Today, we are taking a look at the new Essential edition of Euphoria! This game is already 13 years old, so it was a bit of a surprise to see this new version show up.
We are excited to share our thoughts with you, and we hope they will help you find out if this is a game for you or not!
Hey friends! I am so excited to share with you all my experience at Canada Plays 2026! This was my 3rd year going to Canada Plays and I always have the best time ever! Canada Plays is an event that brings retailers, studios, publishers and media together in one place! I had so much fun networking, chatting new games and getting to play a ton of games with wonderful people. I hope you all enjoy the vlog and wrap up!
A huge thank you again to Asmodee Canada for inviting me! I always have such a great time and I am already looking forward to 2027!
Are you a board game publisher, studio, retailer, cafe owner? Be sure to check out Canada Plays here! https://www.canada-plays.ca/
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Hey friends! Enjoy this solo playthrough of Menú del día by Caravan Games! Menú del Día is a solo or two-player cooperative game where you must survive the rush of the service and help your restaurant progress day after day. The game features a short campaign where new scenarios and game modes are gradually unlocked! Let's get serving!
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Cysmic Board Game Review – Is this cosmic survival game a hidden gem, or does it collapse under the weight of its own ambition?
In this review, we take a look at Cysmic, a sci-fi board game of survival, strategy, and desperate decision-making as players race against planetary disaster. We’ll cover the gameplay, components, theme, player interaction, replayability, and whether Cysmic deserves a place on your shelf.
Is it tense and cinematic, or just another overproduced space box full of faff? Let’s find out.
Perfect for fans of sci-fi board games, survival games, thematic strategy games, and big-box tabletop experiences.
Welcome to Totally Digital, a series where I teach and play the best digital board games and board game adjacent video games. Today I'm playing Vampire Crawlers, a roguelite dungeon crawling deckbuilder from the creators of Vampire Survivors.
It’s time for the annual PunchedCon debrief, and this year’s edition is a special one. I’m joined by an incredible panel of guests to unpack our experiences at the Coventry wargame convention, the games we played, and the ideas they sparked.
Around the table:
- Candice M. Harris, friend of the show and host of Kickin’ It Creative
- Pierre Vagneur-Jones, co-host of We Intend to Move on Your Works and designer of Ermine (next entry in the Men of Iron series)
- Eric Vulgaris, legendary online game master
- Joe Dewhurst, partner in crime, developer and designer (The Pure Land, Resisting Revolution)
- Adam Blinkinsop, developer and designer (Echo from the Dark, upcoming ICS title from GMT)
Together, we revisit the convention: what stood out, what surprised us, and what made this year’s PunchedCon such a great space for wargames, historical games, and creative experimentation.
We talk about a wide range of titles — from classics to curiosities:
Onward Christian Soldier (Berg megagame), the surprise hit from VUCA Imperial Elegy, the unusual The Man Who Was Thursday, Pacts from DVC Games, the classic A House Divided, recent releases like Guerrilla Generation and Baltic Empires, and oddities ranging from Guerrilla (a 90s COIN-like card game) to Fleeced (yes, the Wallace & Gromit game) and many more...
We played a lot of great board games in 2025 that were new to us and we're here to talk about them! All of this in preparation of our Top Board Games of All-Time which will be coming this Summer!
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0:00 The New-To-Us Games We Played in 2025
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It's time for another Game of the Month episode! Another month has passed, and we are ready to share what we did, what we played, and what brought us the most joy!
Take Time is a cooperative game where players either win or lose together.
To succeed, you must strategically play 12 cards facedown around a Clock, following specific rules for each Test. You can work together through a series of games to pass all 40 Tests available in the game.
0:00 - Intro
0:54 - Brief Overview
2:56 - Review
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Hey friends! Enjoy this solo playthrough of River Valley Jewelcraft by Allplay! In River Valley Jewelcraft you roll dice to gather gems. Use your unique movement rules and player powers to explore the mine. Carefully lay tiles to improve your potential spoils. Finally, use your gems to craft exquisite jewelry to build a powerful scoring engine! Enjoy the playthrough friends!
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I hope you enjoy this updated list of my Top 10 2 Player Games. Let me know what you think in the comments below and if there are any games I missed!
Alternate Video Titles:
Best Games for 2 Players
Best 2 Player Games
Best Games for Couples or Just 2 People Who Like Playing Games Together Just the Two Of Them
We completed the campaign twice for this Star Wars big box, and are here to review all of that experience! Imperial Assault is a dungeon crawler with this sci-fi theme, where you still draw line of sight and chuck die, just with a lot of nice mechanical tweaks from the Descent 2nd edition system, like movement capabilities! On your turn, either rebel or empire player will go, and perform 2 actions with their miniatures. There’s even a skirmish mode to draft your armies to fight over objectives, if you don’t care about the ongoing campaign, or finished it! With a ton of modular board to to make the maps, and even Jedi to play, this box evokes a lot of strong story moments. Is this fight between the galactic empire and rebel alliance still worth it over a decade after release?
Other games mentioned: HeroQuest, Gloomhaven, Zombicide, Arkham Horror LCG, Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era, Arcadia Quest, Frosthaven, Jaws of the Lion, Project Elite, Mansions of Madness, Buttons and Bugs, Dungeons and Dragons
This is my tutorial and overview of the solo-only, cloth-folding board game Pasteles, from designer Scott Almes and publisher Salt & Pepper Games, who has provided a preview copy for this playthrough.