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#114: 2019 In Review

Draft Mechanic Episode #114: 2019 In Review, our 2019 Superlatives, Six Packs of our Favorite Beers and Board Games of 2019

2019 Superlatives:
Best Artwork:

Danielle: Wingspan (Stonemaier Games)
Jake: Wingspan (Stonemaier Games)

Best Non-mini Components:
Jake:  the Spectrum dial from Wavelength (Palm Court)
Danielle: The upgrade wheel from Mechanica (Resonym)

Biggest Disappointment:
Danielle: T.I.M.E. Stories: Madame (Space Cowboys); Runner up- Fantastic Factories (Deep Water Games)
Jake: T.I.M.E. Stories: Madame (Space Cowboys); Runner up- Second Chance (Stronghold Games)

Game I Wish I'd Played in 2019:
Danielle: Trismegistus: The Ultimate Formula (Board & Dice)
Jake: Black Angel (Pearl Games)

Game I Wish I'd Played More of in 2019:
Danielle: Irish Gauge [English 2nd edition] (Capstone Games)
Jake: Star Realms: Keyforge: Age of Ascension/Worlds Collide (Fantasy Flight Games)

Best Older Game I Played for the First Time in 2019:
Danielle: Dice Hospital (Alley Cat Games)
Jake: Ginkgopolis (Pearl Games)

Best Party Game:
Danielle: 3 Laws of Robotics (Floodgate Games)
Jake: Mars Open: We’re Doomed! (Breaking Games)

Best App:
Danielle: Apple Arcade - I cheated (Apple)
Jake: Terraforming Mars (Stronghold Games, Developer: Asmodee Digital)

Most Innovative Game:
Danielle: We’re Doomed! (Breaking Games)
Jake: We’re Doomed! (Breaking Games)

Favorite Beers of 2019 Six-Packs:
Jake:

Danielle:

Favorite Games of 2019 Six-Packs:

Jake's Picks:

6. Megacity: Oceania
Hub Games
Designer: Jordan Draper, Michael Fox

5. Freshwater Fly
Bellwether Games
Designer: Brian Suhre

4. Cartographers: A Roll Player Tale
Thunderworks Games
Designer: Jordy Adan

3. Las Vegas Royale
alea/Ravensburger Spieleverlag GmbH
Designer: Rüdiger Dorn

2. The Taverns of Tiefenthal
North Star Games
Designer: Wolfgang Warsch

1. Escape Tales: Low Memory
Board&Dice
Designer: Jakub Caban, Bartosz Idzikowski

Danielle's Picks:

6. Bosk
Floodgate Games
Designer: Daryl Andrews, Erica Bouyouris

5. On Tour
BoardGameTables.com
Designer: Chad DeShon

4. The Taverns of Tiefenthal
North Star Games
Designer: Wolfgang Warsch

3. Cartographers: A Roll Player Tale
Thunderworks Games
Designer: Jordy Adan

2. Letter Jam
Czech Games Edition
Designer:   Ondra Skoupý

1. Escape Tales: Low Memory
Board&Dice
Designer:   Jakub Caban, Bartosz Idzikowski

Section Timestamps:

#101: Geekway to the West 2019

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