Draft Mechanic Episode 7: MACE, T.I.M.E, Cave & Coup!

On today’s episode, Jake and Danielle talk about six games they played at the MACE convention in Charlotte, restrain themselves from spoiling anything about T.I.M.E Stories’ first scenario “Asylum,” dive deep into The Cave with a six-pack review, choose some great beer pairings for Coup: Rebellion G54 roles, and discuss the perceived value of a ‘consumable’ game. This one’s jam-packed full of content, so sit back, grab a pint and enjoy the show!

Intro

01:00 Extra Life Game Day 2015

01:55 MACE 2015

02:44 Rum & Bones

04:12 SMOG: On Her Majesty’s Service

09:50 Stellar Conflict

16:45 La Granja

21:04 Blueprints

24:08 Roll for the Galaxy

31:00 T.I.M.E Stories: Asylum

43:50 The Cave (Six-Pack Review)

63:50 Coup: Rebellion G54 (On Tap Beer Pairings)

76:50 Perceived Value discussion

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BOO! It’s time for the spoooky episode! Haunts are plentiful with a cauldron of spooky game discussions. We frankenstein together Codenames and Dixit into a monster, practice our mind reading with Concept. We battle ghosts, ghouls, goblins and more in Ghost Stories & Betrayal at House on the Hill. We unearth some downright insane beers to pair with Arkham Horror so you don’t go completely mad! And finally, a quick discussion on various strategies breweries use to bring their beer to your store shelves and fridge. I hope you’re listening with the lights on!

01:00 Burnpile beer festival at Burial Beer Co

02:26 Codenames+Dixit

07:27 Concept

12:30 Ghost Stories

21:48 The Big Book of Madness

24:00 Betrayal at House on the Hill

31:57 Dead of Winter

34:26 Arkham Horror (on tap)

44:50 Beer packaging strategies

55:38 Outro

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Today on Draft Mechanic, Jake and Danielle try to save a forest from an approaching blaze in Sylvion; fight for control of nebulas and planetary systems as they blast off into Galaxy of Trian; and return to simpler, squarer tile laying times and choose great beer pairings for Carcassonne. All this plus our most anticipated new releases from the Spiel convention in Essen, and the breaking news of the potential fourth biggest corporate merger in history that threatens to make even more bland watery beer!

01:00 Sylvion

10:10 Essen 2015 anticipated releases

22:00 Galaxy of Trian (Six-pack review)

39:20 Carcassonne (on tap)

46:23 Potential ABinbev buyout of MillerCoors

52:50 Outro

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Today on Draft Mechanic, we talk about Libertalia and Dead Man's Draw. This gets us thinking - what makes the pirate theme so ripe for use in board games? For our game on tap, we feature Seasons and pair it up with excellent beers to represent the four seasons. We close out the show discussing the results from the 2015 Great American Beer Festival in Colorado.

00:57 Intro

01:43 Libertalia

07:55 Dead Man’s Draw

12:17 Pirate theming in games

18:09 On Tap: Seasons

22:40 On Tap: Seasonal beers

30:29 2015 Great American Beer Festival

41:15 Outro

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On this episode of Draft Mechanic, Jake and Danielle talk about what they've learned after six games of Discoveries: The Journals of Lewis and Clark; dig into the two-player strategy and big-group riotous stress of Codenames; put Ashes: Rise of the Phoenixborn on tap with eight great beers; and compare six pumpkin beers hitting the shelves right now.

01:00 Discoveries six-pack review
10:30 Codenames
20:00 Game on Tap - Ashes: Rise of the Phoenixborn
30:00 Pumpkin beer comparison
39:00 Ending

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