The Boardgame Mechanics

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-nmff3-132d340 Episode 242: Our Top 100 Games of All Time (60-51): Introduction: News: Maple Valley - 5 days, $54 Tiny Epic Crimes - 5 days, $25 Games played: Cash n’ Guns Clank! Catacombs Our Top 100 Games of All Time (60-51): Jason 60 - Broom Service Katie 60 - ArchRavels Jason 59 - Signorie Katie 59 - Broom Service Jason 58 - Moonshine Empire Katie 58 - Abomination: The Heir of Frankenstein Jason 57 - Creature Comforts Katie 57 - The Godfather: Corleone’s Empire Jason 56 - Deep Blue Katie 56 - Colosseum Jason 55 - 7 Wonders Duel Katie 55 - Dice Forge Jason 54 - Legacy: The Testament of Duke de Crecy Katie 54 - Terraforming Mars Jason 53 - Shakespeare Katie 53 - Amerigo Jason 52 - Covert Katie 52 - Taxi Derby Jason 51 - Masters of Renaissance: Lorenzo il Magnifico Card Game Katie 51 - The Networks Closing:

#JasonReviews #BoardgameMechanics #BetweenTwoCities 0:00 - Intro 0:08 - Title Screen 0:27 - Description of the Game 2:01 - Gameplay Overview 16:54 - Final Thoughts 21:54 - Credits Between Two Cities is a 30-minute tile-drafting game for 1-7 players in which each tile is part of a city. You work with the player on your left to build one city center while simultaneously working with the player on your right to build a second city center. On each turn you select two tiles from your hand, reveal them, then work with your partners to place one of your selected tiles into each of your two cities. At the end of the game, each city is scored for its architectural grandiosity. Your final score is the lower of the scores of the two cities you helped design, and the player with the highest final score wins the game. To win, you have to share your attention and your devotion equally Between Two Cities. The Essential Edition combines components from the original game and the Capitals expansion into one cohesive whole. While it features a bigger box than the original game, different art on some tiles, and a scorepad instead of a board, there are no new gameplay elements (i.e., if you own Between Two Cities and the Capitals Expansion, you already have everything). —description from the publisher For more information about Between Two Cities Essential Edition: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/369635/between-two-cities-essential-edition 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 Stonemaier Games***

#JasonReviews #BoardgameMechanics #MuseumSuspects 0:00 - Intro 0:07 - Title Screen 0:26 - Description of the Game 1:47 - Gameplay Overview 12:21 - Final Thoughts 17:16 - Credits DRRRiiiiiiiiinnnnng! Hurry, close the doors, a museum piece has been stolen! The director calls in a number of highly skilled investigators to find the thief or thieves amongst the 16 suspects held inside the building. Some clues are more valuable than others. Find the best ones to solve the case while obstructing your competitors' investigations! The culprit and his possible accomplices may still be around! Look for a clue in one of the museum's rooms. Cover your tracks to deceive your opponents. Accuse a suspect by deduction. What will be the outcome of this case? Will you find the culprit(s), unless they have escaped before the closing of the doors? —description from the publisher For more information about Museum Suspects: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/353546/museum-suspects 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 Blue Orange Games***

#JasonReviews #BoardgameMechanics #ResArcana 0:00 - Intro 0:08 - Title Screen 0:26 - Description of the Game 1:56 - Gameplay Overview 23:14 - Final Thoughts 26:53 - Credits In a high tower, an Alchemist prepares potions, using vials filled with otherworldly fluids. In a sacred grove, a Druid grinds herbs for a mystical ritual. In the catacombs, a Necromancer summons a bone dragon... Welcome to the world of Res Arcana! In it, Life, Death, Elan, Calm, and Gold are the essences that fuel the art of magic. Choose your mage, gather essences, craft unique artifacts, and use them to summon dragons, conquer places of power, and achieve victory! A game typically lasts 4-6 rounds. In each round, players do these steps: Collect essences: performs any Collect abilities, and may take essences from components. Do actions, 1 per turn, clockwise from the First Player: place an artifact, claim a monument or Place of Power, discard a card for 1 Gold or any 2 other essences, use a power on a straightened component, or pass: exchange magic items and draw 1 card. Play continues until all players have passed. Pass procedure: If you are first to pass, take the First Player token, swap your magic item for a different magic item, draw 1 card. Check victory points (10+ VPs). If no one has won: straighten all turned components, and begin the next round. —description from the publisher For more information about Res Arcana: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/262712/res-arcana 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 #Suspicion 0:00 - Intro 0:07 - Title Screen 0:26 - Description of the Game 1:29 - Gameplay Overview 9:05 - Final Thoughts 12:59 - Credits You are a jewel thief, and you've been invited to the mansion of someone who doesn't know that you engage in such nefarious doings. While at that mansion, you're going to try to nick as many jewels as possible, but *gadzooks* the mansion turns out to be filled with jewel thieves who are all trying to do the same thing. Can you out them publicly, while staying unknown yourself and bagging a nice collection of gems? In Suspicion, ten characters start on the perimeter of the game board, and each player is secretly one of these characters. On a turn, you roll two dice, then move the two characters shown (or characters of your choice if you roll a joker). After this, you play one of the two action cards in your hand, and carry out one of the actions on that card: stealing a type of gem in the space where your character is located, moving any character, asking someone else whether their character can be seen by someone on the board, and so on. Gems come in three types, and when one of the piles is empty, the game ends. Everyone guesses who is which character, then all identities are revealed. For each player you've guessed correctly, you score 7 points; for each set of three different gems, you score 6 points; and for each individual gem aside from the sets, you score 1 point. Whoever has the most points wins! —description from the publisher For more information about Suspicion: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/204886/suspicion 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

#100Beyond100 #BoardgameMechanics #Top200 This is a replay of our Facebook Live 100 Beyond the 100 (170-158) from 11.25.2022. Jason's 170-158: 158 Order of the Gilded Compass 159 The One Hundred Torii 160 Anachrony 161 The Golden Ticket Game 162 Vasco da Gama 163 San Juan 164 Trekking the World 165 Lawyer Up 166 Roll Player 167 Naga Raja 168 Furnace 169 Queen's Architect 170 Bag of Chips Katie's 170-158: 158 On Tour 159 Atheneum: Mystic Library 160 The Legend of the Cherry Tree 161 Trekking the World 162 Kobayakawa 163 The Quest for El Dorado 164 Cryptid Cafe 165 Ancient Terrible Things 166 Dogs of War 167 Celestia 168 Blackout: Hong Kong 169 Bring Out Yer Dead 170 Ohanami 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 #NotThatMovie 0:00 - Intro 0:07 - Title Screen 0:26 - Description of the Game 1:36 - Gameplay Overview 6:33 - Final Thoughts 9:20 - Credits Pizza, couch, and friends: you just need a good movie! Like always, you cannot decide which one to watch together. Rely on reviews, imagine movie plots, and choose the perfect title! Will you discuss all night long or come to an agreement? In the co-operative party game Not That Movie! you have to choose the movie among a list of odd titles — but this might be a hard decision if you know only a couple of short reviews! In more detail, players must choose a movie for a "movie night" with friends. What title best fits the review cards? Players can select the movies from a list of eight "broken" titles composed of two movie titles mixed together. The result of these mixes might be brilliant, bizarre, and even weird: laughter is guaranteed! After secretly choosing, players in turn place "Not" tokens near a title they think no one chose. Each correctly placed token scores one point, and you have a free mistake per round. If you make no mistakes, you will score bonus points. You play five rounds and try to beat your previous scores and write your name in the score table. Will you ever reach the maximum of 40 points, with different player counts? Play with more than 25,000 movie titles no one has ever seen! (Note: This design was originally announced as Movie Night but during development the co-operative variant of the game was perfected to became the only official version.) —description from the publisher For more information about Not That Movie!: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/299180/not-movie 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***

Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-83hfc-1320e2f Episode 241: Our Top 100 Games of All Time (70-61): Introduction: News: Inheritance - 7 days, $30 Games played: Obscurio Hollywood 1947 Simon’s Cat Our Top 100 Games of All Time (70-61): Jason 70 - Cleopatra and the Society of Architects Katie 70 - Yedo Jason 69 - Zhanguo Katie 69 - Victorian Masterminds Jason 68 - Everdell Katie 68 - Lisboa Jason 67 - Trickerion Katie 67 - Hallertau Jason 66 - Fresco Katie 66 - Indulgence Jason 65 - Nidavellir Katie 65 - Mystery of the Abbey Jason 64 - SCOUT Katie 64 - Black Orchestra Jason 63 - Dogs of War Katie 63 - Corrosion Jason 62 - The Bloody Inn Katie 62 - Tanto Cuore Jason 61 - Blackout: Hong Kong Katie 61 - Tidal Blades: Heroes of the Reef Closing:

#JasonReviews #BoardgameMechanics #BangtheDiceGame 0:00 - Intro 0:07 - Title Screen 0:25 - Description of the Game 1:20 - Gameplay Overview 6:39 - Final Thoughts 9:46 - Credits In the U.S. wild west, the eternal battle between the law and the outlaws keeps heating up. Suddenly, a rain of arrows darken the sky: It's an Indian attack! Are you bold enough to keep up with the Indians? Do you have the courage to challenge your fate? Can you expose and defeat the ruthless gunmen around you? BANG! The Dice Game keeps the core of the Bang! card game in place. At the start of the game, players each take a role card that secretly places them on a team: the Sheriff and deputies, outlaws, and renegades. The Sheriff and deputies need to kill the outlaws, the outlaws win by killing the Sheriff, and the renegades want to be the last players alive in the game. Each player also receives a character card which grants him a special power in the game. The Sheriff reveals his role card and takes the first turn of the game. On a turn, a player can roll the five dice up to three times, using the results of the dice to shoot neighboring players, increase the range of his shots, heal his (or anyone else's) life points, or put him in range of the Indians, which are represented by nine tokens in the center of the table. Each time a player rolls an arrow, he takes one of these tokens; when the final token is taken, each player loses one life point for each token he holds, then the tokens are returned to the center of the table. If a player collects a trio of Gatling symbols on the dice, he fires one shot at everyone else and rids himself of Indian tokens. Who'll get his shot off first? Play continues until one team meets its winning condition – and death won't necessarily keep you from winning as long as your teammates pull through! —description from the publisher For more information about Bang! The Dice Game: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/143741/bang-dice-game 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 #Bang 0:00 - Intro 0:07 - Title Screen 0:25 - Description of the Game 1:32 - Gameplay Overview 11:39 - Final Thoughts 15:00 - Credits BANG! The Bullet! is the deluxe version of BANG! and its expansions. Coming in a deluxe bullet-'box' it contains: - BANG! - Third Edition with reworked cards and rules - Dodge City - Second Edition with reworked cards and characters - High Noon - Second Edition - High Noon II (A Fistful Of Cards) - Second Edition - Two new exclusive High Noon cards - "New Identity" and "Handcuffs" - Three new characters - Uncle Will, Johnny Kisch, and Claus "The Saint" - Two blank cards - One silver sheriff badge Released: Essen 2007. BANG! The Bullet 2nd Edition: - BANG! 4th edition (no player mats or bullet tokens) - Dodge City 3rd edition - High Noon 2nd Edition - A Fistful Of Cards 2nd Edition - Two Exclusive High Noon cards - "New Identity" and "Handcuffs" - Three new characters - Uncle Will, Johnny Kisch, and Claus "The Saint" - Two blank cards - One silver sheriff badge Reprinted in June 2009 —description from the publisher For more information about Bang! The Bullet!: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/30933/bang-bullet 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

#100Beyond100 #BoardgameMechanics #Top200 The audio appears to be synced up for this one! Yay! This is a Facebook live replay of our 100 Beyond the 100 (180-171) from 11.16.2022. Jason's 180-171: 171 Freedom: The Underground Railroad 172 Res Arcana 173 Akrotiri 174 Indulgence 175 Silver & Gold 176 CO2 177 Illimat 178 Praetor 179 Anno 1800 180 Royals Katie's 180-171: 171 Summer Camp 172 Takenoko 173 SCOUT 174 Secret Hitler 175 Chiseled 176 Bag of Chips 177 7 Wonders Duel 178 Scythe 179 My Little Scythe 180 The Gambler 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 #ReadySetBet 0:00 - Intro 0:08 - Title Screen 0:26 - Description of the Game 1:12 - Gameplay Overview 8:37 - Final Thoughts 11:18 - Credits In Ready Set Bet, you and your friends head to the races for a day of cheering, jeering, and betting on your favorite horses, whose fates hang on every roll of the dice. Ready Set Bet is played over four rounds. Each round consists of a race followed by bet resolution. During each race, players freely place their bet tokens on the board while the race is going on. After each race, players win or lose money for each of their placed bet tokens, then receive a VIP Club Card to help them win more money in the following races. After four rounds, the player with the most money wins! —description from the publisher For more information about Ready Set Bet: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/351040/ready-set-bet 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 #SimonsCat 0:00 - Intro 0:07 - Title Screen 0:25 - Description of the Game 1:10 - Gameplay Overview 7:55 - Final Thoughts 11:52 - Credits The fast-paced Simon's Cat Card Game features adorable art taken directly from animator and illustrator Simon Tofield's YouTube series, Simon's Cat, which has hundreds of millions of views. In the game, players go around the table playing cards to escape Simon's attention. Get caught and you get Blame; get too much Blame and you get fed last. No one wants that. —description from the publisher For more information about Simon's Cat Card Game: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/188614/simons-cat-card-game 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

#100Beyond100 #BoardgameMechanics #Top200 Posting an audio only version of our Facebook Live from 11.09.2022. For some reason the video and the audio wasn't lining up so audio only is the way that we are going to go. Sorry about that (again). Jason's 190-181: 181 Pebble Rock Delivery Service 182 Fire in the Library 183 Passing Through Petra 184 Takenoko 185 Atheneum: Mystic Library 186 Spirits of the Wild 187 Hawaii 188 Ladies & Gentlemen 189 Don't Go in There 190 Meeple Land Katie's 190-181: 181 Century: Spice Road 182 Don't Turn Your Back 183 Spirits of the Wild 184 Long Shot: The Dice Game 185 Gorinto 186 No Thanks! 187 Sushi Go! Party 188 Cargo Noir 189 Fossilis 190 Fresco 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 #Flamecraft 0:00 - Intro 0:07 - Title Screen 0:25 - Description of the Game 1:33 - Gameplay Overview 15:31 - Final Thoughts 18:40 - Credits Artisan dragons, the smaller and magically talented versions of their larger (and destructive) cousins, are sought by shopkeepers so that they may delight customers with their flamecraft. You are a Flamekeeper, skilled in the art of conversing with dragons, placing them in their ideal home and using enchantments to entice them to produce wondrous things. Your reputation will grow as you aid the dragons and shopkeepers, and the Flamekeeper with the most reputation will be known as the Master of Flamecraft. In Flamecraft, 1-5 players take on the role of Flamekeepers, gathering items, placing dragons and casting enchantments to enhance the shops of the town. Dragons are specialized (bread, meat, iron, crystal, plant and potion) and the Flamekeepers know which shops are the best home for each. Visit a shop to gain items and a favor from one of the dragons there. Gathered items can be used to enchant a shop, gaining reputation and the favors of all the dragons in the shop. If you are fortunate enough to attract fancy dragons then you will have opportunities to secure even more reputation. —description from the publisher For more information about Flamecraft: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/336986/flamecraft 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

Episode 240: Our Top 100 Games of All Time (80-71): Introduction: News: Hitodama - 7 days, $67 Unconscious Mind - 11 days, $71 Games played: Flamecraft Endless Winter: Paleoamericans Our Top 100 Games of All Time (80-71): Jason 80 - Camel Up Katie 80 - Parks Jason 79 - Origins: First Builders Katie 79 - Camel Up Jason 78 - Xi’an Katie 78 - Campy Creatures Jason 77 - Neptun Katie 77 - Harry Potter Hogwarts Battle Jason 76 - Amerigo Katie 76 - Forgotten Waters Jason 75 - Trismegistus: The Ultimate Formula Katie 75 - Lizard Wizard Jason 74 - Clank! Legacy: Acquisitions Incorporated Katie 74 - Gugong Jason 73 - Libertalia Katie 73 - Into the Echoside Jason 72 - Yamatai Katie 72 - Jinja Jason 71 - Jinja Katie 71 - Trickerion 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

#JasonReviews #BoardgameMechanics #LewisandClark 0:00 - Intro 0:08 - Title Screen 0:26 - Description of the Game 1:35 - Gameplay Overview 11:14 - Final Thoughts 15:41 - Credits The Lewis and Clark Expedition, which was commissioned in 1803 and ended in 1806, was the first party of men that went through the North American continent, then returned. During these three years, the leaders Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, along with Sergeant Gass and Sergeant Ordway, wrote page after page about their trip, describing the new plants and animals species they discovered and drawing the maps of unknown areas. In Discoveries, you play one of the Expedition members: Lewis, Clark, Gass or Ordway. Your goal is to compile as much knowledge as possible in your journal, and in this way advance science thanks to your discoveries. The Tribe/Discoveries cards you gain during the game score discovery points at the end. To get these cards, you have to perform exploration actions, and to do this you use dice. On your turn, you either: Play the dice in your action area or on the game board; by doing this, you prepare or perform the exploration, change your dice, or get new possible actions. Get dice back from the game board or from your opponents' action areas. —description from the publisher For more information about Discoveries: The Journals of Lewis & Clark: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/171669/discoveries-journals-lewis-clark 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 #Top200 Posting an audio only version of our Facebook Live from 11.04.2022. For some reason the video and the audio wasn't lining up so audio only is the way that we are going to go. Sorry about that. Jason's 200-191: 191 Marvel United 192 For Sale 193 Rum & Pirates 194 Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game 195 My Little Scythe 196 Heart of Crown 197 The Hunger 198 Mandala 199 Go Go Eskimo 200 Don't Turn Your Back Katie's 200-191: 191 Naga Raja 192 Kingsport Festival 193 Electronic Mall Madness 194 Trains 195 Meadow 196 Platypus 197 Go Go Eskimo 198 San Juan 199 Bohnanza 200 Black Fleet 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 #Verdant 0:00 - Intro 0:06 - Title Screen 0:24 - Description of the Game 1:44 - Gameplay Overview 10:40 - Final Thoughts 15:12 - Credits Verdant is a puzzly spatial card game for 1 to 5 players. You take on the role of a houseplant enthusiast trying to create the coziest interior space by collecting and arranging houseplants and other objects within your home. You must position your plants so that they are provided the most suitable light conditions and take care of them to create the most verdant collection. Each turn, you select an adjacent pair of a card and token, then use those items to build an ever-expanding tableau of cards that represents your home. You need to keep various objectives in mind as you attempt to increase plant verdancy by making spatial matches and using item tokens to take various nurture actions. You can also build your "green thumb" skills, which allows you to take additional actions to care for your plants and create the coziest space! —description from the publisher For more information about Verdant: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/334065/verdant 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 #Top200 0:00 - Intro 0:55 - Lizard Wizard 1:40 - Incan Gold 2:31 - Maglev Metro 3:32 - Cryo 4:31 - Meadow 5:24 - Dune: Imperium 6:29 - Tang Garden 7:40 - Yokohama 8:59 - Ark Nova 10:45 - Whistle Mountain 12:06 - Taxi Derby 13:08 - Outro 13:58 - Credits To continue talking about games that would have been in my top games of all time if I owned them I am taking a look at some games that would have been in my 101-200. There are some quality games in this video and talking about these really makes me want to play them. 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

Episode 239: Our Top 100 Games of All Time (90-81): Introduction: News: Tanto Cuore - Memento Mori Twilight Manor: 6 days left, $49 Delta - 6 days, $74 Games played: Everdell Monster Baby Rescue! Burgle Bros 2 Our Top 100 Games of All Time (90-81): Jason 90 - The Palaces of Carrara (2nd Edition) Katie 90 - Walking in Burano Jason 89 - Port Royal Katie 89 - Smartphone Inc Jason 88 - Colosseum Katie 88 - Toledo Jason 87 - Puerto Rico Katie 87 - Search for Planet X Jason 86 - The Taverns of Tiefenthal Katie 86 - The Bloody Inn Jason 85 - Hallertau Katie 85 - Bargain Quest Jason 84 - Victorian Masterminds Katie 84 - Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective Jason 83 - The Lord of the Rings Katie 83 - Fool’s Gold Jason 82 - Lords of Waterdeep Katie 82 - Juicy Fruits Jason 81 - Madeira Katie 81 - Libertalia 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

#JasonReviews #BoardgameMechanics #Xolo 0:00 - Intro 0:10 - Title Screen 0:29 - Description of the Game 1:10 - Gameplay Overview 3:46 - Final Thoughts 5:16 - Credits It's Dia de Muertos, along with dawn the spirits of the dead come out to pay a visit to their loved ones, party and eat and drink once again all their favorite dishes. But these souls are many and excited, they pass through the world in a hurry and sometimes even forget where their homes are, how come they don’t get lost? Luckily the xoloitzcuintles are here! The bonds with man’s best friend are so strong that they surpass life and death, and these loyal dogs are ready to help the dead find their way back home. The Xolo Expansion introduces the xoloitzcuintle to Die of the Dead. These loyal dogs can be used to guide other players to caskets, encouraging them to pick ones which benefit you, for more dice manipulation options on the future. Featuring more ways to mainpulate dice and each other, tokens, casket boards and custom dice, The Xolo Expansion takes everything people love about Die of the Dead and makes more of it. —description from the publisher For more information about Die of the Dead: The Xolo Expansion: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/371919/die-dead-xolo-expansion 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 Radical 8 Games***

#JasonReviews #BoardgameMechanics #StickEm 0:00 - Intro 0:05 - Title Screen 0:24 - Description of the Game 1:14 - Gameplay Overview 11:39 - Final Thoughts 14:56 - Credits In the trick-taking card game Stick 'Em, first released as Sticheln, players seek to gather points each hand by taking as many cards as possible of all but one color, while trying to avoid cards of one color of their choosing. In more detail, at the beginning of each hand, each player simultaneously selects and reveals one card from their hand, with the color of this card representing their "pain" color. At the end of the hand, each card of this color that they've collected (including their initial choice from their hand) is worth negative points equal to the card's face value. Each card of another color that this player has collected is worth 1 point. To play out the hand, the active player leads a card, then each other player in clockwise order plays one card. If all cards are of the same color, then whoever played the highest card collects these cards, then leads the next trick; if all cards are not of the same color, then whoever played the highest card of a color not initially led collects these cards, then leads the next trick. (One exception: A zero card can never win a trick.) In effect, each color played in a particular trick that doesn't match the color of the card led is considered a trump card, and the highest trump wins. In the event of a tie, the earlier played card breaks the tie. Play as many hands as the number of players in the game, summing each player's points over those hands to determine a winner. Some versions of Sticheln allow for play with up to six players, while the third and fourth German editions of the game include enough cards to allow for play with up to eight players. (These versions also allow players to play the game Hattrick by the same designer, with rules for this game included as a variant.) —description from the publisher For more information about Stick 'Em: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/354/stick-em 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 #DontGoInThere 0:00 - Intro 0:07 - Title Screen 0:25 - Description of the Game 1:15 - Gameplay Overview 9:28 - Final Thoughts 12:13 - Credits You play as meddling kid wandering too far into a creepy haunted house. You knew you shouldn't touch anything, but like any protagonist in a horror story, your curiosity got the best of you and now you've accidentally awoken an evil presence in the house. You'll have to undo the curse to escape with your sanity or forever be haunted! It's a fast, easy-to-learn game that uses push your luck "set destruction." Decide how risky to play as you venture deep into the haunted house. Do you take first choice of the items and risk attracting haunts, or play it safe? Collect the right items and you can dispel some of your curses. On your turn, choose a part of the haunted house to explore by placing a meeple in one of the 3 rooms. Each room has 5 placement spaces. The deeper you go into a room the more likely you are to get the cursed item you desire, but be careful! The further you go, the more ghosts will haunt you. When 3 meeples have been placed into a room, the ghost dice are rolled. Depending on the result the placement of the meeples players will gain ghosts tokens. Next players will take cards from the room, depending on their meeple's position. At the end of the game. The player with the most ghost tokens is haunted! They will gain curses equal to the number of ghosts they have collected. Players will then add up the curses from their ghosts and their item cards. The player with the fewest curses wins! —description from the publisher For more information about Don't Go In There: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/346057/dont-go-there 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 #Top100 0:00 - Intro 1:26 - Boonlake 2:27 - Tidal Blades: Heroes of the Reef 3:27 - Bitoku 4:48 - Iki 6:14 - Wasteland Express Delivery Service 7:47 - Golem 10:31 - Credits We started our 2022 top 100 over on the podcast but I wanted to do a supplemental, yeah, that is the word, video of some games that didn't make it in my top 100 because they aren't games that I own. Also, I said there were seven games but clearly I don't know how to count...there are just six. I am SMRT. It isn't because I skipped over one when I was reading...no, that can't be it. 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