To celebrate @oinkgames.bsky.social first official shop opening 🎉 I made a video showing and teaching 6 of their titles, most from their new releases. If you are a board gamer coming to Japan, you should def add this shop in your itinerary. #boardgames youtu.be/5UC8Vob5hdo

JISOGI 1.5: Campaign Complete! 🎉 Huge thanks to everyone! This was our biggest Kickstarter yet, and we’re floored by your support.❤️‍🔥 The Pledge Manager on Hive will open in a few hours! Watch your inbox to finalize your order or add extra copies. Thank you!!!!

New video out showcasing the 1.5 Update version of JISOGI from @esperbgs.bsky.social, introducing the new changes. Its reprint campaign has less than a week left on kickstarter. This is an incredibly thematic worker placement #boardgame with the most beautiful art ✨ youtu.be/rPKba4HTaKY?...

I just started watching The X-Files 🛸 I needed a fun episodical mystery series with hundreds of episodes to sink myself in.

New video out showcasing a new trick-taking game from Japan’s indie Board Game scene, “Identity” from Keita Kasagi and Bamboo Games. This card game combines bidding and “must-not-follow” tricks with stylish art 🎀 youtu.be/g1wFsRUkgJU?... #boardgames

I’ve come to realise, there’s three board game themes that will always catch my eye: • Birds 🦜 • Witches ✨ • Space 🪐 (bonus points if it has alien abductions and cows 🛸 🐄) #boardgames

Last week I finally figured out how to use my mic so that my voiceovers don’t sound like they were recorded in a dumpster. This week I’ve been figuring out how to film with a more proper camera. Looks at this screengrab 🥹 so crisp (also sneak peek of upcoming video - can you guess the board games?)

New video about Shady Lady 🍸 by Kaya Miyano, the designer behind TRIO, and art by Sai Beppu @saibep.bsky.social This is a card game with sharp interaction between players. It blends well in your game nights. Easy to teach, fun with beginners, and slick art 👌 #boardgames youtu.be/dBx3Ti6eY0U?...

I’ve done another Japanese indie card game showcase video. I’m slowly-slowly getting small publishers and designers reach out to me who want to share their games with the world. It makes me so happy 😁 Cattle | How to Play | Japanese Indie Board Game youtu.be/wJlr92QEf8Q

When I was at Tokyo Game Market, I saw this board game with its stunning vaporwave visuals and I got it but turns out it didn’t have English rules. Thankfully it is language-independent so I got round to translating it. And I finally finished it! #boardgames

Oh lol I forgot to mention, in case you are seeing this, and me, for the first time hiii 👋 i’m Circat, I run a small Youtube channel where I showcase board games and card games, mainly from Japan 🇯🇵 youtube.com/@iamcircat #boardgames #cardgames

99 subs 🤩 one away from triple digits 👀 this feels unreal!

I have a new video out about Saashi & Saashi's new title "Shall We Dance" released at the recent Tokyo Game Market in November 2025. A set collection card game where you are trying to form dancing pairs at a ball. #boardgames www.youtube.com/watch?v=zp4I...

One more reason why Harvest is such a great game to get from Japan? It has a solo mode! Harvest | SOLO How to Play | Japanese Board Game youtu.be/mvTFYQZkXZ8 #boardgames

My amateur setup in my bedroom for my board games photography 🤣

PLAYTE are doing a great promotion at #BGBE2026. You can get a whole freight and fill it with games for 10.000 yen. I made a video with some of their games if you wanna check out their lineup: PLAYTE Board Games Showcase | Small Box Games in a Freight Container youtu.be/xTnUHyZp1tw

I’ve just been to Taiwan, what a great place! Got to eat so much food at the night markets and look at such amazingly lush green scenery. Of course I snagged some Taiwanese board games too hehe

I’ve made a video talking about some of the games at the upcoming Board Game Business Expo in Osaka #BGBE2026 “10 + 10 Games at Board Game Business Expo Osaka” youtu.be/DDfoqvVPlFY

We finally played Scout ! Wow no wonder this is a Spiel des Jahres game. It plays so well. I love getting into this combo-maxing thought-space.

Mysboard Games has kindly shared with me to showcase two of their board games that will be on sale at the Board Game Business Expo in Osaka 2026. In this video I teach you how to play the cooperative deduction card game "See you in 10 years": youtu.be/q9ut3ivQQ6c

I didn’t know bootleg board games exist 😓 I bought a copy of TTR & Sky Team. When I opened them TTR’s cards had very poor print quality and Sky Team’s dice were red instead of orange. I went online to check maybe I bought an older version, but no, turns out they’re bootleg. This is so disappointing…

I keep telling myself I shouldn’t buy more board games till the end of the year but I just saw that “Crisps!” has been stocked on @saibep.bsky.social ‘s booth, I rushed to grab a copy. booth.pm/en/items/768...

7Wonders Dice has such a relaxing gameplay vibe 🏛️

Do you know the game “Harvest”? It’s a smallbox Japanese game released in 1992 that is still super popular to this day. If you ever travel to Japan and want to buy a local game, this is my top recommendation. youtu.be/HVgMddybdGU #boardgames

Tonight we played OPEN by Takashi Saito. It’s so neat how he is able to make such quick and fun shedding games using a standard deck of cards. The art and design are so clean. #boardgames

For my last Christmas in Japan, I got to celebrate it the Japanese-way, with a big bucket from KFC! 🍗✨

Hello I’m new here ☀️ I recently started a Youtube channel where I teach and showcase Japanese board games and card games in case you’d like to check it out 👇 youtube.com/@iamcircat #boardgames