Draft Mechanic Episode #32: An interview with Windup War designers Jess Chu and Katie Khao, Puerto Rico on tap, SeaFall first impressions, 51st State Master Set, Betrayal at House on the Hill: Widow's Walk, and Night Shift Distribution.
Upcoming:
Unlock! An Escape Room Adventure
2017, Space Cowboys
Kickstarters:
Windup War
Recent Plays:
SeaFall
2016, Plaid Hat Games.
Designers: Rob Daviau
51st State (Master Set)
2016, Portal Games.
Designers: Ignacy Trzewik
Betrayal at House on the Hill: Widow’s Walk
2016, Avalon Hill.
Designers: Bruce Glassco, Mike Selinker, Rob Daviau, Bill McQuillan
Designer Interview:
Windup War (Kickstarter)
2017, Bellwether Games.
Designers: Jessica Chu, Katie Khao
On Tap Beer Pairings:
Puerto Rico
2002, Ravensburger/Rio Grande Games
Designer: Andreas Seyfarth
- Coffee: Boquerón Brewing Co.“Gripiñas Coffee Porter” Boquerón, Puerto Rico
5.8% ABV.
Collaboration with local coffee roasters Torrefaccion Mayor. - Sugar: Lagunitas Brewing Co. “Brown Shugga Ale” Petaluma, CA
9.8% ABV, 51 IBU.
American Strong Ale brewed with brown cane sugar. - Corn: Urban Artifact “Maize” Cincinnati, OH
Amber Lager. 5.3% ABV, 25 IBU.
Inspired by traditional Kentucky Common. Corn sweetness w/tartness from wild yeast. - Tobacco: Our Brewing Company “The Tobacconist Porter” Holland, MI
6.3% ABV, 36 IBU.
Porter with pipe tobaccoHerzl Beer “Embargo” Jerusalem, Israel
6% ABV, 25 IBU.
Porter brewed with Cuban tobacco. - Indigo: Siren Craft Brew; Finchampstead, England
Garage Project; Wellington, NZ
“Blacklight Banana” Imperial Stout. 9.2% ABV.
Imperial stout brewed with molasses, caramelized banana, banana puree, and bourbon barrel-aged coffee beans. Bananas glow under blacklights.- Part of the International Rainbow Project, which each year pairs 7 UK brewers with a different group of brewers (2014 it was other non-UK european brewers, 2015 was American brewers, this year New Zealand brewers). Each collab pair is assigned a color of the rainbow and they brew based on that.
Night Shift Distributing:
Boston Globe: Night Shift was fed up with distributorships. So they started their own.
Night Shift Brewing
Section Timestamps:
Intro
01:00 Show Housekeeping
01:50 Local events (Extra Life / MACE)
04:30 FBGL Update
05:31 Upcoming: UNLOCK!
10:31 First Impressions: SeaFall
16:49 Recent Plays: 51st State Master Set
20:38 Recent Plays: Betrayal at House on the Hill: Widow’s Walk
26:27 Kickstarter Preview: Windup War
31:05 Interview with Jess Chu & Katie Khau, cow&duck Studios
43:48 On Tap: Puerto Rico
52:47 Night Shift Brewing launches distribution company
60:11 Outro
