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Boardgame Mechanics

Jason and Katie talk about their love of boardgames and why you shouldn’t be ”board” with games. Weekly episodes include news, what we have been playing, and a feature.

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every 10 days
Average duration
54 minutes
Episodes
331
Years Active
2018 - 2025
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Episode 166: Unpopular Opinions in Board Gaming or We Just Want to Apologize Ahead of Time for This One and Want You To Know That We Really Are Nice People...Honest

Episode 166: Unpopular Opinions in Board Gaming or We Just Want to Apologize Ahead of Time for This One and Want You To Know That We Really Are Nice People...Honest

Episode 166 - Gaming Unpopular Opinions

Introduction: 

News: 

  • Scrumpy Card Cider - 2 days, $47
  • Hippocrates - 6 days, $84
  • Rad Zone - 3 days, $8/$22

Games Played: 

  • Point Salad
  • Bonfire
  • Marvel United: T…
00:55:33  |   Thu 22 Apr 2021
Episode 165: Our Favorite Pushing Cubes Around the Old World Games or Sometimes When We Run Out of Ideas We Get Topics Like This

Episode 165: Our Favorite Pushing Cubes Around the Old World Games or Sometimes When We Run Out of Ideas We Get Topics Like This

Episode 165 - Our Favorite Pushing Cubes Around the Old World Games

Introduction: 

  • BGG Golden Geek Awards

News: 

  • John Company: 4 days, $80
  • AuZtralia Big Box and Revenge of the Old Ones and TaZmania …
00:46:15  |   Thu 15 Apr 2021
Episode 164: Our Favorite Out Guessing Your Opponent Games or Katie is Going to Start an MC Just Because She Wants to Call Jason

Episode 164: Our Favorite Out Guessing Your Opponent Games or Katie is Going to Start an MC Just Because She Wants to Call Jason "Old Man"

Episode 164 - Favorite Out Guessing Your Opponent Games

Introduction: 

News: 

  • It Takes a Thief: The Board Game - 16 days, $56
  • Long Shot: The Dice Game - 14 days, $25 
  • Magna Roma - 11 days, $59

Games…

00:49:39  |   Thu 08 Apr 2021
Episode 163: Games That Grew On Us Like a Fungus or Canadians Have to Be So Nice Because They Channel All Their Rage Into Their Geese

Episode 163: Games That Grew On Us Like a Fungus or Canadians Have to Be So Nice Because They Channel All Their Rage Into Their Geese

Episode 163 - Games That Grew on Us...Like a Fungus

Introduction: 

News: 

  • Horns Up! The Lacuna Coil Card Game - 10 days, $29/$38 expansion
  • Tabletop Apparel for Game Lovers - 4 days, $19 tee/ $39 hood…
00:50:52  |   Thu 01 Apr 2021
Episode 162: Our Favorite Trick-Taking Games or Do You Even Board Game Bro?

Episode 162: Our Favorite Trick-Taking Games or Do You Even Board Game Bro?

Episode 162 - Favorite Trick Taking Games

Introduction: 

News: 

  • CULTivate - 2 days, $35
  • Carbon Control - 9 days, $72
  • Floriferous - 10 days, $20
  • Eternal Palace - 5 days, $46/$58

Games Played: 

  • Duffer…
01:00:10  |   Thu 25 Mar 2021
Episode 161: Our Favorite Love Themed Games or There is Probably Some Uncomfortable Discussion in This One That Should Have Been Edited Out But We Are Just Pretty Okay

Episode 161: Our Favorite Love Themed Games or There is Probably Some Uncomfortable Discussion in This One That Should Have Been Edited Out But We Are Just Pretty Okay

Episode 161 - Favorite Love Themed Games

Introduction: 

News: 

  • Everdell: New Leaf and Mistwood expansions - 5 days, $60 
  • Hometown Holidays - 7 days, $10
  • Hojo Pojo - 9 days, $15
  • Pagan: Fate of Roanoke…
00:43:57  |   Thu 18 Mar 2021
Episode 160: Our Perfect Game Night or Katie Wouldn’t Let Jason Steal Cinnamon Bears from Ollie’s Like She Steals Topics From Other Podcasts

Episode 160: Our Perfect Game Night or Katie Wouldn’t Let Jason Steal Cinnamon Bears from Ollie’s Like She Steals Topics From Other Podcasts

Episode 160 - Design Our Dream Game Night

Introduction: 

News: 

  • Caper: Europe - 14 days, $39
  • Meeples and Monsters - 7 days, $49
  • Moonshell: A Mermaid Game - 8 days, $39
  • Silverwood Grove - 10 days, $30
00:54:57  |   Fri 12 Mar 2021
Episode 159: We Design Our Dream Game or You Get a Track and You Get a Track and You Get Monkeys In Space!

Episode 159: We Design Our Dream Game or You Get a Track and You Get a Track and You Get Monkeys In Space!

Episode 159 - We design our dream game

Introduction: 

News: 

  • Finding Anastasia - 9 days, $29/$39
  • Dawn - 10 days, $20
  • Root Marauder expansion - 11 days, $50
  • Tiny Epic Dungeons - 11 days, $25
  • Caper: Eu…
01:04:21  |   Fri 05 Mar 2021
Episode 158: Mechanics Rundown Con or Jason Reminds Katie That He Wears the Pants in the Family

Episode 158: Mechanics Rundown Con or Jason Reminds Katie That He Wears the Pants in the Family

Episode 158 - Mechanics Rundown Con:

Introduction: 

News: 

  • City of Crowns (Paladins of the West Kingdom expansion) - 6 days, $28/$52 box
  • Tharos - 9 days, $72
  • Chamber of Wonders - 12 days, $43

Mechan…

01:17:24  |   Fri 26 Feb 2021
Episode 157: Best Board Games On a Budget or This Podcast is No Longer Family Friendly as Katie Can't Stop Saying Bewbs

Episode 157: Best Board Games On a Budget or This Podcast is No Longer Family Friendly as Katie Can't Stop Saying Bewbs

Episode 157 - Best Games on a Budget:

Introduction: 

News: 

  • MOB: Big Apple TGG Games 4 days to go $30
  • Ares Expedition (Terraforming Mars card game) - 13 days, $39/$84
  • Zombicide: Undead or Alive - 18 …
01:01:37  |   Fri 19 Feb 2021
Episode 156: Ugly Games That We Love or Marty Wallace is All That Katie Wants for Valentine's Day

Episode 156: Ugly Games That We Love or Marty Wallace is All That Katie Wants for Valentine's Day

Episode 156 - Ugly Games We Love Anyway:

Introduction: 

News: 

  • Metro City Edition and Big Box - 3 days, $44/$90
  • Maquis - 12 days, $29

Games Played: 

  • Mall Madness
  • Charterstone 

Our Favorite Ugly Gam…

00:46:43  |   Fri 12 Feb 2021
Episode 155: Our Favorite Negotiation Games or We Ran Out of Ideas So We

Episode 155: Our Favorite Negotiation Games or We Ran Out of Ideas So We "Borrowed" A Topic from The Board Game Rundown

Episode 155 - Our Favorite Negotiation Games:

Introduction: 

News: 

  • A Fine Mend - 5 days, $15 pdf
  • RPG crochet companions - 10 days, $26/each, $95 adventuring party
  • Clinic deluxe extensions (2 and 3) …
00:49:02  |   Fri 05 Feb 2021
Episode 154: Our Anticipated Games of 2021 or Jason Gets the Vaudeville Hook While Playing Carnegie Hall

Episode 154: Our Anticipated Games of 2021 or Jason Gets the Vaudeville Hook While Playing Carnegie Hall

Episode 154 - Anticipated Games of 2021:

Introduction: 

News: 

  • Carnegie - 8 days, $80
  • Owl bear plush - 16 days, $35

Games Played: 

  • Clue: The Great Museum Caper
  • Bluffaneer
  • Big Easy Busking

Anticipat…

01:15:48  |   Thu 28 Jan 2021
Episode 153: Our Favorite Blind Bag/Draw Games or This May Be the Episode That Sinks The Boardgame Mechanics Podcast and it is All Thanks to Andrew Carnegie

Episode 153: Our Favorite Blind Bag/Draw Games or This May Be the Episode That Sinks The Boardgame Mechanics Podcast and it is All Thanks to Andrew Carnegie

Episode 153 - Great Blind Bag/Draw Games:

Introduction: 

  • Abomination giveaway. 
    • Jan 17 12am to Jan 30 11:59pm
  • Fickle Favorites
    • The Boardgame Rundown

News:

  • Pingyao - 19 days, $55 
  • Darwin’s Journey …
01:00:50  |   Fri 22 Jan 2021
Episode 152: Our Favorite Push Your Luck Games or Katie Likes the Podcast Better When Jason Doesn't Say Anything (or Try to Speak German)

Episode 152: Our Favorite Push Your Luck Games or Katie Likes the Podcast Better When Jason Doesn't Say Anything (or Try to Speak German)

Episode 152 - Our Favorite Push Your Luck Games:

Introduction: 

  • Abomination giveaway. 
    • Jan 17 12am to Jan 30 11:59pm

News: 

  • Origins dates -  Sept 30 - Oct 3 2021
  • Taverns of Tiefenthal expansion??? 
00:56:26  |   Fri 15 Jan 2021
Episode 151: Our Top Games of 2020 or Katie Makes Fun of the Way Jason Picks a Shirt from the Dresser Because She Lost at a Game

Episode 151: Our Top Games of 2020 or Katie Makes Fun of the Way Jason Picks a Shirt from the Dresser Because She Lost at a Game

Episode 151 - Our Favorite Games from 2020:

Introduction: 

News:

  • Meeple Creeple - 5 days, $25/one set
  • Call of Katulhu - 9 days, $10 
  • Happy Nation - 8 days, $36

Games Played: 

  • Fossils
  • Power Grid
  • Came…
00:57:04  |   Fri 08 Jan 2021
Episode 150: Our Top 100 Games of All Time (10 - 1) or Jason Tries to Pronounce Italian Names While Katie Hides The Crayons From Our Kids Because They Are the

Episode 150: Our Top 100 Games of All Time (10 - 1) or Jason Tries to Pronounce Italian Names While Katie Hides The Crayons From Our Kids Because They Are the "Fancy" Crayons

Episode 150 - Our Top 100 Games of All Time (10 - 1):

Introduction: 

Fickle Favorite:

  • The Firefighter Returns

News:

  • Nope

Games Played: 

  • Santa’s Workshop 
  • Wingspan with both expansions 
  • Go For Broke
01:12:07  |   Fri 01 Jan 2021
Episode 149: Our Top 100 Games of All Time (20 - 11) or Katie Doesn't Know What Penultimate Means or What Color American Money Is

Episode 149: Our Top 100 Games of All Time (20 - 11) or Katie Doesn't Know What Penultimate Means or What Color American Money Is

Episode 149 - Our Top 100 Games of All Time (20-11):

Introduction: 

News: 

  • Winter Queen - 12 days; $29 
  • Fruit Dice - 13 days; $19

Games Played: 

  • Mountain Goats
  • Kingdoms of the Deep
  • Pingyao

Our Top …

01:09:41  |   Fri 18 Dec 2020
Episode 148: Our Top 100 Games of All Time (30 - 21) or Jason Can't Seem to Say Newton and Katie Jumps On Board the Hype Train

Episode 148: Our Top 100 Games of All Time (30 - 21) or Jason Can't Seem to Say Newton and Katie Jumps On Board the Hype Train

Episode 148 - Our Top 100 Games of All Time (30-21):

Introduction: 

News:  

  • The SUITS: Ladies - 9 days, $25
  • Momiji - 11 days, $19/$31
  • Naramata: A Game of Wine & Tourism - 12 days, $59

Games Played: 

01:12:38  |   Thu 10 Dec 2020
Episode 147: Our Top 100 Games of All Time (40 - 31) or Jason Went All the Way to P.F. Chang's to Get Katie Hair Dye and to See the Terracotta Warriors and Wicked Clowns

Episode 147: Our Top 100 Games of All Time (40 - 31) or Jason Went All the Way to P.F. Chang's to Get Katie Hair Dye and to See the Terracotta Warriors and Wicked Clowns

Episode 147 - Our Top 100 Games of All Time (40-31):

Introduction: 

News:  

  • Harry Potter: Catch the Snitch - A Wizards Sports Board Game - 6 days, $103 
  • The Specialists -  6 days, $49
    • Return of the Fi…
01:15:49  |   Fri 04 Dec 2020
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