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We played a gangster board game

Cola Wars Prototype Review — Best Business Board Game I’ve Played

Cyberpunk TCG Impressions!

We played a Blade Runner themed CYOA! (The Altered)

Grimcoven Review — Roguelite Bloodborne Boss Battler!

We went to GenCon 2026

I was filming Grimcoven and...

Wingspan Pocket QUICK Review

Shelfside’s Ultimate Ti4 Tier List | With Prophecy of Kings + Thunder’s Edge

I don’t understand my favorite Stonemaier Game

How Dungeon Crawling became a vibe

Hot Streak QUICK Review

I completed ALL of Lands of Evershade - Final Thoughts (No Spoilers!)

Burning Banners QUICK Review

Friend who finished a Legacy game

I finally finished Pandemic Legacy: Season 1 (No Spoilers!)

Lands of Evershade Review — Awaken Realms’ Insane Efforts Paid Off (No Spoilers!)

We finished our 1st Mega Game — Touched by Darkness

Imperial Assault Review — Our Favorite Dungeon Crawler!

We "Fixed" Ti4 (PDF in Description)

There's ONLY 7 Types of Board Games | BGG Top 10 Discussion

We tried a JRPG on a table!

Magical Athlete Review — More than Candyland 2.0

Marvel Dice Throne is Excessively Mid — Review

Reviewing EVERY Uno at Target

Reviewing EVERY Exploding Kittens Game of 2025

Europa Universalis: The Price of Power | Shelfside Review

Shelfside Announcement on AI Art

Every game of Heat ever

Board Game Psychographics are Weird

Re;MATCH Prototype Review — A Deep Marble Fighter

I tried a "Smart" TCG

Why Pope Tom Vasel couldn’t stop the 1517 Protestant Reformation

We played TI4 every month for a year

After 2 years , I finally share my John Company 2nd Edition thoughts

John Company: A Game of Administering Atrocities

How Instagram Changed Board Gaming

Race to Kepler Prototype Review — Accessible Deckbuilding meets Bidding!

Vantage | Shelfside Review

The Star Wars: Rebellion Expansion is AMAZING

If American Psycho was about Card Game Players

Shelfside's Best (and Worst) Board Gaming of 2025

Heat: Pedal to the Metal Review — Fast, but thematically limited?

7 Steps to Get Rich QUICK From Board Games

TI4: Twilight's Fall Review — The Fuh?

Dune: Imperium — Bloodlines QUICK Review

No that Catan game didn’t count because…

How’s a Metal Board Game Shelf - The GameKeep

Cosmic Encounter Review — A decade later, I bought this Anti-Euro again

Primal Just Got Even Better

Shallow Sea Review — Immaculate Tile Laying

Twilight Imperium 4: Thunder's Edge | Shelfside Review

Arydia Exceeds All Expectations!

Threshold Prototype Review — MMO meets Campaign Game

I eat at 5 NYC Board Game Stores & Cafes

Star Wars: Battle of Hoth Review — Memoir 44 Strikes Back!

Heroes of Might & Magic: The Card Game ▸ Shelfside Plays

The most frustrating & nonsensical board game ever

World of Tanks: The Card Game ▸ Shelfside Plays

Secret Societies Prototype Review — Deep Euro Bidding!

50k Subscribers, now what?

Era of Atlantis Prototype ▸ Shelfside Plays

Era of Atlantis Prototype Review — Everyone Controls 2 Nations!

Every Star Wars Rebellion Game Ever

Sakura Arms | Shelfside Review (ENG/JP)

Bloodwork ▸ Shelfside Plays

Trying to rank the last 10 years of Board Games (2015-2024)

The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship | Shelfside Review

Nemesis Retaliation | Shelfside Review

Elden Ring: Rot and Sorcery ▸ Shelfside Plays

Tom Vasel asked me to say this... @thedicetower

The Rise and Fall of Fantasy Flight Games

Frosthaven Digital Destroys the Barrier to Entry! (Review)

TI4 Codex IV: First Impressions!

The Frosthaven Banner Spear Experience

Skyrim the Adventure Game Stream ft. Modiphius Chris Birch!

I try out for a fantasy quest #shorts

Fighting a Boss in Frosthaven Digital!

Every TI4 Game Ever

Abyss Echo: The Forbidden Rite First Impressions — Chinese Lovecraft CYOA!

PARADISE Prototype Review — Mad Max Beer & Pretzels!

Sky Team | Shelfside Review w/Turbulence Expansion

We Played Furylands

Shelfside's Top 10 Bang-for-Buck Board Gaming

We Finished the Drowned City Campaign! (Arkham Horror LCG)

It's time to play Nexus! #shorts #boardgames #tabletopduo #tcg

Dune: Imperium — Uprising | Shelfside Review

Flip 7 QUICK Review

Every Arkham Horror LCG Game Ever

Wondrous Creatures Review — Innovative Worker Placement, Finally!

Alexander's Top 10 Games

Relic Wars ▸ Shelfside Plays

I tried haggling for a used Board Game

We Played Frosthaven's Closed Beta

Fú: Festive Fortunes Prototype Review — Bidding with Chinese Red Envelopes!

Our Experience with a METAL Board Game Table (Project Ironside)

Nataterra ▸ Shelfside Plays

If Board Gaming Had a Sitcom

Reviewing EVERY Monopoly Expansion

We finished the Dunwich Legacy Campaign! (Arkham Horror LCG) No Spoilers!

Introducing the first Board Game VTuber!

The Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era | Shelfside Review w/ Valenwood Expansion

Shadows: Heroes & Monsters ▸ Shelfside Plays

Primal: The Awakening | Shelfside Review

Song for War - The most hype WW2 board game I’ve ever played!

We try 13 New Jersey Board Game Stores

Heroscape: Age of Annihilation | Shelfside Review

Terrible Influence ▸ Shelfside Plays @WatchMojo

The Gang Review — Cooperative Poker that’s Free!

WTF is this "Board Game Shelving System?"

Personal Vendetta Prototype Review — Kitchen Table Dueling Done Right!

Win or Die ▸ Shelfside Plays

Place for All My Books ▸ Shelfside Plays

Twilight Struggle | Shelfside Review

BackTracks ▸ Shelfside Plays

Shelfside Teaches Board Game Reviewing | Official Trailer

Shelfside’s Best (and Worst) Board Gaming of 2024

Evokers Prototype Review — The Simplest & Most Complicated Card Game

We Made a Board Gamer Personality Test @WatchItPlayed @rahdo @jameystegmaier

Red Dust Rebellion took 8 hours — First Impressions

10 Games to Make You SOUND Smart

The Realm of Sword and Snow Prototype Review — What I wanted out of Rising Sun

Master of Orion: Ad Astra Prototype Review — Space 4X I've Been Waiting for!

How Civilization Games Became a Vibe

Lands of Evershade Prototype Review — Everything I've Ever Wanted

The Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-Earth — Quick Review

Monopoly Deal Review — $5 Monopoly!?

Re;ACT - The Arts of War Review — The Final Release!

Dune: War for Arrakis Review — Epic Sci-Fi in 2 hours!

Umami Friends ▸ Shelfside Plays

Reviewing 10 Board Game Bags

Plunderlust ▸ Shelfside Plays

The White Castle Review — The 9 Turn Euro

Primal: The Awakening ▸ Shelfside Plays

Cosmic Conquest Prototype Review — Avengers re-roll your dice!

Heroes of Might & Magic III: The Board Game ▸ Shelfside Plays w/Battlefield Expansion

Guilty Gear: Strive – The Board Game Review — Our Fighting Game Veteran Perspective

Cyberpunk 2077 - The Board Game DEMO Review — Feels like an arcade game!

Everdell | Shelfside Review

We found a Catan Cookbook (and made 5 dishes!)

I try 10 Bay Area Board Game Stores

Degenesis Clan Wars Prototype Review — My Junk Food Campaign Gaming

Important Shelfside Announcement!

Project: Elite is ANXIETY board gaming (and why it works)

Boom Patrol ▸ Shelfside Plays

Brink Prototype Review — Constant Trading Worker Placement?

Deliverance | Shelfside Review

Top 10 Most Influential Board Games Ever

Mythic Battles: Ragnarok Review — Nordic Value!

Grimcoven Prototype Review — Bloodborne Roguelike Boss Battler

Degenesis: Clan Wars ▸ Shelfside Plays

Deliverance ▸ Shelfside Plays

We played a golf board game #shorts

Gloomhaven: Buttons and Bugs Review — Size Don't Matter?

Winds of Numa Sera ▸ Shelfside Plays

Summoner Wars 2nd Edition Review — Not Obsolete? (Master Set)

I made a Board Game Tinder Profile

Star Wars Unlimited Review — May the cash be with you (Spark of Rebellion)

Bloodstones | Shelfside Review

Oathsworn is Unbelievably Thoughtful

Sudden Conflict Review — DnD + MOBA Teamfights?

Splendor Duel QUICK Review

World's Least Awkward Board Gamer

Catan Starfarers Duel Review — Memorization Catan

Blabbi ▸ Shelfside Plays

Hegemony is CRAZY Asymmetric (and why it's good)

Knee Deep In Hexes ▸ Shelfside Plays

Serial Killer ▸ Shelfside Plays

The BGG Weight Problem

Earth | Shelfside Review

Acquire | Shelfside Review

Clickport & Speedport ▸ Shelfside Plays

Army Painter Speedpaints Changed My Life

Making a board gaming chair

Shelfside's Best (and Worst) Board Gaming of 2023

Our Board Game Rating Explained | 10 FAQ

Board Gaming on a Treadmill

We win an Abu Dhabi Board Game Tournament (Storm the Block)

Draw my Life — Our Board Game Reviewer Backstory

Star Wars: The Deckbuilding Game QUICK Review

Gudnak ▸ Shelfside Plays

How’s a Board Game COFFEE Table?

Last Light Review — 1 Hour TI4!?

Using Pirate Gold for Board Gaming

What's wrong with Social Deduction?

Let's Go to Mars ▸ Shelfside Plays

House of Poison Review — My 1st Strategic Party game

Final Girl Review — I immediately bought 3 boxes

What your favorite board game says about you

Aeon Trespass: Odyssey | Shelfside Review

Alice is Missing Review — 1st Silent Game Impressions

Worker Placement Explained

I commentate a $100k Board Game Tournament (WSBG)

Doodle Mayhem ▸ Shelfside Plays

The Mole ▸ Shelfside Plays

10 GREAT Board Games I Never Want to Play Again

Dragon Eclipse Prototype Review — Awaken Realms does Pokemon!?

I try 10 NYC Board Game Stores

Tainted Grail: Kings of Ruin Prototype Review Ch. 1-5 — I’m hooked!

HeroQuest Review — Zargon Returns (2021)

Proliferation Review — Hello U.N., I am North Korea

We turned $100 into a board game table

Priorities | Shelfside Plays

Can a chess timer improve board gaming?

Conqueror: Empire Rises Review — Rome: Total War Area Control

Brass Birmingham with Chess Timer

HeroQuest Playthrough Stream with everyone!

Votes for Women Review — Twilight Struggle Lite?

Patchwork Review — 2 Player with the imaginary wife

Reflecting on 4 years of full-time YouTube

I played Unmatched for 30 days straight

Wizards of the Grimoire Review — Kitchen table spell dueling

Catan: Starfarers Review — Just 90's Nostalgia?

How's the Origins Game Table?

Deal or Death ▸ Shelfside Plays

Frosthaven | Shelfside Review

The 5 Stages of Losing a Board Game

Undaunted: Normandy Review — An Accessible Western Front

Teaching a Board Game: ChatGPT vs. Human

Monster Hunter World: The Board Game ▸ Shelfside Plays

I Went to a Board Game Press Conference | MONSTER HUNTER WORLD ICEBORNE

Planet Trade Review — Take-that Terraforming Mars

Ashes: Reborn Red Rains Review — Coop Ashes

These Clear Board Game Accessories are AMAZING

Shelfside's OFFICIAL Board Game (Kickstarter LIVE)

The PROBLEM with Rulebooks

4 Levels of Analysis Paralysis

Twilight Inscription | Shelfside Review

1 Day Board Game Review Challenge - Skytear Horde

War of the Ring: The Card Game Review — A Lord of the Rings Surprise

Shopping at a Board Game Store

Unmatched: Volume 1 Review — The most accessible asymmetry ever?

Bohnanza QUICK Review

Solforge Fusion Review — Richard Garfield Performs Some Magic

Board Gaming Grandpa

Reviewing a $3000 Board Gaming Table

Reviewing Awaken Realms Candy #shorts #awakenrealms #boardgames #tabletop #tabletopgames

Shelfside’s Best (and Worst) Gaming of 2022

ISS Vanguard Review — What’s Beyond Earth? [NO SPOILERS!]

The BGG Scoring System Explained

Rating the BEST and WORST games of BGG Top 100 (That We've Played)

Frosthaven Organizers: Laserox VS Folded Space

Re;ACT The Arts of War Prototype Review — Keep Reacting to Yourself

One Earth Review — Just Escape to Mars

Local Man Faces Crisis: Not Enough Plastic Bags

Rising Sun | Shelfside Review

Frosthaven Unboxing Stream!!! (+Q&A)

Warbonds: Battle for Vitoria (Master Set) Review — The Nerdiest Game Ever?

Betrayal at House on the HIll 3rd Edition Review — The Haunts Work?

Horizons of Spirit Island | Shelfside Review

Things that Ruin Game Night

Star Eater Review — Star Wars, Without Star Wars

Mammothodus: The Forgotten History Review — Color Me Impressed

Catan ▸ Shelfside Plays

The PROBLEM with Tigris & Euphrates

Throw Throw Burrito ▸ Shelfside Plays

Reviewing EVERY Catan Expansion

Hadrian's Wall Review — Box ticking makes me feel Roman

A Phone Addict at Board Game Night

Playing Root Digital Until I Like Root

3rd Year Annivesary QA & Hangout!

Meet the Gloomhaven Fan

Galactic Era | Shelfside Review

Wow! What's next for Shelfside?

Every Gloomhaven Tinkerer Ever

Scythe but With House Rules

The DIY | Board Gamer Stereotypes

Lost Ruins of Arnak | Shelfside Review

Nut Hunt Review — Hexes and Nuts

The Flake | Board Gamer Stereotypes

Root Marauder Expansion is AMAZING

Radlands | Shelfside Review

Hi, I'm a Board Gamer

All Time Wrestling Review — Card Fueled Smackdown

Civilization: A New Dawn | Shelfside Review w/Terra Incognita Expansion

When Do You House Rule Board Games?

Building Another Board Gaming Table

Pandemic Legacy Season 1 Shalfside Review

Dune Imperium — Rise of Ix | Shelfside Review

The Youtuber | Board Gamer Stereotypes

Tier Listing My ENTIRE Collection — 2022 Edition

Sid Meier's Civilization: The Board Game Review — MY DREAM GAME IS OUT OF PRINT w/Expansions

How Shelfside makes a Board Game Review (ft. Scythe)

Gloomhaven | Shelfside Review

Board Game Reviewer Explains Dice Rolling in 4 Levels of Difficulty

Antares Kingdoms Review — Simultaneous Gameplay Euro!

The Show Off | Board Gamer Stereotypes

Legacy's Allure Review — Chess With Cards

Fast and Furious: Highway Heist SPEED Review

How to Pick a Board Game to Play

Dune Imperium | Shelfside Review

The Unlucky | Board Gamer Stereotypes

Building a Board Gaming Table

The Available | Board Gamer Stereotypes

Shelfside's Best (and Worst) Gaming of 2021

Dune: A Game of Conquest and Diplomacy | Shelfside Review

Euthia: Torment of Resurrection Review — My RPG Childhood Arrives?

Unfathomable | Shelfside Review

Jackbox Party Packs DESTROY Party Board Games

Avocado Smash! (Party Edition) Review — Me Smash.

Do you NEED the Jasper Board Game Table!?

Every Brass Birmingham Game Ever

Arkham Horror LCG Review (Revised Core Set) — Help My Wallet?

Blood Rage Review — Eric M. Lang's Blockbuster

The Solo Player | Board Gamer Stereotypes

Every Jaws of the Lion Campaign Ever

Euro Is Better Than Ameritrash

Ameritrash is Better Than Euro

Cheating Moth Review — You ARE the Cheater

Kabula Review — Satire RPG for All Sorts of Fantasies

Ankh: Gods of Egypt Review — Many Unholy Merges

The Role Player | Board Gamer Stereotypes

Gaia Project Review — Think, Don't Talk

Brass Birmingham Review — Wow Martin Wallace

Tainted Grail Fall of Avalon Completed Thoughts [NO SPOILERS]

Dragon and Rider Review — How to Train Your Rider

The Care Bear | Board Gamer Stereotypes

Shelfside's Top 10 Games (2021 Edition)

Every The Resistance Game Ever

Board Game Accessories Tier List

Every War of the Ring Game Ever

Oath SPEED Review

Auction Web Review — Not An Auction Game

I'm Right You're Wrong Review — Tear Your Friends Apart

Board Game Advice for My Younger Self

Twilight Imperium 4: Prophecy of Kings — Quick Review

Million Dollar Script ▸ Shelfside Plays

The WORST Board Game Ever?

I should buy more board games

The Kickstarter Addict | Board Gamer Stereotypes

Farts and Fairies Review — Not Just a Fart Joke

Atlantic Chase Review — Hidden Movement MAGIC

Why I Sold Battlestar Galactica

The Competitor | Board Gamer Stereotypes

Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion Campaign Thoughts [NO SPOILERS]

The Manipulator | Board Gamer Stereotypes

The Non Board Gamer | Board Gamer Stereotypes

The Snob | Board Gamer Stereotypes

The Cheater | Board Gamer Stereotypes

Do you NEED WOODEN Board Game Tiles?!

The Rules Lawyer | Board Gamer Stereotypes

So, You've Been Eaten - Quick Review

Every Gloomhaven Hatchet Ever

Quartermaster General WW2 Review - Ultra Digestible Axis and Allies

Dead of Winter | Shelfside Review

Kawa Review - Tiny Flow Management Board Game!

Every Gloomhaven Spellweaver Ever

The Alpha Player | Board Gamer Stereotypes

This War of Mine Review - From Video Game to Board Game

Star Wars: Rebellion Review - The Original Trilogy Strikes Back

Cosmic Encounter Duel Review - A Classic Redesigned!

Board Game Buying Addiction

The Collector | Board Gamer Stereotypes

Shelfside's Best (and Worst) Board Gaming of 2020

Dominion 2nd Edition | Shelfside Review

Reacting to Our First Video Review - Dominion

War of the Ring Review - A Lord of the Rings Wet Dream

If Catan had a Kickstarter

Skytear Review: A Board Game MOBA

Chinatown | Shelfside Review

The 5 Stages of Kickstarter Board Game Backing

How to Organize Gloomhaven

Monolith Arena Is an Unfortunate Flop

Dread - A Horror RPG That Uses Jenga!

Blinks Board Game System — Initial Review & Giveaway!

Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game - Season One | Shelfside Review

Deep Sea Adventure | Shelfside Review

What's the Number ONE Board Game?

HeroQuest’s Greatness that Changed My Life

Every Catan Game Ever

Twilight Imperium 4th Edition | Shelfside Review

Monopoly Fortnite is NOT Monopoly

Hellapagos | Shelfside Review

Shelfside's Top 10 Games

So You Wanna Play Hatchet?

I was too hardcore for Catan, and now I'm back

Frosthaven Kickstarter Update #52 — How Isaac Broke His Hand

Do you NEED a Board Game Table!?

Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion | Shelfside Review

The 7 Levels of Board Game Collecting

Want to ACTUALLY Finish Civ with your friends?

Frat Bros Playing Gloomhaven Was a Success, I Have No Idea How

Food Chain Magnate | Shelfside Review

Tier Listing his ENTIRE Board Game Collection

1000 Sub Patreon Announcement

Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion | Shelfside Unboxing!

Reacting to our Middle School Yugioh Vids

Betrayal at House on the Hill | Shelfside Review

Vast: The Mysterious Manor | Shelfside Unboxing!

Every Gloomhaven Brute Ever

Tier Ranking My ENTIRE Board Game Collection

Riot at the Round Table - First Impressions! w/Quirky Quint

Yugioh Life Before Board Games (Our Anonymous YouTube Channel Before Shelfside!)

What's that Smell | Shelfside Unboxing!

The Quiet Year ft. Quirky Quint! ▸ Shelfside Plays

Clicking Recommended Videos Until I Find Board Game Content

Full Root Game With Quirky Quint!

Tabletop Simulator | Shelfside Review

Every Gloomhaven Cragheart Ever

Randomness In Games - Reacting to The Two Types of Random (Game Maker's Toolkit)

Every Cards Against Humanity Game Ever

after playing Agricola for 30 days straight...

Trying Root With Fangus Khan! Thoughts & Impressions

Every Gloomhaven Scoundrel Ever

Mansions of Madness 2nd Edition | Shelfside Review

How Bloat Hurts Caverna (featuring Agricola)

Frosthaven Kickstarter Reaction & Overview! $5,000,000 ON DAY ONE!!

HOW TO PLAY CARDS AGAINST HUMANITY || EXTREMELY FAST SHALFSIDE TUTORIAL

I Love Battlestar Galactica, But Can it Recreate its Magic?

A Root Fanatic's Origin Story to Board Games

Gloomhaven Quick Review (NO SPOILERS)

A Root Fanatic's Top 5 Games (& BGG Ratings Critique)

First Time Painting Gloomhaven Minis! (WARNING: AWFUL PAINTS)

Throw Throw Burrito | Shelfside Review

Root & The Riverfolk Expansion (4th Printing) | Shelfside Unboxing!

Once Upon a CRIME (Once Upon a Time) ▸ Shelfside Plays

Parks | Shelfside Review

Wingspan | Shelfside Review

Parks | Shelfside Unboxing!

Board Games vs. Video Games — Shouldn't There be More Overlap?

Eldritch Horror | Shelfside Review

Once Upon a Time ▸ Shelfside Plays

Board Game Youtubers

Eldritch Horror: Forsaken Lore | Shelfside Unboxing!

100 Subscriber Special!

Dune | Shelfside Review

Throw Throw Burrito | Shelfside Unboxing!

10 Board Game Gifts for the Holidays!

How to Store Your Games Without an Insert

Pictomania | Shelfside Review

How to Rob a Bank | Shelfside Review

We Go to Target & Review Their Board Game Selection

Dune | Shelfside Unboxing!

The 7th Continent: What Goes Up, Must Come Down | Shelfside Unboxing!

Cutthroat Caverns | Shelfside Review

The 7th Continent | Shelfside Unboxing!

Smash Up | Shelfside Review

Lord of the Rings LCG Core Set | Shelfside Unboxing!

King of Tokyo | Shelfside Review

Bears vs Babies | Shelfside Review

Sheriff of Nottingham | Shelfside Review

Pandemic | Shelfside Review

Codenames | Shelfside Review

Once Upon a Time | Shelfside Review

Through the Ages | Shelfside Unboxing!

Taboo (ASMR) | Shelfside Review

Hellapagos | Shelfside Unboxing!

Monikers | Shelfside Review

The Estates | Shelfside Unboxing!

Suburbia | Shelfside Tutorial

Suburbia | Shelfside Review

Cash 'n Guns | Shelfside Tutorial

Legends of the Three Kingdoms | Shelfside Tutorial

Legends of the Three Kingdoms | Shelfside Review

Snake Oil | Shelfside Review

Coup | Shelfside Review

Splendor | Shelfside Review

Incan Gold | Shelfside Review

The Resistance | Shelfside Review

Dominion | Shelfside Review

Firefly: Shiny Dice | Shelfside Unboxing!