Board Game Beans

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We’re a couple of beans (Joana 🇵🇹 and Christian 🇸🇪) making and sharing board game related content. #BoardGames YouTube: www.youtube.com/@BoardGameBeans

Cards, 4 d6, 1 d10, and some progress tokens for the board game Kinfire Delve: Callous' Lab which is in the process of being played.
Screenshot from Obsidian on maxOS, showing part of our board game collection for Location B (which is a box in our kallax), with an assortment of games within.
A 12 frame GIF showing a different felt box for each frame (A through L) with an assortment of board games in each.
The board game Cascadia: Rolling Rivers, with the box standing on a grey table cloth, with the cards, dice, and player sheets on display. Beyond the table is a fireplace burning.
The board game Schotten Totten in the process of being played on a grey table cloth. The box is partly visible showing a fun illustation of a chicken with a hat, and some of the cards in play in columns, against border pieces.
The board game Rebirth setup on a table showing part of the end game stage, with some of the tokens and wooden castle / cathedral pieces on the large player board, depicting Scotland.
The board game Evergreen mid play, showing two player boards, some cards, and an assortment of wooden pieces.
Short video showing two board games (Evergreen, and Village Rails) on a table next to a active fireplace.
The board game Second Chance being played, showing two partially filled in sheets with polyominio shapes we've coloured and styled differently, and the deck of small cards we're using that define what shapes we can use on any given turn.
The board games we played for the last quarter of our 24 day advent calendar, displayed on a wooden table. - Onitama - Town 77 - Celtae - Waypoints - Pick a Pen: Garden - A gentle rain - 52 Realms - Tussie Mussie + Expansions
The board game Carpe Diem being played on a fold out camping table by an inside fireplace. Two player boards are visible, with some tiles on both placed into the grids for our games.
Short video of us opening day 24 on our board game advent calendar (the final day) and showing some footage of the games we played.
Short video of us opening day 23 from our board game advent calendar, and some footage of what we played.
BG Stats 3 x 3. Tussie Mussie; Break the Code; Celtae; Carpe Diem; Forest Shuffle; Almadi; Waypoints; Skulls of Sedlec; Onitama.
Short video of us opening day 22 from our board game advent calendar, and some footage of us playing the game.
A backpack filled up with the following board game: - Café - Forest Shuffle - Almadi - Carpe Diem - Rove - Skulls of Sedlec - Circle the Wagons - Stew
Short video of us opening day 21 from our board game advent calendar, and then footage showing us playing the game.
Short video of us opening day 20 on our board game advent calendar, and some footage of the game we played.
Short video showing us opening our board game advent calendar, and some footage of the game we played.
A selection of board games we've played over the last 6 days, displayed on a wooden table. The board games are: - Forest Shuffle - Carpe Diem - Almadi - Sprawlopilis - Agropolis - Codex Naturalis - Break the Code
Short video of us opening day 18 from our board game advent calendar, and sharing some footage of us playing the game.
Short video of us opening our board game advent calendar for day 17, and some footage of us playing through the game.
Short video showing us opening day 16 of our board game advent calendar, and some footage of the game we played.
Short video showing us opening day 15 from our advent calendar, and some footage from the game we played.
Short video showing what we played for day 14 of our board game advent calendar.
Short video showing the board game we played today, for day 13 of our board game advent calendar.
Photo of the board games we've played over the past 6 days, displayed on a wooden table. The board games are: - MLEM - Caesar! - Beacon Patrol - Cafe Baras - Whale to Look - Tucano - Kariba - Rove + 2 expansion wallets - Rove Jr - Aqua Rove
Short video showing us opening day 12 with our board game advent calendar, and sharing what we ended up playing.
Short video of us opening Day 11 on our board game calendar, and sharing some footage of the game along with a description.
Graphic that shows our design for a board game advent calendar. The title at the top reads "Day 10, Board Game Advent Calendar". The calendar is made up of an orange tabby cat in the middle, and 24 rectangles around the edge. Days 1 to 9 have been crossed of to indicate they're complete.
Graphic that shows our design for a board game advent calendar. The title at the top reads "Day 9, Board Game Advent Calendar". The calendar is made up of an orange tabby cat in the middle, and 24 rectangles around the edge. Days 1 to 8 have been crossed of to indicate they're complete.
Graphic that shows our design for a board game advent calendar. The title at the top reads "Day 8, Board Game Advent Calendar". The calendar is made up of an orange tabby cat in the middle, and 24 rectangles around the edge. Days 1 to 7 have been crossed of to indicate they're complete.
Graphic that shows our design for a board game advent calendar. The title at the top reads "Day 7, Board Game Advent Calendar". The calendar is made up of an orange tabby cat in the middle, and 24 rectangles around the edge. Days 1 to 6 have been crossed of to indicate they're complete.
A top down photo of all the board games we've played over the past 6 days, taken against a grey fabric table cover. - Dorfromantik - Air, Land, & Sea - Skulls of Sedlec - 7 Wonders Duel - Ancient Realm - Circle the Wagons - 6 Suspects - Café - Eight-Minute Empire - Stew
Graphic that shows our design for a board game advent calendar. The title at the top reads "Day 6, Board Game Advent Calendar". The calendar is made up of an orange tabby cat in the middle, and 24 rectangles around the edge. Days 1 to 5 have been crossed of to indicate they're complete.
The board game Café setup on a table on top of a grey sheet. Visible in the photo are the the cards we play with, four colours of wooden cubes, the rulebook, and two espressos on cork coasters.
The box lid for the board game Village Rails on a wooden table in front of the fireplace. A few of the small cards for the game are on the table with glass bowls holding the coins for the game. The box features artwork of a steam train going through an English countryside location, with some sheep in a field.
The board game The Lost Expedition, which features a row of cards acting as the map we need to move our pawn across, and a row of cards under which placed one at a time from our hand, and are about to decide what actions to take on a card by card basis. Two bowls of pear, cinnamon, and blueberry porridge can be seen, along with two mugs of tea.
The board game Evergreen setup for two players on a table with a grey table cloth. Two bowls of porridge and a mug of tea can be seen, ontop of cork coasters to protect the surface underneath. Two yet to be fill player boards, a draw pile for cards, and some containers holding the various wooden components we will be playing with.
Two completed games of the print and play board game Voyages, which has been laminated and played using a clipboard. The game sheets show the map on which we play, and the path that each respective player decided to take. As it's the end of the game, we see Christian scored 70, and Joana 59.
The board game Evergreen being played, showing two double-layered player boards with a design of the world and its different biomes, with an assortment of wooden components (sapling, small, and large,
A very cute bumblebee picnic mat with two Azul Mini player boards, the shared draw pile for the tiles, and a fabric bag. It's a picture of a few turns in the game, so both player boards already have some tiles on.
5 metal tokens from a board game, 1 of them if flipped to depict a factory about to be built, the others all depict the same factory in its completed state, with a number one underneath and a sword/hammer cross.
The box for A Wayfarer's Tale board game, inside a cardboard shipping box with white packing peanuts to protect it. The box features a nice illustration of a person walking in the sand towards a city/castle built up on a hillside. There is a cute lizard on a rock in the foreground.
Screenshot from the game Tiny Towns being played on Board Game Arena. This screenshot is from the end of the game where it shows Joana has won the game. There are a variety of cards on display which have the pattern of cubes needed to build that structure, and then two player grids (4x4) where we are building up these shapes and buildings to try and score the most points at the end.
The board game Wingspan setup on the table, showing the top portion of my player board where I have some bird cards played, (some with eggs placed) and action cubes. In the middle between the two of us playing are the cards we draw from and food tokens.
The board game Isla, with the map sheets on a clipboard so we can draw on them, the various cards, and the dice needed to play the game
Screenshot of Davinci Resolve on macOS. Davinci Resolve is a video editing tool, and in the window you can see a media panel on the left (showing a folder of images), a timeline at the bottom with multiple tracks for audio and video, video effects, and text, in the center is the viewport showing my current position in the timeline, which is a photo of the Red Fox and Squeaker card from the board game Forest Shuffle; and finally on the right sidebar is the video properties for the clip I have selected.
The board game Forest Shuffle, showing a central "Clearing Board" between to two of us, and our forests on either side made up of various tree cards, with fauna and flora cards placed into slots on all four sides of the tree cards. A lush mixture of wildlife, for which we'll try to score the most points by meeting the criteria on the cards we've played.
Short video of a compilation of our day out at the Lisbon Book Fair. Shows us walking up to a couple of board game stalls: Devir and Mebo Games. Devir had lots of games and great discounts. It was really sunny and extremely hot that day.
The flip and write board game Fliptown being setup for a two player game. There are two player boards with a white board pen each, a deck of cards, and three bounty cards to be used in the game. The box can be seen showing a wild west scene, with the games name.
The board game Ironwood, setup on the table with the player board in the middle, with a mixture of metal and wooden tokens for each of the two players factions. The map is a circular arrangement of mountain ridges (Ironclad side) and forests in-between (Woodwalker side). Cards and other components can be seen next to the board, along with the games rulebook which features the name of the game and and illustration of two characters from either side, weapons raised, about to battle.
Box cover for the board game Deep Regrets, featuring a nice illustration of a fishing trawler on the sea, with a yellow sky. The word Deep Regrets features in the sea portion (Making up around 3/4 of the box design vertically) with a large tentacle moving through some of of the letters. Below this is the next "An unfortunate fishing game"
A large cork oak tree, the largest and oldest in the world, harvested many times over it's lifetime. It sits fairly isolated on a patch of grass, with huge branches covering the surroundings and making a nice patch of shade.
The board game RUN setup on a table with a grey table cloth; a screen is hiding our respective player boards. Visible is the board for the Runner, and a set of action tiles available for them to use. As we played this during breakfast, a bowl of porridge can be seen to the side.
The board game Deep Regrets, its expansion Lamentable Tentacles, and another board game Hideous Abominations on a table. The deep regrets game is still wrapped in a paper cover, which looks like an old newspaper sheet with the logo on top.
Virus! 2 Evolution Expansion, Virus!, and the Virus! deckbox to hold all the cards from the first two boxes.
A cardboard standee of a yellow and white dragon character on a grey fabric over the table. The dragon has what looks like antlers and a pointy tale.
Screenshot of the digital implementation of a board game, Captain Flip. Showing our two boards and the tiles on top of them. We had both placed the same type of board in the same location for this point in the game.
The board game Sail, setup on a wooden table with the box in view. The box for the game features a sailing ship against a colourful yellow and greenish sky. The board game has also been setup with connecting boards and wooden pieces on top. For the photo an assortment of beans (Coffee, chickpea, etc) have been scattered around the place.