Draft Mechanic Episode #101: New World: A Carcassonne Game On Tap, 3 Laws of Robotics, Tiny Towns, Second Chance, Kodama Duo, The River, Carcassonne: Winter Edition, Ginkgopolis, Men At Work, Fuji, Fire In The Library, CABO 2nd Edition, and Nitrogen Widgets
News:
Spiel Des Jahres Nominees & Honorable Mentions
Boston Beer Company and Dogfish Head Agree to Merge in $300 Million Deal
Kickstarters:
Matryoshka (BGG) (Kickstarter)
CliniC Deluxe Edition (BGG) (Expansion BGG) (Kickstarter)
Recent Plays:
Hex Roller
2019, Pegasus Spiele/Renegade Game Studios
Designer: Rustan Håkansson
Artist: Christian Fiore
6 Nimmt!
1994, AMIGO
Designer: Wolfgang Kramer
Pot de Vin
2017, ThunderGryph Games
Designer: Fel Barros, Warny Marçano
Artist: Luis Francisco, Weberson Santiago
KeyForge: Call of the Archons
2018, Fantasy Flight Games
Designer: Richard Garfield
Tiny Towns
2019, Alderac Entertainment Group
Designer: Peter McPherson
Artist: Gong Studios, Matt Paquette
Second Chance
2019, Stronghold Games/Edition Spielwiese
Designer: Uwe Rosenberg
Artist: Max Prentis
Kodama Duo
2018, Indie Boards & Cards
Designer: Nick Little, Daniel Solis
Artist: Kwanchai Moriya
The River
2018, Days of Wonder
Designer: Sébastien Pauchon, Ismaël Perrin
Artist: Andrew Bosley
Darwinauts
2019, Green Couch Games
Designer: Chris Bryan
Artist: Vincent Dutrait
Carcassonne: Winter Edition
2012, Z-Man Games, Inc.
Designer: Klaus-Jürgen Wrede
Artist: Anne Pätzke
Ginkgopolis
2012, Z-Man Games, Inc.
Designer: Xavier Georges
Artist: Gaël Lannurien
Men At Work
2019, Pretzel Games
Designer: Rita Modl
Artist: Chris Quilliams
Agra
2017, Quined Games
Designer: Michael Keller
Artist: Michael Menzel
Fuji
2018, Feuerland Spiele
Designer: Wolfgang Warsch
Artist: Weberson Santiago
On Tap:
New World: A Carcassonne Game
2008, Hans im Glück/Rio Grande Games
Designer: Klaus-Jürgen Wrede
Artist: Franz Vohwinkel
•Mayflower Brewing Company "New World IPA"; Plymouth, MA, USA
6% ABV.
Unfiltered IPA with El Dorado, Mosaic, and Citra.
•Northern Monk "New World"; Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
6.2% ABV, 60 IBU.
IPA brewed with hops form the U.S., Australia, & Britain.
•Avery Brewing Co. "New World Porter"; Boulder, CO, USA
6.7% ABV, 48 IBU.
Porter dry-hopped with Centennial & Simcoe hops.
•Coast Mountain Brewing "The Surveyor IPA"; Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
7% ABV, 68 IBU.
Pacific North West IPA.
More Recent Plays:
Teotihuacan: City of Gods
2018, NSKN Games/Board&Dice
Designer: Daniele Tascini
Artist: Odysseas Stamoglou
Fire In The Library
2019, Weird Giraffe Games
Designer: Tony Miller, John Prather
Artist: Katie Khau, Beth Sobel
CABO (Second Edition)
2019, Bézier Games
Designer: Mandy Henning, Melissa Limes
Artist: Agus Muqith
3 Laws of Robotics
2019, Floodgate Games
Designer: Benjamin Kanelos
Artist: Matt Paquette, Tristam Rossin
Nitro Widgets:
HowStuffWorks: How does the widget in a beer can work?
Ball: This graphic about how widgets work that for some reason really amuses me
The Future? - Packaging Digest: Nitro Can delivers widget-less pub-style beer
Section Timestamps:
01:00 Show Intro, News & Updates
02:51 We survived Geekway to the West!
03:43 Games News! The Spiel des Jahres!
09:30 I’m playing Terraforming Mars on my Phone
12:30 Beer’s Big Merger: Sam (Adams) and Sam (Dogfish)
18:37 Kickstarter Updates
21:20 Kickstarter: Matryoshka
23:37 Kickstarter: CliniC Deluxe Edition
26:03 Geekway begins on Wednesday if you show up early!
26:53 HexRoller, 6 Nimmt, Pot de Vin, Keyforge
28:36 Thursday!
30:36 Tiny Towns
37:56 Second Chance
42:03 Kodama Duo
50:39 The River
57:58 Other Thursday notes & the bottle share!
62:36 Grey Fox Games Sponsorship Spot
63:40 Friday! Geekway’s awesome library
65:20 Carcassonne: Winter Edition
66:59 Ginkgopolis
73:54 Men at Work
80:50 More Friday: Agra, Weird Stories
83:00 Fuji
93:45 New World: A Carcassonne Game
104:56 On Tap: New World: A Carcassonne Game
107:20Saturday! Teotihuacan
108:08 Fire in the Library
116:29 CABO
123:23 Saturday Night!
124:51 3 Laws of Robotics
133:13 Sunday is about saying goodbye
134:41 Nitrogen Widgets in your beer can
142:33 Outro