Game Mechanics - A Critical Tabletop Podcast

Logan had a Cabin Con with a small group of friends and they Slugblasted! Gnarly! Greg had a spooky game night and has decided to no longer respect the helm. Logan played Abomination, which is a really gross game that ended up being very fun. Join us for all that and much more! Find Logan's stuff at LoganJenkins.com. Find Greg's stuff at Leatherman.Games. Support us on Patreon. Email us at [email protected]. Join our Discord! Game Mechanics is hosted and supported by The Moonshot podcast network.

We talk to special guests Rodrigo D. Lopez and Tim Gonzalez about their new Beacon expansion, Koronil, where you can fight spooky monsters or BE one! We talk through what it's like to design a world, and how to expand one. And there's a DND 4th Edition appreciation segment! Something for everyone on this episode. Beacon: https://pirategonzalezgames.itch.io/beacon-ttrpg Beacon: Prismaxia: https://pirategonzalezgames.itch.io/prismaxia Beacon: Koronil: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pirategonzalezgames/beacon-koronil More Rodrigo here. More Tim here. Find Logan's stuff at LoganJenkins.com. Find Greg's stuff at Leatherman.Games. Support us on Patreon. Email us at [email protected]. Join our Discord! Game Mechanics is hosted and supported by The Moonshot podcast network.

Bioware is gone. We talk about the ties from the video game studio to the tabletop industry. We share our top tips for being a great player at the RPG table and then go through some tip lists from other outlets. Learn how to be a better player with the Mechanics! Find Logan's stuff at LoganJenkins.com. Find Greg's stuff at Leatherman.Games. Support us on Patreon. Email us at [email protected]. Join our Discord! Game Mechanics is hosted and supported by The Moonshot podcast network.

Logan's creative juices are flowing because of a fun BINGO game that Gila Games has created. Greg and Logan talk about being small creators online in the TTRPG space. Imagine no combat! Oh! And here's your periodic reminder that you can play other games than D&D! We get deep into playlists for games and for spooky season! Then finally head over to how Star Wars' latest racing video game was made by turning it into a board game. Find Logan's stuff at LoganJenkins.com. Find Greg's stuff at Leatherman.Games. Support us on Patreon. Email us at [email protected]. Join our Discord! Game Mechanics is hosted and supported by The Moonshot podcast network.

The Minnesota Zoo has a neat pumpkin exhibit! After that exciting discussion, we mosey into Hasbro watch in a major way. Wizards has made changes to booster packs, but have they really made opening packs more fun? Further, what was the golden age of TTRPGs? Listen for discussions and more! Find Logan's stuff at LoganJenkins.com. Find Greg's stuff at Leatherman.Games. Support us on Patreon. Email us at [email protected]. Join our Discord! Game Mechanics is hosted and supported by The Moonshot podcast network.

Greg had a board game night and played a Clue-like. What makes it better? We're also on Pokémon Company watch with their 30th anniversary. Then we dive deep into a study that finds board game designer's expectations are not often aligning with consumer experiences. Find Logan's stuff at LoganJenkins.com. Find Greg's stuff at Leatherman.Games. Support us on Patreon. Email us at [email protected]. Join our Discord! Game Mechanics is hosted and supported by The Moonshot podcast network.

Greg and Logan talk about their weeks of games and whether or not you should drink the paint water (you should not). Then Logan brings a big Board Game 101 segment going over all things poker. Poker is used as a mechanic in lots of board games, but it's a pretty complex game all on its own! We also start some discussion about best-of categories for games. Find Logan's stuff at LoganJenkins.com. Find Greg's stuff at Leatherman.Games. Support us on Patreon. Email us at [email protected]. Join our Discord! Game Mechanics is hosted and supported by The Moonshot podcast network.

We're back from Dragon Con, and only a little sick. We talk about CMON in our semi-recurring segment, "We were rooting for you!" Then we move on to talking about the Munchkin supplement book for D&D. We get into some Wizards stuff, and a lot more. A consistent theme for the stuff we're talking about today: who is this for? Find Logan's stuff at LoganJenkins.com. Find Greg's stuff at Leatherman.Games. Support us on Patreon. Email us at [email protected]. Join our Discord! Game Mechanics is hosted and supported by The Moonshot podcast network.

We are back from Dragon Con and boy are our lines tired! I’m not sure that was a joke… but I AM sure that we, and countless others, spent a huge portion of our con standing in a line. There has been a LOT of heated debate online, and we bring our experiences having been at the con. Don’t get us wrong, we had a great con! We go over our panels and more about the event! Find Logan's stuff at LoganJenkins.com. Find Greg's stuff at Leatherman.Games. Support us on Patreon. Email us at [email protected]. Join our Discord! Game Mechanics is hosted and supported by The Moonshot podcast network.

Global warming is having effects on the shipping chain, but are folks doing the warming taking notes? Magic the Gaythering explores this question. We continue to talk about the dangers of AI, scalpers, and other problems facing the tabletop industry (and the world in general). Is crowdfunding broken? Or is it working how consumers want it to? We talk about an interesting case from Plaidhat games. What actually makes for a successful crowdfunding campaign? On that subject, are premium KS components really worth it? Find Logan's stuff at LoganJenkins.com. Find Greg's stuff at Leatherman.Games. Support us on Patreon. Email us at [email protected]. Join our Discord! Game Mechanics is hosted and supported by The Moonshot podcast network.