#63: Azul

Draft Mechanic Episode #63: 6 Azul Six Pack Review & On Tap, Alien Frontiers, Go Nuts for Donuts!, Harvest Dice, Beer Primer: Barleywines, and a few listener questions

Cult of the News

Kickstarters:
Roll To The Top! (BGG Page)(Kickstarter)

Recent Plays:
Alien Frontiers
2010,  Clever Mojo Games
Designer:  Tory Niemann
Artist:   Piotr Burzykowski, Karim Chakroun, Mark Maxwell

Go Nuts for Donuts!
2017, Gamewright
Designer:  Zachary Eagle
Artists: Claire Donaldson

Harvest Dice
2017, Harvest Dice
Designer:  Danny Devine
Artist:   Danny Devine, Tyler Myatt 

Review:
Azul
2017, Plan B Games
Designer: Michael Kiesling
Artist:  Philippe Guérin, Chris Quilliams 

On Tap:
Azul
2017, Plan B Games
Designer: Michael Kiesling
Artist:  Philippe Guérin, Chris Quilliams

• Fetching Lab Brewery "50 Shades of Blue"; Alvin TX, USA
  5.6% ABV
  Chocolate blueberry stout with vanilla and chile.
• Bieres de Chimay "Chimay Blue/Grand Reserve"; Baileux, Belgium
  9% ABV, 35 IBU.
  Trappist strong dark ale.
• Graft Cider "Cloud City: Azul District"; Newberg, NY, USA
  6.9% ABV
  Creamy blueberry cider with milk sugar, vanilla & lemon zest.
• Vanessa House Beer Co. "Broken Tile"; Oklahoma City, OK, USA
  8.4% ABV, 80 IBU
  New England style double IPA.
• Trillium Brewing Company "Cutting Tiles"; Boston, MA, USA
  8.5% ABV
  Series of single-hopped (Citra, El Dorado, Mosaic, Galaxy) double IPAs with wildflower honey.

Beer Primer: Barleywines
-J.W. Lees and Co. "Harvest Ale"; Middleton, Greater Manchester, England
-Anchor Brewing Company "Old Foghorn"; San Francisco, CA, USA
-Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. "Bigfoot"; Chico , CA, USA
-English Style: Lost Abbey "Angel's Share", Deschutes "Mirror Mirror", Wild Heaven "Civilization"
-American Style: Dogfish Head "Olde School", Stone "Old Guardian", 3 Floyds "Behemoth"

Section Timestamps:

Intro

01:00 Show Housekeeping

02:30 FBGL Championship & Wrap-up

04:58 Games News

07:42 TIME Stories News

13:24 TIME Stories: A note about Estrella Drive

16:41 Kickstarter Updates & New Projects

21:48 Recent Plays: Alien Frontiers

31:44 Recent Plays: Go Nuts for Donuts!

36:47 Recent Plays: Harvest Dice

46:10 Grey Fox Games sponsorship spot

47:20 Six Pack Review: Azul

48:06 Azul: Gameplay Description

53:25 Azul: Discussion

71:50 Azul: Final Thoughts

73:23 On Tap: Azul

79:28 The Beer Primer: Barleywine

88:13 Listener Q&A

96:59 Outro

#62: Six Tasty Games

Draft Mechanic Episode #62: 6 Games About Making Food, Caverna On Tap, Shadows Over Camelot, Cytosis: A Cell Biology Game, Mission: Red Planet (2nd Edition), Problem Picnic: Attack of the Ants, and Cooking with Beer

Vote in the Fantasy Board Game League 2017 Championship Matchup!!

Kickstarters:
Bushido (BGG Page)(Kickstarter)
Book of Dragons (BGG Page)(Kickstarter) - Ends 12/20

Recent Plays:
Shadows Over Camelot
2005,  Days of Wonder
Designer:  Bruno Cathala, Serge Laget
Artist:  Cyrille Daujean, Julien Delval
Shadows Over Camelot: Merlin's Company

Cytosis: A Cell Biology Game
2017, Genius Games
Designer:  John Coveyou
Artists: Tomasz Bogusz

Mission: Red Planet (Second Edition)
2015, Fantasy Flight Games
Designer:  Bruno Cathala, Bruno Faidutti
Artist:  Andrew Bosley, Samuel Shimota, Alyn Spiller 

Problem Picnic: Attack of the Ants
2017, Kids Table BG
Designer:  Scott Almes
Artist:  Josh Cappel

6 Tasty Games for your Thanksgiving Feast:
Sushi Go Party!
2016,  Gamewright
Designer:  Phil Walker-Harding
Artists:  Nan Rangsima 

Burger Up
2016, Rule & Make
Designer: Matthew Parkes
Artist:  Stephen Gibson 

Scoville
2014, Tasty Minstrel Games
Designer:  Ed Marriott
Artists:  Josh Cappel 

Wok on Fire
2015, Green Couch Games.
Designer:  Chen Po-Chiao
Artist:  Adam P. McIver, Chen Po-Chiao 

Pie Factory
2014, Greater Than Games (Dice Hate Me Games)
Designer: Bryan Fischer
Artists: Bryan Fischer

Sundae Split
2017,  Foxtrot Games/Renegade Game Studios
Designer:  Nate Bivins
Artist:  Rehana Khan, Keith Pishnery

On Tap:
Caverna: The Cave Farmers
2013, Lookout Games
Designer: Uwe Rosenberg
Artist:  Klemens Franz 

• Stumptown Ales "Cave Dweller Pale Ale"; Davis, WV, USA
  5.9% ABV
  American Pale Ale brewed with Citra hops.
• Quaff ON! Brewing Company "Yellow Dwarf Wheat"; Nashville, IN, USA
  4.5% ABV, 15 IBU.
  Dry hopped American Wheat Ale.
• Adventure Brewing Company "Expedition IPA"; Fredericksburg, VA, USA
  5.9% ABV, 42 IBU
  IPA brewed to avoid strong hop punch.
• Hitchhiker Brewing Company "A Different Animal"; Pittsburg, PA, USA
  5.4% ABV, 30 IBU
  Dry hopped sour ale.
• Founders Brewing Com. "Rübæus"; Grand Rapids, MI, USA
  5.7% ABV, 15 IBU.
  Fruit beer fermented on raspberries.
• Big aLICe Brewing Co. "Fistful of Rubies"; Long Island City, Queens, NY, USA
  6% ABV
  Mixed fermentation sour ale aged in red wine barrels with Montmorency cherries.

Cooking With Beer:
The Beeroness

Section Timestamps:

Intro

01:00 Show Housekeeping

02:45 Games news

08:27 FBGL Championship Update!

12:46 Kickstarter: Bushido

15:15 Kickstarter: Book of Dragons

20:21 Gamers for Cures Marathon

21:15 Recent Plays: Shadows over Camelot

30:33 Recent Plays: Cytosis

39:17 Recent Plays: Mission: Red Planet

49:55 Recent Plays: Problem Picnic: Attack of the Ants!

54:39 Grey Fox Games sponsorship spot

55:29 Six Pack: Tasty Games for Thanksgiving

73:52 On Tap: Caverna

82:09 Cooking With Beer

89:54 Outro

#61: Downforce

Draft Mechanic Episode 61: Downforce, Exoplanets On Tap, Hotshots, Camel Up!, Police Precinct, Dragonfire, Mars Open: Tabletop Golf, and Craft Beer Packaging: Bottles and Cans

***Gamers For Cures***

Kickstarter:
Mars Open: Tabletop Golf (BGG Page) - Kickstarter

Recent Plays:
Hotshots
2017, Fireside Games
Designer: Justin De Witt
Artist:  Víctor Pérez Corbella

Camel Up
2014, Z-Man Games
Designer: Steffan Bogen
Artist:  Dennis Lohausen

Police Precinct
2013, Common Man Games
Designer: Ole Steiness
Artist:  Marco Primo, George Patsouras

Dragonfire
2017, Catalyst Game Labs
Designer: Randall Bills, Jay Schneider
(Boards Alive episode we referenced)

Six Pack Review:
Downforce
2017, Restoration Games
Designer:  Rob Daviau, Justin D. Jacobson, Wolfgang Kramer
Artist:   Tavis Coburn, Michael Crampton

On Tap:
Exoplanets
2015,  Board&Dice/Greater Than Games
Designer:  Przemysław Świerczyński
Artist:  Nolan Nasser, Przemysław Świerczyński 

• Ecliptic Brewing "Orbiter IPA"; Portland, OR, USA
  7.4% ABV, 75 IBU
  IPA brewed with Cascade, Centennial, Chinook, & Columbus hops.
• Reuben's Brews "Life on Mars"; Seattle, WA, USA
  8.2% ABV, 80 IBU.
  Imperial red IPA.
• Kings County Brewers Collective "Once Around the Sun"; Brooklyn, NY, USA
  8% ABV
  Double Dry-hopped Double IPA with Motueka, Mosaic, and Cascade hops.
• Mikkeller "Black Hole"; Copenhagen, Denmark
  13.1% ABV, 53 IBU
  Stout brewed with coffee, honey and vanilla.

Craft Beer Packaging: Bottles and Cans:
***Cans and Bottles: Craft Beer Packaging Trends***
The Beverage Journal: Cans vs. Bottles

Section Timestamps:

Intro

01:00 Show Housekeeping

03:34 Among the Stars app!

10:55 FBGL Update - 3 Weeks left!

14:38 KS Preview: Mars Open

21:26 Extra Life Game Day

23:00 Recent Plays: Hotshots

32:03 Recent Plays: Camel Up!

37:47 Recent Plays: Police Precinct

46:23 Recent Plays: Dragonfire

56:38 Grey Fox Games sponsorship spot

57:29 Six Pack Review: Downforce

57:55 Downforce: Rules Overview

62:19 Downforce: Discussion

73:45 Recent Plays: Exoplanets

85:13 On Tap: Exoplanets

88:25 Canning versus Bottling

101:38 Outro

#60: Fast Forward!

Draft Mechanic Episode 60: Friedemann Friese's Fast Forward: FEAR, FORTRESSS & FLEE, Matryoshka On Tap, InBetween, Best Treehouse Ever: Forest of Fun!, and Beer Primer: Scottish/Scotch Ales

Essen is just around the corner and we’ve got a few of the hot hot releases to talk about! Our big feature today is the new Fast Forward series from Friedemann Friese - three new ‘fable’ games that you learn as you play and change with each game. It’s a wild new idea - did FF pull it off? We’ve also got a look at the latest from Board&Dice - InBetween - a tight two-player battle over a quiet suburban town. We’re also going to share a Kickstarter preview for the latest Green Couch Games title - Best Treehouse Ever’s standalone/combinable expansion Forest of Fun! Spoiler: it’s FUN. Our on tap is one of our recent plays - the small-box card collecting and trading game Matryoshka - and we share four beer pairings worth hunting down for your collection if you can! Danielle’s got a beer primer on the difference between Scottish and Scotch ales to wrap the episode up. But what’s that, down there in the timestamps? Seems there’s some mysterious audio at the end of this episode after the credits? How odd… 

Jake's Essen Picks List

Kickstarters:
Legends of Sleepy Hollow (BGG Page)
Best Treehouse Ever: Forest of Fun! (BGG Page) - Launches 10/25

Recent Plays:
InBetween
2017, Board&Dice
Designer: Adam Kwapiński
Artist:  Seweryn Borkowski, Tomasz Kalisz, Paweł Niziołek, Sebastian Zakrzewski

The Fast Forward Series:
Fast Forward: FEAR
2017, Stronghold Games
Designer: Friedemann Friese
Artist:  Harald Lieske

Fast Forward: FORTRESS
2017, Stronghold Games
Designer: Friedemann Friese
Artist:  Harald Lieske

Fast Forward: FLEE
2017, Stronghold Games
Designer: Friedemann Friese
Artist:  Harald Lieske

On Tap:
Matryoshka
2016,  Terra Nova Games/White Goblin Games
Designer: Sérgio Halaban
Artist: Eduardo Bera

• Modern Times Beer "Kingdom of the Dolls"; San Diego, CA, USA
  6.3% ABV, 30 IBU
  Sour saison aged in white wine barrels.
• Csupor Sör "Matryoshka"; Budapest, Hungary
  12% ABV, 40 IBU.
  Russian-Hungarian imperial stout brewed in collaboration with ReWort Brewery in Sergiev Posad, Russia.
• Fort George Brewery "Matryoshka"; Astoria, OR, USA
  12% ABV, 65 IBU
  Small batch Russian imperial stout with a smaller batch with cocoa nibs added and then an even smaller batch with raspberries also added.
• BrewDog "Russian Doll"; Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  Barleywine: 10% ABV, 100 IBU
  Double IPA: 8% ABV, 85 IBU
  IPA: 6% ABV, 70 IBU
  Pale Ale: 4% ABV, 35 IBU
  Box set of beers all brewed with the same malt bill, hops, water, and yeast.

Beer Primer: Scottish/Scotch (Wee Heavy) Ales
-Beer Judge Certification Program Standards for Scottish Ales (including Scotch Ales)
-All About Beer Magazine: Scottish Ales
-A History or Wee Heavy & Strong Scotch Ale
-The Shilling System

Section Timestamps:

Intro

01:00 Show Housekeeping

03:47 Jake’s Essen Picks

11:21 Kickstarter: Legends of Sleepy Hollow

13:46 KS Preview: Best Treehouse Ever: Forest of Fun!

24:12 Recent Plays: InBetween

40:41 Grey Fox Games sponsorship spot

41:32 Feature: Friedemann Friese’s Fast Forward Series

43:55 Fast Forward: Fear

49:25 Fast Forward: Fortress

54:52 Fast Forward: Flee

60:08 Fast Forward: Wrap-up

64:55 Recent Plays: Matryoshka

74:22 On Tap: Matryoshka

80:05 Beer Primer: Scottish and Scotch Ales

87:11 Outro?

88:21 Mysterious Audio

#59: Spooky Games

Draft Mechanic Episode #59: 6(ish) Spooky Games for the Halloween Season , Summit: The Board Game On Tap, Blood Bowl: Team Manager, Flamme Rouge, Insider, and the 2017 Great American Beer Festival

Kickstarters:
Near and Far: Amber Mines (BGG Page)
Zero Hour (BGG Page)
7th Continent: What Goes Up, Must Come Down (Base Game BGG Page)

Recent Plays:
Blood Bowl: Team Manager - The Card Game
2011, Fantasy Flight Games
Designer: Jason Little
Artist: 31 listed

Flamme Rouge
2016, Lautapelit/2017, Stronghold Games
Designer: Asger Harding Granerud
Artists: Ossi Hiekkala, Jere Kasanen

Insider
2016, Oink Games
Designer: Akihiro Itoh, Kwaji, Daichi Okano, Kito Shinma
Artist: Jun Sasaki

6 Spooky Games for the Halloween Season:
Dead of Winter: A Crossroads Game
2014, Plaid Hat Games
Designer: Jonathan Gilmour, Isaac Vega
Artists: David Richards, Fernanda Suárez, Peter Wocken

Gloom (second edition)
2014, Atlas Games
Designer: Keith Baker
Artist: Michelle Nephew, J. Scott Reeves

Mysterium
2015, Libellud
Designer: Oleksandr Nevskiy, Oleg Sidorenko
Artists: Igor Burlakov, Xavier Collette, Oleksandr Nevskiy, Oleg Sidorenko

Betrayal at House on the Hill
2004, Avalon Hill Games, Inc.
Designer: Rob Daviau, Bruce Glassco, Bill McQuillan, Mike Selinker, Teeuwynn Woodruff
Artist: Dennis Crabapple McClain, Christopher Moeller, Peter Whitley

The Bloody Inn
2015, Pearl Games
Designer: Nicolas Robert
Artists: Luis Francisco, Weberson Santiago

T.I.M.E. Stories: Asylum
2015, Space Cowboys
Designer: Peggy Chassenet, Manuel Rozoy
Artist: Ben Carre, Vincent Dutrait, David Lecossu, Pascal Quidault
Afterward check out our SPOILER FILLED DISCUSSION

On Tap:
Summit: The Board Game
2017, Inside Up Games
Designer: Conor McGoey
Artist: Jordan Danielsson

• Base Camp Brewing Company "In-Tents IPL"; Portland, OR, USA
  6.8% ABV, 55 IBU
  Lager dry hopped and aged on oak.
• Alaskan Brewing Co. "Big Mountain Pale Ale"; Juneau, AK, USA
  5.7% ABV, 45 IBU.
  Pale ale dry hopped with Simcoe, Mosaic, and Calypso.
• Living the Dream Brewing Company "Ice Climber"; Littleton, CO, USA
  8.0% ABV, 100 IBU
  West coast style Imperial IPA.
• Forager Brewery "Sherpa's Survival Kit"; Rochester, MN, USA
  8.5% ABV, 68 IBU
  American double stout.
• Fremont Brewing "Instant Karma"; Seattle, WA, USA
  6.5% ABV, 50 IBU.
  New England-style IPA.
• Denver Beer Co. "Summit Sunrise"; Denver, CO, USA
  6.3% ABV, 65 IBU
  Red rye IPA.

2017 Great American Beer Festival:
GABF Site
2017 Winners List

Section Timestamps:

Intro

01:00 Show Housekeeping

02:18 FBGL Week 4 Recap

05:30 [Essen Intensifies]

07:03 Kickstarter: Near & Far: Amber Mines

09:15 Kickstarter: Zero Hour

11:16 Kickstarter: The 7th Continent follow-up

15:29 Recent Plays: Blood Bowl: Team Manager

21:43 Recent Plays: Flamme Rouge

33:03 Recent Plays: Insider

41:03 Grey Fox Games sponsorship spot

42:12 Six Spooky Games for the Season

66:28 On Tap: Summit, The Board Game

75:57 Quick notes on Summit hops

78:19 2017 Great American Beer Festival

86:48 Outro