April 2024 Vlog | Top 10 board games played in April, nature-themed games, crowdfunding, coming soon
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- čas přidán 30. 06. 2024
- Welcome to Bits & Biology, a channel about board games from the perspective of a biologist gamer. In this video I talk about some of the board games I played in April, including a list of the top 10 games I played. I also talk about the crowdfunded games I backed recently, games that are coming soon on the channel, and a bit of channel news. Timestamps can be found below in case you want to skip around.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:19 Overview
00:44 Rating games
4:17 Defining “family” games and “strategy” games
5:56 Top 10 games I played in April 2024
6:02 #10
6:53 #9 (and a fun bit of news)
8:37 #8
10:24 #7
11:16 #6
13:48 #5
14:21 #4
15:13 #3
16:11 #2
17:54 #1
20:39 Goals for the monthly vlog
21:50 Honorable Mentions
22:32 Seas of Strife
22:49 Cat Lady
23:21 Coloretto
24:14 Sea Salt & Paper
24:57 Regroup! Chicken Army
26:05 Games in my collection I’ve rated a 10
33:35 Nature-themed games I played in April
34:00 #9 Exploring Galapagos
38:07 #8 Deep Dive
40:00 #7 Trekking the National Parks
41:51 #6 Canopy
44:23 #5 Waypoints
46:41 #4 PARKS
48:11 #3 Earth
50:07 #2 Cascadia
51:52 #1 AQUA: Biodiversity in the Oceans
54:09 Channel news!
57:42 Crowdfunded games I backed recently and a question for you
58:38 Waddle Waddle
gamefound.com/en/projects/bru...
1:06:16 Earth Abundance
www.kickstarter.com/projects/...
1:04:36 Keystone North America Coastal Expansion
www.kickstarter.com/projects/...
1:08:26 Biohack
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3...
1:09:54 Question for you (again)
1:11:01 Coming soon on the channel
Keystone: North America blog post: boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/15...
Darwin’s Journey blog post: boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/14...
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Good news for solo players regarding Waddle Waddle! The designer (in an Instagram comment on the video) said "I am open for suggestions for a solo mode. It was never on my radar when I designed the game, but there has been a lot of interest." 😀
Nice wrapup! I'm very curious to learn more about Harmonies. Also interested in how Atiwa plays. (And since you asked, I enjoy hearing what you're backing on crowdfunding sites...it can be in the monthly vlog or another video, whatever works best for you.)
Thanks James! I'm glad you enjoyed it! Two Harmonies videos should be ready to be released Monday (how-to-play and a solo playthrough & review). And your comment just moved Atiwa up the list - so keep an eye out for that in the next few weeks. Thanks too for your feedback about crowdfunded games! 🙂
Nice coverage of various games! My family played Trekking, Parks, and Cascadia this past month, of the theme-related ones you noted. Forgot how quickly Trekking can play with only 2 players! Cascadia is a “go-to” for my wife and I - a great filler! I jumped on the Kickstarter bandwagon for Earth and Abundance - so many good reviews. Based on your enthusiasm, will have to check into Darwin’s Journey. Looking forward to your play through of Aqua. Thank you!
Thanks! I wrote a blog post about Darwin's Journey on BGG (link in the description above), and I hope to cover it on the channel in the next month or so. 🙂
I think I've played Aqua solo 50 or so times. It's pretty good, especially if you do the challenges.
Thanks! I'm looking forward to it!
I see you have Harmonies! I’m interested to see how you like it. You talked about so many of my favorite games on this video!
I've been curious about that one, too! Would love to see!
I will try to get Harmonies to the table this week and to the channel the week after Aqua unless something comes up to interrupt those plans. I'm really looking forward to this one - I hope it lives up to expectations!
@@bitsandbiology I made an impulse buy last night and ordered Harmonies and Aqua 🤪 I’m excited!
@@JSkyF I feel like a bad influence! 😂 I think you will enjoy Aqua, and based on reviews I've watched and read about Harmonies, I don't expect to be disappointed about that one either. 🙂
@@bitsandbiology ha ha! I think I’ll like them both and I might be able to play them in my class with certain students.