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Board Game Beans @boardgamebeans.com · 21/07/2026

🚨 New video! Joana is here with a let's play for A Gentle Rain which is published by @incredibledream.bsky.social youtu.be/QUf78ILT_To #BoardGames

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A Gentle Rain | Let's Play

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Stonemaier Games @stonemaiergames.com · 15/07/2026

It's launch day for Wingspan Pocket, Duel of Meloch, and Origin Story: Heroes & Villains! These are all available to order on the Stonemaier Games webstore, ready to ship to you over the next few weeks. store.stonemaiergames.com

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Christian Alder @hejchristian.com · 08/06/2026

Sourdough discard, oatmeal and raisin cookies 🍪, and the board game Daybreak which we finally managed to play! Loved the game even though we lost... hard. Loved the cookies. Today was a good day.

11 oatmeal and raisin cookies cooling on a metal rack as they're fresh out of the oven

The board game components (board, cards, and tokens) for Daybreak, after we had just started.

The box for the board game Daybreak, featuring a nice solarpunk-vibe illustration with some folks enjoying solar panels, wind turbines, trains, and a bicycle. Text on the box reads:

"From the creator of Pandemic. Matt Leacock & Matteo Menapace."

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Christian Alder @hejchristian.com · 30/03/2026

Switching this machine off to go and play a new board game with my favourite person in the world. Today we're trying Meadow ☺️ boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/31...

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Meadow

Start your journey into nature and collect cards to become a true nature observer.

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Board Game Beans @boardgamebeans.com · 17/03/2026

We played our first Kinfire Delve game last night, and again this morning because we lost the first attempt 😅 Really great and fun experience!

Cards, 4 d6, 1 d10, and some progress tokens for the board game Kinfire Delve: Callous' Lab which is in the process of being played.

The final boss defated (middle card) after we've defeated the 4 gauntlet cards (left right up and down), showing the required 25 in progress tokens, the d10 die showing a value of 6 (our health) and the two cards we played to deal the final blow to Callous. Acid Arrow from the seeker Valora, and Stout Build from the seeker Roland.

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Tea and Games @teangames.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Got the metal coin upgrade for Obsession, because I love metal coins in games...& I've got everything else🤣 Had a pretty good game today! #boardgames

Pile of gold and silver colored coins with two different images of Queen Victoria on the front side. Backside had various symbols from the game and coin values (though it seems fairly obvious that larger golden coins would be a higher value than smaller silver colored ones). There's only 2 coin values in the game: 100 & 500. The coins are thick and hefty.

Final layout for me. I went nuts with blue service tiles (2 of the courtship phases scored blue), and I bought and used/flipped 2 purple tiles to the monument side (Hermitage & Lionheart Suite). At the very bottom there's a glimpse of my objective and VP cards. Did pretty well on them too!

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Tabletop Game Designers Association @ttgda.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

AEG would not exist without the creativity and hard work of designers.

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Matt Leacock @mattleacock.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Grab your jetpack, Forbidden Legacy will premiere at Gen Con this year! Designed with Rob Daviau. This one unfolds over seven chapters. www.wericmartin.com/forbidden-le...

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Forbidden Legacy to Debut at Gen Con 2026

Matt Leacock and Rob Daviau join forces once again

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Board Game Beans @boardgamebeans.com · 15/02/2026

🚨 New Video! For those who are interested to see how we organise our collection 😊 youtu.be/UJsKq3y0Bsg #BoardGames

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How We Organise and Manage Our Board Game Collection

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Board Game Beans @boardgamebeans.com · 13/02/2026

Our system for storing board games is to chuck them (gently) into a box, which then goes into a Kallax. Paired with a "database" to help us find anything we need. We'll be explaining it all a bit more in an upcoming video 😊 How do you like to organise/manage your collection? #BoardGames

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Watch It Played @watchitplayed.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

I want to thank people who took the time to read the document and watch the video I shared. It is also important to me that it is understood: I do not believe Matthew, Paula, Monique or Naveen (or anyone else) had involvement (or awareness) of the actions the owner of Game Night Picks took. 1/4

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BoardGameWire 🔜 Spiel Essen @boardgamewire.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Veteran Dice Tower reviewer Sam Healey resigns in wake of saying Alex Pretti, Renee Good were to blame for ICE killing them, after comments began impacting review giant’s annual pledge drive: boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...

Upper body image of a bald man with a long grey beard sitting at a desk, wearing a green-grey t-shirt and counting off his fingers. He wears black-rimmed spectacles and has a black microphone attached to his front. Shelves full of board games are visible behind him, and a silver laptop with a Texas flag sticker is visible on the desk. Sam Healey from The Dice Tower, on his podcast Flipside Of Board Games.

Header image from the Dice Tower Gamefound Pledge Drive 2026. An illustration of many Dice Tower characters are visible in an undersea scene on the left of the screen, while the right shows how much the campaign has raised - $281,678, with 12 hours to go.

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Mike Berg, We 🧡 Games @weheart.games · 29/01/2026

PNP Arcade is now closed. I'll be posting all of my PNP games to itch for the time being. Today I've added Crownfell, Crownfell: Last Stand, and ExoShip there; I think those were the only ones missing: weheartgames.itch.io

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Board Game Beans @boardgamebeans.com · 27/01/2026

We've decided to move on from TikTok, and in 5 days we will delete our account from the platform. If you've watched, interacted with, or shared our content from there, thank you 💜 We'll still be posting short form videos on YouTube, and hopefully @skylight.social once that is available in the EU.

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Matthew Dunstan @matthewdunstan.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

@boardgamegeek.com For an award you say acknowledges artistry, why are you choosing to highlight a game: - That uses AI art (which surely is anti-artistry if anything) - Designed by a person whose transphobic views have no place in our industry (artist = artistry) boardgamegeek.com/blog/1/blogp...

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The BoardGameGeek Hall of Fame 2026 - Day 5 Inductee | BoardGameGeek News

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Board Game Beans @boardgamebeans.com · 24/01/2026

Turns out PNPArcade is closing down, more information about that can be found on their homepage: www.pnparcade.com If you've purchased from them before, please make sure you've downloaded your games! as the last day to do so will be 29th January (5 days from writing this) 🖨️ #BoardGames #PnP

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Postmark Games @postmarkgames.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

We love this custom 3D printed Waypoints box by BGG user jschott! #indiegame #printfun #printathome

A green 3D printed box with contour details and the words ‘Waypoints’ ‘Matthew Dunstan’ ‘Rory Muldoon’ in White.

The inside of a 3D printed box with inserts for folded maps, pens and a dice.

A photograph of a game sheet showing a map with contours and gridlines.

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Board Game Beans @boardgamebeans.com · 15/01/2026

🚨 New Video A wrap up video for our board game advent calendar, where we played 30+ different games through December. 🎲🗓️🎄 youtu.be/G2Sn8RD72ek #BoardGames

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We played 30+ different board games in the lead-up to Christmas, here's what we thought about them

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Board Game Beans @boardgamebeans.com · 10/01/2026

All the slicing for our upcoming Advent Calendar wrap-up video! It was meant to be shorter, but it ended up taking a while to talk about 24 days worth of board games 😅 #BoardGames

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Board Game Beans @boardgamebeans.com · 07/01/2026

Tonight we sat by the fireplace and enjoyed Cascadia: Rolling Rivers for the first time! We love flip and writes, We love dice rolling This was a winning combo, and made for a very pleasant game 😊 #BoardGames

The board game Cascadia: Rolling Rivers, with the box standing on a grey table cloth, with the cards, dice, and player sheets on display. Beyond the table is a fireplace burning.

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Board Game Beans @boardgamebeans.com · 04/01/2026

Today we played Schotten Totten for the first time! Pleasantly surprised by this 1v1 lane battler card game. We found it simple to learn and quick to play. After a few more games of the base game we'll be sure to add in the extra variant cards! #BoardGames

The board game Schotten Totten in the process of being played on a grey table cloth. The box is partly visible showing a fun illustation of a chicken with a hat, and some of the cards in play in columns, against border pieces.

The board game Schotten Totten in play, showing a couple of cards from my hand, and my partner across from me holding her cards. In the middle on the table are the cards we've played against a central border line.

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Board Game Beans @boardgamebeans.com · 01/01/2026

To start 2026, we played a new (to us) game! Rebirth has been on our shelf of opportunity for a few months now, and we're really glad to have experienced today. Lovely production, simple to get into, and we found it really fun to play 🏰 #BoardGames

The board game Rebirth setup on a table showing part of the end game stage, with some of the tokens and wooden castle / cathedral pieces on the large player board, depicting Scotland.

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Board Game Beans @boardgamebeans.com · 31/12/2025

Our last board games of the year! Goodbye 2025, hello 2026. Wishing everyone a Happy New Year and many good moments with board games 💜🥳 #Spielmas #BoardGames

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Board Game Beans @boardgamebeans.com · 29/12/2025

Day 4 of #SpielMas ☃️ Tonight we played a couple of nice shorter games, Second Chance, and Veggies 🎨🍄‍🟫 #BoardGames

The board game Second Chance being played, showing two partially filled in sheets with polyominio shapes we've coloured and styled differently, and the deck of small cards we're using that define what shapes we can use on any given turn.

The board game Veggies, showing our two player setup of "Market Stalls" made up from layering cards that feature of a 2x3 grid of squares and a variety of market items, like bananas, carrots, mushrooms, or even some sneaky mice hiding in boxes.

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Board Game Beans @boardgamebeans.com · 29/12/2025

Almost forgot to share the last (4/4) image of games we played from our board game advent calendar! 🎲🗓️🎄 BGG links to follow #BoardGames

The board games we played for the last quarter of our 24 day advent calendar, displayed on a wooden table.

- Onitama
- Town 77
- Celtae
- Waypoints
- Pick a Pen: Garden
- A gentle rain
- 52 Realms
- Tussie Mussie + Expansions

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Board Game Beans @boardgamebeans.com · 28/12/2025

Woops we're late to start this, but here's day 3 of #SpielMas ☃️ We played Carpe Diem by the fire, which is new favourite of ours! It's one we discovered during our advent calendar 😊 #BoardGames

The board game Carpe Diem being played on a fold out camping table by an inside fireplace. Two player boards are visible, with some tiles on both placed into the grids for our games.

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Board Game Beans @boardgamebeans.com · 24/12/2025

Day 24 with our board game advent calendar ✏️🗓️🎄 We made it to the end! If you watched this far, thank you! We wish you happy holidays and a happy new year 💜 #BoardGames #AdventCalendar

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Board Game Beans @boardgamebeans.com · 23/12/2025

It's the penultimate day (Day 23) with our board game advent calendar! What did we end up playing (and have time for) today? 🌼🗓️🎄 #BoardGames #AdventCalendar

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Board Game Beans @boardgamebeans.com · 22/12/2025

Day 22 with our board game advent calendar! 💐🗓️🎄 #BoardGames #AdventCalendar

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Board Game Beans @boardgamebeans.com · 21/12/2025

Day 21 with our board game advent calendar! 🖨️🗓️🎄 #BoardGames #AdventCalendar

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Board Game Beans @boardgamebeans.com · 20/12/2025

Day 20! What game did we play from our board game advent calendar today 🤔 🎲🗓️🎄 #BoardGames #AdventCalendar

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Tea and Games @teangames.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

New video is up! It's on Christmas (and Christmas-adjacent) games. I think at this point we officially have a lot!🤣 #boardgames youtu.be/v-19feBfuIw

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EP 128 The Stack of Christmas Games Is Growing!

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Board Game Beans @boardgamebeans.com · 19/12/2025

Day 19 with the board game advent calendar! 🥋🗓️🎄 This one is a nice chess-like game 👀 #BoardGames #AdventCalendar

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Board Game Beans @boardgamebeans.com · 19/12/2025

3/4 of the way into our board game advent calendar! 🎲🗓️🎄 This is what we've played over the last 6 days 💜 BGG Links to follow #BoardGames #AdventCalendar

A selection of board games we've played over the last 6 days, displayed on a wooden table. The board games are:

- Forest Shuffle
- Carpe Diem
- Almadi
- Sprawlopilis
- Agropolis
- Codex Naturalis
- Break the Code

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Board Game Beans @boardgamebeans.com · 18/12/2025

Day 18 with our board game advent calendar! 🕵️🗓️🎄 #BoardGames #AdventCalendar

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Board Game Beans @boardgamebeans.com · 17/12/2025

Board game advent calendar, day 17! 🎲🗓️🎄 This was one we knew already, and love. #BoardGames #AdventCalendar

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Board Game Beans @boardgamebeans.com · 16/12/2025

Day 16 with our board game advent calendar! Christmas is around the corner now! 🎲🗓️🎄 #BoardGames #AdventCalendar

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Board Game Beans @boardgamebeans.com · 15/12/2025

Day 15 with the board game advent calendar! 🎲🗓️🎄 (I'm getting quicker at editing these with each day 😅) #BoardGames #AdventCalendar

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Board Game Beans @boardgamebeans.com · 14/12/2025

Another day, another board game! Day 14 from our board game advent calendar 🎲🗓️🎄 #BoardGames #AdventCalendar

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Board Game Beans @boardgamebeans.com · 13/12/2025

We LOVED the game that we played for day 13 of our board game advent calendar! 🤩 🎲🗓️🎄 #BoardGames #AdventCalendar

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Board Game Beans @boardgamebeans.com · 13/12/2025

We're now 2/4 of the way into our board game advent calendar! 🎲🗓️🎄 This is what we've played over the last 6 days 💜 BGG Links to follow #BoardGames #AdventCalendar

Photo of the board games we've played over the past 6 days, displayed on a wooden table. The board games are:

- MLEM
- Caesar!
- Beacon Patrol
- Cafe Baras
- Whale to Look
- Tucano
- Kariba
- Rove + 2 expansion wallets
- Rove Jr
- Aqua Rove

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Board Game Beans @boardgamebeans.com · 12/12/2025

What did we play for day 12 on our board game advent calendar? 🎲🗓️🎄 #BoardGames #AdventCalendar

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Board Game Beans @boardgamebeans.com · 11/12/2025

Day 11 with our board game advent calendar! 🎲🗓️🎄 And for a change from sharing just TikTok or YouTube links, we're testing to share the video directly on this platform. #BoardGames

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Board Game Beans @boardgamebeans.com · 10/12/2025

We've reached double digits on our board game advent calendar 😊 What did we end up playing for day 10? YouTube: youtube.com/shorts/zw0Y9... TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@boardgamebe... 🎲🗓️🎄 #BoardGames #AdventCalendar

Graphic that shows our design for a board game advent calendar. The title at the top reads "Day 10, Board Game Advent Calendar". The calendar is made up of an orange tabby cat in the middle, and 24 rectangles around the edge. Days 1 to 9 have been crossed of to indicate they're complete.

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Board Game Beans @boardgamebeans.com · 09/12/2025

Another day, another window opened in our board game advent calendar. What did we get for day 9? 🤔 YouTube: youtube.com/shorts/EYdPn... TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@boardgamebe... 🎲🗓️🎄 #BoardGames #AdventCalendar

Graphic that shows our design for a board game advent calendar. The title at the top reads "Day 9, Board Game Advent Calendar". The calendar is made up of an orange tabby cat in the middle, and 24 rectangles around the edge. Days 1 to 8 have been crossed of to indicate they're complete.

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Board Game Beans @boardgamebeans.com · 08/12/2025

🚨 New Video! We're sharing our first impressions for Café. A clever card layering game that has us producing, drying, roasting, and delivering coffee around Portugal ☕🇵🇹 youtu.be/uCIiVfBO1-s #BoardGames

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Café | First Impressions

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Board Game Beans @boardgamebeans.com · 08/12/2025

Day 8 from our board game advent calendar, what did we play today? 🤔 YouTube: youtube.com/shorts/F0vmg... TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@boardgamebe... 🎲🗓️🎄 #BoardGames #AdventCalendar

Graphic that shows our design for a board game advent calendar. The title at the top reads "Day 8, Board Game Advent Calendar". The calendar is made up of an orange tabby cat in the middle, and 24 rectangles around the edge. Days 1 to 7 have been crossed of to indicate they're complete.

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Board Game Beans @boardgamebeans.com · 07/12/2025

What did we play for day 7 of our board game advent calendar? 🎲🗓️🎄 TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@boardgamebe... YouTube: youtube.com/shorts/zhh2W... #BoardGames #AdventCalendar

Graphic that shows our design for a board game advent calendar. The title at the top reads "Day 7, Board Game Advent Calendar". The calendar is made up of an orange tabby cat in the middle, and 24 rectangles around the edge. Days 1 to 6 have been crossed of to indicate they're complete.

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Board Game Beans @boardgamebeans.com · 07/12/2025

We're 1/4 of the way into our board game advent calendar! This is what we've played so far 😊💜 Soon we'll be opening day 7 and seeing what we get to play today 🗓️ BGG Links to follow #BoardGames #AdventCalendar

A top down photo of all the board games we've played over the past 6 days, taken against a grey fabric table cover.

- Dorfromantik
- Air, Land, & Sea
- Skulls of Sedlec
- 7 Wonders Duel
- Ancient Realm
- Circle the Wagons
- 6 Suspects
- Café
- Eight-Minute Empire
- Stew

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