I grew up playing Spades, so I also love trick taking games. I just did a video on my channel about trick taking games and talking about 6 games that do the mechanism well. I talk about Spades first and then get into a few that add some twists on the standard trick taking.
Some great plays here!! Aqua is one of our absolute favorites, and we also love Sankore. Have yet to try Tangram City but that sounds like a blast! - G
Thank you so much for watching Grant! 😊 Yeah I very much so enjoyed those games! If you guys enjoyed Aqua I think you will enjoy Tangram City as well! It's wonderful! Hopefully I can meet you guys in person sometime in the future and we can play some games! Are you guys attending any other conventions this year?
Just happened to stumble upon this video today and enjoyed it a lot. I haven't seen your videos before, but I like your engaging style and the joy you exude for board games. I've subscribed and will look forward to checking out more of your videos. Great job!
Ohhhh! Hello! 😊🌿 Welcome to the garden! Thank you so much for subscribing! Glad you enjoyed the video. Excited to chat more here in the comments and for you to discover more of my content! Hope you enjoy. 😊
I have had Trickerion sitting on my shelf for a while now, it is intimidating, and my wife hates learning new games without a Rodney video :). I find Skyrise to be an amazing mix of Foundations of Rome and RA, both great games! And if you ever wanna play Veiled Fate you should come to the meet up in Waterloo, there are a couple of us that have it, and it is one of our faves :)
Sankore looks so amazing. I remember a few years ago, I was talking to my wife about Mansa Musa (she's a teacher) and I thought wow he would make a great focus for a BG theme. And lo and behold, Sankore. Def wanna try this one.
WOW! How cool! It's a fantastic game Reggie. Definitely recommend trying it. I love the theme as well. There needs to be more school themed games in my opinion. I still need to play Alma Mater as well. 😊 Have you played that one?
Top 10 with a bonus. Alex must have taught you how to count. I am so glad you enjoyed Trickerion and Skyrise. I just recently added them to my collection. They are fantastic! Sooo. How many space games did you get played during Space Month? 😂 . It is good to see you again. It has been a while
LOL! He's wearing off on me. 😂Those games were so stinkin good. The type that makes you think about them days after the play. Excited to play them again! I played a few space games solo! I'll be chatting about them in the Sowing Solo coming out soon. 😊 Nice to be back! Missed chatting board games!
So blessed to have some amazing friends that love board games as much as I do! 🥰 I definitely recommend checking out BGA! It's free and a great way to play board games with others.
Love Botany!! It is a lighter game, for sure! Because of that, I played it solo vs. the AI while also catching up on Bridgerton 😅 lol!! The time periods aren’t quiiiiite the same, but the vibes were close enough for me!! ☺️ Harmonies!!! lol I just picked up Harmonies today at my FLGS!! 🤩I’ve played it once solo, and it is such a joyful little puzzler!! I adore it already and can’t wait to come back from work tomorrow to table it again!! ☺️☺️☺️ Such a great list!! 🙌🙌🙌 I can’t wait to look into more of the ones you mentioned!!
Yes!! I think it is great to have those lighter games in your collection to play. They are easier to get to the table and play for sure. Love that! I’ve been rewatching all of Bridgerton since watch the first part of season 3! I’m actually watching it as I type this comment! Cant wait for part 2 of season 3! 😊👏🏻 and YES! Harmonies is just soooo good! Thanks for watching! ❤
I'm excited to play it solo eventually! 😊 And yeah I saw that video. I do agree with a lot of what he said. From the look of it and from what was displayed during the campaign Botany looked as if it was going to be a medium weight euro, which is what I wanted it to be. Unfortunately it is more so a light pick up and deliver game with a lot of randomness. Is it enjoyable? Yes, it's fun but definitely wasn't at all what I was expecting.
I've never heard of veiled Fate, but my group loves deduction games, so I'll surely look it up. Trickerion is one of those games I want to play from such a long time. I've heard of it like 6 years ago from an Italian content creator I follow, but haven't yet got the opportunity to play it. Look amazing though In the private club in which I go to play board games every monday we have Foundation of rome and I have yet to find someone that dislikes it. Everyone fall in love once they've taken their first 3/4 turns. Such a simple but fun game. I've tried Harmonies and liked it, the only thing I whish was implemented was a way to control more the disks you're taking from the supply, like the pine cones you have in Cascadia. I've found it way to random and lot of times you're just staring at disks you don't really care about since they don't match at all with the animal cards you've taken
Definitely recommend! It really surprised me how much I enjoyed it! 😊 Yeah there is just something about Foundations Of Rome. It's so simplistic yet so engaging and fun! Loved it! Ohhh! I totally agree with implementing some sort of token in Harmonies similar to Cascadia. So you could maybe grab 3 from different spots or refresh the market. My only fear is that it could possibly make it too easy to get exactly what you want. Could always try! Sounds fun! 😊
@@TheBoardGameGarden I think the logic why they didn't included it, was that even if you don't care for the animals you should take the disks in order to gain more points from the terrain. Problem is you really want to care about both, not just one aspect
@@FilippoCampana Yeah for sure! As a perfectionist myself I always find myself wanting to accomplish everything and you simply can't. But you can try! 😂
Yes, IV Games are typically a bit more pricey. This is because they put so much into the production of their games. They are beautiful! But I totally understand. I definitely recommend if you can find a secondhand copy for a good price! 😊
I grew up playing Spades, so I also love trick taking games. I just did a video on my channel about trick taking games and talking about 6 games that do the mechanism well. I talk about Spades first and then get into a few that add some twists on the standard trick taking.
Some great plays here!! Aqua is one of our absolute favorites, and we also love Sankore. Have yet to try Tangram City but that sounds like a blast! - G
Thank you so much for watching Grant! 😊 Yeah I very much so enjoyed those games! If you guys enjoyed Aqua I think you will enjoy Tangram City as well! It's wonderful! Hopefully I can meet you guys in person sometime in the future and we can play some games! Are you guys attending any other conventions this year?
Just happened to stumble upon this video today and enjoyed it a lot. I haven't seen your videos before, but I like your engaging style and the joy you exude for board games. I've subscribed and will look forward to checking out more of your videos. Great job!
Ohhhh! Hello! 😊🌿 Welcome to the garden! Thank you so much for subscribing! Glad you enjoyed the video. Excited to chat more here in the comments and for you to discover more of my content! Hope you enjoy. 😊
I have had Trickerion sitting on my shelf for a while now, it is intimidating, and my wife hates learning new games without a Rodney video :). I find Skyrise to be an amazing mix of Foundations of Rome and RA, both great games! And if you ever wanna play Veiled Fate you should come to the meet up in Waterloo, there are a couple of us that have it, and it is one of our faves :)
Sankore looks so amazing. I remember a few years ago, I was talking to my wife about Mansa Musa (she's a teacher) and I thought wow he would make a great focus for a BG theme. And lo and behold, Sankore. Def wanna try this one.
WOW! How cool! It's a fantastic game Reggie. Definitely recommend trying it. I love the theme as well. There needs to be more school themed games in my opinion. I still need to play Alma Mater as well. 😊 Have you played that one?
Great video. I added a couple of these to my wish list.
Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed! 😊
Top 10 with a bonus. Alex must have taught you how to count. I am so glad you enjoyed Trickerion and Skyrise. I just recently added them to my collection. They are fantastic! Sooo. How many space games did you get played during Space Month? 😂 . It is good to see you again. It has been a while
LOL! He's wearing off on me. 😂Those games were so stinkin good. The type that makes you think about them days after the play. Excited to play them again! I played a few space games solo! I'll be chatting about them in the Sowing Solo coming out soon. 😊 Nice to be back! Missed chatting board games!
I really enjoyed Skyrise in the 3 plays so far.
I need to play it again! I've been thinking about it ever since! 😊
Glad to see you enjoy tricktaking games!
I need to do a tricktaking focused video soon! I love them. 😊
Roborally, huh? I still have my copy from Wizards of the Coast, the original publishers, somewhere.
The Magnificent and Trickerion! Both magician themed games I need to play!
They were both so good! WE MUST PLAY THEM! Steph has them both but I'll eventually have them both too. 😂
Wow you play a lot of games, no wonder you are so good, I still have not done the BGA thing, I'm not sure how it exactly works. Have great week!
So blessed to have some amazing friends that love board games as much as I do! 🥰 I definitely recommend checking out BGA! It's free and a great way to play board games with others.
Such a cool sweater ❤
Thank you so much Steven! It's from Carmico! Aidan's apparel brand! carmico.ca/ 😊👏🏻
Pretty much anything from Mindclash is an insta-back for me.
They are getting up there with some of my fav publishers! 😊👏🏻
New daily life game: Spring Cleaning by Jonathan Cox of Jon Gets Games. Super cute doggie art.
OHHHH! I need to check this out! I'm very intrigued! 🥰👏🏻
Love Botany!!
It is a lighter game, for sure! Because of that, I played it solo vs. the AI while also catching up on Bridgerton 😅 lol!! The time periods aren’t quiiiiite the same, but the vibes were close enough for me!! ☺️
Harmonies!!! lol I just picked up Harmonies today at my FLGS!! 🤩I’ve played it once solo, and it is such a joyful little puzzler!! I adore it already and can’t wait to come back from work tomorrow to table it again!! ☺️☺️☺️
Such a great list!! 🙌🙌🙌 I can’t wait to look into more of the ones you mentioned!!
Yes!! I think it is great to have those lighter games in your collection to play. They are easier to get to the table and play for sure. Love that! I’ve been rewatching all of Bridgerton since watch the first part of season 3! I’m actually watching it as I type this comment! Cant wait for part 2 of season 3! 😊👏🏻 and YES! Harmonies is just soooo good! Thanks for watching! ❤
Big kinda truck things 😂
AHAHAHA! Words are hard. 😂
@@TheBoardGameGarden 😂😂😂
Since you like The Magnificent you might want to check out Come Together too. Eilif is on both design teams :)
Ohhhh! I've heard good things about Come Together! I love the theme of that one as well. I'll have to see if I can find a copy! 😊
The Magnificent is very underrated! yep solo is good... and didn't Tom Vassal just bag Botany?
I'm excited to play it solo eventually! 😊 And yeah I saw that video. I do agree with a lot of what he said. From the look of it and from what was displayed during the campaign Botany looked as if it was going to be a medium weight euro, which is what I wanted it to be. Unfortunately it is more so a light pick up and deliver game with a lot of randomness. Is it enjoyable? Yes, it's fun but definitely wasn't at all what I was expecting.
The Magnificent is such a wonderful game! So underrated.
YES! I 100% agree. It definitely needs more attention!
Those trains looked so orderly... Where's the chaos??
AHAHAHA! Get out of here board game nemesis! 😝
I've never heard of veiled Fate, but my group loves deduction games, so I'll surely look it up.
Trickerion is one of those games I want to play from such a long time. I've heard of it like 6 years ago from an Italian content creator I follow, but haven't yet got the opportunity to play it. Look amazing though
In the private club in which I go to play board games every monday we have Foundation of rome and I have yet to find someone that dislikes it. Everyone fall in love once they've taken their first 3/4 turns. Such a simple but fun game.
I've tried Harmonies and liked it, the only thing I whish was implemented was a way to control more the disks you're taking from the supply, like the pine cones you have in Cascadia. I've found it way to random and lot of times you're just staring at disks you don't really care about since they don't match at all with the animal cards you've taken
Definitely recommend! It really surprised me how much I enjoyed it! 😊 Yeah there is just something about Foundations Of Rome. It's so simplistic yet so engaging and fun! Loved it!
Ohhh! I totally agree with implementing some sort of token in Harmonies similar to Cascadia. So you could maybe grab 3 from different spots or refresh the market. My only fear is that it could possibly make it too easy to get exactly what you want. Could always try! Sounds fun! 😊
@@TheBoardGameGarden I think the logic why they didn't included it, was that even if you don't care for the animals you should take the disks in order to gain more points from the terrain. Problem is you really want to care about both, not just one aspect
@@FilippoCampana Yeah for sure! As a perfectionist myself I always find myself wanting to accomplish everything and you simply can't. But you can try! 😂
I did not notice that you missed month! Now I feel like a bad friend!
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I forgive you! 😂
The NOT nice thing about Veiled Fate is that you can rarely find it for less than $80 unfortunately...
Yes, IV Games are typically a bit more pricey. This is because they put so much into the production of their games. They are beautiful! But I totally understand. I definitely recommend if you can find a secondhand copy for a good price! 😊
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top of your head is cut off! :P as a photographer, very distracting...
WOW! Such a specific thing to notice. HAHA sorry!