The Nerds' Cave
@nerdscave.bsky.social
A Nerd🤓 family based in 🇮🇹
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This is the very beginning of our story on BlueSky. We mainly talk about #boardgames but we are also interested in #miniatures , #3dprinting and other #nerd stuff.
Happy boardgaming 🤓🎲 and welcome into our Nerds' Cave
This is the very beginning of our story on BlueSky. We mainly talk about #boardgames but we are also interested in #miniatures , #3dprinting and other #nerd stuff.
Happy boardgaming 🤓🎲 and welcome into our Nerds' Cave
🇬🇧: Luthier
Luthier is a strategic expert #boardgame set during the Renaissance, where 1–4 players embody master luthier families competing for prestige. Through worker placement and blind bidding, players secure patrons, craft and restore instruments, and gain fame via concerts.
Luthier is a strategic expert #boardgame set during the Renaissance, where 1–4 players embody master luthier families competing for prestige. Through worker placement and blind bidding, players secure patrons, craft and restore instruments, and gain fame via concerts.
October 29, 2025 at 11:32 PM
🇬🇧: Luthier
Luthier is a strategic expert #boardgame set during the Renaissance, where 1–4 players embody master luthier families competing for prestige. Through worker placement and blind bidding, players secure patrons, craft and restore instruments, and gain fame via concerts.
Luthier is a strategic expert #boardgame set during the Renaissance, where 1–4 players embody master luthier families competing for prestige. Through worker placement and blind bidding, players secure patrons, craft and restore instruments, and gain fame via concerts.
🇬🇧: Taverns & Dragons
A Competitive Family Game of Culinary Adventure
In this dice-placement, resource-management game by Lord Raccoon Games, 2-5 players become restaurateurs crafting secret recipes to gain fame before the King arrives. A cartoon design hides a deeply competitive edge.
Review on IG!
A Competitive Family Game of Culinary Adventure
In this dice-placement, resource-management game by Lord Raccoon Games, 2-5 players become restaurateurs crafting secret recipes to gain fame before the King arrives. A cartoon design hides a deeply competitive edge.
Review on IG!
September 10, 2025 at 8:21 PM
🇬🇧: Taverns & Dragons
A Competitive Family Game of Culinary Adventure
In this dice-placement, resource-management game by Lord Raccoon Games, 2-5 players become restaurateurs crafting secret recipes to gain fame before the King arrives. A cartoon design hides a deeply competitive edge.
Review on IG!
A Competitive Family Game of Culinary Adventure
In this dice-placement, resource-management game by Lord Raccoon Games, 2-5 players become restaurateurs crafting secret recipes to gain fame before the King arrives. A cartoon design hides a deeply competitive edge.
Review on IG!
Darwin’s Journey (2021, Thundergryph Games) is an expert worker placement #bosrdgame by Nestore Mangone & Simone Luciani with art by Paolo Voto. 1–4 players act as Darwin’s assistants, exploring islands, sailing, collecting artifacts, and upgrading workers with skills (wax seals). A Masterpiece ❤️
August 20, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Darwin’s Journey (2021, Thundergryph Games) is an expert worker placement #bosrdgame by Nestore Mangone & Simone Luciani with art by Paolo Voto. 1–4 players act as Darwin’s assistants, exploring islands, sailing, collecting artifacts, and upgrading workers with skills (wax seals). A Masterpiece ❤️
🇬🇧: A Gentle Rain
🌧️ A Gentle Rain is a peaceful, tile-placement puzzle #boardgame.
Players match flower halves on tiles to form complete blooms and place wooden tokens in the center of each square.
Relaxing, beautiful, and deceptively clever, it's a perfect game for winding down after a long day.
🌧️ A Gentle Rain is a peaceful, tile-placement puzzle #boardgame.
Players match flower halves on tiles to form complete blooms and place wooden tokens in the center of each square.
Relaxing, beautiful, and deceptively clever, it's a perfect game for winding down after a long day.
August 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
🇬🇧: A Gentle Rain
🌧️ A Gentle Rain is a peaceful, tile-placement puzzle #boardgame.
Players match flower halves on tiles to form complete blooms and place wooden tokens in the center of each square.
Relaxing, beautiful, and deceptively clever, it's a perfect game for winding down after a long day.
🌧️ A Gentle Rain is a peaceful, tile-placement puzzle #boardgame.
Players match flower halves on tiles to form complete blooms and place wooden tokens in the center of each square.
Relaxing, beautiful, and deceptively clever, it's a perfect game for winding down after a long day.
🇬🇧: Neon Hope (Hopeful Games)
A cooperative cyber/solar‑punk card game for 1–4 players.
Set in a dystopian future Berlin ruled by corporations and hackers, players take on cyberpunk roles with asymmetrical decks, leveraging traits and tech skills to shape a branching story.
Full review on IG
A cooperative cyber/solar‑punk card game for 1–4 players.
Set in a dystopian future Berlin ruled by corporations and hackers, players take on cyberpunk roles with asymmetrical decks, leveraging traits and tech skills to shape a branching story.
Full review on IG
July 30, 2025 at 5:47 PM
🇬🇧: Neon Hope (Hopeful Games)
A cooperative cyber/solar‑punk card game for 1–4 players.
Set in a dystopian future Berlin ruled by corporations and hackers, players take on cyberpunk roles with asymmetrical decks, leveraging traits and tech skills to shape a branching story.
Full review on IG
A cooperative cyber/solar‑punk card game for 1–4 players.
Set in a dystopian future Berlin ruled by corporations and hackers, players take on cyberpunk roles with asymmetrical decks, leveraging traits and tech skills to shape a branching story.
Full review on IG
🌊 Finis Terrae (Creardo, 2023) is a 2–4 player tile-placement #boardgame on the high seas.
💰 Ships have limited cargo space, and greed can sink your gains if damage strikes.
🎲 Combines exploration, resource management, and risk-taking. Accessible for newcomers and even younger players.
Review on IG
💰 Ships have limited cargo space, and greed can sink your gains if damage strikes.
🎲 Combines exploration, resource management, and risk-taking. Accessible for newcomers and even younger players.
Review on IG
July 29, 2025 at 10:25 PM
🌊 Finis Terrae (Creardo, 2023) is a 2–4 player tile-placement #boardgame on the high seas.
💰 Ships have limited cargo space, and greed can sink your gains if damage strikes.
🎲 Combines exploration, resource management, and risk-taking. Accessible for newcomers and even younger players.
Review on IG
💰 Ships have limited cargo space, and greed can sink your gains if damage strikes.
🎲 Combines exploration, resource management, and risk-taking. Accessible for newcomers and even younger players.
Review on IG
🇬🇧: Calimala
Calimala is a strategic 2–5 players #boardgame set in medieval Florence: noble families compete for influence through trade, production, and civic contributions. With worker placement on shared intersections that trigger combos for all, timing is key. Smart, elegant, and ruthless!
Calimala is a strategic 2–5 players #boardgame set in medieval Florence: noble families compete for influence through trade, production, and civic contributions. With worker placement on shared intersections that trigger combos for all, timing is key. Smart, elegant, and ruthless!
July 23, 2025 at 5:25 PM
🇬🇧: Calimala
Calimala is a strategic 2–5 players #boardgame set in medieval Florence: noble families compete for influence through trade, production, and civic contributions. With worker placement on shared intersections that trigger combos for all, timing is key. Smart, elegant, and ruthless!
Calimala is a strategic 2–5 players #boardgame set in medieval Florence: noble families compete for influence through trade, production, and civic contributions. With worker placement on shared intersections that trigger combos for all, timing is key. Smart, elegant, and ruthless!
🎲 The Castle of Terror is a family-friendly card game (ages 6+) where 2–4 players compete to capture monsters using Item cards that match specific icons. It’s published by Creardo in Italy (originally by Atomo Games in Spain).
Have you played it yet? 👻🃏
Have you played it yet? 👻🃏
July 15, 2025 at 9:40 PM
🎲 The Castle of Terror is a family-friendly card game (ages 6+) where 2–4 players compete to capture monsters using Item cards that match specific icons. It’s published by Creardo in Italy (originally by Atomo Games in Spain).
Have you played it yet? 👻🃏
Have you played it yet? 👻🃏
Shop Until You Drop Lah! is a fast, competitive 2–5 player #boardgame where you fill 3 shopping bags: same item type with discounts <100%, or mixed items with equal discounts. Drop a bag? Lose points! Inspired by 90s Singaporean comic Mr Kiasu, it's quick, chaotic fun in just 3 shopping rounds.
July 7, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Shop Until You Drop Lah! is a fast, competitive 2–5 player #boardgame where you fill 3 shopping bags: same item type with discounts <100%, or mixed items with equal discounts. Drop a bag? Lose points! Inspired by 90s Singaporean comic Mr Kiasu, it's quick, chaotic fun in just 3 shopping rounds.
My best experience at #UKGE2025 was playing Crimson Keep: a 1–2 player symmetrical #boardgame with deep strategy. Players build a tableau, summon beasts, and aim to call the dragon for a final epic battle. The prototype already shines! Keep an eye on @Crimson_Keep and their #Kickstarter
Bravo Nick!
Bravo Nick!
June 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
My best experience at #UKGE2025 was playing Crimson Keep: a 1–2 player symmetrical #boardgame with deep strategy. Players build a tableau, summon beasts, and aim to call the dragon for a final epic battle. The prototype already shines! Keep an eye on @Crimson_Keep and their #Kickstarter
Bravo Nick!
Bravo Nick!
🇬🇧: UK Games Expo 2025
📢 Yes! In 2 weeks I will be attending the largest #gamesexpo in the UK: @ukgamesexpo 2025 The 3rd largest fair in the world has reached its 19th edition, but it will be my 1st fair as a Press Member! #UKGE2025
❓If any of you will be in the area, give me a shout!
📢 Yes! In 2 weeks I will be attending the largest #gamesexpo in the UK: @ukgamesexpo 2025 The 3rd largest fair in the world has reached its 19th edition, but it will be my 1st fair as a Press Member! #UKGE2025
❓If any of you will be in the area, give me a shout!
May 17, 2025 at 9:22 AM
🇬🇧: UK Games Expo 2025
📢 Yes! In 2 weeks I will be attending the largest #gamesexpo in the UK: @ukgamesexpo 2025 The 3rd largest fair in the world has reached its 19th edition, but it will be my 1st fair as a Press Member! #UKGE2025
❓If any of you will be in the area, give me a shout!
📢 Yes! In 2 weeks I will be attending the largest #gamesexpo in the UK: @ukgamesexpo 2025 The 3rd largest fair in the world has reached its 19th edition, but it will be my 1st fair as a Press Member! #UKGE2025
❓If any of you will be in the area, give me a shout!
On Mars is an expert-level #boardgame by Vital Lacerda where 1–4 players develop colonies on Mars, operating between orbit and surface via a shuttle system. With deep worker placement, tech sharing, and complex resource management, it’s a demanding 2.5–3h game. Published by Eagle Gryphon Games!
May 16, 2025 at 6:01 PM
On Mars is an expert-level #boardgame by Vital Lacerda where 1–4 players develop colonies on Mars, operating between orbit and surface via a shuttle system. With deep worker placement, tech sharing, and complex resource management, it’s a demanding 2.5–3h game. Published by Eagle Gryphon Games!
🇬🇧: Lata
Lata is a 2023 travel-friendly #boardgame by Pythagoras Games (5 Quinas Collection), where 1–4 players run canning companies in ‘900 Portugal. Compact yet deep, it's language-independent and ideal for introducing players to strategic board games.
Full review on IG!
Lata is a 2023 travel-friendly #boardgame by Pythagoras Games (5 Quinas Collection), where 1–4 players run canning companies in ‘900 Portugal. Compact yet deep, it's language-independent and ideal for introducing players to strategic board games.
Full review on IG!
April 19, 2025 at 9:23 AM
🇬🇧: Lata
Lata is a 2023 travel-friendly #boardgame by Pythagoras Games (5 Quinas Collection), where 1–4 players run canning companies in ‘900 Portugal. Compact yet deep, it's language-independent and ideal for introducing players to strategic board games.
Full review on IG!
Lata is a 2023 travel-friendly #boardgame by Pythagoras Games (5 Quinas Collection), where 1–4 players run canning companies in ‘900 Portugal. Compact yet deep, it's language-independent and ideal for introducing players to strategic board games.
Full review on IG!
🇬🇧: Curious Cargo
A 2-player #boardgame from Capstone Games (2020), where players build intricate pneumatic pipelines to ship or receive strange goods. Using tiles drawn from a bag, they connect production and delivery areas. It’s perfect for experienced players.
Full review on IG!
A 2-player #boardgame from Capstone Games (2020), where players build intricate pneumatic pipelines to ship or receive strange goods. Using tiles drawn from a bag, they connect production and delivery areas. It’s perfect for experienced players.
Full review on IG!
April 13, 2025 at 2:16 PM
🇬🇧: Curious Cargo
A 2-player #boardgame from Capstone Games (2020), where players build intricate pneumatic pipelines to ship or receive strange goods. Using tiles drawn from a bag, they connect production and delivery areas. It’s perfect for experienced players.
Full review on IG!
A 2-player #boardgame from Capstone Games (2020), where players build intricate pneumatic pipelines to ship or receive strange goods. Using tiles drawn from a bag, they connect production and delivery areas. It’s perfect for experienced players.
Full review on IG!
Viking See-Saw is a fast, fun, and chaotic balancing #boardgame by Reiner Knizia, published in 2021 by Itten Games. Players must load objects onto a tilting ship,but if it tilts, penalties apply! With unpredictable disasters and quick gameplay, it’s a must-have for game nights.
Full review on IG
Full review on IG
April 1, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Viking See-Saw is a fast, fun, and chaotic balancing #boardgame by Reiner Knizia, published in 2021 by Itten Games. Players must load objects onto a tilting ship,but if it tilts, penalties apply! With unpredictable disasters and quick gameplay, it’s a must-have for game nights.
Full review on IG
Full review on IG
🇬🇧: Brew
Brew is a 1-4 player dice placement and area control #boardgame, published by Pandasaurus Games. Players roll forage and element dice to gain resources, tame creatures, and control forests for points. A solid intro game to dice placement, best with 3+ players 🎲🌲
Full review on IG
Brew is a 1-4 player dice placement and area control #boardgame, published by Pandasaurus Games. Players roll forage and element dice to gain resources, tame creatures, and control forests for points. A solid intro game to dice placement, best with 3+ players 🎲🌲
Full review on IG
March 31, 2025 at 10:02 PM
🇬🇧: Brew
Brew is a 1-4 player dice placement and area control #boardgame, published by Pandasaurus Games. Players roll forage and element dice to gain resources, tame creatures, and control forests for points. A solid intro game to dice placement, best with 3+ players 🎲🌲
Full review on IG
Brew is a 1-4 player dice placement and area control #boardgame, published by Pandasaurus Games. Players roll forage and element dice to gain resources, tame creatures, and control forests for points. A solid intro game to dice placement, best with 3+ players 🎲🌲
Full review on IG
🇬🇧: Meadow
A 1-4 player
#boardgame, published by Rebel Studio. Players draft and layer nature-themed cards by matching symbols to score points. Strategy revolves around competing for limited cards and actions on the boards. Gorgeous art, tight competition, immersive!
Full review on IG
A 1-4 player
#boardgame, published by Rebel Studio. Players draft and layer nature-themed cards by matching symbols to score points. Strategy revolves around competing for limited cards and actions on the boards. Gorgeous art, tight competition, immersive!
Full review on IG
March 31, 2025 at 5:22 PM
🇬🇧: Meadow
A 1-4 player
#boardgame, published by Rebel Studio. Players draft and layer nature-themed cards by matching symbols to score points. Strategy revolves around competing for limited cards and actions on the boards. Gorgeous art, tight competition, immersive!
Full review on IG
A 1-4 player
#boardgame, published by Rebel Studio. Players draft and layer nature-themed cards by matching symbols to score points. Strategy revolves around competing for limited cards and actions on the boards. Gorgeous art, tight competition, immersive!
Full review on IG
🇬🇧: Tinderblox
Tinderblox is a fast-paced dexterity #boardgame for 2-6 players. Using tweezers, players must stack wooden blocks on a bonfire, following card instructions—sometimes using their non-dominant hand! Fun, laughter, and sabotage guaranteed! Perfect for any occasion! 🔥
Full review on IG
Tinderblox is a fast-paced dexterity #boardgame for 2-6 players. Using tweezers, players must stack wooden blocks on a bonfire, following card instructions—sometimes using their non-dominant hand! Fun, laughter, and sabotage guaranteed! Perfect for any occasion! 🔥
Full review on IG
March 28, 2025 at 5:55 PM
🇬🇧: Tinderblox
Tinderblox is a fast-paced dexterity #boardgame for 2-6 players. Using tweezers, players must stack wooden blocks on a bonfire, following card instructions—sometimes using their non-dominant hand! Fun, laughter, and sabotage guaranteed! Perfect for any occasion! 🔥
Full review on IG
Tinderblox is a fast-paced dexterity #boardgame for 2-6 players. Using tweezers, players must stack wooden blocks on a bonfire, following card instructions—sometimes using their non-dominant hand! Fun, laughter, and sabotage guaranteed! Perfect for any occasion! 🔥
Full review on IG
🇬🇧: Curious Cargo
🧩 Among the most challenging 2-player #boardgames currently in the collection, Curious Cargo certainly stands out.
I will soon publish a review of this game published by @capstone-games.com in 2020.
Stay Tuned‼️
Full reviews on IG
🧩 Among the most challenging 2-player #boardgames currently in the collection, Curious Cargo certainly stands out.
I will soon publish a review of this game published by @capstone-games.com in 2020.
Stay Tuned‼️
Full reviews on IG
March 21, 2025 at 6:19 PM
🇬🇧: Curious Cargo
🧩 Among the most challenging 2-player #boardgames currently in the collection, Curious Cargo certainly stands out.
I will soon publish a review of this game published by @capstone-games.com in 2020.
Stay Tuned‼️
Full reviews on IG
🧩 Among the most challenging 2-player #boardgames currently in the collection, Curious Cargo certainly stands out.
I will soon publish a review of this game published by @capstone-games.com in 2020.
Stay Tuned‼️
Full reviews on IG
🇬🇧: Salton Sea is a competitive #boardgame, where 1-4 players manage extraction companies processing brine to obtain and sell lithium. Worker placement occurs on board and cards. Balancing short- and long-term goals is crucial. A highly strategic game of optimization and planning.
Full review on IG
Full review on IG
March 11, 2025 at 11:44 PM
🇬🇧: Salton Sea is a competitive #boardgame, where 1-4 players manage extraction companies processing brine to obtain and sell lithium. Worker placement occurs on board and cards. Balancing short- and long-term goals is crucial. A highly strategic game of optimization and planning.
Full review on IG
Full review on IG
Yokohama is an economic and management game for 1-4 players. Players, as merchants, manage resources, trade, bureaucracy, politics, and religion. With worker placement, trade routes, and contract management, it offers deep strategy and high replayability. A complex #boardgame!
Full review on IG
Full review on IG
March 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Yokohama is an economic and management game for 1-4 players. Players, as merchants, manage resources, trade, bureaucracy, politics, and religion. With worker placement, trade routes, and contract management, it offers deep strategy and high replayability. A complex #boardgame!
Full review on IG
Full review on IG
🇬🇧: Verdant
A 1-5 player tableau-building #boardgame where players create a 3x5 grid of alternating Plant and Room cards over 15 rounds. Plants thrive with proper lighting from adjacent Rooms, while Rooms score higher with matching Plants and Furnishing Complements.
Full review on IG!
A 1-5 player tableau-building #boardgame where players create a 3x5 grid of alternating Plant and Room cards over 15 rounds. Plants thrive with proper lighting from adjacent Rooms, while Rooms score higher with matching Plants and Furnishing Complements.
Full review on IG!
March 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
🇬🇧: Verdant
A 1-5 player tableau-building #boardgame where players create a 3x5 grid of alternating Plant and Room cards over 15 rounds. Plants thrive with proper lighting from adjacent Rooms, while Rooms score higher with matching Plants and Furnishing Complements.
Full review on IG!
A 1-5 player tableau-building #boardgame where players create a 3x5 grid of alternating Plant and Room cards over 15 rounds. Plants thrive with proper lighting from adjacent Rooms, while Rooms score higher with matching Plants and Furnishing Complements.
Full review on IG!
🇬🇧: Ponzi Scheme
A 3-5 player economic bluffing #boardgame where players embody scammers running a Ponzi scheme, delaying inevitable bankruptcy while amassing wealth. The first to fail payments is eliminated, ending the game. Expect chaos, bluffing, and financial crashes!
Full review on IG
March 2, 2025 at 10:28 PM
🇬🇧: Ponzi Scheme
A 3-5 player economic bluffing #boardgame where players embody scammers running a Ponzi scheme, delaying inevitable bankruptcy while amassing wealth. The first to fail payments is eliminated, ending the game. Expect chaos, bluffing, and financial crashes!
Full review on IG
🇬🇧: The A.R.T. Project
A 1-6 player cooperative game where the Art Rescue Team fights the White Hand, a criminal organization stealing priceless artworks. Players strategize with limited dialogue, managing resources to complete missions before time runs out. Try it!
Full review on IG!
A 1-6 player cooperative game where the Art Rescue Team fights the White Hand, a criminal organization stealing priceless artworks. Players strategize with limited dialogue, managing resources to complete missions before time runs out. Try it!
Full review on IG!
February 26, 2025 at 8:18 PM
🇬🇧: The A.R.T. Project
A 1-6 player cooperative game where the Art Rescue Team fights the White Hand, a criminal organization stealing priceless artworks. Players strategize with limited dialogue, managing resources to complete missions before time runs out. Try it!
Full review on IG!
A 1-6 player cooperative game where the Art Rescue Team fights the White Hand, a criminal organization stealing priceless artworks. Players strategize with limited dialogue, managing resources to complete missions before time runs out. Try it!
Full review on IG!
🇬🇧: Canvas
A beautifully simple 1-5 player #boardgame The goal is to create paintings by layering transparent cards to fulfill objectives. Each turn, players either purchase a card (max 3 in hand) from the market or compose a painting. Perfect for new #tabletop #gamers!
Full review on Instagram
A beautifully simple 1-5 player #boardgame The goal is to create paintings by layering transparent cards to fulfill objectives. Each turn, players either purchase a card (max 3 in hand) from the market or compose a painting. Perfect for new #tabletop #gamers!
Full review on Instagram
February 25, 2025 at 8:36 PM
🇬🇧: Canvas
A beautifully simple 1-5 player #boardgame The goal is to create paintings by layering transparent cards to fulfill objectives. Each turn, players either purchase a card (max 3 in hand) from the market or compose a painting. Perfect for new #tabletop #gamers!
Full review on Instagram
A beautifully simple 1-5 player #boardgame The goal is to create paintings by layering transparent cards to fulfill objectives. Each turn, players either purchase a card (max 3 in hand) from the market or compose a painting. Perfect for new #tabletop #gamers!
Full review on Instagram