Boardgame Mechanics

Episode 170: Our Favorite Games About Plants or For Some Reason Jason Doesn't Ever Care About Theme But When It Comes To Dune He Has Feelings...Lots of Feelings

Episode 170 - Our Favorite Games About Plants
Introduction: 
News: 
Catch Don Falconi - 6 days, $44
I C E - 9 days, $81
Skyline Express - 12 days, $52 ($15 R&R)
Games Played: 
Roll For the Galaxy
After the Empire 
Dune: Imperium 
Our Favorite Games About Plants: 
Jason - Legend of the Cherry Tree
Katie - Genotype
Jason - Viticulture 
Katie - Takenoko 
Jason - Scoville
Katie - Agricola
Honorable Mentions: Rare Roses, Bohnanza, Spirits of the Rice Paddy/Rice Dice, The Little Flower Shop, Sequoia, La Granja, Succulent, Terraforming Mars
Closing:

Episode 169: Our Favorite Brain Burner Games or Jason Forgets That He Is Recording a Podcast and Shows Katie His Bedroom Board Game Eyes

Episode 169 - Our Favorite Brain Burners
Introduction: 
News: 
Aldabas - 4 days, $20 
Florence - 6 days, $64 
Vivid Memories - 7 days, $50 
Games Played: 
The Rival Networks
Kingsport Festival
Little Flower Shop Dice Game 
Our Favorite Brain Burners: 
Jason - Lisboa 
Katie - The Gallerist
Jason - Tekhenu 
Katie - The Alchemists
Jason - Merkator 
Katie - Trickerion
Honorable Mentions: London Dread, Overboss, Masque of the Red Death, Coimbra, Kanban, Vinhos, Rococo, T’zolkin, Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective
Closing:

Episode 168: Our Favorite Tile Laying Games or Katie Is Struggling to Shut Off the Patronization and Condescension In This One

Episode 168 - Our Favorite Tile Laying Games
Introduction: 
News: 
My Father’s Work - 6 days, $99
Canvas Reflections expansion and reprint - 4 days, $25/$60
Hidden Leaders - 7 days, $25
Games Played: 
Moonrakers
Lucky’s Misadventures
Genotype
Our Favorite Tile Laying Games: 
Jason - Amerigo
Katie - Castles of Mad King Ludwig
Jason - Meeple Land
Katie - Sanssouci
Jason - A Gentle Rain
Katie - The One Hundred Torii
Honorable Mentions: Calico, Carcassone, Between Two Castles, Overboss, Minecraft, Unearth, Ecos, Takenoko, Akrotiri, Seikatsu, New York 1901
Closing:

Episode 167: If We HAD To Play a Space Game or Jason Finds Out That Katie Is an Evil Genius When It Comes to Playing Games or Dan From Board Game Rundown Is Wrong

Episode 167 - If We Had to Play a Space Game...
Introduction: 
News: 
Marvel United: X-Men - 5 days, $65
Cellulose - 6 days, $39
Transmissions - 7 days, $40/$54
The Mysteries of Coral Cove: a 5e adventure - 7 days, $40
Games Played: 
Nidavellir 
Ecos: First Continent
CRYO 
If We Had To Play A Space Game...: 
Jason - Clank! In! Space!
Katie - Star Trek Catan 
Jason - Circadians First Light
Katie - The Crew
Jason - Rising 5: Runes of Asteros
Katie - Terraforming Mars
Honorable Mentions: Space Explorers, CRYO, The Artemis Project, Firefly the Game, Mission Red Planet, Firefly Shiny Dice, The Captain is Dead, On Mars
Closing:

Episode 166: Unpopular Opinions in Board Gaming or We Just Want to Apologize Ahead of Time for This One and Want You To Know That We Really Are Nice People...Honest

Episode 166 - Gaming Unpopular Opinions
Introduction: 
News: 
Scrumpy Card Cider - 2 days, $47
Hippocrates - 6 days, $84
Rad Zone - 3 days, $8/$22
Games Played: 
Point Salad
Bonfire
Marvel United: Tales of Asgard
Board Gaming Unpopular Opinions: 
Jason - Expensive Deluxe Editions with no standard edition option
Katie - Gimmicky Reviews (including PAID ones)
Jason - Games with minis; causing games to be more expensive than they should be
Katie - Board game gatekeepers
Jason - Kickstarter Hype
Katie - Game FOMO
Closing:

Episode 165: Our Favorite Pushing Cubes Around the Old World Games or Sometimes When We Run Out of Ideas We Get Topics Like This

Episode 165 - Our Favorite Pushing Cubes Around the Old World Games
Introduction: 
BGG Golden Geek Awards
News: 
John Company: 4 days, $80
AuZtralia Big Box and Revenge of the Old Ones and TaZmania - 6 days, $59/$99
Partners - 6 days, $12/$35
Board Game Upgrades by MeepleSource - 14 days, $15+
Games Played: 
Viticulture 
Wits and Wagers
Our Favorite Pushing Cubes Around the Old World Games: 
Jason - Caylus
Katie - Concordia
Jason - Istanbul
Katie - Le Havre
Jason - Merkator
Katie - Akrotiri
Closing:

Episode 164: Our Favorite Out Guessing Your Opponent Games or Katie is Going to Start an MC Just Because She Wants to Call Jason "Old Man"

Episode 164 - Favorite Out Guessing Your Opponent Games
Introduction: 
News: 
It Takes a Thief: The Board Game - 16 days, $56
Long Shot: The Dice Game - 14 days, $25 
Magna Roma - 11 days, $59
Games Played: 
On Tour
Cubitos
Sons of Anarchy
Favorite Out Guessing Your Opponent Games: 
Jason - Broom Service
Katie - Revolution!
Jason - 7 Ronin
Katie - Daxu
Jason - Institute of Magical Arts/School of Sorcery
Katie - Campy Creatures
Honorable Mentions: Libertalia, Bring Out Yer Dead, Hoax, Asgard 
Closing:

Episode 163: Games That Grew On Us Like a Fungus or Canadians Have to Be So Nice Because They Channel All Their Rage Into Their Geese

Episode 163 - Games That Grew on Us...Like a Fungus
Introduction: 
News: 
Horns Up! The Lacuna Coil Card Game - 10 days, $29/$38 expansion
Tabletop Apparel for Game Lovers - 4 days, $19 tee/ $39 hoodie/ $52 leggings 
Gloomier: A Night at Hemlock Hall - 5 days, $24
Solani/The Girl Who Made the Stars - 11 days, $49/$95
Games Played: 
Pirates Cove
Atlantis Rising
Paris
Games that Grew On Us...Like a Fungus: 
Jason - Everdell
Katie - Victorian Masterminds
Jason - Charterstone 
Katie - Kingsport Festival
Jason - Villainous
Katie - Tapestry
Closing: