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Carcassonne Winter, 2nd Edition (2020) which included the winter River mini-expansion. #ThirstyCardboard #boardgames
Bottom tile is a snow-covered monastery with fir trees, middle tile is a River tile witg a curved section of river, a couple of small outbuildings and fir trees. The top tile is the lake (end river tile) with fir trees (tile out of focus).
February 12, 2026 at 4:47 PM
teangames.bsky.social
Another pic for #ThirstyCardboard (beauty shots of board games) The lighting made this pic of Final Girl (maybe my first play?) unexpectedly moody and ominous😆😬

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Camp Happy Trails board. Yellow meeple in upper left corner, pink and red meeples at tbe edge of the lake, casting long shadows...
February 11, 2026 at 3:46 PM
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My kids’ game Magic Market is so beautiful, Loki Kids went all out with incredible components and artwork #ThirstyCardboard
Two of the items for sale, a dog belonging to the plushies category and a video game system that uses a magic mirror for tv screen Custom wooden pawns for the buyers at the market, the base of each one shows the items they want to buy Overview of the game Magic Market with the central rotating board with the buyers and 4 player tables with their items for sale Beauty shot of various components and packaging of the game Magic Market
February 11, 2026 at 10:20 AM
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Here's an old, but lovely, shot of one corner of the game board for Zapotec to get me started with #ThirstyCardboard , the tag for boardgame beauty shots! ( #boardgames )
One corner of Zapotec board, gold city with black and orange buildings in all sectors.
February 10, 2026 at 10:04 PM
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Throwing in some positivity for the world. Boardgames are fun AND gorgeous. Checkout #ThirstyCardboard for posts appreciating how good boardgames look! What boardgame is your best looker? 👀
Dog cards and dice from Spots boardgame Gems and coins from Centrum Spice Road (Golem ed.) Lines up Dinosaur meeples from Draftosaurua Chunky dice and board from original King of Tokyo game
February 10, 2026 at 8:04 PM
perpetualploy.bsky.social
Are you seeing Spots!? You should be. This fun dice rolling, push-your-luck boardgame is filled with charming (John Bond) art of spotted dogs. Dogs have spots, dice have spots. I never understood why this game didn't take off more. Seems perfect for the dept store game aisle.

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Some of the dogs and dice from Spots! Spots (2022) Designers: Alex Hague, Jon Perry, Justin Vickers Artist: John Bond Publisher: CMYK
September 24, 2025 at 1:10 PM
perpetualploy.bsky.social
Small box boardgames don't get the love they deserve. Deep Sea Adventure is a beautiful, push-your-luck game that is as fun as it's charming. W/ wooden dice, diver meeples & cardboard chits, submarine, you can be lured into thinking this will be relaxing, until your air runs out.

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Deep Sea Adventure boardgame. Wooden dice and diver meeples and cardboard chits and submarine
August 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
perpetualploy.bsky.social
👑 Kingdomino is 1 excellent boardgame. Bruno Cathala is 1 of my fav designers. It's slick, easy to learn, full of great decisions & has whimsical art by Cyril Bouquet...w/ details like a giant woodland spider, shadow of Nessie, & fun scarecrows on tiles that could be just terrain.
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Shot of Kingdomino boardgame. With castles in a square with tiles around it split into land types
May 29, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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What's your most overproduced boardgame? Like it had no reason to be produced w/ all the extras & could have just been cards/tokens.

Mine is CMON's Modern Art. Great art (of art!), tarot sized cards, poker chips, wooden gavel and block, museum screens, & easel. Ridiculous!

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Components of Modern Art boardgame. Includes museum screens, tarot sized art, poker chips, gavel and block, and easel!
April 29, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Pumping some positivity back in the world. Boardgames are beautiful. Checkout #ThirstyCardboard for posts appreciating how good boardgames look! What's your most stunning game?
Go Nuts for Donuts cards setup in an array Scorecards from Star Realms PirchCar car discs Raptor setup with Mama Raptor, baby raptor, 2 scientists and some mountains
April 11, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Wish more people talked about Go Nuts for Donuts...a clever set collection boardgame. Secretly pick a number corresponding w/ cards available, if only you pick it, you get it (& trigger action), if 2+ select it, it gets discarded. It has deliciously beautiful art & so fun to play.

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Go Nuts for Donuts cards and card number tokens laid out in a radial pattern
April 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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I ❤️ space boardgames; no surprise as I heavily consume sci-fi books & shows. So Star Realms has an extra appeal to me, but no matter the theme, I would have loved this fun (mostly) 2 player deck builder. The art is great & each ship type is unique...checkout the health counters!

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Both health counters from Star Realms. Two pairs of cards... Each pair shows a ship on one card and a space station on the other. Number 0-9 countdown on ship card, whereas sets of 10s are on the other
March 11, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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I don't get to play 2 player boardgames very often but when I do, Raptor is at the top of my list. A fantastic A-symmetrical hand management game pitting raptors and scientists against each other. Plus it looks great with standee mountains as well as minis.

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One square of a Raptor boardgame setup. Includes mountains, Mother Raptor, baby raptor and 2 scientists, as well as a fire token
February 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
perpetualploy.bsky.social
Nothing tickles me quite as much as a boardgame having beautiful, unique art on each card. For Sale does this w/ a little humor...the lower the card, the worse "house" you have. From a cardboard box to the space station, you feel like the numbers have just a little more weight.

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For Sale property cards laid out in a $ pattern with coins and money cards spread on the table. Game: For Sale (1997) Designer: Stefan Dorra Publisher: Eagle Griffin Games Artists: Óscar Aguado Abbas Amirabadi Mohammad Amir Garoosian Alvin Madden Gil Martimiano Mahmoud Arasteh Nasab Emilien Rotival Catell Ruz Dossom Studio Chema Vicente Uros Vuckovic Klaus Wilinski
February 4, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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I talk a lot about beautiful boardgames on #ThirstyCardboard, but what is the ugliest game that you love?
a cartoon duck with the words nobody loves me
Alt: a cartoon duck with the words "nobody loves me, boy I sure am ugly"
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January 14, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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The custom dice and wooden components are beautiful and so well done in Tiny Epic Galaxies. I especially love the ships. I really enjoy this boardgame but I don't care for any of the other Tiny Epic games.

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Custom dice and wooden ship and components from the board game Tiny Epic Galaxies
January 7, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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I may have to use that too. My last game play: Botany was a definite #thirstycardboard
January 6, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Agreed. So much so that I've started a joke hashtag where I post about good looking boardgame components called #ThirstyCardboard.
January 6, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Love that it could have been cubes (like the original boardgame) but they went with chunky gems. The metal coins are also a nice touch. Century: Golem Edition is such a fun game that really has minimal components, so I'm glad they delux-ified them.

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Randomly scattered gems and coins from Century: Golem Edition.
January 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
perpetualploy.bsky.social
Never understood why SteamPark never really took off as a boardgame. The game is component rich & looks AMAZING. 😍 Robot meeples, rollercoasters, cute metal pigs, custom wood dice, what more could you want?

Real-time phases are hit/miss for folks I guess but I really enjoy it!

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Robot meeples and a ride standee SteamPark components (sans robots). Metal pigs, rides, tents, custom dice, and Easter tokens.
December 4, 2024 at 2:35 PM
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Love the attention to detail on these Lost Cities cards. What a great 2P boardgame with fantastic art that takes you on a journey to discover the artifact if you overlay the tarot-sized cards in ascending order. I'm unsure if the new versions do this but I truly hope they do.

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Red/volcanic expedition in Lost Cities laid out to show the journey Blue/underwater expedition in Lost Cities laid out to show the journey
November 11, 2024 at 1:55 PM
perpetualploy.bsky.social
I love chunky dice. When you have a component that is the focus of the boardgame, make it big! King of Tokyo is a super fun game that does it right.

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King of Tokyo chunky dice!
November 4, 2024 at 2:57 PM
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The wooden dinos from Draftosaurus are adorable. It's a boardgame that not only plays great but has really good-looking components. How fun are these!?

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Dinosaur meeples from Draftosaurus boardgame all in a line
October 23, 2024 at 1:40 PM