Episode 109: Gaming Turn Ons or Katie Mistakes the Podcast for her Part Time Job at 1-900-Barry White

Boardgame Mechanics

Episode 109 - Turn Ons in Games

Introduction:

• Zany Banter

News:

• Gorinto Grand Gamers Guild - 12 days left; $35; Check out our YouTube channel for a preview
• Bivouac - 23 days left; $49; design a camp, activities, cute resources and meeples, includes expansion
• Cindr - 13 days left; $25; cute parody theme, make profile, pick a dragon, match for dice, roll for date, three fires burned
• Marvel United - 11 days left; $60; CMON, Eric Lang, “sculptures”, cooperative, cute

Gaming Glossary:

• Trick Taking - A trick-taking game is a card or tile-based game in which play of a hand centers on a series of finite rounds or units of play, called tricks, which are each evaluated to determine a winner or taker of that trick. (Tricky Tides, Fox in the Forest, euchre, Skull King)
• Pick Up & Deliver - This mechanism usually requires players to pick up an item or good at one location on the playing board and bring it to another location on the playing board. Initial placement of the item can be either predetermined or random. The delivery of the good usually gives the player money to do more actions with. In most cases, there is a game rule or another mechanic that determines where the item needs to go.
  • Black Fleet, Orleans (expansion only), Firefly, My Little Scythe; Clank!

Call from member of #theriveted - Brad

• King’s Forge Game Salute
• Dice Throne Roxley Gaming Lab
• Anachrony Mindclash

Games played:

• Jason - Mechanica
• Katie - Mystery of the Abbey
• Jason - Matcha
• Katie - Victorian Masterminds

Turn Ons in Games:

• Jason - Designer Pedigree (Italians, Vital, Feld, Marty)
• Katie - Tactile Components - Agricola, Fool’s Gold first played piece, Five Tribes, Rise of Tribes
• Jason - Press Your Luck (Fire in the Library, Fool’s Gold, Incan Gold, Quacks, Deep Sea Adventure, Dicey Peaks)
• Katie - Immersive Theme - Fire in the Library, Consulting Detective, Hogwarts Battle, Thebes
• Jason - Tracks to manipulate (Orleans, Terra Mystica, Tzolk’in, Blitzkrieg!, Dogs of War, Coimbra)
• Katie - Vibrant Artwork - Yamatai, Parks, Princess Jing, Tokaido

Closing: