Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Welcome to the launch of SHELFWORTHY – our new video series where we spotlight one game at a time and ask: do we love it enough to keep it? We're at max storage capacity and own more games than all of our friends could play with us in a lifetime, so it's time to get real about the high bar that has to be set so we can maintain our floorspace clutter (which has become a physical and mental health hazard!)
In this first video, we dive into The Great Evening Banquet, the new puzzle game from quirky and endearing publisher Saachi & Saachi. We picked it up at Tokyo Game Market, but will it be staying in our collection?
Follow along as we cover as many of our new games as possible!
Subscribe: bit.ly/4kJAmg8
Merch: bit.ly/3ZsHeGi
Timestamps:
00:00 ✨️ A New Series! Shelfworthy
02:39 🎲 Intro to The Great Evening Banquet
03:46 🎨Theme
04:22 ⚙️Mechanics
06:00 ☁️How it Feels to Play
07:20 🎯What Surprised Us
09:46 🛠 What We'd Change
13:14 ✅ Is it Shelfworthy?
For more game info: boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/445552/the-great-evening-banquet
Thanks for stopping by! We're Amy & Maggie aka ThinkerThemer. We're an Australian couple with two very different perspectives of what makes a great board game - Amy (Thinker) is all about the mechanics and enjoys tight, competitive games, and Maggie (Themer) is all about the storytelling and the theme of the game, and the 'world' that the designer is trying to create.
Subscribe to our channel to hear us talk about these two elements of a game, and how well integrated we feel these are in delivering a cohesive and wonderful game experience.
#boardgames #tabletopgames #thinkerthemer ❤🏳️🌈🇦🇺
Welcome to the launch of SHELFWORTHY – our new video series where we spotlight one game at a time and ask: do we love it enough to keep it? We're at max storage capacity and own more games than all of our friends could play with us in a lifetime, so it's time to get real about the high bar that has to be set so we can maintain our floorspace clutter (which has become a physical and mental health hazard!)
In this first video, we dive into The Great Evening Banquet, the new puzzle game from quirky and endearing publisher Saachi & Saachi. We picked it up at Tokyo Game Market, but will it be staying in our collection?
Follow along as we cover as many of our new games as possible!
Subscribe: bit.ly/4kJAmg8
Merch: bit.ly/3ZsHeGi
Timestamps:
00:00 ✨️ A New Series! Shelfworthy
02:39 🎲 Intro to The Great Evening Banquet
03:46 🎨Theme
04:22 ⚙️Mechanics
06:00 ☁️How it Feels to Play
07:20 🎯What Surprised Us
09:46 🛠 What We'd Change
13:14 ✅ Is it Shelfworthy?
For more game info: boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/445552/the-great-evening-banquet
Thanks for stopping by! We're Amy & Maggie aka ThinkerThemer. We're an Australian couple with two very different perspectives of what makes a great board game - Amy (Thinker) is all about the mechanics and enjoys tight, competitive games, and Maggie (Themer) is all about the storytelling and the theme of the game, and the 'world' that the designer is trying to create.
Subscribe to our channel to hear us talk about these two elements of a game, and how well integrated we feel these are in delivering a cohesive and wonderful game experience.
#boardgames #tabletopgames #thinkerthemer ❤🏳️🌈🇦🇺
