Boardgame Mechanics

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Jason and Katie talk about their love of boardgames and why you shouldn’t be ”board” with games. Weekly episodes include news, what we have been playing, and a feature.

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Episode 39: A Very Swanky Interview or The Archduke of Cardboard Has to Use the Block Button on Vital Lacerda 19.10.2018 54:43

Episode 39 - The Swankiest of Interviews Introduction: News: RB8 Retro baseball Games played: Jason - Dragon Boats of the Four Seas Joel - First Class Jason - Not Alone Joel - Altiplano A very Swanky Interview: Interview with Mike and Chris from Swanky Turtle Games. Closing

Episode 38: Shame, Boatloads of Shame, Day After Day, or Rising 5 Rises to Top of the Wanted List 12.10.2018 45:30

Episode 38 - Shame Games Introduction: News: Rise to Nobility Beyond and Second Printing. On Kickstarter now with 14 days to go. Centershaft Fallen Elements from Not My Eyeball Games. This has 28 days to go and is only 8% funded. Met designer at Origins. Dragon Boats of the Four Seas from Maple Games and designer Daryl Andrews. Bidding for spots on these four boats that will take you to one...

Episode 37: Our Top Five Worker Placement Games or Jason Worked His Way Through Early Adulthood As A Callboy 05.10.2018 56:08

Episode 37 - Top 5 Worker Placement Games Introduction (2 additional questions) Which are your favorite board games as apps (mobile or PC), either by fun or by best implementation and experience? Which digital games (card, board, etc.) would make good physical games? News Second edition of Belfort coming from TMG. Has new expansion material and the hard to find Expansion Expansion. Renegade is rep...

Episode 36: We answer your questions, or "Alright, lets do it again, this time from the top." 28.09.2018 51:55

Episode 36 - We answer your questions Introduction: 0:00 to 3:00 Shout out to the mailman (Jason) News: 3:00 to 15:00 Stygian Society Mississippi Queen Second Edition Merlin Expansion - Arthur on Kickstarter Games played: 15:00 to 25:00 Jason - London 1st Edition Joel - Brass Jason - Symphony #9 Joel - Western Legends Answer your questions: 25:00 to 50:00 In a 4X game, which is "X" is your favor...

Episode 35: Our Numbers 10 Thru 6 Favorite Worker Placement Games or We Were Going To Answer Your Questions But We Got So Scared That The Computer Didn't Export Files Correctly 21.09.2018 25:49

This was the episode that we were going to be answering all of your questions but the technical difficulty fairy struck and that didn't happen. We will work on trying to do that for next week's episode. In the meantime give a listen to some of our favorite worker placement games and some sad violin music.

Ep 34: Does Vinhos Make it in the Hall, or Who Loves Dogs of War? We Do! 14.09.2018 37:42

Episode 34 - News, Games and HoF discussion for Vinhos Introduction: News: Dale of Merchants Collection - new stand alone expansion. Has new creatures and a bunch of different modules. Bee Lives Kickstarter for Jasper funded in 9 minutes Games played: Jason - Dogs of War Joel - Energy Empire Jason - Fish Cook Joel - Majesty-- For The Realm HoF Discussion: Vinhos Closing: Wrench ratings: 5...

Episode 33: News, Games and Our Favorite Publishers or All Jason Wants for His Birthday is to Break 100 Listens On Day One and for Great Western Trail to Be a Gateway Game 07.09.2018 46:51

Episode 33 - News, Games and our Favorite Publishers Introduction: News: Pax Pamir (Second Edition) designer Cole Wehrle $60 now on Kickstarter. Players work together to rebuild an empire in Afghanistan but eventually will have to turn against other players as only one player can win. JOEL- people in my circle are hyped about this. It looks like Twilight Struggle sort of. Microbrew - One Free...

Ep 32: Older Games New to us That We Love or We Find Out Joel's Dad was in Fact a Cold War Era Spy 31.08.2018 40:50

Episode 32 - News, Games and Older Games that are new to us and we love!! Introduction: 0:00 to 3:00 News: 3:00 to 15:00 Three new games from Queen now on Kickstarter. Franchise, Bastille and Skylands. All slated for Essen release this year. Grimmoir by Octopus Games now on Kickstarter. Strategoesque Two Player Game. Oopsy poopsy Games played: 15:00 to 25:00 Jason - Spirits of the Wild Joel - -...

Episode 31: News, Things We Played and Gimmicks in Games or The Sexy Boys of Board Gaming That Get Caught Up in Nostalgia 24.08.2018 51:54

Episode 31 - News, Games and Gimmicks Introduction News Firenze reprint by Quined Games. Now on Kickstarter. The Ancient World 2nd Edition. Red Raven Games. Now on Kickstarter. Games played Jason - Scarabya Joel - Welcome To... Jason - Spell Smashers Joel - Hail Hydra Games with Gimmicks Jason - Everdell Joel - Near and Far Jason - Palm Island Joel - Alchemist Jason - Dice Forge Joel - Starfarer...

Episode 30: News, Games We Played and Best of 2018 (So Far) or Petra Means Rock That is Covered In Caffeinated Fountain Drink Goodness 17.08.2018 51:27

Episode 30 - News, Games Played and The Midis (mid year best of 2018) Introduction News Forum Trajanum from Stefan Feld is being brought to America by Stronghold Games and will release at Essen. Wrestlenomicon from Fire Opal Games on Kickstarter now. Whiskey Business by Lars Thorn. Dice game where you are trying to press your luck to roll correct die faces to make whiskey certain countries. Super...

Episode 29: News, Games Played and Our Favorite Artwork or Philip duBarry Signs Kingdom Death Monster and Joel's Dad Loves Snapchat 10.08.2018 47:35

Episode 29 - News, Games played and Beautiful Artwork Introduction: 0:00 to 3:00 News: 3:00 to 15:00 The Acts - Cobblestone Games. Worker Placement game about spreading Christianity at the beginning of the church. Bargain Quest 2nd Edition and Black Market Expansion on Kickstarter now. Games played: 15:00 to 25:00 Jason - Dice Forge Joel - Kids on Bikes Jason - Rise of Tribes Joel - Stockpile G...

Episode 28: To GenCon or Can't, That is the Question or Joel Barks Like a Dog at the Site of Blood On the Clocktower 03.08.2018 58:47

Introduction Zaniest of all banter! News Wacky Races - CMON light w other card playing racing game. Game controls dick dastardly and muttley Pandemic 10th anniversary Z-Man Metal tin, wooden bits, minis and new graphic design Arboretum - Renegade Atlantis Island of the Gods Red Imp Games played Jason - The Masque of the Red Death Joel - Ticket to Ride New York Jason - Parfum Joel - Villainous I...

Episode 27: Interview with Zack Edwards of Historical Conquest where he talks his current Kickstarter or Joel Somehow Keeps from Burning the Podcast to the Ground While Jason Takes a Week Off 27.07.2018 39:37

We talk to game designer Zack Edwards about his current project and games in general. Jason remotes in some news. This is a fairly zany-free episode, but it will be back double next week!

Episode 26: News, Games Played and Small Games That Pack a Punch or Does Johnny Gilmour Like Pink Floyd and Watch Hockey? 20.07.2018 53:55

Episode 26 - News, Games played, Big Games Small Box Introduction Zaniest of all banter! News New That’s What She Said Video (Christmas Eve: The Race To Help Santa) Black Orchestra Conspirator Packs (Starling Games) Dr. Horrible’s Evil League of Evil no license but hope to have it by funding. Cancelled. Overturn: Rising Sands by Foxtales Studios Games played Jason - Pirates Cove Joel - custom he...

Episode 25: News, Games Played and Favorite Light(ish) Games or Jason Loves Mtn Dew Vape Juice 13.07.2018 42:04

Episode 25 - News, Games played and Light/family Games we love Introduction Zaniest of all banter! News Escape plan July 19 Bilder. Building items and earning bilder cards by completing the building and guessing what it is. Dexterity party game. Roll player adventures. Use the character from a game of roll player to play in the new game set in the same universe. Games played Jason - Coimbra Joel -...

Episode 24: Jason Takes the Driver's Seat To Make a Best Of Out Of the Least Worst Of The Boardgame Mechanics First 23 Episodes 06.07.2018 31:11

Jason takes the controls to create a "Least Worst of" the Boardgame Mechanics previous podcasts. This episode also has a partial unreleased interview from Van Ryder Games. The reason for the interview being short is explained in the episode...lets jus say Jason doesn't know how to use technology.

Episode 23: Games, News and Catan Wrench Rating or Joel Gets Outbidded in the state of Indianapolis 28.06.2018 40:30

Episode 23 - News, Games played and Catan Wrench rating Introduction: Zaniest of all banter! News: Vault of Dragons DnD game. Harassment at Origins Games played: Jason - For Sale Joel - Watson and Holmes Jason - The Legend of Cherry Tree that Blossoms Every Ten Years Joel - Custom Heroes Wrench rating: Settlers of Catan (Catan) Closing

Episode 22: #Origins2018 Postmortem and Filker Tom Spends Time with The Avengers At Hot Chicken Takeover 22.06.2018 1:07:06

Episode 22 - News, Games played and Origins Interviews Introduction Zaniest of all banter! News Trickerion Daahlgards Academy now on Kickstarter. Amerigo and Merlin Kickstarter along with available queenies mini expansions. Hand carved and engraved 20 sided dice gemstone earrings by Todd Brammer. Games played Jason - Museum Joel - Tin Goose Jason - Cytosis Joel - Home Straight Origins Postmortem....

Episode 21: #Origins2018 Recap or Matt and Joel Meet Someone That Really Likes Juice or Zeus 15.06.2018 31:26

Joel and Jason, along with special guests Katie and Matt, discuss their thoughts on #Origins2018. This episode was recorded on the road back from day one of the con so there is a bit of road noise but the content is still worth listening to (if you can stomach it). Next week we will be back with a more normal episode along with some awesome interviews that were recorded from the floor of the con...

Episode 20: Games from 2016 that are Still Legit or Joel Seems to Forget What Show He is On For a Few Moments 08.06.2018 1:00:45

Episode 20 - News, Games and legit from 2016 Introduction: 0:00 to 3:00 Zaniest of all banter! News: 3:00 to 15:00 Monikers: More Monikers. Big box to fit all expansions and previous base game. Restaurant Detective - Low B Games. This feels like Mr. Jack meets deception murder in Hong Kong. Games played: 15:00 to 25:00 Jason - The Hanging Gardens Joel - scoville Wrench rating: 25:00 to 35:00 Jo...

Episode 19: News, Games and #Origins18 Preview or Ameritrash, Ameritrash Where For Art Thou Ameritrash? 01.06.2018 56:43

Episode 19 - News, Games and Origins Preview Introduction Zaniest of all banter! News King of Con - Lega Nerd $29 Itchy Monkey A Battle of Lice - Black Box Adventures $26 Azul Giant $300 Clank in space apocalypse In “do we really need this?” news...Jetpack Joyride. RIP Totalbiscuit Games played Jason - Pit Joel - Crystal Clans Wrench rating Joel and Jason - Pandemic Games we are excited for at O...

Episode 18: Our Favorite Games with a Ranking Lower (Higher Number) Than 1000 On BGG or We Travel Down The Dark Path That Is Joel's Mind 25.05.2018 1:05:07

Introduction: Zaniest of all banter! Corrections News: New Corp Order by 2tomatoes Games. Area control hand management game. This design team also did Peak Oil and this is set in the same universe. CIA: Collect it All by Mike Masnick Imaginarium The Dream Factory by Bruno Cathala and Florian Sirieix. Resource collection and contract fulfillment. HSRBG Zman thing Games played: Jason - Godfath...

Episode 17: Top 6 Card ONLY Games or We Disagree with the Spiel Nominees So We Are Going To Take Our Wrenches and Make Our Own Awards 18.05.2018 1:03:04

Episode 17 - News and our favorite card only games Introduction Zaniest of all banter! News The Forbidden Palace formerly known as the forbidden city (hansa, staufer Dynasty) Terra Mystica age of innovation 2019. On Tour Chad DeShon. Rock and Roll and Write. Ticket to Ride New York. Plays in 15 minutes. Taxis instead of trains. If you can connect to tourist destinations you can score points as wel...

Episode 16: The Legend of Design, Vital Lacerda or For Some Reason Jason Thought It Was a Good Idea to Sing Taylor Swift 11.05.2018 1:30:44

Episode 16 - News, Games and Uncle Vital Introduction: Zaniest of all banter! News: Brook City - Adam and Brady Sadler from Blacklist Games. Coop Cop game like Police Precinct but with minis (of course) Tricky Tides - designed by Steven Arimini by Gold Seal Games. Trick taking pick up and deliver game. Campaign Coins Deluxe Metal Meeples Discussion of games with 1 to 5 wrench rating: Jason - Ca...

Episode 15: Pokorny, Mr. Pokorny or Jason Doesn't Play Dungeon Crawlers Because Caves Have Feelings too! 04.05.2018 1:06:47

Episode 15 - News, Games and a Pokorny Introduction: Zaniest of all banter! News: Yard of the Month has been received and will be get played and reviewed soon. Pixel Glory Light and Shadow has been played as well. Review will be posted within a few weeks. Games played this week Pokorny top 5 Closing and next episode teaser: Next Episode Vital Lacerda