BGB Podcast #364 – Mechanism Matchup
There are two board game mechanisms you just can’t escape, they’re on everyone’s mind, flooding the discourse. That’s combat, and card draw mitigation. Everyone won’t stop talking about them. So we had to weigh in too, not just with what we feel are the best examples of games that have done them best, but some other quirky takes on them too. Before we mitigate our card draws, we talk about Rolling Deep, Eureka!, dnup, and Grinivil.
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Timecodes:
03:59 – Rolling Deep
15:12 – Eureka!
16:48 – dnup
24:48 – Grinivil
40:10 – Combat mechanisms
41:07 – Kemet
45:00 – Dune
48:40 – Shogun
52:42 – Forbidden Stars
53:51 – Dead Reckoning
54:48 – Gloomhaven
55:12 – Card draw mitigation
56:09 – Dark Pact
57:19 – La Granja
58:26 – Glory to Rome
59:58 – Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization
1:02:07 – Race for the Galaxy
1:02:57 – 7 Wonders Duel
1:06:28 – The Vale of Eternity
Thank you to Heart Society for generously letting us use What’s On Your Mind, Kid? from their album Wake the Queens.
