#  @shelfside Shelfside Shelfside posts on YouTube about $susd, man vs, euro, solo the most. 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Common Stock (GRAL)](/topic/grail) ### Top Social Posts Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours "Threshold Prototype Review MMO meets Campaign Game We review a MMO styled campaign board game Threshold by owl studios features players deckbuilding with asymmetric characters fighting on a hex map (like Gloomhaven). There is a combination of the overland and combat as players manage their hands of [--] cards upgrading their decks as they level up. You can role-play as a guardian or mystic in this prototype to do MMORPG-isms At some point there may be level [--] raids or guilds to participate in Lots of aspects of the questing and loot feel like the popular blizzard game World of Warcraft but how" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=3GoLIZWDAFk) 2025-10-28T14:30Z 53K followers, 14.6K engagements "We finished the Dunwich Legacy Campaign (Arkham Horror LCG) No Spoilers The very first Arkham Horror Campaign the Dunwich Legacy Expansion has been completed We delve into our personal experience of deckbuilding to scenario design. It is a bit of a FFG blast from the past but weve only covered the Arkham Horror: The Card Game Revised Core set. From [----] this cooperative Lovecraft system has tons of theme and push your luck to investigate locations. It has one of the best types of asymmetry with investigator (player) powers and weaknesses Is this Cthulhu mythos game worth visiting or should" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=7oqc8x1zAwc) 2025-04-04T21:59Z 52.9K followers, 11.9K engagements "The Rise and Fall of Fantasy Flight Games We take a deep dive into the history of Fantasy Flight Games an American based board game publisher who is known for many top [---] BGG games like Twilight Imperium and previously Battlestar Galactica. In fact FFG is known for pioneering the genre of LCG which did a spin on the classic CCG format of Magic the Gathering where you would now be guaranteed cards Such games started with Game of Thrones LCG and still go on with Marvel Champions today. Fantasy Flight was blending Euro and Ameritrash together in many games and had lots of big box dungeon" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=B9J_eNa_eYU) 2025-08-15T14:30Z 53K followers, 154.6K engagements "Aeon Trespass: Odyssey Shelfside Review Shelfside finishes half of Aeon Trespass: Odyssey the epic greek mythology boss battler that draws heavily from games like Kingdom Death: Monster Dark Souls and Monster Hunter As a massive [--] pound kickstarter board game with a giant campaign full of adventure voyaging and giant boss miniatures this co-op tabletop experience has players play through [--] campaigns called cycles each with their own unique themes rules mechanics and enemies Build your civilization as a city-sized ship called the Argo and create new technology cards to craft items and weapons" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=D7tMSm-cIjE) 2023-10-27T12:45Z 52.9K followers, 52.1K engagements "Reviewing EVERY Monopoly Expansion We review the latest Monopoly launch of [--] expansions which all insist on making the game faster These are all $10 and can play on house rules like free parking or even make spaces like Just Visiting purchase-able In fact in one of the expansions you can even buy the bank In Buy Everything you can even have variable player powers with new win conditions. Or just go to SuperJail in Go To Jail for maximum corruption cards Do these expansions change the Monopoly core of roll and move and trading enough to make it a recommendation today in the era of Euros and" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=TTEmuCNG0S0) 2025-04-12T00:48Z 52.9K followers, 89.6K engagements "Sid Meier's Civilization: The Board Game Review MY DREAM GAME IS OUT OF PRINT w/Expansions Shelfside reviews a classic 4X the Civilization Board Game This time with all the expansions Might as well given that this board game is unfortunately out of print at the time of this review. But that's not going to stop us from covering this epic 4x tabletop game night experience that incorporates euro and ameritrash gameplay into an incredibly unique blend. The combat has no dice and instead has a deck of unit cards there's resource management in the form of city upkeep and there's [--] win conditions" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=WCEMLZc-gnY) 2022-03-08T15:30Z 52.9K followers, 52.7K engagements "How Instagram Changed Board Gaming Social media has had a real impact on board game design Weve been [--] major trends throughout the last decade or so whether or not a game has been kickstarted or not. From feels good outcomes to drawing a lot of cards and seeing new information instagram has definitely made things have better accuracy or better first impressions. We can see this in many popular BGG games whether or not theyre Euros as this applies to campaign and Ameritrash games too Even the 4x genre is left changed. But this isnt a bad thing it just means that the tabletop experience is" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=WOJnOPaT3_I) 2026-02-03T19:29Z 53K followers, [----] engagements "Splendor Duel QUICK Review We review Splendor Duel the [--] player successor to the popular Splendor However Splendor Duel is no longer just a gateway game rather its a more serious euro with more interaction and crunchiness with the central board. And people love it with a higher ranking on BGG You race to get the most crowns in jewelry or victory points as you build up your sets in front of you. There are no nobles to contract for rather royals with [--] win conditions Is this a worthy successor to one of the first euros we ever played (and commentated for at WSBG) Doomlings (Use "SHELF15" at" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Zd-0nMlvhx0) 2024-02-29T15:30Z 52.9K followers, [----] engagements "Reviewing EVERY Catan Expansion We cover ALL [--] of the major Settlers of Catan expansions Seafarers Cities & Knights Traders & Barbarians and Explorers & Pirates are all here These board game expansion scenarios and modules add crazy new rules like having ships be a stand-in for roads having knights be tokens that can move around instead of just being cards more development cards more resource types the list goes on and on With more mechanics comes crazier gameplay and so you'll need more victory points to win but does that make Catan tabletop sessions overstay their welcome And doesn't" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=bSVdYQFzFSs) 2022-09-03T06:47Z 53K followers, 559.8K engagements "Twilight Imperium 4: Prophecy of Kings Quick Review Here at Shelfside we utterly adore Twilight Imperium [--] and with the new ffg expansion Prophecy of Kings we have even more of an excuse to keep on playing some TI4 on tabletop board game nights Pok is the newest and latest expansion for Twilight Imperium 4th edition with new races factions mechanics and more epic space fighting that you know and love This quick review covers the general new instructions and gameplay mechanisms found in the rulebook which mostly has awesome new lore and only [--] pages of new rulings Despite that all these new" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=bfX1PhQLLtM) 2021-07-05T13:45Z 52.8K followers, 37.1K engagements "Star Wars: Battle of Hoth Review Memoir [--] Strikes Back We review this tactical 1v1 fight between the Rebels and Empire Battle of Hoth is an asymmetrical hex based war game that only takes [--] minutes too You'll manage your hand and battlefield to get the most medals rolling dice to resolve combats. With simple line of sight rules and a great presentation does this have what it takes to be popular on BGG in [----] After all many of the old Memoir [--] rules are here just tweaked to make the game even more streamlined. There's also a TON of replayability and depth with the campaigns and" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ch9mhs8m0Aw) 2025-10-22T14:30Z 53K followers, 10.6K engagements "Arkham Horror LCG Review (Revised Core Set) Help My Wallet Fantasy Flight Games has released a new revised core set for the Arkham Horror card game This Living Card Game is constantly printing new cards in a unique blend of role playing and deck builder. In classic lovecraftian board game fashion 1-4 players will each choose an investigator and scenario. The main win condition goal won't be known yet as you'll have to complete objectives from act cards. Turn after turn you will perform actions that will eventually progress the scenario and draw encounter cards along the way. As always flavor" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=erQk8e1DKFs) 2021-11-01T14:15Z 52.9K followers, 71.4K engagements "Playing Root Digital Until I Like Root Man I don't like Root the board game but maybe the digital edition can help ease me in In this video I use my Nintendo Switch to play a bunch of Root digital to see if I can grasp all the crazy faction asymmetry better And while the gameplay is easier to grasp when playing at my own pace digitally instead of over a tabletop there's still a slew of digital issues like having trouble viewing my opponents' hand of cards or icons/text being too small. I did find myself enjoying the military factions like the Marquise cats and Eyrie birds but my god the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=gS88oi2zIpI) 2022-08-05T14:30Z 53K followers, 94K engagements "Do you NEED a Board Game Table Of course you do not need to buy a board game table. Then again you don't need to even be playing board games right So how should you weigh your decision if you decide to take the plunge into buying one of these delightful works of carpentry How does the arena-like usage with the rail running around work for games How is the mat like Can you use it for other things besides playing games We use the Duchess a board game table from boardgametables.com (bought through kickstarter) as our comparison. The Duchess was our first board game table ever in high school and" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=hZRXqcRLAZY) 2020-08-15T14:15Z 52.8K followers, 154.2K engagements "Nemesis Retaliation Shelfside Review We delve into this huge social deduction game Nemesis Retaliation This is the 3rd installment of the Nemesis Ameritrash series from Awaken Realms which has lots of items and asymmetry inside a sci-fi world. Will the aliens destroy your team of marines trying to explore the facility to do their hidden agendas What will your dice rolls be to make sure the aliens dont spawn on you and attack you Oh the horror. You must run through corridors making sure you dont die from contamination too (player elimination does exist). Theres even a solo/cooperative variant" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=vbhYx7Gdkqk) 2025-09-04T14:30Z 53K followers, 32.9K engagements "The Problem With Pandemic Pandemic is a beloved gateway board game for many people out there but at the same time it draws a whole lot of criticism much like other big name board games like Catan though for an entirely different reason. In fact a lot of co-op games get this exact same criticism and its that theres no point in playing them with a group of people when the efficacy of gameplay can be done just as easily by yourself. This manifests itself as a term that people call quarterbacking where because theres no gameplay barrier between players theres nothing stopping [--] player from" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=WPZ55-ypSKo) 2020-09-10T14:15Z 47.8K followers, [----] engagements "Relic Wars Shelfside Plays We play a Relic Wars a medieval fantasy fight to the death Players will adapt to ever changing battlefields as they use movement points and roll dice to attack their enemies with equipping items. Published by Flying Pig Games theres asymmetrical character/champions who try to get [--] pieces of the chalice and in doing so will begin a manhunt With miniatures to strategic spell combos this could really be anyones match Theres even some take-that with the turn by turn Divine Intervention cards. Play Relic Wars:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=XI864a0sGRs) 2025-05-13T14:30Z 47K followers, [----] engagements "The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship Shelfside Review Pandemic gets a Lord of the Rings installment finally In Matt Leacock's newest cooperative board game you play as heroes of Middle Earth trying to destroy the one ring before all hope is lost. With lots of card play and asymmetry there is a ton of replayability to complete all of the objectives You can even play this game solo and on boardgame arena There is some dice rolling to simulate combat from War of the Ring especially with those Nazgul flying around. Does this give a captivating cooperative experience with minimal chits" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Y7DfT36FWUo) 2025-09-09T14:30Z 53K followers, 23.5K engagements "1 Day Board Game Review Challenge - Skytear Horde We try to review Skytear Horde in [--] hours This was a massive undertaking for a board game review since those can take a long time with all sorts of tabletop mechanics and components being filmed especially if the games are heavy in complexity. SkyTear Horde is a card game similar to Magic the Gathering that was a good pick for this review: A short runtime at 20-40 minutes familiar trading card game mechanics and something we initially knew very little about. Based off the universe of Skytear (the MOBA board game) this castle defense card" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=YhAQ2vASUBU) 2023-03-08T15:30Z 42.9K followers, [----] engagements "Cyberpunk [----] - The Board Game DEMO Review Feels like an arcade game Enter the iconic world of Cyberpunk [----] in this real time sci-fi tabletop game Launched on Gamefound by Go On Board games this campaign game has hand management and puzzling around a map. Get in with a team of 2-4 and get out while playing a card a turn We beat the [--] mission long demo with every asymmetric character The progression system to get more of each color is insanely satisfying too Or just do simpler turns of downloading ram But do the components hold up to the real-time nature of the game In fact dice rolling" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZVlKHWZb0fM) 2024-09-03T14:30Z 42.7K followers, 39.9K engagements "The Frosthaven Banner Spear Experience A good Banner Spear needs a good backup plan called basic attacking when the positioning plans fail. Get Frosthaven on Steam: https://bit.ly/FHV-Shelfside Support us: https://www.patreon.com/shelfside https://ko-fi.com/shelfside Our Website https://www.shelfside.co/ Purchase Games Weve Reviewed (Paid Link) https://amazon.com/shop/shelfside Shelfside Social Media: https://twitter.com/ShelfSideYT https://www.instagram.com/shelfsideboardgames/ https://www.facebook.com/ShelfsideYT/ https://discord.gg/U7QQKqYT62 Links to our other stuff: Ashton's Channel:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZzDUXNg53v0) 2025-07-30T13:52Z 53K followers, [----] engagements "50k Subscribers now what Milestone achieved But now with [-----] subscribers what are we to do Publish more content of top [---] BGG games Or make more comedic sketches Or gamefound/kickstarter reviews More Ti4 or Gloomhaven content This video is a bit of a celebration of our success and perhaps some directions for our loyal fans to follow. Support us: https://www.patreon.com/shelfside https://ko-fi.com/shelfside Our Website https://www.shelfside.co/ Purchase Games Weve Reviewed (Paid Link) https://amazon.com/shop/shelfside Shelfside Social Media: https://twitter.com/ShelfSideYT" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_Eb-_jHFHsI) 2025-09-27T23:13Z 53K followers, [----] engagements "Monopoly Fortnite is NOT Monopoly Monopoly: Fortnite is not just any re-skin of Monopoly. This is a game that combines the two themes of the popular games plays nothing like the traditional property selling Monopoly. In this game for 2-7 players players will have [--] health shoot each other from across the board all while trying to escape the storm. There's the typical chug jugs epic items and walls that you can find in Epic Games' fortnite. But then there's the constant pressure from the storm that triggers when anyone passes GO as well as the location/property mechanic being entirely" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_mNPRZWQV4A) 2020-09-16T14:15Z 48.2K followers, 16.6K engagements "Alice is Missing Review 1st Silent Game Impressions This is the one-shot TTRPG you play with cell phones that is all texting A girl has gone missing in a sleepy Californian town and it's up to the group of friends to find her. You can use discord and group chats to communicate where you change your friends' names. Hunters entertainment has a digital integration with this serious and dark role playing game but what do us board gamers think since this is not a classical game with mechanisms and chits and strategy. Is it potentially too freeform Should you play another RPG like dungeons and" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=a3aFaMi8QbA) 2023-10-19T14:30Z 42.8K followers, [----] engagements "Ameritrash is Better Than Euro What kind of elitist board gamer prefers Euro tabletop games over Ameritrash Ameritrash board games are just so thematic with all their minis and streamlined mechanics and everybody loves dice right Roll with your hands a cup a dice tower it doesn't matter everyone knows what they are and how to play board games with them. We like games with amazing art and stories without all the bloated rules and mechanics that bog down the game night experience Unlike euro games that revel in their snobbish levels of heavy complexity that refuse to just have fun with random" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=cXwiXhYEvFE) 2021-10-08T14:30Z 50.4K followers, 14K engagements "Taboo (ASMR) Shelfside Review *Muffled Shelfside Review ASMR noises* No but seriously this review of Taboo was really fun to make and we gotta give credit to one of our friends for the idea. Taboo is a very unique party tabletop board game where players have to describe a word whilst unable to use certain other words in said description. Support us: https://www.patreon.com/shelfside https://ko-fi.com/shelfside Our Website https://www.shelfside.co Purchase Games We've Reviewed (Paid Link) https://amazon.com/shop/shelfside Table of Contents: Intro - (0:00) Overview - (0:29) How to Play - (3:06)" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=d7s8ucrDlf4) 2019-08-29T23:54Z 50.3K followers, [----] engagements "Elden Ring: Rot and Sorcery Shelfside Plays Elden Ring is in a board game from Steamforged games to cooperatively work together to defeat bosses in scenarios We manage our hands of cards trying to stitch together a combo while positioning on the grid map. We want to re-orient the spells in the marching order so we don't get hit The bigger game has NPCs to fight with and many upgrades for your character to achieve. You can even construct your deck Can we defeat the Red Wolf of Ratagon before it downs us [--] times How does this game blend Ameritrash and Euro mechanics for a satisfying boss" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=e1KQVt3HWRE) 2025-08-26T14:30Z 53K followers, [----] engagements "Top [--] Most Influential Board Games Ever What has impacted the board game industry the most We answer this question for all tabletop games except TTRPGs through the lens of game mechanics. Although Euros like Catan have had amazing cultural impact it isnt necessarily at the top of this list We take a trip down board game history in seeing classics like Chess and Monopoly and how they affect the way we view and play games. And dont count out the TCG originator: Magic the Gathering which not only spun off LCGS but also board games with their own drafting mechanisms and free for all play akin to" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=eFlGRRwHKNE) 2024-06-17T14:30Z 46.8K followers, 65.6K engagements "The Gang Review Cooperative Poker thats Free We review a Texas Hold em spinoff that is now played versus the game In The Gang players will use their pocket to assemble a [--] card hand a rank themselves amongst the team without talking Youre doing these predictive bids without bluffing through the flop and river to eventually have everyone reveal their hand. You can also DIY to create this game for free just using a standard deck of playing cards and some way to denote rank Is this Toy of the Year finalist good enough to compete with other fillers like the Resistance and Coup Or maybe you should" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=f8bcl47aYHk) 2025-02-21T15:30Z 45.7K followers, [----] engagements "Sky Team Shelfside Review w/Turbulence Expansion We review a game where you try to land a plane without crashing Sky Team is a cooperative game with dice rolling to perform enough actions to ready the plane for landing. Trick is the pilots dont know each others dice and cant communicate after the dice are rolled Its a simulation/emulation of being at the controls with variable setup to change out the maps. In fact its a spin on worker placement when zoomed out Is this Spiel Des Jahres winner for [----] worth the look now that its shooting so high on boardgamegeek Is the Turbulence expansion" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=g5L7_6SFNzs) 2025-07-04T06:15Z 53K followers, [----] engagements "The Mole Shelfside Plays We delve into this social deduction party game which is very similar to Spyfall Players are hidden at a location and are given a secret role which one of is the mole. Then they must use hand management and bluffing to discover the secret identity of the mole This Claredon games pick is a little more casual in the light board game segment but this is an 18+ adults game. Who will best use deduction to find this mole traitor first Grab The Mole: https://www.amazon.com/Clarendon-Games-The-Mole/dp/B08P53MGKBref_=ast_sto_dp Table of Contents: Intro - (0:00) How to Play -" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=hGijABtBmYM) 2023-09-29T14:30Z 48.8K followers, [----] engagements "Primal: The Awakening Shelfside Review Shelfside reviews Primal: the Awakening a co-op boss battler monster hunting miniature board game for 1-5 players with expansions. This boutique tabletop campaign promises a deep card game with hand management and deckbuilding mechanics where sequencing cards properly for the different characters is key to victory. With plenty of options and a plethora of gear to be crafted players will be able to customize all sorts of playstyles to adapt to the wide variety of bosses theyll encounter each with their own unique behavior reaction cards and necessary" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=iGdCWgz8LM0) 2025-03-13T13:54Z 47K followers, 17.1K engagements "The Realm of Sword and Snow Prototype Review What I wanted out of Rising Sun We review this behemoth of an area control that has players being princes/princesses with zombies In this fictional Ancient China theyll be the threat of the undead from the North while players squabble amongst themselves for the most divine points to become the next emperor. It takes a lot of Ameritrash ideas from games like Battlestar Galactica but also feels heavily inspired by the areas controls of Game of Thrones/Blood Rage. And games take place over very long years in which itll progress from Spring to harvest" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ijy3gOpsguU) 2024-12-04T15:30Z 44.1K followers, [----] engagements "We Played Frosthaven's Closed Beta Shelfside plays Frosthaven digital on Steam the video game adaptation of the original board game from Cephalofair Games. Daniel and Alex complete the first [--] scenarios on hard difficulty while playing as the Banner Spear and Deathwalker See for yourself how well this classic cardplay tactical RPG translates over to a digital environment especially the outpost phase Disclaimer: While we were sent beta codes for free this isn't a paid sponsored video. All game elements shown are subject to change. Support us: https://www.patreon.com/shelfside" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=k2b-24bfRZ8) 2025-05-06T14:01Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements "Twilight Struggle Review Where is the #1 BGG Game now We review the prolific cold war game Twilight Struggle as the US and USSR square off in the 20th century This GMT tabletop game has players taking asymmetric roles as they drop influence across countries around the world with dice rolling to resolve many checks. They're trying to get majority area control for when the scoring cards appear to get victory points. It's very thematic with the tug-of-war mechanic of countries as you play historic events from hand management. But where is this previous best BGG game now in [----] with all the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=kAdUTwVFAyY) 2025-01-27T15:13Z 45.3K followers, [----] engagements "I made a Board Game Tinder Profile How does online dating work with our board gaming obsession We play our favorite boardgamegeek games using Tinder and we showcase the entire process starting with taking photos We make the profile and get plenty of matches. The video ends with us discussion the results of the dates Can we find love and give dating advice with tons of matches or will we struggle to just find people to play couples board games with Twilight Imperium [--] can make a pretty good mock fish as a main profile picture to attract people. Is Pranav's hate for Catan a good thing on his" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=kX95Vu8pSkI) 2024-04-10T14:30Z 37.5K followers, [----] engagements "Cosmic Encounter Duel Review - A Classic Redesigned In this Shelfside review we cover Cosmic Encounter Duel a tabletop board game that's a spinoff of the original Cosmic Encounter game published by Fantasy Flight Games but designed for a two player game night As usual players are racing to control [--] planets like in the original board game but now with new tactics rules and cards to change up the gameplay A different playthrough will vary widely from tabletop game to game as players can pick from [--] different factions each with their own unique abilities. Plenty of asymmetry is present here" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=kseeLneW4s4) 2021-01-08T15:00Z 46.5K followers, 14.6K engagements "Why I Sold Battlestar Galactica Here at Shelfside. we've sold the Battlestar Galactica board game. What How can we even call ourselves hardcore tabletop enthusiasts anymore Even more bewildering it's Ashton's personal favorite number one board game of all time Well there's a lot of reasons and as board game youtubers we've had a lot more game nights playing a lot more games than we probably would've played otherwise which leads to a ton of exposure to new game mechanics and design ideas. That and some simple logistical constraints like scheduling free time and accessibility with our gaming" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=kwnr7ybv8Gg) 2021-05-13T16:37Z 50.4K followers, 13.6K engagements "Food Chain Magnate Shelfside Review In this Shelfside Review we munch into Food Chain Magnate a heavy Euro-styled tabletop board game developed by Splotter games where players are CEOs of their own companies hiring employees training them and using employees to produce fast food products to sell all across the map. As a CEO youll be managing your hand of employees price manipulating to sell as much as possible and estimating how big the banks are. The game boasts a highly modular board simultaneous action selection and a winner-takes-all mentality when selling to each house. Is this expensive" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=kyE8V6COjKk) 2023-10-25T01:38Z 29.9K followers, 14.2K engagements "Lord of the Rings LCG Core Set Shelfside Unboxing Shelfside unboxes LOTR LCG Core Set That's a lot of acronyms. Lord of the Rings: The Card Game is a tabletop board game from Fantasy Flight Games where players go on epic adventures with characters and cards to help them along the way. All of which Ashton nerds out over in this unboxing. Support us: https://www.patreon.com/shelfside https://ko-fi.com/shelfside Our Website https://www.shelfside.co Purchase Games Weve Reviewed (Paid Link) https://amazon.com/shop/shelfside Links to our stuff: Ashton's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ashtonwu" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=lEKpORsD9AU) 2019-10-11T16:35Z 48.8K followers, [----] engagements "F: Festive Fortunes Prototype Review Bidding with Chinese Red Envelopes Chinese New Years now becomes economic You bid with other players with red envelopes to visit each others houses In Fu you try to have the most prosperity by first purchasing food (worker placement) then blindly bid with other players to see which snacks you eat. When you eat more snacks you basically set collect to score points end game Or you could get more decorations for more ways to score victory points Is this tabletop game a worthy competitor to other bidding games like Container or the Estates Or perhaps the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=lbTI-3XUybQ) 2025-05-02T14:30Z 46.9K followers, [---] engagements "Lands of Evershade Prototype Review Everything I've Ever Wanted Shelfside reviews Awaken Realms' Lands of Evershade prototype Aiming to blend ttrpg and board game this co-op adventure will have players create characters with an outright player's handbook and send them off in one of three different campaigns. With tons of dice rolling and grid based miniatures/standees combat gameplay is simple yet interesting using action cards for combat and skill check rolls in a CYOA exploration overworld where you'll read from a storybook Check out Lands of Evershade:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=lzZTaqET_VQ) 2024-11-14T18:36Z 43.4K followers, 24K engagements "World's Least Awkward Board Gamer This guy is totally not awkward at non-board game parties He loves his tabletop games with complexity and wont let others tell him they dont want to play. In fact he might do whatever it takes to play So get out of the way you party game Cards Against Humanity This totally socially apt board game geek wants to take the chits and cards out for people to do management right away. Other people just dont understand the rules yet to his BGG top [---] games Hes kind of like a try-hard rules lawyer board gamer stereotype The GTT Arena Kickstarter:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=maWYkYxjOEU) 2024-02-29T03:28Z 42.8K followers, [----] engagements "Re;ACT - The Arts of War Review The Final Release Shelfside reviews the finished product React board game The same yugioh chain link inspired grid based anime card dueler is here with the full cast of [--] characters and [--] expansion ones (one is a Level [--] Games crossover kickstarter exclusive) The cardplay hand management and positioning gameplay are excellent as always with each character having pre-built decks so now comes the question of how well Re;ACT holds up not just as a tabletop board gaming experience but also for those looking for a TCG-like. Check out the game:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=mdQfHSW2Yw0) 2024-10-21T13:01Z 50.2K followers, [----] engagements "Pandemic Shelfside Review Shelfside reviews a classic game about not curing cancer. Pandemic is a co-op tabletop board game that was a revolutionary trend setter for future co-op board games and is the predecessor to games like Pandemic Legacy (and pretty much the whole "Legacy" type of board game). Support us: https://www.patreon.com/shelfside https://ko-fi.com/shelfside Our Website https://www.shelfside.co Purchase Games We've Reviewed (Paid Link) https://amazon.com/shop/shelfside Table of Contents: Intro - (0:00) Overview - (0:23) How to Play - (1:56) Pros - (3:11) Cons - (4:26)" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=nVDXTxAcz0g) 2019-09-12T16:21Z 48.1K followers, [----] engagements "Everdell Shelfside Review Everdell is a [----] card-based worker placement with a huge cardboard cutout tree that holds its deck of cards all with beautiful artwork Unique animal critter meeples and amazing resource components leave a tactile feel alongside excellent cardplay tactics to score the most victory points Everdell can support 1-4 players though the solo mode may leave you wanting without some expansions. Still this boardgamegeek top [---] euro is definitely a tabletop presence like no other Support us: https://www.patreon.com/shelfside https://ko-fi.com/shelfside Our Website" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=o5k4DGltc4E) 2024-08-31T14:00Z 42.7K followers, 16.7K engagements "Shadows: Heroes & Monsters Shelfside Plays We delve into a dungeon together while being scumbags to each other This dungeon dive with asymmetric abilities and TCG inspired card drops has us [--] trying to collect the most shadow stones. Shortened by SAHM this Player vs. player vs. enemy game from Keun Games has you building your deck and killing [--] monsters if possible. We triggered once per game abilities to do some sneaky cutthroat things too With no shortage of take that who can predict/deduce what the others are playing to collect the most shadow stones Play SAHM:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=oD9HDekDo5w) 2025-03-18T14:30Z 46.2K followers, [----] engagements "Radlands Shelfside Review Radlands is a lane-based [--] player card game that takes 20-40 minutes per game There's no collectables like a TCG it's more like an LCG where you buy all the cards at once Each player draws their hand of cards from a shared deck and spends water (mana) every turn to play cards and activate abilities. The victory condition is to destroy all of the opponent's camps each with their own unique effects and strategies to play around Radlands streamlines the dueling card game experience incredibly well with simple mechanics and great depth from low complexity. However how" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=oFQRH3vj6x4) 2022-05-17T14:30Z 44.2K followers, 15.9K engagements "Euro Is Better Than Ameritrash What kind of casual noob board gamer prefers Ameritrash tabletop games over Euro Euro board games are the real board games with real strategy and depth to them and everybody loves to feel like they've earned their game night victories right Whether it be building victory point engine drafting meeples in worker placement or learning complex mechanics everyone can appreciate a real brain-burner board game. We like tabletop games without randomness which means no dice and cards should be drafted Unlike Ameritrash games which love wasting their players' time with" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=qEFx0l-JpPg) 2021-10-08T14:30Z 50.4K followers, 12.9K engagements "We Played Furylands We delve into this cooperative fantasy dungeon crawler Ashton and [--] other buddies completed [--] scenarios/missions of Furylands and here is the highlight reel as we finish with a boss fight This is Furylands: Ashes of Avalon where theres asymmetry with character creation with an innovative skill pairing system. Is this the tabletop cooperative experience like Gloomhaven or Frosthaven This also has lots of chits and cards and and shares a similar euro-like combat system Play Furylands: http://play.furylands.com/ This is a sponsored video. Table of Contents: Overview - (0:00)" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=qKhFT1NTpQ4) 2025-06-28T14:30Z 53K followers, [----] engagements "Red Dust Rebellion took [--] hours First Impressions We played this asymmetric sci-fi area control for the first time and talk about it Red Dust Rebellion is the 12th game of the GMT COIN series where Mars has been colonized and [--] warring factions are striving for their own victory conditions. As per usual COIN faction you play around events flipping from a central deck deciding when is best to pass or use a full operation with unique actions. Ashton played as the corporations trying to get the most profits and Daniel as the Church of the reclaimer who deal with hand management. Is the time" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=qYpVJu_f8Vc) 2024-12-16T15:30Z 44.3K followers, [----] engagements "The Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era Shelfside Review w/ Valenwood Expansion We finished multiple campaigns of this popular IP becoming a board game This Chip Theory games production (partnered with Bethesda) is about customization a character and dungeon crawling through a [--] session campaign (about [--] hrs). It's in Tamriel's second era as you can go from Skyrim to Morrowwind. The hexes for combat remind us of Gloomhaven yet this game's skill and combat system is much different it's more like Too Many Bones As you go through your choose-your-own-adventure with the Gazeteers what will" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=qZi5kMMFTg4) 2025-04-01T03:23Z 50.2K followers, 27.5K engagements "Reviewing [--] Board Game Bags Board game bags come in all shapes and sizes and we're here to review [--] This review montage ranges from the cheapest bag we could find to the biggest backpack ever We cover famous brands like allplay (boardgamestables.com) and then random amazon brands. A popular rectangular size lets you put Ticket to Ride/Dominion sized games across easily. Even Gator cases which makes musicians' gear has a supposed board game bag What makes a board game bag actually good and how comfortable does it have to be Does holding a lot of weight for all of your chits/cards make sense" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=qpHIp5snYvI) 2024-10-10T14:30Z 42.4K followers, [----] engagements "Board Game Reviewer Explains Dice Rolling in [--] Levels of Difficulty Shelfside's professional board game reviewers sit down to explain how dice rolling works to [--] people of different expertise. Tabletop games use dice and randomness as a gameplay mechanism all the time. Every single card game that has shuffling and drawing cards is an example or board games like Monopoly or Catan. But the ways that randomness is used has varying levels of nuance to it and so in this video we're going to break down the concept of RNG so that you'll understand it no matter what level of board game player you" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=rnjPIM66L0o) 2022-02-10T14:30Z 47.2K followers, [----] engagements "I try [--] Bay Area Board Game Stores The Bay Areas board game stores and cafes were coming We travel around in a loop around the Bay Area to go to as many FLGS as we can Theres board game cafes (Game Parlour & Victory Point Cafe) then full on gaming stores like Game Kastle. Some places are free to demo games whereas others might have a rental program We also try out some drinks and board game themed food during this one-day road trip No kidding its from San Jose all the way to Oakland then Novato then back before midnight Theres popular games like Root and Heroquest shown but also older" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=sDJ8hWcN5Tk) 2024-08-06T14:30Z 42.8K followers, 22K engagements "Secret Societies Prototype Review Deep Euro Bidding If you wanted a Euro-driven bidding game with strong asymmetry look no further This Garpill Games' release has hand management of your bids as you seek to get the most power (victory points). You will collect sets of deeds (countries) and expand your income by filling in your player board This game shares some similarities to entries like Hadrian's Wall but has a LOT more interaction in comparison. Is this the auction game for you with variable set-up and a lot of really nice wooden tabletop pieces Play Secret Societies:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=sprEB7tz_oQ) 2025-09-30T23:01Z 53K followers, [----] engagements "Trying to rank the last [--] years of Board Games (2015-2024) How interesting and impactful were the last [--] years of board gaming to me We look at this through a game lens since anything other than that would be an overwhelming task as there are too many ameritrash and euro games. We also include the Spiel Des Jahres from each year which has family games Which year will be the standoff one and have the most games in the BGG top [---] How much tabletop knowledge do we have of each year Which popular kickstarter games should we review next Play Goblins Hate Xmas:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=tNEj6NFAX80) 2025-09-10T14:30Z 53K followers, [----] engagements "Bloodwork Shelfside Plays We work together to defeat an evil boss in Bloodwork This is a cooperative dark fantasy RPG board game to play as mercenaries to free the Damemark. Theres character customization for the [--] asymmetric ones weve played with unique enemy AI mechanics. Theres tons of miniatures and terrain to interact with too The gameplay definitely looks inspired by Gloomhaven and Dungeon and Dragons 5th edition. In this scenario we faced against Giggarat dice rolling to hit him in his weak spots. You can even do some fun roleplaying with all of the skills per character Will we" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=uER8ixTStDo) 2025-09-11T14:30Z 53K followers, [----] engagements "LOOP Review When Happiness Is Victory Points Work. Buy. Consume. Shelfside reviews LOOP (Life Of Ordinary People) a medium weight euro board game that has players reenacting 21st century life in a tabletop setting where the goal is to achieve maximum happiness (victory points). The gameplay loop revolves around players each playing as a unique career that earns varying amounts of money and happiness with their unique stats and actions. The rules of this board game are highly thematic and on your turn you literally just do one of three actions: Work Buy or Consume. Though there's also favor" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=uKK-DhrEX44) 2021-03-25T15:45Z 49.2K followers, [----] engagements "Antares Kingdoms Review Simultaneous Gameplay Euro Shelfside reviews a euro-inspired set collection board game that has everyone play simultaneously Antares Kingdoms has everyone play as one of [--] factions over a period of [--] decades (phases) with [--] years (rounds) each. Players compete for the most victory points by collecting the most sets and dominion cards. Every year you do two actions which will usually involve drawing and playing more cards to advance your kingdom as well as spending gold usually as free actions to further boost yourself. Simultaneous play is definitely a cool gameplay" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=v7W85oMqCKQ) 2022-02-01T17:25Z 50.4K followers, [----] engagements "How to Store Your Games Without an Insert Ashton shares his strategy behind getting your tabletop board game started and put away as quickly as possible. Shelfside is not affiliated with Plano boxes in any way we just happen to like them for our geeky board game purposes. Nothing wrong with inserts but there's tons of ways to store your components whether it be The Broken Token or fishing boxes. Support us: https://www.patreon.com/shelfside https://ko-fi.com/shelfside Our Website https://www.shelfside.co Purchase Games Weve Reviewed (Paid Link) https://amazon.com/shop/shelfside Links to our" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=x1jKnkzTflM) 2019-11-25T22:04Z 50.4K followers, 25.7K engagements "Tainted Grail Fall of Avalon Completed Thoughts NO SPOILERS Shelfside revisits Fall of Avalon in this jank unboxing of the stretch goals for Tainted Grail (Last Knight and Age of Legends) now that our Tainted Grail conquest of all [--] chapters is done There's updated thoughts on the story as well as further complaints about the mechanics and cardplay. Tainted Grail may have its pitfalls as a board game but as a tabletop story experience that exploration journal still manages to deliver an incredibly immersive world to dive right into on game nights. Basically all the points in our review of" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=xVXuNwo9zYY) 2021-08-31T14:45Z 49.8K followers, 15.5K engagements "Monopoly Deal Review $5 Monopoly This [--] minute card game is kind of like the original monopoly Monopoly deal by Hasbro is all about collecting the classic sets like Boardwalk and Indiana Avenue while evading enough take-that from opponents to win Theres the classical renting and house/hotel building too. Is this party/family game good enough for adults as weve seen from its popularity for 15+ years What is the best player count Should you just play Uno or sequence at target Table of Contents: Overview - (0:00) How to Play - (0:57) Pros - (1:32) Cons - (5:44) Recommender Score - (12:55)" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=zRpmDT_zQfs) 2024-10-30T14:30Z 49.6K followers, 13.3K engagements "Dune: Imperium Bloodlines QUICK Review We quickly review the newest Dune Imperium expansion This expansion with its multiple piles of cards and Sardaukar seems to be the most popular when combined with Dune Uprising. It's the same overall gameplay with deckbuilding meets worker placement with the end of round conflict. Now there can be sandworms fighting Sardaukar commanders with abilities But how does it fare with the other BGG Euro expansions like Rise of Ix and Immortality Is this worth the money at $40 MSRP or should you just wait if you're not too concerned about balance Or maybe you" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=0lbgPvtXQ3U) 2025-12-10T15:30Z 53K followers, 10.5K engagements "Using Pirate Gold for Board Gaming Ever wanted to use Pirate Gold coins for your tabletop game nights Look no further than Pirate Golds solid metal alloy poker chips Including Gold Silver Copper and Gunmetal coins these heavy coin poker chips add a real weight and satisfying clink noises to board game sessions with way more heft than regular poker chips or clays and theres even hessian sacks with drawstrings Weve tried them so far in Last Light Coup and even good old fashioned Texas Holdem and theyre super fun to fiddle around with Of course hundreds of huge metal coins are a bit pricey but" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=4yBOnjcMvlo) 2023-11-22T05:00Z 50.5K followers, 14.3K engagements "Vast: The Mysterious Manor Shelfside Unboxing In this Shelfside Unboxing Ashton and Daniel sing about spooky and scary skeletons. Vast: The Mysterious Manor is an asymmetrical addition to the leder games lineup (creators of Root Vast: The Crystal Caverns and Pax Pamir) in which players take on the role of one of many factions vying for their separate win condition in a haunted house. There's the paladin who plays a roleplaying/dungeon crawling style who has to slay the spider all the while being chased by skeletons who need to kill the paladin to win the game. Vast: The Mysterious Manor has" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=5zW5tkIiXcg) 2020-06-12T15:30Z 51K followers, [----] engagements "Every Catan Game Ever Settlers of Catan is an extremely popular board game that has taken the world by storm with its encouragement of trading feel-good resource management and little to no downtime. This is a game that we've played countless times in high school and there are of course lots of cliche's attached to this game and I wanted to cover them (and by that I mostly mean talking about love/hate of dice). After I played Catan probably a little too many times in high school then moved on bigger titles like Food Chain Magnate Twilight Imperium and Civilization so making this video on the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=6DGA9r6-Xys) 2020-09-23T23:45Z 51.1K followers, 36.7K engagements "No that Catan game didnt count because Hey wait a second that Catan game totally didnt count Here are all of the reasons why: ranging from mechanics to expansions to just poor dumb rng. Or maybe Im just too used to Twilight Imperium and its amertirash + Euro tendencies Support us: https://www.patreon.com/shelfside https://ko-fi.com/shelfside Our Website https://www.shelfside.co/ Purchase Games Weve Reviewed (Paid Link) https://amazon.com/shop/shelfside Shelfside Social Media: https://twitter.com/ShelfSideYT https://www.instagram.com/shelfsideboardgames/ https://www.facebook.com/ShelfsideYT/" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=7EYE-g0gGo4) 2025-12-05T15:30Z 53K followers, [----] engagements "Tainted Grail Kings of Ruin Review They Fixed EVERYTHING in This Prototype Awaken Realms sent us a prototype of Tainted Grail: Kings of Ruin to review Having just launched their new Gamefound campaign their highly anticipated stand-alone sequel to Fall of Avalon already reached their goal in just a few minutes take that Kickstarter With an all new story and a total rework to menhirs via waystones Kings of Ruin promises to better balance its rules and mechanisms while getting rid of the grind so players can get to explorations faster No more going through tons of encounters for resources the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Bmwt3BjXtgM) 2022-09-28T02:42Z 52.9K followers, 47.9K engagements "The PROBLEM with Tigris & Euphrates This used to be the NUMBER ONE game on boardgamegeek So what went wrong [--] years after its release In fact it's not even top [---] anymore Ignoring how Tigris and Euphrates is out of print this game is a masterpiece when it comes to gameplay design and balance in a tabletop board game as players can place their tiles ANYWHERE which opens up a crazy complex decision space to outplay each other. Plus the rules are simple with just [--] actions a turn and the goal of getting the most victory points. but you only count your points in the scoring category you're" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=BoyVoWbFI9c) 2022-09-17T12:45Z 50.6K followers, 13.9K engagements "Cosmic Encounter Review A decade later I bought this Anti-Euro again Download RAID ios/android/PC ➡ https://t2m.io/Shelfside_Nov25 to unlock a new free mystery Legendary Champion inspired by an iconic franchise and get [--] free Epics 🎉 Available after downloading through this link only ✅ [--] - Epic Ultimate Galek from the start ✅ [--] - Epic Zargala after reaching level [--] ✅ [--] - Promo codes for a Legendary Champion of your choice ⚡ ➡ UDKING / DESERTQUEEN / DEMONSLAYER / TREEHUGGER / GETALICE / MONKEYKING Available only for new players. Redeem within [--] hours after registration. We review one of the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=HOZQIMPwXwI) 2025-11-26T21:31Z 53K followers, [----] engagements "Root Underworld Kickstarter Edition: First Impressions So we've been lucky enough to be able to get ahold of the Kickstarter edition of Root: The Underworld Expansion. We've played it a bunch for our board game nights and now we're here to give you our first impressions Root the Underworld expansion comes with two new factions: The Underground Duchy and the Corvid Conspiracy. In addition you get two new maps to put on your tabletop We got a mountain map plus a lake map to improve your Root board gaming experience. In typical Leder Games Kickstarter fashion because our friend Jason was an" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=I0iF2Htbe4M) 2020-02-21T21:53Z 50.5K followers, [----] engagements "Ankh: Gods of Egypt Review Many Unholy Merges Eric M. Lang is back with another area control board game The trilogy of RIsing Sun Blood Rage and now Ankh: Gods of Egypt with its unique merging mechanic. Players will each control an egyptian god wielding asymmetric abilities that allow them to control the board's regions and battles each in their own ways. You'll summon epic monster miniatures play cards during combat and heavily strategize how to put yourself in the best position before the last two players merge in the end game. This tabletop war game lacks randomness and instead of victory" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=J1q8bfSSJMc) 2021-09-21T14:30Z 51.1K followers, 38.3K engagements "It's time to play Nexus #shorts #boardgames #tabletopduo #tcg We played Nexus and man does this game do a lot of CCG things right In fact I'm considering a review. This is a sponsored post. Support us: https://www.patreon.com/shelfside https://ko-fi.com/shelfside Our Website https://www.shelfside.co/ Purchase Games Weve Reviewed (Paid Link) https://amazon.com/shop/shelfside Shelfside Social Media: https://twitter.com/ShelfSideYT https://www.instagram.com/shelfsideboardgames/ https://www.facebook.com/ShelfsideYT/ https://discord.gg/U7QQKqYT62 Links to our other stuff: Ashton's Channel:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=JCz3HAxrFUo) 2025-06-11T18:57Z 52.9K followers, [----] engagements "Arydia Exceeds All Expectations Shelfside's thoughts and impressions after reaching level [--] in Arydia: The Paths We Dare Tread A campaign board game heavily inspired by ttrpg's like dnd players will create characters to adventure and roleplay with a d20 checks system and pre-painted minis With by far the BEST components we've ever seen coming out of massive kickstarter projects alongside incredibly smooth story and tactical gameplay using [--] standard and [--] minor actions from your loadout of equipment and abilities. Arydia gets a reprint soon" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=L3TxZV8AsQA) 2025-11-04T14:23Z 53K followers, 24.1K engagements "Haggleoff Review Avoid Taxes in a Trading Game We review a negotiation game filled with trading opportunities In Haggleoff you try to get the most money by set collecting and hand management a bit like the popular bohnanza. However with the introduction of power cards and timed turns theres a lot of chaos happening Youre essentially investing cards into diverse industries cashing out as an action to try to get points. Cards are also multi-use with the donation pile to make this game feel like a TCG at times. It even has a fake online tax program for bookkeeping called Tax404 Though perhaps" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=N0klqjxjx9c) 2025-11-10T15:30Z 50.9K followers, [----] engagements "Solforge Fusion Review Richard Garfield Performs Some Magic Thank you INTO THE AM for the shirts and sweatshirts Get 10% off site-wide when you go to: https://intotheam.com/Shelfside The creator of Magic the Gathering made a new card game with leveling up mechanics under Stoneblade Entertainment Does this Keyforge and Smash Up inspired board game deliver on Richard Garfields reputation (and Justin Garys) This hybrid card game caters to the MTG archetypes of Timmy Johnny and Spike but will tabletop fans enjoy the [--] card a turn drop with the lack of rulebook in the box Or how moving square" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=OCsnVYTy_eU) 2023-01-28T19:00Z 51.2K followers, [----] engagements "Coup Shelfside Review Shelfside reviews Coup a game in which everyone is secretly a duke. Coup is a bluffing tabletop board game designed by Rikki Tahta and published by Indie Boards and Cards. Set in the same world as The Resistance and Grifters players take on the roles of powerful political families attempting to secure power by offing their competition. Support us: https://www.patreon.com/shelfside https://ko-fi.com/shelfside Our Website https://www.shelfside.co/ Purchase Games Weve Reviewed (Paid Link) https://amazon.com/shop/shelfside Table of Contents: Intro (0:00) Overview - (0:16)" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=OcTq86ZZS1A) 2019-07-25T00:58Z 50.9K followers, [----] engagements "How Civilization Games Became a Vibe We delve into the 4X genre that mostly encompasses civilization and space games It is technically considered a mechanic on boardgamegeek where players will expand all the way to exterminate their enemies in a high-conflict high diplomacy long gameplay. But are there issues with bringing a traditionally complicated video game genre to board gaming as seen with games like Sid Meier's Civilization Are there just too many chits and cards to manage with the steep learning curve for game night Or are there many fake 4X's like Scythe or games that try to" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Q0dL_YJwhRg) 2024-11-18T15:30Z 51.1K followers, 25.3K engagements "Hegemony is CRAZY Asymmetric (and why it's good) We take a dive into Hegemony a highly asymmetric euro-styled negotiation board game This simulates real life situations (IRL) with the working class capitalist state and middle class. You go to work and pay taxes. There's cards to manage in your hand then you play them for different faction specific actions. Hegemony: Lead Your Class to Victory has been a rising game on BGG ever since its kickstarter with high economic complexity with voting at the end of every round. Will you get the most money by exporting ot the foreign market Can you move" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=QlurVUnbIAU) 2024-02-16T15:30Z 53K followers, 36.8K engagements "Every Arkham Horror LCG Game Ever Despite the campaign weve played this is inevitably how its like playing a scenario Fantasy Flight Games Arkham Horror the Living Card game (or AHLCG for short) has lots of Lovecraft theme meets deckbuilding. You can cooperatively take an asymmetric character playing scenarios like The Drowned City or The Path to Carcosa. We see push your luck to pass skill checks to manipulate those chits Some players like to be seekers to gather clues with careful hand management whereas others might just want to use a shotgun to blast away monsters. Maybe some players will" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=S6t5eYuHa4Y) 2025-05-29T14:30Z 52.5K followers, 15.9K engagements "The BGG Scoring System Explained How is the BoardGameGeek Top [---] board games list calculated Where is Catan Instead theres tabletop Euros like Brass Birmingham or Dungeon Crawler Euros like Gloomhaven. We explain this Geek Rating through a formula called the Bayesian Average which takes into account dummy votes while analyzing what is the best tabletop game. Regardless of components like dice/cards player count or genre the top [---] list can feature games that seem suspect from Kickstarter or Gamefound backerkit habits. Maybe games like Tainted Grail Kings of Ruin that arent released yet" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=UqFvEzhjSfI) 2022-12-23T23:29Z 52.5K followers, 57.7K engagements "Every Star Wars Rebellion Game Ever This is every single Star Wars Rebellion game ever. And of course we included the Rise of the Empire expansion Star Wars Rebellion is one of our favorite Fantasy Flight Games ameritrash big box games where the asymmetry really comes through with the empire vs. rebel alliance. How will the dice rolls fair as you worker placement your leaders down What are the climatic moments with the Death Star or sith/jedi In fact the Rebel alliance doesn't even need to occupy that many spaces if their secret base is never found in the game of cat/mouse. Support us:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=XlQoD6gYfZo) 2025-09-23T20:15Z 53K followers, [----] engagements "Abyss Echo: The Forbidden Rite First Impressions Chinese Lovecraft CYOA We try this lovecraftian choose your own adventure game from a Chinese studio In Abyss Echo: The Forbidden Rite you are a resonator who is wandering the halls of time making decisions while going through the booklet hoping your sanity does not drop too low. This first chapter reminds us a lot of Mansions of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft as you prepare to go to Antarctica for investigations. This isnt your typical BGG top game with Euro/Ameritrash mechanics rather the sell is the writing and story hence that is why we focus on" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=YrGcMO0HMaM) 2025-07-09T14:30Z 53K followers, 21.7K engagements "WTF is this "Board Game Shelving System" We cover a shelf dedicated to storing your board game collection That is it can fit all of your top BGG games through metal rails so you dont have to get an Ikea Kallax The BoxThrone shelving system lets you store tabletop horizontally to prevent chit and card spillage. We had great luck with big games like Eldritch Horror all the way to medium games like Catan. Though it will be hard to fit very large games like Gloomhaven or Tanares Adventures but they can go on top of the shelf We stored Ti4 and PoK on the very top after all. We covered the BoxKing" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=c0JdtBLm8Jc) 2025-02-18T15:30Z 45.6K followers, [----] engagements "I eat at [--] NYC Board Game Stores & Cafes New York City board game related stores were coming to eat We visit some FLGS and cafes which feature popular BGG games but also food/drink We check out their offerings besides tabletop like in some places Golf and Arcade We go through the various places including in Hoboken New Jersey all the way to Manhattan Upper East side. We can show which places have rentals and their open play policy or do they just do MTG commander Perhaps TTRPGs are more your style Can you play big space operas or just simple [--] player games at these areas Play Conquest for the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=cDnqJjmTkN4) 2025-10-24T14:30Z 53K followers, [----] engagements "Scythe but With House Rules We changed Scythe's rules so that there's more combat But is this new gameplay balanced Would Stonemaier Games approve After all the mechs and minis probably shouldn't be fighting this much but why let Saxony have all the fun Now everyone's win condition and strategy can involve them getting an unlimited amount of combat and objective stars. Plus we've also figured out creative ways to use this board game's existing pieces and components. And don't worry the euro foundations of the action boards and non random fighting remains the same but that's subject to change" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=cFRdGgWYjLY) 2022-06-29T12:22Z 51.2K followers, [----] engagements "Heat: Pedal to the Metal Review Fast but thematically limited We review the most popular racing game Heat took BGG by storm a couple years back promising deckbuilding with streamlined gameplay that only takes about an hour. With [--] players By combining the Heat card into a penalty and a resource the gameplay has lots of hand management to ensure you round corners without spinning out. Theres even slipstreaming as a comeback mechanic But could there be issues with taking the high-octane idea of racing and simplifying it so much There could be some push-your-luck ideas with the stress cards and" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=chPPrtCMgWQ) 2025-12-29T20:56Z 53K followers, [----] engagements "Cash 'n Guns Shelfside Tutorial The Shelfside how to play that explains how to give each other boo-boos with foam pew-pews. These foam guns ain't no nerf guns and so this tutorial aims to teach y'all everything you're going to want to know about Cash N Guns Support us: https://www.patreon.com/shelfside https://ko-fi.com/shelfside Our Website https://www.shelfside.co Purchase Games Weve Reviewed (Paid Link) https://amazon.com/shop/shelfside Table of Contents: Intro (0:00) Setup (0:19) Explaining Gameplay and Rounds (1:13) Setting Up Loot for the Round (1:24) Picking a Bullet Card (1:40)" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=e4FSJVJmPvE) 2019-08-12T18:39Z 51K followers, [---] engagements "Shallow Sea Review Immaculate Tile Laying We review Shallow Sea a tile-laying Euro with incredible design no kidding This 1-4 player low-conflict game has players managing their own coral reef juggling fish tokens and coral/Sealife to get the most victory points come end game. There are some objectives to pursue (rewarding set collection) but its mostly about just building the best reef with lots of biodiversity You tackle grid coverage in the pattern building of tiles every turn. Also the solo mode is incredibly clean with no automa needed Is this game too solitaire or does Bad Comet truly" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=egcwoFXp3Hw) 2025-11-20T15:30Z 53K followers, [----] engagements "Catan Shelfside Plays We play Settlers of Catan The classic board game of drawing a bunch of resource cards so you can trade your wood for sheep Watch us build roads that lead into settlements that then become cities As well as rage over the dice rolls based on who the randomness favors. like when the darn robber never leaves the wheat hex alone It's fine though because with ports and diplomacy along with some scumbag development cards like monopoly we'll absolutely screw over and outright steal from each in our mad dash to [--] victory points Or maybe the entire strategy is all just initial" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=f9fccmL16QQ) 2022-09-24T03:41Z 50.5K followers, [----] engagements "The Resistance Shelfside Review Shelfside reviews The Resistance a tabletop board game about social deduction where players must work together to weed out the spies among them or stay hidden as the spies Designed by Don Eskridge and published by India Board and Cards The Resistance is set in the same universe as Coup and Grifters where a dystopian world awaits. Support us: https://www.patreon.com/shelfside https://ko-fi.com/shelfside Our Website https://www.shelfside.co/ Purchase Games Weve Reviewed (Paid Link) https://amazon.com/shop/shelfside Table of Contents: Intro (0:00) Overview -" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=fRIF0aMdllI) 2019-07-13T19:08Z 51.6K followers, [----] engagements "Dune: Imperium Uprising Shelfside Review We review the latest Dune Imperium standalone expansion Just like the original this Euro blends worker placement and deckbuilding as you compete for victory points. Will you get benefits from doubling the wins of conflicts with the plastic sandworms Or deck build with the new better cards Even the asymmetry is slightly more nuanced You can now play Dune Imperium with up to [--] players too with the 3v3 (emperor vs. muaddib) mode. In fact this game improves on the original in many mechanical ways including the board but it certainly isnt for everyone." [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=fW_yPv0RgAU) 2025-06-10T14:30Z 52.1K followers, 16.2K engagements "I was too hardcore for Catan and now I'm back Catan or Settlers of Catan is one of the most popular tabletop board games of all time. Boasting hand management dice rolling and trading (just like Monopoly) there's no surprise why it's popular but its surge into the mainstream caught us off guard. In fact in [----] with everyone being stuck inside it's even got a massive boost in sales After I played Catan probably a little too many times in high school then moved on bigger titles like Food Chain Magnate Twilight Imperium and Civilization. I thought I was better than this gateway game and swore" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=g6acsVO-OII) 2020-08-19T14:15Z 51.1K followers, 20.5K engagements "Primal Just Got Even Better Primal the Awakening expansion pre-orders just dropped Reggie Games hit us with more peak campaign board game content in the form of extra player characters who use a spear and wardrum [--] new biome playmat maps that can modify your boss battles and the nightmare variation cards of the last [--] monsters without them There's so many new combos and strategies to deck build with plus challenges to take on And of course there's new organizers to avoid any tabletop clutter to support the new components. Check out Primal here: https://reggiegames.com/ Support us:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=gwAkdnmnrlc) 2025-11-21T13:01Z 53K followers, [----] engagements "Twilight Imperium 4: Thunder's Edge Shelfside Review We review the latest Ti4 expansion after playing it four times Well technically we played Codex [--] [--] times then this once but theres a lot of crossover This 2nd expansion for the top BGG game Ti4 (with Pok) includes more asymmetric factions all the way to new 4x mechanics (Thunders edge + fracture). Explore the fracture and invest into the new legendary planets Or play an entire new game mode with drafting in Twilights Fall There are patched cards from the codexes and cardboard pieces like the strategy cards. With the [--] galactic events you" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=hZtSyEkqNrM) 2025-11-05T15:30Z 53K followers, 19.3K engagements "Every Brass Birmingham Game Ever Brass Birmingham is a game where no one knows how the networks work on first playthrough. Also there's a ton of flipping tokens/cardboard chits. Also also taking loans is a good idea; so is paying your workers in beer. Support us: https://www.patreon.com/shelfside https://ko-fi.com/shelfside Our Website https://www.shelfside.co Purchase Games Weve Reviewed (Paid Link) https://amazon.com/shop/shelfside Shelfside Social Media: https://twitter.com/ShelfSideYT https://www.instagram.com/shelfsideboardgames/ https://www.facebook.com/ShelfsideYT/ Links to our other" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=i3z56EU_lDY) 2021-11-08T14:00Z 51K followers, 19K engagements "Hows a Metal Board Game Shelf - The GameKeep We take a dive into a board game bookshelf made out of metal This will store all sorts of games with its adjustable shelves with a focus on bigger types of games like Gloomhaven or Heroquest. But will it fit all types of games like our beloved FFG titles such as Cosmic Encounter or Dune Imperium How does this compare to the previous Boxthrone which we previously touted as a nice replacement for Ikea Kallax Is this worth the cost of spending a bit more and is the assembly worth it Games featured: Santorini Brass Birmingham Pandemic Camel Up Dominion" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=jn7HEHV0-XU) 2025-12-02T15:30Z 53K followers, [----] engagements "Rating the BEST and WORST games of BGG Top [---] (That We've Played) BGG Top [---] games are some of the most highly respected board games ever. But do they deserve to stay there Are some on their way off the list to be replaced by tabletop games with more unique mechanics Shelfside digs into these games whether they're Euro or Ameritrash regardless of their genre. Card drafting worker placement area control doesn't matter the rules and strategies we talk about it Some games like Root are dominated by competitive board gamers. Pandemic Legacy or Gloomhaven are beloved by those who like campaigns" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=kEkB4P2xXIY) 2022-12-15T18:59Z 51.2K followers, 67.2K engagements "If American Psycho was about Card Game Players During a very important meeting a bunch of players discuss some differences on sleeve choice. Perhaps some preferences get in the way. They're also known as TCG (trading card game) players. Games mentioned: Magic the Gathering Grand Archive Sleeves used: Ultra Pro Dragonsleeve Player's Choice Ultimate Katana Guard Support us: https://www.patreon.com/shelfside https://ko-fi.com/shelfside Our Website https://www.shelfside.co/ Purchase Games Weve Reviewed (Paid Link) https://amazon.com/shop/shelfside Shelfside Social Media:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=md304WS2odg) 2026-01-08T15:30Z 53K followers, 44.3K engagements "Root Shelfside Review In this Shelfside Review we review Leder Games Root an area control asymmetrical war game with heavy variable player powers designed by Cole Wehrle and illustrated by Kyle Ferrin with an incredibly unique art style. In this board game 2-4 players assume the role of woodland critters vying for control of the root of the forest each using completely different mechanics like action queues hand and engine management questing and of course fighting with dice. The factions of Vagabond Marquise de Cat The Eyrie Dynasties and the Woodland Alliance all work in dramatically" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=nyBFNkAoeE0) 2020-03-12T17:00Z 51.1K followers, 52.7K engagements "Chinatown Shelfside Review In this Shelfside review we talk about playing Chinatown a trading-focused tabletop board game where players will exchange cash and property assets like in the popular board game Monopoly. In the race to become the richest immigrant in New York City Chinatown players will trade their money and property pieces like dim sum restaurants and factories with their opponents every round. No dice rolling and landing on spaces here though In Chinatown your property will passively generate income and cash at the end of rounds meaning it's more of a frantic race instead of" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=o2R1uSntp9I) 2020-11-13T15:45Z 51.1K followers, [----] engagements "The BGG Weight Problem How complex is a game rated on BGG What does heaviness even mean We dive into the community ratings of "weight" on boardgamegeek where people vote between 1-5 on how they think this tabletop game makes them feel in terms of complexity and rules. From John Company 2nd edition to even Candyland we go through what a heavy game feels like to play and some weirdness with voting. Maybe Geekscore voting systems can be implemented like a Bayesian average We even go through the BGG top [---] and see which games we think are accurately rated What are ways to improve this for all" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=qy9ymg-CZX8) 2024-02-01T15:30Z 52.2K followers, 39.5K engagements "Rising Sun Shelfside Review We review the Eric M. Lang area control classic Rising Sun With excellent CMON minis and Eric M. Lang's hilarious design that allows players to win victory points by losing battles with creative tabletop strategies a usual part of the trilogy of board games that includes Ankh and Blood Rage Everyone controls a faction clan with asymmetric abilities and will worship kami plus fight over provinces over [--] seasons in legendary feudal Japan. Having honor is paramount as it allows you to break all ties and you must be careful about your alliances. With excellent" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=rPHBSUtYc_A) 2022-11-21T13:45Z 52.6K followers, 36.6K engagements "Civilization: A New Dawn Shelfside Review w/Terra Incognita Expansion A streamlined Civilization tabletop game that plays under [--] hours Sid Meier's Civilization A New Dawn with the Terra Incognita expansion is the newer Civilization board game that aims to shorten the 4X experience compared to the original [----] version. Tech tile pieces have been simplified into focus row cards ancient wonders can be built incredibly fast and the overall complexity has been toned down. Expect the usual cool combos and strategies as players race to have their civs achieve certain victory card conditions (not" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=rVHkzn1R_QQ) 2022-04-27T14:30Z 51.1K followers, 29.5K engagements "TI4 Codex IV: First Impressions We played Codex Volume 4: Liberation and are here to talk about it This Fantasy Flight Games release to enhance the core game of Twilight Imperium (and Prophecy of Kings if you want) just adds more relics and scenarios We played with 3/4 of the galactic events and we specifically want to talk about the Total War variant. After playing Twilight Imperium for hundreds of hours combined what do we think about the changes to this top BoardGameGeek game How does it handle RNG and the ameritrashy area control moments Are there any changes to the asymmetry Intro -" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=sE-b44x-VDo) 2025-07-30T14:30Z 53K followers, 13.9K engagements "The Star Wars: Rebellion Expansion is AMAZING We finally got around to playing Rise of the Empire This expansion for Star Wars: Rebellion took our enjoyment of base game and propelled it even further. The game still has the initial cat and mouse with the highly asymmetrical play but the ameritrash combat system has been altered with tactic cards You also get to do worker placement as some of the new leaders from Rogue One (the movie). In our two games did the rebels win or was the empire successful with the looming threat of the Death Star miniature Table of Contents: Intro - (0:00) Talking" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=vOcxSSinF7w) 2026-01-17T15:30Z 53K followers, 15.5K engagements "Shelfside's Best (and Worst) Board Gaming of [----] Heres Shelfsides best and worst games of [----] and we got to play TI4 almost every month We go through honorable mentions like the war game Firelock all the way to GMT games like Twilight Struggle. During this [----] we didn't get to play too many Euros but leaned more towards Ameritrash. This is not a review but we cover covers Europa Universalis: The Price of Power with some worst gaming mentions as well. Will there be Euros admits all of the living card game selections This is not a top [--] list but ultimately covers multiple rising games on" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=w_fsqnbNYZo) 2026-01-05T15:30Z 53K followers, 31.7K engagements "What's wrong with Social Deduction Social deduction has some big key issues in using it to develop a board game mostly stemming from how group reliant they are. Issues can be player elimination in long games or by the game boiling down to a 50/50 pick. Sure there's also the issue where your group just does not want to lie which also is a counterpoint to how group dependent these games are. You don't want to be playing a subpar team game for many hours after the traitor has been revealed Tabletop traitor games issues get somewhat solved by Human Punishment: The Beginning but that unleashes so" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=xdXbei1v0FE) 2023-11-13T23:00Z 45.6K followers, 503.1K engagements "We Finished the Drowned City Campaign (Arkham Horror LCG) The newest AHLCG campaign (10th cycle) has been completed with the Investigator expansion. How is this campaign in Ry'leh compared to other campaigns we have finished like the Dunwich Horror (or in Alexander's case also Carcosa & Edge of the Earth and more). We delve into this LCG of Fantasy Flight Games discussing the new deckbuilding possibilities and the twists and turns of storytelling. How does the game mitigate RNG or allow for theme meeting gameplay moments Does it let you role-play well with the new tasks to complete Table of" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=xelhbyAUoL8) 2025-06-17T14:30Z 52.9K followers, [----] engagements "Catan: Starfarers Review Just 90's Nostalgia The popular Catan is now in space Ships and spaceports have replaced cities and development cards (including knights) and the robber mechanic has been tweaked Starfarers still has the classic Catan mechanics like trading dice rolling for resource and hand management but is now bigger at [--] hours. You may fight pirates or discovery barren ice planets and use upgrades to deal with them. Space Catan is also much more expensive with an MSRP of $100 Is Catan Studio giving a deluxe more complicated Catan that is worth it How does this original 1990s" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=y-Biw5otw9U) 2023-06-21T17:28Z 52.9K followers, 19.5K engagements "TI4: Twilight's Fall Review The Fuh We review this game mode from TI4: Thunder's Edge Visit http://plankmattress.com/shelfside to get 30% off your order with code SHELFSIDE Twilight's Fall features the same great space opera gameplay just with asymmetry vastly changed Now players will draft their technologies/faction specialties throughout the game. And you can use the Prophecy of Kings mech abilities of multiple factions The galactic ameritrash conquest still stays with strategy cards and area control. You'll still do King of the Hill with holding Mecatol Rex. However the tech tree is" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=y-Kw2RLsQts) 2025-12-12T15:30Z 53K followers, 10.3K engagements "7 Steps to Get Rich QUICK From Board Games Board games are fun to play but did you also know you could turn a profit through [--] easy steps Follow this satirical guide to make some real cash and maybe even run a company of your own one day Works for Ameritrash OR Euro games FFG is best. Games mentioned: Battlestar Galactica Campaign for North Africa Tigris and Euphrates Star Wars: Queens Gambit Twilight Imperium Thunders Edge Prophecy of Kings Grimcoven Catacombs Winds of Numa Sera Brass Birmingham Nemesis: Retaliation Monopoly Taboo Catan Cosmic Encounter Sid Meiers Civilization (2010) Descent" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ykLeHYSihrs) 2025-12-17T15:30Z 53K followers, [----] engagements "Heroes of Might & Magic: The Card Game Shelfside Plays We engage in a 1v1 card duel to the death This TCG by Archon Studios has players using their asymmetric decks (Castle vs Necropolis) to drop the enemy hero to [--] HP. Players will manage their hands of cards but also manage units on a grid battlefield vying for control of locations that can give special abilities. There's powerful spells/artifacts and fun unit nuance including stacking With Ashton controlling Adela the Cleric and Alex controlling Isra the Death Knight who will win with these sample packs Play HoMM TCG:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=zVoObJZshpw) 2025-10-21T21:43Z 53K followers, [----] engagements "War of the Ring Review - A Lord of the Rings Wet Dream The Lord of the Rings experience perfectly summed up as a board game War of the Ring is the most faithful representation of the lotr trilogy to ever hit the tabletop hobby. This review covers how Middle Earth is done justice in a two player area control war game where one player controls the shadow armies and the other the free peoples. With incredibly unique dice rolling and card actions War of the Ring does asymmetric gameplay justice in not only being balanced but also in accurately depicting each side in how they play. 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"Threshold Prototype Review MMO meets Campaign Game We review a MMO styled campaign board game Threshold by owl studios features players deckbuilding with asymmetric characters fighting on a hex map (like Gloomhaven). There is a combination of the overland and combat as players manage their hands of [--] cards upgrading their decks as they level up. You can role-play as a guardian or mystic in this prototype to do MMORPG-isms At some point there may be level [--] raids or guilds to participate in Lots of aspects of the questing and loot feel like the popular blizzard game World of Warcraft but how"
YouTube Link 2025-10-28T14:30Z 53K followers, 14.6K engagements
"We finished the Dunwich Legacy Campaign (Arkham Horror LCG) No Spoilers The very first Arkham Horror Campaign the Dunwich Legacy Expansion has been completed We delve into our personal experience of deckbuilding to scenario design. It is a bit of a FFG blast from the past but weve only covered the Arkham Horror: The Card Game Revised Core set. From [----] this cooperative Lovecraft system has tons of theme and push your luck to investigate locations. It has one of the best types of asymmetry with investigator (player) powers and weaknesses Is this Cthulhu mythos game worth visiting or should"
YouTube Link 2025-04-04T21:59Z 52.9K followers, 11.9K engagements
"The Rise and Fall of Fantasy Flight Games We take a deep dive into the history of Fantasy Flight Games an American based board game publisher who is known for many top [---] BGG games like Twilight Imperium and previously Battlestar Galactica. In fact FFG is known for pioneering the genre of LCG which did a spin on the classic CCG format of Magic the Gathering where you would now be guaranteed cards Such games started with Game of Thrones LCG and still go on with Marvel Champions today. Fantasy Flight was blending Euro and Ameritrash together in many games and had lots of big box dungeon"
YouTube Link 2025-08-15T14:30Z 53K followers, 154.6K engagements
"Aeon Trespass: Odyssey Shelfside Review Shelfside finishes half of Aeon Trespass: Odyssey the epic greek mythology boss battler that draws heavily from games like Kingdom Death: Monster Dark Souls and Monster Hunter As a massive [--] pound kickstarter board game with a giant campaign full of adventure voyaging and giant boss miniatures this co-op tabletop experience has players play through [--] campaigns called cycles each with their own unique themes rules mechanics and enemies Build your civilization as a city-sized ship called the Argo and create new technology cards to craft items and weapons"
YouTube Link 2023-10-27T12:45Z 52.9K followers, 52.1K engagements
"Reviewing EVERY Monopoly Expansion We review the latest Monopoly launch of [--] expansions which all insist on making the game faster These are all $10 and can play on house rules like free parking or even make spaces like Just Visiting purchase-able In fact in one of the expansions you can even buy the bank In Buy Everything you can even have variable player powers with new win conditions. Or just go to SuperJail in Go To Jail for maximum corruption cards Do these expansions change the Monopoly core of roll and move and trading enough to make it a recommendation today in the era of Euros and"
YouTube Link 2025-04-12T00:48Z 52.9K followers, 89.6K engagements
"Sid Meier's Civilization: The Board Game Review MY DREAM GAME IS OUT OF PRINT w/Expansions Shelfside reviews a classic 4X the Civilization Board Game This time with all the expansions Might as well given that this board game is unfortunately out of print at the time of this review. But that's not going to stop us from covering this epic 4x tabletop game night experience that incorporates euro and ameritrash gameplay into an incredibly unique blend. The combat has no dice and instead has a deck of unit cards there's resource management in the form of city upkeep and there's [--] win conditions"
YouTube Link 2022-03-08T15:30Z 52.9K followers, 52.7K engagements
"How Instagram Changed Board Gaming Social media has had a real impact on board game design Weve been [--] major trends throughout the last decade or so whether or not a game has been kickstarted or not. From feels good outcomes to drawing a lot of cards and seeing new information instagram has definitely made things have better accuracy or better first impressions. We can see this in many popular BGG games whether or not theyre Euros as this applies to campaign and Ameritrash games too Even the 4x genre is left changed. But this isnt a bad thing it just means that the tabletop experience is"
YouTube Link 2026-02-03T19:29Z 53K followers, [----] engagements
"Splendor Duel QUICK Review We review Splendor Duel the [--] player successor to the popular Splendor However Splendor Duel is no longer just a gateway game rather its a more serious euro with more interaction and crunchiness with the central board. And people love it with a higher ranking on BGG You race to get the most crowns in jewelry or victory points as you build up your sets in front of you. There are no nobles to contract for rather royals with [--] win conditions Is this a worthy successor to one of the first euros we ever played (and commentated for at WSBG) Doomlings (Use "SHELF15" at"
YouTube Link 2024-02-29T15:30Z 52.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Reviewing EVERY Catan Expansion We cover ALL [--] of the major Settlers of Catan expansions Seafarers Cities & Knights Traders & Barbarians and Explorers & Pirates are all here These board game expansion scenarios and modules add crazy new rules like having ships be a stand-in for roads having knights be tokens that can move around instead of just being cards more development cards more resource types the list goes on and on With more mechanics comes crazier gameplay and so you'll need more victory points to win but does that make Catan tabletop sessions overstay their welcome And doesn't"
YouTube Link 2022-09-03T06:47Z 53K followers, 559.8K engagements
"Twilight Imperium 4: Prophecy of Kings Quick Review Here at Shelfside we utterly adore Twilight Imperium [--] and with the new ffg expansion Prophecy of Kings we have even more of an excuse to keep on playing some TI4 on tabletop board game nights Pok is the newest and latest expansion for Twilight Imperium 4th edition with new races factions mechanics and more epic space fighting that you know and love This quick review covers the general new instructions and gameplay mechanisms found in the rulebook which mostly has awesome new lore and only [--] pages of new rulings Despite that all these new"
YouTube Link 2021-07-05T13:45Z 52.8K followers, 37.1K engagements
"Star Wars: Battle of Hoth Review Memoir [--] Strikes Back We review this tactical 1v1 fight between the Rebels and Empire Battle of Hoth is an asymmetrical hex based war game that only takes [--] minutes too You'll manage your hand and battlefield to get the most medals rolling dice to resolve combats. With simple line of sight rules and a great presentation does this have what it takes to be popular on BGG in [----] After all many of the old Memoir [--] rules are here just tweaked to make the game even more streamlined. There's also a TON of replayability and depth with the campaigns and"
YouTube Link 2025-10-22T14:30Z 53K followers, 10.6K engagements
"Arkham Horror LCG Review (Revised Core Set) Help My Wallet Fantasy Flight Games has released a new revised core set for the Arkham Horror card game This Living Card Game is constantly printing new cards in a unique blend of role playing and deck builder. In classic lovecraftian board game fashion 1-4 players will each choose an investigator and scenario. The main win condition goal won't be known yet as you'll have to complete objectives from act cards. Turn after turn you will perform actions that will eventually progress the scenario and draw encounter cards along the way. As always flavor"
YouTube Link 2021-11-01T14:15Z 52.9K followers, 71.4K engagements
"Playing Root Digital Until I Like Root Man I don't like Root the board game but maybe the digital edition can help ease me in In this video I use my Nintendo Switch to play a bunch of Root digital to see if I can grasp all the crazy faction asymmetry better And while the gameplay is easier to grasp when playing at my own pace digitally instead of over a tabletop there's still a slew of digital issues like having trouble viewing my opponents' hand of cards or icons/text being too small. I did find myself enjoying the military factions like the Marquise cats and Eyrie birds but my god the"
YouTube Link 2022-08-05T14:30Z 53K followers, 94K engagements
"Do you NEED a Board Game Table Of course you do not need to buy a board game table. Then again you don't need to even be playing board games right So how should you weigh your decision if you decide to take the plunge into buying one of these delightful works of carpentry How does the arena-like usage with the rail running around work for games How is the mat like Can you use it for other things besides playing games We use the Duchess a board game table from boardgametables.com (bought through kickstarter) as our comparison. The Duchess was our first board game table ever in high school and"
YouTube Link 2020-08-15T14:15Z 52.8K followers, 154.2K engagements
"Nemesis Retaliation Shelfside Review We delve into this huge social deduction game Nemesis Retaliation This is the 3rd installment of the Nemesis Ameritrash series from Awaken Realms which has lots of items and asymmetry inside a sci-fi world. Will the aliens destroy your team of marines trying to explore the facility to do their hidden agendas What will your dice rolls be to make sure the aliens dont spawn on you and attack you Oh the horror. You must run through corridors making sure you dont die from contamination too (player elimination does exist). Theres even a solo/cooperative variant"
YouTube Link 2025-09-04T14:30Z 53K followers, 32.9K engagements
"The Problem With Pandemic Pandemic is a beloved gateway board game for many people out there but at the same time it draws a whole lot of criticism much like other big name board games like Catan though for an entirely different reason. In fact a lot of co-op games get this exact same criticism and its that theres no point in playing them with a group of people when the efficacy of gameplay can be done just as easily by yourself. This manifests itself as a term that people call quarterbacking where because theres no gameplay barrier between players theres nothing stopping [--] player from"
YouTube Link 2020-09-10T14:15Z 47.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Relic Wars Shelfside Plays We play a Relic Wars a medieval fantasy fight to the death Players will adapt to ever changing battlefields as they use movement points and roll dice to attack their enemies with equipping items. Published by Flying Pig Games theres asymmetrical character/champions who try to get [--] pieces of the chalice and in doing so will begin a manhunt With miniatures to strategic spell combos this could really be anyones match Theres even some take-that with the turn by turn Divine Intervention cards. Play Relic Wars:"
YouTube Link 2025-05-13T14:30Z 47K followers, [----] engagements
"The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship Shelfside Review Pandemic gets a Lord of the Rings installment finally In Matt Leacock's newest cooperative board game you play as heroes of Middle Earth trying to destroy the one ring before all hope is lost. With lots of card play and asymmetry there is a ton of replayability to complete all of the objectives You can even play this game solo and on boardgame arena There is some dice rolling to simulate combat from War of the Ring especially with those Nazgul flying around. Does this give a captivating cooperative experience with minimal chits"
YouTube Link 2025-09-09T14:30Z 53K followers, 23.5K engagements
"1 Day Board Game Review Challenge - Skytear Horde We try to review Skytear Horde in [--] hours This was a massive undertaking for a board game review since those can take a long time with all sorts of tabletop mechanics and components being filmed especially if the games are heavy in complexity. SkyTear Horde is a card game similar to Magic the Gathering that was a good pick for this review: A short runtime at 20-40 minutes familiar trading card game mechanics and something we initially knew very little about. Based off the universe of Skytear (the MOBA board game) this castle defense card"
YouTube Link 2023-03-08T15:30Z 42.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Cyberpunk [----] - The Board Game DEMO Review Feels like an arcade game Enter the iconic world of Cyberpunk [----] in this real time sci-fi tabletop game Launched on Gamefound by Go On Board games this campaign game has hand management and puzzling around a map. Get in with a team of 2-4 and get out while playing a card a turn We beat the [--] mission long demo with every asymmetric character The progression system to get more of each color is insanely satisfying too Or just do simpler turns of downloading ram But do the components hold up to the real-time nature of the game In fact dice rolling"
YouTube Link 2024-09-03T14:30Z 42.7K followers, 39.9K engagements
"The Frosthaven Banner Spear Experience A good Banner Spear needs a good backup plan called basic attacking when the positioning plans fail. Get Frosthaven on Steam: https://bit.ly/FHV-Shelfside Support us: https://www.patreon.com/shelfside https://ko-fi.com/shelfside Our Website https://www.shelfside.co/ Purchase Games Weve Reviewed (Paid Link) https://amazon.com/shop/shelfside Shelfside Social Media: https://twitter.com/ShelfSideYT https://www.instagram.com/shelfsideboardgames/ https://www.facebook.com/ShelfsideYT/ https://discord.gg/U7QQKqYT62 Links to our other stuff: Ashton's Channel:"
YouTube Link 2025-07-30T13:52Z 53K followers, [----] engagements
"50k Subscribers now what Milestone achieved But now with [-----] subscribers what are we to do Publish more content of top [---] BGG games Or make more comedic sketches Or gamefound/kickstarter reviews More Ti4 or Gloomhaven content This video is a bit of a celebration of our success and perhaps some directions for our loyal fans to follow. Support us: https://www.patreon.com/shelfside https://ko-fi.com/shelfside Our Website https://www.shelfside.co/ Purchase Games Weve Reviewed (Paid Link) https://amazon.com/shop/shelfside Shelfside Social Media: https://twitter.com/ShelfSideYT"
YouTube Link 2025-09-27T23:13Z 53K followers, [----] engagements
"Monopoly Fortnite is NOT Monopoly Monopoly: Fortnite is not just any re-skin of Monopoly. This is a game that combines the two themes of the popular games plays nothing like the traditional property selling Monopoly. In this game for 2-7 players players will have [--] health shoot each other from across the board all while trying to escape the storm. There's the typical chug jugs epic items and walls that you can find in Epic Games' fortnite. But then there's the constant pressure from the storm that triggers when anyone passes GO as well as the location/property mechanic being entirely"
YouTube Link 2020-09-16T14:15Z 48.2K followers, 16.6K engagements
"Alice is Missing Review 1st Silent Game Impressions This is the one-shot TTRPG you play with cell phones that is all texting A girl has gone missing in a sleepy Californian town and it's up to the group of friends to find her. You can use discord and group chats to communicate where you change your friends' names. Hunters entertainment has a digital integration with this serious and dark role playing game but what do us board gamers think since this is not a classical game with mechanisms and chits and strategy. Is it potentially too freeform Should you play another RPG like dungeons and"
YouTube Link 2023-10-19T14:30Z 42.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Ameritrash is Better Than Euro What kind of elitist board gamer prefers Euro tabletop games over Ameritrash Ameritrash board games are just so thematic with all their minis and streamlined mechanics and everybody loves dice right Roll with your hands a cup a dice tower it doesn't matter everyone knows what they are and how to play board games with them. We like games with amazing art and stories without all the bloated rules and mechanics that bog down the game night experience Unlike euro games that revel in their snobbish levels of heavy complexity that refuse to just have fun with random"
YouTube Link 2021-10-08T14:30Z 50.4K followers, 14K engagements
"Taboo (ASMR) Shelfside Review Muffled Shelfside Review ASMR noises No but seriously this review of Taboo was really fun to make and we gotta give credit to one of our friends for the idea. Taboo is a very unique party tabletop board game where players have to describe a word whilst unable to use certain other words in said description. Support us: https://www.patreon.com/shelfside https://ko-fi.com/shelfside Our Website https://www.shelfside.co Purchase Games We've Reviewed (Paid Link) https://amazon.com/shop/shelfside Table of Contents: Intro - (0:00) Overview - (0:29) How to Play - (3:06)"
YouTube Link 2019-08-29T23:54Z 50.3K followers, [----] engagements
"Elden Ring: Rot and Sorcery Shelfside Plays Elden Ring is in a board game from Steamforged games to cooperatively work together to defeat bosses in scenarios We manage our hands of cards trying to stitch together a combo while positioning on the grid map. We want to re-orient the spells in the marching order so we don't get hit The bigger game has NPCs to fight with and many upgrades for your character to achieve. You can even construct your deck Can we defeat the Red Wolf of Ratagon before it downs us [--] times How does this game blend Ameritrash and Euro mechanics for a satisfying boss"
YouTube Link 2025-08-26T14:30Z 53K followers, [----] engagements
"Top [--] Most Influential Board Games Ever What has impacted the board game industry the most We answer this question for all tabletop games except TTRPGs through the lens of game mechanics. Although Euros like Catan have had amazing cultural impact it isnt necessarily at the top of this list We take a trip down board game history in seeing classics like Chess and Monopoly and how they affect the way we view and play games. And dont count out the TCG originator: Magic the Gathering which not only spun off LCGS but also board games with their own drafting mechanisms and free for all play akin to"
YouTube Link 2024-06-17T14:30Z 46.8K followers, 65.6K engagements
"The Gang Review Cooperative Poker thats Free We review a Texas Hold em spinoff that is now played versus the game In The Gang players will use their pocket to assemble a [--] card hand a rank themselves amongst the team without talking Youre doing these predictive bids without bluffing through the flop and river to eventually have everyone reveal their hand. You can also DIY to create this game for free just using a standard deck of playing cards and some way to denote rank Is this Toy of the Year finalist good enough to compete with other fillers like the Resistance and Coup Or maybe you should"
YouTube Link 2025-02-21T15:30Z 45.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Sky Team Shelfside Review w/Turbulence Expansion We review a game where you try to land a plane without crashing Sky Team is a cooperative game with dice rolling to perform enough actions to ready the plane for landing. Trick is the pilots dont know each others dice and cant communicate after the dice are rolled Its a simulation/emulation of being at the controls with variable setup to change out the maps. In fact its a spin on worker placement when zoomed out Is this Spiel Des Jahres winner for [----] worth the look now that its shooting so high on boardgamegeek Is the Turbulence expansion"
YouTube Link 2025-07-04T06:15Z 53K followers, [----] engagements
"The Mole Shelfside Plays We delve into this social deduction party game which is very similar to Spyfall Players are hidden at a location and are given a secret role which one of is the mole. Then they must use hand management and bluffing to discover the secret identity of the mole This Claredon games pick is a little more casual in the light board game segment but this is an 18+ adults game. Who will best use deduction to find this mole traitor first Grab The Mole: https://www.amazon.com/Clarendon-Games-The-Mole/dp/B08P53MGKBref_=ast_sto_dp Table of Contents: Intro - (0:00) How to Play -"
YouTube Link 2023-09-29T14:30Z 48.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Primal: The Awakening Shelfside Review Shelfside reviews Primal: the Awakening a co-op boss battler monster hunting miniature board game for 1-5 players with expansions. This boutique tabletop campaign promises a deep card game with hand management and deckbuilding mechanics where sequencing cards properly for the different characters is key to victory. With plenty of options and a plethora of gear to be crafted players will be able to customize all sorts of playstyles to adapt to the wide variety of bosses theyll encounter each with their own unique behavior reaction cards and necessary"
YouTube Link 2025-03-13T13:54Z 47K followers, 17.1K engagements
"The Realm of Sword and Snow Prototype Review What I wanted out of Rising Sun We review this behemoth of an area control that has players being princes/princesses with zombies In this fictional Ancient China theyll be the threat of the undead from the North while players squabble amongst themselves for the most divine points to become the next emperor. It takes a lot of Ameritrash ideas from games like Battlestar Galactica but also feels heavily inspired by the areas controls of Game of Thrones/Blood Rage. And games take place over very long years in which itll progress from Spring to harvest"
YouTube Link 2024-12-04T15:30Z 44.1K followers, [----] engagements
"We Played Frosthaven's Closed Beta Shelfside plays Frosthaven digital on Steam the video game adaptation of the original board game from Cephalofair Games. Daniel and Alex complete the first [--] scenarios on hard difficulty while playing as the Banner Spear and Deathwalker See for yourself how well this classic cardplay tactical RPG translates over to a digital environment especially the outpost phase Disclaimer: While we were sent beta codes for free this isn't a paid sponsored video. All game elements shown are subject to change. Support us: https://www.patreon.com/shelfside"
YouTube Link 2025-05-06T14:01Z 46.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Twilight Struggle Review Where is the #1 BGG Game now We review the prolific cold war game Twilight Struggle as the US and USSR square off in the 20th century This GMT tabletop game has players taking asymmetric roles as they drop influence across countries around the world with dice rolling to resolve many checks. They're trying to get majority area control for when the scoring cards appear to get victory points. It's very thematic with the tug-of-war mechanic of countries as you play historic events from hand management. But where is this previous best BGG game now in [----] with all the"
YouTube Link 2025-01-27T15:13Z 45.3K followers, [----] engagements
"I made a Board Game Tinder Profile How does online dating work with our board gaming obsession We play our favorite boardgamegeek games using Tinder and we showcase the entire process starting with taking photos We make the profile and get plenty of matches. The video ends with us discussion the results of the dates Can we find love and give dating advice with tons of matches or will we struggle to just find people to play couples board games with Twilight Imperium [--] can make a pretty good mock fish as a main profile picture to attract people. Is Pranav's hate for Catan a good thing on his"
YouTube Link 2024-04-10T14:30Z 37.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Cosmic Encounter Duel Review - A Classic Redesigned In this Shelfside review we cover Cosmic Encounter Duel a tabletop board game that's a spinoff of the original Cosmic Encounter game published by Fantasy Flight Games but designed for a two player game night As usual players are racing to control [--] planets like in the original board game but now with new tactics rules and cards to change up the gameplay A different playthrough will vary widely from tabletop game to game as players can pick from [--] different factions each with their own unique abilities. Plenty of asymmetry is present here"
YouTube Link 2021-01-08T15:00Z 46.5K followers, 14.6K engagements
"Why I Sold Battlestar Galactica Here at Shelfside. we've sold the Battlestar Galactica board game. What How can we even call ourselves hardcore tabletop enthusiasts anymore Even more bewildering it's Ashton's personal favorite number one board game of all time Well there's a lot of reasons and as board game youtubers we've had a lot more game nights playing a lot more games than we probably would've played otherwise which leads to a ton of exposure to new game mechanics and design ideas. That and some simple logistical constraints like scheduling free time and accessibility with our gaming"
YouTube Link 2021-05-13T16:37Z 50.4K followers, 13.6K engagements
"Food Chain Magnate Shelfside Review In this Shelfside Review we munch into Food Chain Magnate a heavy Euro-styled tabletop board game developed by Splotter games where players are CEOs of their own companies hiring employees training them and using employees to produce fast food products to sell all across the map. As a CEO youll be managing your hand of employees price manipulating to sell as much as possible and estimating how big the banks are. The game boasts a highly modular board simultaneous action selection and a winner-takes-all mentality when selling to each house. Is this expensive"
YouTube Link 2023-10-25T01:38Z 29.9K followers, 14.2K engagements
"Lord of the Rings LCG Core Set Shelfside Unboxing Shelfside unboxes LOTR LCG Core Set That's a lot of acronyms. Lord of the Rings: The Card Game is a tabletop board game from Fantasy Flight Games where players go on epic adventures with characters and cards to help them along the way. All of which Ashton nerds out over in this unboxing. Support us: https://www.patreon.com/shelfside https://ko-fi.com/shelfside Our Website https://www.shelfside.co Purchase Games Weve Reviewed (Paid Link) https://amazon.com/shop/shelfside Links to our stuff: Ashton's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ashtonwu"
YouTube Link 2019-10-11T16:35Z 48.8K followers, [----] engagements
"F: Festive Fortunes Prototype Review Bidding with Chinese Red Envelopes Chinese New Years now becomes economic You bid with other players with red envelopes to visit each others houses In Fu you try to have the most prosperity by first purchasing food (worker placement) then blindly bid with other players to see which snacks you eat. When you eat more snacks you basically set collect to score points end game Or you could get more decorations for more ways to score victory points Is this tabletop game a worthy competitor to other bidding games like Container or the Estates Or perhaps the"
YouTube Link 2025-05-02T14:30Z 46.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Lands of Evershade Prototype Review Everything I've Ever Wanted Shelfside reviews Awaken Realms' Lands of Evershade prototype Aiming to blend ttrpg and board game this co-op adventure will have players create characters with an outright player's handbook and send them off in one of three different campaigns. With tons of dice rolling and grid based miniatures/standees combat gameplay is simple yet interesting using action cards for combat and skill check rolls in a CYOA exploration overworld where you'll read from a storybook Check out Lands of Evershade:"
YouTube Link 2024-11-14T18:36Z 43.4K followers, 24K engagements
"World's Least Awkward Board Gamer This guy is totally not awkward at non-board game parties He loves his tabletop games with complexity and wont let others tell him they dont want to play. In fact he might do whatever it takes to play So get out of the way you party game Cards Against Humanity This totally socially apt board game geek wants to take the chits and cards out for people to do management right away. Other people just dont understand the rules yet to his BGG top [---] games Hes kind of like a try-hard rules lawyer board gamer stereotype The GTT Arena Kickstarter:"
YouTube Link 2024-02-29T03:28Z 42.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Re;ACT - The Arts of War Review The Final Release Shelfside reviews the finished product React board game The same yugioh chain link inspired grid based anime card dueler is here with the full cast of [--] characters and [--] expansion ones (one is a Level [--] Games crossover kickstarter exclusive) The cardplay hand management and positioning gameplay are excellent as always with each character having pre-built decks so now comes the question of how well Re;ACT holds up not just as a tabletop board gaming experience but also for those looking for a TCG-like. Check out the game:"
YouTube Link 2024-10-21T13:01Z 50.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Pandemic Shelfside Review Shelfside reviews a classic game about not curing cancer. Pandemic is a co-op tabletop board game that was a revolutionary trend setter for future co-op board games and is the predecessor to games like Pandemic Legacy (and pretty much the whole "Legacy" type of board game). Support us: https://www.patreon.com/shelfside https://ko-fi.com/shelfside Our Website https://www.shelfside.co Purchase Games We've Reviewed (Paid Link) https://amazon.com/shop/shelfside Table of Contents: Intro - (0:00) Overview - (0:23) How to Play - (1:56) Pros - (3:11) Cons - (4:26)"
YouTube Link 2019-09-12T16:21Z 48.1K followers, [----] engagements
"Everdell Shelfside Review Everdell is a [----] card-based worker placement with a huge cardboard cutout tree that holds its deck of cards all with beautiful artwork Unique animal critter meeples and amazing resource components leave a tactile feel alongside excellent cardplay tactics to score the most victory points Everdell can support 1-4 players though the solo mode may leave you wanting without some expansions. Still this boardgamegeek top [---] euro is definitely a tabletop presence like no other Support us: https://www.patreon.com/shelfside https://ko-fi.com/shelfside Our Website"
YouTube Link 2024-08-31T14:00Z 42.7K followers, 16.7K engagements
"Shadows: Heroes & Monsters Shelfside Plays We delve into a dungeon together while being scumbags to each other This dungeon dive with asymmetric abilities and TCG inspired card drops has us [--] trying to collect the most shadow stones. Shortened by SAHM this Player vs. player vs. enemy game from Keun Games has you building your deck and killing [--] monsters if possible. We triggered once per game abilities to do some sneaky cutthroat things too With no shortage of take that who can predict/deduce what the others are playing to collect the most shadow stones Play SAHM:"
YouTube Link 2025-03-18T14:30Z 46.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Radlands Shelfside Review Radlands is a lane-based [--] player card game that takes 20-40 minutes per game There's no collectables like a TCG it's more like an LCG where you buy all the cards at once Each player draws their hand of cards from a shared deck and spends water (mana) every turn to play cards and activate abilities. The victory condition is to destroy all of the opponent's camps each with their own unique effects and strategies to play around Radlands streamlines the dueling card game experience incredibly well with simple mechanics and great depth from low complexity. However how"
YouTube Link 2022-05-17T14:30Z 44.2K followers, 15.9K engagements
"Euro Is Better Than Ameritrash What kind of casual noob board gamer prefers Ameritrash tabletop games over Euro Euro board games are the real board games with real strategy and depth to them and everybody loves to feel like they've earned their game night victories right Whether it be building victory point engine drafting meeples in worker placement or learning complex mechanics everyone can appreciate a real brain-burner board game. We like tabletop games without randomness which means no dice and cards should be drafted Unlike Ameritrash games which love wasting their players' time with"
YouTube Link 2021-10-08T14:30Z 50.4K followers, 12.9K engagements
"We Played Furylands We delve into this cooperative fantasy dungeon crawler Ashton and [--] other buddies completed [--] scenarios/missions of Furylands and here is the highlight reel as we finish with a boss fight This is Furylands: Ashes of Avalon where theres asymmetry with character creation with an innovative skill pairing system. Is this the tabletop cooperative experience like Gloomhaven or Frosthaven This also has lots of chits and cards and and shares a similar euro-like combat system Play Furylands: http://play.furylands.com/ This is a sponsored video. Table of Contents: Overview - (0:00)"
YouTube Link 2025-06-28T14:30Z 53K followers, [----] engagements
"Red Dust Rebellion took [--] hours First Impressions We played this asymmetric sci-fi area control for the first time and talk about it Red Dust Rebellion is the 12th game of the GMT COIN series where Mars has been colonized and [--] warring factions are striving for their own victory conditions. As per usual COIN faction you play around events flipping from a central deck deciding when is best to pass or use a full operation with unique actions. Ashton played as the corporations trying to get the most profits and Daniel as the Church of the reclaimer who deal with hand management. Is the time"
YouTube Link 2024-12-16T15:30Z 44.3K followers, [----] engagements
"The Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era Shelfside Review w/ Valenwood Expansion We finished multiple campaigns of this popular IP becoming a board game This Chip Theory games production (partnered with Bethesda) is about customization a character and dungeon crawling through a [--] session campaign (about [--] hrs). It's in Tamriel's second era as you can go from Skyrim to Morrowwind. The hexes for combat remind us of Gloomhaven yet this game's skill and combat system is much different it's more like Too Many Bones As you go through your choose-your-own-adventure with the Gazeteers what will"
YouTube Link 2025-04-01T03:23Z 50.2K followers, 27.5K engagements
"Reviewing [--] Board Game Bags Board game bags come in all shapes and sizes and we're here to review [--] This review montage ranges from the cheapest bag we could find to the biggest backpack ever We cover famous brands like allplay (boardgamestables.com) and then random amazon brands. A popular rectangular size lets you put Ticket to Ride/Dominion sized games across easily. Even Gator cases which makes musicians' gear has a supposed board game bag What makes a board game bag actually good and how comfortable does it have to be Does holding a lot of weight for all of your chits/cards make sense"
YouTube Link 2024-10-10T14:30Z 42.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Board Game Reviewer Explains Dice Rolling in [--] Levels of Difficulty Shelfside's professional board game reviewers sit down to explain how dice rolling works to [--] people of different expertise. Tabletop games use dice and randomness as a gameplay mechanism all the time. Every single card game that has shuffling and drawing cards is an example or board games like Monopoly or Catan. But the ways that randomness is used has varying levels of nuance to it and so in this video we're going to break down the concept of RNG so that you'll understand it no matter what level of board game player you"
YouTube Link 2022-02-10T14:30Z 47.2K followers, [----] engagements
"I try [--] Bay Area Board Game Stores The Bay Areas board game stores and cafes were coming We travel around in a loop around the Bay Area to go to as many FLGS as we can Theres board game cafes (Game Parlour & Victory Point Cafe) then full on gaming stores like Game Kastle. Some places are free to demo games whereas others might have a rental program We also try out some drinks and board game themed food during this one-day road trip No kidding its from San Jose all the way to Oakland then Novato then back before midnight Theres popular games like Root and Heroquest shown but also older"
YouTube Link 2024-08-06T14:30Z 42.8K followers, 22K engagements
"Secret Societies Prototype Review Deep Euro Bidding If you wanted a Euro-driven bidding game with strong asymmetry look no further This Garpill Games' release has hand management of your bids as you seek to get the most power (victory points). You will collect sets of deeds (countries) and expand your income by filling in your player board This game shares some similarities to entries like Hadrian's Wall but has a LOT more interaction in comparison. Is this the auction game for you with variable set-up and a lot of really nice wooden tabletop pieces Play Secret Societies:"
YouTube Link 2025-09-30T23:01Z 53K followers, [----] engagements
"Trying to rank the last [--] years of Board Games (2015-2024) How interesting and impactful were the last [--] years of board gaming to me We look at this through a game lens since anything other than that would be an overwhelming task as there are too many ameritrash and euro games. We also include the Spiel Des Jahres from each year which has family games Which year will be the standoff one and have the most games in the BGG top [---] How much tabletop knowledge do we have of each year Which popular kickstarter games should we review next Play Goblins Hate Xmas:"
YouTube Link 2025-09-10T14:30Z 53K followers, [----] engagements
"Bloodwork Shelfside Plays We work together to defeat an evil boss in Bloodwork This is a cooperative dark fantasy RPG board game to play as mercenaries to free the Damemark. Theres character customization for the [--] asymmetric ones weve played with unique enemy AI mechanics. Theres tons of miniatures and terrain to interact with too The gameplay definitely looks inspired by Gloomhaven and Dungeon and Dragons 5th edition. In this scenario we faced against Giggarat dice rolling to hit him in his weak spots. You can even do some fun roleplaying with all of the skills per character Will we"
YouTube Link 2025-09-11T14:30Z 53K followers, [----] engagements
"LOOP Review When Happiness Is Victory Points Work. Buy. Consume. Shelfside reviews LOOP (Life Of Ordinary People) a medium weight euro board game that has players reenacting 21st century life in a tabletop setting where the goal is to achieve maximum happiness (victory points). The gameplay loop revolves around players each playing as a unique career that earns varying amounts of money and happiness with their unique stats and actions. The rules of this board game are highly thematic and on your turn you literally just do one of three actions: Work Buy or Consume. Though there's also favor"
YouTube Link 2021-03-25T15:45Z 49.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Antares Kingdoms Review Simultaneous Gameplay Euro Shelfside reviews a euro-inspired set collection board game that has everyone play simultaneously Antares Kingdoms has everyone play as one of [--] factions over a period of [--] decades (phases) with [--] years (rounds) each. Players compete for the most victory points by collecting the most sets and dominion cards. Every year you do two actions which will usually involve drawing and playing more cards to advance your kingdom as well as spending gold usually as free actions to further boost yourself. Simultaneous play is definitely a cool gameplay"
YouTube Link 2022-02-01T17:25Z 50.4K followers, [----] engagements
"How to Store Your Games Without an Insert Ashton shares his strategy behind getting your tabletop board game started and put away as quickly as possible. Shelfside is not affiliated with Plano boxes in any way we just happen to like them for our geeky board game purposes. Nothing wrong with inserts but there's tons of ways to store your components whether it be The Broken Token or fishing boxes. Support us: https://www.patreon.com/shelfside https://ko-fi.com/shelfside Our Website https://www.shelfside.co Purchase Games Weve Reviewed (Paid Link) https://amazon.com/shop/shelfside Links to our"
YouTube Link 2019-11-25T22:04Z 50.4K followers, 25.7K engagements
"Tainted Grail Fall of Avalon Completed Thoughts NO SPOILERS Shelfside revisits Fall of Avalon in this jank unboxing of the stretch goals for Tainted Grail (Last Knight and Age of Legends) now that our Tainted Grail conquest of all [--] chapters is done There's updated thoughts on the story as well as further complaints about the mechanics and cardplay. Tainted Grail may have its pitfalls as a board game but as a tabletop story experience that exploration journal still manages to deliver an incredibly immersive world to dive right into on game nights. Basically all the points in our review of"
YouTube Link 2021-08-31T14:45Z 49.8K followers, 15.5K engagements
"Monopoly Deal Review $5 Monopoly This [--] minute card game is kind of like the original monopoly Monopoly deal by Hasbro is all about collecting the classic sets like Boardwalk and Indiana Avenue while evading enough take-that from opponents to win Theres the classical renting and house/hotel building too. Is this party/family game good enough for adults as weve seen from its popularity for 15+ years What is the best player count Should you just play Uno or sequence at target Table of Contents: Overview - (0:00) How to Play - (0:57) Pros - (1:32) Cons - (5:44) Recommender Score - (12:55)"
YouTube Link 2024-10-30T14:30Z 49.6K followers, 13.3K engagements
"Dune: Imperium Bloodlines QUICK Review We quickly review the newest Dune Imperium expansion This expansion with its multiple piles of cards and Sardaukar seems to be the most popular when combined with Dune Uprising. It's the same overall gameplay with deckbuilding meets worker placement with the end of round conflict. Now there can be sandworms fighting Sardaukar commanders with abilities But how does it fare with the other BGG Euro expansions like Rise of Ix and Immortality Is this worth the money at $40 MSRP or should you just wait if you're not too concerned about balance Or maybe you"
YouTube Link 2025-12-10T15:30Z 53K followers, 10.5K engagements
"Using Pirate Gold for Board Gaming Ever wanted to use Pirate Gold coins for your tabletop game nights Look no further than Pirate Golds solid metal alloy poker chips Including Gold Silver Copper and Gunmetal coins these heavy coin poker chips add a real weight and satisfying clink noises to board game sessions with way more heft than regular poker chips or clays and theres even hessian sacks with drawstrings Weve tried them so far in Last Light Coup and even good old fashioned Texas Holdem and theyre super fun to fiddle around with Of course hundreds of huge metal coins are a bit pricey but"
YouTube Link 2023-11-22T05:00Z 50.5K followers, 14.3K engagements
"Vast: The Mysterious Manor Shelfside Unboxing In this Shelfside Unboxing Ashton and Daniel sing about spooky and scary skeletons. Vast: The Mysterious Manor is an asymmetrical addition to the leder games lineup (creators of Root Vast: The Crystal Caverns and Pax Pamir) in which players take on the role of one of many factions vying for their separate win condition in a haunted house. There's the paladin who plays a roleplaying/dungeon crawling style who has to slay the spider all the while being chased by skeletons who need to kill the paladin to win the game. Vast: The Mysterious Manor has"
YouTube Link 2020-06-12T15:30Z 51K followers, [----] engagements
"Every Catan Game Ever Settlers of Catan is an extremely popular board game that has taken the world by storm with its encouragement of trading feel-good resource management and little to no downtime. This is a game that we've played countless times in high school and there are of course lots of cliche's attached to this game and I wanted to cover them (and by that I mostly mean talking about love/hate of dice). After I played Catan probably a little too many times in high school then moved on bigger titles like Food Chain Magnate Twilight Imperium and Civilization so making this video on the"
YouTube Link 2020-09-23T23:45Z 51.1K followers, 36.7K engagements
"No that Catan game didnt count because Hey wait a second that Catan game totally didnt count Here are all of the reasons why: ranging from mechanics to expansions to just poor dumb rng. Or maybe Im just too used to Twilight Imperium and its amertirash + Euro tendencies Support us: https://www.patreon.com/shelfside https://ko-fi.com/shelfside Our Website https://www.shelfside.co/ Purchase Games Weve Reviewed (Paid Link) https://amazon.com/shop/shelfside Shelfside Social Media: https://twitter.com/ShelfSideYT https://www.instagram.com/shelfsideboardgames/ https://www.facebook.com/ShelfsideYT/"
YouTube Link 2025-12-05T15:30Z 53K followers, [----] engagements
"Tainted Grail Kings of Ruin Review They Fixed EVERYTHING in This Prototype Awaken Realms sent us a prototype of Tainted Grail: Kings of Ruin to review Having just launched their new Gamefound campaign their highly anticipated stand-alone sequel to Fall of Avalon already reached their goal in just a few minutes take that Kickstarter With an all new story and a total rework to menhirs via waystones Kings of Ruin promises to better balance its rules and mechanisms while getting rid of the grind so players can get to explorations faster No more going through tons of encounters for resources the"
YouTube Link 2022-09-28T02:42Z 52.9K followers, 47.9K engagements
"The PROBLEM with Tigris & Euphrates This used to be the NUMBER ONE game on boardgamegeek So what went wrong [--] years after its release In fact it's not even top [---] anymore Ignoring how Tigris and Euphrates is out of print this game is a masterpiece when it comes to gameplay design and balance in a tabletop board game as players can place their tiles ANYWHERE which opens up a crazy complex decision space to outplay each other. Plus the rules are simple with just [--] actions a turn and the goal of getting the most victory points. but you only count your points in the scoring category you're"
YouTube Link 2022-09-17T12:45Z 50.6K followers, 13.9K engagements
"Cosmic Encounter Review A decade later I bought this Anti-Euro again Download RAID ios/android/PC ➡ https://t2m.io/Shelfside_Nov25 to unlock a new free mystery Legendary Champion inspired by an iconic franchise and get [--] free Epics 🎉 Available after downloading through this link only ✅ [--] - Epic Ultimate Galek from the start ✅ [--] - Epic Zargala after reaching level [--] ✅ [--] - Promo codes for a Legendary Champion of your choice ⚡ ➡ UDKING / DESERTQUEEN / DEMONSLAYER / TREEHUGGER / GETALICE / MONKEYKING Available only for new players. Redeem within [--] hours after registration. We review one of the"
YouTube Link 2025-11-26T21:31Z 53K followers, [----] engagements
"Root Underworld Kickstarter Edition: First Impressions So we've been lucky enough to be able to get ahold of the Kickstarter edition of Root: The Underworld Expansion. We've played it a bunch for our board game nights and now we're here to give you our first impressions Root the Underworld expansion comes with two new factions: The Underground Duchy and the Corvid Conspiracy. In addition you get two new maps to put on your tabletop We got a mountain map plus a lake map to improve your Root board gaming experience. In typical Leder Games Kickstarter fashion because our friend Jason was an"
YouTube Link 2020-02-21T21:53Z 50.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Ankh: Gods of Egypt Review Many Unholy Merges Eric M. Lang is back with another area control board game The trilogy of RIsing Sun Blood Rage and now Ankh: Gods of Egypt with its unique merging mechanic. Players will each control an egyptian god wielding asymmetric abilities that allow them to control the board's regions and battles each in their own ways. You'll summon epic monster miniatures play cards during combat and heavily strategize how to put yourself in the best position before the last two players merge in the end game. This tabletop war game lacks randomness and instead of victory"
YouTube Link 2021-09-21T14:30Z 51.1K followers, 38.3K engagements
"It's time to play Nexus #shorts #boardgames #tabletopduo #tcg We played Nexus and man does this game do a lot of CCG things right In fact I'm considering a review. This is a sponsored post. Support us: https://www.patreon.com/shelfside https://ko-fi.com/shelfside Our Website https://www.shelfside.co/ Purchase Games Weve Reviewed (Paid Link) https://amazon.com/shop/shelfside Shelfside Social Media: https://twitter.com/ShelfSideYT https://www.instagram.com/shelfsideboardgames/ https://www.facebook.com/ShelfsideYT/ https://discord.gg/U7QQKqYT62 Links to our other stuff: Ashton's Channel:"
YouTube Link 2025-06-11T18:57Z 52.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Arydia Exceeds All Expectations Shelfside's thoughts and impressions after reaching level [--] in Arydia: The Paths We Dare Tread A campaign board game heavily inspired by ttrpg's like dnd players will create characters to adventure and roleplay with a d20 checks system and pre-painted minis With by far the BEST components we've ever seen coming out of massive kickstarter projects alongside incredibly smooth story and tactical gameplay using [--] standard and [--] minor actions from your loadout of equipment and abilities. Arydia gets a reprint soon"
YouTube Link 2025-11-04T14:23Z 53K followers, 24.1K engagements
"Haggleoff Review Avoid Taxes in a Trading Game We review a negotiation game filled with trading opportunities In Haggleoff you try to get the most money by set collecting and hand management a bit like the popular bohnanza. However with the introduction of power cards and timed turns theres a lot of chaos happening Youre essentially investing cards into diverse industries cashing out as an action to try to get points. Cards are also multi-use with the donation pile to make this game feel like a TCG at times. It even has a fake online tax program for bookkeeping called Tax404 Though perhaps"
YouTube Link 2025-11-10T15:30Z 50.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Solforge Fusion Review Richard Garfield Performs Some Magic Thank you INTO THE AM for the shirts and sweatshirts Get 10% off site-wide when you go to: https://intotheam.com/Shelfside The creator of Magic the Gathering made a new card game with leveling up mechanics under Stoneblade Entertainment Does this Keyforge and Smash Up inspired board game deliver on Richard Garfields reputation (and Justin Garys) This hybrid card game caters to the MTG archetypes of Timmy Johnny and Spike but will tabletop fans enjoy the [--] card a turn drop with the lack of rulebook in the box Or how moving square"
YouTube Link 2023-01-28T19:00Z 51.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Coup Shelfside Review Shelfside reviews Coup a game in which everyone is secretly a duke. Coup is a bluffing tabletop board game designed by Rikki Tahta and published by Indie Boards and Cards. Set in the same world as The Resistance and Grifters players take on the roles of powerful political families attempting to secure power by offing their competition. Support us: https://www.patreon.com/shelfside https://ko-fi.com/shelfside Our Website https://www.shelfside.co/ Purchase Games Weve Reviewed (Paid Link) https://amazon.com/shop/shelfside Table of Contents: Intro (0:00) Overview - (0:16)"
YouTube Link 2019-07-25T00:58Z 50.9K followers, [----] engagements
"How Civilization Games Became a Vibe We delve into the 4X genre that mostly encompasses civilization and space games It is technically considered a mechanic on boardgamegeek where players will expand all the way to exterminate their enemies in a high-conflict high diplomacy long gameplay. But are there issues with bringing a traditionally complicated video game genre to board gaming as seen with games like Sid Meier's Civilization Are there just too many chits and cards to manage with the steep learning curve for game night Or are there many fake 4X's like Scythe or games that try to"
YouTube Link 2024-11-18T15:30Z 51.1K followers, 25.3K engagements
"Hegemony is CRAZY Asymmetric (and why it's good) We take a dive into Hegemony a highly asymmetric euro-styled negotiation board game This simulates real life situations (IRL) with the working class capitalist state and middle class. You go to work and pay taxes. There's cards to manage in your hand then you play them for different faction specific actions. Hegemony: Lead Your Class to Victory has been a rising game on BGG ever since its kickstarter with high economic complexity with voting at the end of every round. Will you get the most money by exporting ot the foreign market Can you move"
YouTube Link 2024-02-16T15:30Z 53K followers, 36.8K engagements
"Every Arkham Horror LCG Game Ever Despite the campaign weve played this is inevitably how its like playing a scenario Fantasy Flight Games Arkham Horror the Living Card game (or AHLCG for short) has lots of Lovecraft theme meets deckbuilding. You can cooperatively take an asymmetric character playing scenarios like The Drowned City or The Path to Carcosa. We see push your luck to pass skill checks to manipulate those chits Some players like to be seekers to gather clues with careful hand management whereas others might just want to use a shotgun to blast away monsters. Maybe some players will"
YouTube Link 2025-05-29T14:30Z 52.5K followers, 15.9K engagements
"The BGG Scoring System Explained How is the BoardGameGeek Top [---] board games list calculated Where is Catan Instead theres tabletop Euros like Brass Birmingham or Dungeon Crawler Euros like Gloomhaven. We explain this Geek Rating through a formula called the Bayesian Average which takes into account dummy votes while analyzing what is the best tabletop game. Regardless of components like dice/cards player count or genre the top [---] list can feature games that seem suspect from Kickstarter or Gamefound backerkit habits. Maybe games like Tainted Grail Kings of Ruin that arent released yet"
YouTube Link 2022-12-23T23:29Z 52.5K followers, 57.7K engagements
"Every Star Wars Rebellion Game Ever This is every single Star Wars Rebellion game ever. And of course we included the Rise of the Empire expansion Star Wars Rebellion is one of our favorite Fantasy Flight Games ameritrash big box games where the asymmetry really comes through with the empire vs. rebel alliance. How will the dice rolls fair as you worker placement your leaders down What are the climatic moments with the Death Star or sith/jedi In fact the Rebel alliance doesn't even need to occupy that many spaces if their secret base is never found in the game of cat/mouse. Support us:"
YouTube Link 2025-09-23T20:15Z 53K followers, [----] engagements
"Abyss Echo: The Forbidden Rite First Impressions Chinese Lovecraft CYOA We try this lovecraftian choose your own adventure game from a Chinese studio In Abyss Echo: The Forbidden Rite you are a resonator who is wandering the halls of time making decisions while going through the booklet hoping your sanity does not drop too low. This first chapter reminds us a lot of Mansions of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft as you prepare to go to Antarctica for investigations. This isnt your typical BGG top game with Euro/Ameritrash mechanics rather the sell is the writing and story hence that is why we focus on"
YouTube Link 2025-07-09T14:30Z 53K followers, 21.7K engagements
"WTF is this "Board Game Shelving System" We cover a shelf dedicated to storing your board game collection That is it can fit all of your top BGG games through metal rails so you dont have to get an Ikea Kallax The BoxThrone shelving system lets you store tabletop horizontally to prevent chit and card spillage. We had great luck with big games like Eldritch Horror all the way to medium games like Catan. Though it will be hard to fit very large games like Gloomhaven or Tanares Adventures but they can go on top of the shelf We stored Ti4 and PoK on the very top after all. We covered the BoxKing"
YouTube Link 2025-02-18T15:30Z 45.6K followers, [----] engagements
"I eat at [--] NYC Board Game Stores & Cafes New York City board game related stores were coming to eat We visit some FLGS and cafes which feature popular BGG games but also food/drink We check out their offerings besides tabletop like in some places Golf and Arcade We go through the various places including in Hoboken New Jersey all the way to Manhattan Upper East side. We can show which places have rentals and their open play policy or do they just do MTG commander Perhaps TTRPGs are more your style Can you play big space operas or just simple [--] player games at these areas Play Conquest for the"
YouTube Link 2025-10-24T14:30Z 53K followers, [----] engagements
"Scythe but With House Rules We changed Scythe's rules so that there's more combat But is this new gameplay balanced Would Stonemaier Games approve After all the mechs and minis probably shouldn't be fighting this much but why let Saxony have all the fun Now everyone's win condition and strategy can involve them getting an unlimited amount of combat and objective stars. Plus we've also figured out creative ways to use this board game's existing pieces and components. And don't worry the euro foundations of the action boards and non random fighting remains the same but that's subject to change"
YouTube Link 2022-06-29T12:22Z 51.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Heat: Pedal to the Metal Review Fast but thematically limited We review the most popular racing game Heat took BGG by storm a couple years back promising deckbuilding with streamlined gameplay that only takes about an hour. With [--] players By combining the Heat card into a penalty and a resource the gameplay has lots of hand management to ensure you round corners without spinning out. Theres even slipstreaming as a comeback mechanic But could there be issues with taking the high-octane idea of racing and simplifying it so much There could be some push-your-luck ideas with the stress cards and"
YouTube Link 2025-12-29T20:56Z 53K followers, [----] engagements
"Cash 'n Guns Shelfside Tutorial The Shelfside how to play that explains how to give each other boo-boos with foam pew-pews. These foam guns ain't no nerf guns and so this tutorial aims to teach y'all everything you're going to want to know about Cash N Guns Support us: https://www.patreon.com/shelfside https://ko-fi.com/shelfside Our Website https://www.shelfside.co Purchase Games Weve Reviewed (Paid Link) https://amazon.com/shop/shelfside Table of Contents: Intro (0:00) Setup (0:19) Explaining Gameplay and Rounds (1:13) Setting Up Loot for the Round (1:24) Picking a Bullet Card (1:40)"
YouTube Link 2019-08-12T18:39Z 51K followers, [---] engagements
"Shallow Sea Review Immaculate Tile Laying We review Shallow Sea a tile-laying Euro with incredible design no kidding This 1-4 player low-conflict game has players managing their own coral reef juggling fish tokens and coral/Sealife to get the most victory points come end game. There are some objectives to pursue (rewarding set collection) but its mostly about just building the best reef with lots of biodiversity You tackle grid coverage in the pattern building of tiles every turn. Also the solo mode is incredibly clean with no automa needed Is this game too solitaire or does Bad Comet truly"
YouTube Link 2025-11-20T15:30Z 53K followers, [----] engagements
"Catan Shelfside Plays We play Settlers of Catan The classic board game of drawing a bunch of resource cards so you can trade your wood for sheep Watch us build roads that lead into settlements that then become cities As well as rage over the dice rolls based on who the randomness favors. like when the darn robber never leaves the wheat hex alone It's fine though because with ports and diplomacy along with some scumbag development cards like monopoly we'll absolutely screw over and outright steal from each in our mad dash to [--] victory points Or maybe the entire strategy is all just initial"
YouTube Link 2022-09-24T03:41Z 50.5K followers, [----] engagements
"The Resistance Shelfside Review Shelfside reviews The Resistance a tabletop board game about social deduction where players must work together to weed out the spies among them or stay hidden as the spies Designed by Don Eskridge and published by India Board and Cards The Resistance is set in the same universe as Coup and Grifters where a dystopian world awaits. Support us: https://www.patreon.com/shelfside https://ko-fi.com/shelfside Our Website https://www.shelfside.co/ Purchase Games Weve Reviewed (Paid Link) https://amazon.com/shop/shelfside Table of Contents: Intro (0:00) Overview -"
YouTube Link 2019-07-13T19:08Z 51.6K followers, [----] engagements
"Dune: Imperium Uprising Shelfside Review We review the latest Dune Imperium standalone expansion Just like the original this Euro blends worker placement and deckbuilding as you compete for victory points. Will you get benefits from doubling the wins of conflicts with the plastic sandworms Or deck build with the new better cards Even the asymmetry is slightly more nuanced You can now play Dune Imperium with up to [--] players too with the 3v3 (emperor vs. muaddib) mode. In fact this game improves on the original in many mechanical ways including the board but it certainly isnt for everyone."
YouTube Link 2025-06-10T14:30Z 52.1K followers, 16.2K engagements
"I was too hardcore for Catan and now I'm back Catan or Settlers of Catan is one of the most popular tabletop board games of all time. Boasting hand management dice rolling and trading (just like Monopoly) there's no surprise why it's popular but its surge into the mainstream caught us off guard. In fact in [----] with everyone being stuck inside it's even got a massive boost in sales After I played Catan probably a little too many times in high school then moved on bigger titles like Food Chain Magnate Twilight Imperium and Civilization. I thought I was better than this gateway game and swore"
YouTube Link 2020-08-19T14:15Z 51.1K followers, 20.5K engagements
"Primal Just Got Even Better Primal the Awakening expansion pre-orders just dropped Reggie Games hit us with more peak campaign board game content in the form of extra player characters who use a spear and wardrum [--] new biome playmat maps that can modify your boss battles and the nightmare variation cards of the last [--] monsters without them There's so many new combos and strategies to deck build with plus challenges to take on And of course there's new organizers to avoid any tabletop clutter to support the new components. Check out Primal here: https://reggiegames.com/ Support us:"
YouTube Link 2025-11-21T13:01Z 53K followers, [----] engagements
"Twilight Imperium 4: Thunder's Edge Shelfside Review We review the latest Ti4 expansion after playing it four times Well technically we played Codex [--] [--] times then this once but theres a lot of crossover This 2nd expansion for the top BGG game Ti4 (with Pok) includes more asymmetric factions all the way to new 4x mechanics (Thunders edge + fracture). Explore the fracture and invest into the new legendary planets Or play an entire new game mode with drafting in Twilights Fall There are patched cards from the codexes and cardboard pieces like the strategy cards. With the [--] galactic events you"
YouTube Link 2025-11-05T15:30Z 53K followers, 19.3K engagements
"Every Brass Birmingham Game Ever Brass Birmingham is a game where no one knows how the networks work on first playthrough. Also there's a ton of flipping tokens/cardboard chits. Also also taking loans is a good idea; so is paying your workers in beer. Support us: https://www.patreon.com/shelfside https://ko-fi.com/shelfside Our Website https://www.shelfside.co Purchase Games Weve Reviewed (Paid Link) https://amazon.com/shop/shelfside Shelfside Social Media: https://twitter.com/ShelfSideYT https://www.instagram.com/shelfsideboardgames/ https://www.facebook.com/ShelfsideYT/ Links to our other"
YouTube Link 2021-11-08T14:00Z 51K followers, 19K engagements
"Hows a Metal Board Game Shelf - The GameKeep We take a dive into a board game bookshelf made out of metal This will store all sorts of games with its adjustable shelves with a focus on bigger types of games like Gloomhaven or Heroquest. But will it fit all types of games like our beloved FFG titles such as Cosmic Encounter or Dune Imperium How does this compare to the previous Boxthrone which we previously touted as a nice replacement for Ikea Kallax Is this worth the cost of spending a bit more and is the assembly worth it Games featured: Santorini Brass Birmingham Pandemic Camel Up Dominion"
YouTube Link 2025-12-02T15:30Z 53K followers, [----] engagements
"Rating the BEST and WORST games of BGG Top [---] (That We've Played) BGG Top [---] games are some of the most highly respected board games ever. But do they deserve to stay there Are some on their way off the list to be replaced by tabletop games with more unique mechanics Shelfside digs into these games whether they're Euro or Ameritrash regardless of their genre. Card drafting worker placement area control doesn't matter the rules and strategies we talk about it Some games like Root are dominated by competitive board gamers. Pandemic Legacy or Gloomhaven are beloved by those who like campaigns"
YouTube Link 2022-12-15T18:59Z 51.2K followers, 67.2K engagements
"If American Psycho was about Card Game Players During a very important meeting a bunch of players discuss some differences on sleeve choice. Perhaps some preferences get in the way. They're also known as TCG (trading card game) players. Games mentioned: Magic the Gathering Grand Archive Sleeves used: Ultra Pro Dragonsleeve Player's Choice Ultimate Katana Guard Support us: https://www.patreon.com/shelfside https://ko-fi.com/shelfside Our Website https://www.shelfside.co/ Purchase Games Weve Reviewed (Paid Link) https://amazon.com/shop/shelfside Shelfside Social Media:"
YouTube Link 2026-01-08T15:30Z 53K followers, 44.3K engagements
"Root Shelfside Review In this Shelfside Review we review Leder Games Root an area control asymmetrical war game with heavy variable player powers designed by Cole Wehrle and illustrated by Kyle Ferrin with an incredibly unique art style. In this board game 2-4 players assume the role of woodland critters vying for control of the root of the forest each using completely different mechanics like action queues hand and engine management questing and of course fighting with dice. The factions of Vagabond Marquise de Cat The Eyrie Dynasties and the Woodland Alliance all work in dramatically"
YouTube Link 2020-03-12T17:00Z 51.1K followers, 52.7K engagements
"Chinatown Shelfside Review In this Shelfside review we talk about playing Chinatown a trading-focused tabletop board game where players will exchange cash and property assets like in the popular board game Monopoly. In the race to become the richest immigrant in New York City Chinatown players will trade their money and property pieces like dim sum restaurants and factories with their opponents every round. No dice rolling and landing on spaces here though In Chinatown your property will passively generate income and cash at the end of rounds meaning it's more of a frantic race instead of"
YouTube Link 2020-11-13T15:45Z 51.1K followers, [----] engagements
"The BGG Weight Problem How complex is a game rated on BGG What does heaviness even mean We dive into the community ratings of "weight" on boardgamegeek where people vote between 1-5 on how they think this tabletop game makes them feel in terms of complexity and rules. From John Company 2nd edition to even Candyland we go through what a heavy game feels like to play and some weirdness with voting. Maybe Geekscore voting systems can be implemented like a Bayesian average We even go through the BGG top [---] and see which games we think are accurately rated What are ways to improve this for all"
YouTube Link 2024-02-01T15:30Z 52.2K followers, 39.5K engagements
"Rising Sun Shelfside Review We review the Eric M. Lang area control classic Rising Sun With excellent CMON minis and Eric M. Lang's hilarious design that allows players to win victory points by losing battles with creative tabletop strategies a usual part of the trilogy of board games that includes Ankh and Blood Rage Everyone controls a faction clan with asymmetric abilities and will worship kami plus fight over provinces over [--] seasons in legendary feudal Japan. Having honor is paramount as it allows you to break all ties and you must be careful about your alliances. With excellent"
YouTube Link 2022-11-21T13:45Z 52.6K followers, 36.6K engagements
"Civilization: A New Dawn Shelfside Review w/Terra Incognita Expansion A streamlined Civilization tabletop game that plays under [--] hours Sid Meier's Civilization A New Dawn with the Terra Incognita expansion is the newer Civilization board game that aims to shorten the 4X experience compared to the original [----] version. Tech tile pieces have been simplified into focus row cards ancient wonders can be built incredibly fast and the overall complexity has been toned down. Expect the usual cool combos and strategies as players race to have their civs achieve certain victory card conditions (not"
YouTube Link 2022-04-27T14:30Z 51.1K followers, 29.5K engagements
"TI4 Codex IV: First Impressions We played Codex Volume 4: Liberation and are here to talk about it This Fantasy Flight Games release to enhance the core game of Twilight Imperium (and Prophecy of Kings if you want) just adds more relics and scenarios We played with 3/4 of the galactic events and we specifically want to talk about the Total War variant. After playing Twilight Imperium for hundreds of hours combined what do we think about the changes to this top BoardGameGeek game How does it handle RNG and the ameritrashy area control moments Are there any changes to the asymmetry Intro -"
YouTube Link 2025-07-30T14:30Z 53K followers, 13.9K engagements
"The Star Wars: Rebellion Expansion is AMAZING We finally got around to playing Rise of the Empire This expansion for Star Wars: Rebellion took our enjoyment of base game and propelled it even further. The game still has the initial cat and mouse with the highly asymmetrical play but the ameritrash combat system has been altered with tactic cards You also get to do worker placement as some of the new leaders from Rogue One (the movie). In our two games did the rebels win or was the empire successful with the looming threat of the Death Star miniature Table of Contents: Intro - (0:00) Talking"
YouTube Link 2026-01-17T15:30Z 53K followers, 15.5K engagements
"Shelfside's Best (and Worst) Board Gaming of [----] Heres Shelfsides best and worst games of [----] and we got to play TI4 almost every month We go through honorable mentions like the war game Firelock all the way to GMT games like Twilight Struggle. During this [----] we didn't get to play too many Euros but leaned more towards Ameritrash. This is not a review but we cover covers Europa Universalis: The Price of Power with some worst gaming mentions as well. Will there be Euros admits all of the living card game selections This is not a top [--] list but ultimately covers multiple rising games on"
YouTube Link 2026-01-05T15:30Z 53K followers, 31.7K engagements
"What's wrong with Social Deduction Social deduction has some big key issues in using it to develop a board game mostly stemming from how group reliant they are. Issues can be player elimination in long games or by the game boiling down to a 50/50 pick. Sure there's also the issue where your group just does not want to lie which also is a counterpoint to how group dependent these games are. You don't want to be playing a subpar team game for many hours after the traitor has been revealed Tabletop traitor games issues get somewhat solved by Human Punishment: The Beginning but that unleashes so"
YouTube Link 2023-11-13T23:00Z 45.6K followers, 503.1K engagements
"We Finished the Drowned City Campaign (Arkham Horror LCG) The newest AHLCG campaign (10th cycle) has been completed with the Investigator expansion. How is this campaign in Ry'leh compared to other campaigns we have finished like the Dunwich Horror (or in Alexander's case also Carcosa & Edge of the Earth and more). We delve into this LCG of Fantasy Flight Games discussing the new deckbuilding possibilities and the twists and turns of storytelling. How does the game mitigate RNG or allow for theme meeting gameplay moments Does it let you role-play well with the new tasks to complete Table of"
YouTube Link 2025-06-17T14:30Z 52.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Catan: Starfarers Review Just 90's Nostalgia The popular Catan is now in space Ships and spaceports have replaced cities and development cards (including knights) and the robber mechanic has been tweaked Starfarers still has the classic Catan mechanics like trading dice rolling for resource and hand management but is now bigger at [--] hours. You may fight pirates or discovery barren ice planets and use upgrades to deal with them. Space Catan is also much more expensive with an MSRP of $100 Is Catan Studio giving a deluxe more complicated Catan that is worth it How does this original 1990s"
YouTube Link 2023-06-21T17:28Z 52.9K followers, 19.5K engagements
"TI4: Twilight's Fall Review The Fuh We review this game mode from TI4: Thunder's Edge Visit http://plankmattress.com/shelfside to get 30% off your order with code SHELFSIDE Twilight's Fall features the same great space opera gameplay just with asymmetry vastly changed Now players will draft their technologies/faction specialties throughout the game. And you can use the Prophecy of Kings mech abilities of multiple factions The galactic ameritrash conquest still stays with strategy cards and area control. You'll still do King of the Hill with holding Mecatol Rex. However the tech tree is"
YouTube Link 2025-12-12T15:30Z 53K followers, 10.3K engagements
"7 Steps to Get Rich QUICK From Board Games Board games are fun to play but did you also know you could turn a profit through [--] easy steps Follow this satirical guide to make some real cash and maybe even run a company of your own one day Works for Ameritrash OR Euro games FFG is best. Games mentioned: Battlestar Galactica Campaign for North Africa Tigris and Euphrates Star Wars: Queens Gambit Twilight Imperium Thunders Edge Prophecy of Kings Grimcoven Catacombs Winds of Numa Sera Brass Birmingham Nemesis: Retaliation Monopoly Taboo Catan Cosmic Encounter Sid Meiers Civilization (2010) Descent"
YouTube Link 2025-12-17T15:30Z 53K followers, [----] engagements
"Heroes of Might & Magic: The Card Game Shelfside Plays We engage in a 1v1 card duel to the death This TCG by Archon Studios has players using their asymmetric decks (Castle vs Necropolis) to drop the enemy hero to [--] HP. Players will manage their hands of cards but also manage units on a grid battlefield vying for control of locations that can give special abilities. There's powerful spells/artifacts and fun unit nuance including stacking With Ashton controlling Adela the Cleric and Alex controlling Isra the Death Knight who will win with these sample packs Play HoMM TCG:"
YouTube Link 2025-10-21T21:43Z 53K followers, [----] engagements
"War of the Ring Review - A Lord of the Rings Wet Dream The Lord of the Rings experience perfectly summed up as a board game War of the Ring is the most faithful representation of the lotr trilogy to ever hit the tabletop hobby. This review covers how Middle Earth is done justice in a two player area control war game where one player controls the shadow armies and the other the free peoples. With incredibly unique dice rolling and card actions War of the Ring does asymmetric gameplay justice in not only being balanced but also in accurately depicting each side in how they play. Theres even"
YouTube Link 2020-12-09T15:30Z 50.5K followers, 110K engagements
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