#41: Awesome Dice / Roll Player

Draft Mechanic Episode #41: Six Awesome Uses of Dice; Roll Player on tap; Kingdomino & Women in Craft Beer

2016 Board Game Geek Golden Geek Winners

Kickstarters:

Rising Sun (Ends 4/4/17)
Antidote: Lab Alliance (Ends 3/21/17)

Recent Plays:

Kingdomino
2016, Blue Orange Games
Designer: Bruno Cathala

Among the Stars
2012, Artipia Games/Stronghold Games
Designer: Vangelis Bagiartakis

Noch Mal!
2016, 999 Games/Schmidt Spiele
Designer:  Inka & Markus Brand

Six Pack: Games That Use Dice in Neat Ways

Euphoria: Build A Better Dystopia
2013, Stonemaier Games
Designer: Jamey Stegmaier & Alan Stone

Dice Town
2009, Matagot
Designer: Bruno Cathala & Ludovic Maublanc

Blueprints
2013, Z-Man Games
Designer:  Yves Tourigny

Ashes: Rise of the Phoenixborn
2015, Plaid Hat Games
Designer: Isaac Vega

Roll For the Galaxy
2015, Rio Grande Games
Designer: Thomas Lehmann & Wei Hwa Huang

Seasons
2012, Libellud
Designer:  Régis Bonnessée

On Tap:

Roll Player
2016, Thunderworks Games
Designer:  Keith Matejka

• Noble Cider "The Blue Bard", Asheville, NC, USA
  639% ABV. 
  Cider with blueberry, honey, & rosemary.
• Burlington Beer Company "It's Complicated Being a Wizard", Williston, VT, USA
  7.5% ABV. 
  New England style double IPA.
• Brewski "Barbarian", Helsingborg, Sweden
  6% ABV. 
  IPA with lactose added.
• Three Tuns Brewery "Cleric's Cure", Bishops Castle, Shropshire, England
  5.0% ABV.
  IPA designed to recreate 19th century pale ales.
• Grimm Brothers Brewhouse "Master Thief", Loveland, CO, USA
  5.2% ABV, 20 IBU. 
  English porter brewed with German hops, dehusked malts, and alt yeast.
• Middle Ages Brewery "Druid Fluid", Syracuse, NY, USA
  9.5% ABV. 
  Barleywine brewed with mix of 6 malts.
• Ninkasi Brewing "Critical Hit", Eugene, OR, USA
  11.7% ABV, 100 IBU.
  Barleywine hopped with 24 hop varieties.

Women in  Craft Beer Links:

Imbibe Magazine 2016 Person of the Year: Lauren Salazar
Pink Boots Society
Biere de Femme Festival
Brewing Ambition by Anita Riley (Book Release at Biere de Femme Festival)

Section Timestamps:

Intro
01:00 Intro / Housekeeping
03:18 News: BoardGameGeek Golden Geek Awards
05:23 News: BGG Most Played Games Geeklist
08:20 Kickstarter: Rising Sun
13:17 Kickstarter: Antidote: Lab Alliance
16:05 Recent Plays: Kingdomino
22:21 Recent Plays: Among the Stars
27:18 Recent Plays: Noch Mal!
31:41 Six Pack: Six Awesome Uses of Dice
45:10 On Tap: Roll Player
57:51 Women in Brewing
65:13 Outro

#40: A Feast for Odin / Burger Up

Draft Mechanic Episode #40: A Feast for Odin, Burger Up, Paris Connection, Star Trek Ascendancy, New York Slice, and a buffet of beer news

Kickstarters:

Monikers: The Shut Up & Sit Down Nonsense Box
Can't Stop Express
Food Truck Champion

Recent Plays:

Paris Connection
2010, Queen Games
Designer: David V. H. Peters

Star Trek Ascendancy
2016, Gale Force Nine
Designer: Aaron Dill, John Kovaleski, Sean Sweigart

New York Slice
2017, Bezier Games
Designer:  Jeffrey D. Allers

Six Pack Review:

A Feast for Odin
2016, Z-Man Games
Designer:  Uwe Rosenberg

On Tap Beer Pairings:

Burger Up
2016, Rule & Make
Designer: Matthew Parkes

• Ratsherrn Brauerei "BEEF!", Hamburg, Germany
  4.9% ABV. 
  Dry-hopped pilsner.
• The Devil's Trumpet Brewing Co. "Make It a Cheeseburger", Merrillville, IN
  6.6% ABV, 69 IBU. 
  Citrusy American IPA.
• Pale Fire Brewing Co. "Salad Days", Harrisonburg, VA
  7.0% ABV, 40 IBU. 
  Saison with Amarillo, Simcoe, & Cascade hops.
• Mikerphone Brewing "Special Sauce", Elk Grove, IL
  8.5% ABV, 45+ IBU.
  New England style IPA with a rotating hop profile.

Beer News:

-Georgia Beer Laws Could Be Changing
-'Let's Open the Tap': Montana House Supports Expansion of Craft Beer Production
-Customer Sues Walmart Alleging 'Fraudulent' Marketing of Its 'Craft" Beer
-Cathay Pacific Introduces Betsy Beer - The First Hand-Crafted Bottled Beer Brewed to Be Enjoyed at 35,000 Feet

Section Timestamps:

Intro

01:00 Intro / Housekeeping
02:41 News: Golden Geek Awards
05:17 News: Scythe Digital, Expansion, and Iron Harvest
07:37 Kickstarter: Monikers: The SU&SD Nonsense Box
11:24 Kickstarter: Can’t Stop Express
13:32 Kickstarter: Food Truck Champion
15:34 Recent Plays: Paris Connection
19:59 Recent Plays: Star Trek Ascendancy
25:39 Recent Plays: New York Slice
33:15 Six Pack Review: A Feast for Odin
33:52 A Feast for Odin: Rules Walkthrough
38:45 A Feast for Odin: Discussion
69:17 A Feast for Odin: Final Thoughts
71:05 Recent Plays: Burger Up
79:02 On Tap: Burger Up
83:18 Beer News Bites
92:08 Outro

#39: 2-Player Games / Citrus

Draft Mechanic Episode #39: 2-Player Games, Citrus On Tap, Isle of Skye, Avenue, & Beers with Aphrodisiacs

Check out Draft Mechanic on the Dukes of Dice live Q&A!

News:

Portal Games funds frozen by PayPal in First Martians contract issue

New information on Stonemaier Games' upcoming "Charterstone" [News] [BGG]

Recent Plays:

Isle of Skye: From Cheiftan to King
2015, Mayfair Games
Designer: Alexander Pfister

Avenue
2016,Aporta Games
Designer: Gjermund Bohne

Six Pack : 2-Player Games

Patchwork
2014, Mayfair Games
Designer:  Uwe Rosenberg

Lost Cities
1999, Kosmos
Designer:  Reiner Knizia

Schotten Totten
1999,  ASS Altenburger Spielkarten / 2016, iELLO
Designer:  Reiner Knizia

Targi
2012, Z-Man
Designer:  Andreas Steiger

7 Wonders Duel
2015, Repos Production
Designer:  Antoine Bauza, Bruno Cathala

Santorini
2017, Roxley Games
Designer:  Dr. Gordon Hamilton

On-Tap:

Citrus
2013, dlp Games
Designers: Jeffrey D. Allers

• Lemon:
  Triton Brewing Co. “Barn Phantom Gose” Indianapolis, IN
  4.0% ABV, 10 IBU.
  Gose with coriander, lemon zest, and Himalayan pink sea salt.
• Orange:
  Coronado Brewing Co.. “Orange Avenue Wit” San Diego, CA
  5.2% ABV, 15 IBU.
  Witbier with coriander, California orange peel, and orange blossom honey.
• Blood Orange:
  Anderson Valley Brewing Company. “Blood Orange Gose” Boonville, CA
  4.2% ABV.
  Kettle-soured gose with salt, coriander, and blood orange infusion.
• Lime:
  Taft's Ale House. “Nellie's Keylime Caribbean Ale” Cincinnati, OH
  4.8% ABV, 19 IBU.
  Pale wheat ale brewed with Caribbean keylime juice and a hint of coriander.
• Grapefruit:
  Schlafly, The St. Louis Brewery. “Grapefruit IPA” St. Louis, MO
  5.0% ABV, 40 IBU.
  IPA brewed with fresh grapefruit puree.

Aphrodisiac Beers:

Oysters:
Marooned on Hog Island (21st Amendment Brewery, San Francisco, CA, Oyster Stout)
Delaware Oyster Stout (16 Mile Brewing Company, Georgetown, DE, Oyster Stout)

Chili Peppers:
Crime/Punishment (Arrogant Brewing (Stone), Escondido, CA, American Strong Ales)
Space Ghost (Central Waters Brewing Company, Amherst, WI, Imperial Stout)
Fire Escape (Asheville Brewing Company, Asheville, NC, Pale Ale)

Honey:
The Keeper's Veil Honey Saison (Burial Beer Co., Asheville, NC, Saison)
B. Nektar Meadery
Redstone Meadery

Coffee:
Cosmic Ristretto (Green Flash Brewing Company, San Diego, CA, Baltic Porter)
Coffee Bender (Surly Brewing Company, Minneapolis, MN, Oatmeal Brown Ale)
Coffee Is For Closers (Fullsteam, Durham, NC, Iced Coffee Porter)

Watermelon:
Hell or High Watermelon (21st Amendment Brewery, Sand Francisco, CA, Wheat Beer)

Fig:
So Long and Thanks for All the Figs! (Haymarket Pub & Brewery, Chicago, IL, Belgian Dubbel)
Windowpane Series: Fig & Raisin (Mother Earth Brewing, Kinston, NC, Belgian Dubbel)

Cherries:
Wisconsin Belgian Red (New Glarus Brewing Company, New Glarus, WI, Fruit Beer)
Dogpatch Sour (Almanac Beer Company, San Francisco, CA, American Wild Ale)
Chocolate Cherry Bomb (Ellicottville Brewing Company, Ellicottville, NY, Imperial Stout)

Chocolate:
Sexual Chocolate (Foothills Brewing, Winston-Salem, NC, Imperial Stout)
Young's Double Chocolate Stout (Charles Wells Brewery, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, Mild Stout)
Choklat (Southern Tier Brewing Company, Lakewood, NY, Imperial Stout)

Multi-tasker (Cocoa, peppers, & coffee):
Xocoveza (Stone Brewing, Escondido, CA, Winter-spiced Mocha Stout)

Section Timestamps:

Intro
01:00 Show Housekeeping
02:41 Draft Mechanic on Dukes of Dice Q&A
03:50 News: Gen Con Housing
06:10 News: Portal Games v. PayPal
08:06 Upcoming: Charterstone
11:36 Recent Plays: Isle of Skye
19:09 Recent Plays: Avenue
27:11 Six Pack: Two-Player Games
55:23 On Tap: Citrus
66:19 Aphrodisiac Beers
83:53 Outro

#38: Masmorra / The Blood of an Englishman

Hello again! Let’s go dungeoning! Today we’re taking a look at the new dungeon diving, treasure collecting, monster bashing game Masmorra: Dungeons of Arcadia from CMON Limited. We’ve also got a preview of a hot new game - SUPER HOT, even - as we take a look at SUPERHOT the Card Game in advance of its Kickstarter, launching this Tuesday (01/31). And just like in the video game, the cards move only when you move! For our on-tap game today we’ve chosen the recent Renegade games release Blood of an Englishman. Complete with the golden goose! To wrap up this episode, Danielle has put together a primer for the Porter style of beer. So sit back, relax, grab a pint and enjoy the show!

PAX Unplugged

Recent Plays:

SUPERHOT Card Game
2017, Board & Dice
Designer: Manuel Correia
Kickstarter (Coming 1/31)

Hanamikoji
2013, Takamagarhara; 2016, Quick SImple Fun
Designer: Kota Nakayama

Six Pack Review:

Masmorra: Dungeons of Arcadia
2017, CMON Limited/Spaghetti Western
Designer:  Daniel Alves, Patrick Matheus, Eurico Cunha Neto 

On Tap Beer Pairings:

The Blood of an Englishman
2016, Renegade Game Studios
Designer:Dan Cassar

• Proclamation Ale Company "The Stalk", West Kingston, RI
  8.5% ABV, 70 IBU. 
  Double IPA the brewery describes this as a full on hop assault.
• Firestone Walker Brewing Co. "Easy Jack", Paso Robles, CA
  4.5% ABV, 47 IBU. 
  Session IPA brewed and dry-hopped with a variety of hops from around the globe.
• Tri-City Brewing Company "Giant Slayer", Bay City, MI
  9.0% ABV, 66 IBU. 
  Russian imperial stout with hops balance by chocolate & coffee notes.
• B. Nektar Meadery "Sleeping Giant", Ferndale, MI
  15.1% ABV.
  Rye whiskey barrel-aged wildflower mead.
• Mad Fritz "The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs", St. Helena, CA
  9.1% ABV. 
  Barrel-aged golden ale brewed with Belgian yeast and Brettanomyces strains

Beer Primer: Porter

• Foothills Brewing "People's Porter", Winston-Salem, NC
  5.8% ABV, 38 IBU. 
• 18th Street Brewery "Foreman", Hammond, IN
  6.5% ABV, 60 IBU.
• 3 Floyds Brewing Co. "Topless Wytch", Munster, IN
  9.0% ABV, 65 IBU.
• Night Shift Brewing "Awake", Everett, MA
  6.7% ABV. 
• Oskar Blues Brewery "Death by Coconut", Longmont, CO
  6.5% ABV, 25 IBU. 

Section Timestamps:

Intro
01:00 Show Housekeeping
02:32 News: Conventions / PAX Unplugged
06:53 Kickstarter Preview: SUPERHOT Card Game
16:42 Recent Plays: Hanamikoji
23:54 Six Pack Review: Masmorra, Dungeons of Arcadia
24:27 Masmorra: Rules Walkthrough
29:46 Masmorra: Discussion
56:14 Masmorra: Final Thoughts
58:15 On Tap: Blood of an Englishman
68:17 The Beer Primer: Porters
79:05 Outro

#37: Santorini / Evolution: Climate

Draft Mechanic Episode #37: A Six-pack review of Santorini, Evolution: Climate on Tap, Unlock!, Fuse, Favor of the Pharaoh, Ascending Empires, & a magic beer portal?

Preorders/Kickstarters:

First Martians
Crash Games - Backyard Builders Treehouse/Fish Frenzy
The Dice Tower

Recent Plays:

Unlock!
2017, Space Cowboys.
Designers:  Alice Carroll, Thomas Cauët, Cyril Demaegd
Print & Play Demo

Fuse
2015, Renegade Game Studios.
Designers:  Kane Klenko
   
Favor of the Pharaoh
2015, Bezier Games.
Designers:  Tom Lehmann

Ascending Empires
2011, Z-man Games.
Designers:  Ian Cooper

Six-Pack Review:

Santorini
2017, Roxley Games.
Designers:  Dr. Gordon Hamilton

On Tap:

Evolution: Climate
2016, North Star Games.
Designers:   Dominic Crapuchettes, Dmitry Knorre, Sergey Machin

• Evolution Craft Brewing. “Migration Series: Fall Migration” Salisbury, MD, USA
  7.2% ABV.
  Belgian style ale aged in oak Chardonnay barrels then fermented a second time with brettanomyces
• Roughtail Brewing Co. “Adaptation Ale” Midwest City, OK , USA
  5.9-8% ABV, 50-100 IBU.
  Quarterly rotating small-batch IPA.
• Cerebral Brewing. “Rare Trait” Denver, CO, USA
  6.5% ABV, 65 IBU.
  IPA brewed to feature strong notes of tangerine, mango, and peach candy.
• Off Color Brewing. “Apex Predator” Chicago, IL, USA
  6.5% ABV, 35 IBU.
  Cold pitched parmhouse ale fermented without temperature control.
• Sixpoint Brewery. “Global Warmer” Brooklyn, NY , USA
  7% ABV, 70 IBU.
  Unfiltered hop-heavy imperial red ale.

Want to throw your 2¢ in about where there should be magic beer portals? Check out the thread on our Board Game Geek guild!

Section Timestamps:

Intro
01:00 Show Housekeeping
02:58 Upcoming: First Martians
08:54 Kickstarter: Save Crash Games!
11:16 IndieGoGo: The Dice Tower, Season 13
12:07 First Impressions: Unlock! (Demo kit)
20:00 Recent Plays: Fuse
26:32 Recent Plays: Favor of the Pharaoh
31:20 Recent Plays: Ascending Empires
37:09 Six Pack Review: Santorini
38:01 Santorini: Rules Walkthrough
40:01 Santorini: Discussion
55:59 Santorini: Final Thoughts
58:25 On Tap: Evolution Climate
68:32 The Magic Beer Portal
75:20 Outro