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Unboxing World’s Fair 1893 Second Edition, Amazon Exclusive board game from Renegade Game Studios

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Take a look at what you get in this new edition of World's Fair 1893, an area majority-based board game themed after the famous Chicago World's Fair of 1893.

For this new edition of World's Fair, Renegade Game Studios worked with a historical consultant to add more diversity to the Historical Figures features in the cards.
By making this game an Amazon Exclusive, Renegade was also able to reduce the price point and hopefully get this Mensa Select award-winning game into the hands of more people. [ READ MORE ]

UNBOXING Dungeons & Dragons Adventure Begins, a cooperative board game and intro to the world of D&D

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Let's take a look inside the box for D&D Adventure Begins, a board game from Hasbro Gaming meant to be a fun and fast introduction to the world of Dungeons & Dragons.

This is a cooperative Dungeons & Dragons board game, with some RPG elements, designed for two to four players with playtimes of about an hour.
Note despite being a D&D game this is published by Hasbro and not Wizards of the Coast. Watch the full video to find out why this matters [ READ MORE ]

UNBOXING Aroma a board game that does something new by using essential oils and your sense of smell

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A look inside the box for the scent-based board game Aroma, from a company that makes essential oils. This is one of the most unique games I've ever seen, no other game that I know of is based on the sense of smell. In this video, I show off exactly what you get with Aroma.

Aroma was designed by Odd Hackwelder and features art by Odd as well. It was published in late 2020 by Organic Aromas. [ READ MORE ]

UNBOXING Aventuria Adventure Card Game, a competitive or cooperative card game in the world of The Dark Eye

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A look at what you get in the box for Aventuria the adventure card game. This card game for up to four players can be played competitively or cooperatively. The game is set in the world of Das Schwarze Auge, or The Dark Eye, Germany's most popular role-playing system and setting.

Aventuria was designed by Michael Palm and Lukas Zach and features artwork by Nadine Schäkel. It was published in 2016 by Ulisses Spiele. [ READ MORE ]

Unboxing Reef, a Spiel Des Jahres nominated, abstract strategy board game, with fantastic components

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Take a look inside the box for Reef by Emerson Matsuuchi. Reef is an abstract strategy board game for up to four players about building a coral reef. This boardgame features chunky plastic reef pieces that you stack and use to build a three-dimensional coral reef.

Reef was published in Canada by Next Move Games in 2018 and is considered by many to be a follow-up to Azul from the same publisher. [ READ MORE ]

UNBOXING Letter Jam, a cooperative, thinky, word based party game for up to six players

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  A look at what you get in the box for the cooperative card game Letter Jam. This is a heavier than usual party game for up to six players that has players providing clues in order to get the other players to guess the letters in front of them.

In this word-based party game you can't see your own hand of cards, only those of the other players. This cooperative board game features surprisingly nice components for a party game. [ READ MORE ]