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Top Designer's Double Drop | Etherstone or Echoes of Time?

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Viticulture Bordeaux Board Game Expansion Review

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Von: BoardGameBollocks

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In this video, we review the Viticulture: Bordeaux Expansion, a major new expansion for the award-winning worker placement board game Viticulture. Does Bordeaux elevate the base game and previous expansions, or does it overcomplicate the experience?

We’ll cover:
🍷 What’s included in the Bordeaux Expansion
🍇 New mechanics and how they change gameplay
🧠 Strategy impact and player interaction
⚖️ Balance, replayability, and overall value
🎯 Who this expansion is for

Whether you're a seasoned Viticulture fan or thinking about expanding your vineyard for the first time, this in-depth review will help you decide if the Bordeaux Expansion deserves a place in your collection.

👉 Let us know in the comments what you think of the Bordeaux Expansion and your favourite Viticulture expansion!
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The Two Towers Trick-Taking Game Review | A Trick-Taker With a Story

✇Brains On Games
Von: Brains On Games

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In today’s review, I’m talking about The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – Trick-Taking Game (Office Dog). This trick-taker doesn’t just ask “can you win the hand?”… it asks “can you survive the chapter?”

This one blends classic trick-taking with a story-driven structure, where the rules and goals can shift as you play. If you like card games with tight decisions, teamwork (or at least table-read skills), and that “one more hand” momentum, this might be your next obsession.

In this video, I cover:
• What the gameplay feels like (and how the story element works)
• Who this game is best for
• The upsides, downsides, and whether it’s worth adding to your shelf

If you’ve played it, drop a comment: did it feel more like a clever trick-taker, or more like a proper Middle-Earth adventure?

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"Weekend at Bernies" Part 1 of 2 | Sherwood: Outlaws & Arcana ttrpg | Paula & Friends RolePlay!

✇Paula Deming
Von: Paula Deming

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Welcome to the first installment of Paula & Friends "ROLEplay" where I play tabletop rpgs with my friends! In this 2-Part Adventure we are playing Sherwood: Outlaws & Arcana and my incredible friends and players are
Kate Stamas @katestamvods https://www.instagram.com/katestamas/
Mary Lou https://www.instagram.com/maryloularymou
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Sydney Amanuel https://www.instagram.com/sydneygayle/

This Part 1 features Character Creation and the beginning of our Adventure!

This Actual Play is NOT sponsored but you can find out more about the game here: https://r-rook.itch.io/sherwood
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The Best Two-Player Board Games | 8 Categories + Our Personal Top 10s

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There is no shortage of fantastic two player board games out there, so in today's video, we're highlighting some of the very best, as well as counting down our personal top 10 two player board games!
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Is Clans of Caledonia still shelfworthy? and do you need Industria? | A Quick(ish) Board Game Review

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Von: ThinkerThemer

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Here's a title that's been sitting on our shelves for many years. Is it still worthy of the shelf space? Does it hold up to newer games in our collection? And importantly, does the new Industria expansion make it better?? We're excited to finally get this one back to the table...

Follow along with our SHELFWORTHY series as we cover as many of our new games as possible!
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Timestamps
00:00 🎲 Introduction
00:30 🎨Theme
01:01 ⚙️Mechanics
01:58 ☁️How it Feels to Play
04:47 ❗The Industria modules
10:56 ✅ Is it Shelfworthy?

For more game info: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/391913/clans-of-caledonia-industria

Thanks for stopping by! We're Amy & Maggie aka ThinkerThemer. We're an Australian couple with two very different perspectives of what makes a great board game - Amy (Thinker) is all about the mechanics and enjoys tight, competitive games, and Maggie (Themer) is all about the storytelling and the theme of the game, and the 'world' that the designer is trying to create. Subscribe to our channel to hear us talk about these two elements of a game, and how well integrated we feel these are in delivering a cohesive and wonderful game experience.

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There's Something Wrong With My Board Game Wishlist

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Jānis G. has nearly 200 board games sitting on his wishlist… and let’s be honest — he’s not playing them all. Today, we’re cutting it down, making tough calls, and deciding which games actually deserve a spot on the table.

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In this video:
0:00 Intro
2:24 Cleaning Games
40:50 final list

Board Game Hangover is your go-to channel for everything board games! From the best board game reviews, playthroughs, and top 10 lists to board game upgrades, house rules, and gameplay tips — we help you discover the best board games, improve your board gaming experience, and have a good laugh along the way. Whether you're into strategy board games, party games, solo board gaming, or family board games, you're in the right place.

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The Board Game Of The Week Has Left Me Conflicted... | AYCB Buffet #8

✇All You Can Board
Von: All You Can Board

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On this week's Buffet, my Game of the Week is one I'm torn on and feel different nearly each time I play. I also discuss some major industry news in Hot Off The Table, answer viewer questions in Fresh from the Mailbag and look at Craig's board game shelves in Top Shelf Spread. Grab some coffee, grab a pet, cozy up and enjoy!
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After 2 years , I finally share my John Company 2nd Edition thoughts

✇Shelfside
Von: Shelfside

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I unveil my personal score for John Company 2nd Edition, one of the heaviest board games I’ve ever played. This popular game about the East India Company on the Indian subcontinent has fans galore, yet how do I feel about the portrayal of such an environment in a tabletop experience? After all, despite all of the praise on BGG, this isn’t a Cole Werhle game for just anyone. Does pretending to be a greedy British imperialist entertain me during game night? Or do I need more area control within my negotiation games? It’s a game that is extremely educational and requires a certain level of commitment to steer this dysfunctional company.

Games mentioned: Twilight Imperium 4, Bohnanza, Chinatown, Arcs, Root, Oath, Sidereal Confluence

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

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Von: Board Gems

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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.


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

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Ultimate Warhammer Quest

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Ultimate Warhammer Quest

Materials provided by publisher for review.

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Intro (00:00);
overview (04:42);

Top 10 Solo Games video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPTTCftgwM0

Littlemonk's Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/WarhammerQuest
Littlemonk's Runboard Website - https://bwarhammerquestcustomized.runboard.com/
Littlemonk's YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@WarhammerQuest

Warhammer Quest (1995) Review video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAYqwVLOVdQ
Warhammer Quest - My Definitive DIY Project video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDDfkrgS_r8
Warhammer Quest: 30th Anniversary video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBqx9KGFotg

How to create your own Warhammer Quest tiles - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvC4sTcS06M
MakePlayingCards.com - https://www.makeplayingcards.com/
Warhammer Quest 1995 card packs - https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1SKbTwPWndslbKTzUysE3ksA18bc941UL
Hall of the Hag Queen card pack - https://www.dropbox.com/s/2tmeetbg5rfd169/HagQueenMonsterCards.zip?dl=0


Warhammer Quest https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1634/warhammer-quest
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John Company: A Game of Administering Atrocities

✇Shelfside
Von: Shelfside

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Cole Wehrle’s John Company has players taking on the roles of powerful English families utilizing the East India Company for personal gain, using its state sponsored monopoly to secure power to further their own greed. This extensively revised 2nd edition has new rules and components to better represent the Company’s insidious growth into the Indian subcontinent, and its highly dysfunctional modes of operation, requiring heavy amounts of negotiation and bribes. To get victory points, players retire family member pieces from their office cards, paying exorbitant amounts of money gained from unscrupulous exploitation. This satirical yet frank portrayal of British imperialism and globalization explores a deep involvement in horrific structures by making the players understand the processes of how the English involvement worked and why such pillaging was so blatantly done by these powerful interests.

Articles:
Luke Winkie’s “Board but Not Boring”
https://slate.com/human-interest/2024/01/best-board-games-root-cole-wehrle-john-company-molly-house.html
Cole Wehrle’s “Going into Empire”
https://wehrlegig.com/blogs/essays/going-into-empire
Cole Wehrle’s “Affective Networks At Play: Catan, COIN, And The Quiet Year”
https://analoggamestudies.org/2016/05/affective-networks-at-play-catan-coin-and-the-quiet-year/

Table of Contents:
Preamble (0:00)
How to Play (4:31)
An Empire’s Historical Process (11:19)
Not Really a Review (32:15)

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Quietly Exceptional | Discovering a Card Game of Remarkable Elegance

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Dewan Review | Quick to Play, Hard to Master

✇Brains On Games
Von: Brains On Games

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Dewan is one of those rare strategy games that plays fast but still feels genuinely clever. On your turn you’re drafting terrain cards or spending them to move across a shared map, place Camps, grab Berries, and complete Story objectives for points. It’s simple to teach, quick to play, and surprisingly deep once you start planning routes, timing your objectives, and deciding when (or whether) to cross other players’ paths.

In this review, I’ll cover how Dewan plays, what makes it so satisfying, who it’s best for, and the biggest pros and cons after multiple plays.

If you like quick strategy games with meaningful decisions, route planning, hand management, and tactical interaction, this one is worth a look.


00:00 Intro
00:27 Complexity & Play Count
01:16 Victory Conditions & How It Plays
07:56 Skills
10:25 Final Thoughts
17:42 Contact & Socials

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Top 10 Post Apocalyptic Board Games

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🔥 Top 10 Post Apocalyptic Board Games 🔥

The world has ended… but the games have just begun! In this video, we count down the Top 10 Post Apocalyptic Board Games, featuring brutal survival, savage combat, harsh wastelands, and desperate choices. From nuclear fallout to zombie-infested ruins, these games capture the tension, chaos, and strategy of life after the apocalypse.

Whether you love deep strategy, intense storytelling, or cinematic tabletop experiences, this list has something for every board gamer who enjoys dark, gritty, end-of-the-world themes.

💥 In this video you’ll find:

Survival & exploration games

Resource management in hostile worlds

Story-driven adventures

Competitive & cooperative gameplay

If you’re looking for your next epic post-apocalyptic board game, this countdown will help you find the perfect addition to your collection.

👇 Let us know in the comments:
What’s YOUR favourite post-apocalyptic board game?

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The Board Games I Wasn't Ready For

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Some of the best board games don't rush to meet you. They find you at their own pace.

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Detective City Of Angels Board Game Review

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🕵️ Detective: City of Angels – Board Game Review & Gameplay Overview

Step into the dark, gritty streets of 1940s Los Angeles in Detective: City of Angels, the noir-inspired board game where deception, deduction, and bluffing collide. In this video, we dive deep into the gameplay, mechanics, and player experience to see if this cinematic investigation game deserves a spot on your gaming table.

We’ll cover:

Core gameplay mechanics & rules overview

What makes it unique compared to other detective board games

Player interaction, bluffing, and strategy

Who this game is best suited for

Whether you’re a fan of mystery games, deduction challenges, or immersive storytelling, this review will help you decide if Detective: City of Angels is the right game for you.

🎲 Have you played Detective: City of Angels? Let us know your thoughts in the comments!

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