Boardgame Mechanics

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
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:

Episode 162 - Favorite Trick Taking Games
Introduction: 
News: 
CULTivate - 2 days, $35
Carbon Control - 9 days, $72
Floriferous - 10 days, $20
Eternal Palace - 5 days, $46/$58
Games Played: 
Duffers
Spy Web
Overboss
Favorite Trick Taking Games:
Jason - Fox and the Forest
Katie - Illimat
Jason - Best Candy on the Block/Skull King
Katie - Hagakure
Jason - The Crew 
Katie -Tricky Tides 
Closing:

Episode 161 - Favorite Love Themed Games
Introduction: 
News: 
Everdell: New Leaf and Mistwood expansions - 5 days, $60 
Hometown Holidays - 7 days, $10
Hojo Pojo - 9 days, $15
Pagan: Fate of Roanoke - 10 days, $48
Games Played: 
Bristol 1350
Quetzal 
Lost Ruins of Arnak
Favorite Love Themed Games: 
Jason - Tanto Cuore: Winter Romance
Katie - Love Letter
Jason - Ladies & Gentlemen
Katie - Marrying Mr Darcy 
Jason - Legacy: The Testament of Duke de Crecy
Katie - Obsession
Closing:

Episode 160 - Design Our Dream Game Night
Introduction: 
News: 
Caper: Europe - 14 days, $39
Meeples and Monsters - 7 days, $49
Moonshell: A Mermaid Game - 8 days, $39
Silverwood Grove - 10 days, $30
Games Played: 
Mutuels 
The Lord of the Rings
Cubitos
Dream Game Night: 
Katie - Intersperse light/quick games with more intense games
Jason - Start as Early as possible
Katie - Know the games you bring - sort of
Jason - Know the games that you bring 
Katie - A few party games/large group interactions
Jason - If five or more people break into two groups
Katie - Organized snacking/meals
Jason - No stopping to eat or talk...just game
Katie - Clear method for deciding what to play
Jason - No party games (or very few)
Closing:

Episode 159 - We design our dream game
Introduction: 
News: 
Finding Anastasia - 9 days, $29/$39
Dawn - 10 days, $20
Root Marauder expansion - 11 days, $50
Tiny Epic Dungeons - 11 days, $25
Caper: Europe rant
Games Played: 
The Inventors
Canvas
Praga Caput Regni
We design our dream game: 
Katie - Engine building/card synergy 
Jason - Tracks, Tracks, Tracks
Katie - Beautiful art and tactile components 
Jason - Push Your Luck
Katie - Multiple, unstructured paths to victory 
Jason - Tight decisions and Actions
Katie - Mechanics fueled by theme
Jason - Mechanisms over Theme
Katie - Some player interaction 
Jason - Multiplayer Solitaire 
Closing:

Episode 158 - Mechanics Rundown Con:
Introduction: 
News: 
City of Crowns (Paladins of the West Kingdom expansion) - 6 days, $28/$52 box
Tharos - 9 days, $72
Chamber of Wonders - 12 days, $43
Mechanics Rundown Con: 2021 Recap: 
Lords of Vegas
J, K, T
Dogs of War
J, K, T, D
Don’t Turn Your Back
J, K, T, D
Libertalia
J, K, T, D, B
Quacks of Quedlinburg
J, K, T, D, B
Bring Out Yer Dead
J, K, T, D, B
The Shipwreck Arcana
J, K, T, D, B
Dixit
J, K, T, D, B
Homestretch 
J, K, T, D, B
Into the Echoside 
J, B, T, D
Rajas of the Ganges
J, S, T, D
Growl
J, K, T, D, S
Masque of the Red Death
J, K, T, D, S
Closing:

Episode 157 - Best Games on a Budget:
Introduction: 
News: 
MOB: Big Apple TGG Games 4 days to go $30
Ares Expedition (Terraforming Mars card game) - 13 days, $39/$84
Zombicide: Undead or Alive - 18 days, $100
Games Played: 
Black Fleet
Tapestry with Plans and Ploys 
Villainous 
Best Games on a Budget: 
$20 Games:
Jason - Silver and Gold $15 Amazon Pandasaurus 
Katie - Shipwreck Arcana, $16, Meromorph Games
$30 Games:
Jason - Dice Forge Amazon $29.99
Katie - Newton, $31, Amazon; Godfather, $30, Amazon; Campy Creatures, $25 B&N/Keymaster
$40 Games:
Jason - Taverns of Tiefenthal $34.99 Amazon
Katie - Rajas of the Ganges, $39.99, Walmart/ Santa Monica, $37, Amazon
Closing: