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Published — 13. Juli 2026 ⏭ Board Gems

Bridges of Shangri-La — Side-by-Slide Board Game Comparison 👥

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13. Juli 2026 um 19:15

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There's a new version of the classic Leo Colovini board game Bridges of Shangri-La, coming soon to Kickstarter! The new publisher, Play For Keeps, has graciously provided a preview copy, so let's compare to the old version (2003 Kosmos).

Please note that the Play For Keeps edition shown is a preview copy and some things are likely to change in the final product.


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Published — 03. Juli 2026 ⏭ Board Gems

Soccero — How to Play 🎲 and Is It a Gem? 💎

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03. Juli 2026 um 19:15

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Lots of soccer/football on TV right now. Why not get into it as a board game, too? In Soccero, the player with the ball tries to create open lanes for moving and passing, and their opponent will try to block those lanes and position for a steal. The game is all about positioning, playing the odds, and capitalising on opportunities when they arise.

Soccero was the single release of a Finnish company and pair of designers. The second edition came out in 2012 and it's probably hard to find a reasonably-priced copy now. Sorry...

Canadian soccer fan! Support your local Canadian league team!
Mens: https://www.cplsoccer.com (Go Eagles!)
Womens: https://www.nsl.ca (Go Rise!)

00:00 Intro ▶️
02:29 How to Play 🎲
15:51 Is It a Gem? 💎


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Published — 23. Juni 2026 ⏭ Board Gems

Junk Drawer & Tipperary — Rough Cuts 🪨

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23. Juni 2026 um 19:15

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I enjoy some polyomino games, and I don't mind everyone-does-their-own-thing sort of games so long as we all can go at the same time. I've recently played two games, both from 2023, that fit those profiles: Junk Drawer from 25th Century, and Tipperary from Lookout.

I don't really get into much as to if they're gems or not. Just chatting about my thoughts on them and noting in particular their key difference: one has randomised goals, one doesn't. One fits me, one doesn't. My thoughts on this difference is at the end.

00:00 Intro ▶️
00:51 Junk Drawer 🔋
09:00 Tipperary 🐑
17:04 Related Ruminations 💭


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Published — 13. Juni 2026 ⏭ Board Gems

Tutankhamun — Side-by-Slide Board Game Comparison 👥

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13. Juni 2026 um 19:15

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The Reiner Knizia board game Tutanchamun first came out in 1993 in Germany. It's a bit of an oldie! In this video I compare the two English versions: Tutankhamen (2004 Out of the Box) and Tutankhamun (2021 25th Century).


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https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/300/tutankhamen
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/286667/tutankhamun

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Published — 03. Juni 2026 ⏭ Board Gems

Intrigue — How to Play 🫰 and Is It a Gem? 💎

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03. Juni 2026 um 19:15

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Intrigue is Nepo Baby: The Board Game. You're the head of a wealthy patrician household, and your goal is to have EVEN MORE money for The Family. You have to help your heirs secure well-paying jobs, at places that might be disinclined to hire them — unless, of course, you offer something in return. Maybe you can (coincidentally) hire their offspring too, or perhaps slip them a few bucks (for an entirely unrelated purpose of course). All brib— ahem, "donations", are welcome and accepted, but no guarantees!

This Dorra negotiation game from the 90s gets new editions every decade or so. Few games have a simpler setup and premise. Things can get heated, but it's a game! No need for bad vibes or hard feelings.

00:00 Intro ▶️
03:19 How to Play 🫰
11:57 Is It a Gem? 💎


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Published — 23. Mai 2026 ⏭ Board Gems

Rating Old Gems 5 — BG Gibber 🗣️

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23. Mai 2026 um 19:15

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Continuing my march through games I covered yesteryear, I'm returning to them to assign star ratings to them, based on how much I want to keep them in my collection. 0 stars, get this outta my face! 4 stars, you'll have to pry this game from my cold, dead fingers.

This video features my first ZERO star game! Ooh, which of the following could it be?

00:00 Intro ▶️
01:22 Explaining Star Ratings ⭐️
04:40 Auf Achse 🚛
07:41 Fjords 🏔️
10:35 Triumvirate 🏛️
14:34 Cities (2008) 🏙️
18:29 Long Shot 🏇
21:14 Cartagena 1 & 2 🚣
24:53 Medici vs Strozzi 🪙
27:49 Cottage Garden 🌼
31:35 Indian Summer 🍁
33:52 Spring Meadow ⛄️

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Published — 13. Mai 2026 ⏭ Board Gems

Qin / Gazebo — Side-by-Slide Comparison 👥

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13. Mai 2026 um 19:15

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Here I compare! The Reiner Knizia tile-laying board game Qin (2012 Eggert) and its recent re-development Gazebo (2025 Bitewing).


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https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/440023/gazebo

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Published — 03. Mai 2026 ⏭ Board Gems

My favouritest worst best joke to pull in #boardgames

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03. Mai 2026 um 19:15

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Skills can be important in Tales of the Arabian Nights, especially if you want to do one particularly stupid joke.


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Published — 23. April 2026 ⏭ Board Gems

Intrigue — Side-by-Slide Comparison 👥

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23. April 2026 um 19:15

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Short of time, I'm giving a side-by-slide comparison, with commentary, of the Stefan Dorra friendship-risking game of bribery, Intrigue. 1994 FX Schmid, 2005 Mayfair (via Amigo), and 2016 Igiari. (I think I mistakenly said in the video that that one was from the early 2020s. And how do you pronounce Igiari, anyway?)


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Published — 13. April 2026 ⏭ Board Gems

Tales of the Arabian Nights — Side-by-Slide Comparison 👥

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13. April 2026 um 19:15

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I don't have the original West End edition from the 1980s, but I have both the Z-Man edition from the '00s and the brand-new crowdfunded Play to Z edition of the wondrous Eric Goldberg storytelling game Tales of the Arabian Nights. Let's compare!


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Published — 03. April 2026 ⏭ Board Gems

Joraku — How to Play 🎲 and Is It a Gem? 💎

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03. April 2026 um 19:30

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March to Kyoto! That's what "Joraku" means, and in this game of the same name (Iori Tsukinami & Moaideas), players will gradually move their samurai west to the capital. Eastern regions score more early but nothing later, so over the course of three rounds, players will try to close in on the western-most, highest-scoring region.

I love peanut-butter-and-chocolate board games. "You got trick-taking in my area-majority game!" "Well, YOU got area majority in my trick-taker!" There've been other attempts at this combination — Brian Boru is another that comes to mind — but I prefer Joraku for its simplicity, and in particular this Tasty Minstrel English edition for its size.

00:00 Intro ▶️
03:54 How to Play 🎲
15:10 Is It a Gem? 💎


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Published — 23. März 2026 ⏭ Board Gems

Rating Old Gems #4 — Board Game Gibber 🗣️

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23. März 2026 um 18:15

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I continue my run through board games I've covered in old videos, attaching my ratings to each of them. But my rating system might be unique, I'm not sure. Most people would rate a game based on how good they think it is; BoardGameGeek's system is based on how much you want to play it. Me, I rate games based on how much I want to keep them in my collection.

(no stars) — I definitely don't want to keep this game and will actively try to get rid of it, and quickly.
⭐ — I can tell it's not for me and don't want to keep it, so I will actively try to trade or sell it. I probably wouldn't re-acquire it.
⭐⭐ — I like the game fine and don't mind to own it. I may or may not trade or sell it, for fair value, and if I do, I might or might not re-acquire it someday.
⭐⭐⭐ — I like this game quite a bit and would like to keep it. I wouldn't actively try to get rid of it, but would consider a generous offer to trade or sell it.
⭐⭐⭐⭐ — I (or someone in my family) adores this game. I wouldn't consider getting rid of it, and expect it'll be in my collection a long, long time.

00:00 Intro ▶️
00:27 My Rating System ⭐
02:23 Santiago 🚰
03:53 On the Underground 🚇
06:08 Tinners' Trail ⛏️
08:54 Pueblo 🧱
11:53 Mystery of the Abbey 🔔
14:00 Métro Ⓜ️
16:15 Mississippi Queen ⛴️
18:01 R-Eco ♻️
19:17 La Strada 🛣️
21:39 Igel Ärgern 🦔
23:27 Dream Factory (among many other names) 🎬
27:10 The Gardens of the Alhambra 🌳

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Published — 13. März 2026 ⏭ Board Gems

Volt — Side-by-Slide Comparison 👥

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13. März 2026 um 18:15

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In this side-by-slideshow I compare, with commentary, the two editions of Emerson Matsuuchi's robot battler Volt: 2015 Nazca (Matsuuchi's own company) vs 2018 Heidelbär.


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https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/211454/volt

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Published — 03. März 2026 ⏭ Board Gems

Wizard & Skull King — Are They Gems? 💎

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03. März 2026 um 19:15

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So busy, so busy. I'll have to put off my next "how to play, etc" video, and instead take the opportunity to chat about my two favourite trick-taking games.

Oh Hell — which I actually have never played! — is an exact-bid trick-taker using a standard French-suited deck of cards. These two games add special cards to this excellent formula:
— Wizard adds special cards that (basically) guarantee to win or lose a trick
— Skull King adds more special cards, including ones that score points for catching other cards in the trick, and tweaks other things like making bids simultaneous for maximum casualness and chaos!

Both are classic, both are great.
(Hmm, seems I gave away the ending there.)

00:00 Intro ▶️
01:33 Trick-Taking (and Oh Hell in particular) 🃏
04:23 Wizard 🧙‍♂️
13:45 Skull King 🏴‍☠️


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https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1465/wizard
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Published — 23. Februar 2026 ⏭ Board Gems

Rating Old Gems #3 — Board Game Gibber

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23. Februar 2026 um 19:15

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I continue my run through board games I've covered in old videos, attaching my ratings to each of them. But my rating system might be unique, I'm not sure. Most people would rate a game based on how good they think it is; BoardGameGeek's system is based on how much you want to play it. Me, I rate games based on how much I want to keep them in my collection.

(no stars) — I definitely don't want to keep this game and will actively try to get rid of it, and quickly.
⭐ — I can tell it's not for me and don't want to keep it, so I will actively try to trade or sell it. I probably wouldn't re-acquire it.
⭐⭐ — I like the game fine and don't mind to own it. I may or may not trade or sell it, for fair value, and if I do, I might or might not re-acquire it someday.
⭐⭐⭐ — I like this game quite a bit and would like to keep it. I wouldn't actively try to get rid of it, but would consider a generous offer to trade or sell it.
⭐⭐⭐⭐ — I (or someone in my family) loves this game. I wouldn't consider getting rid of it, and expect it'll be in my collection a long, long time.

00:00 Intro ▶️
01:13 My Rating System ⭐
03:01 FITS 🧩
06:08 Feudality ⚔️
08:39 Keltis: Das Kartenspiel ☘️
10:26 Pyramid (of Pengqueen) 🤕
13:53 Witch of Salem 🧙
16:25 Heimlich & Co AKA Top Secret Spies🕵️
19:46 Lifeboats 🚣
21:43 Safranito 🫚
23:44 Wildlife Adventure 🐘
25:38 The Hanging Gardens 🪴
28:21 Manoeuvre 🪖
31:23 Hansa ⛵️

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Published — 13. Februar 2026 ⏭ Board Gems

Piece o' Cake / New York Slice — Side-by-Slide Comparison 👥

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13. Februar 2026 um 19:15

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In this video I compare the Jeffrey D. Allers games ...aber bitte mit Sahne (2008 Winning Moves), New York Slice (2017 Bézier) and Piece o' Cake / もっとホイップを (2018 New Games Order).

It's a side-by-slide comparison... but please, with cream.


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https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/208895/new-york-slice

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Published — 03. Februar 2026 ⏭ Board Gems

Speculation — How to Play 🎲 and Is It a Gem? 💎

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03. Februar 2026 um 19:15

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Line goes up! In Speculation from Dirk Henn & Queen Games, stocks in eight companies will rise and fall relative to each other. Players are poor traders with limited starting capital, trying to make their fortunes by buying low, selling high, rinsing and repeating.

The original self-published game from 1992 used dice to determine how far stocks rise and what actions players can do. In this 2013 re-edition, the die faces are moved onto tokens pulled from a bag. Dice are bad, or so I'm told, but the bags aren't an improvement. Find a way to use dice instead for an easy, breezy stock market experience.

00:00 Intro ▶️
02:48 How to Play 🎲
16:27 Is It a Gem? 💎

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Published — 23. Januar 2026 ⏭ Board Gems

Rating My Gems #2 —Board Game Gibber

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23. Januar 2026 um 19:15

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I have an internal rating system I use in evaluating whether a game will stay in my collection. It's fun to go back to the old gems I've covered using this lens. Did I or will I keep them? Have they been banished to the trade/sale pile?

Lots of positive feedback when I did it last time, so I will continue! The next video though will be a typical How to Play / Is It a Gem?

00:00 Intro ▶️
01:50 My Rating System ⭐️
03:43 Carolus Magnus 🤎
06:03 Coloretto & Zooloretto Mini/Junior 🦎
09:16 Rheinländer 🛡️
11:07 Carcassonne: The Discovery ⛵️
13:38 Alea Iacta Est 🎲
16:17 To Court The King 👑
18:32 Merkator 🪙
20:55 Linie 1 AKA Streetcar 🚋
22:30 Oregon 🐴
23:34 Bakerstreet 🕵️
26:32 Filthy Rich 💵


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Published — 13. Januar 2026 ⏭ Board Gems

The Rose King — Side-by-Slide Comparison 👥

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13. Januar 2026 um 19:15

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There have been many editions of the two-player classic [thing=201][/thing], by [person=60][/person]. I obviously can't compare them all, but here are some from three different decades!
- a German edition from 2008 (Kosmos)
- an English edition from 2016 (Thames & Kosmos)
- a Korean/Japanese/English edition from 2025 (Playte)


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Published — 03. Januar 2026 ⏭ Board Gems

Rating the Gems I've Covered #1 — Board Game Gibber

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03. Januar 2026 um 19:15

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Did you know I have a (not so) super-secret rating system? I do rate on BoardGameGeek via their guidelines (how much I want to play) but my own four-star rating system is how much I want to OWN them.

In this video I go over some of the earliest games I've covered. Would I, could I, do I still own them? Would I actively try to get rid of them, would I accept the right offer if it came along, or are these expected to be in my collection forever?

00:00 Intro ▶️
03:17 My Rating System ⭐️
06:14 Ave Caesar, Rose King, Kingdoms 👑
06:49 Ra: The Dice Game 🎲
08:34 Fresh Fish 🐟
10:45 Uptown / Blockers 🎩
11:49 In the Shadow of the Emperor 🫅
13:39 Martinique 🏝️
14:35 Black Friday 📉
15:45 Avanti 🚗
17:11 Oasis 🐫
18:45 Powerboats 🚤
20:44 Lord of the Rings 💍

Trying something different with this video, because I'm a little bored!


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