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/GN5HOz3IJEMhttps://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/r6WAylleUV4https://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