Winter Vlog 2024 - Dice Tower West, Year in Review, & Designer Series

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Join us for our quarterly vlog, where we talk about random stuff in life, and of course board games!
JUMP:
00:00 - Start
03:17 - Dice Tower West
04:28 - Year in Review (2023)
13:13 - This Year
14:29 - Crowdfunding
15:57 - Next Designer Series
21:30 - Top 50 Games
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[@ETrantina]

Love you guys!! I always look for your teach and play throughs before I buy or play a game (esp. heavy euros). The way you explain your actions and strategies during the playthrough is SO helpful!!! Please keep up the great wok, you have a huge fan here 😊 CANT WAIT for your Suchy designer series. Love the series, it’s so unique. Please do woodcraft soon! It’s such a tough one for me lol.

[@jugvara]

I met the two of my last day at Dice Tower West 2024. Super nice and friendly (as I mentioned, you guys have costed me a lot of money in board games). Love the balanced reviews and high quality audio/ video. Your commitment to making quality content really shows. Keep it up!

[@zomborya]

Looking forward to the Suchy series. Your designer series are so unique and fun to follow along with.

[@BeforeYouPlay]

Thank you so much!

[@silvermcdaid]

Thanks guys for playing some games with me and my wife at Dice Tower West Convention. That was a great experience.

[@harshitmalik2008]

Literally the best board gaming channel! You guys are the best. Looking forward to this year's content ❤

[@LuizAugusto-st3bb]

I love your vibes so much. My favorite kinda of videos are the playthroughs, always a blast. Recently watched your "everything dune playthrough" and that game was awesome! Can't wait for the trickerion one as this game was announced here in Brazil this year. Here's hoping Naven get some free time to do more gameplays 😊

[@Crimsonboardgames]

I'm also learning japanese for my trip in September this year! I'm so excited

[@NoOrdinaryMeeple]

Very much looking forward to the Suchy series.

[@BeforeYouPlay]

Us too!!!

[@francopdx]

Thanks for the update. Hope your busy season winds down soon and that you had a blast at Dice Tower West. My favorite games as of late have been Scholars of the South Tigris (I could see this being my favorite new game for the year), Evacuation (super crunchy yet very smooth too), and My Father's Work (worker placement that feels so thematic that I kind of forget that it's worker placement). Other fun ones have been Cryo, Cosmoctopus, Moon, Knarr, and Innovation.

[@swatb0t]

Love your content and the peak behind the scenes here. Looking forward to this year. Good luck!

[@TableTheGame]

Thanks for the update. Y’all are inspiration.

[@nielscauwel1615]

It was an amazing year of content from you guys, thank you! 😍 Can’t wait for what comes next! (Very not so secretly hoping that you decide on Essen Spiel this year as a European myself 🫣😁)

[@michaelshughart7619]

You guys are awesome, very easy to listen and watch your channel! Keep up the great work!

[@lmpreston1]

I really enjoy you content and chemistry. Thanks for teaching games and your playthroughs.

[@looluhinojosa564]

Thank you for everything ❤

[@zvnetzley9209]

Catching up on recent videos, and am thrilled to report that my copy of Let's Go To Japan! arrived while I was watching this. Seemed like perfect timing!

[@Cissewis]

Looking forward to another wonderful year of your content!! Have a great week! Cis

[@dkoudrin]

Discordia is my favourite game I've played in 2024 so far :) Highly recommend.

[@jogumby]

Great stuff as always! I would love to see a review series of the 3 Garfill game trilogies since Inventors of the South Tigres hits later this year. If you do please use Shipwrights redux! Thanks!

[@jdotco23]

Lol, "we're in the gathering phase." Bonus points for that! I LOVE Underwater Cities. I've got the expansion and nicer player boards. Looking forward to that series.

[@SPasley22]

Japan has to be the best place I've visited to date. I can't wait to go back!

[@gregorys9629]

Played Dune:Imperium at 4P for the first time in about a year recently and had a blast - this game still holds up. (Haven't played Uprising yet.)

[@corinnajuras-tabletopsavants]

Wow I'm so excited for this next series! Suchy games have been so consistently good

[@MarinaS341]

I just got my copy of Let’s go to Japan! it’s so good! Thanks for all the work you guys do! I really enjoy your videos ❤

[@amethystwolf24572]

I really loved the Uwe Rosenberg series and I'm looking forward to seeing another designer series!

[@getgaymin]

Before you play joining the #StatsCult, yay!

[@SasquatchChief]

Underwater Cities is pretty and fun to play. Multiple strategies to employ. I’m sure it will get positive comments.

[@lightningmonkey706]

I will be going to Japan for the first time in October and can't wait! Any tips from you guys or other commenters about how to best prepare would be appreciated :)

[@user-kj2tl5rw1b]

Stephan Feld's games would be another interesting series.

[@MrKeller13]

Was hoping you would say Stefan Feld but that’s another HUGE library of games. Very interested in the next designer series, I think I bought Praga because your initial video. And I own and have played Woodcraft and enjoyed that well enough. I am interested in Messina as I own it and have yet to play it…

[@jamesmorgan1967]

I've been playing some more Warp's Edge and Railroad Ink. Looking forward to Trickerion and the next designer series: especially curious about Messina 1347. Have a great time at DTW!

[@BeforeYouPlay]

Thanks James!! Hope you are doing well 😊.

[@lisamarin8836]

Cool - I have also been studying Japanese (110 days now) in preparation for a trip we plan to take around Christmas this year. I'll have to rewatch your vlog to find out where to go for board game-related shopping! We plan to spend most of our time in the Osaka/Kyoto area but also with a side trip to Tokyo and Yokohama. Sorry to miss you at AireCon this year, but I totally get it - we also had to forego a lot of travel recently because of work pressures. I hope that you have a great time at Dice Tower West!

[@susanoerter1419]

Thank you for your time and efforts. You are my first go-to for learning a game I am interested in. I enjoy watching you play and explain your moves. I am currently enjoying Photosynthesis, Hive, Canvas, Marvel United, Calico, Patchwork, Skyjo, Cartographer's Heroes, Viticulture, Azul, Ark Nova and Bandido. I play solo and with three different groups in person. I like playing in person best, moving pieces around a set of rules. Enjoy your day, you always help me enjoy mine.

[@ClaudiaRodriguez-yq1qx]

The designer series is so good...and yes I would love a Knizia hehe.

[@allenlin78]

Keep up the good work Monique and Naveen!

[@palkojohn]

A Knizia greatest hits wiuld be amazing!

[@cr-pol]

I think M.'s new hair style is very nice. How is her back doing? Did the lack of job stress help ?

[@mariuszkania9947]

Great to hear that you are going to cover Trickerion. I wonder if you are going to do all in 😀 I wish you could do Stationfall but I am affraid that this one may not be your game. Not sure.

[@BeforeYouPlay]

Naveen played Stationfall about 3 weeks ago at 8 players and wasn’t a fan of it. He felt that his personal goals were imbalanced relative to what the majority of the other players were doing so every move he made was undone by other players.

[@williamwall7721]

Have you thought about creating an Amazon board game wish list? Could get help from the community in getting Vlad board games in.

[@stevewithington1787]

We'll miss you at AireCon, but enjoy DTW. Maybe next year.

[@leovincent6461]

random thought: if we had 12 months with 30 days each we could have an extra 5 days each year outside the normal calendar......

[@jtt8886]

Would be nice to see you review Voidfall. That's a big, crunchy game and not sure if it's worth the investment in effort.

[@SasquatchChief]

We had to learn it on our first play through. Took just short of 9 hours to set-up, play and tear down. Second play was under five hours. Third just over four. I don’t know if we’ll be able to get it under four.

[@user-eb6wj5xm9p]

I learned Carnegie three weeks ago and have played it on bga 3x and bought the game since. It's pretty short for how complex it is (~2hr @4p, ~1.5hr @2p) and it can be quite mean at 2p haha

[@gregorys9629]

I just picked up Carnegie myself - it hasn't arrived yet but I'm looking forward to trying it out!

[@user-eb6wj5xm9p]

I'm going to DTW too! It'll be the biggest convention I've gone too and only the third (my local one tctc, and PAX West, which was mostly video games)

[@BeforeYouPlay]

We got in late last night, looking forward to the next 4 days!!

[@jcheung5145]

@@BeforeYouPlayHave a great time!! I’m getting in after midnight tonight. I think our first game is a learning of Galactic Cruise 😁

[@martinvoetman8717]

Quick question. Do you think youre going to cover harry potter miniature game.. Backed the kicktarter for my daughter but i saw some playthroughs and it look tough.. haha. Ee love to see you play and teach it. Its how I learn all my games.. 😅 Thnx keep up the nice work!!

[@eviola11]

Awesome stuff guys! Why are you doing another Trickerion vid?

[@BeforeYouPlay]

Thanks! Hopefully in a few weeks. It’s been a little while since our last play with the expansion.

[@TwrZ]

super excited for the updated Top 50!

[@karloarciaga7084]

See you at DTW!

[@BeforeYouPlay]

👀 U THERE

[@jacobjslee]

I was predicting your next designer would be John D. Clair. I'm not disappointed, though.

[@lukeparnell]

You guys are delightful

[@shawns3911]

Don’t forget when your life changed after playing inheritors..😊

[@clarkbbeerknurd5007]

I'm at Dice Tower West... I'm looking forward to meeting you again. I absolutely love your content!

[@alittlebirdtweetme]

That's so cool! My daughter is also learning Japanese on her own. Where are you learning? She loves manga and anime and that inspired her to learn

[@BeforeYouPlay]

We both use Duolingo, but Monique also uses a text book called ‘Minna no Nihongo’ and some children’s books.

[@Mik88l]

@@BeforeYouPlay Amazing! I also started learning Japanese on Duolingo this year, going 67 days strong.

[@alittlebirdtweetme]

@BeforeYouPlay ahh, she found duolingo difficult because it doesn't teach the katakana and hiragana first. So, she learned that first on her own. She also practices with an app called mochi-mochi. She also bought an N5 japanese course which also helped her with more daily/business/school speaking language. Wishing you the best in your japanese learning path!

[@kenaguasa7305]

112 videos in 2022 according to KZbin saying “2 year” old videos. Not sure if that is correct but maybe.

[@thierryvilboux2669]

Happy belated Birthday Dexter! ☆*:.｡. o(≧▽≦)o .｡.:*☆

[@foglight11]

Am I the only one who always waves back to Monique?

[@Namwolley]

Have you ever wondered why he always ends up losing? Well, the mystery is finally solved!

[@harshitmalik2008]

Literally the best board gaming channel! You guys are the best. Looking forward to this year's content ❤