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Watch It Played @watchitplayed.tv · 1d

Time to bring some beauty to your game table! Create a pond for your koi and decorate it with lanterns, wells, statues and lilies as you strive to make the most impressive koi pond of all. Join me here and let's learn how to play! www.youtube.com/watch?v=K194...

The Watch It Played thumbnail for the Youtube tutorial for Koi

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Watch It Played @watchitplayed.tv · 3d

This podcast episode created by the designer of Cross Bronx Expressway is well worth your time to listen to, even if you aren't interested in the game. By the end, I'm guessing you will be.

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Highly anticipating the arrival of my ordered copy.

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Watch It Played @watchitplayed.tv · 4d

Rich informed me about this text version while he was here - I didn't remember that version existing (but I might have also forgotten... the joys of aging!)

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Watch It Played @watchitplayed.tv · 5d

I really dig this one - hope you had fun!

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Watch It Played @watchitplayed.tv · 7d

Very glad you enjoyed :)

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Watch It Played @watchitplayed.tv · 7d

Don’t worry, you’re in the majority :)

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Watch It Played @watchitplayed.tv · 8d

When a game has so many house rules and variants, sometimes you need a little help figuring out the correct way to play - thankfully I had @richsommer.pizza's help as we tackled this tutorial video for UNO. Join us both here, and let's learn how to play! www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVHk...

The YouTube thumbnail for the Watch It Played tutorial for UNO.

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Watch It Played @watchitplayed.tv · 13d

Can you handle the noise? You’ll have to squeak, squawk and squeal your way to victory in a game that lets you act, but also demands you roar for attention as you get your team to guess the secret prompts! Join me here and let’s learn how to play That Sound Game! youtu.be/325faWlDnEk

The YouTube thumbnail for the Watch It Played tutorial for That Sound Game

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Watch It Played @watchitplayed.tv · 15d

The world demands your labor, but you dream of a life pursuing art and creativity. Can you find meaning and success threading these two pressures? Only one way to find out, join me as we learn how to play Bohemians from @trzewik.bsky.social:
youtu.be/YUKnfUHr-iU

The Watch It Played tutorial thumbnail for the board game Bohemians

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Rick Faaberg @debuggest.bsky.social · 18d

For one Canadian dollar he’ll let you dig around in it for five minutes

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Rick Faaberg @debuggest.bsky.social · 18d

Board gamers, remember: when @watchitplayed.tv says “return these other cards to The Box”, in any of his videos, this is always The Box he is referring to

Photo of very large cardboard box with man in red polo standing next to it

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Watch It Played @watchitplayed.tv · 19d

We’ve done our first. More will be coming (but busy lives and all that).

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Watch It Played @watchitplayed.tv · 20d

Yep!!

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Watch It Played @watchitplayed.tv · Aug 21

We kicked off the start of a Call of Cthulhu adventure tonight! The adventure was led and created by our fantastic Keeper, Jamie from @thesecretcabal.bsky.social who packed in 2 hours of hair-raising fun. I don’t play RPGs often, but this reminded me why I want to do more. @chaosium.bsky.social

A guy holding a Call of Cthuhu starter box

Papers and maps from a Call of Cuthulhu game

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Watch It Played @watchitplayed.tv · 20d

We took to the skies in Flight, but now we’re going to get gigantic in Jurassic! Join me here and let’s learn the second module for Nature by @northstargames.bsky.social: youtu.be/S41KZeAi1_8?...

The YouTube thumbnail for the Watch It Played tutorial for the Jurassic expansion for the game Nature

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Watch It Played @watchitplayed.tv · 21d

One faction brings elegance, the other brings brute force, and they're going head to head in our latest play through. Join us here for a full game of Wroth from @chiptheorygames.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Cvf...

The Watch It Played game play video for Wroth

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Watch It Played @watchitplayed.tv · 21d

Thanks for the interest! I talk a bit about that here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdtD...

Watch It Played @watchitplayed.tv · 22d

Up and away we go! We've learned how to play the new edition of Nature by @northstargames.bsky.social, but now let's add in Module 1: Flight. Join me and let's learn what new twists this adds in: www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9c0...