Boardgame Mechanics

Episode 71: Games A Co-Host Is Wrong About or Welcome to Pickle Ballers the Podcast all about Pickle Ball which Happens to Be Joel's Favorite Past-time

Episode 71 - Games Our CoHost is Wrong About
Introduction:   
Zany Banter!!
News:
Egizia: Shifting Sands Stronghold - $39 9 days to go
Sailing Towards Osiris: Pharaoh’s Pyramid Daily Magic Games $24 10 days to go
Adventure Mart Deck Building Game $44 26 days to go
Games played:
Jason - Heart of Crown Fairy Garden
Joel - Mechs Vs. Minions
Jason - Space Explorers
Games Our CoHost is Wrong About:
Joel - The Legend of the Cherry Tree That Blossoms Every Ten Years
Jason - Railroad Rivals
Joel - Bargain Quest
Jason - Downforce
Joel - Vasco da Gama
Jason - Gizmos
Closing:

Episode 70: Our Favorite Game Box Covers or What If Carpenter Ants Stole Joel's Keys to His BMW and Listened To Our Podcast for 70 Straight Hours?

Episode 70 - Favorite Box Covers
Introduction:   
Zany Banter!!
News:
Bites - Chad DeShon.  Ants are moving to collect different pieces of food that are worth different points. Commodity speculation, take that, variable set up, price manipulation, any player can move any ant.  $24 13 days.
Kodama 3D.  $24 13 days.
Merlin Knights of the Round Table.  $18 9 days.
Games played:
Jason - Tanto Cuore
Joel - Skull
Jason - Loopin Louie
Joel - Vinhos 2016 version  
Favorite Box Art:
Joel - Dinosaur Island
Jason - Legend of the Cherry Tree
Joel - Trickerion
Jason - Yamatai
Joel - Near and Far
Jason - Everdell
Closing:
Jason - Celestia, Coimbra, Lisboa, The Bloody Inn, Takenoko
Joel - Tokaido, Rajas, Evolution, Arboretum, Heaven and Ale, Photosynthesis, Yamatai, Lisboa, Vinhos, Ashes, Myrmes, Coimbra, Raccoon Tycoon, Flick em’ Up, Azul, Feudum, Scythe, Wingspan

Episode 69: The Definitive List of the Best Games of 2009 or Jason Finally Declares His Love For Minis While Joel Pleads for Intros

Episode 69 - Our Favorite Games From 2009
Introduction:   
Zany Banter!!
News:
Promenade on Kickstarter. Second attempt. $58 three days to go.
DriWe: The Game - by Luke Dry 13 days to go. $32 for the base game. Be the first to reach 100 happy points.
Games played:
Jason - Lewis and Clark
Joel - Forsaken Forest
Jason - Concept
Joel -  Super Dungeon Explore
Favorite Games from 2009:
Jason - Tanto Cuore (3)
Joel - Summoner Wars (3)
Jason - Revolution! (2)
Joel - Finca (2)
Jason - Vasco da Gama (1)
Joel - Hansa Teutonica (1)
Closing:
Jason - Dice Town, Small World, Truth Be Told, The Resistance
Joel - Lots of games; too many to mention

Episode 68: Our Favorite Publishers or Jason is Scolded During a Blue Jackets Moment of Silence in the Middle of a Board Gaming Podcast

Episode 68 - Our Favorite Publishers
Introduction:   
Zany Banter!!
News:
CliniC Deluxe second printing. This is a game where players are trying to run and build the best hospital they can. This is from Alban Viard so there is lots of interesting stuff going on in true Alban fashion. You can get the base game for $59 with 21 days left.  Also artwork from Ian O’Toole.
Hostage Negotiator: Career. $40 with 7 days to go. The career expansion gives a campaign mode to this solo game. It will player over 10 years (games) and each game will build on each other.
Starving Artists by Frank Alberts. $29 and 27 days to go. This is a paint by cube game where you are trying to paint paintings, well paintings and work to become the best artist around.
Games played:
Jason - Deadwood 1867
Joel -  Robinson Crusoe, Escape from Despair Island
Jason - Onitama
Joel -  NOTHING
Favorite Publishers :
Jason - Grey Fox: 7 Ronin, Champions of Midgard, Deception, Harvest Dice, London Dread, Order of the Guilded Compass, Rising 5
Joel - CMON
Jason - What’s Your Game: Zhanguo, Vasco da Gama, Vinhos, Asgard, Signorie, Madeira, Nippon, Railroad Revolution
Joel - Stonemaier
Jason - Eggertspiele: Blackout Hong Kong, Rococo, Coimbra, Great Western Trail, Heaven and Ale, Mombasa
Joel - Eggertspiele:  Village, Camel Up, Power Struggle
Closing:
Stronghold Games, Rio Grande, TMG, AEG, ZMAN, Iello, Tree Frog, Osprey, Roxley. Renegade, R&R Games, Daily Magic, HUCH!, Forbidden Games, Upper Deck
Days of Wonder is just okay

Episode 67: Board Game Trade and Purchase Deals or Jason Is a Real Game Trading Rude Boy

Episode 67 - Good Trade or Purchase Deals
Introduction
News
This week’s Ignacy Update…“Very very soon. :)”
Cleopatra and the Society of Architects on Kickstarter from Mojito Studios. 22 days left.
Runika and The Six Sided Spellbooks. 20 days left not yet funded.
Games played:
Jason - Passing Through Petra
Joel - Deception: Murder in Hong Kong
Jason - Dice Forge Expansion
Joel - Decrypto
Trade and Purchase Deals
Joel -  Fresco deal; Ding and Dent Box $11
Jason - Call to Adventure trade for Kraftwagen and Burano
Joel - Starfarers of Catan for Splotter Games
Jason - Concordia for free; Joel’s mom purchased
Joel - Battlestar Galactica for First Class, Rise to Nobility, Dominaire and The Village
Jason - Palm Island for Snowdonia
Closing

Episode 66: Games Played and Some News or Would You Trade Sheep For Wood...We've Got Your Wood Right Here

Episode 66 - News and Games Played
Introduction   
Zany Banter!!
News
Message from Ignacy
Anachrony Fractures of Time Expansion and Infinity Box
On Mars 7 Days Left.
Games played
Jason - Burano
Joel -  Dead Of Winter is a bad game.
Jason - Elysium
Joel -  New Hotness, Settlers of Catan.
Jason - Mai Star
Joel - Barenpark is good for a tetris knock off.
Closing

Episode 65: Our Favorite Games Based On An Intellectual Property or We Get Called Up to The Big Leagues and Our Agent Aurora Burbank Partners with Notorious RBG to Get A Super Special Intro Lined Up

Episode 65 - Favorite Games with an IP
Introduction:   
Zany Banter!!
News:
Dungeonology: The Expedition SUPA HOT FIRE. Biggest KS this year ...also minis and 89 bucks.
Age of Civilizations-- Tiny epic civ basically. What I like about this one is all the stuff is addons. You can get a base game for like 27 bucks.
Games factory -- bankrupt. Kickstarter unfulfilled. Also polish distro of Roll for Galaxy, Dominion, Star Realms, Project Gaia and Kingdomino.  CEO fled country. The story of this company could be a pretty great expansion for Escape Plan
Games played:
Jason - Order of the Gilded Compass
Joel -  Keyforge
Jason - Ladies and Gentlemen
Joel -  Raccoon Tycoon
Favorite Games based on an IP:
Joel - Hail Hydra
Jason - Dinosaur Island/Masque of Red Death
Joel - The Reckoners
Jason - Harry Potter Hogwarts Battle
Joel - Mechs Vs. Minions
Jason - The Godfather:  Corleone’s Empire
Closing: Mechs vs Minions, BSG, Watson and Holmes, X Wing Mini, Ticket to Ride Marklin,  Homeland, Hail Hydra, Monopoly Gamer, The Reckoners, Lord of the Rings Card Game, AH:LCG, Eldrich Horror. Batman Love Letter, DiceMasters, Discworld: Ankh Morpork, Firefly (not good. Sorry Sean)

Episode 64: Discussion of the Golden Geek Awards or Joel and Jason Have a Root Fetish and This Episode Should be Marked as Explicit

Episode 64 - Golden Geek Award Reactions
Introduction:   
Zany Banter!!!
News:  
Paradise Lost- deduction and worker placement game from Tom Butler. 26 days to go.
Valley of the Kings Premium from AEG. Three days left.
Games played:
Jason - Famiglia
Joel -  Dice Throne
Jason - Sonar
Joel -  Bunny Kingdom
Golden Geek Winners:
Board Game of the Year - RootBrass Birmingham and Architects of the West Kingdom
Two Player Game - KeyforgeWar Chest and Duelosaur Island
Artwork/Presentation - RootEverdell and Brass Birmingham
Card Game - The MindKeyforge and Thunderstone Quest
Cooperative Game - The MindChronicles of Crime and Detective
Expansion - Scythe: Rise of FenrisTerraforming Mars: Prelude and Root: The Riverfolk Expansion
Family Game - The Quacks of Quedlinburg Welcome To and The Mind
Innovative - RootChronicles of Crime and Keyforge
Party Game - The MindDecrypto and Just One
Solo Game - That’s Pretty CleverWelcome To and Chronicles of Crime
Strategy Game - Brass Birmingham Root and Teotihuacan
Thematic Game - RootRising Sun and Western Legends
Closing:
Looks like the only games we really need on our collection are Root and The Mind. All other games are inferior.