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Ambie, Cassadi, and Crystal discuss 18OE, World's Fair 1893, and the Ferengi and Cardassian expansions for Star Trek Ascendancy. We talk about board game expansions, and Crystal goes over the origins of the word "expand."
Our Hosts are joined by Ant once again and they all dive deep into some recently played games. Adrian finds some differences in Twilight Imperium 4th Edition, Zach rebuilds a city in Lisboa, Jeff Constructs a building out of cards in Rhino Hero, and Ant throws some wood around in Kubb. Moving on to News, some spiel games get announced and some people got to try Azul. In Kickstarters, The Networks gets an expansion, Someone Has Died attempts to bring life to Social Improv games, and Wander finally launches. Adrian Joins a Fantasy Board Game League hosted by Draft Mechanic and an Email closes out the show. 00:00:28 - Intro Banter! Featuring: What are we Drinking?, Twilight Imperium 4th Edition, Blood Bowl, Vast, Lisboa, Flatline, Rhino Hero, Kuub 00:28:56 - News: Manhattan 00:30:48 - News: Spiel 2017 BGG Preview Thread 00:32:02 - News: Castles of Burgundy The Dice Game 00:33:13 - News: Azul 00:34:44 - KS: Consentacle 00:37:04 - KS: The Networks Executives Expansion 00:40:24 - KS: Someone Has Died 00:43:53 - KS: Adventurescapes 00:47:10 - KS: Wander: The Cult of Barnacle Bay 00:51:06 - Adrian joins Fantasy Boardgame League 00:58:01 - Listener Feedback! Slack Channel Patreon Guild
Draft Mechanic Episode 57: Second Podiversary! The 2017 Fantasy Board Game League! The Networks: The Executives preview! Magic Maze! Indulgence on tap! Welcome back, dear listeners! It’s time for our second Podiversary - and with that, it’s time for the second season of the Fantasy Board Game League! We’ve teamed up with board game content creators across the boardosphere for this season and it’s time to kick off the first week of matchups! We discuss the Top 10 draft picks and look back at the Year Two state of the podcast in our feature segment. But we’ve also got a big feature at the top of the show - a Kickstarter Preview of the new expansion for Gil Hova’s The Networks - The Executives! We dig this expansion (currently on Kickstarter!) so much that we made it into its own feature. We also look back at recent plays of Magic Maze, Eminent Domain & Illimat and then put Indulgence on tap! Thanks again for listening, enjoy the show and don’t forget to vote for your favorite FBGL teams each week at draftmechanic.net! Intro 01:00 Show Housekeeping & happy 2nd Podiversary! 04:35 Games news: Essen buzz & Conventions 09:35 Kickstarter Preview: The Networks: The Executives 23:10 Recent Plays: Magic Maze 31:50 Recent Plays: Eminent Domain 39:03 Recent Plays: Illimat 47:37 Grey Fox Games sponsor break 48:41 The 2017 Fantasy Board Game League! 72:44 2017 State of the Podcast 77:55 On Tap: Indulgence 85:52 Oktoberfest! 93:32 Outro We hope you enjoyed today's episode! Send us some feedback at draftmechanic@gmail.com and visit us on the web at draftmechanic.net! Don’t forget to vote every week for your favorite FBGL teams to enter in our drawing for a $100 gift card to an Online Game Store of your choice! Join us at the local, our BGG Guild (#2470)! We’re also on Twitter and Instagram - follow us at @draftmechanic! Also, Like us on Facebook! Draft Mechanic is sponsored by Grey Fox Games. Check out their website for information on all their great games, and sign up for the newsletter for updates direct to your inbox! Our theme and bump music is from the album “Superpower of Choice” by the Liberation Jumpsuit - thanks to the band for their help!Come listen to the full album on our website! Thanks for listening! Please game responsibly and we’ll see you back here again soon for another round! http://www.draftmechanic.net/show-notes/2017/57fbgl
Draft Mechanic Special: Fantasy Board Game League 2016 Championship "The Altercation in Albuquerque" Welcome to the Grand Championship and finale of the 2016 Fantasy Board Game League season! In our Championship, it's the Altercation in Albuquerque as Sean's "Duke a Doodle Doos" face off against Matthew's "First Mention!" Who will take home the gold? And which lucky listener is the winner of the $100 CoolStuffInc gift card? You'll have to listen to find out! If you've enjoyed the Fantasy Board Game League, please check out the podcasts that helped make this a reality this season: Boards Alive The Dukes of Dice Epic Gaming Night What Did You Play This Week? We hope you enjoyed today's episode! Send us some feedback at draftmechanic@gmail.com and visit us on the web at
In our fifty-ninth episode, we participate in the Fantasy Board Game League put on by the Draft Mechanic podcast and we talk about the games we have been playing lately. We also review the zombie survival bidding game Hit Z Road by Martin Wallace, and then Quinten and Aaron are joined by Skid Maher and Troy Lavallee of the Glass Cannon Podcast for the second segment in the Behind the Screen RPG series, providing tips for Game Masters. This episode is sponsored by Board Game Bliss & Tasty Minstrel Games