Decision Space3 Apr 2024

Play & Design Decisions in Drafting Games (What We Talk About)

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Episode 163 - What We Talk About When We Talk About Drafting, Part Two

In the second part of our What We Talk About episode on drafting, we move away from drafting mechanisms and into drafting decisions. Jake and Brendan discuss the decision space created in drafting games, focusing on traditional pack drafting games, and then move on to designing drafting games. Enjoy, nerds!

Pre-Planners

Next week we will be deep diving Ticket To Ride!

Timestamps

Intro - 0:00 Main topic - 4:13 Magic: The Gathering - 6:20 Keyflower - 11:00 Imhotep - 19:00 Sushi Go/Seven Wonders/Bunny Kingdom - 21:00 Challengers - 33:05 Drafting Design -35:30 Star Wars Unlimited - 38:35 Moon - 42:20 Cascadia/Blood Rage - 49:26

Music and Sound Credits

Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s

You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/.

Thank you to Flash Floods for use of their song Palm of Your Hand as a sting from their album Halfway to Anywhere: https://open.spotify.com/album/2fE6LrqzNDKPYWyS5evh3K?si=CCjdAGmeSnOOEui6aV3_nA

Rules Overview Music: Way Home by Tokyo Music Walker https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060 Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/tokyo-music-walker-way... Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/pJThZlOuDtI

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