#109: Slide Quest / Sessionable Games

Draft Mechanic Episode #109: Sessionable Games for When you have 30 Minutes or Less, Slide Quest On Tap, LOTS Kickstarter Preview, Calico Kickstarter Preview, BA Member Diversity Data, & Final Round: Board Gaming Burnout

Kickstarters:
After the Empire (BGG) (Kickstarter)
YEDO Deluxe Master Set (BGG) (Kickstarter)
LOTS: A Competitive Tower Building Game (BGG) (Kickstarter)

Recent Plays:
LOTS: A Competitive Tower Building Game
2019, Royal N. Games
Designer: Zachary Connelly
Artist: Claire Donaldson
(Kickstarter)

Calico
2020, Flatout Games
Designer: Kevin Russ
Artist: Beth Sobel
(Coming to Kickstarter in October)

Slide Quest
2019, Blue Orange Games
Designer: Nicolas Bourgoin, Jean-François Rochas
Artist: Stéphane Escapa

On Tap:
Slide Quest
2019, Blue Orange Games
Designer: Nicolas Bourgoin, Jean-François Rochas
Artist: Stéphane Escapa
    •Southern Barrel Brewing Co. "Slippery Slope";Bluffton, SC, USA
    8.5% ABV, 80 IBU.
    Double IPA with Nugget, Columbus, & Cluster hops.

    •Lake Placid Pub & Brewery "Big Slide IPA"; Lake Placid, NY, USA
    7% ABV, 70 IBU.
    Slightly piney IPA.

    •Martin House Brewing Company "Bockslider"; Forth Worth, TX, USA
    5.6% ABV, 18 IBU.
    Bock that is the official beer of Toadies.

    •Arbor Brewing Company "Tilted Earth Summer IPA"; Ypsilanti, MI, USA
    5% ABV, 43 IBU.
    Session IPA with Amarillo, Huell Melon, & Cashmere hops. Part of the Tilted Earth seasonal IPA series.

Sixpacks of Sessionable Games:
These are games that play in 30 minutes or less from opening the box to game end.

Jake:
Imhotep
2016, KOSMOS
Designer: Phil Walker-Harding
Artist: Miguel Coimbra, Michaela Kienle

Las Vegas Royale
2019, Ravensburger Spieleverlag GmbH
Designer: Rüdiger Dorn
Artist: Antje Stephan, Claus Stephan

Scarabya
2018, Blue Orange Games
Designer: Bruno Cathala, Ludovic Maublanc
Artist: Sylvain Aublin

Catch the Moon
2017, Bombyx
Designer: Fabien Riffaud, Juan Rodriguez
Artist: Emmanuel Malin

Custom Heroes
2017, Alderac Entertainment Group
Designer: John D. Clair
Artist: Matt Paquette

Insider
2020, Oink Games
Designer: Kwaji, Daichi Okano, Kito Shinma, Akihiro Itoh
Artist: Jun Sasaki

Danielle:
Keyforge: Call of the Archons
2018, Fantasy Flight Games
Designer: Richard Garfield

Patchwork
2014, Lookout Games
Designer: Uwe Rosenberg
Artist: Klemens Franz

Monster Match
2018, North Star Games
Designer: Ken Gruhl, Quentin Weir
Artist: Linda DeSantis, Ben Goldman

Welcome To…
2018, Blue Cocker Games/Deep Water Games
Designer: Benoit Turpin
Artist: Anne Heidsieck

Seikatsu
2017, IDW Games
Designer: Matt Loomis, Isaac Shalev
Artist: Peter Wocken

Harvest Dice
2017, Grey Fox Games
Designer: Danny Devine
Artist: Danny Devine, Tyler Myatt

BA Member Diversity Reporting:
The Diversity Data Is In: Craft Breweries Have Room and Resources for Improvement
Brewers Association Releases Brewery Employee Diversity Data for the First Time

Section Timestamps:

01:00 Show Intro, News & Updates

03:27 Game News: Stonemaier Games’ “Tapestry” sells in a flash

07:05 Kickstarter Updates

10:20 Kickstarter: After the Empire

12:40 Kickstarter: YEDO Deluxe

17:07 KS Preview: LOTS

26:22 KS Preview: Calico

39:10 Recent Plays: Slide Quest

45:49 On Tap: Slide Quest

48:32 Grey Fox Games Sponsorship Spot

49:31 Six Pack List: Sessionable Games

79:16 BA Member Diversity

96:32 Final Round: Board Game Burnout

85:06 Outro

#59: Spooky Games

Draft Mechanic Episode #59: 6(ish) Spooky Games for the Halloween Season , Summit: The Board Game On Tap, Blood Bowl: Team Manager, Flamme Rouge, Insider, and the 2017 Great American Beer Festival

Kickstarters:
Near and Far: Amber Mines (BGG Page)
Zero Hour (BGG Page)
7th Continent: What Goes Up, Must Come Down (Base Game BGG Page)

Recent Plays:
Blood Bowl: Team Manager - The Card Game
2011, Fantasy Flight Games
Designer: Jason Little
Artist: 31 listed

Flamme Rouge
2016, Lautapelit/2017, Stronghold Games
Designer: Asger Harding Granerud
Artists: Ossi Hiekkala, Jere Kasanen

Insider
2016, Oink Games
Designer: Akihiro Itoh, Kwaji, Daichi Okano, Kito Shinma
Artist: Jun Sasaki

6 Spooky Games for the Halloween Season:
Dead of Winter: A Crossroads Game
2014, Plaid Hat Games
Designer: Jonathan Gilmour, Isaac Vega
Artists: David Richards, Fernanda Suárez, Peter Wocken

Gloom (second edition)
2014, Atlas Games
Designer: Keith Baker
Artist: Michelle Nephew, J. Scott Reeves

Mysterium
2015, Libellud
Designer: Oleksandr Nevskiy, Oleg Sidorenko
Artists: Igor Burlakov, Xavier Collette, Oleksandr Nevskiy, Oleg Sidorenko

Betrayal at House on the Hill
2004, Avalon Hill Games, Inc.
Designer: Rob Daviau, Bruce Glassco, Bill McQuillan, Mike Selinker, Teeuwynn Woodruff
Artist: Dennis Crabapple McClain, Christopher Moeller, Peter Whitley

The Bloody Inn
2015, Pearl Games
Designer: Nicolas Robert
Artists: Luis Francisco, Weberson Santiago

T.I.M.E. Stories: Asylum
2015, Space Cowboys
Designer: Peggy Chassenet, Manuel Rozoy
Artist: Ben Carre, Vincent Dutrait, David Lecossu, Pascal Quidault
Afterward check out our SPOILER FILLED DISCUSSION

On Tap:
Summit: The Board Game
2017, Inside Up Games
Designer: Conor McGoey
Artist: Jordan Danielsson

• Base Camp Brewing Company "In-Tents IPL"; Portland, OR, USA
  6.8% ABV, 55 IBU
  Lager dry hopped and aged on oak.
• Alaskan Brewing Co. "Big Mountain Pale Ale"; Juneau, AK, USA
  5.7% ABV, 45 IBU.
  Pale ale dry hopped with Simcoe, Mosaic, and Calypso.
• Living the Dream Brewing Company "Ice Climber"; Littleton, CO, USA
  8.0% ABV, 100 IBU
  West coast style Imperial IPA.
• Forager Brewery "Sherpa's Survival Kit"; Rochester, MN, USA
  8.5% ABV, 68 IBU
  American double stout.
• Fremont Brewing "Instant Karma"; Seattle, WA, USA
  6.5% ABV, 50 IBU.
  New England-style IPA.
• Denver Beer Co. "Summit Sunrise"; Denver, CO, USA
  6.3% ABV, 65 IBU
  Red rye IPA.

2017 Great American Beer Festival:
GABF Site
2017 Winners List

Section Timestamps:

Intro

01:00 Show Housekeeping

02:18 FBGL Week 4 Recap

05:30 [Essen Intensifies]

07:03 Kickstarter: Near & Far: Amber Mines

09:15 Kickstarter: Zero Hour

11:16 Kickstarter: The 7th Continent follow-up

15:29 Recent Plays: Blood Bowl: Team Manager

21:43 Recent Plays: Flamme Rouge

33:03 Recent Plays: Insider

41:03 Grey Fox Games sponsorship spot

42:12 Six Spooky Games for the Season

66:28 On Tap: Summit, The Board Game

75:57 Quick notes on Summit hops

78:19 2017 Great American Beer Festival

86:48 Outro

#36: 2016, a Year in Review

We made it! Welcome to the new year, 2017! As is the tradition, for our first episode of the year we’re going to look back at the year that was with our superlative categories, favorite beers, and favorite games of 2016. Nope, that’s it - no more fluff in the intro paragraph. We’re really excited to do this one! Let’s get to the festivities!!!!

Upcoming: SuperHot Card Game [BGG] [Website]

2016 Superlatives:

Best Artwork:
Scythe (Stonemaier Games)
Paradox (Split Second Games)
Islebound (Red Raven Games)
The Blood of an Englishman (Renegade Game Studios)

Best Non-mini Components:
Santorini (Roxley Games)
Junk Art (Pretzel Games)

Biggest Disappointment:
Danielle: SeaFall (IronWall Games/Plaid Hat Games)
Jake: Knit Wit (Z-Man Games)

Game I Wish I'd Played from 2016:
Danielle: Roll Player (Thunderworks Games)
Jake: Millennium Blades (Level 99 Games)

Game I Wish I'd Played More from 2016:
Danielle: Star Trek Ascendancy (Gale Force Nine)
Jake: Star Trek Frontiers (WizKids)

Best Older Game I Played for the First Time in 2016:
Danielle: Dungeons & Dragons (Wizards of the Coast)
Jake: Lost Cities (Kosmos)

Best Party Game:
Insider (Oink Games)
Brick Party (Renegade Games)
Fuji Flush (Stronghold Games)

Best Card Game:
51st State: Master Set (Portal Games)
Fabled Fruit (Stronghold Games)

Most Innovative Game:
Vast: The Crystal Caverns (Leder Games)
World of Yo-Ho (IELLO)
Captain Sonar (Matagot)

Best Dexterity Game:
Ice Cool (Brain Games)
Junk Art (Pretzel Games)
Brick Party (Renegade Games)

Favorite Beers of 2016 Six-Packs:

Jake:

• Burial Beer Co. “Gang of Blades” Double IPA. Asheville, NC. 8.3% ABV, 80 IBU.
• Marz Community Brewing “Jungle Boogie” Pale Wheat Ale. Chicago, IL. 5.4% ABV, 44 IBU.
• Hubbard's Cave “Vanilla Imperial Stout” Imperial Stout. Chicago, IL. 9.7% ABV, 78 IBU.
• Legion Brewing “Juicy Jay” IPA. Charlotte, NC. 6.3% ABV, 68 IBU.
• Destihl Brewery “Synchopathic” Dry-hopped Sour. Bloomington, IL. 6.0% ABV, 8 IBU.
• Holy Mountain Brewing “Witchfinder” Brett Saison. Seattle, WA. 6.1% ABV.

Danielle:

• Omnipolla/Tired Hands Brewing “Shilkmake/Milkshake IPA” IPA. Stockholm, Sweden/Ardmore, PA. 7.0% ABV.
• Wooden Robot Brewery “A Sour Darkly” Sour Brown. Charlotte, NC. 6.4% ABV.
• Hardywood Park Craft Brewery “Kentucky Christmas Morning” Bourbon barrel-aged Imperial Milk Stout. Richmond, VA. 10.6% ABV, 55 IBU.
• Noble Cider “Spice Merchant” Spiced Cider. Asheville, NC. 6.0% ABV.
• Free Range Brewing “Don't Dill-E-Dally” Gruit. Charlotte, NC. 5.8% ABV.
• Wild Heaven Craft Beers “Funkenrauch” Smoked Wild Ale. Decatur, GA. 7.0% ABV, 7 IBU.

Favorite Games of 2016 Six-Packs:

Jake's Picks:

Santorini
Roxley Games
Designer: Dr. Gordon Hamilton

Star Trek Ascendancy
Gale Force Nine
Designer: Aaron Dill, Sean Sweigart, John Kovaleski

Junk Art
Pretzel Games
Designer: Jay Cormier, Sen-Foong Lim

Danielle's Picks:

A Feast for Odin
Z-Man Games
Designer: Uwe Rosenberg

Insider
Oink Games
Designer: Jun Sasaki

The Networks
Formal Ferret Games
Designer: Gil Hova

We Both Picked:

Paradox
Split Second Games
Designer: Brian Suhre

Terraforming Mars
Stronghold Games/Fryxgames
Designer: Jacob Fryxelius

Scythe
Stonemaier Games
Designer: Jamey Stegmaier

Section Timestamps:

Intro
01:00 Show Housekeeping
02:28 Advance warning: SuperHot Card Game
05:10 2016 in review for Draft Mechanic
09:33 The 2016 Superlative Categories
10:09 Top News Stories
15:40 Best Artwork
18:51 Best Components
23:34 Biggest Disappointment
27:15 2016 Game I Wish I’d Played
29:12 Game I Wish I’d Played More in 2016
31:04 Best “New to Me in 2016” Older Game
33:36 Best Party Game
39:25 Best Card Game
41:58 Most Innovative
46:28 Best Dexterity Game
48:36 2016 Six-pack: Our Favorite Beer of 2016
68:00 2016 Six-pack: Our Favorite Games of 2016
101:35 Outro