:42 Kickstarter Updates 10:16 Kickstarter: Kitchen Rush expansion 12:15 Kickstarter: The Estates 15:23 Recent Plays / KS Preview: Blight Chronicles Agent Decker 27:11 Recent Plays: Las Vegas Boulevard 34:50 Recent Plays: Happy Planet Games

Draft Mechanic Episode #72: The RPG episode! Home-brew campaigns, one shots; Vinyl & Filler previews; Sunset Over Water; Homebrewing Welcome, adventurer, to Episode 72 of Draft Mechanic! Today, we’re diving into RPGs in a few segments: Danielle’s D&D group discusses their GM’s home-brew campaign, we played Millennial Apartment Hunters, put Dungeons & Dragons on tap, and the Final Round we talk about other home-brew RPGs. We have two Kickstarter previews today: Filler from Green Couch Games and Vinyl from Talon Strikes Studios. Dive in! 01:00 Show Intro, News & Updates 04:29 News: Kitchen Rush expansion 05:29 News: Race for the Galaxy expansions 09:32 Kickstarter Updates 11:31 Kickstarter: Fireball Island 12:46 Kickstarter: Graphic Novel Adventures 14:35 Kickstarter: Filler 22:47 Kickstarter: Vinyl 32:04 Recent Plays: Sunset Over Water 40:47 Recent Plays: Millennial Apartment Hunters 51:39 Grey Fox Games Sponsorship Spot 52:50 D&D Homebrew Case Study 87:38 On Tap: Dungeons & Dragons 91:

Oh dear, what’s this then. First off, I must warn you - this show is exceptionally NOT SAFE FOR WORK. Not in the slightest. Some time ago, we asked for your gaming advice related questions with the promise that we might do something fun with them. Well, nearly a year later, that tree has finally borne fruit. And so, we unleash upon the board gaming world a project we have called “My Meeple and Me,” a loving homage to one of our favorite podcast media empires, the McElroy brothers’ juggernaut advice podcast “My Brother, My Brother & Me.” If you’ve enjoyed this, you will enjoy their shows much, much more. Check ‘em out! Suggested talking points: Cargo shorts; archaeology; BASIC programming; dance moves; rules interruptions; getting the game group together. My Meeple and Me has been a joint production of Aaron from Boards Alive, Jake from Draft Mechanic, and Alex from The Dukes of Dice. Our theme song for this project is “One Hit Pitch Pipe” from Shapiro, friends of Jake’s from back in the college days who p

Draft Mechanic Episode #71: One Deck Dungeon (six-pack review & on-tap); Mystery of the Temples preview; Hardback; Pitch Deck; SMaSH beer & Soloable Games Dungeons! They’re everywhere these days, right? Always opportunities to delve for treasure, so what makes One Deck Dungeon unique? We’ll find out today in our Six-Pack review of this rogue-like, pocket sized dungeon delving card game. If temples are more your thing, we’ve got a preview of Mystery of the Temples (hitting Kickstarter this week!). And then there’s Hardback, a deck builder of letters, and Pitch Deck, a company pitching game of tropes. We round this one up by explaining what SMaSH means in the beer world (no crushing is involved) and we ask the Slack about what makes a game great for solo play. Adventurer, don’t fear going into this episode alone! 01:00 Show Intro 03:02 News: Star Trek: Galactic Enterprises 06:12 News: Asmodee Entertainment 10:32 Kickstarter Updates 11:04 Kickstarter: Architects of the West Kingdom 15:32 Kickstarter: Fir

Draft Mechanic Episode #70: Kitchen Rush! Six pack review & on tap; TIME Stories: Santo Tomas de Aquino; Clank! Sunken Treasures; Crossfire; the Cicerone program Order up! Today’s episode of Draft Mechanic features our usual double-feature review & beer pairings for Artipia Games’ new real-time kitchen management co-op game, Kitchen Rush! We’ve got a slew of recent plays as well with a number of smaller games, and Danielle’s beer segment is on the Cicerone beer server certification program. In the Final Round, we discuss job simulator games that work as well as some that don’t. Get it while it’s hot! 01:00 Show Intro 02:43 News: Plan B buys Tric Trac 05:58 News: BGG Golden Geek Awards 11:32 Kickstarter Updates 12:14 Kickstarter: Bad Medicine 13:31 Kickstarter: Robin Hood and the Merry Men 15:35 Recent Plays: TIME Stories: Santo Tomas de Aquino 22:45 Recent Plays: Clank! Sunken Treasures 28:31 Recent Plays: Crossfire 33:00 Recent Plays: 13 Chefs 36:33 Grey Fox Games Sponsorship Spot 37:32 Six Pack Revi