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Published — 29. Dezember 2025 ⏭ Youtube - ENG

Heat: Pedal to the Metal Review — Fast, but thematically limited?

✇Shelfside
Von: Shelfside
29. Dezember 2025 um 21:56

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We review the most popular racing game! Heat took BGG by storm a couple years back, promising deckbuilding with streamlined gameplay that only takes about an hour. With 6 players! By combining the Heat card into a penalty and a resource, the gameplay has lots of hand management to ensure you round corners without spinning out. There’s even slipstreaming as a comeback mechanic! But could there be issues with taking the high-octane idea of racing and simplifying it so much? There could be some push-your-luck ideas with the stress cards, and you can easily play this game too with the legend variant! This game is also extremely popular on BoardGameArena, so let’s see if the programmed movement lets this hybrid party-board game feel like a race!

Games featured: Twilight Imperium, Dune: A Game of Conquest & Diplomacy, Gaia Project, Mario Kart, Crash: Nitro Kart, Catan, Camel Up, Ready Set Bet, Dominion 2nd Edition

Table of Contents:
Overview - (0:00)
How to Play - (0:52)
Pros - (2:38)
Cons - (10:46)
Recommender Score - (21:04)
Ashton's Personal Score - (26:30)

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More Tea Please! - Tea Garden Puerh Board Game Review

✇Board Gaming Ramblings
Von: Board Gaming Ramblings
29. Dezember 2025 um 18:00

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Hello everyone!

Today, we are taking a look at the new expansion for Tea Garden!
We really enjoyed Tea Garden last year, and we were excited to see what this new expansion brought to the table.

We hope you'll get a good feel of the expansion from the video!
Thank you for watching!

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The game was provided to us by the publisher! Thank you :)

Timestamps:

Intro: 00:00
What’s New?: 01:13
Final Thoughts: 08:03
Published — 28. Dezember 2025 ⏭ Youtube - ENG

15 of the Best Small Box Games

✇All You Can Board
Von: All You Can Board
28. Dezember 2025 um 15:19

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Some of the best board games come in small boxes, it's a fact at this point. And in today's video, I'm looking at 15 of the best small box games I've been playing and what makes them especially appealing.
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1:14 THE APPETIZERS
10:26 THE COMFORT COURSE
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27:56 THE SPICY SPECIALS
35:19 DESSERT

Best Board Games of All Time 2025 (JG Edition)

✇Board Game Hangover
Von: Board Game Hangover
28. Dezember 2025 um 12:48

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🔥 The ULTIMATE list is here — JG Edition!
In this video, we’re diving into the Best Board Games of All Time (2025). This is JG’s personal take, packed with iconic classics, modern masterpieces, and games that have truly stood the test of time.

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0:52 10th
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9:40 2nd
10:48 1st
12:21 Outro

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Published — 27. Dezember 2025 ⏭ Youtube - ENG

The Finest Board Games of 2025: My Top 10 Selection

✇Chairman of the Board
Von: Chairman of the Board
27. Dezember 2025 um 00:25

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Published — 26. Dezember 2025 ⏭ Youtube - ENG

The Rambling Awards 2025 - 19 Categories Celebrated by 24 Fantastic People

✇Board Gaming Ramblings
Von: Board Gaming Ramblings
26. Dezember 2025 um 18:00

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Hello everyone!

It's time for the Rambling Awards!
Our yearly award show, with a very big jury of two!

We are again honored to have so many of our favorite people to present the awards, and we are extremely thankful and humbled by all these people sharing their time with us, to make this video exactly as we want it.

We hope you'll enjoy the awards, and that you might learn about a new game, or be surprised by a winner. Remember, it's all a very objective award show, with two people deciding everything!

Thank you all so much for watching!
You make doing this fun!

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@kovray @TheBoardGameGarden @CardboardEast @bluepegpinkpeg3055 @GrantLyon @meeple @YesLandTravel @FostertheMeeple @GamingRulesVideos @ThinkerThemer @PaulaDeming @thedicetower @kickinitcreative @MeepleUniversity @Luzapalooza @BoardGameCo @rahdo @ClaudeAndTaylor @TabletopTurtle

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A huge thank you to James Wood from @ThatBoardGameShow for editing our videos!

Timestamps:

Intro: 00:00
Best Medium Game: 00:34
Best Light Game: 02:34
Best Heavy Game: 03:37
Best Expansion: 04:26
Best Family Game: 05:29
Best Puzzle/Deduction Game: 07:25
Best Cooperative Game: 09:33
«Just one more play»: 10:58
Best Trick Taking Game: 11:58
Biggest Surprise: 13:21
Best Artwork: 14:59
Designer of the year: 16:20
Game that made us laugh: 17:07
Best 2 Player Game: 19:06
Best Theme: 20:00
Best Party Game: 21:57
Best Card Game: 23:47
Most Innovative: 24:41
Best Components: 27:15
Wrap up: 28:30

Top Board Game Surprises of 2025

✇All You Can Board
Von: All You Can Board
26. Dezember 2025 um 15:14

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We play a lot of board games each year and there are always bound to be a slew of surprises. Games that we weren't expecting to like, games we weren't expecting to like as much as we did or any number of others that caught us off guard. Come find out what made the list this year!
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0:00 The Board Game Surprises of 2025
1:17 Surprise #1 - Big Shot
5:24 Surprise #2 - Toy Battle
10:15 Surprise #3 - Sunrise Lane
15:09 Surprise #4 - Botswana
19:07 Surprise #5 - Guild of Merchant Explorers
25:03 Surprise #6 - Moon Colony Bloodbath
29:49 Surprise #7 - Cascadia: Rolling Rivers & Hills
Published — 25. Dezember 2025 ⏭ Youtube - ENG
Published — 24. Dezember 2025 ⏭ Youtube - ENG

Top 10 Small Games of 2025

✇Board Gaming Ramblings
Von: Board Gaming Ramblings
24. Dezember 2025 um 18:00

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Hello everyone!

Today, we are sharing our favorite small box board games of 2025!
We usually end up favoring and liking the bigger box games more than the small box games, so we wanted to do something extra this year.

These are our favorite games from 2025 that came in a small box!

We hope you'll enjoy it!

Thank you so much for watching!

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Intro: 00:00
10: 01:30
9: 03:09
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7: 07:22
6: 09:23
5: 11:17
4: 13:55
3: 17:03
2: 19:21
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Wrap up: 24:10

Top 100 Board Games Of All Time - 10 to 1 (2025 Rankings)

✇BoardGameBollocks
Von: BoardGameBollocks
24. Dezember 2025 um 11:00

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Welcome to the ultimate countdown 🎲
This is Top 100 Board Games Of All Time – 10 to 1, where we finally reveal the greatest board games ever made.

After ranking 100 modern classics, cult favourites, heavy euros, party games, and timeless legends, it all comes down to the final ten. These are the games that define the hobby, dominate tables, and stand the test of time — chosen through years of play, debate, and brutally honest opinion.

In this video you’ll get:

The Top 10 board games of all time

Clear explanations of why each game deserves its spot

Arguments, controversy, and no fence-sitting

Essential recommendations for collectors and newcomers alike

Whether you love strategy games, euros, thematic epics, or competitive classics, this list represents the very best board gaming has to offer.

👉 Do you agree with the number one game?
Drop your own Top 10 in the comments, hit like if you enjoy unapologetic rankings, and subscribe for more board game reviews, lists, and hot takes.

Board games don’t care about your feelings. Rankings shouldn’t either. 🎯
Published — 23. Dezember 2025 ⏭ Youtube - ENG

The SHELF ELF is Coming to Town

✇Paula Deming
Von: Paula Deming
23. Dezember 2025 um 21:00

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A little holiday Gamesmas story for you as we near Christmas Eve. You better watch out: the SHELF ELF is coming to town. (not to be confusing with the Elf on the Shelf, of course. Totally different and unrelated in every way.) #boardgames #christmas

The Bottle Imp — Soporific Storytime 📖

✇Board Gems
Von: Board Gems
23. Dezember 2025 um 19:15

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In this Very Special Episode of Board Gems, I read aloud the short story of The Bottle Imp, written by Robert Louis Stevenson and adapted into a card game by Günter Cornett.

My pronunciations are not always great, as I am not familiar with the Hawaiian language. For example I noticed the way I say "Haole" drifted over the course of the reading. Apologies!

I hope this is enjoyable for some people, if for no better purpose than as a sleeping aid.


Board Gems highlights older board and card games that are still great games today, and deserve to not be forgotten!

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Junior Monopoly, BUT COMMUNIST | House Rules

✇No Rolls Barred
Von: No Rolls Barred
23. Dezember 2025 um 19:00

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Ducks in a Row Review | Build Your Row, Sabotage the Shared Pond

✇Brains On Games
Von: Brains On Games
23. Dezember 2025 um 18:00

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Build your row. Guard your pond. Politely ruin everyone else’s plans. 🦆💥

Ducks in a Row is a clever card game where you’re balancing ducks between your personal row and a shared pond, trying to score big while other players keep sticking their beaks into your business. It’s fast, interactive, and just the right amount of “I can’t believe you did that” for game night.

In this review, I’ll cover:
• How the row + shared pond scoring tension works
• The kind of player interaction (read: sabotage) you should expect
• Who this game is best for (and who might waddle away mad)

Game Info
2–6 players | ~40 minutes | Ages 14+

👍 If you enjoyed the review, please like, subscribe, and tell me: what’s your favourite “cute game with mean decisions” ?

00:00 Intro
00:44 Play Count & Complexity
01:06 Victory Conditions & How It Plays
05:42 Skills
07:56 Final Thoughts
12:20 Contact & Socials

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