EP2: Please don't touch the mechanisms

Welcome the Board Game Mechanism Museum, you've got your ticket, come on in and take a look around as I talk about my favourite mechanisms that I particularly enjoy in gaming. Just remember though to not touch the exhibits. IN THIS EPISODE - In our "Just Played" segment JP tried to become Unstoppable, a card crafting game by Renegade Studios and tries a different take on the 4x genre in March of the Ants by Weird City Games - At the "Centre of the table" JP talks about some of his favourite mechanisms from board games which are so good they ought to be in a museum - We take a look at the the top 5 trending games in "What's Hot, What's Not" including Terraria: The Board Game, LOTR Fate of the Fellowship, Lands of Evershade, Rolling Deep and Feya's Swamp LINKS REFERENCED IN THE SHOW Watch this episode on YouTube - https://youtu.be/kyfBA9vXjC8 CHAPTERS 00:00:00 - OPENING 00:00:24 - PHASE A: PULL UP A CHAIR 00:01:49 - PHASE B: JUST PLAYED 00:01:56 - Unstoppable 00:09:25 - March of the Ants: Evolved Edition 00:16:21 - PHASE C: CENTRE OF THE TABLE - Please don't touch the mechanisms 00:17:35 - Hand Management in Concordia 00:19:08 - Dice Drafting in Coimbra 00:21:24 - The Combat System in Arcs 00:23:43 - Aim Board in Apex Legends 00:25:37 - Powering Up Cards in Civ New Dawn 00:26:51 - Tile Placement & Activation in Glen More II 00:28:15 - Card Shedding in Anno 1800 00:29:48 - Deck Shift Management in Revive 00:31:12 - Secret Action Selection in Coloma 00:32:29 - Analogue Point & Click in Cantaloop 00:35:01 - PHASE D: WHAT'S HOT, WHAT'S NOT 00:40:07 - PHASE E: JUST ABOUT TO PLAY 00:41:43 - PHASE F: THE LAST PLAY Get in touch with the show Support the show GET IN TOUCH Website - https://www.justplaypod.co.uk YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@JustPlayPodcast Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/JustPlayPod Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/justplaypod Discord - Join us on Discord INTRO / OUTRO CREDITS Intro / Outro Music: Getaway by D0d Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/d0d/getaway