Draft Mechanic Episode #69: Gaming on the Go! Travel Games & Gaming Apps; Island Hopper on tap; The Palace of Mad King Ludwig; Ponzi Scheme; Traveling with Beer

Secure that seat belt low and tight across the hops, because it's time to travel! Our feature today is a discussion about gaming on the go, both in terms of travel games and gaming apps. We've got the dexterity pick up & deliver game Island Hopper on tap, plus we talk about recent plays of The Palace of Mad King Ludwig & Ponzi Scheme. We hope you enjoy your flight today with Draft Mechanic!

01:00 Show Intro

03:00 News Bits: Expansions!

10:29 Tantrum House & TantrumCon

12:37 Kickstarter Updates

13:09 Kickstarter: The Big Score

14:29 Kickstarter: Edge of Darkness

20:46 Recent Plays: Ponzi Scheme

33:14 Recent Plays: The Palace of Mad King Ludwig

43:32 Recent Plays: Island Hopper

55:06 On Tap: Island Hopper

58:44 Grey Fox Games Sponsorship Spot

59:42 Gaming on the Go!

70:40 Our Six Favorite Board Game Apps

84:36 Traveling with Beer

91:45 The Final Round: Gaming on the Go

98:24 Outro

We hope you enjoyed today's episode! Send us some feedback at [email protected] and visit us on the web at draftmechanic.net!

Join our Draft Mechanic Slack Channel, or our BGG Guild (#2470)!

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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 "Superpower of Choice" by the Liberation Jumpsuit - thanks to the band for their help! Come listen to the full album on our website!

Thanks for listening! Please game responsibly and we'll see you back here again soon for another round!

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Draft Mechanic Episode #68: Agra (High Gravity Review); 7 Ronin; Flee the Scene; Bock Beers & the Weight of Games

Today on Draft Mechanic, we take a big deep-dive into the latest heavy euro release from Quined Games, Agra. This game's a beast and we're kicking off a new kind of review called "High Gravity" so we can feature big, complex games like this on the 'cast. We've also got a look at some new Kickstarters, recent plays of 7 Ronin and Flee the Scene, plus a beer primer on beers in the Bock style and sub styles. Enjoy!

01:00 Show Intro

02:27 News Bits

07:42 Kickstarter: Updates from Last Episode

08:40 Kickstarter: Fields of Green "Grand Fair" Expansion

12:48 Kickstarter: Page Quest Season 1 / A4 Quest

15:20 Recent Plays: 7 Ronin

28:04 Recent Plays: Flee the Scene

34:24 The Beer Primer: Bocks

49:38 Grey Fox Games Sponsorship Spot

50:47 High Gravity Review: Agra

52:21 Agra: Gameplay Overview

59:45 Agra: Discussion

106:14 Agra: Final Thoughts

108:28 The Final Round: Heavy Games

116:53 Outro

We hope you enjoyed today's episode! Send us some feedback at [email protected] and visit us on the web at draftmechanic.net!

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 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 "Superpower of Choice" by the Liberation Jumpsuit - thanks to the band for their help!Come listen to the full album on our website!

Thanks for listening! Please game responsibly and we'll see you back here again soon for another round!

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Draft Mechanic Episode #67: Expandapalooza! Scythe: The Wind Gambit; Terraforming Mars: Venus Next; Tash Kalar Expansions

We're back, and we brought expansions! In today's expandable episode, we're looking at expansions for Tash Kalar, Scythe & Terraforming Mars. And as our own personal expansion, we're expanding our On Tap beer selections for Scythe and Terraforming Mars as well with a few beers to pair with the new content in these two list-topping games from 2016! Our Slack chimes in on the expansion conversation by sharing their Essential Expansions. All this, plus a ton of Kickstarters, news and a Beer Primer on milk stouts! Enjoy!

00:55 Show Intro

03:13 News Bits

05:07 Upcoming: Clank "The Mummy's Curse"

08:05 Upcoming: Great Western Trail "Rails to the North"

10:52 Kickstarter: Endeavor, Age of Sail

13:40 Kickstarter: Herbalism (Deep Water Games launch)

15:29 Kickstarter: The Art of Tokaido

17:41 Expandapalooza: Tash Kalar "Nethervoid" and "Etherweave" expansions

31:16 Grey Fox Games Sponsorship spot

32:26 Expandapalooza: Scythe "The Wind Gambit" expansion

45:40 On Tap: Scythe "Invaders from Afar" and "The Wind Gambit"

50:26 Expandapalooza: Terraforming Mars "Venus Next" expansion

62:16 On Tap: Terraforming Mars "Venus Next"

63:56 The Beer Primer: Milk Stouts

69:41 Final Round: Essential Expansions

82:12 Outro

We hope you enjoyed today's episode! Send us some feedback at [email protected] and visit us on the web at draftmechanic.net!

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 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 "Superpower of Choice" by the Liberation Jumpsuit - thanks to the band for their help!Come listen to the full album on our website!

Thanks for listening! Please game responsibly and we'll see you back here again soon for another round!

http://www.draftmechanic.net/show-notes/2018/67expand

Draft Mechanic Episode #66: Fog of Love six-pack & on tap; Favelas; Illimat; Great Western Trail; 2018 Gaming Challenges

On today's episode, we dig into the 2-player romantic comedy board game Fog of Love! We give it the usual Draft Mechanic double-feature with a six-pack review and on tap beer pairings. In recent plays, it's the abstract tile-placement game Favelas, the Decemberists-inspired card game Illimat, and the cow-moooovin' eurogame Great Western Trail. Danielle runs down the details about low-alcohol beer, and in the Final Round we asked the Slack about their 2018 gaming challenges!

Intro

01:00 Show Housekeeping

03:13 Upcoming Conventions

04:18 Kickstarter: Tokyo Series, Pat 1

08:59 Recent Plays: Favelas

16:41 Recent Plays: Illimat

23:54 Recent Plays: Great Western Trail

34:50 Grey Fox Games Sponsorship spot

35:42 Six Pack Review: Fog of Love

36:20 Fog of Love: Gameplay Overview

44:53 Fog of Love: Discussion

68:08 Fog of Love: Final Thoughts

70:51 On Tap: Fog of Love

74:11 Low-Alcohol Beer

82:12 Final Round: Your 2018 Gaming Challenges

91:48 Outro

We hope you enjoyed today's episode! Send us some feedback at [email protected] and visit us on the web at draftmechanic.net!

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 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 "Superpower of Choice" by the Liberation Jumpsuit - thanks to the band for their help!Come listen to the full album on our website!

Thanks for listening! Please game responsibly and we'll see you back here again soon for another round!

http://www.draftmechanic.net/show-notes/2018/66fogoflove

Draft Mechanic Episode #65: 2017 In Review

Happy New Year! We're back once again with our first episode of the year and our customary recap of the year that was. We take a look back at the biggest news stories in gaming and beer in 2017, share our favorites in a pile of categories, discuss our six favorite beers of 2017, and of course our top six games of last year as well. We're tying this episode up with responses from our new DM Slack channel's "Final Round" topic: What was the biggest surprise in gaming for you in 2017? Enjoy!

Intro

01:00 Show Housekeeping

02:32 Announcing the Draft Mechanic Slack Channel!

05:27 Meta Mechanic, 2017 by the numbers

08:27 Preface to the Superlatives

11:43 Biggest News Stories of 2017

25:10 Superlative Categories

55:34 Our Top Six Beers of 2017

71:20 Grey Fox Games sponsorship spot

72:08 Our Top Six Games of 2017

96:48 Final Round: Biggest game surprises

103:41 Outro

We hope you enjoyed today's episode! Send us some feedback at [email protected] and visit us on the web at draftmechanic.net!

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 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 "Superpower of Choice" by the Liberation Jumpsuit - thanks to the band for their help!Come listen to the full album on our website!

Thanks for listening! Please game responsibly and we'll see you back here again soon for another round!

http://www.draftmechanic.net/show-notes/2018/65-2017

Draft Mechanic: Spoiler Episode Eta

T.I.M.E Stories: Estrella Drive, 1982 NT

WARNING! This episode contains MAJOR, MASSIVE, COMPLETE SPOILERS for the T.I.M.E Stories scenario "Estrella Drive." Due to some complications, Spoiler Episode Zeta for Lumen Fidei never existed. But that doesn't stop us from picking apart the latest scenario where we dig into a potentially haunted mansion in 1982 Los Angeles!

Both team Alpha and Beta sat down with the recorder right after finishing to share their thoughts, and we present them to you unedited and complete.

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 [email protected] and visit us on the web at draftmechanic.net!

Join us at the local, our BGG Guild (#2470)!

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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!

Draft Mechanic Episode #64: Variants: Queendomino v Kingdomino; BONK; Clank! Sunken Treasures

It's the final episode of the year! Today we bring you a Variants discussion with Queendomino v Kingdomino: which do we prefer, and which one's for you? In recent plays, we discuss Tumblin' Dice, BONK, Sons of Anarchy and the Sunken Treasures expansion for Clank! We put Queendomino on tap, and Danielle's beer segment is a followup to last week's Barleywines discussion. And in the Final Round, we answer some very important food and beverage questions from listeners! Thanks for joining us in 2017 and we'll see you again on New Year's Day!

Intro

01:00 Show Housekeeping

03:44 News: Downforce expansion!

06:25 Kickstarter Updates

07:35 Recent Plays: Tumblin' Dice

11:32 Recent Plays: BONK

19:48 Recent Plays: Sons of Anarchy

28:45 Recent Plays: Clank! Sunken Treasures

36:11 Grey Fox Games sponsorship spot

37:20 Variants: Queendomino v Kingdomino

63:42 On Tap: Queendomino

68:45 Barleywines v Old Ales

75:20 Final Round

79:26 Outro

We hope you enjoyed today's episode! Send us some feedback at [email protected] 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!

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 "Superpower of Choice" by the Liberation Jumpsuit - thanks to the band for their help!Come listen to the full album on our website!

Thanks for listening! Please game responsibly and we'll see you back here again soon for another round!

http://www.draftmechanic.net/show-notes/2017/64queendomino

Draft Mechanic Episode #63: Azul six-pack review & on tap; Alien Frontiers, Harvest Dice, Go Nuts for Donuts!; Listener Q&A; Barleywines

It's December, but don't feel blue - unless you're talking about today's six-pack review feature, Azul! We're looking at Plan B Games' newest family-weight abstract games and also sharing a handful of thematic beer pairings. In recent plays, we talk about games we played at the fourth quarter MooseCon game day: Alien Frontiers, Go Nuts for Donuts & Harvest Dice. Danielle's beer segment is about barleywines, and we wrap up this episode with some quick listener Q&A. Enjoy!

Intro

01:00 Show Housekeeping

02:30 FBGL Championship & Wrap-up

04:58 Games News

07:42 TIME Stories News

13:24 TIME Stories: A note about Estrella Drive

16:41 Kickstarter Updates & New Projects

21:48 Recent Plays: Alien Frontiers

31:44 Recent Plays: Go Nuts for Donuts!

36:47 Recent Plays: Harvest Dice

46:10 Grey Fox Games sponsorship spot

47:20 Six Pack Review: Azul

48:06 Azul: Gameplay Description

53:25 Azul: Discussion

71:50 Azul: Final Thoughts

73:23 On Tap: Azul

79:28 The Beer Primer: Barleywine

88:13 Listener Q&A

96:59 Outro

We hope you enjoyed today's episode! Send us some feedback at [email protected] 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!

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 "Superpower of Choice" by the Liberation Jumpsuit - thanks to the band for their help!Come listen to the full album on our website!

Thanks for listening! Please game responsibly and we'll see you back here again soon for another round!

http://www.draftmechanic.net/show-notes/2017/63azul

Draft Mechanic Episode #62: Six Tasty Games; Caverna on tap; Book of Dragons preview; Gamers for Cures marathon

I hope you're hungry, because this one's stuffed full of flavor! Today we've got a six-pack of tasty games for the Thanksgiving season, plus Danielle's got a beer segment on cooking with beer! Our on tap game today is Caverna, and we recap our recent plays at the Gamers for Cures charity gaming marathon last weekend in Cary, NC. We've also got a Kickstarter preview of Robert Burke's Book of Dragons!

Intro

01:00 Show Housekeeping

02:45 Games news

08:27 FBGL Championship Update!

12:46 Kickstarter: Bushido

15:15 Kickstarter: Book of Dragons

20:21 Gamers for Cures Marathon

21:15 Recent Plays: Shadows over Camelot

30:33 Recent Plays: Cytosis

39:17 Recent Plays: Mission: Red Planet

49:55 Recent Plays: Problem Picnic: Attack of the Ants!

54:39 Grey Fox Games sponsorship spot

55:29 Six Pack: Tasty Games for Thanksgiving

73:52 On Tap: Caverna

82:09 Cooking With Beer

89:54 Outro

We hope you enjoyed today's episode! Send us some feedback at [email protected] and visit us on the web at draftmechanic.net!

Don't forget to vote in the FBGL Championship matchup! You could win $100 to an Online Game Store of your choice or one of several actual games!

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!

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 "Superpower of Choice" by the Liberation Jumpsuit - thanks to the band for their help!Come listen to the full album on our website!

Thanks for listening! Please game responsibly and we'll see you back here again soon for another round!

http://www.draftmechanic.net/show-notes/2017/62tasty

Draft Mechanic Episode #61: Downforce review, Exoplanets on tap, Extra Life Game Day: Hotshots, Dragonfire & more!

Just like Extra Life, this episode is marathon-length! We played for 15 hours straight and turned around to record this episode with our recent plays plus a review of Downforce from Restoration games and an on-tap segment with Exoplanets. Danielle wraps up this episode with a discussion of various packaging strategies: what's the difference between bottles and cans? Find out this answer and much more in today's Draft Mechanic!

Intro

01:00 Show Housekeeping

03:34 Among the Stars app!

10:55 FBGL Update - 3 Weeks left!

14:38 KS Preview: Mars Open

21:26 Extra Life Game Day

23:00 Recent Plays: Hotshots

32:03 Recent Plays: Camel Up!

37:47 Recent Plays: Police Precinct

46:23 Recent Plays: Dragonfire

56:38 Grey Fox Games sponsorship spot

57:29 Six Pack Review: Downforce

57:55 Downforce: Rules Overview

62:19 Downforce: Discussion

73:45 Recent Plays: Exoplanets

85:13 On Tap: Exoplanets

88:25 Canning versus Bottling

101:38 Outro

We hope you enjoyed today's episode! Send us some feedback at [email protected] and visit us on the web at draftmechanic.net!

Don't forget to vote every week for your favorite FBGL teams to enter in our drawing for a $100 gift card to an Online Game Store of your choice!

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!

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 "Superpower of Choice" by the Liberation Jumpsuit - thanks to the band for their help!Come listen to the full album on our website!

Thanks for listening! Please game responsibly and we'll see you back here again soon for another round!

http://www.draftmechanic.net/show-notes/2017/61downforce