Nimalia - Teach & Playthrough (Filler Friday)

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This is “Nimalia” a board game designed by William Liévin & published by Lucky Duck Games in 2023. This video includes a rules overview.
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00:00 - Start/Teach
03:31 - Playthrough Start
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[@BeforeYouPlay]

What are your favorite animal themed board games? 🐂🐑🐓🐪🐄🐅🐴🐘🐆🐢🐒🐍🐏🐀🐗🐐💚

[@kennexcamba2438]

It’s not purely animal theme but Meadows is high up on my list.

[@BeforeYouPlay]

@kennexcamba2438 Ahh Monique's played it once but I haven't yet.

[@madmanac]

Hard to beat Ark Nova, although Wingspan is a close 2nd

[@BeforeYouPlay]

@madmanac Great Choices!

[@jurds216]

Savannah Park is a favorite of mine!

[@tanyagavinsdottir5858]

I like the idea of Filler Friday, I have been enjoying smaller, shorter games lately.

[@BeforeYouPlay]

We love big heavy games, but always appreciate a clever 20-30 minute filler too.

[@TabletopRose]

BRING BACK FILLER FRIDAY!!! I LOVE THISS. Thanks, guys!

[@jamesmorgan1967]

I picked this one up. Easy to teach and get to the table. Fashion choices for this video are spot on!

[@jstuart1980]

Looks fun and easy to learn. I’ll have to check this one out. Thanks!

[@aleg2490]

I love how you do videos not only for huge and complex games! I'd love if you make a video with Sea Salt and Paper, it's the kind of game that really needs a playthrough, and there aren't any straightforward ones in English yet. (After helping me with the Praga Caput Regni game, your channel became my go to when I want a shortcut into learning games and getting a feel of them ❤)

[@susanscandles]

My first go to channel. They are awesome!

[@DJ-ct6so]

Looks like a cleverly designed and fun filler game, and -- given the number of objective cards, plus the number of ways the playing cards could be sequenced -- a lot of replayability. Many thanks for uploading.

[@BeforeYouPlay]

Totally! Thanks for checking out our video. 😊

[@Agent00sonic]

i lurk quite a bit, but i do like this idea of filler friday :)

[@susanscandles]

Giraffes are my favorite! Love your shirt Monique. Always fun when you guys wear shirts that go with theme of game.😊

[@dk9336]

🤗😍 you guys are pure love to watch and hear, thank you so much making videos, i watch your videos everyday a huge fan

[@kowagaruwolf320]

Naveen that is such a cute t-shirt that you got for this episode ❤

[@BeforeYouPlay]

Haha, knew it was the perfect shirt for this video!

[@Cissewis]

Welcome back FILLER FRIDAY! 😃 Yay! Take care!

[@BeforeYouPlay]

😊

[@chandramohan5105]

Great. Your shirts also match with the theme of this game. Good game when you do not have much time.

[@kowagaruwolf320]

Loved the game! Simple, quick and fun!

[@BeforeYouPlay]

😁

[@jacquelineadcock3507]

I've been on the fence about this game since it came out, partly because of the lack of solo mode, but you guys have helped me see that it is one I would love and think my daughter would enjoy playing it with me too! It reminds me of Sprawlopolis but with a cute nature theme, love it! Thanks for the playthrough 🙂

[@aleg2490]

Ooh that brilliant variable round scoring that I've only seen in Isle of Skye before!

[@aetherllama8398]

One of my favorite mechanics, tile overlapping from Cafe and Smartphone Inc. Good to see another game use it.

[@BeforeYouPlay]

Hansu is another filler card game that uses that mechanic. In that game you are also allowed to tuck under too.

[@sherlockhomeless7138]

I couldn't concentrate while watching the video, but those cards look really nice. I love how they drew the animals from above.

[@andrew53519]

Great play through! Seems like a mix of cascadia and sushi go. I’ve been looking for some smaller travel games and this is perfect!

[@EmmaNovaheim]

This was on the Essen release list for last year, and I couldn't find it! I love animals, so I'm always on the lookout with anything with a nature theme.

[@joshkable]

Great video! This looks so fun!

[@BeforeYouPlay]

Thanks for checking it out!

[@chriscarriere9040]

This looks fun!

[@dshannon23]

Monique should've gotten 0 points for the red objective every time! Just look at how many giraffes she has! (On her shirt ;) )

[@batpixi_]

Shorter games are much easier to bring to the table after a long week.

[@BeforeYouPlay]

Totally!!

[@amethystwolf24572]

I enjoyed this playthrough! Seems like a fun game. I don't know that I have room for it with Seasons of Rice in my collection, though.

[@fingersmaster]

7:42 ...and to the the top or to the bottom !

[@ericyeung5296]

Great fun game:)

[@BeforeYouPlay]

😄

[@makerofjam]

Yes! Love it when you play lighter games! 😊

[@Orcallo.]

Hi Monique, Naveen, any chance you would playthrough Lorenzo il Magnifico? This game deserves some love on a big channel like yours.

[@TheBrothersMurph]

God I love this game so much

[@BeforeYouPlay]

Yeeeee!

[@jakobvarsson840]

When is the UWE breakdown??? I must have it 😮

[@CamObscura88]

Odd question, but do you have any idea if this is the same box size as the BoardGameTables (or AllPlay now) small box games? Looks like a very cool mix between Cartographers with the variable round scoring and Sprawlopolis with the tile laying.

[@BeforeYouPlay]

Yes it’s very similar in size. This game may be slightly larger by an inch (2 cm) length and width wise.

[@AnkitGarg]

Looks like there is a lot of luck element. A simple fix might be to draw 4 cards instead of 3 so that there is still choice at the end. It might break the game as well.

[@bobgueders]

I like this game fine. But I had to sell it because in my 3 different groups of players, none of them wanted to go back for a second game😅

[@BeforeYouPlay]

That’s fair, glad you got 3 plays in!

[@matsfjeldstad5040]

Hi! A big fan of your channel!! Do you have a favorite card overlapping game? How would you compare Nimalia to Café for example?

[@BeforeYouPlay]

Hi Thank you!! Nimalia is MUCH lighter strategy-wise than Cafe. Honshu is a very fun card-overlapping game that we both love! There are two versions of it now - Honshu and Hokkaido.

[@matsfjeldstad5040]

Thank you! Will check out Hokkaido too. :) Although not as heavy/strategic, would you say that Nimalia is as fun as Hokkaido/Café? Although quite straight forward and light it seems fun with the isle of skye type of scoring between the rounds!

[@jordanclout166]

Would you recommend this if already own king domino?

[@kishorepurohit8010]

This is great filler game… mix of Cascadia and Kingdomino… loved this game and surely going to get this for my shelf

[@BeforeYouPlay]

Thanks for checking out the video. Glad we could help!

[@kishorepurohit8010]

@BeforeYouPlay - request if you can pls check out the game called - 'Joraku'.

[@BeforeYouPlay]

We’ve played it and own it! Clever trick taking game for sure, just feel it’s best with more players.

[@susanscandles]

What do you think of the game?

[@jurds216]

I could really see how this game is harder at 2. Having more players means you see more cards. Good filler tho!

[@BeforeYouPlay]

Yeah knowing you will definitely get cards back you originally passed adds an extra layer.

[@jurds216]

@@BeforeYouPlay that and you only see so many cards so you really have to think about how to use them and almost always lose out on a couple objectives. If you have four players you’d see more cards

[@mskjaer496]

Kinda similar to carthographers?

[@mskjaer496]

And Cafe ☺️