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Defenders of the Wild looks so fun and I love the art, but I can't help imagining it with a Fern Gully reskin! I want to fight Hexxus!!

We've never done an Exit game so I haven't considered getting that Advent calendar...do you think it's more entry level than the Exit games? Or should we try an Exit game first?

Defenders of the Wild looks pretty cool. It's funny, the reason I didn't really pay much attention to it was because I assumed it was like Root and probably not for me. But knowing it has some Pandemic-ness to it makes me more interested. I'm so tempted to get a playmat for Final Girl just to help with organization. The few times I have played it, I feel a little disorganized and I wonder if the playmat would help make it smoother.

North Pole Nightmare is indeed a nightmare! So I agree with you two, it seems to be harder than the others. I have such a fun time with luck based games sometimes. I know that's not everyone's cup of tea though.

Final Girl isn't my jam but Jacob is totally into it. While he's trying his luck against baddies, I'm doing some Euro style soloing. I haven't tried any of the games you mentioned. You guys always give me games to add to my wishlist!

Great video! We have the trilogy inbound (we were able to get hold of it with the Black Sonata crowdfunding) and Orchard is the one Joana plays a lot on BGA. I haven’t played it yet myself so your video really helped me to understand what it’s all about ☺️ thanks and happy holidays 🎉☺️

Loved this! Looking forward to Grove now!

No matter how many times I play I always get a kick out of the punny score chart 😅

I love this game, but I SUUUUUCK!!

What a nifty little puzzle game! I'd heard of it (and this game series) but seeing it played really helped me visualize how great it plays! Thanks!

'Tis the season... You're doing a great job. Keep up the good work!

We've had My City on the shelf for a long time & still haven't played it. I sometimes forget we have it🤦‍♀️ I don't think we've had many pattern building games until the recent purchase of both Sagrada & Azul. I think Savanna Park might be considered pattern-building---it's a tricky puzzle! Great lists, as always! Lots of interesting games to consider!

I have only been in the hobby for like two years, but I watch a lot of youtube board game content. I just want to compliment this series on mechanisms. Regarding games that I have seen on other channels, you two are good at focusing on the elements that you find most appealing without overly rehashing the way the game plays generally. Moreover, you have introduced me to titles that I have not seen featured much on other channels. Thank you.

I really like a lot of the games you all mentioned. Earth, Calico, and Cascadia are all big hits in our house. Would Cartographers count as a pattern building game? We recently played that with the family so it's top of mind. I actually picked up My City as a gift for my husband this holiday season so it's reassuring to see it on both of your lists.

Love the list and I have now realized I have no holiday themed games at all. Perhaps something to rectify. And don't worry about ditching my ideas. That really cracked me up! I'll try to think of some January themes. The first thing that came to me was storage. I just think of January as you have to take down all the holiday decorations and store them somewhere and you have to find a place for gifts you've received over the holiday season. Not sure how that translates to games, but just where my brain went. I hope you two have a fantastic holiday season!

There's a Christmas version of Patchwork that comes with a polyomino cookie cutter. We like that! We also shuffle Santa into Walking in Burano because that has a Santa card. There's an Elf game (movie themed) that I'd like to get as well as Santa's Workshop! I'm also definitely going to look for that Christmas movie game you mentioned! That sounds like a lot of fun!🎉 Great video!

Great video ☺️ We’re not big on the Christmas theme ourself, but that Lucia and Exit Calendar caught our attention and hit our wishlist for next year ☺️ We only had one game in your list which was Ticket to Ride Nordic Countries 😅 we liked it well enough but will be replacing with Northern Lights because we needed components for the higher player counts. Wishing you both happy holidays ☺️

Growing up, my family always baked more around the holidays, so I have made an exception for Gingerbread House as a holiday themed game. Your certainly right there aren't as many Christmas themed ones, the only one I had on your list was Holly Jolly which is quite fun. I noticed Alhmbra Mega Box in your background, was wondering if you would consider making a video ranking and discussing the expansions offered. I'm trying to decide between that and the Red Palace version. Best Wishes to you both this holiday season!

Septima sounds a lot more appealing than I'd initially thought. Thanks for diving into it so well!

We played Septima too recently and I didn't think it was too dark. I agree that there are a lot of ways to avoid raising suspicion or lowering it so that element of peril never seemed too high. We really enjoyed it and that decision of, do I match the other player or the Septima or do I try to wait? That was fun. We also love Cascadia Rolling Rivers! We haven't tried Hills yet, but Rivers is great and unlocked this love of roll and writes for me and now I'm super into them. It's so simple to set-up and get going and it never feels the exact same. It is a great game. Hope you two are doing well and thank you for another great video! Always a delight to see what you're getting to the table.

Terrific lists! I guessed some of them! You could do an entire video on "feasting" because there are so many food themed games these days!😋

Wow, you were zooming today! Great suggestions! I really wanna try Creature Comforts! One of these days. And thank you for the shout out. That was very sweet and really lifted my spirits today. I think I really needed that. December is a tough one. Obviously, you could do games centering around the various holidays in December. Although, I'm thinking maybe something around gift giving, whether that is part of a gaming mechanism like an I split, you choose type. Or shopping, like in a deck builder where buying and gathering new cards is super important. You could also do Advent as a theme. Games, such as legacy/campaign games or The Adventures of Robin Hood where you are revealing things, opening up little compartments. The game is somewhat changing and you're getting excited and unlocking stuff. I think I even saw you post about Exit advent games on Discord which could totally be a part of that. I hope you both are well. Thank you for the videos and the joy you put out in the world. 🙂

Love the way you explain why you love these games. I'm VERY interested in Dice Forge.

Great list as always. Have you played "Captured Moments: A Downton Abbey Game"? I have a copy that I got as swag, but I've not seen the show nor played the game. I do love Maggie Smith though as Sister Act is one of my favorite movies of all time. We really like Legendary as a deck builder. We have Buffy, Firefly, and Marvel so we enjoy those a lot. We also really enjoy Fort, which has some deck building along with resource management. I've never played Quacks so I do feel called out. I will do my best to fix this in the future. 🙂

Great lists!🎉 We don't have a lot of pool building games. I think my fave deck-builder is Moonrakers, especially with the Overload expansion which adds advanced action cards. My fave bag builder is probably Life of the Amazonia. Some of the games on your lists I didn't realize were pool building games! You mentioned a couple of dice games...do you consider Dice Miner a pool-builder?

It’s so funny to watch you two talk about the games you love :D . Thanks so much for what you both do! Aeons end is my fav game atm ! Can’t wait for the new crowdfunding campaign to be delivered! I wonder if one of my favorites , space base with loads of expansions would count ! That or challengers have been recent favs

I was a bit stumped for games with pumpkins---until I remembered that the Halloween edition of Patchwork has pumpkins for the 1x1 "patches" & also pumpkin player pieces for the time board🎃

Really cool lists! From those three lists we have only Tindaya and Three Sisters. We already have Spirit Island and Delicious in our wishlist, but Burn the Fort, and Whirling Witchcraft sound like games we would enjoy! Oh and one we have that fits the Spooky theme, Castle Party (Which kind of fits the Pumpkin theme? it has a Pumpkin King lol) 🎃 but yet to play it - probably a good one to get around to during this time of the year! Thanks for another cool video :)

Great list! My spooky season gaming goal is getting Septima to the table. I would also love to play more Three Sisters. I've only played solo so I would like to play with others. My November suggestions would be either Cozy games. Games that get you into that cozy mode. Games that feel like a warm blanket and a mug of a warm beverage. My out of the box idea is games involving fire in some way (not literally). You start building fires in November or even having bonfires. Also, the back half of the word November is ember so it seems fitting. Hope you are both having a lovely month!

Have you ladies tried Wendake? Also, 3 Sisters could've been on your Indigenous People Day list because the Iroquois invented that technique.

Jen, your shirt and earrings are awesome 👍 😁 🎃

Again, your videos always show us new games to look for! Thank you :) We really like this mechanism. We haven’t played many games, but amongst the ones that we own and have played more recently, we love Wingspan, Azul, Fungi, Jaipur, Knarr and Botanik. We have some more on our collection waiting to be played for the first time though (a few are on your list!). Soon! Ahahah

Constructive criticism: Cut down on the put downs if you want to grow and maintain an audience. examples: 5:15, 8:39 Not amusing. Never was, nor will be. I wanted to stick around and hear more, but can't stand that sort of passive aggressive commentary.

Forest Shuffle is kind of becoming a staple in our household. It's becoming the game we take on a trip or one we often will show to people. It's just so fun and there is a press your luck element with the clearing and I love that the cards are currency. No extra bits. It's all done with just cards. As for another mechanic, is tableau building or engine building a mechanic?

Oh how Jen gushes over Bunny Kingdom! 😍🥰 Oh yeah, forgot to mention Pulsar 2849, Coimbra, Grand Austria Hotel, and Diced Veggies (draft/chop?). I ❤ 🎲

Glad you mentioned Dice Miner 👍 Fun filler! Cheers, ladies 🍻 😉

Wow! What great lists! Quite a few overlaps with fave drafting games of ours🎉 Very happy to see that Canopy made the list. Such a fun push-your-luck element to the drafting!

LOVE to see Boomerang on this list!! It's so underrated and so so so good!

Fantastic video you two 🎉 Fugitive has been on our list for a while, and now we're itching to get it even more! Have you tried their other games? We have RUN which is a really cool two-player hidden movement game 😊 Also A Wayfarers Tale looks amazing, we love that kind of game , print and play, roll and write, and adventure 😮 I'm going to try and find it right away 🙂

I love A Feast for Odin. I have the Norwegians expansion but I've always been scared to add it on. I mean, I can't even get around to utilizing the island boards in the base game! I'm so focused on filling my player board for income that I don't dare explore! But after your explanation, I think maybe it gives me more options to do things. Maybe I'll be able to accomplish more? Your thoughts?

Have you played La Havre: The Inland Port? I've played it once & my memory of it is that it was significantly easier than what you described for La Havre 🤔 Not sure which I'd prefer🤷‍♀️

We have Haiclue and I think we have only played the challenge mode. Might explain why it felt a touch long. Perhaps if I didn't have to compose a haiku every time, it would have been a bit swifter. Still a fun game though.

Really nice themes! For October you could go for the biggest convention in the world, which is just around the corner: SPIEL in Essen! Not really sure how to thematically wrap it up, but maybe something like racing to get all the games that you're hot for or something like that. 😊

Love the themes for this month! Although when you mentioned the original reason for labor day, my brain went to childbirth. I don't know much history. For October themes, besides Spooky season is a challenge. I feel like a lot of hoopla is made of pumpkin spice lattes so you could do a coffee theme. My out of the box idea is Oct-ober. I'm thinking games involing octpus, squids, cthulhu, or the number 8.

Dice Miner has beer on the dice. When you "share beer" you're supposed to say CHEERS! 😆 Come to think of it, this'd be fun to play tipsy 😜

Our absolute favorite season is just around the corner. We LOVE Fall 🍁 Those were some great games! Cavern Tavern has beer in it and it gives me a autumn feel. IDK, maybe bc it looks cozy and warm inside the tavern. Like the customers are coming in to get warm and have a drink. Kinda like Taverns of Tiefenthal.

Gonna say it again, we just love that opening theme😅 It reminds us of how sitcoms from the 80's opened every episode. Especially when Jayne breaks out Distilled and Jen smiles and nods 😆 We had so many "it would be funny if they also..." ideas. 😁

I love the themes for August! And one of the games would fit all 3 categories: Spots🐶 New York Zoo would be good for both Awwwgust & Family Fun. The cutest game we played this month is a *fall* game: Creature Comforts!😁 And the game we played with family--and had a lot of fun--is also not an "August" sort of game: Skull Canyon Ski Fest! I guess the heat was getting to us too much!🤣 Good video, good lists!🎉

I realized that even though I am a dog dad, I have no dog themed games. The only thing I can think of is there is a dog card in Lost Ruins of Arnak. So I'll be very excited to try lots of new games if someone hosts that theme!

Yaaay