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Best & Worst Trick-Taking Games Ranked | Tier List PART 2

kovray 2026-09-28 | Best & Worst Trick-Taking Games Ranked | Tier List PART 2

Do you play all of your games? #boardgames ⁠ #music #familygames @ConanGray

kovray 2025-09-10 | ...

Them 2 minutes later: “What are we doing?” #boardgames #newmusic #gaming

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Galactic Cruise: Achievements | Three Things to Know About The Third Expansion | Kickstarter Preview

kovray 2025-09-09 | Welcome to Kovray! We're a couple who adores board games and seeks to share our joy and passion with you. Today, we'll be sharing an expansion to one of our favorite games, Galactic Cruise.

Galactic Cruise: Achievements is designed by T.K. King, Dennis Northcott, and Koltin Thompson, it's illustrated by Ian O'Toole and published by Kinson Key Games, who helped sponsor this video.

Learn More: kickstarter.com/projects/kinsonkeygames/galactic-cruise-achievements-expansion-and-reprint

Galactic Cruise: Achievements takes your journey among the stars to a whole new level. In this expansion, players race to complete daring feats set forth by the Board of Directors, unlocking fresh surprises and greater challenges with every milestone.

With over a dozen sealed boxes of content, each achievement reveals exciting new additions, from revamped Agenda cards and powerful engines to secret objectives, asymmetric characters, and unique abilities that change the way you play. Join Zoe in new adventures in Galactic Cruise!

Question of the Day: If you could open a box and find anything, what would be the most unbelievable surprise?

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0:00 Galactic Cruise: Achievements
0:28 Galactic Cruise Overview
1:33 Achievements Introduction
1:53 First - Instant Additions
3:12 Second - How Do Achievements Work?
4:33 Third - Experiencing This Expansion
5:42 Who Is This Expansion For?
7:20 Learn More
7:52 Question of the Day

BGG: boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/443379/galactic-cruise-achievements

A prototype of this game was provided to us by the publisher.

Will you achieve ALL the achievements in Galactic Cruise?

#boardgames #galacticcruise #expansion

Top 5 Board Games Played | Playing Board Games APART? Animals Continue To Thrive | August Edition

kovray 2025-09-06 | Welcome to Kovray! We're a couple who adores board games and seeks to share our joy and passion with you. Today, we're going to tell you about our Top 5 Board Games we played in August. This month we played the most games apart, as Ilya went to Gen Con and Tylor also travelled by himself. This video is a celebration of all these games!

We ended up playing 46 unique games with 55 total plays! We played games with 35 different people and 25 of the games we played were new to us! The games took us approximately 29 hours to play, which means more than a full day of gaming!

How do you decide what your favourite game is? The gut feeling, the memories, or the overall experience? We'd love to hear your thoughts.

Question of the Day: What was your favourite game you played in August and what game are you looking forward to playing in the month of September?

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Time Stamps:
0:00 Happy September!
0:57 Let's Talk STATS
1:30 Our GOAL
2:51 Sneaky HONORABLE Mention
4:38 Tylor #5
7:03 Ilya #5
9:14 Tylor #4
11:20 Ilya #3
13:39 Tylor #3
16:27 Ilya #2
20:11 Tylor #2
23:00 Giveaway Winners
24:27 Tylor #1 and Ilya #4
29:04 Ilya #1
33:34 That's All
34:00 Exciting Stuff Ahead
34:19 Question of the Day

What are some of your favorite games to play in the month August? Even with a small amount of games, we played some great ones! We're now at 245 different games played out of 365 for the year.

#BoardGames #Top5 #BestBoardGames

Wyrmspan: Dragon Academy | The FIRST Expansion Adds A Little Bit of Everything! | Board Game Review

kovray 2025-09-05 | Welcome to Kovray! We're a couple who adores board games and seeks to share our joy and passion with you. Today, we'll be sharing Wyrmspan: Dragon Academy, the new expansion for Wyrmspan!

Wyrmspan: Dragon Academy is designed by Connie Vogelmann, illustrated by Clémentine Campardou, and published by Stonemaier Games, who shared an early copy of this game.

Learn More: stonemaiergames.com/games/wyrmspan/dragon-academy

Wyrmspan: Dragon Academy adds a little bit of everything! New cave cardsm objectives, guilds, and dragons! Including two new dragon types! Fledglings, are essentially teenagers, which you'll need to train before they grant you benefits! New Guilds also throw in a mix of fun twists and turns which will modify your game to game!

On top of all of that, there is a new passing, end of round mechanic where you'll CHOOSE one of the available end of round incomes from a selection in a new round tracking board.

Question of the Day: If you could decorate a cave for a dragon, what would it look like?

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0:00 Wyrmspan: Dragon Academy
0:39 What is Wyrmspan?
1:15 What Does Dragon Academy Add?
1:58 Passing and End of Round
3:57 More Dragons! Fledglings
5:38 Play for Free (Conditional) Dragons
6:45 New Objectives and Caves
6:57 New Guilds
8:28 Who Is This For?
9:23 Does It Fit into Base Box?
9:42 Support Us
9:57 Question of the Day

BGG: boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/453406/wyrmspan-dragon-academy

An early copy of this game was provided to us by the publisher.

Will you be able to train all the Fledglings?

#boardgames #wyrmspan #expansion

I just want to play a game? #relatable #funny #memesdaily #gaming #boardgames

kovray 2025-09-04 | ...

The Best Trick Taking Games? Sharing the Love of Trick-Taking Games! | Collaboration Video

kovray 2025-09-04 | It's TRICK TAKING MONTH! We thought we'd kick off the month with a celebration of this lovely genre of games with our friends! Ready to learn some new games? Grab a snack, get comfy, and let’s begin the ultimate trick-taking rundown!

Welcome to Kovray! We're a couple who adores board games and seeks to share our joy and passion with you. This month, we'll be covering all sorts of trick-taking games, hoping to celebrate all of the cards with you! We'll be sharing photography, short-form videos, reviews, giveaways, and much more! Follow along our journey for all the trick-taking fun!

Thank you again to all the lovely folks who helped us celebrate trick-taking! Here they all are in video order, please show them some love!

Second Star to the Left: youtube.com/c/secondstartotheleft
Before You Play: youtube.com/@BeforeYouPlay
RollingReggie: youtube.com/@rolling.reggie
BoardGameBlitz: boardgameblitz.com
BoxedMeeples: youtube.com/c/boxedmeeples
The Dragon's Tomb: youtube.com/@TheDragonsTomb
BlackBoardGaming: youtube.com/@blackboardgaming5348
The Brothers Murph: youtube.com/@TheBrothersMurph
Grant Lyon: youtube.com/@GrantLyon
Inspired 2 Game: youtube.com/@inspired2game
TerreDice Games: youtube.com/@TerreDiceGames
Gaming Rules: youtube.com/@GamingRulesVideos
Ezeekat: youtube.com/@Ezeekat
Board Gaming Ramblings: youtube.com/@BoardGamingRamblings
Going Analog: goinganalogshow.com
Lord of the Board: youtube.com/@LordoftheBoard
Taylor's Trick-Taking Table: youtube.com/@ClaudeAndTaylor
Might I Suggest A Game: youtube.com/@MightISuggestAGame
Rahdo: youtube.com/@rahdo
Tablenauts: youtube.com/@Tablenauts
Panda8ngel: www.youtube.com/@Panda8ngel
Cardboard East: youtube.com/@CardboardEast
Our Family Plays Games: youtube.com/@OurFamilyPlaysGames
Paula Deming: youtube.com/@PaulaDeming
Salt and Sass Games: youtube.com/c/SaltandSassGames
ThinkerThemer: youtube.com/@ThinkerThemer
Community Connection Gaming: twitch.tv/jess_ccg
Ruel Gaviola: youtube.com/@RuelGaviola
The Board Game Garden: youtube.com/c/TheBoardGameGarden

Question of the Day: What is your favorite trick taking game, and how did you stumble upon it?

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Time Stamps:
0:00:00 Trick Taking MONTH
0:00:36 What To Expect
0:02:04 Second Star to the Left
0:05:19 Before You Play
0:07:49 RollingReggie
0:09:56 BoardGameBlitz
0:13:10 BoxedMeeples
0:15:04 The Dragon's Tomb
0:16:00 BlackBoardGaming
0:19:06 The Brothers Murph
0:21:24 Grant Lyon
0:25:13 Inspired 2 Game
0:26:25 Terredice Games
0:28:12 Gaming Rules!
0:30:47 Ezeekat
0:32:34 Board Gaming Ramblings
0:36:10 Going Analog - Shoe
0:38:16 Lord of the Board
0:40:44 Taylor's Trick-Taking Table
0:44:14 Might I Suggest A Game
0:46:55 Rahdo
0:50:38 Tablenauts
0:53:00 Panda8ngel
0:55:30 Cardboard East
0:57:50 Our Family Plays Games
1:01:08 Paula Deming
1:06:51 Salt and Sass Games
1:12:45 ThinkerThemer
1:15:19 Going Analog - Christina
1:17:15 Community Connection Gaming
1:21:24 Ruel Gaviola
1:23:30 The Board Game Garden
1:26:18 SO MANY GAMES!
1:27:06 Question of the Day

What trick-taking game MUST we cover? Tell us about the best trick taking games you've played! Let's share the love!

#BoardGames #TrickTakingMonth #TrickTaking

Let’s Talk 3 Chapters #tricktakingmonth#boardgames#shorts

kovray 2025-09-03 | ...

What trick taking game should we talk about? #tricktaking #boardgames

kovray 2025-09-02 | ...

Emberheart | Compete to Become the Dragon Ambassador | Board Game Preview Video

kovray 2025-09-02 | Welcome to Kovray! We're a couple who adores board games and seeks to share our joy and passion with you. Today, we'll be sharing Emberheart, the newest Mindclash Play title from Mindclash Games.

Emberheart is designed by Adam Porter and Rob Fisher, it's illustrated by Andrew Bosley, and published by Mindclash Games, who helped sponsor this video.

Learn More: preorder.mindclashgames.com/product/emberheart

In Emberheart, you’ll be taking the role of one the King’s chosen champion; your job is to rescue and protect the dragons from poachers who’ve arrived at Emberheart. You’ll do this to gain the most glory and ultimately earn the title of the Dragon Ambassador.

Question of the Day: If you had a dragon companion? What would they look like, what would their name be? Do they have a special skill or a fun personality quirk?

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0:00 Emberheart
0:41 Game Overview
6:17 Worker Placement
8:25 Thematic Integration
8:45 Taking an Aide Token
10:26 How to Score Points
12:02 The Flame Track
12:32 Strategy of the Game
13:24 The Art!
14:12 Who is this Game For?
15:05 Any Questions?
15:19 Question of the Day
15:51 Learn More!

BGG: boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/452817/emberheart

An early copy of this game was provided to us by the publisher.

Will you become the new Dragon Ambassador of Emberheart?

#boardgames #emberheart #preview

Who’s ready for Set 9? We areeeee! #DisneyLorcana, #Disney, #Gifted #Fabled #Boardgames

kovray 2025-09-01 | ...

The White Castle Duel | How to Play | Learn to Play in 10 Minutes!

kovray 2025-09-01 | Learn to How to Play The White Castle Duel in just 10 Minutes! Thank you for stopping by.

The White Castle Duel is designed by Shei S. and Isra C., it's illustrated by Joan Guardiet, and published by Devir Games, who shared a copy of this game with us to share with you!

In The White Castle Duel, two clans vie for power within the White Heron’s court by gathering resources and building their influence. On your turn, you’ll spend lantern tokens to trigger actions and gain resources. These actions might let you acquire and upgrade influence cards, place clan seals in the gardens or training grounds, move your courtier through the circles of influence, or trade. Along the way, you’ll collect icons: flags, katanas, kabutos, and origami, that will generate points at the end of the game. When the dust settles, the clan with the most points claims victory.

Question of the Day: What two player implementation of a board game would you like to see?

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0:00 The White Castle Duel
0:15 Setting Up
1:28 Player Setup
2:11 Game Overview
2:30 Turn Overview
2:40 Step 1: Change Activation Tile
2:58 Step 2: Place a Token
3:27 Step 3: Gain a Lantern Reward
3:46 Step 4: Perform 2 Actions
4:06 Gaining Influence Cards
4:40 Improve Action
5:00 Lantern Action
5:12 Garden Action
5:34 Training Action
6:04 Courtier Action
6:42 Trade Action
7:11 Well Action
7:37 Maintenance Phase
7:54 Return Round Differences
8:28 Final Scoring
9:39 Any Questions?
9:57 Question of the Day

BGG: boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/438936/the-white-castle-duel

A copy of this game was provided to us by the publisher.

#BoardGames #TheWhiteCastleDuel #HowToPlay

Macaraccoon | Sweet Treats, Whisker Chefs, and Sugar Rush! | Board Game Kickstarter Preview

kovray 2025-08-31 | Welcome to Kovray! We're a couple who adores board games and seeks to share our joy and passion with you. Today, we'll be sharing Macaraccoon with you! Get ready to venture into the world of Sugarmouth

Note: The upgraded sugar cubes and hearts are part of the Do Not Eat Expansion.

Macaraccoon is created by Zain Memon, designed with Aayush Asthana, Yash Patel, Ahan Sahoo, and Samvit Sengupta, it's illustrated by Anna Daviscourt, Gokul Prasad, and Divya Jain, and published by Memesys Culture Lab, who helped sponsor this video.

Kickstarter Launches September 2nd. Learn More: kickstarter.com/projects/zainmemon/macaraccoon

In Macaraccoon, you'll step into the town of Sugarmouth, where the beloved Bake Master, Macaraccoon, has retired and a grand Bake Day will now decide who will takes his place. You’ll collect ingredients, whip up perfect dishes, and win the hearts of customers to prove you’re worthy of becoming the next Bake Master.

Question of the Day: If you had your own bakery, what would your feature pastry be?

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0:00 Macaraccoon
0:49 Game Overview
3:33 The World of Sugarmouth
4:18 Simplicity in Actions
5:17 Managing the Kitchen
5:56 Sugar Rush and Combos
7:07 Components are NOT Edible
7:40 Who Is This For?
8:31 Learn More
8:47 Question of the Day

BGG: boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/437500/macaraccoon

A prototype of this game was provided to us by the publisher.

Will you become the new Bake Master of Sugarmouth?

#boardgames #macaraccoon #preview

Ultimate Board Game Challenge | Ilya Takes the Hot Seat | Part 2

kovray 2025-08-28 | A THREE PART CHALLENGE! It's Ilya's TURN! Will he guess the games from a portion of the cover? Will he be able to tell if it's a board game simply from the title, and finally how well can he decipher the BGG one-line descriptions to GUESS THE GAME!

Welcome to Kovray! We're a couple who adores board games and seeks to share our joy and passion with you. Today, we'll be playing a game about games, and we hope that you can join us and play along! Let's jump into the hot seat.

Missed Part 1? Check It Out: youtu.be/IwuuICu5jAg

Grab a snack, get comfy, and let’s begin the ultimate board game challenge!

Question of the Day: What board game or board game series would you like to see adapted into a tv show?

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Time Stamps:
0:00 ULTIMATE CHALLENGE... AGAIN
0:43 Overview
1:39 Challenge #1
8:26 Challenge #2
16:20 Challenge #3
26:38 Debrief
27:00 Support Us!
27:52 Question of the Day

What challenge should we do next? What are you thinking?

#Challenge #Husband #BoardGames

Sometimes my brain just shuts off #boardgames #gamenight #gaming #games

kovray 2025-08-26 | ...

Into the Machine | How to Play | Learn to Play in 10 Minutes!

kovray 2025-08-26 | Learn to How to Play Into the Machine in just 10 Minutes! Thank you for stopping by.

Into the Machine is designed Kasper Lapp, it's illustrated by Len H. Nicholas, and published by Alderac Entertainment Group, who helped sponsor this video.

Learn More: kickstarter.com/projects/alderac/into-the-fun-factory-from-aeg

In Into the Machine, you’ll command a team of bots racing for glory after hours in the factory. Each turn, you’ll assign pit crew bots to Terminals on the board and optionally play Power cards to move, upgrade, and deploy your circle-bots into the Machine. Circle-bots race to the right, where they can be upgraded into stronger pit crew or transformed into hex-bots. Hex-bots then race left toward the Leader Podium. The game ends when a player pulls ahead: either by being the first to place two hex-bots on the Podium before anyone else, or, if others are already there, by being the first to place three.

Question of the Day: If a bot could help you with a daily task, what would you want them to do?

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0:00 Into the Machine
0:21 Setting Up
1:38 Game Overview
2:16 Turn Overview
2:28 Terminal Actions
2:40 Terminal Card Actions
3:03 Placing Bots and Creating Stacks
3:38 Terminal Junction Actions
4:13 Terminal Take Home Action
4:44 Optionally Play a Power Card
4:54 The Machine and Bot Movement
5:25 Move Actions
6:06 Creating Hex Bots
6:47 Entering the Leader Podium
7:08 How to Enter the Machine
7:53 Upgrading Circle Bots
8:18 Other Actions You'll See
8:59 Power Cards
9:42 Game End
9:52 To Win..
10:03 Any Questions?
10:20 Question of the Day

BGG: boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/446670/into-the-machine

A prototype of this game was provided to us by the publisher.

#BoardGames #IntoTheMachine #HowToPlay

How did all of these get here? #boardgames #gamenight #collection

kovray 2025-08-23 | ...

Stumping My Husband with the Ultimate Board Game Challenge

kovray 2025-08-21 | A THREE PART CHALLENGE! Can Tylor guess the games from a portion of the cover? Will he be able to tell if it's a board game simply from the title, and finally how well can he decipher the BGG one-line descriptions to GUESS THE GAME!

Welcome to Kovray! We're a couple who adores board games and seeks to share our joy and passion with you. Today, we'll be playing a game about games, and we hope that you can join us and play along!

So grab a snack, get comfy, and let’s begin the ultimate board game challenge!

Question of the Day: What game show would you love to see a board game version of?

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Time Stamps:
0:00 ULTIMATE CHALLENGE
0:27 Play Along
1:12 Challenges Overview
2:52 Challenge #1
9:05 Challenge #2
14:04 Challenge #3
22:59 Debrief
24:30 Final Score
25:17 Support Us!
25:37 Question of the Day

What challenge should we do next? Should Ilya take on the ultimate challenge?

#Challenge #Husband #BoardGames

Just have fun and play games! #boardgames #familygames #tabletopduo #gaming #gamenight

kovray 2025-08-20 | ...

Satchel Quest | How to Play | Learn to Play in 13 Minutes!

kovray 2025-08-19 | Learn to How to Play Satchel Quest in just 13 Minutes! Thank you for stopping by.

Satchel Quest is designed by Molly Johnson, Shawn Stankewich, and Robert Melvin, it’s illustrated by Vincent Dutrait, and published by Weird City Games, who provided us a prototype of the game to share with you!

Learn More: kickstarter.com/projects/weirdcitygames/satchel-quest-board-game?ref=4w7m4q

In Satchel Quest you’ll take the role of a mighty hero seeking valor and riches by venturing into the dungeon depths. This game is a bag building puzzle adventure game, which is played over 5 rounds.

Each round has six phases, the dungeon phase where you'll draw and place chips to build out your own dungeon to see what you encounter that round, the resolution phase where you’ll resolve all the chips in your dungeon, gaining health, opening chests, and battling monsters, then the camp phase where you’ll spend experience to level up and refresh your skills, the path phase where you'll progress in your adventure, the tavern phase where you’ll catch up to your fellow adventurers, and finally the village phase where you’ll spend your hard earned gold for new chips and tools. Will you be the most adventurous hero?

Question of the Day: What is your favorite bag building game?

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0:00 Satchel Quest
0:15 Setting Up
1:44 Game Overview
2:32 Dungeon Phase
4:17 Skills and Tools
5:03 Resolution Phase
5:22 Path Cards and Potions
5:44 Opening Chests
6:45 Monsters
7:22 Dying
7:47 Attacking Monsters
8:26 Coins and Gems
8:47 Artifacts
9:24 Camp Phase
10:06 Path Phase
10:19 Tavern Phase
10:30 Village Phase
12:04 Game End
12:18 Final Scoring
12:40 Any Questions?
12:57 Question of the Day

BGG: boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/359842/satchel-quest

Have you ever explored the depths of a cave or a dungeon? Are you ready to see what adventures your satchel will present before you? A daring quest perhaps?

A prototype copy of this game was provided to us by the publisher.

#BoardGames #SatchelQuest #HowToPlay

It happens I guess? #boardgames #games #rules #shorts #gamers

kovray 2025-08-18 | ...

Hanami | How to Play | Learn to Play in 9 Minutes!

kovray 2025-08-18 | Learn to How to Play Hanami in just 9 Minutes! Thank you for stopping by.

Hanami is designed by Reiner Knizia, illustrated by Lisk Feng and Ichiraku Shinhanga Seisakusho, and published by Keymaster Games, who helped sponsor this video.

Learn More: kickstarter.com/projects/keymastergames/hanami-samurai-reimagined-a-reiner-knizia-classic?ref=7pz4iw

In Hanami you’ll travel across Japan in spring, claiming the best picnic spots to enjoy food, flowers, and the night lights. Strategically place your picnic blankets to gather activity tokens to secure victory point tokens at the end of the game to win.

Question of the Day: If you could visit Japan, what activities would you partake in? What would you be most excited to see or do?

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0:00 Hanami
0:30 Setting Up
2:07 Turn Overview
2:17 Play a Special Ability
2:27 Play Tiles
3:13 Player Tiles
3:39 Award Activity Tokens
4:38 Draw Back Up to 5 Player Tiles
4:55 Game End Triggers
5:13 End Game Scoring
5:44 Ties
6:24 Special Tiles
7:29 Advanced Variant
8:31 Any Questions?
8:47 Question of the Day

BGG: boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/450860/hanami

Have you ever battled for a great spot in the park? What was your strategy?

A prototype copy of this game was provided to us by the publisher.

#BoardGames #Hanami #HowToPlay

Sanctuary | How to Play | Learn to Play in 12 Minutes!

kovray 2025-08-15 | Learn to How to Play Sanctuary in just 12 Minutes! Thank you for stopping by.

Sanctuary is designed by Mathias Wigge, it's illustrated by Dennis Lohausen, Christof Tisch, and Felix Wermke, and published by Capstone Games and Feuerland Spiele.

In Sanctuary, you’ll build and manage a modern zoo by adding animals, buildings, and projects from 135 unique tiles. You’ll use four action cards to guide your turns, with the strength of each action depending on its position under your zoo map. The game ends when someone supports four conservation objectives, completely fills their zoo, or the tile supply runs out, and the player with the most points wins!

Question of the Day: If you could run a Sanctuary for ONE animal only, what animal would it be?

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0:00 Sanctuary
0:14 Setting Up
1:48 Game Overview
2:16 Turn Overview
2:34 Taking a Tile
2:53 Perform One Action
3:36 Using an Action Tile
3:58 Placing Tiles
4:39 Open Areas
5:04 Placement Bonuses
5:18 Pairs, Releasing Animals, and Rivers
6:03 Immediate or Ongoing Effects
6:22 Moving Your Action Tile
6:55 Play 1 Building
7:28 Supporting 1 Conservation Objective
8:08 Upgrade Action Cards
8:37 Administration
9:04 Game End Trigger
10:08 Final Scoring
10:57 First Time Variant
11:12 Any Questions?
11:30 Question of the Day

BGG: boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/441696/sanctuary

Are you excited about Sanctuary? A new game in the Ark Nova universe?

An early copy of this game was provided to us by the publisher.

#BoardGames #Sanctuary #HowToPlay

The Hobbit: There and Back Again | How to Play | Learn to Play in 20 Minutes! | All 8 Chapters!

kovray 2025-08-14 | Learn to How to Play The Hobbit: There and Back Again™ in just 20 Minutes! Thank you for stopping by.

The Hobbit: There and Back Again™ is designed by Reiner Knizia, illustrated by Lorenzo Colangeli, and published by Office Dog, who helped sponsor this video.

Learn More: officedoggames.com/game/the-hobbit-there-and-back-again

The Hobbit There & Back Again™ contains 8 Different Adventures you can play. In each adventure, you’ll roll dice and draft them in turn one by one, creating paths on your adventure guide and collecting or marking tokens as you collect them. You’ll do this to meet the objective of the adventure, and scoring the most points amongst all the players. Come along for an adventure of a lifetime.

Question of the Day: Who is your favorite The Lord of the Rings character?

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0:00 The Hobbit: There and Back Again™
0:14 Eight Adventures!
0:37 Setting Up
1:11 Game Overview
1:28 On Your Turn
1:51 Path Dice
2:42 Resource Dice
4:01 Glory
4:20 Regions
4:38 Part 1: An Unexpected Party
6:36 Part 2: Roast Mutton
8:26 Part 3: Over Hill and Under Hill
10:18 Part 4: Riddles in the Dark
12:27 Part 5: Out of the Frying-Pan Into the Fire
13:59 Part 6: A Dark Way Through Mirkwood
15:16 Part 7: On the Doorstep
17:14 Part 8: Fire and Water
19:13 Hard Mode and Solo Mode
19:32 Any Questions?
19:44 Question of the Day

BGG: boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/436215/the-hobbit-there-and-back-again

Which of the eight adventures will become your favorite? Please let us know!

#BoardGames #TheHobbitThereAndBackAgain #HowToPlay

31 Questions for Tylors 31st Birthday | Celebrate With Us!

kovray 2025-08-12 | Tylor’s turning 31, and we're here with an annual celebration video! In this special birthday video, Ilya’s putting him in the hot seat with 31 questions for his 31st birthday. Some are about board games, some are about life, and some… well, who knows what they're about, the answers are what matters!

Welcome to Kovray! We're a couple who adores board games and seeks to share our joy and passion with you. Today, the spotlight’s on Tylor as we dive into his favorites, his funniest stories, and maybe even uncover a few surprises along the way.

So grab a snack, get comfy, and let’s kick off the 31-question birthday challenge!

Question of the Day: Which question would you want to ask Tylor? How do you celebrate your birthday?

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Time Stamps:
0:00 HAPPY BIRTHDAY TYLOR
1:24 What's the Plan?
2:07 How Old Are You?
2:27 Best Eat?
2:52 Go To Coffee/Tea Order
3:41 First Board Game Love
4:12 Day Improvement
4:47 Where To Go?
4:57 Sweet or Savoury Breakfast
5:48 Most Played Game
6:01 Surprising Fact
6:38 Hobby to Try
8:12 Disliked Mechanic
8:57 One Snack?
9:29 Which Pokemon?
10:27 Song to Dance To
10:58 Beautiful Box Art
11:33 Favorite City
12:29 Small Habit
13:01 Dream Guest for Board Games
13:36 Weirdest Food
14:33 Mountains or Ocean?
14:50 Favorite Holiday Tradition
15:18 Theme for Own Game
15:48 Hidden Talent
16:41 Biggest Pet Peeve
17:46 Learn a Language?
19:02 Save a Board Game
19:37 Childhood Cartoon
20:28 Big Laugh
21:34 Superpower
22:50 Looking Forward To?
24:00 30 in 3 Words
25:57 CELEBRATE
26:30 Thank You
26:55 GIVEAWAY
29:34 How to Support Us
29:48 Question of the Day

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#HappyBirthday #Giveaway #BoardGames

It’s just one big mystery! #boardgames #tabletopduo #voynich #manuscript

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“I’m a visual learner” #boardgames #games #tabletop

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The Four Doors | How to Play | Learn to Play in 10 Minutes!

kovray 2025-08-09 | Learn to How to Play The Four Doors in just 10 Minutes! Thank you for stopping by.

The Four Doors is designed by Matt Leacock, Ben Pinchback, and Matt Riddle, it's illustrated by Zachary Hoel and Asher Israel, and published by Happy Camper, who helped sponsor this video.

In the Four Doors you’ll take the role of adventurers seeking to defend the world from everlasting darkness. To do so you’ll need to find all four relics behind the four doors, make your way to the Beacon and play the luminous Flux spell to light the Beacon and banish the Shadow Veil. You’ll need to do this BEFORE any relics are lost, you run out of cards in both the draw and discard pile when you need to draw OR if the shadow level ever reaches the end.

Question of the Day: You're painting your door, what colour would you want it to be?

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0:00 The Four Doors
0:20 Setting Up
2:20 Game Overview
2:52 Turn Overview
3:02 Do Up to 3 Actions
3:15 Actions Overview
4:33 Relic and Adventurer Actions and Abilities
5:02 Draw 2 Cards
5:37 Spell Cards
6:05 Shadows Fall
7:22 What Happens if The Deck Runs Out?
8:14 You'll Lose When...
8:34 To Win...
8:49 Solo Mode
9:19 Any Questions?
9:38 Question of the Day

BGG: boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/447687/the-four-doors

Will you collect all the relics behind The Four Doors?

#BoardGames #TheFourDoors #HowToPlay

Gen Con 2025 Recap: New Games, Big Moments, and Tylors Excitement Ranking and Honest Reactions

kovray 2025-08-07 | Just back from Gen Con 2025, Ilya’s unpacking all the games, demos, and memorable moments from the biggest board game convention in North America! And Tylor? He’s rating every single one based on how hyped he is to play them. Ready for our Gen Con 2025 Recap?

Welcome to Kovray! We're a couple who adores board games and seeks to share our joy and passion with you. Today, we'll be diving into Gen Con 2025 experience, well Ilya's, we'll be chatting about some of the demos he's had, games he brought back, and the memories that were made along the way. There certainly are many games to play through, are you excited to hear our thoughts on them?

Let's boot up Tylor's Excitement Ranking and BEGIN!

Question of the Day: What should we be playing? What are you most excited to hear about? Let us know!

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Time Stamps:
0:00:00 - Gen Con 2025
0:00:54 - What is Gen Con?
0:03:52 - Cascadia: Alpine Lakes
0:06:33 - The Game Makers
0:09:09 - Sanctuary
0:11:14 - Sanibel
0:12:36 - Dragonarium
0:13:50 - Gone to Gaia
0:14:28 - Tessen
0:14:50 - The Twin Towers Trick-Taking Game
0:15:18 - Other Games I Saw
0:15:49 - Favorite Moment of Gen Con
0:16:51 - The People Are The Best
0:19:05 - THE REVEAL
0:20:24 - Fixer
0:20:53 - High Tide
0:21:20 - Up or Down?
0:22:15 - For the Emperor
0:22:40 - Neon Reign
0:23:28 - Yubibo
0:24:14 - The Four Doors
0:25:12 - Llama Llama
0:25:43 - Strange World
0:26:18 - Cosmolancer
0:26:49 - Tearable Quest
0:27:17 - Riftbound
0:27:49 - Fight Five
0:28:38 - Soda Jerk
0:29:38 - Duel for Cardia
0:30:47 - Roaring 20s
0:31:59 - Tamagotchi Collection
0:33:08 - The Sims Board Game
0:34:22 - Dying Message
0:35:11 - Otter
0:35:38 - Suna Valo
0:36:27 - Rival Cities
0:36:50 - The White Castle Duel
0:37:43 - Timber Town
0:38:32 - Duck & Cover
0:39:27 - Collect!
0:39:58 - Meltwater
0:40:55 - Slam Throne
0:42:02 - Fashion Police
0:43:30 - Railroad Tiles
0:44:00 - Slambo!
0:44:36 - Vivo
0:45:20 - Koinobori
0:45:58 - Scurry Up!
0:46:50 - The Sandcastles of Burgundy
0:48:08 - The Peak Team
0:48:40 - Compile
0:50:02 - Hanami
0:51:08 - 3 Chapters
0:51:45 - Wondrous Museum
0:52:15 - Logic & Lore
0:52:47 - Waddle
0:53:22 - The Hobbit: There and Back Again
0:54:24 - Solar Gardens
0:54:54 - Forest Shuffle: Dartmoor
0:56:06 - Snow Colony
0:56:30 - Tornado Splash
0:57:24 - Tag Team
0:58:15 - The Voynich Puzzle
0:59:05 - Gloomies
0:59:49 - Satchel Quest
1:00:36 - Into the Machine
1:01:17 - Sanctuary
1:02:27 - Lightning Train
1:04:04 - THANK YOU!
1:06:11 - Question of the Day

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Did you go to Gen Con 2025? We'd love to hear about your experience! What convention or show will you be attending next?

#GenCon2025 #GenConRecap #AnticipatedGames

Best Games of July? Did Tylor’s shirt give it away? #boardgames #topgames #bestgames #sodapop

kovray 2025-08-06 | ...

Top 5 Board Games Played | Discovering Your Favorite Game For The First Time? | July Edition

kovray 2025-08-06 | Welcome to Kovray! We're a couple who adores board games and seeks to share our joy and passion with you. Today, we're going to tell you about our Top 5 Board Games we played in July. This month was a bit quieter for us, as summer is in full swing and we tried to spend many days and weekends outdoors, but nevertheless games were played!

We ended up playing 23 unique games with 28 total plays! We played games with 20 different people and 17 of the games we played were new to us! The games took us approximately 16 hours to play, which means almost a full day of gaming, even with the sun out.

How do you decide what your favourite game is? The gut feeling, the memories, or the overall experience? We'd love to hear your thoughts.

Question of the Day: What was your favourite game you played in July and what game are you looking forward to playing in the month of August?

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Time Stamps:
0:00 Happy August!
0:45 Let's Talk STATS
1:56 New Goal?
2:21 Join Us!
3:01 Ilya #5
4:32 Tylor #5
5:55 Tylor #4
7:28 Ilya #3
9:00 Tylor #3 and Ilya #4
10:52 Ilya #2
13:20 Tylor #2
15:36 Tylor and Ilya #1
19:40 August Plans
20:31 Question of the Day
20:49 Giveaway Winners
21:42 BYE!

What are some of your favorite games to play in the month July? Even with a small amount of games, we played some great ones! We're now at 220 different games played out of 365 for the year.

#BoardGames #Top5 #BestBoardGames

Vines and Flowers - Take A Look!

kovray 2025-08-04 | 3D Tile Placement AND Balancing Scoring Condition!

Too warm?! Sounds like it’s time for Boardgames! #boardgames#relatable

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Campy Creatures: Volume 1 (Third Edition) | How to Play | Learn to Play in 7 Minutes!

kovray 2025-07-30 | Learn to How to Play Campy Creatures: Volume 1 (Third Edition) in just 7 Minutes! Thank you for stopping by.

Campy Creatures: Volume 1 (Third Edition) is designed by Mattox Shuler, illustrated by Josh Emrich, and published by Keymaster Games, who helped sponsor this video.

Welcome to the world of Campy Creatures, where mad science meets monstrous mayhem.
This game will take place over three rounds, with four turns in each. Each turn you’ll secretly choose a creature to unleash to snatch up unsuspecting mortals and steal the spotlight with a scene card. Mortals will fuel your experiments, often to your advantage, energy tokens supercharge your Monster, granting power and if unused points, while scene cards provide bonuses and endgame glory. When the game comes to an end, the mad scientist with the most points wins!

Question of the Day: If you were a mad scientist, what would your experiment be?

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0:00 Campy Creatures
0:26 Setting Up
1:00 Game Overview
1:19 Turn Overview
2:42 Scene Cards
3:06 Creature Cards
3:35 Mortal Cards
4:32 Turn End
4:48 Ties and Clash-O-Meter
5:22 Round End
5:34 Game End and Scoring
6:13 Any Questions?
6:34 Question of the Day

BGG: boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/448446/campy-creatures-volume-1-third-edition

Will you be the best mad scientist in town?

#BoardGames #CampyCreatures #HowToPlay

Skip Codenames - Play These 5 Board Games Instead!

kovray 2025-07-29 | Looking for alternatives to Codenames? Well you've come to the right place!

Welcome to Kovray! We're a couple who adores board games and seeks to share our joy and passion with you. Today, we're here to share 5 word-association or word games that you can play instead of Codenames!

Want to learn more about these? Check out these links:

Things in Rings: boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/408547/things-in-rings
Just One: boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/254640/just-one
Crossed Words: boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/300400/crossed-words
Landmarks: boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/421374/landmarks
The Same Game: boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/396542/the-same-game

Question of the day: What word-association / word games would you recommend to others?

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Time Stamps:
00:00 Choose These Instead!
0:18 What Are Word Games?
1:12 Things in Rings
2:40 Just One
4:16 Crossed Words
5:36 Landmarks
7:39 The Same Game
9:47 English is Hard
10:30 Question of the Day
10:44 How to Support Us

What is your favorite word association game to get to the table?

#BoardGames #WordGames #TableTopGames

Reacting to YOUR Spicy Board Game Opinions | Importance of Theme, Digital Board Games, and More

kovray 2025-07-26 | How many times did we disagree is the real question? Or is it how do you properly pronounce Kallax...?

Welcome to Kovray! We're a couple who adores board games and seeks to share our joy and passion with you. Today, we're here to REACT to ten spicy board game opinions! Does theme matter? Are standees better than miniatures? How do we feel about board game expansions? Join in the conversation and let's have some fun.

Question of the day: What is your hottest board game take? How did you react to this list? Is there one you particularly agreed with or HEAVILY disagreed with? Let us know!

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Time Stamps:
00:00 Spicy Board Game Takes
1:36 Quarterbacking Cooperative Games
4:14 Expansions
7:16 Theme
9:38 Player Elimination
13:52 Miniatures v Standees
15:54 Digital Board Games
20:02 Simultaneous Turns
21:47 Kallax Fit
23:32 Table Presence
26:34 Friends or Games
28:22 Thanks for Watching
28:42 Question of the Day

What is the spiciest take you've heard about board games?

#BoardGames #ReactVideo #TableTopGames

This is an immediate yes for me! #boardgames#favouriteanimal

kovray 2025-07-25 | ...

Otters | How to Play | Learn to Play in 5 Minutes!

kovray 2025-07-25 | Learn to How to Play Otters in just 5 Minutes! Thank you for stopping by.

Otters is designed by Jon Biegalski, Mar Bogdanis, and Zofia Pilecka, it's illustrated by Marcin Skoczek, and published by Rebel Studio, who helped sponsor this video.

In Otters, you’ll take turns drawing and playing cards, aiming to collect the most valuable pearls, while avoiding the spiky sea urchins as if you have two in your hand at the end of your turn, you’re out for the game! The game will end when only one player remains, at which point you’ll reveal your pearls and urchins and the player with the most points wins.

Question of the Day: What is your all-time favorite animal?

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0:00 Otters
0:19 Setting Up
1:01 Game Overview
1:25 Draw and Play a Card
1:47 Check for Sea Urchins
2:13 Sea Urchins
2:27 Getting Rid of Them...
2:52 Pearls
3:29 Some Cards Stay
4:04 Game End and Scoring
4:20 Any Questions?
4:38 Question of the Day

BGG: boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/424575/otters

Will you collect the most precious pearls? Or end up distracted eating the sea urchins...

#BoardGames #Otters #HowToPlay

Gotta start somewhere #boardgames#reels

kovray 2025-07-24 | ...

Honestly? I don’t know… #boardgames #familygames #gaming #gamenight

kovray 2025-07-23 | ...

First-Class Letters | How to Play | Learn to Play in 5 Minutes!

kovray 2025-07-23 | Learn to How to Play First-Clsss Letters in just 5 Minutes! Thank you for stopping by.

First-Class Letters is designed by Peter C. Hayward, illustrated by Migy Blanco, and published by GameHead, who helped sponsor this video

Learn More: https://GameHead.com/first-class-letters

In First-Class Letters you’ll play over 7 rounds, writing a new word each round. To score points you’ll need to use the dice behind the mail truck. The more you’re able to use them, the higher you’ll score, but be careful not to use the dead-letter as it’ll cancel out your word. Now the twist is that at the end of the game, your 7 words must be in alphabetical order.

Question of the Day: What is your favorite word game?

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0:00 First-Class Letters
0:16 Setting Up
0:41 Game Overview
1:15 Roll the Dice
1:29 Write A Word
2:14 When One Player is Done...
2:31 Scoring
3:23 Game End
3:46 Variants
4:31 Any Questions?
4:47 Question of the Day

BGG: boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/436932/first-class-letters

How good is your vocabulary? Ready to think of words quickly?

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Foolish Fool How to Play Learn to Play in 3 Minutes

kovray 2025-07-23 | Learn to How to Play Foolish Fool in just 3 Minutes! Thank you for stopping by.

Foolish Fool is designed by Corentin Lebrat and Théo Rivière, it's illustrated by Pierô, and published by GameHead, who helped sponsor this video.

Learn More: https://GameHead.com/foolish-fool

In Foolish Fool, you’ll take turns introducing rules to the table. You’ll want to pay attention and follow each of the rules as if you don’t you’ll lose one of your tokens, lose all three and you’ll become the Foolish Fool.

Question of the Day: What is the silliest board game memory you have?

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0:00 Foolish Fool
0:17 Setting Up
0:36 Game Overview
0:57 Draw and Read
1:09 Play a Card - Horizontal Cards
1:23 Pink Cards
1:37 Vertical Cards
1:47 Colors of Cards
2:06 Card Rules
2:41 Game End
2:55 Old Rules Penalty Variant
3:08 Any Questions?
3:26 Question of the Day

BGG: boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/437008/foolish-fool

Who of your game group will become the Foolish Fool?

#BoardGames #FoolishFool #HowToPlay

Number five has taken so many hours of my life. Which do you relate to? #tabletopduo #howtoplay

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Best Board Game of 2025... SO FAR? | Mid Year Board Game Tag 2025

kovray 2025-07-22 | We’re a little over half way through the year, so we thought we'd partake in the annual Mid Year Board Game Tag from RollingReggie, where we discuss our favorites so far, surprises of the year, and generally continue to sharing the joy of gaming WITH YOU!

Huge shoutout to these folks:

Rolling Reggie: youtube.com/@rolling.reggie
Ian and Stacey: youtube.com/@WilzPlaysGames
Dana Hayward: instagram.com/dana.hayward

Welcome to Kovray! We're a couple who adores board games and seeks to share our joy and passion with you. Today, we're here to answer 9 SPECIFIC questions? Want to partake, feel free to answer them yourself in the comments or as a form of content, either video or written to help spread the joy of gaming. As a reminder, the games do NOT have to be released in 2025.

1. What is your favorite game so far this year?
2. What is your most played game?
3. What was your biggest surprise?
4. What game's production/art has impressed you the most?
5. What has been your most reliable introductory board game?
6. What game do you want to get off of your Shelf of Shame in the second half of the year?
7. Which game from 10+ years ago did you discover this year?
8. Which anticipated releases are you most excited about for the second half of the year?
Bonus: What's your personal favorite video that you’ve posted to your channel?

What did you think of our answers? Which of the games are you most excited to play?

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Time Stamps:
00:00 A Mid Year Board Game Tag!
1:36 Favorite Game
5:49 Most Played Game
7:45 Biggest Surprise?
11:22 Best Production / Art
14:40 Reliable Intro Game
17:40 Shelf of Shame Play
19:48 10 Years Ago Game
21:22 Anticipated Games for 2025
25:21 Favorite Kovray Video in 2025
27:48 Short Form Content
28:32 Question of the Day

How's the first half of your year so far? Ready to get some additional gaming in?

#BoardGames #MidYearBoardGameTag #TopGames

A hobby worth being consumed by! What’s yours? #boardgames#shorts#relatable

kovray 2025-07-21 | ...

Trinket Trove | How to Play | Learn to Play in 5 Minutes!

kovray 2025-07-21 | Learn to How to Play Trinket Trove in just 5 Minutes! Thank you for stopping by.

Trinket Trove is designed by Rocco Privetera with Paul Salomon, it's illustrated by Sandara Tang, and published by GameHead, who helped sponsor this video.

Learn More: https://GameHead.com/trinket-trove

Trinket Trove is played in six rounds (or five rounds in a 5 or 6 player game). Your aim is to collect the most points by acquiring a carefully curated collection of trinkets. You’ll do this by trading and offering up the trinkets you’ve collected in order to skillfully outwit your opponents and collect new ones. After the last round, you’ll score your hand of trinkets and the player with the best trove will win.

Question of the Day: If you had a little critter friend, who would you want it to be? What would your familiar be?

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0:00 Trinket Trove
0:17 Setting Up
1:12 Game Overview
1:42 Round Setup Phase
2:05 Bidding Phase
3:07 Drafting Phase
3:46 Game End
4:00 Final Scoring
4:31 2 Player Variant
5:02 Any Questions?
5:17 Question of the Day

BGG: boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/436931/trinket-trove

Will you collect the best sets of Trinkets in your Trove?

#BoardGames #TrinketTrove #HowToPlay

No Loose Ends | How to Play | Learn to Play in 6 Minutes!

kovray 2025-07-21 | Learn to How to Play No Loose Ends in just 6 Minutes! Thank you for stopping by.

No Loose Ends is designed by Taiki Shinzawa, it's illustrated by Sai Beppu, and published by GameHead, who helped sponsor this video.

Learn More: https://GameHead.com/no-loose-ends

No Loose Ends is a trick-taking game in which you’ll use cards from your hand to bid essentially planning your heist and the evidence you’ll be leaving behind. You’ll want to win tricks with the matching suit or number to cover up the evidence in your bid, which ultimately will earn you points. Leave evidence unattended or collect too many tricks and you’ll lose points as you’ve left behind… loose ends.

Question of the Day: What is your current favorite trick taking game?

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0:00 No Loose Ends
0:16 Setting Up
0:59 Game Overview
1:30 Planning Phase
2:06 Trick Taking Phase
3:14 Covering Up Evidence
3:58 Scoring Phase
4:16 Perfect Crime Bonus
4:26 Snitching
4:58 Game End
5:15 Double Cross Variant
5:33 Getaway Cards Variant
6:05 Any Questions?
6:21 Question of the Day

BGG: boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/436936/no-loose-ends

Will you cover up all of your loose ends?

#BoardGames #NoLooseEnds #HowToPlay

ADHD Learning is Hard Sometimes. #boardgames#shorts#adhd

kovray 2025-07-20 | ...

Tell us which one you’ll be playing! #golden #gamenight #games

kovray 2025-07-19 | ...

Corgi Pileup | How to Play | Learn to Play in 4 Minutes!

kovray 2025-07-19 | Learn to How to Play Corgi Pileup in just 4 Minutes! Thank you for stopping by.

Corgi Pileup is designed by Steve Ellis and Paul Salomon, it's illustrated by Sai Beppu, and published by GameHead, who helped sponsor this video.

Learn More: https://GameHead.com/corgi-pileup

Corgi Pileup is a trick-taking game where only the last trick of each round counts. You’ll play this game over numerous rounds until one player exceeds 15 points and falls off the pile, at which point the game comes to an end, and the player with the highest score wins.

Question of the Day: If a Corgi popped up in your life, what would be the first trick/teaching you'd train?

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0:00 Corgi Pileup
0:17 Setting Up
0:35 Game Overview
0:51 Playing Cards
1:35 Final Trick
1:57 Special Card Powers
2:38 Game End
3:03 Variants
3:22 Questions?
3:38 Question of the Day

BGG: boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/436935/corgi-pileup

Will your Corgi get to the top of the pile without falling off?

#BoardGames #CorgiPileup #HowToPlay