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#96: Expandapalooza 2
Draft Mechanic - March 04, 2019 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsDraft 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...
#96 Taster: Euphoria's "Ignorance is Bliss" expansion
Draft Mechanic - February 27, 2019 16:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsDraft 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 episo...
#95: Keyforge
Draft Mechanic - February 18, 2019 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsDraft 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 d...
#94: Wingspan
Draft Mechanic - February 04, 2019 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsDraft 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 Cl...
#93: The Quacks of Quedlinburg
Draft Mechanic - January 21, 2019 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsDraft 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 ta...
#92: 2018 In Review
Draft Mechanic - January 07, 2019 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsDraft 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’...
#91: City of Gears review & on tap, Azul: Stained Glass of Sintra, Songbirds, Gizmos
Draft Mechanic - December 24, 2018 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsDraft 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...
#90: PAX Unplugged recap; Trellis on tap; The Stars Align; Drop It!
Draft Mechanic - December 10, 2018 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsDraft 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 t...
#89: Pasaraya: Supermarket Manager; Impact: Battle of Elements; War Chest; Carcassonne: South Seas
Draft Mechanic - November 26, 2018 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsDraft 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...
SPOILER EPISODE THETA: T.I.M.E Stories, Brotherhood of the Coast
Draft Mechanic - November 22, 2018 15:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsDraft 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 ep...
#88: Gamers for Cures Gaming Marathon; Atlantis Rising KS preview; Burnpile Harvest Festival
Draft Mechanic - November 19, 2018 06:10 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsDraft 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...
#87: Cryptid six-pack & on tap, Terraforming Mars Digital, Orbis, Carcassonne: The Catapult
Draft Mechanic - October 29, 2018 04:48 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsDraft 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 Os...
#86: Legacy of Dragonholt six-pack, Catch the Moon on tap, Dreams of Tomorrow preview, River Dragons, Rauchbier
Draft Mechanic - October 16, 2018 05:18 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsDraft 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 Weir...
#85: Most Wanted six-pack review and on tap; Homebrewers KS preview; Istanbul Dice & Bandido
Draft Mechanic - October 01, 2018 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsDraft 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 pl...
#84: Three Year Anniversary! The Ultimate CarcaZone, Into the Black Forest, Spirits of the Wild
Draft Mechanic - September 17, 2018 17:12 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsDraft 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...
#83: Space Base six-pack; Bad Maps preview; Team UP on tap
Draft Mechanic - September 03, 2018 15:46 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsDraft 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...
#82: Randowriters! Welcome To… (on tap) plus seven more!
Draft Mechanic - August 20, 2018 10:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsDraft 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 spec...
#81: Gen Con 2018 Recap!
Draft Mechanic - August 06, 2018 21:34 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsDraft 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...
#80: The Hype List 2018; Villainous; Star Realms: Frontiers; Downforce: Danger Circuit
Draft Mechanic - July 30, 2018 16:18 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsDraft 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...
#79: DropMix on tap; Near & Far Campaign recap; Century: Eastern Wonders; Carcassonne: The Castle; Dragoon
Draft Mechanic - July 16, 2018 02:33 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsDraft 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 ...
#78: The 2017 Redux! Tokyo Highway, Circle the Wagons on tap, Carcassonne: Amazonas
Draft Mechanic - July 02, 2018 05:46 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsDraft 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 hyp...
#77: Vinhos Deluxe review & on tap; Carcassonne: Over Hill and Dale; Alhambra; Cleopatra; Coldwater Crown: The Sea
Draft Mechanic - June 18, 2018 05:26 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsDraft 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, a...
#76: Altiplano six-pack review & on tap; Food Truck Champion; The Mind; Carcassonne: The Discovery
Draft Mechanic - June 04, 2018 04:38 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsDraft 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. W...
#75: Geekway to the West 2018 recap!
Draft Mechanic - May 22, 2018 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsDraft 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 a...
#74: Decrypto v Codenames, Dice Throne, Wonderland, Biblios, World Beer Cup 2018
Draft Mechanic - May 14, 2018 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsDraft 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...
#73: Rising 5 six-pack review; Blight Chronicles: Agent Decker preview; Monster Match & Funky Chicken; Las Vegas Boulevard
Draft Mechanic - April 23, 2018 05:24 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsDraft 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 ...
#72: The RPG episode! Home-brew campaigns, one shots; Vinyl & Filler previews; Sunset Over Water; Homebrewing
Draft Mechanic - April 09, 2018 17:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsDraft 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 campai...
My Meeple and Me
Draft Mechanic - April 01, 2018 09:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsOh 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 fin...
#71: One Deck Dungeon (six-pack review & on tap); Mystery of the Temples preview; Hardback & Pitch Deck
Draft Mechanic - March 26, 2018 05:05 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsDraft 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 fi...
#70: Kitchen Rush! Six pack review & on tap; TIME Stories: Santo Tomas de Aquino; Clank! Sunken Treasures; Crossfire; the Cicerone program
Draft Mechanic - March 12, 2018 05:24 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsDraft 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-tim...
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