Draft Mechanic

Draft Mechanic Episode #124: Return of the Randowriters

Roll ‘em! It’s time for another round-up of Randowriters, still the hottest craze in lil’ games with pencils, pens, dice and cards. We’ve got f…

Draft Mechanic Episode #123: Bargain Quest

I sure hope you like value! In this episode of Draft Mechanic, you get not just ONE game in the feature segment, but ONE and a half! An expansion too! That’…

Draft Mechanic Episode #122: Hats, Chai, Traintopia, Arkadia, Sabro hops

Hope you’re thirsty, because it’s tea time! We’re maneuvering hat cards in teams or individually in Hats, we’re opening our ow…

Draft Mechanic Episode #121: High Rise; Roar & Write; Stay Cool; Carcassonne: Wheel of Fortune; Black is Beautiful beer initiative

Your eyes don’t deceive you, it is for sure a new episode of Draft M…

Draft Mechanic Episode #120: Mystery House; CYOA: House of Danger; Captive; Crusoe Crew; Summit Hops

#stayhome and play some of these mysterious games about houses! It wasn’t intentional, we swear. M…

Draft Mechanic Episode #119: In the Hall of the Mountain King, Lions of Lydia KS preview, Zoned Out, Felix the Cat in the Sack, Mosaic Hops, House Rules

Hello again! In this new era of staying at hom…

Draft Mechanic Episode #117: Mechanica; Draw Your Own Conclusions; Ecos; Thunder Alley; Galaxy Hops; Culling

It’s episode beep, beep boop! Or rather, 118, in which we talk about Mechanica, and the bo…

Draft Mechanic Episode #117: Atlantis Rising, Gorinto, Tumble Town, The Isle of Cats, Huell Melon hop primer

Do you think you have what it takes to save the people of Atlantis from the wrath of the G…

Draft Mechanic Episode #116: The Taverns of Tiefenthal; Azul: Summer Pavilion; Dizzle; Carcassonne: Hunters & Gatherers; Strata Hop Primer; Convention ‘Must Haves’

It’s an early episode of the year, …

Draft Mechanic Episode #115: PAX Unplugged & 2020 Convention Outlook

Hey, we promised a PAX episode and here it is! There’s a big ol’ list of games we played, and we just got some of them in this epi…

Draft Mechanic Episode #114: 2019 In Review

Oh hi there! Good to see you again! We’re back from our 2019 Winter Break and ready to talk about our favorites of the year. We’ve got our usual superlativ…

Draft Mechanic Episode #113 and a half: Draft Mechanic’s Winter Break

Hey all, just dropping in a quick note to share what we’re up to in December. See you at PAX Unplugged!

00:10 What’s a Winter Bre…

Draft Mechanic Spoiler Episode Omega

In this spoiler-filled episode of Draft Mechanic, we look back on the final TIME Stories scenario of the “White Cycle,” Madame. If you listened to our review/disc…

Draft Mechanic Episode #113: Fantastic Factories, Haven, Cartographers, Trapwords, Cascade Hops

Factories are all about efficiency, and this episode is gonna be an efficient punch of board game info!…

Draft Mechanic Episode #112: Tapestry, Escape Tales: Low Memory, Quacks of Quedlinburg expansion

We’ve got three heavy hitters in this episode! First, the hottest of the hot with Jamey Stegmaier’s ne…

Draft Mechanic Episode #111: Welcome to Thematic Neighborhoods; The Search for Planet X; Slyville

It’s all about the future on Draft Mechanic 111! We’ve got a Kickstarter preview of The Search for Pl…

Draft Mechanic Episode #110: Letter Jam, Las Vegas Royale, Lanterns Dice, Keyforge Blue

Happy birthday, us! It’s the start of Season Five and our fourth anniversary, and we’ve decided to be pretty bu…

Draft Mechanic Episode #109: Sessionable Games Six-Pack; LOTS & Calico

We’re dressed to the nines! Episode 109, that is. Releasing on 9-9-19! It’s a coincidence I’m sure. Anyway! On with the show. We…

Draft Mechanic Episode #108: Imhotep: The Duel

Hello there! It’s been a minute, but we’re back and ready to board game podcast. This one has games for all: one player, two player, three and four play…

Draft Mechanic Episode #107: Gen Con 2019 Recaps

That was Gen Con - and this is the Gen Con recap! Look, I’m sorry, I’m not getting more specific with the timestamps below because then I’d have 100,0…