Boardgame Mechanics

Episode 115: Games That Are Silly But We Enjoy Anyway or You Can Take the Boy Out of the Juggalo But You Can't Take the Juggalo Out of the Boy

Episode 115 - Games That Are Silly That We Enjoy Anyway
Introduction: 
News:
Frosthaven - new hotness; 27 days left; $100
GPS, Sequoia, Mountain Goats from boardgametables.com $39 20 days left
Salt & Sail Kazoodoo Games 6 days left $49
Games played: 
Into The Echoside 
Merlin
Games That Are Silly That We Enjoy Anyway:
Jason - HomeStretch
Katie - Bob Ross: The Art of Chill Game
Jason - Bohnanza 
Katie - True Colors
Jason - Ladies and Gentlemen 
Katie - Marrying Mr. Darcy
Closing:

Episode 114: Games to Play Remotely or All Katie Wants During the Apocalypse Is Some Orange Slices From Speedway

Episode 114 - Games to Play Remotely
Introduction: 
News:
Lawyer Up 12 days Rock Manor Games
Pandemain: Traditional Farmer’s Bread; 19 days, $37
Lions of Lydia; 13 days, $39
Rant against Pinup Sexy Brutale 3D print
Games played: 
Jason - Cuzco
Katie - Fireball Island
Jason - Fairy Tile
Katie - Fantastic Factories
Games to Play Remotely:
Jason - Quacks
Katie - Sherlock 
Jason - Just One
Katie - On Tour
Jason - Onitama
Katie - Villainous 
Closing: 

Episode 113: Games To Play During a Quarantine or Jason's Virility Sometimes Oppresses Katie (That Doesn't Make Any Sense But The Episode Will Shed Some Light)

Episode 113 - Quarantine Gaming
Introduction: 
News:
Trekking the World
Moonshine Empire
Rabbit Rummage
Gaming Glossary:
Abstract Strategy
Dungeon Crawler
Games played: 
Jason - Paris
Katie - Sushi Roll
Jason - Detective Club
Katie - Deep Blue
Games to play during a 14 day quarantine:
Jason - Marvel Legendary
Katie - Homestretch
Jason - Quacks of Quedlinburg 
Katie - Alchemists
Jason - Wingspan
Katie - Tanto Cuore
Closing: 

Episode 112: Board Game Upgrades (Pimping Up) or Katie and Jason Have a Dispute About Who is the Most Feminist Star Trek Captain (Kirk Obviously)

Episode 112 - If You Like That Game Try This!
Introduction: 
News:
Captain’s Gambit
Hogwarts Battle expansion: Charms and Potions
Bold Made
Origins Awards
Gaming Glossary:
Semi-cooperative/Cooperative
CCG/LCG 
Games played: 
Jason - Dr. Microbe
Katie - Consulting Detective
Jason - Funkoverse Harry Potter
Katie - Clank! Legacy 
If You Like That Try This (Pimp My Board Game Habit):
Monopoly:
Jason - HomeStretch
Katie - Machi Koro
Cards Against Humanity:
Jason - Dixit
Katie - Just One
 
Yahtzee:
Jason - Ancient Terrible Things
Katie - Dice Forge
Scrabble:
Jason - Hardback
Katie - Spell Smashers
Card games:
Katie - Dice Town
Jason - Skull King/Fox in the Forest
Closing:

Episode 111: Games We Ended Up Liking or Jason and Katie Pulled Themselves Away from Love Is Blind To Record This Episode

Episode 111 - Games We Ended Up Liking
Introduction:   
Zany Banter 
News:
Plaid Hat now independent from Asmodee
Ludocherry Clothing
Pasion de las Pasiones
Empire of the Stars
Viscounts of the West Kingdom 
Gaming Glossary:
4X - Explore Expand Exploit Exterminate
I Split, You Choose 
Games played: 
Jason - Coloretto
Katie - Lawyer Up
Jason - Round House
Katie - Chronicles of Crime 1400
Games We Ended Up Liking:
Jason - The Godfather
Katie - Sentient
Jason - Wingspan
Katie - Lisboa
Jason - Concept
Katie - London
Closing:

Episode 110: Gaming Turn Offs or Jason Gets Katie All Fired Up About Something...He Can't Even Remember What The Big Deal Was

Episode 110 - Game Turn Offs
Introduction:   
Zany Banter 
News:
Ghost Hunting the card game
Saucy Grannies
Dragon Stew
Gaming Glossary:
Spatial manipulation 
Social deduction
Games played: 
Jason - Wooly Whammoth
Katie - Roll Player
Jason - Coralia
Katie - Coimbra; Timeline Challenge
Gaming Turn Offs:
Jason - Roll to Resolve Combat; Combat in general 
Katie - Themes I hate: space, robots/mechs
Jason - Interactivity; player screwage - Coimbra Example
Katie - Mechanics I hate: area control, dexterity, etc
Jason - Cooperative Games; doesn’t mean I won’t play them just doesn’t get me excited 
Katie - Dull colors and ugly artwork; but I can be won over
Closing:

Episode 109: Gaming Turn Ons or Katie Mistakes the Podcast for her Part Time Job at 1-900-Barry White

Episode 109 - Turn Ons in Games
Introduction:   
Zany Banter 
News:
Gorinto Grand Gamers Guild - 12 days left; $35; Check out our YouTube channel for a preview
Bivouac - 23 days left; $49; design a camp, activities, cute resources and meeples, includes expansion 
Cindr - 13 days left; $25; cute parody theme, make profile, pick a dragon, match for dice, roll for date, three fires burned
Marvel United - 11 days left; $60; CMON, Eric Lang, “sculptures”, cooperative, cute
Gaming Glossary:
Trick Taking - A trick-taking game is a card or tile-based game in which play of a hand centers on a series of finite rounds or units of play, called tricks, which are each evaluated to determine a winner or taker of that trick. (Tricky Tides, Fox in the Forest, euchre, Skull King)
Pick Up & Deliver - This mechanism usually requires players to pick up an item or good at one location on the playing board and bring it to another location on the playing board. Initial placement of the item can be either predetermined or random. The delivery of the good usually gives the player money to do more actions with. In most cases, there is a game rule or another mechanic that determines where the item needs to go.
Black Fleet, Orleans (expansion only), Firefly, My Little Scythe; Clank!
Call from member of #theriveted - Brad
King’s Forge Game Salute
Dice Throne Roxley Gaming Lab
Anachrony Mindclash 
Games played: 
Jason - Mechanica
Katie - Mystery of the Abbey
Jason - Matcha
Katie - Victorian Masterminds 
Turn Ons in Games:
Jason - Designer Pedigree (Italians, Vital, Feld, Marty)
Katie - Tactile Components - Agricola, Fool’s Gold first played piece, Five Tribes, Rise of Tribes
Jason - Press Your Luck (Fire in the Library, Fool’s Gold, Incan Gold, Quacks, Deep Sea Adventure, Dicey Peaks)
Katie - Immersive Theme - Fire in the Library, Consulting Detective, Hogwarts Battle, Thebes
Jason - Tracks to manipulate (Orleans, Terra Mystica, Tzolk’in, Blitzkrieg!, Dogs of War, Coimbra) 
Katie - Vibrant Artwork - Yamatai, Parks, Princess Jing, Tokaido
Closing: 

Episode 108: Games Katie Likes that Jason is Meh About or Katie Tells the Entire World About Jason's Secret Tattoo on His Butt Cheek

Episode 108 - Games Katie Loves and Jason Hates
Introduction:   
Zany Banter   
News:
Frutticola
Wonderland’s War
Wishland
Kanban EV
Gaming Glossary:
Real TimeCaptain Sonar, Fuse, Escape, London Dread
Dexterity Unicorn Glitterluck Cloud Stacking, Rhino Hero, Crokinole, Ice Cool, Flick’em Up
Call from member of #theriveted - PdB
Fool
Unmatched 
Square Meal (feb 17 on Kickstarter)
Games played: 
Jason - Humboldt’s Great Voyage
Katie - Monster Mayhem
Jason - Kanagawa
Katie - Elysium 
Games that Katie Loves and Jason Hates:
CONSULTING DETECTIVE
Monikers
Quest for El Dorado
Between Two Castles
Closing: D&D, Deception Murder in HK, Hero Realms, Chronicles of Crime, Charterstone