#112 Tapestry

Draft Mechanic Episode # 112: Tapestry Six Pack Review and On Tap, The Quacks of Quedlinburg: The Herb Witches, Escape Tales: Low Memory, The Chemicals in Hops, and Final Round: Do Games Need To Be Balanced

Kickstarters:
Twain (Kickstarter)
Fossilis (BGG) (Kickstarter)
Cosmic Colonies (BGG) (Kickstarter)

Recent Plays:
The Quacks of Quedlinburg: The Herb Witches
2019, North Star Games
Designer: Wolfgang Warsch
Artist: Dennis Lohausen

Escape Tales: Low Memory
2019, Board&Dice
Designer: Jakub Caban, Bartosz Idzikowski
Artist: Jakub Fajtanowski, Magdalena Klepacz

Six Pack Review:
Tapestry
2019, Stonemaier Games
Designer: Jamey Stegmaier
Artist: Andrew Bosley, Rom Brown

On Tap:
Tapestry
2019, Stonemaier Games
Designer: Jamey Stegmaier
Artist: Andrew Bosley, Rom Brown
    •Ratsherrn Brauerie "New Era Pilsener Dry hopped"; Hamburg, Germany
    4.9% ABV, 32 IBU.
    Pilsner.

    •Mellow Mink Brewing "Raspberry & Passionfruit Tapestry"; Mechanicsburg, PA, USA
    5.1% ABV, 2 IBU.
    Fruited sour.

    •Bad Dad Brewing Co. "Tapestry of Obcenity"; Fairmount, IN, USA
    6.6% ABV.
    AMerican IPA.

    •Bhramari Brewing Co. "Painted Fortune"; Asheville, NC, USA
    5.8% ABV, 16 IBU.
    California Common.

Chemicals in Hops:
Hops: Anatomy and Chemistry 101
Craft Beer & Brewing: Hops Oils & Aroma: Uncharted Waters
All About Beer Magazine: A Taste for Hops: Exploring the History and Mystery of Flavor Hops
Kegworks: What Are Hops? A Beginner’s Guide to Hops in Beer
The Complete Joy of Home Brewing (3rd Edition) by Charlie Papazian

Section Timestamps:

01:00 Show Intro, News & Updates

03:12 Kickstarter Updates

05:39 Kickstarter: Twain

08:24 Kickstarter: Fossilis

11:25 Kickstarter: Cosmic Colonies

13:37 Recent Plays: Quacks of Quedlinburg: The Herb Witches

27:00 Recent Plays: Escape Tales: Low Memory

45:38 Grey Fox Games Sponsorship Spot

46:30 Six Pack Review: Tapestry

47:16 Tapestry: Gameplay Overview

51:13 Tapestry: Discussion

78:51 Tapestry: Final Thoughts

82:55 On Tap: Tapestry

86:50 What do Hops Add to Beer?

94:50 Final Round: Game Balance

98:52 Outro

#111: Welcome To... Expansions

Draft Mechanic Episode # 111: Welcome To… Halloween, Outbreak, Doomsday, Winter Wonderland, and Spring Pads, The Search for Planet X Kickstarter Preview, Slyville, Great American Beer Festival 2019 Winners, and a word from the organizer of MegaMooseCon

Kickstarters:
Dance Card! (BGG) (Kickstarter)
Camp Pinetop (BGG) (Kickstarter)
ArchRavels (BGG) (Kickstarter)
Calico (BGG) (Kickstarter - Launching 10/8)
The Search for Planet X (BGG) (Kickstarter - Launching 10/8)

Recent Plays:
The Search for Planet X
2020, Foxtrot Games
Designer: Matthew O'Malley, Ben Rosset
Artist: Michael Pedro
(Kickstarter - Launching 10/8)

Slyville
2019, Hexy Studio
Designer: Dominika Gerasimiak, Justyna Leszczyńska, Marek Daniluk, Mateusz Romach
Artist: Tomasz Larek, Przemysław Gul

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

Welcome To...: Halloween Thematic Neighborhood
2019, Deep Water Games
Designer: Alexis Allard, Benoit Turpin
Artist: Anne Heidsieck

Welcome To...: Outbreak Thematic Neighborhood
2019, Deep Water Games
Designer: Alexis Allard, Benoit Turpin
Artist: Anne Heidsieck

Welcome To...: Doomsday Thematic Neighborhood
2019, Deep Water Games
Designer: Alexis Allard, Benoit Turpin
Artist: Anne Heidsieck

Welcome To...: Winter Wonderland Thematic Neighborhood
2019, Deep Water Games
Designer: Alexis Allard, Benoit Turpin
Artist: Anne Heidsieck

Welcome To...: Spring Thematic Neighborhood
2019, Deep Water Games
Designer: Alexis Allard, Benoit Turpin
Artist: Anne Heidsieck

On Tap:
Welcome To… Thematic Neighborhoods
•Halloween: Evil Genius Beer Company "Trick or Treat";Philadelphia, PA, USA
7.8% ABV, 35 IBU.
Chocolate pumpkin porter.

•Outbreak: Spring House Brewing Company "Braaaiins! Pumpkin Ale for Zombies"; Lancaster, PA, USA
7.8% ABV.
Pumpkin ale.

•Doomsday: Lickinghole Creek Craft Brewery "Nuclear Nugget"; Goochland, VA, USA
10.5% ABV, 105 IBU.
Imperial honey IPA.

•Winter Wonderland: Silver City Brewery "Wonderland Winter Lager"; Bremerton, WA, USA
7% ABV, 22 IBU.
Bock.

•Spring: Evil Twin Brewing "Ryan and the Beaster Bunny"; Brooklyn, NY, USA
7% ABV.
Belgian style saison.

GABF 2019 Winners:
Brewers Association: America’s Finest: The Country’s Best Beers Celebrated at 2019 Great American Beer Festival®
Great American Beer Festival: Interactive List of Winners
Great American Beer Festival: PDF List of Winners

MegaMooseCon 2019 (10/25-10/27):
MegaMooseCon Website
Badges

Section Timestamps:



01:00 Show Intro, News & Updates

03:22 Games News: Castles of Burgundy’s New Look

06:24 Kickstarter Updates

08:15 Kickstarter: Dance Card!

10:38 Kickstarter: Camp Pinetop

12:54 Kickstarter: Arch Ravels

15:20 Kickstarter: Calico

16:44 Kickstarter Preview: The Search for Planet X

36:11 Recent Plays: Slyville

47:35 Grey Fox Games Sponsorship Spot

48:31 Feature Review: Welcome To Thematic Neighborhoods

55:17 Welcome To… Halloween

61:16 Welcome To… Outbreak

66:54 Welcome To… Doomsday

70:41 Welcome To… Winter Wonderland

73:10 Welcome To… Spring

78:50 Welcome To… Final Thoughts

79:50 On Tap: Welcome To… Thematic Neighborhoods

84:51 GABF 2019 Results

93:20 A round with Mark Kale, MegaMooseCon Founder

106:34 Outro

#110: Letter Jam

Draft Mechanic Episode #110: Letter Jam Six-pack Review & On Tap, KeyForge: Age of Ascension, Lanterns Dice: Lights In The Sky, Las Vegas Royale, Draft Line Cleaning, and Final Round: What The Heck Are The Words To Our Theme Song

News:
BGG: Upcoming Changes to BGG Mechanics / Mechanisms

Kickstarters:
Dungeon Master Alignment Coin (Kickstarter)
Detective: City of Angels Smoke and Mirrors Expansion (BGG) (Kickstarter)
ROOT: The Tabletop RPG (RPGG) (Kickstarter)

Recent Plays:
KeyForge: Age of Ascension
2019, Fantasy Flight Games
Designer: Richard Garfield

Lanterns Dice: Lights in the Sky
2019, Renegade Game Studios
Designer: Chris Bryan
Artist: Jason D. Kingsley, John Shulters, Beth Sobel

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

Six Pack Review:
Letter Jam
2019, Czech Games Edition
Designer: Ondra Skoupý
Artist: Dávid Jablonovský, František Sedláček, Lukáš Vodička, Michaela Zaoralová

On Tap:
Letter Jam
2019, Czech Games Edition
Designer: Ondra Skoupý
Artist: Dávid Jablonovský, František Sedláček, Lukáš Vodička, Michaela Zaoralová
    •Two Roads Brewing Company "Peach Jam"; Stratford, CT, USA
    5.5% ABV.
    Wheat ale brewed with peaches and hibiscus.

    •Noda Brewing Company "Jam Session"; Charlotte, NC, USA
    7.2% ABV, 81 IBU.
    Pale ale.

    •Tiny Rebel Brewing Co. "Pump Up the Jam"; Newport Docks, Newport, Wales
    5% ABV, 35 IBU.
    Jam doughnut pale ale. (Probably raspberry)

    •Dancing Gnome "Jam"; Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    6.8% ABV.
    Rye IPA.

    •Brix City Brewing "Tasty Jams"; Little Ferry, NJ, USA
    6.5% ABV.
    New England IPA.

Draft Line Cleaning:
Brewers Association: The Importance of Draught Beer Line Cleaning
Craft Beer & Brewing: Keep Your Draft Lines Clean

Section Timestamps:

#107: Gen Con 2019 Recap

Regular show notes coming soon! In the meantime, here’s the timestamps for what we talk about!

Section Timestamps:

01:00 Thursday Recap Intro w/Shane!

04:11 Thundergryph Games - Hats, Rolling Ranch

06:46 Adam’s Apple Games - Thrive, Truck Off Roll-and-Write

11:24 Fowers Games - Burgle Bros 2

12:54 XYZ labs - Arch Ravelry

16:11 Funforge - Namiji

18:10 Junk Spirit Games - Battle of the Bards

19:35 Brain Games - Iron Forest, Pigasus

23:42 Karen Twelves’ Improv for Roleplayers class

26:17 Storm Chaser / Greater Than Games - Medium

31:05 HABA - Miyabi, Club der Tatzen

37:22 Blue Orange - Detective Club

41:05 Helvetiq - Kawaii

42:36 IDW - Tonari

45:00 RDTN strike tournament

46:15 Elf Creek Games - Honey Buzz

53:20 Friday Recap intro

55:17 Asmadi Games - 1001 Odysseys

59:44 Space Cowboys - T.I.M.E Stories Revolution ‘Damien’

69:42 Portal Games - Imperial Settlers Roll-and-Write

71:06 Good Games - Fluttering Souls

74:01 Resonym - Mechanica

69:33 Dire wolf digital - Raiders of the North Sea, Root, Sagrada digital, Clank Legacy

84:15 Board&Dice - Yedo Deluxe, Trismegistus, Escape Tales Low Memory

91:32 North Star Games’ Wits & Wagers Vegas Game Show

92:30 Renegade Games Studios Rally

95:12 Foxtrot - the Search for Planet X

97:22 Grey Fox Games Sponsorship Spot

98:26 Saturday Recap Intro w/Gates!

100:44 Z-Man Games - Noctiluca

102:35 HeidelBAR Games - Wordsmith, Decipher

106:24 HUB Games - Megacity: Oceania, Holding On: The Troubled Life of Billy Kerr

111:35 Libellud - One Key

114:11 HUB Games - Flip Over Frog

115:35 Sizigi Studios - Cake Duel

117:10 Pandasaurus - Wayfinders

119:09 Gather Round Games - Schedule Simulator

122:05 Pandasaurus - Dead Man’s Cabal

128:08 Kuma’s Corner Burger Trip

130:34 Sunday Recap Intro

131:17 HUB Games - Flip Over Frog

133:48 HABA - Wobble King

135:55 Wrap-up and The Trip Home

138:29 Outro

140:12 Punchboard Media show ads

143:21 Level check

#92: 2018 In Review

Draft Mechanic Episode # 92: 2018 In Review, our 2018 Superlatives, Six Packs of our Favorite Beers and Board Games of 2018, a quick MetaMechanic, and biggest gaming surprises of 2018.

Kickstarter: 
Vital Lacerda’s Railways of Portugal (BGG) (Kickstarter)
Folded Space Board Game Inserts - Campaign 3 (Kickstarter)

2018 Superlatives:
Best Artwork:
Danielle: Root (Leder Games)
Jake: Everdell (Starling Games)

Best Non-mini Components:
Jake: the Mars Open: Tabletop Golf ball (Bellwether Games)
Danielle: The Expancity stacking skyscrapers (Breaking Games)

Biggest Disappointment:
Danielle: T.I.M.E. Stories: Brotherhood of the Coast (Space Cowboys)
Jake: Rising Sun (CMON Limited)

Game I Wish I'd Played in 2018:
Danielle: Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game (Portal Games)
Jake: Root (Leder Games)

Game I Wish I'd Played More of in 2018:
Danielle: The Quacks of Quedlinburg (North Star Games)
Jake: Star Realms: Frontiers (White Wizard Games)

Best Older Game I Played for the First Time in 2018:
Danielle: Ponzi Scheme (Tasty Minstrel Games)
Jake: Vinhos Deluxe Edition (Eagle-Gryphon Games)

Best Party Game:
Danielle: Monster Match (North Star Games)
Jake: Mars Open: Tabletop Golf (Bellwether Games)

Best App:
Danielle: Ganz Schön Clever (Schmidt Spiele, Developer: BrettspielWelt GMBH)
Jake: Noch Mal! (Schmidt Spiele, Developer: Outline Development)

Most Innovative Game:
Danielle: Nychtofobia (Pandasaurus Games)
Jake: KeyForge: Call of the Archons/Discover: Lands Unknown (Fantasy Flight Games)

Favorite Beers of 2018 Six-Packs:
Jake:

• Orpheus Brewing “Atalanta Slays the Beast” Barrel-aged plum wild ale. 6.2% ABV. Atlanta, GA, USA.

• Cascade Brewing Company “Primordial Noir” Bourbon barrel-aged cherry sour. 10.5% ABV. Portland, OR, USA.

• B. Nektar Meadery “Apple Pi with Crust” Apple cyser with spices and graham cracker. 15.3% ABV. Ferndale, MI, USA.

• Triptych Brewing “A Wizard Is Never Late” New England IPA brewed with Citra & Apollo hops. 7.07% ABV. Savoy, IL, USA.

• Other Half Brewing Co. “Space Hallucinations” Imperial oat cream IPA. 10.5% ABV. Brooklyn, NY, USA

• Burial Beer Co. “The Earth As We Now Know It” Triple dry hopped imperial IPA. 10% ABV, 65 IBU. Asheville, NC, USA.

Danielle:

• Burial Beer Co. “Mexican Hot Chocolate Skillet” Mexican hot chocolate stout. 8% ABV. / “Griddlecakes” Imperial waffle espresso stout. 10% ABV, 40 IBU. Asheville, NC, USA.

• Three Taverns Craft Brewery “Lord Grey” Lacto-fermented Earl Grey sour. 5% ABV, 5 IBU. Decatur, GA, USA.

• Kane Brewing Company “Morning Bean” Imperial milk porter with bourbon vanilla beans. 9.2% ABV. Ocean, NJ, USA.

• Stoup Brewing/Mirage Beer Co. “ÆGIR” New England IPA fremented with kveik yeast and dry-hopped with Galaxy, Mosaic, & Sabro hops. 6% ABV, 40 IBU. Seattle, WA, USA

• D9 Brewing Company “Brewer’s Day Off” Cucumber melon Gose. 4.8% ABV. Cornelius, NC, USA.

• Fremont Brewing “Bourbon Barrel Aged Dark Star: Spice Wars” Bourbon barrel aged blended imperial stout with spices. 8.0% ABV. Seattle, WA, USA.

Favorite Games of 2018 Six-Packs:

Jake's Picks:

6. Mars Open: Tabletop Golf
Bellwether Games
Designer:  Dennis Hoyle

5. Pasaraya: Supermarket Manager
BoxFox Games
Designer: Seh Hui Leong

3. Decrypto
Le Scorpion Masqué
Designer: Thomas Dagenais-Lespérance

Danielle's Picks:

6. Monster Match
North Star Games
Designer: Ken Gruhl, Quentin Weir

3. Welcome To…
Deep Water Games / Blue Cocker Games
Designer: Benoit Turpin

2. Ganz Schön Clever
Schmidt Spiele
Designer:  Wolfgang Warsch

We Both Picked:

The Quacks of Quedlinburg (Danielle’s 5, Jake’s 4)
North Star Games
Designer:  Wolfgang Warsch

Cryptid (Danielle’s 4, Jake’s 2)
Osprey Games
Designer:  Hal Duncan, Ruth Veevers

Escape Tales: The Awakening (Danielle & Jake’s 1)
Board&Dice
Designer:  Jakub Caban, Matt Dembek, Bartosz Idzikowski

Section Timestamps:

01:00 Show Intro, News & Updates

04:42 Kickstarter Updates

05:46 Kickstarter: Railways of Portugal

07:58 Kickstarter: Folded Space Inserts

10:56 Meta Mechanic: 2018 Podcast Stats

15:40 2018 In Review

20:24 2018 Superlative Categories

53:19 2018 Six Pack: Favorite Beers

65:52 Grey Fox Games Sponsorship Spot

67:11 2018 Six Pack: Honorable Mentions

69:45 2018 Six Pack: Favorite Games

102:03 The Final Round: Your 2018 Moments

111:53 Outro