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Board Game Beans
@boardgamebeans.com
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We’re a couple of beans (Joana 🇵🇹 and Christian 🇸🇪) making and sharing board game related content.

#BoardGames

YouTube: www.youtube.com/@BoardGameBeans
Discord: https://www.discord.gg/m7nkraZNuT
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We didn't just record 20ish minutes of first impressions... and forget to start the recording... 😭🙃

Don't be like us. Double, and then triple check that your camera is recording 🎥

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November 14, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Just wrapped up our first game of Village Rails by the fireplace 🚂🔥

Super nice small box game; Easy to setup, easy to learn, plenty of strategy options to try and get the most points!

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The box lid for the board game Village Rails on a wooden table in front of the fireplace. A few of the small cards for the game are on the table with glass bowls holding the coins for the game. The box features artwork of a steam train going through an English countryside location, with some sheep in a field. End of game state for the board game Village Rails, which we've played on a wooden table in front of the fireplace. Two completed 3x4 tableau can be seen, with a row and column of terminus cards on both, and extra cards from the draw pile and some coins visible.
November 12, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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Can't go wrong with some porridge, tea, and The Lost Expedition.

Well, you can. We lost the expedition! 😅 But it was a good way to start the day nonetheless. It's one of our favourite games!

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The board game The Lost Expedition, which features a row of cards acting as the map we need to move our pawn across, and a row of cards under which placed one at a time from our hand, and are about to decide what actions to take on a card by card basis. Two bowls of pear, cinnamon, and blueberry porridge can be seen, along with two mugs of tea. End state for the game The Lost Expedition, showing our pawn two spaces away from winning the game, but unfortunately all three of our adventurer cards are flipped upside down to indicate they didn't make it. A few tokens to represent ammo, food, what time of day it is, and the expedition leader can be seen.
November 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Board game breakfasts are back!

This morning we enjoyed a lovely round of Evergreen to some porridge and tea 🥣

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The board game Evergreen setup for two players on a table with a grey table cloth. Two bowls of porridge and a mug of tea can be seen, ontop of cork coasters to protect the surface underneath. Two yet to be fill player boards, a draw pile for cards, and some containers holding the various wooden components we will be playing with. Joana's player board nearing the end of a game of Evergreen. Her board has lots of tree components and a few cards next to it from this round. In the foreground are two glass bowls, being used to store the wooden components we play with during the game (in the photo, small wooden trees, and small wooden lake components)
November 10, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Postmark Games just never miss! We're super excited to learn more about this one. We loved 52 Realms, so it's cool to see another game set in that world ♦️♣️♥️♠️⚔️

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postmarkgames.bsky.social Postmark Games @postmarkgames.bsky.social · 8d
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FIGHT WITH PLAYING CARDS. Introducing 52 Duels, a 1 or 2 player duelling game coming to kickstarter next month.

Sign up to get notified when we launch! www.kickstarter.com/projects/pos...
52 DUELS - A fight with playing cards for 1-2 players
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November 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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🚨 New Video!

We are sharing our first impressions for Evergreen 🌲🌳🪾published by @horribleguild.bsky.social

youtu.be/ihYd0ruVa7Y

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Evergreen | First Impressions
YouTube video by Board Game Beans
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November 5, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Plenty of power cuts today, so what better way to start the day than being cosy in bed with a latte, and a round of Voyages ⛵

We love these single-sheet print and play games, makes it super easy to play in different settings!

( Not our best scores, but we had fun 😊 )

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Two completed games of the print and play board game Voyages, which has been laminated and played using a clipboard. The game sheets show the map on which we play, and the path that each respective player decided to take. As it's the end of the game, we see Christian scored 70, and Joana 59.
October 25, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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Just wrapped up our first game of Evergreen!

It's from the same designer as Photosynthesis, and features a familiar sun position/tree scoring system, but this time on our own boards, and with a card drafting step included 😊

We liked it a lot!
Published by @horribleguild.bsky.social

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The board game Evergreen being played, showing two double-layered player boards with a design of the world and its different biomes, with an assortment of wooden components (sapling, small, and large, The box lid for the board game Evergreen, with an illustration of an oversized tree on a world, and some other planet elements around. The 'space' is represented as the white box. In front of the box are five glass bowls holding the wooden components for the game, which consist of, brown sprouts, light green small trees, dark green big trees, blue water, and yellowish bush,
October 22, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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🚨 New Video!

Sharing our first impressions for the wonderful tile laying game Dorfromantik, published by @pegasusspiele.bsky.social 🌲

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Dorfromantik: The Board Game | First Impressions
YouTube video by Board Game Beans
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October 6, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Waypoints Map 5 is here, and we’re off to the North Alpine Foothills! Fill your whisky flask, venture into the great lochs, and grab your bike to make use of one of the many biking trails.
A graphic of an OS style map depicting icons, contour lines and geographical features. Text reads 'Waypoints' 'The North Alpine Foothills' 'Out Now'
October 5, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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A great board game to take to the beach!

We have the Mini version. This one plays well even if it's windy, thanks to the design of the player boards ☺️

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A very cute bumblebee picnic mat with two Azul Mini player boards, the shared draw pile for the tiles, and a fabric bag. It's a picture of a few turns in the game, so both player boards already have some tiles on.
October 2, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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🚨 New Video!

We're discussing the games we played over the summer period 🌞

Hopefully we'll be back to a more regular video schedule too 🤞

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Games we played this Summer - 2025
YouTube video by Board Game Beans
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September 23, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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We're finally going to have a game night!! Woohooooo!!! 🥳

Just the two of us, but we are going to bring to the table 1 hour and a half of games each.

I already know the ones I'm bringing, and Christian is going to decide later.

Anyone else got board game plans this evening? ☺️

- J

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September 13, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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🚨 New Video!

We tried out the head to head, card-driven tactical game Ironwood. Some really nice components in this one, and a fun dueling experience!

youtu.be/bSYCvtsuPwU

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Ironwood | First Impressions
YouTube video by Board Game Beans
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September 3, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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We love chunky metal tokens 🤩
+15 VP if you know what game these are from.

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5 metal tokens from a board game, 1 of them if flipped to depict a factory about to be built, the others all depict the same factory in its completed state, with a number one underneath and a sword/hammer cross.
August 19, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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We were so happy to go and pick this up from the post office today!
Also, This game has some HEFT, We did not expect that when picking it up 😅

Not sure when we will be able to table it, but hoping soon 🤞

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The box for A Wayfarer's Tale board game, inside a cardboard shipping box with white packing peanuts to protect it. The box features a nice illustration of a person walking in the sand towards a city/castle built up on a hillside. There is a cute lizard on a rock in the foreground.
August 19, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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🚨 New Video!

We tried the new roll and write game, Isla 🏝️🎲
It's got a cool dice exhaustion mechanic, which makes traversing around the island and trying to get research conducted a bit tricky, but fun.

youtu.be/5ht3unE5Cs8

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Isla | First Impressions
YouTube video by Board Game Beans
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August 16, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Our official response:
Last night, the organizers of the trans boycott of CGE read with delight CGE’s third public announcement related to the publishing of content that actively harms trans rights globally. Their long awaited apology is very welcome, as is their alignment with trans rights as human rights. In this moment where our legal rights are under attack more than ever, such a statement is fundamental. We also recognise and appreciate their commitment to donate 100% of the profits of this game and look forward to working with them to help repair the relationship with their trans fans and to build new relationships with the trans movement in Czechia. We completely understand that many trans people are still hurt and don’t yet feel safe in this environment. The way that CGE initially responded to the problem, blocking hundreds of trans people, created an enormous amount of pain and mistrust. It will take time to build those relationships back again. We do not see this as a perfect situation. We would have hoped that by now, all of our favourite publishers would have known not to publish something that puts money in the pockets of someone who is trying to destroy our right to a peaceful and equal existence. But now that we are in this situation, and now that CGE is listening, let us turn to the job of making our own magical world: a board game hobby space that cherishes and protects all of the people in it, including the trans ones.
August 9, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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marcelineleiman.bsky.social
I’m doing victory laps in my kitchen right now!!!! 💃🏼

CGE just announced they are going to be giving away 100% of the profit from their Harry Potter game to pro-trans charities!!

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A screenshot of CGE’s instagram page: “With the above in mind, and after many heartfelt and vital discussions both internally and with members of the affected community, we have decided to donate 100% of the profit from this game to appropriate charitable organizations. We will ensure that an amount equal to our greater than the fee paid to license this product will go directly to organizations that provide support for the trans community. We evaluate profits and make charitable-giving decisions each December, and we will continue using this annual process to direct the games profits. We will listen to recommendations from the community to help guide our choices of organizations that provide support for the trans community. Or goal is to select those that offer direct, practical help to people in need — for example, services similar to the emergency hotline that was recently discontinued.”
August 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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How this made it to production is baffling.
Didn't expect to see a publisher put out a game in 2025 with racist imagery.

Devir has promptly put out a response: boardgamegeek.com/thread/35556...
marcelineleiman.bsky.social Marceline Leiman 🔜 Indie Games Night Market @ PaxU @marcelineleiman.bsky.social · Aug 7
Get out of here with this racist crap.

Devir went ahead and stepped in their own piss. Please go support Jeremy and let Devir know your disappointment and dissatisfaction.

But on top of that—there’s MANY reviewers who received the game prior to Gen Con failed to notice or mention this crap.
Just some Ole Racist "history crap" | Ace of Spades
I will copy a statement I receive on any platform that is from the publisher) First I am not a race baiter or need attention. I'm a black man that recognizes history can be betrayed in educational fo...
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August 8, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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#BlockCollective is a volunteer-run community with the united goal of sharing resources and information, disrupting bigoted spaces, and serious engagement on the topic of trans rights.

Please join us as we help shape the boardgame industry into a safer and inclusive space. 🎲✂️

discord.gg/D7E6gqwrRF
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August 7, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Just had our first game of Tiny Towns on Board Game Arena, To see if we would like the game and think about the physical copy one day.

Safe to say we both enjoyed it a lot! and it's gone straight onto our wishlist 🥳

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Screenshot from the game Tiny Towns being played on Board Game Arena. This screenshot is from the end of the game where it shows Joana has won the game. There are a variety of cards on display which have the pattern of cubes needed to build that structure, and then two player grids (4x4) where we are building up these shapes and buildings to try and score the most points at the end.
August 6, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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I wanted to share a few thoughts recent discussions around CGE’s decision to partner with JKR for their upcoming @codenamesgame.bsky.social game have prompted. Thankful to those who spoke early to this issue (Marceline, Tiffany, @nopunincluded.com et al) for helping this get the needed attention.
July 29, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Since Codenames (/publisher Czech Games Edition) has decided to side with money and against human rights, im going to make a thread of five board games you could play instead of Codenames
The Codenames: Back to Hogwarts announcement, which has very few likes and lots of replies and quote tweets
July 29, 2025 at 1:46 PM