Podcasts about wordsy

The Boardgame Specialist Podcast Episode 103: Top 100: 80 to 71https://discord.gg/ssnqjsRFxV%0A Carla IG: boardgamespecialist FB: Red Deer Board Game Fanatics Mel IG: mels_boardgame_room FB Mel's Board Game Room YouTube: Mel's Board Room[1:22] Fields of Arle: Tea & Trade[7:50] Foundation of Metropolis[14:08] Dice Miner[19:25] Love Letter[23:14] Trailblazers[27:44] Wordsy[31:28] Saint Petersburg[37:51] Awkward Guests[44:18] Sky Team[50:22] Viral[53:08] A Gentle Rain[56:55] Deception Murder in Hong Kong[1:00:23] Keystone North America[1:05:16] Alhambra[1:08:42] Beer & Bread[1:12:04] King of Tokyo[1:15:59] New York Zoo[1:19:18] Evolution[1:23:34] Robinson Crusoe[1:27:50] One Deck Dungeon[1:34:06] 7 Wonders Duel[1:39:12] Camel Up

Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including The Secret of Langton Manor, Linkto Food, and Kingdomino Origins. Then, we talk about which five board games we would bring with us if we got stuck on a desert (but not quite deserted) island! Check out the Five Games For Doomsday podcast 0:00-Intro 0:44-Recent Games - The Secret of Langton Manor (print it here) (Playthrough on Twitch) 1:57-Linkto Food 8:27-Kingdomino Origins 13:17-5 Desert Island Games 34:03-Outro 35:07-Bloopers Join our discord Support us at https://ko-fi.com/boardgameblitz This episode was sponsored by Grey Fox Games. Use the code "BGBLITZ2023" to get 10% off your ENTIRE ORDER, including upgrades not available anywhere else! Consolidated Links For the full show notes visit our site at http://www.boardgameblitz.com/posts/369

https://discord.gg/ssnqjsRFxVCarlaIG: boardgamespecialistFB: Red Deer Board Game FanaticsMelIG: mels_boardgame_roomFB Mel's Board Game RoomYouTube: Mel's Board Game Room{01:42] Ubongo[03:40] Ships[05:40] Doodle Rush[07:47] Fugitive[13:43] Tempura[15:45] Downtown Farmers Market[17:37] Kero[22:29] Castles of Burgundy Special Edition[25:36] Linko[31:00] Rolling Heights[37:07] Cascadia[40:09] The Deadlies[44:58] The Gallerist[49:47] Wordsy[54:25] Tinner's Trail[1:00:38] Darwins Journey[1:05:40] Fit to Print[1:11:05] Brian Boru: High King of Ireland[1:14:18] Next Station London[1:17:45] Magic Trick[1:22:38] Topiary[1:26:37] Farshore

CarlaIG: boardgamespecialistFB: Red Deer Board Game FanaticsMelIG: mels_boardgame_roomFB Mel's Board Game RoomYouTube: Mel's Board Game RoomDiscord:https://discord.gg/2Zu4HW2nhttps://youtu.be/AJhgfdBEY5A[1:46] My City  roll and build [4:12] Beer and Bread[8:30] Argh[10:50] Carpe Diem[15:35] Word-O-Melon[17:53] Letter Jam[20:17]Shh![23:29] Word Heist[26:43] Qwirkle[28:51] Wordsy[31:03] Rummikub[33:44] Word Domination[37:15] IOTA[39:25] Jabuka[42:44] Arboretum[45:18] Quiddler[47:41] Ex Libris[50:20] Letter Tycoon[53:57] Boggle[56:44] Paperback[1:01:44] Wordsy

Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including echoes: The Cocktail, echoes: The Microchip, and Birds of a Feather. We then list off our top 5 favorite word games! Announcements: 0:37 Recent Games: 1:33 Top 5 Word Games: 8:54 Outro: 36:22 Bloopers: 37:17 Check out Ambie's book at https://ambievaldes.com/boardgameday/ or https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ambierona/board-game-day Join our discord: https://discord.gg/WvRVnVeYMS echoes: The Cocktail: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/342210/echoes-cocktail echoes: The Microchip: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/342209/echoes-microchip Birds of a Feather: Western North America: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/358000/birds-feather-western-north-america Birds of a Feather on Gamefound: https://gamefound.com/projects/snowbrightstudio/birds-of-a-feather-western-north-america Support us at https://www.patreon.com/boardgameblitz This episode was sponsored by Grey Fox Games. Use the code 'GFGBLITZ2022' for 20% off non-exclusive items from their site: http://www.greyfoxgames.com/ For the full show notes visit our site at http://www.boardgameblitz.com/posts/327

In  this episode Carla  and Melanie share their favorite word games. [00:00:39] Tapestry[00:02:35] Fields of Arle[00:02;42] Port Royal[00:04:59] Tiny Epic Dungeon[00:05:52] Mystic Vale Essential Edition[00:07:10] Tanto Cuore[00:07:56] Raptor[00:11:02] Medium[00:12:48] Letter Jam[00:14:55] Wordsy[00:16:55] Network[00:17:21] Just One[00:19:27] Mystic Path[00:22:36] So Clover[00:26:37] Word Slam[00:28:33] Codename[00:30:45] Word Domination[00:33:53] Wereword[00:36:22] Cross Clues[00:39:20] Trapword[00:43:03] Word Heist[00:48:03] Anomia[00:51:34] Letter Tycoon[00:54:41] Boggle[00:57:30] Paperback[01:00:57] Incohearent[01:03:41] Word on the Street[01:06:50] Word Slam

Several Superior Spelling Games that Supersede Scrabble In this episode Chris and Matt talk about the spelling games that have replaced Scrabble for them. Jump to a specific section:  00:00  Several Superior Spelling Games that Supersede Scrabble 04:31  Bananagrams 10:16  Word on the Street 16:23  Spell Smashers 22:57  Letter Jam 29:00  Wordsy 33:11  Paperback and Hardback   Please remember to like and subscribe to the Escape Into Board Games podcast   Listen to the show:  http://escapeintoboardgames.com/ Join our Facebook community:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/escapeintoboardgames Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/escapeintoboardgames/ YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUEDSFl8opkv7_Pd0ECoeqQ TikTok:  https://www.tiktok.com/@escapeintoboardgames Send us an email:  escapeintoboardgames@gmail.com   Support the show at: Shirts and more: https://www.geekygoodies.com/escapeintoboardgames https://www.buymeacoffee.com/escapeintobgs     #EscapeIntoBoardGames #SeveralSuperiorSpellingGamesThatSupersedeScrabble #WordGames #SpellingGames #Scrabble #BoardGames #BoardGameReviews #BoardGamePodcast

In this episode Tom and Myron debate the merits of Avowel, the online version of Wordsy. Wordsy is a spelling game for folks who can't spell, but Tom was less than impressed with the online implementation which apparently only accepted correctly spelled words.    Meanwhile, in Pathfinder with Chapter 1 now closed we look forward to what Chapter 2 has in-store for our adventurers. To begin we all got to level up to fourth level and pick some new goodies for our character sheets. Myron picked a cool animal companion for Chester, Anna got some new buffs for the party, and JT is still unimpressed with what the Rogue class has to offer. While the players were all preoccupied updating their character sheets Tom was busy creating the newly won guildhall and guildmaster - Reuben. Surely Reuben's introduction to the team will harrold new adventures for the party as we begin Chapter 2, titled Along the Unbroken Branch. Remember to look for all episodes of our podcasts on iTunes, Stitcher, and TuneIn. Make sure to subscribe to the show so you'll never miss an episode. Also, you can keep up with us on our website: havefunandplay.com. We are constantly thinking about adding new content, so roll the dice and come join us!

Emma, Gil, and Scott have a roundtable discussion in which they discuss the three sales channels, or markets, your board game can be available in: hobby, specialty, and mass. What are the differences between them, and how can a game move from one to another? SHOW NOTES 0m48s: Erica and Sen are joining the show! You can watch them in the Meeple Syrup Show. Some of Sen's games: Junk Art, Akotiri, and Jiangshi: Blood in the Banquet Hall. Some of Erica's games: Bosk, Roar: King of the Pride, Kodama 3D, Scott Pilgrim Miniatures The World, Steven Universe: Beach-A-Palooza, and the forthcoming Rat Queens. Here's Sen's appearance on Ludology 236 - Role With It. 2m11s: The hobby "classics": Catan, Carcassonne. The new hotness as of this recording: Bonfire, Carnegie (which is so hot, it's not even out yet...).  2m55s: More info about PSI, the sales agent Gil (and many other publishers) use to sell their games to publishers. 4m11s: Yep. 4m36s: Wingspan, Terraforming Mars, Codenames 11m15s: Phoenix Games and Mox Boarding House in Seattle. Emma also mentions Century: Spice Road, Exploding Kittens, Just One, and her game Abandon All Artichokes. 16m49s: Gloomhaven: JOTL, Pan Am 17m46s: Yes, Gil's told this anecdote before. He's talking about Avowel, the mobile version of his game Wordsy. 27m00s: Wingspan was written up in both the New York Times and Smithsonian Magazine, among others. 33m17s: We had Kim Vandenbrouke on in Ludology 212 - Inventing Play. 40m03s: Yes, Gil made the same point in the last episode. Still relevant! 41m37s: Not sure why Gil brought up Root but completely forgot about Fort, from the same publisher! It's a better example. 44m24s: The idea of affordances and signifiers from a design standpoint was popularized by Donald Norman in his book The Design of Everyday Things. This subject came up when we chatted with game designer and graphic designer Daniel Solis in Ludology 204 - The Eyes Have It. 45m11s: Kingdom Builder 47m39s: Seven Wonders 50m01s: The story of Lizzie Magie, Charles Darrow, and the way The Landlord's Game eventually became Monopoly is worth knowing about. You can read about it here. 55m51s: Verrater and Muerter.  59m12s: Emma and Gil gushed about their Quivers a bit more than they expected to!  1h01m27s: Red Raven made their game Megaland exclusive to Target when it was released in 2018. The Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game also had components exclusive to Target. 1h04m23s: Scott is referring to the mechanism in each game in the Betrayal family of games, in which the game assigns one player to turn against the other players in one of dozens of wildly different scenarios. 1h08m31s: We discussed complexity in Ludology 238 - Unraveling Complexity. 1h11m33s: Gil likes to occasionally return to this lukewarm review of Catan from 1998, complaining about game length, runaway leader, and balance issues. The more things change... 1h12m13s: Here's Emma's talk for the Tabletop Mentorship Program about playtesting! 1h13m48s: More info about the AEG Pitch Project. Also, more info about Scott's forthcoming game Alien: Fate of the Nostromo.

00:00:36 - 200th episode! 00:05:24 - What have we been playing?: Wordsy, Monikers, Terraforming Mars, Compounded, Now Boarding, The Grizzled, Pendulum, Stick 'Em 00:47:03 - Mid-show banter! Featuring: New Mutants, Engagement 00:55:24 - The Bloody Minute 01:06:54 - The Kingdom Death Hour 01:35:39 - Emails! 01:42:07  - Grey Fox games Arcana Rising   MHGG Twitch Slack Channel  Patreon Guild

We talk to Blue, author of the upcoming Parslings from Smunchy games! Kickstarter coming Sept 8th! Check it out! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/smunchygames/parselings More info!: smunchygames.com/parselings Discord Server Invite: invite.gg/parselings. Twitter Handle: @Parselings. If you have any questions, comments, or free-floating hostility, you can email us at: flailforwardpodcast@gmail.com Or tweet us on Twitter: twitter.com/FlailForward discord: discord.gg/Hz7zFwq Facebook & Instagram @flailforward Find the hosts on the internet: Catreece - tinyurl.com/SAORSA Mark - twitter.com/praxisarcanum Rob - https://www.ashesofthemagi.com twitter.com/ashesofthemagi Kavoir - Is a word that is hard to parse. To many shadowy forms. Ephemeral and indistinct. Tastes vaguely of blueberry. Intro and Outro by The Sarto Klyn V. thesartoklynv.bandcamp.com/

Emma and Gil welcome game designer, educator, and birder Chidi Paige to discuss how games and play benefit education, how she designed her bird-themed game Birdwiser, and how competitive birdwatching has affected her as a person. SHOW NOTES 0m22s: From educationcloset.com: "STEAM Education is an approach to learning that uses Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, and Mathematics as access points for guiding student inquiry, dialogue, and critical thinking." It is an evolution of the older STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) approach in that it adds the arts. 1m29s: The Newark Museum in Newark, NJ. Fun fact: back when Chidi was working at the museum, Gil was a block away working at audible.com. Small world! 1m36s: Columbia University in New York, NY. 2m45s: Wonderstar Foundation has no web presence yet. Hopefully soon! 7m11s: ClassCraft 7m36s: Labster 8m01s: Chidi is referring to polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for DNA replication, and to CRISPR for genome editing. 13m43s: Explorer's Program at the Newark Museum 23m06s: Our episode with Dr. Mary Flanagan was Ludology 226 - Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo 23m43s: You can hear more from Elizabeth Hargrave on Ludology 203 - Winging It. 25m31s: The Big Year on IMDB. 27m29s: Sadly, we could not find the video that Emma mentioned! 30m40s: Chidi's web site for Birdwiser. 32m00s: Whot and Uno are variations on the public domain game Crazy Eights. 33m18s: Birdwiser’s illustrations are by Emily Willoughby, with graphics by Kristine Mathieson of Tropikality Designs 36m26s: Sibley and Peterson are two of the best-known bird guides out there. 38m43s: We discussed Emma's Infinite Potato Problem in Ludology 225 - A Study in Emma-rald. 41m09s: The site Chidi is referring to is Upwork, originally called oDesk. 42m29s: Gil is talking about his word game Wordsy. 42m45s: "Complexity Budget," an idea Richard Garfield popularized. 47m09s: More info about certifying your garden for wildlife. 50m01s: More info about the World Series of Birding. 1h00m05s: The scientists Chidi mentions are Eric Kandel and Richard Axel.

Emma and Gil welcome Anya Combs and Luke Crane from Kickstarter to discuss how crowdfunding is changing, especially in light of recent events. Anya: anya@kickstarter.com, games@kickstarter.com, @anyayna Luke: @burning_luke, burningwheel.com Note that this episode was recorded on March 25, 2020, so if we talk about things happening "a few weeks ago," we're referring to late February/early March. This wouldn't normally be an important detail, but things are changing a lot quickly these days. SHOW NOTES 0m00s: Playtest safely online with Gil and Emma! 1m28s: For those who have never heard it, the MC5's "Kick Out the Jams" set a template for punk rock's sound well before its time. (Explicit language warning)  3m52s: More info about the Burning Wheel roleplaying system.  8m32s: The original Alien Frontiers and Cards Against Humanity  projects. Both were modest successes. Double Fine Adventure, Wasteland 2, Shadowrun Returns, and Shenmue were much larger successes. 9m48s: The original Kingdom Death: Monster was a wild success, but the second edition was one of the largest Kickstarter Games campaigns ever run. 9m56s: We recorded this episode before Frosthaven launched. As of the time of this episode's release, it has raised over $7 million USD. 10m31s: Gil's Kickstarter projects are all visible here.  12m39s: The Dispel Dice Kickstarter project. 17m23s: The F*** Yeah Dice Kickstarter project (Explicit language warning, of course). 16m56s: Itten made the unique game Stonehenge and the Sun. Oink and Bouken don't have any Kickstarter projects, but their games are worth your attention for their distinctive look and style. Luke also brings up Bouken's game Diet & Friends. 17m17s: W.M. Akers has a series of baseball simulators called Deadball. 18m23s: You can find Emma's weekly news show on Twitch every Friday at 2 pm Pacific. 20m00s: Here's the Fantastic Factories Kickstarter project. Here's the Kickstarter for Coloma, designed by Jonny Pac, who was on Ludology 221: The Pac Less Traveled.  20m36s: Here's the Gladius Kickstarter project.  21m51s: More info about the Skylanders video game, which discontinued support in 2017.  24m42s: Here's the Multiverse Kickstarter project. (Incidentally, if you're interested in a platform similar to Multiverse, check out Roll20). 27m34s: More info about the Jackbox party games.  28m20s: The Spaceteam Kickstarter project (Note that this is for the original video game, not the card game inspired by it). 30m10s: More info about Twine. We go more into detail about this platform in Ludology 217: What IF?  30m43s: More info about AVOWEL, the mobile version of Wordsy.  31m05s: The latest Chronicles of Crime Kickstarter.  32m46s: Commands & Colors by Richard Borg is a family of outstanding light wargames that includes BattleLore and Memoir '44.  34m33s: More information about Kickstarter's Make100 and ZineQuest initiatives. 43m16s: More information about the newest God of War game https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_of_War_(2018_video_game). 43m36s: Animal Crossing! Hoo hoo! That's a link to more info about New Horizons, the newest game in the series. There's a lot of interesting discussion going on about the game and how timely it is, how its soothing imagery is perfect for the current times, and how it offers an escapist fantasy (literally escaping to a desert island) to people who are stuck at home. 47m13s: Ankh, the newest CMON game, is at over $1 million USD from about 14,000 backers at the time of this episode release. Tapeworm has not yet launched at the time of this episode release. 46m45s: Pax Pamir's most recent Kickstarter. It's from Cole Wehrle (and his brother Drew), whom you heard two weeks ago on Ludology 222: Johnny Fairplay. 47m06s: The Sea of Stars Kickstarter project, and the Swords 'n Magic and Stuff project. 52m34s: Anya performs in the Hungry March Band, the Funkrust Brass Band, and the Brooklyn Wind Symphony. 55m26s: Of course, Team Ludology does not subscribe to Luke's spicy hot take here, and we're pretty sure Rob Daviau has played D&D more than once. :) Rob was guest on Ludology 70: Risky Business. If you want to hear him GM, check out the actual play podcast Story Roost and its first story arc, The Unmarked. (Explicit language warning) 59m17s: DRUGGIES AND BULLIES BEWARE BULLYPROOF Kickstarter project. 1h00m30s: OLDIE BINGO Kickstarter project.

Our hosts run down their busy, busy week, before looking at some recently played games. Adrian gets frustrated at unlock, Zach frustrates other players in Five Crowns, and Jeff gets frustrated at Mid level Gorm in Kingdom Death Monster. In News, Ninja Division gets more bad news and Funko joins the gaming scene. In Kickstarters Coloma, Winterborne, and Terrain Crate 2 get announced as well as the new Tiny Epic Game. Some emails and listener feedback close out the show. 00:00:29 - Intro Banter! Featuring: The Oscars, A new phone, a bad drive, another job, Amateur wrestling 00:30:40 - What have we been playing?: Tokyo Highway, Between Two Castles, Wordsy, Unlock The Island of Doctor Goorse, Counterfeiters, Five Crowns, Kingdom Death Monster 00:59:45 - The Bloody Minute 01:00:42 - News: IDW drops Ninja Division 01:02:58 - News: Funko goes gaming 01:06:20 - News: Relic rerelease 01:08:31 - News: Jaws the Board Game 01:10:38 - News: Irish Gauge 01:14:08 - KS: Terrain Crate 2 01:17:11 - KS: Winterborne 01:20:27 - KS: Coloma 01:24:23 - KS: Tiny Epic Tactics 01:30:28 - Emails! 01:39:25 - Paulo's Youtube corner 01:43:10 - Get ready for Tsukiyumi from Grey Fox Games Slack Channel Patreon Guild

Our hosts start off catching up on the week before getting into some recently played games. Zach attempted to harvest some cards in Illimat, Jeff got a taste of RPGs in Lamentations of the Flame Princess, and Adrian lost twice in Brass Lancashire. After the Bloody minute, they move onto News and Kickstarters. In News, Weta Workshop made some crazy minis terrain, Quarriors get a Qultimate Quedition, and Between two Castles of Mad King Ludwig is announced. In Kickstarters, Guildmaster and Starcadia Quest are announced and Discworld:  ankh-morpork gets a revised edition In Naty Marking. A Few emails close out the show.   00:00:31 - Intro Banter! Featuring: Dying Light, World of Warcraft, Computer repair, The Good Place, Bojack Horseman, Clone Wars, Homeowner Woes 00:14:54 - What have we been playing?: Illimat, Noch Mal, Wordsy, Lamentations of the Flame Princess,  Most Wanted, Brass Lancashire 00:50:02 - The Bloody Minute! 00:56:50 - News: Weta Workshop Crazy Minis Terrain 00:59:22 - News: AuZtralia and Terraforming Mars Colonies 01:01:32 - News: Quarriors Qultimate Quedition 01:03:09 - News: Game of Thrones Deluxe gamemat 01:05:19 - News: Warhammer School Club 01:08:11 - News: Between Two Castles of Mad King Ludwig 01:10:56 - News: Raiatea Cover backlash 01:16:04 - KS: Guildmaster 01:19:40 - KS: Starcadia Quest 01:24:53 - KS: Nanty Narking 01:28:25 - Emails! 01:42:28 - Paulo's Youtube Corner 01:43:23 - Check out Pocket Mars from Grey Fox Games   Slack Channel Patreon Guild

Today Jeremiah gives his Drive By Review of Wordsy from Formal Ferret Games! He also does some Real Talk about getting older! :) Thanks for listening, and don't forget to check out our Patreon page by visiting www.TheologyofGames.com/Patreon! Produced by Jeremiah Isley --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rollpodcast/support

It's our third and final day of UKGE 2018. In this episode we cover the games we got to play including 5 Minute Chase, Pikoko, Chronicals of Crime, Pictomania, Wordsy, Legendary Inventors, Kanagawa and Spirt Island. We also recap our experience of the convention as a whole and compare it to previous years (for a more direct comparison you could always go and check out our 2017 coverage!)

Ben sit's calmly in the cabin and reviews Wordsy form Gil Hova and Formal Ferret Games.

Join in the conversation as the guys discuss the latest games to hit their tables! And Jeremiah gives his first impressions of Wordsy from Formal Ferret! — if you like what you hear it would be awesome if you’d share this show with a friend, or subscribe, rate and review us in iTunes and Google Play! Or better yet use that nifty applause feature in the Anchor app! You can find more about Boardgames FM, and Theology of Games at Theologyofgames.com! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/boardgamesdaily/support

A review of Wordsy written by Stephen Conway.

A review of Wordsy written by Stephen Conway.

A review of Wordsy written by Stephen Conway.

Our hosts welcome Kyle from Sounding Board Games onto the podcast, and after finding out how he got into games, they all dive into recently played games. Just fought over a card skyscraper in Rhino Hero: Super Battle, Kyle tried to survive in EVO, Zach collected some dolls in Matryoshka, and Adrian wrote down some words in Wordsy. Moving into News, more Game Apps are introduced and more info is announced for Legacy of Dragonholt! In Kickstarters, Joan of Arc adds dragons and Devils, Detective tries to get you to outsmart your friends, and Our hosts got to try out Dinogenics and make the best Dinosaur Park. An Email and BGG Response close out the show!   00:00:28 - Intro Banter! Featuring - New Guest! Kyle from Sounding Board Games, New Guest Questions, What are we drinking?, Rhino Hero: Super Battle, Concordia Salsa, EVO, Oasis, Matryoshka, Wordsy, Sol: Last Days of A Star       00:32:27 - The Bloody Minute! 00:34:02 - News: Warhammer Underworlds - Shadespire 00:36:31 - News: Tsuro/Cottage Garden/Smash Up Apps 00:40:10 - News: Legacy of Dragonholt 00:45:51 - KS: Time of Legends - Joan of Arc 00:51:02 - KS: Detective - City of Angels 00:55:16 - KS: Dice of Unusual Size 00:58:27 - KS: Dinogenics 01:09:14 - Emails! 01:13:28 - BoardGameGeek Responses!   Slack Channel Patreon Guild

In this show, we talk about Near and Far, Terraforming Mars: Hellas and Elysium, Pit Crew, Logic Cards, Ghosts Love Candy, Wordsy, Dice Forge, and Saboteur: the Duel.  We also discuss the megagame we played at Dice Tower convention 2017, and our thoughts on megagames and whether or not we'll play another one!

Draft Mechanic Episode 53: Dice Forge; Pit Crew on tap; Terraforming Mars: Hellas; Wordsy & Word Domination Welcome back to another Draft Mechanic! It’s the summer of hot games, and in today’s bonus weekly episode we look at the new dice crafting game Dice Forge from Libellud. Do the parts add up to more than just a pretty package? We’ve got the new real-time racing game Pit Crew on tap with some speedy beer choices, plus first impressions of the new Hellas map for Terraforming Mars. Also in recent plays, we talk about two new word games hitting the table this summer: Wordsy and Word Domination! Danielle’s beer segment is the positive side of last week’s segment as she talks about what foeders are and how they help brewers make exceptional sour beer. Enjoy the show and don’t forget to come back next week for our Gen Con 50 preview episode! Intro 01:00 Show Housekeeping 02:46 Looking forward to Gen Con 50 04:54 IndieGoGo: Watch it Played Season 7 Fundraiser 08:07 Con Report: MegaMooseCon 12:46 Recent Plays: Terraforming Mars “Hellas” map 21:20 Recent Plays: Word Domination 27:59 Recent Plays: Wordsy 35:21 Review Feature: Dice Forge 35:54 Dice Forge: Gameplay Overview 39:34 Dice Forge: Discussion 58:51 Dice Forge: Final Thoughts 59:45 On Tap: Pit Crew 70:00 The Beer Segment: What is a Foeder? 78:31 Outro We hope you enjoyed today's episode! Send us some feedback at draftmechanic@gmail.com and visit us on the web at

Ambie, Cassadi, and Crystal have a special episode to discuss their time at Origins (Cassadi) and Dice Tower Con (Ambie and Crystal).

Episode 22 - Cry Havoc and the Unstoppable Hype Train The episode kicks off with the many games our hosts have played over the week, include first impressions of Feast for Odin, the continuing coverage of how great Terraforming Mars is, and Adrian’s experience at Heavy Cardboard’s game day. In the news section, A hole was dug by Cards against Humanity, because it was Black Friday, and a Terminator licensed board game was announced. They then move onto Kickstarters, mainly discussing the huge hit, Kingdom Death: Monster and Vast! The Crystal Cavern’s PayPal woes. Cry Havoc is the weekly review, where the hosts do battle on how the game’s many mechanics fit together and if it’s more than the sum of its parts. The Hype Train then departs(Choo-Choo Motherf**ker!) as our discussion topic delves into Hype and ways to avoid its pitfalls. Two new emails close out the show. Banter! Featuring Sportsball, Board Games, and Jeff's Bloody Minute   00:29:18 News! and Kickstarter!   00:29:23 - CAH Holiday Hole   00:33:12 - Terminator: The Boardgame   00:35:45 - Kingdom Death: Monster 1.5   00:39:34 - Vast: The Crystal Caverns   00:42:20 - Wordsy by Gil Hova 00:43:00 - MHGG Review: Cry Havok   00:43:21 - Rules Overview   00:44:21 - Initial Thoughts   00:47:41 - Components       00:50:39 - Rules and Rulebook   01:04:41 - Final Thoughts 01:10:51 - Discussion of the Day: Boardgame HYPE!!! 01:29:52 - Emails, Contact Info, and Closing Thoughts

Episode 21: Last Will Opening up the episode, our hosts catch up on all the gaming they have been doing, including Adrian’s game-filled Snowboarding trips and a trio of newly played games, Inis, Cry Havoc, and Concordia. Jeff finally gets himself a win in this week’s Bloody Minute. They then move onto the news, including a new edition of Aye, Dark Overlord! and the recent BGGCon. In recent Kickstarters, a bunch of interesting ones are currently active, including Wordsy from Gil Hova and the highest funded Tiny Epic game, Tiny Epic Quest. In the review section, our hosts try and figure out the worst way to spend money and see if Last Will and its expansion is worth it. The show closes out with another email. 00:00:47 - Banter! Games discussed include: Space Cadets, D&D 4th Ed, Jeff's Bloody Minute, Hero Realms, Inis, Cry Havok, Concordia 00:09:53 Bloody Minute   00:21:04 News and Kickstarer Round up 00:21:10 Munchkin X-man & Munchkin CCG  00:23:41 X-Com Expansion  00:25:23 Aye, Dark Overlord  00:26:47 BGGcon is over, future convention plans.  00:31:11 Mythic Battles: Pantheon  00:33:34 Bears Vs Babies is wrapped up  00:34:53 MegaMan Pixel Tactics  00:35:34 Tiny Epic Kingdom  00:36:21 Wordsy  00:37:17 Lisboa  00:38:36 Feudum     00:40:18 Man vs Meeple 00:41:29 MHGG Review: Last Will  00:41:50 Game Overview 00:42:41 Initial Thoughts  00:46:29 Components and Art  00:47:37 Gameplay  00:53:34 Rules  00:55:20 Expansion: Getting Sacked  01:02:11 Final Thoughts 01:04:54 Listener Email, Closing Thoughts and Contact Info

In this bonus episode, recorded live at BBG.con 2016 in Dallas, TX, we speak with Gil Hova, the founder of Formal Ferret Games, and the designer of Wordsy. We discuss the pros and cons of self-publishing, what it takes to scale a game to a larger player group, and why small animals do not enjoyRead more →