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

I'm not sure I understand the question, sorry. We have 12 boxes for the kallax units (A to L), and each box has a different number of games (boxes) inside. We can get quite a lot of games into one box if they're on the smaller side, 25 in box B for example 😊

Screenshot from Obsidian on maxOS, showing part of our board game collection for Location B (which is a box in our kallax), with an assortment of games within.

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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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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 · 23/12/2025

Lots of new ones for us! We particularly liked Waypoints, Carpe Diem and Almadi. Forest Shuffle and Onitama weren't new to us, but we're already big fans of them.

BG Stats 3 x 3.
Tussie Mussie;
Break the Code;
Celtae;
Carpe Diem;
Forest Shuffle;
Almadi;
Waypoints;
Skulls of Sedlec;
Onitama.

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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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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

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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Board Game Beans @boardgamebeans.com · 06/12/2025

Day 6 for our board game advent calendar 🎲🗓️🎄 TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@boardgamebe... YouTube: youtube.com/shorts/nDMeG... #BoardGames #AdventCalendar

Graphic that shows our design for a board game advent calendar. The title at the top reads "Day 6, 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 5 have been crossed of to indicate they're complete.

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Board Game Beans @boardgamebeans.com · 18/11/2025

Today we played Café for the first time! While also enjoying a small espresso. ☕🇵🇹 Lovely little card layering game, with a lot to think about if you want to get that optimal coffee roasting engine. #BoardGames

The board game Café setup on a table on top of a grey sheet. Visible in the photo are the the cards we play with, four colours of wooden cubes, the rulebook, and two espressos on cork coasters.

Mid way through a game of the board game Café, showing cards layered on top of one another, with an assortments of cubes in various locations. Four glass bowls with the general supply for the wooden cubes can be seen, and the side of the board game box.

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

Just wrapped up our first game of Village Rails by the fireplace 🚂🔥 Super nice small box game; Easy to setup, easy to learn, plenty of strategy options to try and get the most points! #BoardGames

The box lid for the board game Village Rails on a wooden table in front of the fireplace. A few of the small cards for the game are on the table with glass bowls holding the coins for the game. The box features artwork of a steam train going through an English countryside location, with some sheep in a field.

End of game state for the board game Village Rails, which we've played on a wooden table in front of the fireplace. Two completed 3x4 tableau can be seen, with a row and column of terminus cards on both, and extra cards from the draw pile and some coins visible.

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

Can't go wrong with some porridge, tea, and The Lost Expedition. Well, you can. We lost the expedition! 😅 But it was a good way to start the day nonetheless. It's one of our favourite games! #BoardGames

The board game The Lost Expedition, which features a row of cards acting as the map we need to move our pawn across, and a row of cards under which placed one at a time from our hand, and are about to decide what actions to take on a card by card basis. Two bowls of pear, cinnamon, and blueberry porridge can be seen, along with two mugs of tea.

End state for the game The Lost Expedition, showing our pawn two spaces away from winning the game, but unfortunately all three of our adventurer cards are flipped upside down to indicate they didn't make it. A few tokens to represent ammo, food, what time of day it is, and the expedition leader can be seen.

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Board Game Beans @boardgamebeans.com · 10/11/2025

Board game breakfasts are back! This morning we enjoyed a lovely round of Evergreen to some porridge and tea 🥣 #BoardGames

The board game Evergreen setup for two players on a table with a grey table cloth. Two bowls of porridge and a mug of tea can be seen, ontop of cork coasters to protect the surface underneath. Two yet to be fill player boards, a draw pile for cards, and some containers holding the various wooden components we will be playing with.

Joana's player board nearing the end of a game of Evergreen. Her board has lots of tree components and a few cards next to it from this round. In the foreground are two glass bowls, being used to store the wooden components we play with during the game (in the photo, small wooden trees, and small wooden lake components)

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Board Game Beans @boardgamebeans.com · 25/10/2025

Plenty of power cuts today, so what better way to start the day than being cosy in bed with a latte, and a round of Voyages ⛵ We love these single-sheet print and play games, makes it super easy to play in different settings! ( Not our best scores, but we had fun 😊 ) #BoardGames

Two completed games of the print and play board game Voyages, which has been laminated and played using a clipboard. The game sheets show the map on which we play, and the path that each respective player decided to take. As it's the end of the game, we see Christian scored 70, and Joana 59.

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Board Game Beans @boardgamebeans.com · 22/10/2025

Just wrapped up our first game of Evergreen! It's from the same designer as Photosynthesis, and features a familiar sun position/tree scoring system, but this time on our own boards, and with a card drafting step included 😊 We liked it a lot! Published by @horribleguild.bsky.social #BoardGames

The board game Evergreen being played, showing two double-layered player boards with a design of the world and its different biomes, with an assortment of wooden components (sapling, small, and large,

The box lid for the board game Evergreen, with an illustration of an oversized tree on a world, and some other planet elements around. The 'space' is represented as the white box.

In front of the box are five glass bowls holding the wooden components for the game, which consist of, brown sprouts, light green small trees, dark green big trees, blue water, and yellowish bush,

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Board Game Beans @boardgamebeans.com · 02/10/2025

A great board game to take to the beach! We have the Mini version. This one plays well even if it's windy, thanks to the design of the player boards ☺️ #boardgames #azul

A very cute bumblebee picnic mat with two Azul Mini player boards, the shared draw pile for the tiles, and a fabric bag. It's a picture of a few turns in the game, so both player boards already have some tiles on.

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Board Game Beans @boardgamebeans.com · 19/08/2025

We love chunky metal tokens 🤩 +15 VP if you know what game these are from. #BoardGames

5 metal tokens from a board game, 1 of them if flipped to depict a factory about to be built, the others all depict the same factory in its completed state, with a number one underneath and a sword/hammer cross.

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Board Game Beans @boardgamebeans.com · 19/08/2025

We were so happy to go and pick this up from the post office today! Also, This game has some HEFT, We did not expect that when picking it up 😅 Not sure when we will be able to table it, but hoping soon 🤞 #BoardGames

The box for A Wayfarer's Tale board game, inside a cardboard shipping box with white packing peanuts to protect it. The box features a nice illustration of a person walking in the sand towards a city/castle built up on a hillside. There is a cute lizard on a rock in the foreground.

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Board Game Beans @boardgamebeans.com · 06/08/2025

Just had our first game of Tiny Towns on Board Game Arena, To see if we would like the game and think about the physical copy one day. Safe to say we both enjoyed it a lot! and it's gone straight onto our wishlist 🥳 #BoardGames

Screenshot from the game Tiny Towns being played on Board Game Arena. This screenshot is from the end of the game where it shows Joana has won the game. There are a variety of cards on display which have the pattern of cubes needed to build that structure, and then two player grids (4x4) where we are building up these shapes and buildings to try and score the most points at the end.

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Board Game Beans @boardgamebeans.com · 23/07/2025

A little birthday board gaming 🎂 Wingspan was so nice to play again 🤩 It had been a while since we last opened up the physical copy. Next time we'll add in an expansion! Pandemic was fun too! Though we got absolutely obliterated with outbreak chain reactions 😅 #BoardGames

The board game Wingspan setup on the table, showing the top portion of my player board where I have some bird cards played, (some with eggs placed) and action cubes. In the middle between the two of us playing are the cards we draw from and food tokens.

The board game Pandemic setup near the start of play. An epidemic card has already been drawn meaning we need to apply an outbreak to a new city. The game board is a map of the world, with points between various cities. 4 sets of colour cubes (yellow, red, blue, and black) make up different viruses that start to spread, and our goal is to work together to find cures and eradicate them.

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Board Game Beans @boardgamebeans.com · 20/07/2025

We just played Isla! It's one we backed on Kickstarter and we're both happy to say they (Ocean City Games) really delivered a cool game experience 🏝️ Roll dice, explore the island, get exhausted, run into threats, possibly get lost on the island? It's a good time 😊 #BoardGames

The board game Isla, with the map sheets on a clipboard so we can draw on them, the various cards, and the dice needed to play the game

End of game for our first play of Isla. The map sheets are filled in showing our explorers path across the island map, with the rulebook now visible as we were checking how to properly total up our scores. Joana's hand can be seen about to pick up one of the tokens from her map sheet.

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Board Game Beans @boardgamebeans.com · 14/07/2025

It's been a while since our last video, so it's good to be back in the editing seat for our upcoming video 🎞️ This one is for our first Impressions of Forest Shuffle, by @lookoutgames.bsky.social (Spoiler, we do be loving the game) 🥳 #BoardGames

Screenshot of Davinci Resolve on macOS. Davinci Resolve is a video editing tool, and in the window you can see a media panel on the left (showing a folder of images), a timeline at the bottom with multiple tracks for audio and video, video effects, and text, in the center is the viewport showing my current position in the timeline, which is a photo of the Red Fox and Squeaker card from the board game Forest Shuffle; and finally on the right sidebar is the video properties for the clip I have selected.

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Board Game Beans @boardgamebeans.com · 26/06/2025

We just played our first game of Forest Shuffle 🌲 We both loved it! Rules light, with lots of cards and effects to try and get the highest score with. Gorgeous illustrations too 🤩 #BoardGames

The board game Forest Shuffle, showing a central "Clearing Board" between to two of us, and our forests on either side made up of various tree cards, with fauna and flora cards placed into slots on all four sides of the tree cards. A lush mixture of wildlife, for which we'll try to score the most points by meeting the criteria on the cards we've played.

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Board Game Beans @boardgamebeans.com · 20/06/2025

Out and about at Feira do Livro de Lisboa 2025 (Lisbon Book Fair)! That day was not for the books, but for the board games. @devirportugal.bsky.social #FeiraDoLivro2025 #FeiraDoLivro #boardgames #jogosdetabuleiro

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