Boardgame Mechanics

Jason and Joel take a look at 6 of their favorite games that are named after real people or places and give a few honorable mentions that didn't quite make the cut.  There is talk about Kanban and Mombasa and games that they have been playing.  Also the Dice Tower gets a shout out and they open up a campaign to get on the This Game is Broken podcast with the Brother's Murph.

Episode 2:  Top 3, well 6, Gateway Games Introduction: News (announcements, releases, kickstarters): Trickerion: Academy - It seems like a new expansion is in the works. Dávid Turczi posted a message on Facebook about a few play testers playing the game with some prototypes. I am super pumped for this.  The designer said that this is going to be a big box expansion with Solo rules. The Uboat Kickstarter Hate. I think we might hate this one. Games played last week:  15:00 to 25:00 BGMcon

News (announcements, releases, kickstarters): Century Eastern Wonders Treasure Island Scarlet Pimpernel Kickstarter Council of Four Scythe: Rise Of the Fenris Games played last week: Istanbul Scythe Vasco da Gama Dogs of War Bob Ross The Art of Chill Roll player New to us games of 2017: Yamatai Century spice road Sagrada Unfair Near and Far Azul Charterstone Clans of Caledonia Joel also raves about being a Stonemaier/ Jamey Stagmaier fanboy. He expresses his love of the dice tower