Postcards

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Overall sentiment (raw)

Positive

Pros

Family-friendly
Pretty
Not hard or complicated

Cons

none

Thematic elements

Travel and tourism
France

Comparison games

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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

action selection — You will be playing travel cards to perform the different actions available.
Route Building — you can move to different regions. So, you know, it's not hard, it's not complicated. You're just trying to move around, see the things that you need
Set Collection — there's a set collection aspect of the game because a different postcard it might need two blue stamps and two green stamps, and so you're trying to get those at different parts of the board

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This is a deck-building game.
one of the interesting aspects of this is there's 13 ways to win the game.
Essentially, 13 dark pacts in the game and each of those dark pacts is a unique win condition that feels, you know, it feels like crazy to get.
You can also play two times and three times multipliers on those cards to double every aspect of the card.
that just feels like a very satisfying aspect of the game.
the main mechanism of the game is I split, you choose and that's always one of my favorite mechanisms because it's it's not a difficult game to teach, but it's a difficult game to make decisions.
So, what do you sacrifice and what do you keep is also an interesting aspect of that one.
This is a great family game if you want to.
And so, there's a lot of lying and promising of other people where you're like, "Do you want to go there with me? Nobody else go there.
I swear to god, don't go there."
And so, there's a lot of sort of lying and intrigue and where you're going and promises that you're making and stuff like that.
please, you know, check out my new series. It's all funny and games when it drops in May.

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Pros

none

Cons

none

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Quotes (from this video)

Remember, you are somebody's reason to smile.

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Video enmEXpsjwbs Let's Table It Review at 0:03 sentiment: positive

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

Provides choices and some programming.
Plays quick and not too intense.
Great art on the postcards.
Good for families and kids.
Replays well over time.

Cons

Not a deep strategy game.

Thematic elements

Traveling on a bicycle to send postcards from different locations.
France

Comparison games

none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Area Control — Placing camp tokens on campsites to gain bonuses and potentially control regions.
Card Drafting — Players can choose from face-up travel cards or take a random card from the top of the pile.
Hand Management — Players play three travel cards from a hand of five, choosing to use them for actions or for stamps.
Objective Fulfillment — Players have itinerary cards with objectives to send postcards from specific locations.
Set Collection — Players need to collect colored stamps to complete postcards.

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Quotes (from this video)

Hey there, board game Brody here with Let's Table It, where we get games to the table.

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Video W8i0khf2a54 The Board Game Garden Other at 64:22:24 sentiment: positive

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

Finally got to play it.
Absolutely loved that one too.

Cons

none

Thematic elements

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none

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This is basically a board game industry kind of conference thing that is presented and run by Asthma Canada.
I kind of think of this as the Canadian Gamma, which gamma is kind of like the industry board game industry convention conference that is held every year in the US, but we kind of have a little mini version for us here in Canada where board game publishers as well as retailers and media all come together to just talk new games, better ways to help support the board game industry here in Canada.
So, we're here. Of course. There he is.
We've all been the first giants content creators in the wild behind the bushes in their natural habitat. In their natural habitat or oi none of that things batteries.
Guys, I am obsessed with this card game. It is fantastic.
This is the final version of nature. I believe this is like the retail edition.
As someone that loves like potions, witchy things, this is a party game that I could get down with.
This is a fantastic game if you haven't played it yet. Such a good hand management card game.
This is a very fun game. If you guys have seen me, I've talked about Ohanami quite a bit, which is a game where you're creating gardens of cards in a line that are either having to be in uh like ascending or descending order. This has that kind of vibe, but plays in a very different way.
Katan on the Road. I actually just did a how to play of this game and it's actually quite enjoyable.
Toil and troubles. Toil and troubles. This is a game from grandpa beck.
I love the like magical kind of uh forest creature kind of vibe to it.
Dixit kids, which is very cute. I love this.
One thing, one like big highlight for me was just being able to hang out with friends, either local friends. All of us are very local, but it is really nice to have some specific thing that brings us all together, to be able to hang out and play games.
Obviously, like I mentioned, I played Denup a ton. That was a huge highlight for me.
Remember, you are somebody's reason to smile.

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Video 5YU_VVN4bAc Game Night Picks - Pair Of Dice Paradise Top List at 10:49 sentiment: positive

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

none

Cons

none

Thematic elements

exploring the beauty of France and sending postcards home
France

Comparison games

none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

contract fulfillment — It's a little bit of a race that's also mixed together with set collection and contract fulfillment.
Route Building — By cycling through France, visiting iconic locations and camping out, players score points by carefully selecting scenic spots and activities in the right order at the right time.
Set Collection — It's a little bit of a race that's also mixed together with set collection and contract fulfillment.

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the game that logged the most plays this month, SETI, Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence.
the game that is currently still going strong.
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My personal top pick of the month is a deck-building game by the same designer behind the much-beloved card comboer Ascension, but this one being the Shards of Infinity Saga Collection
And this episode's hottest game of the month is the puzzly two-player maze deduction game Layers.

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

Straightforward actions
Beautiful postcard art
Admire scenery

Cons

none

Thematic elements

Touring and collecting postcards
France

Comparison games

none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Card Drafting — Players play a card to perform an action.
Set Collection — Players collect stamps and postcards.

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It's a gem.
It's a bop.
It's just this combo-tastic game where there's a bunch of different actions happening that you'll have to go through.
It is such a clever game that is still very unnatural because you're trying to create gaps with tiles, and my brain despises that cuz I like when things go together nicely.
It is the silliest game because what you're trying to do is you have stacks of cards in front of you in different stacks, and you're trying to get each of those stacks to have all of one item.
This is such a good small card game from Capstone.
The art on Dixit is just unparalleled.

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Overall sentiment (raw)

negative

Pros

Works for what it does

Cons

Didn't find it too fun
Pretty uninspired
Worse than these two games

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none

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Mechanics unknown.

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As soon as I finish playing Ark Nova, I'm thinking about Ark Nova again.
This is the game that made me want to try and figure out how to play card drafting games, how to play action selection games.
It's a classic engine builder, and it still holds up today.
The scale of the game is huge and it feels like you're really accomplishing something.
Each faction plays completely differently, offering huge replayability.
It's a challenging game with a lot of moving parts.

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Video fzc4zYwVh2Y Going Analog Discussion at 2:49 sentiment: positive

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

Beautiful aesthetics and packaging
Charming and quaint theme
Great gateway game
Light and combo-y gameplay

Cons

End game felt like just needing to get stamps, making earlier actions less relevant.

Thematic elements

Traveling and collecting postcards
France

Comparison games

Let's Go to France

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

action selection — Players have three moves per turn and optimize their turns to trigger actions.
Area Movement — Players travel on a map, bicycling around different regions.
Card Drafting — Collecting stamps to stamp postcards or activate bonuses as you cycle through them.
Set Collection — Players collect postcards with different cities and special locations.

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It's really unapologetically black metal and it's just great.
The end game felt a lot of I just need to get the stamps now. It's kind of like all this stuff you've been doing all game doesn't matter at the very end.
He famously said, 'I love all of your games. I really love Ball Blazer.'
It's like the most heavy metal board game of all you can play like Brutal Legend the board game.
I always in my mind I always say betrayal at the House on the Hill.
I love Cat in the Box Deluxe.
I wish I came up with this idea because a lot of people I've seen other people do that when they play it for the first time back in the day few years ago, they were like, 'Oh, this is so clever, but it's so simple.'
I wish I thought of that.
It's like you know, I stopped cuz I realized how hard board games are to design.
I have a ton of respect for board game designers.

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Video -zg1-xQkik8 Top List at 1472:06:40 sentiment: mixed

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Overall sentiment (raw)

mixed

Pros

Stunning art and theme
Will prefer to play solo
Very chill game

Cons

A lot more simple than I initially thought it was going to be
Hoping to enjoy a little bit more with my first play

Thematic elements

Sending postcards
France

Comparison games

none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Area Majority — There is a little bit of area majority on the map.
Card Drafting — Players play cards out to perform different actions.
Movement — Involves moving around a map.
Set Collection — Collecting stamps and different things in order to complete these stamps.

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This is a tag made by the wonderful Rolling Reggie.
It is a series of, I believe, eight questions that we are going to answer midway through the year.
What is a game that you've played in 2026 that you want to take on a second date?
Druids of Adora is the most recent title from the wonderful Stefan Feld, and I am a huge fan of Stefan Feld games.
This game makes me so happy.
What is your biggest surprise so far this year? And then also, you can, if you would like, answer what is your biggest disappointment so far this year.
Fyfe is a Sudoku-esque puzzle of taking these chips out of a bag and they all have different colors, icons, and numbers and you're placing them into this 5x5 grid of tokens that then each row and column is progressively going to have a different kind of objective added to it and you're trying to achieve as many of these objectives as possible.
I think I'm just obsessed with Sudoku. Am I okay? I don't know.
Postcards. So, I was so excited for Postcards.
Kokeshi, which in this, if you guys do have this game, this game is full of chunky acrylic tokens that are so incredibly satisfying and I have absolutely loved playing this game with those tokens.
Trismegistus, um by the wonderful Board & Dice. This game is absolutely stunning.
Todoku. Apologies if you can hear someone mowing their lawn in the background.
Onirim. This is a I I don't actually think it's solo only, but a lot of people just play this one solo.
Crits and Tricks from Inside Up Games.
Flip Voyage, which is another game from the same publisher that did Flip Town.
Iris from Crimson Board Games. Honestly, her content I feel like is most aligned with the type of content that I really enjoy that is still within the board game space.
Kimothy Reads and I have been loving her content recently over on TikTok.
J&J's Cards and Collectibles in uh Waterloo, Ontario. It is the best friendly local game store.
the video where I was showing you guys the expansion that I designed with my friend Daryl for Mythic Visions. So we designed the Herbalist, and I did a video kind of showcasing my journey with that.
tags were all the rage, favorites videos, which I kind of do here on the channel with my monthly wrap-up videos, but yeah, just like olden days YouTube just makes me really happy.

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