Weird Games I Found at Essen Spiel

[@Andy-Mesa]

The designers explained the squids to me; it's a symbol for getting fired in Chinese culture.

[@ZoidbergForPresident]

@timisaverage To get fried?

[@aragotoblythe]

Even though you didn't find that hidden gem, the attempt was worth it. Great video.

[@GuyGallium]

I liked this video a lot! Even though you didn't have the greatest things to say about the games, it's still a nice look into games that would probably not been covered by other reviewers. I have a friend who is zany about cats and I'm sure T-Rex's holiday would go over much better than roll and writes with different themes, even if they are the mechanically better games.

[@projectoverthinker]

I love Elaine's new hair 🌸

[@projectoverthinker]

Very lovely video as well, I loved this format. and I really like the concept of "Eye my favorite things", I hope it gets picked up.

[@MrRazzaMattazz]

When Efka mentioned Eye My Favourite Things a year ago, I immediately proxied my own copy. Gosh it's a gem!! It's not only funny, but it has lead to some interesting discussions in my group. It taught me more about my friends. Love it!! I hope a reprint or a 3rd edition comes because I will certainly be first in line =)

[@A1JRimmer]

It going to be on Kickstarter this year via Play for Keeps!

[@teehlfx5238]

Dry snarky Elaine with low key silliness for 16 min 🤣😂 2020 is already shaping up to be a better decade.

[@steveneccles]

comments that aged terribly

[@TheMartinChronicles]

@@steveneccles yeah. Oof.

[@AhJong0]

This was great, a really refreshing series of reviews that felt honest without being scathing 🙂

[@albinoorkalbertson]

I read Going Postal with enormous joy thinking it was an adaptation of Terry Pratchett's Discworld novel, but was immediately crushed knowing that the Pratchett estate doesn't sell the rights to hid catalog. After that I wondered why someone would make a game about shooting former co-workers at their place of business.

[@MrHypnofan]

There is a game from the publisher Backspindle called "Clacks" which is based on "Goin' Postal".

[@dukeofwaffles9879]

A group of us did this with small box games at BGGCon. We found and highly recommend Birdie Fight!

[@smile.__]

Is Birdie Fight also known as Kotori Fight, right?

[@dukeofwaffles9879]

@@smile.__ It's also known as Songbirds, here is the BGG: boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/212765/songbirds

[@PetrVojtech]

I liked Spring on a String a lot! At first I though it would be a silly kids game. It is not. It's a puzzler, where every game is very different (since there are tons of "rules cards" that are matched with colors). I also like how it uses very different material not typical for a board game.

[@IslanKleinknecht]

That mouthgami shot.

[@chamilton9255]

I enjoyed this video. It's nice to see you guys cover these non headliner games. Thanks.

[@quantumpotato]

If you like Origami, get Manifold -- $8, 100 puzzles in a tear off booklet you can share with friends

[@madsam7582]

Val McDarmid was Senator Palpatine Ian McDermott was my old dentist.

[@carpemkarzi]

Well done with limited materials. Thanks for taking the hit for us

[@A6by]

9:37 As a vet tech, I see this as an absolute win.

[@gbdomingo]

as a boardgame fan from the Philippines, I have to support our games :) I bought it, and its best as a two player game.

[@pierrewhite2062]

Elaine, your delivery is amazing.

[@asdasdasdasd61932]

Hi, the prices for going postal is actually in SGD, when convert to USD is about $25 bucks

[@smile.__]

Loved this review. I always need more reasons to want to go to Essen and this gives me another. I'm so thirsty for more indie Asian games.

[@teehlfx5238]

2:53 “In the unfortunately titled ‘Going Postal”.... Was really nervous when I saw the title for this one. Still think it needs a different English title though.

[@smile.__]

Oh my God, Eye My Favorite Things seems great party Filler.

[@ScottNelson508]

While not eye-deal, you could probably create this game with other things easily enough. note-cards and zip-lock baggies? It's not pretty, but it would work!

[@Pillar_Angel]

"MY FAVORITE THINGS" IS GETTING A NA RELEASE LETS GOOOOOO!

[@robbar77]

I had the opportunity to buy Eye My Favorite Things at Essen and decided not to and now I am very sad.

[@patrickd8654]

00:45 Elaine: If the outside looks like a tin whistle ... Me: I've never heard that expression before. It must be a British thing. Elaine: ... the inside contains a whole brass band. Me: Oh, I see what you did there. Well done.

[@BrandonGraham]

Unfortunately many of these games had pretty big telltale signs of notgonnabegooditis. I am sure some good stuff flew under the radar, but was not surprised by most of these conclusions. :/

[@LukeVenables]

Loved the video but it made me feel sad. It could have been titled "I wanted to find a cool quirky game at Essen but couldn't so instead I'll reminisce about that time I found a cool quirky game that nobody can enjoy because publishers don't want it." Sorry, Elaine. I hope someone picks it up soon.

[@secondofthenew]

"I did Bing it."

[@Cardsrock65]

Elaine, you are brilliant! :)

[@spoffette2623]

My other half hates carrots and it makes me sad

[@SASE265]

9:44 Nice game.

[@rmsgrey]

My biggest concern about Mirror Gardens would be the replayability - once you've solved a puzzle, how long is it before you can fairly play that garden again?

[@NoPunIncluded]

It depends how good your memory is as you have to remember the correct combination of letters/numbers. There's about 60 different puzzles in the box though.

[@geoffpaulsen]

LOL, multiple times.

[@Daegilouze]

Johnny hallyday movies? How you came up with that? I'm French and I will not come up with that!! How did produce a so long list of his movies!? Hilarious! :D

[@NoPunIncluded]

Alors, j'ai vu 'Jean Philippe' au ciné et maintenant je suis fan ;)

[@Daegilouze]

Mais quel français magnifique !!!

[@DullDishwater]

Not sure I follow the rules to “Eye my favourite things”. How do you know the value of the card you’re playing if you don’t know the position someone ranked it in?

[@NoPunIncluded]

You don't! That's the game. Trying to figure out if your friend Bob thinks Episode 7 is a better Star Wars film than your friend Lisa thinks TNG is a better Star Trek series. Picking the right topic to give to your friend and being genuinely surprised by their answers is absolutely part of the fun.

[@DullDishwater]

No Pun Included: But how does that work when you’re playing the cards? Everyone has to announce “oh this is my 5 card”, “well this is my 5 card”. Just seems like it would really slow down the game.

[@smile.__]

@@DullDishwater I would assume after everyone drops their card with topic, you all drop cards and pull them out to evaluate the end of the trick. That way you can learn the person to their right's opinion on said topic. You don't announce, just reveal it.

[@DullDishwater]

0b00000111 Aha! Pull them out. I didn’t understand that those numbers were hidden in the back of the thing people write on. That makes way more sense.

[@smile.__]

@@DullDishwater Yep! I'm sure they would have mentioned how *mental* it would be to have to learn about other people's preference _and_ remember your own personal rankings.

[@JosephFlemming]

I was about to put folded wishes on my wishlist [i'm an on and off origami addict] but you said it wasnt good. rats!

[@NoPunIncluded]

I would say definitely try it first if you can before commiting to buying it

[@ornagensaft2411]

Wat is dat denn hier