Ten Things That F*CK Me Off About Board Games

Join us as we rant about 10 things that annoy us in the board game industry.

[dcrbdh]

To add to #1, when the influencers who told you the game was awesome then when it's released are like "I culled my copy", and then when people call them on it are like "my gaming tastes are allowed to change!" . Yeah.... gaming tastes change, I've had games sour on you knew this game was "meh" from the get go.

[thatschilltssk]

Can't believe Ive been only been watching Dice Tower and SU&SD these last few years since I discovered boardgames. It's like Ive been listening to Cliff Richard my whole life and somebody has just played me Napalm Death.

[MrSomebunny]

Oh god, your number 10 is SO SPOT ON. Plus, these people who are “moderators” on Facebook board game groups who make posts about how amazing a game is before it even launched on Kickstarter. Then, if you ask them if their post is a paid ad, they kick you out of the group and block you. Another guy on YouTube made a whole series of videos about his dealings with these people. It’s so frustrating watching crap games make millions because of these people where great games get completely binned because they didn’t grease the right pocket.

[twang]

By quite a bit the best board gaming YouTube channel. Please do not change when you also become gigantic. Also, more general rant videos please!

[MichaelZipkin]

Love it! Great list, Matt.

One thing I hate are the plastic inserts that come with a game that either don't hold everything once you punch it all out or just completely let everything inside fly around inside if you simply tip the box on its side. I just end up tossing them in the trash and bag everything up so that it all fits in the box and doesn't explode in my face like a firework the next time I open it up. Eagle Gryphon are one of the rare publishers who add a plastic top to some of their game inserts so that you can close it all up once everything's in. More publishers need to follow their example.

[ralfn]

Number 10 - spot on. And it gets worse and worse. Therefore, my backing is almost extinguished! Great episode.

[yeastov]

It is annoying when board games don't give you any bags to put the pieces in. But when I got into sewing I has a euphoric moment when I realised that I can make bags for all of these components which will always give me some little project to work on.

[aherosquest]

I’ve been following you for years now and hands down you continue to provide the best in board gaming content. Thank you for your raw honesty and passion towards the hobby.

…. and for me? You’ve hit the nail right on the head with #10 - fucking “influencers”….. feels like it’s some bullshit popularity contest.

[makaveli]

I’m so glad I found this channel 😂 especially when my wife overhears and says “what are you listening to”… I just say bollocks.

[Orionte]

Number 2 is very easy to explain. 1-Shelf space, a big box get more atention then a small box. 2- Cost reduction, If you produce many diferent games you whant to have fewer sizes as possible so you don´t need that much inventory and reduce stock brakes

[jingyulee]

01:51 I love that your example is Eldritch Horror lol
I do love the series. It's one of the few dice-in-combat games that I'm fond of. But the boxes are so unnecessarily huge.

I've ended up using the base box for keeping boards and manuals from all the expansions along with the base game components, and have placed pretty much everything else in ziploc bags, the total volume of which are about the size of one large expansion box.

So the entire line could have been stored in two big boxes instead of 5 big ones and four little ones.

[codedecode]

2:49 LMAO gay sauna the board game, sounds like a winner.

[Joe_WS]

The best board game video I’ve seen in a long time. Very funny and very true. Number 10 especially. My heart sinks whenever I see Quackalope’s over excited face whilst he’s reviewing a lump of shit.

[TheHexyBeast]

im totally with you on your final point... it is literally the reason i stopped accepting ks projects for content
nice vid man Stay Hexy!

[logicguy]

I loved this list and I 100% agree, you made me laugh so hard throughout 😂

[brentatbluenovaproductions]

I just found this channel randomly and I 100% agree and love your content my dude (sorry, I'm a yankee) please keep it coming as this brilliant and 100% on point.

[andrejsasd]

From the game I own, the biggest "Empty Box" offender is definitely Splendor. Basically a deck of cards, ten Nobles, and 40 chips/ tokens- and all of that in a box that is at least 80% empty.

[svai]

I just discovered your channel and I. laughed. so. hard. You're my new hero! Keep up the great work!!

[GamingRulesVideos]

As someone who creates paid preview videos - since it is my actual job - I hope I'm not included in your list :)
I don't give opinions in those videos, I just provide a playthrough to help people make their own mind up. Some of them are games I enjoy, some not so much :)

[AngelSanchezelqueretrata]

Oh, my! Your content is topnotch. It's quite remarkable how the video and audio quality improves each time a new video is published. Hands down!
Greetings from Mexico, mate.