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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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Board Game Beans @boardgamebeans.com · 11/06/2026

Yay! amazing 🤩 Have you tried it yet? It's a good reminder for us to play it again soon. Really hope you enjoy it as much as we had :)

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Board Game Beans @boardgamebeans.com · 08/06/2026

Photosynthesis is lovely! Our first tree-themed game :) Evergreen by the same designer is also lovely, with a similar light/tree mechanic for some of the scoring.

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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

🎲: Kinfire Delve: Callous' Lab 📐: Kevin Wilson 🎨: Katarzyna Bekus, Sandra Chlewińska, Wiktor Kozyra, Kate "vesner" Redesiuk 🏭: Incredible Dream Studios 👥: 1 - 2 🗓️: 2024 🔗: boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/40...

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Kinfire Delve: Callous' Lab

A cooperative, dungeon-diving card game set in the Kinfire Chronicles universe.

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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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Board Game Beans @boardgamebeans.com · 08/03/2026

Woah, they look amazing! Metal coins are so satisfying aren't they? It's one thing we're planning to upgrade when we're able to - METAL COIN ALL THE THINGS 🤣

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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

Nice - yeah it's proper good :) Need to get that back to the table soon, and hopefully we'll get the expansion one day too.

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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 · 15/02/2026

Whoops 😬 saw this yesterday in the “For You” feed and assumed it was recent or same day. Didn’t expect to be served something from 3 months ago. Sorry! hope you enjoyed the games though 😅

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Board Game Beans @boardgamebeans.com · 14/02/2026

Nice! please update us how you feel about Compile, especially in relation to Air, Land, & Sea. We only have the latter but have often seen them compared? It's been on our wishlist, though maybe we should spend more time with what we've got first 😅

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Board Game Beans @boardgamebeans.com · 14/02/2026

Ohhh! Super cool, I've not delved too much into the app beyond just logging our game scores :) thanks for the info!

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Board Game Beans @boardgamebeans.com · 14/02/2026

Still need to get around to this game, I played the alpha back from 2013, and while I don't remember specifics, it was for sure a positive experience.

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Board Game Beans @boardgamebeans.com · 14/02/2026

Oh nice, maybe I've been using the location entry wrong? We use that to mark where we physically played a game 😅(Home, BGA, friends house, etc) Nice that you can use the app for it. We do love BGStats 💜

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

Just a heads-up (because I saw this while looking for our own account), handles might not be parked forever. "If an account remains inactive for 180 days or more, the username may be reset to a randomized numeric username." support.tiktok.com/en/safety-hc...

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TikTok Support

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

Thanks for sharing this. We'd had a whole bunch of his games in our basket for a while now. Going to go right ahead and delete that...

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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 · 11/01/2026

We just played through the trial on PS5 - such a great experience! Well crafted game too, even the super small details like our characters in the loading screen animation 😅 Thanks again for the rec! We're going to get it 😊

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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

🎲: Cascadia: Rolling Rivers 📐: Randy Flynn 🎨: Beth Sobel 🏭: Flatout Games 👥: 1 - 4 🗓️: 2024 🔗: boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/40...

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Cascadia: Rolling Rivers

Flip-and-roll-and-write to create the riverine landscapes of Cascadia!

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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

So... I only saw half the image before and then went off to check the game pages. Only now did I see the text! That's hilarious 🤣

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

Terra Nil has been a breath of fresh air - highly recommend it :)

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

YAY! Amazing, thanks. And onto the wishlist it goes 😊

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

This looks so good! Does it play best at a higher player count or do you reckon it can it be fully enjoyed with two? 🥺

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

Oh interesting! We like it plenty enough as is, so if we don't jam with the variant then it'll be no problem 😊

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

🎲: Schotten Totten 📐: Reiner Knizia 🎨: Jean-Baptiste Reynaud "Djib" 🏭: IELLO 👥: 2 🗓️: 1999 🔗: boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/372

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Schotten Totten

Place your kilted clansmen, control stones, expand territory & foil the rival clan.

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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 · 02/01/2026

Nice, hope you enjoy it 😊 We're looking forward to try Ireland soon!

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Board Game Beans @boardgamebeans.com · 02/01/2026

Oh wow, foldable too! Amazing - bookmarking their website, thanks :)

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Board Game Beans @boardgamebeans.com · 02/01/2026

We're super happy with it! 😊

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Board Game Beans @boardgamebeans.com · 02/01/2026

Love the look of this game! Also what a cool smaller board game table 🤩

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Board Game Beans @boardgamebeans.com · 02/01/2026

Instant addition to our wishlist, thanks!

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Board Game Beans @boardgamebeans.com · 02/01/2026

Oh nice! Not sure I've seen that one before - I also see it's got an upcoming reimplementation called Hanami 👀 Glad you enjoyed this one! We were surprised with how thin the rulebook was (in a good way) - everything clicked early on and away we went :)

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