Nick Ruins Engine Building

Welcome to the Friendly Ties podcast! Today Jonathan, Anastasia, & Nick discuss all things Engine Building. Is it a mechanism? How do we actually define it? Does Nick think it even exists? We'd love to hear what you think about the game and our discussion, so please leave a comment at the YouTube version of this episode here - https://youtu.be/IKc0MTcOIjs Games Discussed & Relevant Links: Card Kingdoms of Valeria • No JonGetsGames or Friendly Ties coverage Concordia • Review - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZ7WG1RAxKk • Venus Expansion Playthru - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHzQye3AoRk Darwin’s Journey • Jon's Impressions - https://youtu.be/sdfR9rT30Ew?t=1188 • Tutorial & Playthru - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38HNCY8-2D8 Dominion • No JonGetsGames or Friendly Ties coverage Furnace • Jon's Impressions - https://youtu.be/mtxRhxrv22I?t=860 • Friendly Ties Review - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0M7pR7kuuc Gizmos • Jon's Impressions - https://youtu.be/lBa6s_409cE?t=2037 Golem • Rules Teach - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ar_ry__KNe4 • Full Playthru - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjjZHsvlExA • Friendly Ties Review - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ibusN5riTM Grand Austria Hotel • Jon's Impressions (he likes it a bit more now) - https://youtu.be/S0ARMPGQLcM?t=1297 Hallertau • Jon's Impressions - https://youtu.be/_vByA380ym4?t=1352 • Tutorial & Playthru - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kt2SoXE29nQ Lorenzo il Magnifico • Jon's Impressions - https://youtu.be/tG0uTH6M700?t=1430 Machi Koro • Jon's Impressions - https://youtu.be/tRYqaDbfX8A?t=321 Maracaibo • Tutorial & Playthru - https://youtu.be/PMCCyLW2NjU • Jon's Impressions - https://youtu.be/-hbyuCg6SyQ?t=718 Messina 1347 • Friendly Ties Review - https://youtu.be/vtOiIeC039I Pulsar 2049 • Rules & Review - https://youtu.be/GN5HOz3IJEM https://youtu.be/GN5HOz3IJEM • Tutorial & Playthru - https://youtu.be/9TIGEF4SdNE • Jon's Impressions - https://youtu.be/kpGtzJpoER4?t=2984 Race for the Galaxy • No JonGetsGames or Friendly Ties coverage Space Base • Rules & Review - https://youtu.be/r6WAylleUV4 https://youtu.be/r6WAylleUV4 Steam Works • No JonGetsGames or Friendly Ties coverage Steampunk Rally • Rules & Review - https://youtu.be/TYJWHo5CTSs • Tutorial & Playthru - https://youtu.be/PBBHeXMMwkw Suburbia • No JonGetsGames or Friendly Ties coverage Terraforming mars • Rules & Review - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7ejiA0yk2A • Tutorial & Playthru - https://youtu.be/_X_f5qVPL1c Underwater Cities • Tutorial & Playthru - https://youtu.be/6_HCzo_HAYI • Jon's Impressions - https://youtu.be/1MZd0vGUgoA?t=1793 Village • No JonGetsGames or Friendly Ties coverage Viticulture • No JonGetsGames or Friendly Ties coverage Wingspan • Tutorial & Playthru - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDJ5WwpV3Sg • Jon's Impressions - https://youtu.be/ysgnnBGrJUY?t=5098