About this episode

The episode features discussions and reviews of the board games Distilled and Cysmic, covering various game mechanics and experiences.

Podcast Chapters – Board Game Snobs: Cysmic Distilleries 0:00 – Intro & Banter Welcome, car washing, driving stories, near-misses, YouTube rabbit holes, cruises, flying anxiety, concerts, music tastes, Shazam, etc. 22:57 – Distilled Full discussion and review of Distilled: market / distill / sell-age phases, push-your-luck card shuffle, money tightness, recipes, upgrades, set collection vs aging, ratings. 34:09 – Cysmic Full discussion and review of (C-Y-S-M-I-C). Modular collapsing board, asymmetric factions, rocket-building / blueprints, action-card burn mechanic, combat, artifacts, player-count issues, theme delivery, overall rating. 56:01 – Outro

People in this episode

Host: Gaby Moraga

Topics covered

• board games
• game review
• Distilled
• Cysmic
• game mechanics
• asymmetric factions

Keywords

• board games
• Distilled
• Cysmic
• game mechanics
• reviews
• asymmetric factions
• set collection

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Distilled, Cysmic

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