👻 Ghost Lift In this macabre, dark humored card game from Japan, players desperately try to shed all their cards or become haunted by their previous hands. Sai Beppu nailed the Edward Gorey-inspired art and helps elevate the gameplay.

🪓The Argonath Collection. 20 small box games live between The Argonath. They are… precious to me. Here are the first five.

🔪Your 2-player 80s SLASHER movie themed trick taking game is here! And it is AWESOME!! 💀Work together to run around the campsite looking for escape items. Can you find them all before the killer wounds one of you? ❤️This game is everything I wanted it to be and MORE!

🇯🇵Always curious to see the new VicVillage game! Catte, Vivo and Petir are all shelf worthy trick takers. ☕️Vivo is still my favorite but I’m really intrigued by Catte’s clever use of playing milk and coffee cards together as a latte suit! Clever.

🧐 Which Taylor game is your fav?

🤜💥🤛 DUALIS This 2v2 trick taking game comes from the designer of TRICKARUS—one of my favorites. DUALIS consists of 2 suits within 2 suits. Players must follow black/white but red/blue determine trump/scoring. Some clever combos to explore here & an absolutely stellar production.

✨Presenting… Fellowships of Fate and the Fate of the Fellowship! 🤓 I feel hilariously geeky when I see these two next to each other.

😈RogueWrite is a quick roll & write where you design a dungeon to maximize pain. Foolish be the hero who enters your dominion… if you adhered to the strict Dungeon Building Guidelines; otherwise, heroes could be skipping through your dungeon with glee 🥶

✨Happy New Year from the new Cardboard East Studio!

🏴‍☠️ Pirates! Pirates! Pirates everywhere! This recent play of The Treasure Ship of Zheng He was quite difficult this time around, but it’s still my GOTY so far. (Still burning my way through my 2025 Winter Tokyo Game Market releases)

1000+ games and nowhere to fit them all #newstudio

🎄Sweet Christmas! I get 2VP for the longest road, right?

It’s moving time! And I’m done with packing… the games* *not all games pictured here 🤯

Fascinating read! Learn more about gaming in Vietnam! boardgamegeek.com/blog/1/blogp...

Recovered from jet lag enough to write about my experience at Tokyo Game Market 2025! www.patreon.com/posts/tokyo-...

Life is maintenance. And I have failed to maintain a healthy relationship with my back. Now I’m lying on my back, reflecting on my life’s choices.

This is an excellent piece about the perils of AI art broadly, and within our hobby more specifically. If we reach the point where AI art is found in every board game, I will stop playing and writing about board games. Simple as that.

Tomorrow night at 9:30pm ET join @panda8ngel.bsky.social @gameenthus.com and myself as we Recap PAX Unplugged www.youtube.com/live/VlH7iNP...

🇮🇩Jakarta Traffic (from Indonesian publisher Spiel The Game) comes with its own soundtrack of recorded sounds from real world Jakarta streets. Except for this one track, which is hella groovy. youtu.be/m5AhCu69eRU

🌊 The Treasure Ship of Zheng He is an EPIC game of route building, diplomacy, and pirate hunting. The latest big box game from award-winning designer Hisashi Hayashi has surpassed all my expectations. 👍👍 Highly recommended!

Game. Of. The. Year.

🔥NEW VIDEO!! Taiwanese board game publisher, WWBG, is crowdfunding their latest game Dragonarium! They released lightning in a bottle with last year's two-player card game Lone Wolves. Does lightning strike twice? youtu.be/thW_Ta6KPKY

Orapa Mine is a lot of fun! Thank you @cardboardeast.bsky.social for the recommendation! #spiel25 #boardgames

🔥NEW VIDEO What new games are coming out at Tokyo Game Market this fall? Join me as I scroll through the preview list! youtu.be/iMCiIp_eJAY #ゲームマーケット2025秋

Thanks to Amanda for the great chat about games. Always a pleasure hanging out with you!

@cardboardeast.bsky.social @beziergames.bsky.social joins me to talk Asian games! Bonus Note: I did talk about Mozaic Games from India with him but had to cut it out due to time but I do enjoy their games too! So check when out!

Livestream Q&A in 30 minutes! Hope to see you there! Be sure to subscribe, so you'll be able to join the chat. youtube.com/live/I_vv6xA...

I’m back from Essen, Germany and I’ve brought back GAMES! Ask me anything in my Livestream Q&A Sunday 11/2 at 11AM EST youtube.com/live/I_vv6xA...

SPIEL - Sunday! 🌟 Ahh, the last day of Essen. We met @tearsinrain.bsky.social and @cardboardeast.bsky.social, and we saw the last few games we wanted to see. We're back home again with way too many games and more importantly, filled hearts. Thanks everybody. ❤️ youtube.com/shorts/RKBfz...

✈️ On my way to Essen!!

🔥NEW VIDEO! Going to Essen #Spiel 2025? Discover 100+ #boardgames from Asia and that 💎 hidden gem you never knew you needed! youtu.be/uvtdiN8HBgo

🔥 NEW VIDEO! Which of these Korean board games do I recommend? I’ve got a lot on my Playte! How do you choose? 🇰🇷 Best of Playte Games youtu.be/fF_EegbJjz8

To celebrate the 8k subs milestone I'll do a very serious "Ask Me Anything" stream on Thursday night at 8pm GMT with @pierrevj.bsky.social and @beyondsolitaire.bsky.social - please feel free to join us and ask your most serious questions 🥸 www.youtube.com/live/7y2n9Ew...

🔥NEW VIDEO Heard about newest game from Japan to hit Kickstarter today? Here are my thoughts! youtu.be/3Q4ftRcoxnA

I played a fascinating 2p soccer game called Magic Number Eleven, and I'd love to share my thoughts about it with you :) youtu.be/Q2SvyOYmhSA

From the makers of Jisogi comes ELDERTIDE. I’m all in!!!!

Probably one of my favorite comments I’ve ever gotten for one of my YouTube videos.

🔥 NEW VIDEO! Solotember is almost over! Here are my 5 favorite #boardgames to play solo! youtu.be/QK6RURaDuiM

CATS! I was expecting a Reiner Knizia game about set collection, Texas Hold’em, and cats to be a thing… BUT IT IS! Manekine Collection 🇯🇵Studium Mundi

Castlevania board game?!?!? YES PLEASE!!

In case you missed out on getting board games from India, here's your chance!! boardgamegeek.com/thread/35767...

🔥NEW VIDEO 🐡Aqua Garden relaunches on #Kickstarter this Tuesday! Should you also pick up the first big box expansion? See My Review youtu.be/WbEsniNKKKo

On @kovray.bsky.social: An Extended preview of Zombie Princess a rift on Spades (releasing in 2026?) by @cardboardeast.bsky.social and right after Starla and Mik of @ourfamplaysgames.bsky.social breaking down the OG Spades (released in 1930). 🤩 youtu.be/ET8Tj_ryzWA?...

🔥 NEW VIDEO!! Two COOL new games from Japan! Both Snow Colony & Tornado Splash are on their way to Essen Spiel this year! Are you READY?!?! youtu.be/WFVab4NR5I0

Omg an early morning stream but it's going to be so much fun! @cardboardeast.bsky.social & I are doing a live launch party for The Game Makers Kickstarter release at 6 am PT, 9 am ET on Tuesday, September 2. Be there! twitch.tv/Banzainator #boardgames @beziergames.bsky.social

I get random things in the mail from time to time. Creating content truly is a ticket to the extraordinary.

❄️🐧Chilling out on chill Sunday with Snow Colony! This lightning fast engine builder set in Antarctica has penguin colonies competing against each other to be the best tourist trap! I am here for the tiny igloos and the adorable art 😁

You work hard all week and you come home after a Saturday full of errands to find a new game in your mail box! AWWWWW YEAAAAHHHH!!!

🔥NEW VIDEO On Sept 16, 🇯🇵 uchibacoya is launching THREE games on Kickstarter, entitled the Garden Trilogy! Learn how to play and my initial impressions 👍 youtu.be/AJeBQf6nU2I

The best part about Orapa Space? 🧲⚡️MAGNETS!