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#121: High Rise

Draft Mechanic Episode #121: High Rise Six Pack Review & On Tap, Black Is Beautiful Beer Project, Roar and Write!, Stay Cool, and CarcaZone - Carcassonne: Wheel of Fortune.

Kickstarter:
The Fuzzies (Kickstarter)

Recent Plays:
Roar and Write!
2020, Galactic Raptor Games
Designer: Carla Kopp
Artist: Anna Bereza, Danny Devine, Katy Grierson, Jon Merchant
(Kickstarter)

Carcassonne: Wheel of Fortune
2009, Hans im Glück/Rio Grande Games
Designer: Klaus-Jürgen Wrede
Artist: Doris Matthäus

Stay Cool
2020, Le Scorpion Masqué
Designer: Julien Sentis
Artist: NILS

Feature Review:
High Rise
2020, Formal Ferret Games
Designer: Gil Hova
Artist: Heiko Günther, Kwanchai Moriya

On Tap:
High Rise
2020, Formal Ferret Games
Designer: Gil Hova
Artist: Heiko Günther, Kwanchai Moriya
    •Breakaway Beerworks "HIGHRISE"; Manchester, NH, USA
    8% ABV, 40 IBU .
    Double IPA.
    •Spring House Brewing Company "Skyscraper"; Lancaster, PA, USA
    8.2% ABV.
    Hazelnut coffee Stout.
    •Pegasus City Brewery "Sixth Floor - Easy Porter"; Dallas, TX, USA
    5.4% ABV, 31 IBU.
   Medium-body porter.
    •Aquabrew "Skyscraper Mosaic IPA"; San Marcos, TX, USA
    8.2% ABV, 60 IBU.
    IPA with Mosaic hops.
    •DC Brau Brewing Company "The Corruption"; Washington, DC, USA
    IPA with Columbus hops.
6.5% ABV, 80 IBU.

Black Is Beautiful Beer Collaboration:
Website
Weathered Souls Brewing Company
Charlotte Observer: 15+ Charlotte breweries are serving new Black is Beautiful beer for social justice

Section Timestamps:

00:45 Show Intro, News & Updates

03:39 Kickstarter: The Fuzzies

11:26 Recent Plays: Roar & Write

24:40 Recent Plays: Carcassonne: Wheel of Fortune

34:56 Recent Plays: Stay Cool!

43:55 Grey Fox Games Sponsorship Spot

44:41 Six Pack Review: High Rise

45:54 High Rise: Gameplay Overview (and some discussion)

56:10 High Rise: Discussion

88:03 High Rise: Final Thoughts

91:48 On Tap: High Rise

98:07 Black is Beautiful beer initiative

105:02 Closing Remarks & Outro



#115: Pax Unplugged 2019

Draft Mechanic Episode # 115: Recap of the games we played at Pax Unplugged 2019, Some convention talk, Hop Primer: Columbus, and Final Round: Biggest gaming surprise of 2019

Kickstarter:
Oath: Chronicles of Empire and Exile (BGG) (Kickstarter)

Recent Plays:
Stay Cool
2019, Le Scorpion Masqué
Designer: Julien Sentis
Artist: NILS

Arraial
2018, MEBO Games/Pandasaurus Games
Designer: Nuno Bizarro Sentieiro, Paulo Soledade
Artist: Nuno Saraiva

Noch mal so gut!
2019, Schmidt Spiele
Designer: Inka Brand, Markus Brand
Artist: Leon Schiffer

Spy Club
2018, Foxtrot Games/Renegade Game Studios
Designer: Randy Hoyt, Jason D. Kingsley
Artist: Dan Blanchett, Bartłomiej Kordowski, Malwina Kwiatkowska, Keith Pishnery, Helen Zhu

Adventure Games: The Dungeon
2019, KOSMOS
Designer: Matthew Dunstan, Phil Walker-Harding
Artist: Martin Hoffmann

Cascadia
2020, Flatout Games
Designer: Randy Flynn
Artist: Randy Flynn

Quirky Circuits
2019, Plaid Hat Games
Designer: Nikki Valens
Artist: Danalyn Reyes

Newfoundland Jam
2018, Jason Anarchy Games
Designer: Jason Anarchy
Artist: Kelly Bastow

Hop Primer - Columbus Hops:
Kegerator.com: How to Grow & Brew Columbus Hops
hoplist: Columbus
   •Avery Brewing Co. "Hog Heaven"; Boulder, CO, USA
    9.2% ABV, 104 IBU.
    Imperial Red IPA.
    •Armadillo Ale Works "Quakertown"; Denton, TX, USA
    9.5% ABV, 50 IBU.
   Imperial Oatmeal Stout.
    •Anderson Valley Brewing Co. "Hop Ottin IPA"; Boonville, CA, USA
    7% ABV, 80 IBU.
   American IPA (Columbus & Cascade hops).

Section Timestamps:

01:00 Show Intro, News & Updates

03:46 Kickstarter: Oath

08:41 PAX Unplugged!

10:25 PAXu Played: Stay Cool

15:52 PAXu Played: Arraial

20:06 PAXu Played: Noch Mal… So Gut!

27:33 PAXu Played: Spy Club

33:53 PAXu Played: Adventure Games: The Dungeon

40:03 PAXu Played: Quirky Circuits

46:49 PAXu Played: Cascadia

52:39 PAXu Played: Newfoundland Jam

56:07 Grey Fox Games Sponsorship Spot

57:01 PAX Unplugged & 2020 Conventions

70:57 Hop Series: Columbus

77:21 Final Round: 2019 Gaming Memories

84:55 Next Episode’s Final Round

85:58 Outro