5 Mini Board Game Reviews | Board Game Snapshots

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The following games were sent to us for review:
A Cure for What Ails You - Risible Games
River of Gold - Office Dog
Seers Catalogue - Bezier Games
General Orders - Osprey Games

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Jump:

00:00 - Intro
01:55 - Seers Catalogue
07:27 - A Cure for What Ails You
11:35 - The Gang
16:37 - StarDriven: Gateway Ad
18:54 - General Orders
23:57 - River of Gold
29:56 - Wrap Up
30:51 - A Little Bit Extra

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[dannalbob]

I play tested A cure for what ails you at my local board game meetup! Was really fun with great art and theme. Glad to see it's finally hitting the table

[WallyWest]

A Cure for What Ails You! I had the pleasure of playtesting this last year at B-Con. I am happy to see it getting some much deserved exposure. Thank you, Foster the Meeple for not sleeping on this gem!

[Nate_the_just_OK]

As a kid, those Sears Christmas Catalogs were the best thing ever! My parents always tried to hide it from me.

[davidthompson]

Thanks for the kind words! So glad you dug General Orders!

[malvinafis]

Thanks for sharing. Definitely wanna try The Gang. Heard good things all over.

[Skyrodin]

As always, thanks for your video ❤ Those short reviews are always very helpful and I appreciate them a lot.

The more I see of Seers Catalogue, the more I want to play it. Due to me growing up next to a NATO air base with many American and Canadian families around me, I do even know the catalogue the game references. I don't think that makes me enjoy the gameplay more but at least I can appreciate the artwork/theme a bit more.

A Cure... sounds VERY interesting. I will definitely have to look at that a bit more. Dark humour is kind of my thing. And I really like asymmetrical gameplay.

As a former avid poker player (I qualified for the Australian Open once... long story) The Gang seems to be a game for me as well. I was a bit sceptical because I don't really like The Crew as well but since you still enjoy The Gang, Jeff, I might as well.

General Orders is not a game I would have looked at more than once since I have never played any war games. I wouldn't say that I'm against trying them but I'm not that interested in the theme and don't really know any people whom I could try them with.

I love River of Gold! I played it a few times on BGA and am finally getting what I'm doing. And it looks so beautiful! It is definitely one of my favorite games of 2024 so far.

[Tablenauts]

The Gang sounds really neat, and I'm glad yall enjoy it over The Crew. Hopefully Max pulls the trigger on getting it soon 😂

[RisibleGamesLLC]

Thanks for the fun review! By the by, we're pronounced /RIZ-ible/. No biggie, though; we hear Risable all the time. :D

[axétério]

River of Gold is great and on BGA so 👍🏽

[ambierona]

I've seen a lot of people talking about River of Gold (including myself), but I'm also biased cause my friend works for Office Dog so I take extra notice whenever anyone mentions it 😆

[darbyl]

I'm about to get General Orders to the table, but I've played a simulated game (playing both sides), and I can't wait to play it for real. It may become one of my favorites, because of the decision space, tactics, duelling nature, and small footprint.

[michaelhoffmann]

Glad you enjoyed General Orders. Did you prefer one side of the board over the other?

[AeronwyD]

I wish A Cure for What Ails You had more than 4 characters! My monthly Girl's Night group would love this. (Deadly Dowagers has become their favorite game, so clearly morbid humor & themes are right up our alley.)
And River of Gold is so fantastic on BGA. Some day I hope to get to play it in person!

[OneUniti]

I very much love Seers, but I do think it may mislead people on calling it a trick taker because it really *isn’t* a trick taker. It’s a climbing/shedding game, and there are a lot of overlaps, but Seers really isn’t a trick taking game at all. It’s a great game regardless. :)

[KINGxXxLEGIT]

You should definitely try balatro on PC or console if you like poker. I'm excited to try the gang!

[amagrude]

Stardriven looks interesting. I liked set a watch so will check this out.

Not so sure I like the tile flipping of a tile in the middle of a bunch of other tiles. Typically pretty easy to mess up the entire board trying to flip the tile.

[lenabellamy]

Do any of these games have solo modes?