Rahdo Runs Through

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►►► Is this a worthy prequel to Phoenix New Horizon? [ASHES]

►►► 17 New Games Ranked & Reviewed

►►► The heaviest game yet from Delicious Games?

►►► 28 Games That Work Best at Two

►►► Multi-use EVERYTHING!!!!

Rahdo Runs Through ►►► a quick sound check

►►► Old school dogfighting meets streamlined resource management!

►►► Big game with small footprint! More of this please!

►►► Improving upon engine building perfection!

►►► Is the latest Marrakesh expansion running out of steam?

►►► My second nominee for "best game of 2026!"

►►► Is this the heaviest bag builder yet?

►►► Exclusive rules update in this video makes it a keeper!

►►► SU&SD Was Right!

►►► 13 New Games Ranked & Reviewed

►►► The designer of Hadrian's Wall & the Anarchy does something completely different!

►►► Game so nice I ran through it twice!

►►► Top 10 Validated Gencon Games!

►►► Midyear Board Game Review

►►► "A lot of style, a lot of imagination!"

►►► Why is this my fave co-op superhero game?

Top 32 Gen Con Games ►►► The R&R Show Episode 117

Wreck ►►► "Why do we need these boats?!"

Night at the Zoo ►►► The designer of SETI gives us something completely different!

Our top picks for Gencon 2026 LIVE at noon PST Monday!

Drillers ►►► If you love Arnak, will you love this?

The Isle of Penguins ►►► Does it surpass The Isle of Cats?

13 new games ranked & rated! ►►► Rahdo Rounds Up June 2026

Wine & Cheese ►►► Makes my head hurt!!!

Wondrous Creatures: Winterfall ►►► My #1 worker placement game gets even better!

Federation: Piracy ►►► With a couple of tweaks, Federation could enter top10 territory!

Tianxia ►►► BRUTAL in more ways than one!

Boss Fighters QR ►►► How good is this Spiel des Jahres nominee?

Chang'an ►►► My biggest heartbreaker of the year!

Diables ►►► Dani Garcia (my fave new designer) has his biggest game yet!

Harbor Hustle ►►► Engine Build to make money in this very thematic game

Aeon's End: System Overload ►►► What's new for the 10th anniversary of the best co-op deckbuilder?

Mythologies ►►► Could be a top10 of the year contender, if...

Ants ►►► This overlooked 2025 gem is now in my top10 civilization games!

Ray has HUGE NEWS! Plus 38 Great Dueling Games ►►► The R&R Show Episode 116

18 new games ranked & rated! ►►► Rahdo Rounds Up May 2026

Spytails ►►► Deckbuilding meets trick-taking with the coolest player figures ever! :)

Windmill Valley: Blooming Sails ►►► How does design superstar Dani Garcia improve upon perfection?

National Economy ►►► Fantastic worker placement that's been a hidden gem for over a decade!

Stonesaga ►►► "The most innovative crafting system I've seen in boardgaming!"

Age of Galaxy (Second Edition) ►►► If I need to play a 4x game, THIS is going to be the one! :)

Let's Go to France ►►► How does it stack up against Let's Go to Japan?

West Story: Pioneers ►►► Better than Space Base? Yup!

Top 28 Civilization Games ►►► The R&R Show Episode 115 with Ashton of @Shelfside !

Foxglove Farm ►►► Deceptively deep tile laying & engine building!

Rebuilding Chicago ►►► Taking one of my favourite tile layers to the next level!

Winds of Numa Sera ►►► Battle, Negotiate, Build, Explore and be the most power Kingdom of Ethera

13 new games ranked & rated! ►►► Rahdo Rounds Up April 2026

Pack & Paddle ►►► The designers of mega hits "The Search for Planet X" and Fromage return!

The Secret Valley ►►► A perfect gem of a card game for certain types of players!

The Lost Island ►►► My fave things from Agricola and Tiny Towns combined into something different!

Schlock! B-Movie Magnate ►►► CURSE OF THE CORPSE HEIST (in SMELL-O-VISION)!!

Race to Mars: Lunar Edition ►►► Let me show you why this is in my top100 of all time! :)

Shrinkopolis ►►► The most hidden gem of 2025 imo! :)

Behind the Lens: Photographing Earth ►►► As challenging as the real thing!

Hotshots 2nd Edition ►►► The excellent thematic co-op has been deluxified!

Top 35 Dice Chuckers ►►► The R&R Show Episode 114 with @banzainator

20 Strong: Tainted Grail ►►► The Hit Solo game returns with 3 new boxes

Dr. Finn's Book of Solo Strategy & Word Games ►►► the best bang for buck boardgame bargain!

Our Favourite Dice Chuckers LIVE at noon PST April 14th

Earth Express ►►► Does it live up to its predescessor? (which is one of my top10 games of all time!)

Our Top 29 Hidden Gems of 2025 ►►► The R&R Show Episode 113

The Hidden Gems of 2025 LIVE at noon PST Today

Oakspire ►►► Multi-Use card Greatness!

16 new games ranked & rated! ►►► Rahdo Rounds Up March 2026

Our 10 Best Games of 2025 ►►► The R&R Show Episode 112

Dungeon Crawler Carl: Unstoppable ►►► My first "top10 of the year" candidate for 2026!

Mirror Agents ►►► 2P Hidden Movement Set Collection Spy themed game

Tir na nOg: Blessings & Burdens ►►► Is this is a must have expansion? (and is it a must have game?)

Wingspan: Americas ►►► How does this rank against the other Wingspan expansions?

Kinfire Council: Winds of Change ►►► Take me to the magic of the moment on a glory night!

Escape Comics: The Alien Ship ►►► A different kind of Escape Room Game

Fest Season ►►► How does this compare to Galactic Cruise?

Hexblem: Beating the Unbeatable ►►► An App generated Roguelite adventure game

5-Minute One Piece ►►► I can't do this one on my own! I need my crew!

Salamandra ►►► Laying tile to place workers to build your engine = good fun!

PDX ►►► now THIS is how you do worker placement!

Elevation ►►► Turning trick taking on its head in a bunch of ways!

31 new games ranked & rated! ►►► Rahdo Rounds Up February 2026

Galactic Cruise: Accommodations & Advancements ►►► I would NOT play without these 2 expansions!

Jump Masters! ►►► love it when classic games get updated to cool modern design!

Flockers ►►► The designer of Feudum does something completely different!

Our 23 Most Disappointing Games of 2025 with @banzainator ►►► The R&R Show Episode 111

Honeypot ►►► A totally new kind of push your luck game from the designer of Fantastic Factories!

Forage ►►► One of the most relaxing roll & writes I've played!

Extraction ►►► A super cinematic sci-fi co-op survival action game!

For the Gods! ►►► Why would a carebear like me play an area dominance game like this?

Mayor of Chicago ►►► One of my fave designers turns solo into co-op RIGHT!

38 of Our Most Anticipated Games with ARCS & ROOT designer Cole Werhle! ►►► The R&R Show Episode 110

Ancient Empires ►►► A Fast Paced Action Programming 4x Civilization Game

The R&R Show with Cole Wehrle noon PST Feb 10th

Cozy Stickerville ►►► definite truth in advertising!

Tundra ►►► the designer of Sky Team gives us more great dice worker placement!

18 new games ranked & rated! ►►► Rahdo Rounds Up January 2026

Peninsula ►►► Prepare for some major crunch in this surprising roll & write!

Race to Kepler ►►► A Refined Deckbuilder with very cool twists

Railway Boom ►►► I am late to the party, but this is the best train board game ever (full stop)

Xenology ►►► One of the strongest themed worker placement games of the year!

Canals of Windcrest ►►► How do they keep making us love pickup & deliver???

Flame & Forge ►►► A surprisingly deep deckbuilder/worker placement/push your luck co-op game!

Countryside ►►► Let's talk about why this made my top10 of 2025 :)

Spirited ►►► Something very new and different from Garphill games!

Arborea Rewild ►►► this tile layer is cozy as a solo but tension filled at 2p!

Arborea: Corruption ►►► Adds more depth without more complexity into one of my top100 games!

25 new games ranked & rated! ►►► Rahdo Rounds Up December 2025

Sudden Conflict ►►► Run and gun in this exceptionally stylish and kinetic battleground!

Keyside ►►► This is the DEEP end of the pool!

Invincible Card Game: Aftermath ►►► why does this iteration vie for a spot in my top 20 of all time?

The 26 Most Anticipated Games of 2026!

Kilia ►►► What a great "next step" euro!

Old King's Crown ►►► Why is this game at the top of the Boardgamegeek hottness list?

My Top 100 of all time! ►►► Numbers 10 to 1

The Top 25 Games of 2025 (plus revisiting the best of 2024!)

Formidable Farm ►►► Call me crazy, but IMO this is Friedemann Friese's best design ever!

Arigato ►►► a magnificent design and a heartbreaking industry milestone

My Top 100 of all time! ►►► Numbers 20 to 11 (plus our life in Ireland)

7 Wonders Dice ►►► What? Why???

White Castle Duel ►►► Very close to making my top 10 this year!

My Top 100 of all time! ►►► Numbers 30 to 21 (plus the end of the road)

Rising Cultures ►►► Best civ game of the year?

22 Essen Spiel Games Ranked & Reviewed! ►►► Rahdo Rounds Up November '25

My Top 100 of all time! ►►► Numbers 40 to 31 (plus 🤒🤧🤢)

Intelliwar: Accession To The Throne ►►► 2P Strategy game.. can this be a chess killer?

Everdell Emerland ►►►A new Everdell with several twists

The Peak Team ►►► This could be one of the greatest co-op boardgames ever, if it weren't for...

My Top 100 of all time! ►►► Numbers 50 to 41 (plus things go wrong on travel day!)

Millennia: Tracks of Time ►►► How does this rank in the pantheon of civ builders?

Dragonarium ►►► More thematic than Calico!

My Top 100 of all time! ►►► Numbers 60 to 51 (plus let's get comfortable)

Furnace Duel ►►► Is one of the greatest auction games ever actually BETTER as a 2p only game? (yes!)

Chants for the Old Ones: The Eye of the Dagon Expansion ►►► A lot of new great stuff in this one

Druids of Edora ►►► Classic Feld returns!

My Top 100 of all time! ►►► Numbers 70 to 61 (plus our caravan tour commences!)

Galileo's Truth ►►► A worthy successor to Darwin's Journey?

Snowdonia: Grand Tour - Tokyo Map ►►► A new Tour of Snowdonia and it's GRAND!

My Top 100 of all time! ►►► Numbers 80 to 71 (plus Strasbourg is awesome!)

26 Games Ranked & Rated! ►►► Rahdo Rounds Up October '25

Vampire Lords ►►► Deckbuilding and Area Control in a very thematic and gorgeous game

Zombie Princess ►►► Follow up game to the highly successful Rebel Princess

My Top 100 of all time! ►►► Numbers 90 to 81 (plus ESSEN SPIEL tour!)

JOYRIDE: Full Throttle ►►► Revamped Team Variant and more in this new standalone JOYRIDE

Top 12 Trick-Taking Games ►►► The R&R Show Episode 109

My Top 100 of all time! ►►► Numbers 100 to 91

Kavango: Lodges ►►► How does this expansion turn this gateway into a serious gamer geek game?

Journeys Afar: The Ketsueki ►►► Is this the ultimate narrative adventure board game?

The best Essen Spiel games I can vouch for!

20+ of the Most Anticipated Essen Spiel Games ►►► The R&R Show Episode 108

Cascadia: Alpine Lakes ►►► What did we think?

Cascadia: Alpine Lakes ►►► Let's keep playing with Amy & Maggie

Cascadia: Alpine Lakes ►►► How does it play?

The Elder Scrolls: Heroes of Tamriel ►►► A LOT of new material to this great game

Grill a Gorilla ►►► Do NOT judge this game by its cover!

Origin Story ►►► if you love trick takers and/or super heroes, this is a must try IMO!

Raas: A Dance of Love ►►► is this the coolest rotating gears board game ever?

Epona ►►► Designer superstar Vladimir Suchy goes back to his roots!

Uprising: Curse of the last Emperor ►►► Nick is back for a 4X *CO-OP* game!?! What the what????

Severton ►►► OMG! Vlaada Chvatil is BACK, doing something he's never done before!!!

24 mostly Essen games ranked & reviewed with a VERY special guest host! ►►► Rahdo Rounds Up Sept '25

Honor's End ►►► High speed co-op boss battling deckbuilding from @iv-studio-games !!

Secret Societies ►►► This is something VERY different from @garphillgames !!

Mercurial Alchemia ►►► Tough decisions must be made in this deckbuilding/worker placement game!

Tranquility: The Descent ►►► Taking the tranquil co-op puzzle series to new depths of tension!

Disco Heist Laundry ►►► Oceans Eleven in cardboard form!

Recall ►►► A total top10 of the year candidate for us!

Kalypso ►►► A true breakthrough in boardgame technology!

Macaraccoon ►►► Extremely cute and family friendly recipe fulfilling game

Over 20 Hidden Gems from 2024 ►►► The R&R Show Episode 107

Aquaria ►►► How does he keep doing this?!?

Forestry ►►► It's nice when a game gives one hope for humanity! :)

Bloodwork ►►► A Dark Fantasy RPG Miniatures Game with a LOT to sink your teeth in

Spellrift Legends ►►► An Eldritch/Arkham Horror type of game with Multi-Use cards

The Game Makers ►►► totally lives up to the hype!

12 Most Disappointing Games of 2024 ►►► The R&R Show Episode 106

Stakeout ►►► This film noir dice game has two things I rarely see in boardgame design!

Everdell Silverfrost ►►► Best...Everdell...EVER!

Echoes of Time ►►► It's true: conveyor belts always make a game better!

Fortunes of Scoundrel Bay ►►► Is this going to be your perfect pirate game?

Andromeda's Edge: Genesis Expansion ►►► More strategy, not more complexity!

Wyrmspan: Dragon Academy ►►► Teenage dragons FTW! It'll be hard to go back to the base game now!

Wroth ►►► A fast paced knife fight in a VERY colorful phone booth!

Emberheart ►►► This gorgeous worker placement game is going to make a lot of top10 lists!

Coming of Age ►►► My most anticipated game of the year is here! Was it worth the wait?

18 new games ranked & reviewed! ►►► Rahdo Rounds up August 2025

Top 12 Games of 2025 (So Far) ►►► The R&R Show Episode 105

Helm's Slain ►►► A Streamlined RPG Dungeon Crawl Campaign game

Lightning Train ►►► The designer of Dune Imperium & Clank takes on trains!

Orloj ►►► IMO, the best game of 2025 (so far!)

Chronofiends!! ►►► Live Die Repeat with time-loop co-op goodness!

The Voynich Puzzle ►►► Is this game designer superstar Dani Garcia's best yet?

Jackpot: Set the Reel ►►► hidden depth in this fast playing gateway deckbuilder!

Ayar: Children of the Sun ►►► You have not seen a combination of mechanisms like this before!

Thebai ►►► Designer David Turczi + publisher Board & Dice = crunchy euro goodness! :)

Sanctuary: An Ark Nova Game ►►► the big question of course: this or Ark Nova?

The best thing to ever appear on the channel + 12 new games ranked! ►►► Rahdo Rounds Up July 2025

A Wild Venture ►►► combo card engine building greatness for 2!

Gencon 2025 Top 30 Games & Expansions!

Solstis ►►► What the? A Bruno Cathala game we like???

Builders of Baldur's Gate ►►► Is this the true successor to Lords of Waterdeep?

Skara Brae ►►► Why do I like this more than the West Kingdom & South Tigris trilogies?

Goats & Goblins ►►► push your luck to save your goats and sabotage your adorable opponents!

Tabletop Inc: The Crowdfunding Revolution ►►► Is this new expansion revolutionary?

Papyria ►►► Here's an early candidate for hidden gem of 2025!

Sandcastles of Burgundy ►►► Sadly, there's a reason the latest Stefan Feld game isn't for us!

Paperback Adventures: The Binding Nexus ►►► Is PBA now the best modern word game out there?

Flip Voyage ►►► My first top10 of 2025 candidate!

A major show gamechanger plus 13 new games ranked & reviewed ►►► Rahdo Rounds Up June 2025

Time Fenix ►►► my favourite video game mechanism brought into an excellent adventure puzzler!

Compania ►►► A sharp mix of engine building and area majority!

Grendel ►►► Super asymmetric comic book mayhem from the makers of Corps of Discovery!

Realm of Reckoning ►►►Secret bidding in the afterlife = mindgames a plenty!

Boreal ►►► I'm always up for a 2p-only game that's not another "duel"!

Vantage ►►► "One of the most unique experiences I've had in gaming!"

Colosseum: The Grand Spectacle ►►► A long out of print modern classic gets a major revamp!

DC Forever ►►► A very different kind of Deckbuilder

Strange World Above the Clouds ►►► a hidden gem from 2024 pushes its way into my top10 for the year!

Citizens of the Spark ►►► this will become a favourite for a LOT of people!

Popcorn ►►► One of my most anticipated games of 2025 is here!

City of Myrkesh ►►► Some of the most clever and complex cards I've seen in a deckbuilder!

Trismegistus New Edition Roll & Write ►►► better than its big brother?

13 New Games Ranked & Reviewed + My UKGE '25 experience ►►► Rahdo Rounds Up May 2025

Obsession: Characters ►►► One of the most thematic euros games in the BGG top100 goes co-op!

Rahdo Runs Through►►► Klingon Subtitles

Fate of the Fellowship ►►► It's the most epic & thematic Pandemic game yet, but is it the best?

Tomb Raider: The Crypt of Chronos ►►► Lara Croft goes analog in this ambitious solo adventure game

Nexus ►►► MTG meets Smashup in this gateway card battler!

Trismegistus New Edition ►►► My wife enjoyed this so much more now! What about me?

Flash Point Golden State Heroes ►►► all the cool Legacy features without being a Legacy game!

Suna Valo ►►► Two of the greatest euros you've never heard of live again in this new engine builder!

Conquest Princess: Fashion is Power ►►► I broke my #1 rule for this one!

PRINCIPES ►►► This is going to be a top game for a lot of medieval conquest fans!

Ofrenda ►►► Coming for Azul's crown!

Circle the Wagons: Lone Cowboy ►►► One of the all time greats gets a must-try solo mode!

Line of Fire: Burnt Moon ►►► Taking the mega-popular Undaunted series in an bold new direction!

Ascendia: Seasons of Thargos ►►► What do you get if you cross Catan with Skyrim?

3 Magi ►►► Worker placement, engine building, crafting and navigation in a fast tight package!

Scythe: Rise of Fenris ►►► Turning one of the most popular 4x games ever into a co-op? YES PLEASE!

Ranking and reviewing 13 new games! ►►► Rahdo Rounds Up April '25

Chu Han ►►► Has Tom Lehmann designed the perfect ladder climbing card game for 2p? (answer: yes!)

Trash Rush ►►► Is this the ultimate gateway programming game?

Inventors of the South Tigris ►►► Why is this not my favourite Garphill game?

LotR: Adventures to Mount Doom ►►► This co-op teaches some hard life lessons!

Planted ►►► Much better at what it does than Sushi Go!

Molly House ►►► Wehrlegig's most important game to date!

Trickerion: Arcane Arts ►►► Did the game get its best expansion yet on its 10th anniversary?

Earth: Animal Kingdom ►►► Now firmly planted in my top10 games of all time!

Timber Town ►►► Why can't more 2p-only games be like this!

Top 12 Games You Can Play Forever + enter contest to win! ►►► The R&R Show Episode 104

Aeon's End: Beyond the Breach ►►► What's new for the greatest co-op deckbuilder ever?

Gatsby ►►► Could this be a Bruno Cathala design we actually like???

Top 12 Adventure Games! ►►► The R&R Show Episode 103

Neko Syndicate ►►► And now design superstar Dani Garcia does something completely different!

House of Fado ►►► Does this improve on Vital Lacerda's best design?

Pixies ►►► Fast, gorgeous and puzzley... what's not to love?

Our new life starts here + 8 new games ranked and rated!! ►►► Rahdo Rounds Up March '25

Tokaido ►►► Has Stonemaier improved upon this moderrn classic?

Mine 77 (UPDATED!) ►►► Deckbuilding & double rondels & worker placement & tile laying and more!!!

Islebound: Emerald Edition ►►► improving one of the greatest ever pickup & deliver games? YES!

Kathmandu ►►► Stefan Feld tries his hand at roll & move racing plus take that gameplay? What the?

Fellowship of the Ring: Trick-Taking Game ►►► This had to be the Game for Tolkien Day! (March 25th)

Mistborn Deckbuilding Game ►►► SOOOO much better than Magic the Gathering, but...

Scales of Fate ►►► a 2 Player Brain Buster from @iv-studio-games!!

Star Gazers ►►► Evolving Cascadia-style tile laying to the next level :)

Observatory ►►► Roll and Write Your Night Sky

The end of an era! Plus 22 new games ranked and reviewed ►►► Rahdo Rounds Up February 2025

Misfit Heroes ►►► AEG brings back the Transparent Cards!

Manhattan Project: Energy Empire ►►► The greatest worker placement game ever gets EVEN BETTER!

A Place for All My Books ►►► It's rare to find a game this cozy ❤️ AND crunchy 🧩 at the same time!

Baghdad: City of Peace ►►► This has proven to me what the greatest mechanism is in board games!!

Civolution ►►► Maybe Feld's greatest design ever, but...

Top 25 Most Anticipated Boardgames for 2025!

Top 10 Games of 2024! | The R&R Show Episode 101

Phoenix New Horizon ►►► This will be on my Top 10 of the Year for sure!!

World Order ►►► How does it play?

Night Parade: A Yokai Cleansing Word Game ►►► Let's learn how to play!

Invincible: The Card Game ►►► my 25th best game of all time now has super heroes in it? EXCELSIOR!

14 Games Reviewed & Ranked! | Rahdo Rounds Up ►►► September 2024

Daitoshi ►►► Devir's biggest game since Bitoku!

Top 20 Must-Have Essen SPIEL Games in 2024!

Black Forest ►►► does this "fix" Uwe Rosenberg's Glass Road?

26 Reviewed & Ranked | Rahdo Rounds Up►►► August 2024

Saltfjord ►►► How does it play?

Paper Dungeons: Sidequest ►►► the best R&W dungeon crawler gets even better!

Castle Combo ►►► How does it play?

The 30 Best Games of 2023 (This time for sure!)

Arcs ►►► How does it play?

Arcs ►►► What did we think?

Spectacular ►►► What did we think?

Our 20 MUST-HAVE Games of Gencon 2024!

Far Cry: Escape From Rook Islands ►►► What did we think?

Life of the Amazonia ►►► the best bag builder in boardgame history! :)

Luthier ►►► What did we think?

Cities ►►► How does it play?

16 New Games in 75 Minutes | Rahdo Rounds Up►►► April 2024

Windmill Valley ►►► an early odds-on favorite for top10 of 2024!

Corps of Discovery ►►► Rahdo & Alex's Final Thoughts

Rahdo Previews►►► Tiny Epic Game of Thrones

Tiny Epic Game of Thrones ►►► Rahdo's Prototype Thoughts

17 New Games in 67 Minutes | Rahdo Rounds Up►►► March 2024