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#JasonReviews #boardgamemechanics #news 0:00 - Intro 0:07 - Title Screen 0:25 - Description of the Game 1:20 - Gameplay Overview 9:22 - Final Thoughts 12:41 - Credits After years of experimentation in your shared laboratory, you and your fellow alchemists have just successfully transmuted common metals into gold! Now all that's left is to perfect the formula, repeating the experiments to find the perfect combination of metals that produce the purest gold. Aurum is a trick-taking game for three or four players, with two teams of two competing in the four-player game. After all cards for the round have been dealt, you bid on how many tricks you think you/your team will win. (In a four-player game, the higher of the two bids on a team becomes the team's bid.) During the round, you can lead with any non-gold card. On your turn, you must not play a suit that has already been played (unless it is a gold card). The highest number played wins, but gold is the trump suit and always wins. Whoever played the lowest non-gold card adds a gold card of the same number from the supply to their collection if it is available. All gold cards played in a trick are returned to the supply. The round ends immediately when a player cannot play a valid base metal card and does not have a gold card to play or chooses not to play a gold card. If you win more tricks than you bid, you earn your bid value as points; if you met your bid exactly, you earn twice your bid value as points. Additionally, you earn points for the number of gold cards in your collection. The player/team with the most points wins a gold nugget, and the first to collect two nuggets wins! —description from the publisher For more information about Aurum: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/383459/aurum To check out a little bit of everything that we do visit our website at: https://www.bgmechanics.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theboardgamechanics Follow us on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/boardgamemechanics Tweet at us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bgmechs If you would be interested in having us review/preview a game, or just want to chat, shoot us an email at: contact@bgmechanics.com ***Review copy provided by Pandasaurus Games***

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-asywd-142458f Episode 261: BGM/BGR Con Recap Introduction: News: Gamefound: El Burro: A La Granja Game - 7 days, $85 Kickstarter: Flight of Icarus - 5 days, $39 BGM/BGR Con Recap: Jason - Brass: Birmingham Katie - Glory to Rome Jason - Thunder Road: Vendetta Katie - Illiterati Jason - Witchstone Katie - Ra Tanto Cuore: Winter Romance Tea Dragon Society Campy Creatures Heat: Pedal to the Metal QE Decrypto Closing:

#JasonReviews #boardgamemechanics #news 0:00 - Intro 0:23 - Spoiler Alert 0:28 - Gameplay Overview 3:56 - Credits This second campaign expansion for It's A Wonderful World pushes your experience even further! Each envelope introduces a new scenario, and each secret box adds new hidden content! All added components and cards can be used with the core game even after you have completed the campaign. This is not a legacy game, though there are surprises the first time it is played. The cards can be reset and the campaign played again in order to discover both possible endings. Originally available only as part of the It's a Wonderful World: Corruption & Ascension Kickstarter campaign, this expansion is now available separately. —description from the publisher For more information about It's a Wonderful World: Leisure & Decadence: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/334767/its-wonderful-world-leisure-decadence To check out a little bit of everything that we do visit our website at: https://www.bgmechanics.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theboardgamechanics Follow us on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/boardgamemechanics Tweet at us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bgmechs If you would be interested in having us review/preview a game, or just want to chat, shoot us an email at: contact@bgmechanics.com ***Review copy provided by Lucky Duck Games***

#JasonReviews #boardgamemechanics #news 0:00 - Intro 0:07 - Title Screen 0:26 - Description of the Game 1:41 - Gameplay Overview 10:06 - Final Thoughts 13:15 - Credits In It’s a Wonderful World, you are an expanding Empire and must choose your path to your future. You must develop faster and better than your competitors. You’ll carefully plan your expansion to develop your production power and rule over this new world. It’s a Wonderful World is a cards drafting and engine building game from 1 to 5 players. Each round, players will draft 7 cards and then choose which ones will be recycled to immediately acquire Resources, and which ones will be kept for construction to produce Resources each round and/or gain victory points. When a card is fully built, it’s added to the player’s Empire to increase the player’s production capacity for each round. The mechanical twist being that the production phase works in a specific order. You'll have to plan your constructions carefully! For a deeper insight of the gameplay, please follow this link : It's a Wonderful World - First steps In addition to the base game, players can also enjoy expansions boxes introducing an innovative Campaign mode. Each Campaign offers a storyline to follow and many gameplay twists. At the end of each campaign, players will open a reward booster to unlock new cards, enhance their base game and keep a memory of what happened during the campaign. All the campaigns can be replayed and don’t imply game components destruction. More info on the Campaign mode : It's a Wonderful World - Campaign Mode —description from the publisher For more information about It's a Wonderful World: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/271324/its-wonderful-world To check out a little bit of everything that we do visit our website at: https://www.bgmechanics.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theboardgamechanics Follow us on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/boardgamemechanics Tweet at us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bgmechs If you would be interested in having us review/preview a game, or just want to chat, shoot us an email at: contact@bgmechanics.com ***Review copy provided by Lucky Duck Games***

#JasonReviews #boardgamemechanics #news 0:00 - Intro 0:07 - Title Screen 0:26 - Description of the Game 1:29 - Gameplay Overview 9:31 - Final Thoughts 11:35 - Credits Design the best Animal Sanctuary while playing 5 rounds. Each round, players will draw 3 cards, place one, and pass the rest (simple drafting phase). Each card is composed of 4 biomes, each containing an animal. When you place a card, you must cover AT LEAST one biome. The whole Sanctuary must not exceed 6 x 6. Each game will have a different pool of scoring objectives. Each round will only count some of the objectives chosen for the game, so you'll have to modify your sanctuary throughout the game in order to score the most points. At the end of the 5 rounds, the player who earned the more points becomes the winner! —description from the publisher For more information about Nimalia: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/361850/nimalia To check out a little bit of everything that we do visit our website at: https://www.bgmechanics.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theboardgamechanics Follow us on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/boardgamemechanics Tweet at us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bgmechs If you would be interested in having us review/preview a game, or just want to chat, shoot us an email at: contact@bgmechanics.com ***Review copy provided by Lucky Duck Games***

#JasonReviews #boardgamemechanics #news 0:00 - Intro 0:10 - Title Screen 0:29 - Description of the Game 1:51 - Gameplay Overview 10:40 - Final Thoughts 15:46 - Credits "Five to find, three are one. One gives access, the Bladed Sun. The Silver Orb, to banish below. The Staff of Ages, to vanquish the foe. Joining two, the Golden Thorn. The last to invoke, the Platinum Horn." You have heard this prophecy many times – one regarding the chosen hero that will save the Westland from a great and rising darkness. Those days are now before you, for Talimar the Starless – the Warlock Lord – is once again moving in this world. He has descended far below Castle Shadowgate, ready to release a creature of immense power upon the world and bring it into chaos! Shadowgate: The Living Castle is a 2-4 player board game based on the Macventure, Kemco NES and 2014 remake video game, Shadowgate. In it you'll explore Shadowgate, the Living Castle, discovering relics and spells and completing legendary quests. Players can choose between eight characters that have their own unique class, traits, and abilities, then use these characters to compete for XP (experience points). For each item you equip, each quest you complete, each djinn riddle you answer, and each monster you defeat, you gain XP. Compete against other players to piece together the fabled Staff of Ages – It is only then will you be able to confront the Warlock Lord, fulfill the prophecy, and be crowned High Lord of the Westland! —description from the publisher For more information about Shadowgate: The Living Castle: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/343980/shadowgate-living-castle To check out a little bit of everything that we do visit our website at: https://www.bgmechanics.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theboardgamechanics Follow us on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/boardgamemechanics Tweet at us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bgmechs If you would be interested in having us review/preview a game, or just want to chat, shoot us an email at: contact@bgmechanics.com ***Review copy provided by Trick or Treat Studios***

#JasonReviews #boardgamemechanics #news 0:00 - Intro 0:07 - Title Screen 0:25 - Description of the Game 1:06 - Gameplay Overview 17:30 - Final Thoughts 19:32 - Credits Soar high upon your wings, like an eagle, as you seek to escape the clutches of king Minos. But beware, fly too high and the sun will melt the wax that holds your wings together... fly too low and the moisture from the sea will make the feathers too heavy to keep you aloft. Flight of Icarus is a fast-paced strategy game for 2-4 players in which you live out the classic Icarus myth. Build your wings, then brave the elements as you attempt to fly from Crete to the Greek mainland. During the first phase of the game you will collect wax and feathers using an action point system, managing these resources as you craft your wings. You may also play innovations to aid you during your flight. Then, you will take to the air, struggling against both the weather and your fellow fliers during the tactical phase of the game. Bid for the oracle's favor, that allows you to play weather cards and act first, as you jockey for position in the air. An engaging mixture of strategic resource management and take-that mechanics, Flight of Icarus is fully language independent during play. Even should you fail in your flight, there is no player elimination, so you can still attempt to stop your competition from reaching the other shore. —description from the publisher To support this game on Kickstarter check out the following link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cobblestonegames/flight-of-icarus-build-your-wings-complete-your-flight?ref=discovery&term=flight%20of%20icarus For more information about Flight of Icarus: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/386144/flight-icarus To check out a little bit of everything that we do visit our website at: https://www.bgmechanics.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theboardgamechanics Follow us on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/boardgamemechanics Tweet at us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bgmechs If you would be interested in having us review/preview a game, or just want to chat, shoot us an email at: contact@bgmechanics.com ***Preview copy provided by Cobbleston Games***

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-33394-13feb2b Episode 259: Games Every Gamer Should Own Introduction: News: Forges of Ravenshire - 5 days, $60 Milkman: A Legen-dairy Dice & Delivery game - 6 days, $30 Games played: Port Royal Bosk Quartz Games Every Gamer Should Own pt.1: Jason 5 - Lords of Waterdeep (Worker Placement) Katie 5 - Viticulture Jason 4 - Summer Camp (Deck Builder) Katie 4 - Marvel Legendary/HP Hogwarts Battle Jason 3 - Mountain Goats (Dice Game) Katie 3 - Dice Forge Jason 2 - Marvel United (Cooperative) Katie 2 - The Shipwreck Arcana Jason 1 - Quacks of Quedlinburg (Push Your Luck) Katie 1 - Bag of Chips Closing:

#JasonReviews #boardgamemechanics #news 0:00 - Intro 0:07 - Title Screen 0:25 - Description of the Game 1:14 - Gameplay Overview 15:35 - Final Thoughts 18:16 - Credits Stadium is a contest to see who can build the strongest professional football empire! This is a worker placement game in which the board is a three-tiered stadium. Players must build on the ground level first as they sell concessions at games, buy equipment for the team, draft all pro players, and do their best to have a winning season. Players also hire employees who can inspire fans, sell more merchandise, train team members, and make building deals as they watch their franchise rise to the sky. Players carefully choose business decisions, watch salaries and signing bonuses, and replace broken equipment and the occasional injured player. They gain bonuses if they choose the right actions and may end up paying extra if they are not first to build new amenities to their stadium. —description from the publisher For more information about Stadium: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/218418/stadium To check out a little bit of everything that we do visit our website at: https://www.bgmechanics.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theboardgamechanics Follow us on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/boardgamemechanics Tweet at us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bgmechs If you would be interested in having us review/preview a game, or just want to chat, shoot us an email at: contact@bgmechanics.com ***Review copy provided by Joe Magic Games***

#JasonReviews #boardgamemechanics #news 0:00 - Intro 0:08 - Title Screen 0:27 - Description of the Game 1:22 - Gameplay Overview 10:02 - Final Thoughts 13:35 - Credits Reiner Knizia's auction game about producing movies. In four rounds, players bid on chips representing genuine directors, actors, camera, effects, music, guest stars and agents (or in Nightmare Productions edition: creatures, locations, directors, musical conductors, cameos, and contractors). These all get placed on players' film-strips to complete the movie production. So one movie might need 2 actors (in editions prior to Nightmare Productions), but no music or effects and so on. As films are completed, the points value is marked and another film-strip taken. There are two parties (in Nightmare Productions edition: horror cons) each round where players get to pick from offers without paying anything. There are bonus points for first films completed and best films, best directors (in Nightmare Productions edition: best creatures), even worst film. The auction is a basic rising offer with passing until one winning bid remains. Players pay into the pot with contracts (in Nightmare Productions edition: money), and the rest of the players share the pot each turn. So it's a closed economy with players trying to time to bid on what they really need to complete films. —description from the publisher For more information about Nightmare Productions: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/904/nightmare-productions To check out a little bit of everything that we do visit our website at: https://www.bgmechanics.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theboardgamechanics Follow us on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/boardgamemechanics Tweet at us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bgmechs If you would be interested in having us review/preview a game, or just want to chat, shoot us an email at: contact@bgmechanics.com ***Review copy provided by Trick or Treat Studios***

#JasonReviews #boardgamemechanics #news 0:00 - Intro 0:06 - Title Screen 0:25 - Description of the Game 1:08 - Gameplay Overview 6:38 - Final Thoughts 10:31 - Credits You’ve just taken home your new bookshelf and now it’s time to put your favorite items in the display: books, boardgames, portraits... Who will show the best organized shelfie? During your turn, you must take 1, 2, or 3 item tiles from the living room board (shared by all the players), following these rules: • The tiles you take must be adjacent to each other and form a straight line. • All the tiles you take must have at least one side free at the beginning of your turn. Then, you must place all the tiles you’ve picked into 1 column of your bookshelf (a 3D display) to meet the personal goal cards, which grant points if you match the highlighted spaces with the corresponding item tiles, or the common goal cards, which grant points if you achieve the illustrated pattern. You also score points if you connect item tiles of the same type. The first player who fills all the spaces of their bookshelf triggers the end game and takes the end game token that grants additional points. The game continues until the end of the turn of the player sitting on the right of the player holding the first player token. The player who scores the most points wins the game. A game of strategy and glance, different every time thanks to the variety of common and personal goals. The beautiful images of the item tiles will really give you the feeling of tidying up your precious shelf. —description from the publisher For more information about My Shelfie: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/366456/my-shelfie To check out a little bit of everything that we do visit our website at: https://www.bgmechanics.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theboardgamechanics Follow us on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/boardgamemechanics Tweet at us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bgmechs If you would be interested in having us review/preview a game, or just want to chat, shoot us an email at: contact@bgmechanics.com ***Review copy provided by Lucky Duck Games***

#JasonReviews #boardgamemechanics #news 0:00 - Intro 0:07 - Title Screen 0:25 - Description of the Game 1:18 - Gameplay Overview 14:01 - Final Thoughts 19:05 - Credits In Hickory Dickory, players control a team of mice competing in a royal scavenger hunt hosted by Lord Cuckoo! The mice will ride on a cuckoo clock's minute hand as they search for items that match their hunt card. The adorable mice will jump off the hand to collect item tiles and perform various actions that will help them gain berries, a.k.a., victory points. Once the clock strikes midnight, the hunt is over and the mice will show off their scavenger hunt cards to Lord Cuckoo. Berries will be rewarded for rows and columns completed on their hunt card, and the mice team with the most berries wins! —description from the publisher For more information about Hickory Dickory: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/367490/hickory-dickory To check out a little bit of everything that we do visit our website at: https://www.bgmechanics.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theboardgamechanics Follow us on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/boardgamemechanics Tweet at us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bgmechs If you would be interested in having us review/preview a game, or just want to chat, shoot us an email at: contact@bgmechanics.com

#JasonReviews #boardgamemechanics #news 0:00 - Intro 0:07 - Title Screen 0:24 - Description of the Game 1:43 - Gameplay Overview 10:15 - Final Thoughts 12:19 - Credits To support this game on Gamefound you can visit the link below: https://gamefound.com/projects/grand-gamers-guild/tir-na-nog-between-worlds In the Irish myth cycles, the land of Tír na nÓg is the realm of the Otherworld, the place where the Fairies lived and heroes visited on quests. It was a place just outside the realm of man, off to the west, where there was no illness or death or time, but only happiness and beauty. The golden path to Tír na nÓg is open once more, and the greatest Celtic Storytellers have gathered for a once-in-a-lifetime journey. When they return, they’ll bring with them tales of the creatures they met and the adventures they lived. Over time those stories will become a saga — and the most epic saga will live on forever. Play overview Journey to the Otherworld by placing Storytellers between Story cards in the shared grid. When all Storytellers have been placed, draft cards and add them to your hand. From your hand, add cards to your personal tableau - one card to hand, one card played. At the end of 5 rounds, score each row according to the rules on its corresponding Goal card, and earn points for having the most connected Story cards of each color. The highest score wins. —description from the publisher For more information about Tír na nÓg: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/343433/tir-na-nog To check out a little bit of everything that we do visit our website at: https://www.bgmechanics.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theboardgamechanics Follow us on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/boardgamemechanics Tweet at us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bgmechs If you would be interested in having us review/preview a game, or just want to chat, shoot us an email at: contact@bgmechanics.com ***Preview copy provided by Grand Gamers Guild***

#JasonReviews #boardgamemechanics #news 0:00 - Intro 0:10 - Title Screen 0:28 - Description of the Game 1:11 - Gameplay Overview 8:00 - Final Thoughts 10:09 - Credits The card game Velonimo allows you to depict the merciless struggle in the animal world for the distinctive and highly prized "petits pois-carottes" jersey rewarded to the best climbing cyclist. This trick taking game features ultra simple rules for an absolutely addictive play experience. Goal of the Game: Race to the summit to score as many points as possible and win the covered jersey. To win a race, you must be the first player to get rid of all your cards. Racer cards may be played alone or in specific combinations of the same color or same value. There are also breakaway specialist cards which work alone to speed ahead of the pack. Victory: The game has 5 rounds, each representing the ascent of a different mountain summit by riders in a cycling race. To win the round, yo need to get rid of all of your cards before any other player. Even if you are not the winner, you can still score points for your position. Keep playing until there is only one player left. At the end of each round, the player with the highest points total is the leader and received the coveted jersey. The player who receives the jersey at the end of the last round, after the final scoring, is the winner. —description from the publisher For more information about Velonimo: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/323262/velonimo To check out a little bit of everything that we do visit our website at: https://www.bgmechanics.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theboardgamechanics Follow us on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/boardgamemechanics Tweet at us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bgmechs If you would be interested in having us review/preview a game, or just want to chat, shoot us an email at: contact@bgmechanics.com ***Review copy provided by 25th Century Games***

#JasonReviews #boardgamemechanics #news 0:00 - Intro 0:07 - Title Screen 0:26 - Description of the Game 1:32 - Gameplay Overview 10:06 - Final Thoughts 13:23 - Credits For the first time, your band which so far had mostly played in shady goblin and vampire venues has been invited to take part in the great TrollFest, where you will be the opening act for such big names like the Rolling Gnomes and Snow White and the Dwarves. In TrollFest, each player manages a rock band in a fantasy universe, recruits the most talented and charismatic musicians, holds concerts in the main city, hires dragons for transport and light shows, and ends up trying to give the best act at the festival. After an initial card draft of band members and action cards, players take turns moving around the map, performing shows and improving their band composition to score points. Once one player has completed their tour (by performing in a certain number of cities), the game ends and players score additional points based on their final band configuration. TrollFest is a light, fun and thematic 3 to 6 player boardgame for friends and family. —description from the publisher For more information about TrollFest: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/343699/trollfest To check out a little bit of everything that we do visit our website at: https://www.bgmechanics.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theboardgamechanics Follow us on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/boardgamemechanics Tweet at us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bgmechs If you would be interested in having us review/preview a game, or just want to chat, shoot us an email at: contact@bgmechanics.com

#JasonReviews #boardgamemechanics #news 0:00 - Title Screen 0:18 - Product Overview 6:38 - Credits If you are interested in some great dice for your next game night or roleplaying session then take a look at these dice. Check out all of their products at: www.fanrolldice.com To check out a little bit of everything that we do visit our website at: https://www.bgmechanics.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theboardgamechanics Follow us on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/boardgamemechanics Tweet at us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bgmechs If you would be interested in having us review/preview a game, or just want to chat, shoot us an email at: contact@bgmechanics.com ***Review dice provided by FanRoll***

#JasonReviews #boardgamemechanics #news 0:00 - Intro 0:08 - Title Screen 0:26 - Description of the Game 2:07 - Gameplay Overview 11:32 - Final Thoughts 13:11 - Credits October 2, 1872, Phileas Fogg is asserting that it’s possible to go around the world in 80 days. The gentlemen of the Reform Club have made a bet on his failure, since they don’t believe this eccentric dandy could ever succeed! However, the most troubling part of this story is the strange coincidence between the rash departure of Phileas Fogg, accompanied by his loyal valet Passepartout, and the theft of 50,000 pounds from the Bank of England! The first lady or gentleman to return to London wins the game. However, since you left the British capital suspected of stealing from Her Majesty’s bank, you will have to return to London without any Rumor cards and 10£ or less in your pocket (or rather, in your hand) in order to prove your innocence in the eyes of the world! Players will quickly discover that moving too fast drains their wallet just as fast. To win, you will have to alternate between cautious and ambitious advances, waiting for the right moment to return to the city! Around the World in 80 Days is a beautiful and modern reimplementation of the first ever Spiel des Jahres winner (the most prestigious Game of the Year award in 1979), thematically revisited around the timeless and beloved novel of the same name by Jules Verne. —description from the publisher For more information about Around the World in 80 Days: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/204599/around-world-80-days To check out a little bit of everything that we do visit our website at: https://www.bgmechanics.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theboardgamechanics Follow us on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/boardgamemechanics Tweet at us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bgmechs If you would be interested in having us review/preview a game, or just want to chat, shoot us an email at: contact@bgmechanics.com

#JasonReviews #boardgamemechanics #news 0:00 - Intro 0:07- Title Screen 0:26 - Description of the Game 1:49 - Gameplay Overview 7:04 - Final Thoughts 9:32 - Credits The city of London has been shaken by heinous crimes, and Scotland Yard is groping in the dark. 13 Clues, set at the end of the 19th century, puts players in the shoes of the detectives, each trying to solve their own mystery. Each player sees the clues — person + location + weapon — for the other players but not their own. They investigate by asking questions, by consulting the secret informant, and by making accusations in order to collect clues and rule out suspects. The goal of the game is to identify which of the 13 clues match their case before the others do! —description from the publisher For more information about 13 Clues: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/208766/13-clues To check out a little bit of everything that we do visit our website at: https://www.bgmechanics.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theboardgamechanics Follow us on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/boardgamemechanics Tweet at us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bgmechs If you would be interested in having us review/preview a game, or just want to chat, shoot us an email at: contact@bgmechanics.com ***Review copy provided by DV Games***

Episode 255: Our Favorite Deck Building Games Introduction: News: Purim - 6 days, $35 Wanderlust - 5 days, $58 The Demise of Dr Frankenstein - 6 days, $25 Games played: Mutants Marvel Legendary: World War Hulk Our Favorite Deck Building Games: Jason 5 - Lucky’s Misadventures Katie 5 - Hero Realms Jason 4 - Fantastiqa Katie 4 - Deep Blue Jason 3 - The Hunger Katie 3 - Harry Potter Hogwarts Battle Jason 2 - Clank Katie 2 - Tanto Cuore Jason 1 - Endless Winter Katie 1 - Into the Echoside Honorable Mentions: Arctic Scavengers, The Quest for El Dorado, Ascension, Dominion, Valley of the Kings, Summer Camp, Heart of Crown, GWAR, Aeons End, Big Book of Madness, Trains, DC Deck Builder, Commissioned, Don’t Turn Your Back, Hardback/Paperback, Red Dragon Inn: Battle for Greyport, Super Motherload Closing: To check out a little bit of everything that we do visit our website at: https://www.bgmechanics.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theboardgamechanics Follow us on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/boardgamemechanics Tweet at us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bgmechs If you would be interested in having us review/preview a game, or just want to chat, shoot us an email at: contact@bgmechanics.com

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-c7g5t-13bd7fa Episode 254: Our Favorite Lucky Games Introduction: News: Reviving Kathmandu - 5 days, $35 Games played: Around the World in 80 Days Majesty for the Realm Villages of Valeria Our Favorite Lucky Games: Jason 3 - Archaeology: The New Expedition Katie 3 - Quacks of Quedlinburg Jason 2 - Lords of Vegas Katie 2 - Thebes Jason 1 - Wonderlands War Katie 1 - Golden Ticket Honorable Mentions: Bag of Chips, Fool’s Gold, Home Stretch, Camel Up, Cubitos Closing:

#JasonReviews #boardgamemechanics #news 0:00 - Intro 0:07- Title Screen 0:25 - Description of the Game 1:25 - Gameplay Overview 6:35 - Final Thoughts 9:20 - Credits In HerStory, you're an acclaimed author, writing a book to tell the stories of remarkable women of history. Players take turns doing research, drafting chapters, and completing them for points and possibly for research symbols or special powers. The game ends when a player has written eight chapters, and the player with the highest scoring book wins. The game is a light strategy game featuring engine-building and set collection. You do research by collecting research tokens, and by doing the right research, you can complete chapters about different historical women, for points. Completed chapters grant abilities that make you a better writer, and allow you to score even more points as the game progresses. You can set yourself for big point windfalls with the right combination of powers. The game comes with 120 oversized, linen-finish cards with beautiful illustrations of the featured historical figures on the fronts, and stories about their lives on the backs. —description from the publisher For more information about HerStory: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/369436/herstory To check out a little bit of everything that we do visit our website at: https://www.bgmechanics.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theboardgamechanics Follow us on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/boardgamemechanics Tweet at us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bgmechs If you would be interested in having us review/preview a game, or just want to chat, shoot us an email at: contact@bgmechanics.com ***Review copy provided by Underdog Games***

#JasonReviews #Boardgamemechanics #News 0:00 - Intro 0:07 - Title Screen 0:25 - Description of the Game 1:26 - Gameplay Overview 11:45 - Final Thoughts 14:51 - Credits We designed Trekking through History for gamers and non-gamers to play together. The goal was to make a game inviting for non-gamers, but with a little subtlety under the hood for gamers. In the game, you go on a three-day tour of human history, traveling thousands of years in a time machine to experience great moments from our past. The game takes place over three rounds, each representing one day of your trip. Each day, you visit a series of historical events, spending a different number of hours at each. On each turn, you choose to visit one historical event, and spend a certain number of hours doing it. Doing so will yield benefits, like checking off items on your itinerary for points, and earning Time Crystals so you can bend the space-time continuum on future turns. Along the way, you’ll also score points for visiting historical events in chronological order. The player with the most points after three rounds wins. —description from the publisher For more information about Trekking Through History: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/353288/trekking-through-history To check out a little bit of everything that we do visit our website at: https://www.bgmechanics.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theboardgamechanics Follow us on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/boardgamemechanics Tweet at us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bgmechs If you would be interested in having us review/preview a game, or just want to chat, shoot us an email at: contact@bgmechanics.com ***Review copy provided by Underdog Games***

#JasonReviews #boardgamemechanics #news 0:00 - Intro 0:08 - Title Screen 0:27 - Description of the Game 1:12 - Gameplay Overview 9:45 - Final Thoughts 13:09 - Credits Deadly Dowagers is a game of marriage, murder, and money. You compete with the other lovely ladies in your town by strategically growing your dowry, while being careful not to gain too much infamy, or the duke may pass you over for another bride! You play as a middle-class Victorian woman who would kill to be a duchess. Since you were not lucky enough to be born into the aristocracy, the only way to attract a noble is to have a large enough dowry. Fortunately, when your parents died, they left you with a small dowry and some land. You must build wealth through investments and strategic serial marriages. Gameplay is divided into rounds; each round consists of four separate phases: drafting, investment, husband, and housekeeping. In each round, each player drafts a hand of cards, pick-and-pass style. Certain cards are played into players' tableaus. Instant cards are used and discarded. Players using death cards partially reset their tableau and get income. Players discard down to eight cards in hand, then draft four new cards. The game ends when one player has no current husband, no more than 9 infamy, spends 120 crowns, and plays a remarry card to marry the Duke. That player wins. —description from the publisher For more information about Deadly Dowagers: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/381790/deadly-dowagers To check out a little bit of everything that we do visit our website at: https://www.bgmechanics.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theboardgamechanics Follow us on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/boardgamemechanics Tweet at us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bgmechs If you would be interested in having us review/preview a game, or just want to chat, shoot us an email at: contact@bgmechanics.com ***Review copy provided Tabletop Tycoon Inc***

#suffrage #boardgamemechanics #news 0:00 - Intro 0:08 - Title Screen 0:27 - Description of the Game 1:21 - Gameplay Overview 19:18 - Final Thoughts 23:17 - Credits Votes for Women is a card-driven game covering the American women's suffrage movement from 1848-1920, culminating with the ratification (or rejection) of the Nineteenth Amendment. The game provides competitive, co-operative and solitaire play, with co-operative and solitaire play against the "Oppobot." To win, the Suffragist player must have Congress pass the proposed Amendment and then have three-fourths of the states (36 of the then 48 states) ratify the Amendment. The Opposition player wins by either preventing Congress from passing the proposed Amendment or by having 13 states reject the Amendment. The game lasts for six turns - a turn consisting of drawing cards from the players' own decks, bidding on strategy cards, and then six rounds of card play where a player may play a card for an event or discard a card to campaign, organize or lobby Congress. If Congress has proposed the Amendment but neither 36 states have ratified nor 13 states have rejected, then the game goes to Final Voting. —description from the publisher For more information about Votes for Women: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/311900/votes-women To check out a little bit of everything that we do visit our website at: https://www.bgmechanics.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theboardgamechanics Follow us on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/boardgamemechanics Tweet at us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bgmechs If you would be interested in having us review/preview a game, or just want to chat, shoot us an email at: contact@bgmechanics.com ***Review copy provided by Fort Circle Games***