Ark Nova Wednesday No Wonders 2025-08-27 | Live on Board Game Arena! Halfway through the season and sitting just outside the top 10.0:00 - hi0:23 - Game 134:34 - Game 2 (game of the week)1:06:04 - Game 31:46:48 - Game 42:16:35 - Game 5
BGA Sunday | Castles of MKL, Challengers Beach Cup! No Wonders 2025-08-24 | Live on Board Game Arena!0:00 - hi0:42 - Schotten Totten17:33 - Ark Nova56:21 - Challengers Beach Cup1:45:39 - It's a Wonderful World2:00:25 - Harmonies2:12:03 - Castles of Mad King Ludwig3:15:48 - For Sale3:26:02 - Ark Nova
The Biggest Comeback in Ark Nova History No Wonders 2025-08-23 | Today we're looking at two of the biggest comebacks in Ark Nova. How did they fall so far behind? What allowed them to catch up?0:00 - Game 137:50 - Game 2Game 1: boardgamearena.com/table?table=675200334JDansp vs Cheetos4in1Game 2: boardgamearena.com/table?table=702204274portgard vs BlanketAddict
Ark Nova Wednesday | not used to having build upgraded... No Wonders 2025-08-20 | Live on Board Game Arena! Starting today from the top 5...0:00 - hi1:06 - Game 1 (game of the week)46:35 - Game 21:17:35 - Game 31:59:40 - Game 42:51:06 - Game 5 (also pretty good)
BGA Sunday | break chicken never happens... No Wonders 2025-08-17 | Live on Board Game Arena!0:00 - hi0:39 - Roll To The Top18:32 - Ark Nova1:05:19 - Harmonies1:18:19 - It's a Wonderful World1:38:54 - Azul1:52:33 - For Sale2:00:32 - Terraforming Mars2:50:00 - Ark Nova
Ark Nova | when your gamble pays off No Wonders 2025-08-16 | Today we're reviewing two high level arena games. The first game features a risky action card draft that pays off big time...0:00 - Game 145:48 - Game 2Game 1: boardgamearena.com/table?table=715190671hardtounderstand vs What HowGame 2: boardgamearena.com/table?table=714810170Rock_P vs traine3g
Ark Nova Wednesday No Wonders 2025-08-13 | Live on Board Game Arena! Back in the top 5!0:00 - hi1:02 - Game 136:14 - Game 2 (game of the week)1:23:00 - Game 32:05:00 - Game 42:42:00 - Game 5
BGA Sunday | a day for the build enjoyers No Wonders 2025-08-10 | Live on Board Game Arena!0:00 - hi2:34 - 15 Jours en France17:49 - Ark Nova45:18 - It's a Wonderful World1:02:54 - Harmonies1:15:04 - Azul1:31:40 - Distilled2:07:17 - For Sale2:17:45 - Ark Nova
Ark Novas Biggest Stat Video Yet. No Wonders 2025-08-09 | Over 10,000 game logs have been collected to answer some of Ark Nova's biggest questions. Which card has the highest win rate? Which card is discarded 95% of the time from opening hands? How much Elo, on average, does a player gain by getting a University at 5CP??Joining me today are tobiko11 and Propaganda Panda! This video would not have been possible without both of them, so huge thank you.The full spreadsheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16z0Piv3MQXvmSgRm5kzF6CO-zk60d1i2KtC28NLI5p4/edit?usp=sharingABOUT THE STATS:~10,000 game logs.All played in 2025.Both players 300+ Elo on BGA.No forfeits / concedes.What do all the +1.3 or -0.4 numbers mean?This is the average Elo gain or loss.e.g. when a player upgrades Cards as their first action upgrade, they will lose 0.54 Elo on average.Help us collect logs!Plugin (Chrome) - chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ark-nova-bga-logs-downloa/lkgppphldhbdmffjoklgenjijloadkdoPlugin (Firefox) - addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ark-nova-bga-logs-downloaderAny questions?Join Ark Nova's biggest discord server: discord.gg/wQGhZERxTr
Is Azuls Top Player Actually a Bot? No Wonders 2025-08-05 | Mateuszrze is currently leading the Azul arena season by a good 200 points. But are they human?Check out @PriptoniteAZUL for some actual Azul strategy.And the Azul Discord if you love chatting about the game - discord.gg/rpw43gNFt4
BGA Sunday | Actually remembering Reptile Houses exist No Wonders 2025-08-03 | Live on Board Game Arena!0:00 - hi0:55 - Castle Combo13:44 - Ark Nova1:02:01 - It's a Wonderful World1:25:50 - Harmonies1:43:33 - Azul1:57:00 - For Sale2:06:56 - Terraforming Mars2:33:43 - Ark Nova
Ark Nova | Newest Member of the 900 Club No Wonders 2025-08-02 | Tsong Chen reached over 900 Elo!! The 2nd person in the history of Ark Nova to do so. Today we're going to review the game that got him there, as well as a second game from someone familiar to the channel.0:00 - Game 145:38 - Game 2Game 1: boardgamearena.com/table?table=708232461Tsong Chen vs deeezzGame 2: boardgamearena.com/table?table=708614183sorryimlikethis vs skälding
Ark Nova Wednesday No Wonders 2025-07-30 | Live on Board Game Arena! 5 arena games today0:00 - hi0:33 - Game 140:32 - Game 2 (game of the week)1:23:30 - Game 32:07:16 - Game 42:57:51 - Game 5
Ark Nova | Where Does Amazon House Fit??? No Wonders 2025-07-29 | Today we're going through some placement tips for Excavation Site and Amazon House. Two very powerful sponsors that are notoriously difficult to place (if you can't visualise shapes like me). We'll be looking at the alternative maps that are currently in the arena season on BGA. No original maps or Geo Zoo/Rescue Station today, sorry!0:00 - Intro0:16 - Excavation Site 1a-8a6:55 - Amazon House 1a-8a
BGA Sunday | trying Apiary + some nice Ark games No Wonders 2025-07-27 | Live on Board Game Arena! It's a new season and it's time to climb!0:00 - hi0:25 - Word Traveler19:55 - Ark Nova55:58 - Harmonies1:14:13 - Azul1:31:31 - It's a Wonderful World1:46:57 - Apiary2:46:00 - For Sale2:56:43 - Ark Nova
Ark Nova MW Tier Lists Updated No Wonders 2025-07-26 | Updated tier lists for the unique action cards and new sponsors that come with the Marine World expansion for Ark Nova. MW has been in arena for a full season since the last update, so I have much clearer thoughts on the rankings of everything. We also have some stats to look at...Thanks to tobiko11 for the massive amount of work in both collecting the stats and making them readable!Ark Nova Stats: lookerstudio.google.com/u/0/reporting/eafd571b-ab1b-411a-96d7-c14ee0071c02/page/p_b2uk8djstd0:00 - Intro1:32 - MW Sponsors30:12 - Reef Animals (quickly)33:17 - Action Cards1:23:49 - Action Card StatsPrevious MW tier list from early 2025: youtube.com/live/xftZpJVtrms?si=EqdJoZ1TnyuHfUwe
Ark Nova Wednesday | back to MW arena No Wonders 2025-07-23 | Back to the arena grind this week!0:00 - hi1:06 - Game 138:50 - Game 21:12:42 - Game 31:55:51 - Game 42:42:03 - Game 5 (game of the week)
BGA Monday No Wonders 2025-07-21 | Live on Board Game Arena! Starting 12 hours later than usual thanks to our friends at planned internet maintenance. Back to normal time next week!0:00 - hi0:36 - La Marche du Crabe14:22 - Ark Nova53:24 - Harmonies1:07:54 - It's a Wonderful World1:24:27 - Azul1:43:10 - For Sale1:51:54 - Terraforming Mars2:23:10 - Ark Nova
Ark Nova | both players cross in 21 turns?! No Wonders 2025-07-19 | One of the craziest games I've watched! Finishing a game in 21 turns is extremely rare. To have both players with winning scores after 21 turns is unbelievable!0:00 - Game 127:12 - Game 2Game 1: boardgamearena.com/table?table=702585264BlanketAddict vs CXWFractaluxGame 2: boardgamearena.com/table?table=697193304monkeydo vs Andrewsmile
Ark Nova Wednesday | actual non-MW gameplay today No Wonders 2025-07-16 | Live on Board Game Arena! Playing 5 normal non-expansion games today against strong opponents!0:00 - hi0:49 - Game 1 (tobiko11)28:05 - Game 2 (randale_und_hurra)1:04:22 - Game 3 (Propaganda Panda)1:30:12 - Game 4 (howwow90)2:08:54 - Game 5 (duyanhcao)
BGA Sunday No Wonders 2025-07-13 | Live on Board Game Arena! It's a new season and it's time to climb!0:00 - hi0:47 - Word Traveler22:40 - Ark Nova57:42 - It's a Wonderful World1:17:17 - Azul1:32:43 - Harmonies1:43:57 - Castles of Burgundy2:17:13 - For Sale2:30:58 - Ark Nova
Ark Nova | the dig that decided arena champion No Wonders 2025-07-12 | Just reviewing the one game today - the final game of the arena season. Started 5 minutes before the deadline, this game would put SakuraEcho in the lead with a win. However, it was anything but an easy game :oThe game: boardgamearena.com/table?table=698366918SakuraEcho vs wjzjason
Ark Nova Wednesday | Base Game + Emu Cup No Wonders 2025-07-09 | Casting an Emu Cup best-of-5 series between Propaganda Panda and Arrigo II!Will play a normal Ark Nova game or 2 before/after the series, depending on timing.0:00 - hi1:39 - Me vs BDW (base game)40:16 - Emu Cup Game 11:40:05 - Emu Cup Game 22:46:07 - Emu Cup Game 33:44:15 - Emu Cup Game 44:33:19 - Emu Cup Game 5Thanks duyanhcao for helping me cast these games
The Final 2 Hours of Arena No Wonders 2025-07-08 | The race for the Ark Nova arena championship is coming down to the wire! With a little over 2 hours left there are still 4 people well and truly in contention. Today we're going to spectate some games and see how all this unfolds.0:00 - Spectating some games1:59:29 - The final gameApologies about the slow animation speeds of the SakuraEcho spectated games. I had to watch on a private browser (which can't save animation speed preferences) because I am blocked by them :)
BGA Sunday | Crash Landing (in multiple ways) No Wonders 2025-07-06 | Live on Board Game Arena! Can we reach top 10 with our Ark Nova games today? Elite league in For Sale??0:00 - hi1:23 - Sky Team15:26 - Ark Nova1:04:08 - Harmonies1:18:38 - It's a Wonderful World1:41:28 - Azul1:56:25 - For Sale2:10:52 - Terraforming Mars3:06:30 - Ark Nova
Ark Nova | Best Game of the Arena Season No Wonders 2025-07-05 | The top 2 Ark Nova arena players are camping on the same score (interesting strategy), so today we're going to look at some games from the players just below them. And it's a good thing we are, because this first game is probably the best game I've watched all season!0:00 - Game 139:41 - Game 2Game 1: boardgamearena.com/table?table=696599636What How vs FootloopGame 2: boardgamearena.com/table?table=695728924monkeydo vs OlafderSchneemann23
Ark Nova Wednesday | Reindeer in July No Wonders 2025-07-02 | Live on Board Game Arena! Last Ark Nova Wednesday for the arena season. Let's just try to make top 50...0:00 - hi1:37 - Game 13:11 - Game 1 (sound fixed)41:25 - Game 21:22:22 - Game 32:01:30 - Game 4 (game of the week)2:45:39 - Game 5
BGA Sunday No Wonders 2025-06-29 | Live on Board Game Arena!0:00 - hi0:23 - Burgle Bros29:15 - Ark Nova1:07:19 - Harmonies1:24:59 - Verdant1:44:05 - It's a Wonderful World2:02:14 - Castle Combo2:17:44 - For Sale2:31:47 - Ark Nova
Ark Nova | this arena race is heating up... No Wonders 2025-06-28 | With 10 days left until the arena season ends, the top 2 players are within 1 point of each other. Today we're going to review a couple of SakuraEcho's games0:00 - hi1:00 - Game 140:35 - Game 2Game 1: boardgamearena.com/table?table=692520602SakuraEcho vs The cat fishGame 2: boardgamearena.com/table?table=691469403SakuraEcho vs slamsk
My First Board Game Tournament No Wonders 2025-06-26 | Over the weekend I attended my first real life board game tournament in Sydney! The National Board Game Championship was a 4-day event hosted by Braided Entertainment. Players competed for the chance to make it through to a final table of 4 players to win a cash prize. Here's how I did...Thanks to Dennis for the thumbnail photo and upcoming interview with me on his Youtube channel - check it out and give him some love @MostVictoryPointsyoutu.be/b5hEIukRlD8?si=afP5vNUZS2ykJXk20:00 - Intro0:58 - Terraforming Mars3:19 - Cascadia4:38 - Azul7:16 - Wingspan11:01 - Ark Nova13:11 - Final Table
Ark Nova Wednesday No Wonders 2025-06-25 | Live on Board Game Arena! 2 weeks left...0:00 - hi0:44 - Game 151:55 - Game 21:39:58 - Game 32:00:57 - Game 42:31:38 - Game 5 (game of the week)
Ark Nova Wednesday | designer zoo... No Wonders 2025-06-18 | It's Ark Nova arena day! 5th and climbing (hopefully)0:00 - hi0:43 - Game 129:13 - Game 21:09:25 - Game 3 (game of the week)1:48:10 - Game 42:18:26 - Game 5
BGA Sunday No Wonders 2025-06-15 | Live on Board Game Arena!0:00 - hi0:29 - Roll To The Top12:24 - Ark Nova47:28 - It's a Wonderful World1:05:14 - Harmonies1:23:57 - Azul1:39:41 - For Sale1:51:23 - Terraforming Mars2:54:37 - Ark Nova
Ark Nova | Left Worker, 2CP Worker. Both? No Wonders 2025-06-14 | Tournament Snark Nova #5 has finished, today we're going to review the semi-finals and grand final game! Our first game features something you don't see very often - getting 3 workers after the first project!0:00 - Game 1 (SF)29:02 - Game 2 (SF)1:01:37 - Game 3 (GF)Game 1: boardgamearena.com/table?table=683634668BlanketAddict vs Yutenji NyamuGame 2: boardgamearena.com/table?table=682868861HappyClam73 vs M_kk_kGame 3: boardgamearena.com/table?table=684691477spoiler vs spoiler
Ark Nova Wednesday | ELEPHANTS!!!! No Wonders 2025-06-11 | Live on Board Game Arena! 27 days to go until end of arena season, we're sitting in 9th...0:00 - hi0:26 - Game 1 (game of the week)36:58 - Game 21:23:13 - Game 32:04:43 - Game 42:42:16 - Game 5
Ark Nova Steam Solo Challenge S6 Finale! No Wonders 2025-06-09 | The last Ark Nova Special Exhibit game of season 6! Our arch rival Phrosty has managed to get 200 this round! We need a score of 171 to win the season...
BGA Sunday | Playing against Hire Assoc (is actually scary) No Wonders 2025-06-08 | Live on Board Game Arena! One month of arena left...0:00 - hi0:28 - Azul15:53 - Ark Nova50:40 - It's a Wonderful World1:07:11 - Harmonies1:23:05 - The White Castle1:46:39 - For Sale1:59:52 - Ark Nova (vs Panda)
Ark Nova | is history repeating itself?? No Wonders 2025-06-07 | I lied, we're back looking at some more Ark Nova replays tonight. JD has taken a surprising lead heading into the last third of the season, is the season 1 and 2 champ finally back???0:00 - Game 132:48 - Game 2Game 1: boardgamearena.com/table?table=683397053JDansp vs stanley654321Game 2: boardgamearena.com/table?table=677253149JDansp vs EEEch0es
Ark Nova Wednesday | its official, snapping sponsors is best No Wonders 2025-06-04 | 5 Ark Nova arena games. Can we get back in the top 10?0:00 - hi2:05 - Game 139:08 - Game 21:25:05 - Game 32:06:54 - Game 42:56:06 - Game 5 (game of the week)
Ark Nova Steam Solo Challenge 200+! No Wonders 2025-06-02 | The Ark Nova Special Exhibit Challenge for June 3rd. The first two attempts at this were not great, but I hit big with the third and final attempt! Watch as I play it live and forget I have certain sponsors played...
BGA Sunday No Wonders 2025-06-01 | Live on Board Game Arena! Ark Nova redemption today?0:00 - hi0:53 - Azul19:02 - Ark Nova1:01:21 - Harmonies1:17:20 - It's a Wonderful World1:35:04 - For Sale1:50:15 - Terraforming Mars2:30:19 - Ark Nova
All 25 Ark Nova Maps Ranked No Wonders 2025-05-31 | Base maps, expansion maps, alternative maps. Which map is the strongest? Join me as I rank all 25 official maps for Ark Nova!
Ark Nova Wednesday | Amazon House saves the day? No Wonders 2025-05-28 | Live on Board Game Arena! Starting today from rank 5...0:00 - hi1:38 - Game 135:37 - Game 21:11:24 - Game 31:44:56 - Game 42:29:16 - Game 5 (game of the week)
BGA Sunday | my wife understands me No Wonders 2025-05-25 | Live on Board Game Arena!0:00 - Word Traveler21:56 - Ark Nova56:57 - It's a Wonderful World1:14:49 - Harmonies1:29:45 - Azul1:44:11 - The White Castle2:09:43 - For Sale2:22:55 - Ark Nova
Ark Nova | 113 of BGAs strongest players in one tournament No Wonders 2025-05-24 | Today we're reviewing a couple of games from my own base game tournament: Snark Nova (5th edition).0:00 - deciding games to review2:20 - Game 140:41 - Game 2Game 1: boardgamearena.com/table?table=676535655Duci9 vs BlanketAddictGame 2: boardgamearena.com/table?table=673462687Helbiii vs shagen
Ark Nova Wednesday No Wonders 2025-05-21 | Live on Board Game Arena! Starting today from rank #3 0:00 - hi0:30 - Game 1 (game of the week)34:00 - Game 21:13:30 - Game 31:55:45 - Game 42:35:00 - Game 5
BGA Sunday | feeling lucky day No Wonders 2025-05-18 | Live on Board Game Arena!0:00 - Lucky Numbers6:09 - Ark Nova42:26 - Harmonies56:40 - It's a Wonderful World1:13:43 - Azul1:27:52 - For Sale1:37:40 - Terraforming Mars2:09:39 - Ark Nova
Ark Nova | Rank 1 Arena Hidden Strats No Wonders 2025-05-17 | Looking at two more Ark Nova replays tonight! The first game features something a lot of us have dreamed of doing...0:00 - Game 132:57 - Game 2Game 1: boardgamearena.com/table?table=672923697EEEch0es vs Druen88Game 2: boardgamearena.com/table?table=673867699EEEch0es vs ShadowDragon92
Ark Nova Wednesday | Expansion Area is ridiculously good No Wonders 2025-05-14 | Live on Board Game Arena!0:00 - muted1:50 - Game 142:12 - Game 2 (game of the week)1:22:57 - Game 32:05:16 - Game 42:35:48 - Game 5
BGA Sunday No Wonders 2025-05-11 | Live on Board Game Arena!0:00 - hi0:39 - Azul17:35 - Ark Nova1:04:20 - It's a Wonderful World1:26:07 - Harmonies1:45:50 - Stella Dixit Universe2:04:04 - For Sale2:15:17 - Terraforming Mars3:21:19 - Ark Nova
