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I picked up natsumemo aaaages ago. Im glad you've finally found and enjoyed it

I like the video! I found it helpful. One suggestion I have is that it would probably help a lot if you were more cautious about speaking clearly and consistently. There are many points throughout the video where your voice becomes extremely hard to understand and I have to rewind and listen to it again to figure out what you said. There were 5 points in the video where I couldn't figure it out even after doing that. (English is my native language) You already do a good job of speaking at a consistent pace most of the time, but every now and then you say an entire sentence in half a second, drop some syllables, jumble several words together, or all 3 at once, and it often makes the audio unintelligble for the duration. It's mostly okay, but after hearing it a few times it becomes slightly aggrivating and makes the video a lot less enjoyable. Speaking more slowly/consistently and taking extra care to pronounce every syllable in each word would help a lot. Just some advice! Take it or leave it, but I like the video either way :)

My first saashi games were Wind the Film and Coffee Roaster. I was the one who brought it to the scene in my city a decade ago. Still enjoy them.

You missed the #20 drop!

Thank you for the great reviews and for discovering games for me that I would not have noticed before. I dream of Magic Eleven, but unfortunately it will not be in Ukraine due to the invasion of country 404 and the damn war. Your content is truly unique because the reviews are not like everyone else's, as the games are unique.

Whew at happened to #20??

I've been waiting for a good strategic oink game for too long! :D

Hmm I love this game and the editions is amazing indeed. But the game is from UK though. It is a reimplementation

Umm...wow? Those pieces look amazing, the art looks amazing.

If I purchased the Japanese version, would the board be in English?

Jay I have 2 more days in Japan! Can you message me your full list I promise I won't leak! Haha! Love your channel man!

Doesn’t the skedaddle mechanic only allow 1 card?

I love Bus and Stop! In my first game I accidently shuffled all the goal cards outside of the 2 with unique color cards needed for fulfillment. We actually liked that way too so now we have a variant rule 😂

Love Saashi’s games!

I love my copies of Come Sail Away and Coffee Roaster. *** Hey J, have you ever played a game called Railways Inc. After the Rain? I just got it from Japan and it is all in Japanese, help!

I should really get this to the table.

I'm new to the channel. Do you do reviews on the negative side or do you avoid covering games that you know are not around your wheelhouse? Which is something I see some board game channels do.

The Origame/Saashi booth is the first booth I'm going to at PAX! Thanks!

The trucks don’t score for the biggest cluster!

Going to make me so poor. I want everything. 😅

So looking forward to getting this at PAX. A quick correction - isn’t your purple 13? I do see a motor scooter next to them and I know you didn’t mention it in your video, not even once, but the rulebook says those are wild. 😅 Also, what about Bob? He DID marry Richard Dryfuss’ sister, so I guess he’s the uncle for those kids.

Waiting on my kickstarter copy!!!!

looks quite similar to Overbooked but less thematic 🤔

I am a proud owner of a copy of Maatatahay. Awesome game

Great looking game!

Such an efficient packaging

I bought Wind the film last year at Essen and I love it. I regret not getting Come Sail Away but hope it comes to Canada. Great video.

I’ve played probably half this list, and Let’s Make a Bus Route is still my favorite. I bought it at the TGM where it debuted, and it’s still one of my favorite games to introduce folks to Japanese board games.

I had to pause the video to laugh out loud at "Lets make a Butt Route" and couldn't stop laughing for a solid 2 minutes.

My top 5 (I have only played 5...): 1) Photograph (Wind the Film but the Matagot version) 2) Bus & Stop 3) Coffee Roaster (I love coffee) 4) 1am Jailbreak (only played once) 5) Come Sail Away (Don't own this and was con tired when I played it, so not a fair assessment probably) I love them all though and will be keeping my eyes peeled to try and get more of them! I'm quite a big fan of Daryl Chow too; Wok & Roll, Rainforest City and Buffet Boss are super popular in our house :)

I am the game designer of Cat and Tower. Thank you so much for introducing Cat and Tower! I am very happy! I will study English with this video!

I was very happy to see this part 2 version of Saashi games. I also have every Saashi game but Over Tourism - it will be tough to find, won't it? Saashi is one of my favorite designers and a big reason why I wanted to go to PAXU for the first time this year. Will there be a part 2 version of Totsuca Chuo games also at some point?

Coffee Roaster is the only one I've ever played!

I was at the S&S booth at Tokyo Game Market last week but they did not have any copies of Come Sail Away. They said they may be restocking in December but I'm not in Japan anymore so it's moot. One thing the lady did mention is that they're expecting to release the game in the US in 2025. Can't wait to get my hands on this one!

So excited! That’s going to be the first booth I got to! 😊👏🏻

How did you know I was on the fence about ordering Come Sail Away? Great video, Jay! Cheers, and I look forward to the next.

Great video, I have all these games except one, Over Tourism. And now I must find it.

Picked up some Saashi games in Japan this year and am attending PAX. Looking forward to seeing you both there! Thanks for the great video and ranking.

"I'm not going to do a full rules teach because this video might be an hour long"... proceeds to make a 46 min video instead :) I love it

I’ve been impressed with how smooth the Saashi games play. I’ve only played Wind the film and Bus and Stop. Wind the Film is awesome and Bus and Stop is good too, a little simpler than I like but still good. Very thematic though! I really want to try Come Sail Away.

I can't wait for Saashi & Origame to share a booth! Saashi and Daryl Chow are both awesome. Should we expect an Origame ranking soon? I love Come Sail Away, it was a highlight for me getting it from the PAXU Virtual Game Market last year. I THOUGHT everyone was enjoying playing it and, then, they all broke my heart by saying "I enjoyed it, it was smooth, but it was just fine and I don't need to play it again." I haven't had the heart to bring it back out again since.

Great list! I think I agree for the most part. I find the lighter S&S games are towards the lower half of my rankings as well (although In Front of the Elevators is one I do enjoy quite a bit). In your rankings where would you draw that line between the lighter and heavier S&S games? Trying to determine if I should pick up Bus & Stop and/or 1 A.M. Jailbreak. I love how smooth all of the games play. In many respects they remind me of some of Knizia’s best works. I wish more people were familiar with S&S games, so I am happy to see they will have a presence at PAXU (and for your channel to continue to spread the word).

Now there's a list!

wow great contents as always! Saashi & Saashi is probably amongts the best boardgames company here and we have lot of there games in our café but sadly not the complete collection yet. coffee roaster is probably the one I like the most amongst the one I tried. maybe it's me but it seems that the timestamp for your video is broken after over tourism kyoto

Woo hoo! Thanks for this video. I'm going to Japan in 2025 so I will be able to use this info.!

Did any of your games score over 250 - which is the solo mode threshold?

is there any player interaction in this game?

Being a pretty comfortable Riichi mahjong player, all those extra rules you can play with make Rikka a much fuller game to me! I was watching you explain it and thought “oh I know how to Riichi this” and then you explained it. It’s Riichi but distilled. I love that!

At 2 players, regarding the worker placement, is there anything to tighten up the board? Because otherwise, what incentive do I have to pay 2 cards to follow your action when there are plenty of other actions which cost me just one card only - and I can just do my own thing?! Having some places on the board already filled in would help resolve this!