Draft Mechanic Episode #102: Variants and On Tap: Cottage Garden, Indian Summer, and Spring Meadow, Reef, Lotus, Scoville, Homebrew Legalization, and Final Round: What makes a great boardgame app?
Kickstarters:
Fickle (BGG) (Kickstarter)
Remarkable Shops & Their Wares (Kickstarter)
Recent Plays:
Reef
2018, Next Move Games
Designer: Emerson Matsuuchi
Artist: Chris Quilliams
Lotus
2016, Renegade Game Studios
Designer: Jordan Goddard, Mandy Goddard
Artist: Anita Osburn, Chris Ostrowski
Scoville
2014, Tasty Minstrel Games
Designer: Ed Marriott
Artist: Josh Cappel
Variants:
Cottage Garden
2016, Stronghold Games/Edition Spielwiese
Designer: Uwe Rosenberg
Artist: Andrea Boekhoff
Indian Summer
2017, Stronghold Games/Edition Spielwiese
Designer: Uwe Rosenberg
Artist: Andrea Boekhoff
Spring Meadow
2018, Stronghold Games/Edition Spielwiese
Designer: Uwe Rosenberg
Artist: Andrea Boekhoff
On Tap:
Cottage Garden
2016, Stronghold Games/Edition Spielwiese
Designer: Uwe Rosenberg
Artist: Andrea Boekhoff
•Central State Brewing Company "Garden"; Indianapolis, IN, USA
3.6% ABV, 12 IBU.
Gose brewed with lemon peel & Cascade hops.
•The Veil Brewing Co. "Cat Cat Nap Nap"; Richmond, VA, USA
6% ABV.
Double dry-hopped IPA with Galaxy, Citra, Nelson, & Mosaic hops.
Indian Summer
2017, Stronghold Games/Edition Spielwiese
Designer: Uwe Rosenberg
Artist: Andrea Boekhoff
•The Bruery "Autumn Maple"; Placentia, CA, USA
10% ABV, 15 IBU.
Yam beer with cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, vanilla, molasses, & maple syrup.
•New Glarus Brewing Company "Fat Squirrel Ale"; New Glarus, WI, USA
5.8% ABV, 30 IBU.
Bottle-conditioned brown ale.
Spring Meadow
2018, Stronghold Games/Edition Spielwiese
Designer: Uwe Rosenberg
Artist: Andrea Boekhoff
•Finnriver Farm & Cidery "Honey Meadow"; Chimacum, WA, USA
6.5% ABV.
Cider with honey and syrup made from local burdock & dandelion roots dried in their wood-fired oven.
•Marmota Brewery "Marmota IPA"; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
6% ABV, 67 IBU.
IPA brewed with California hops.
•River City Brewing "Midnight Marmot Imperial Stout"; Spokane, WA, USA
8.7% ABV, 78 IBU.
Imperial stout.
Homebrew Legalization:
American Homebrewers Association: The Long Journey to Homebrew Legalization
Brewers Association: Homebrewing Officially Legal in All 50 States
KegWorks: How Jimmy Carter Sparked the Craft Beer Revolution
VinePair: The Secret History of Presidents and Beer
The White House: Ale to the Chief: White House Beer Recipe
Section Timestamps:
01:00 Show Intro, News & Updates
04:39 Games News: Mystic Vale app, Cities: Skylines
08:46 Kickstarter Updates
11:03 Kickstarter: Fickle
13:44 Kickstarter: Remarkable Shops & their Wares
16:37 Recent Plays: Reef
22:16 Recent Plays: Lotus
29:55 Recent Plays: Scoville
38:00 Grey Fox Games Sponsorship Spot
38:48 Variants: Uwe Rosenberg’s Puzzle Trilogy
41:18 Variants: Cottage Garden overview
48:17 Variants: Indian Summer overview
57:21 Variants: Spring Meadow overview
68:08 Variants Discussion
86:23 On Tap: Those Three Games
93:02 Beer Segment: Homebrew Legalization
97:24 Final Round: What Makes a Game App Great?
110:25 Outro