🕵️ Detective: City of Angels – Board Game Review & Gameplay Overview
Step into the dark, gritty streets of 1940s Los Angeles in Detective: City of Angels, the noir-inspired board game where deception, deduction, and bluffing collide. In this video, we dive deep into the gameplay, mechanics, and player experience to see if this cinematic investigation game deserves a spot on your gaming table.
We’ll cover:
Core gameplay mechanics & rules overview
What makes it unique compared to other detective board games
Player interaction, bluffing, and strategy
Who this game is best suited for
Whether you’re a fan of mystery games, deduction challenges, or immersive storytelling, this review will help you decide if Detective: City of Angels is the right game for you.
🎲 Have you played Detective: City of Angels? Let us know your thoughts in the comments!
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That's right, your chance to get your hands on a copy of one of the most sought after board games in existence is coming... Hit The Silk: Second Edition will be live on Kickstarter on the 10th February!
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This week, our main course is Your Favourite Games Are Flawed. We've each picked three games that are favourites of the other person's and we've prepared the aspect of each of these games we think is the worst thing about them. And as will always be the case, each host comes with a little appetizer to talk about ahead of that main course topic.
Thank you for listening and being here for the launch of All You Can Board's Podcast!
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Hey friends! Enjoy this solo playthrough of Wispwood by Czech Games Edition! A curious cat prowls into the forest, lured by flickering lights of all colors dancing through the trees. What are they? Oh, the wisps from the old tales! Each one sparkles with charm and mischief, carrying a unique personality.
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Be sure to check out your FLGS (Friendly Local Game Store), check out the publishers website or look up an online game store in your country!
✿ My filming setup! ✿
Camera - Canon EOS 80D or Sony A5100
Microphone - Movo WMX-20 Wireless Lavalier Microphone
Background Shelf - Ikea Kallax in Walnut
Game Table - The Jasper Table by BoardGameTables.com
Games AND Wine - could there be anything more on-brand for me? Find out how it went and if you'd like your own game, you can use BVDICEY for 10% off - order by February 9th to get it in time for Valentine's Day! Thanks to Blind Vine for sponsoring this and making my Girl's Night possible! GetBlindVine.com #sponsored
Welcome to the first episode of Totally Decked, a series where I teach and play the best solo games that use a standard deck of cards. First up is Scoundrel, a solitaire, rogue-like, dungeon crawl card game by designers Kurt Bieg and Zach Gage.
🎲 Looking for the best solo board games of all time?
In this video, we’re sharing our all-time favorite solo board gaming experiences in this special Jānis G. Edition of solo games of all time! Whether you love deep strategic choices, immersive themes, or epic adventures, these solo games deliver incredible experiences when you’re flying solo.
In this video:
0:00 Intro
0:11 10th
1:40 9th
3:03 8th
4:38 7th
6:15 6th
7:25 5th
8:52 4th
10:25 3rd
11:39 2nd
13:08 1st
14:35 Outro
Board Game Hangover is your go-to channel for everything board games! From the best board game reviews, playthroughs, and top 10 lists to board game upgrades, house rules, and gameplay tips — we help you discover the best board games, improve your board gaming experience, and have a good laugh along the way. Whether you're into strategy board games, party games, solo board gaming, or family board games, you're in the right place.
Today, we are bringing you a vlog from our recent gaming marathon.
We thought we'd try to tackle the Shelf of "chosen name" and get some unplayed games played.
The goal was 40 games in 4 days!
Join us to find out if we made it or not!
Social media has had a real impact on board game design! We’ve been 3 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 they’re Euros, as this applies to campaign and Ameritrash games too! Even the 4x genre is left changed. But this isn’t a bad thing, it just means that the tabletop experience is changing, with the cream of the crop strategy gaming tending to rise to the top.
Table of Contents:
Intro - (0:00)
Insta-Plussing - (1:05)
Feels Good Gaming - (8:19)
Design Considerations - (15:03)
Discovery vs. Mastery Discussion w/BrotherMing - (17:01)
Aesthetics over Depth? - (20:32)
Final Thoughts - (22:08)
Quick word about TCGs - (26:18)
Games featured: Earth, Wingspan, Root, War of the Ring, Twilight Struggle, Thunder’s Edge, Twilight Imperium, Dune Imperium, Everdell, Wyrmspan, Finspan, Chess, Boop, Lords of Waterdeep, Splendor, Carcassone, El Grande, Yugioh, Sid Meier’s 2010 Civilization Revolution, Re;ACT, Dead of Winter, Hive, Shogu, Scythe, Puerto Rico, Nemesis Retaliation, Fate of the Fellowship, Terraforming Mars
Line goes up! In Speculation from Dirk Henn & Queen Games, stocks in eight companies will rise and fall relative to each other. Players are poor traders with limited starting capital, trying to make their fortunes by buying low, selling high, rinsing and repeating.
The original self-published game from 1992 used dice to determine how far stocks rise and what actions players can do. In this 2013 re-edition, the die faces are moved onto tokens pulled from a bag. Dice are bad, or so I'm told, but the bags aren't an improvement. Find a way to use dice instead for an easy, breezy stock market experience.
00:00 Intro ▶️
02:48 How to Play 🎲
16:27 Is It a Gem? 💎
Board Gems highlights older board and card games that are still great games today, and deserve to not be forgotten!
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Would adults enjoy a quick strategy game that looks like it’s for kids?
In this video, we answer that exact question. While Toy Battle (by legendary designers Paolo Mori and Alessandro Zucchini) might look like a childhood fever dream, underneath the fire-breathing T-Rexes lies a surprisingly cutthroat tactical experience. We dive into whether this 15-minute clash has enough "crunch" for the hobbyist table.
Paolo also designed Ethnos , Libertalia , and Fall of Rome!
THE ADULT PERSPECTIVE:
Don't let the 8+ age rating fool you. We break down why the mechanics are more "Chess" than "Candy Land":
• The Connection Rule: Why your entire strategy can collapse if you don't maintain a path from your H.Q.
• Tactical Overtaking: Using Troop Strength (1–7 and Jokers) to bury your opponent's units.
• Region Control: The spatial puzzle of surrounding closed zones to snatch Medals.
CHAPTERS:
00:00 Intro
00:23 Complexity & Play Count
01:04 Victory Conditions & How It Plays
02:46 Skills
04:00 Final Thoughts: Does it belong on an adult's shelf?
07:38 Contact & Socials
JOIN THE COMMUNITY:
Do you think a "kid-friendly" aesthetic keeps you away from great games, or do you love the contrast? Let’s discuss in the comments!
The Component Game – Round 2 | The Ultimate Board Game Component Showdown
Welcome back to The Component Game – Round 2! 🎲
This time, we’re diving even deeper into the weird, wonderful, and sometimes completely unnecessary components that come packed inside modern board games.
From chunky wooden bits and deluxe tokens to baffling inserts and overproduced nonsense, we put board game components under the microscope and ask the important questions:
Do they improve the game? Are they worth the price? Or are they just shiny distractions?
Expect hot takes, brutal honesty, and plenty of component-based judgement as we compare, critique, and celebrate the best (and worst) bits in tabletop gaming.
If you love board games, hate pointless bling, or just enjoy a good rant about cardboard, this one’s for you.
👉 Like, subscribe, and let us know in the comments which components you think deserve praise… or the bin.
00:00 Intro
00:59 10. Galactic Cruise: Achievements
02:28 9. Mini Rogue: The Council and Mountain of Torments
03:20 8. Darwin's Journey: Oceania
04:26 7. Slay the Spire: Downfall
05:27 6. Endeavor: Deep Sea -- Uncharted Waters
06:49 5. Heat: Rocky Roads and Legends
08:23 4. Mage Knight: The Apocalypse Dragon
09:53 3. Star Trek: Captain's Chair -- To Boldly Go and Second Contact
11:38 2. Final Girl: The Green Terror
13:11 1. Voidfall: Resurgence
16:11 Outro (11. Regicide: Inferno)
16:21 Thank you Members!
THUMBNAIL:
Thumbnail artwork comes from Voidfall: Resurgence by artist Ian O'Toole.