@iamcircat.bsky.social
i have a small YT channel where I showcase Japanese board games
I have a new video out about Saashi & Saashi's new title "Shall We Dance" released at the recent Tokyo Game Market in November 2025. A set collection card game where you are trying to form dancing pairs at a ball.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=zp4I...
One more reason why Harvest is such a great game to get from Japan? It has a solo mode!
Harvest | SOLO How to Play | Japanese Board Game
youtu.be/mvTFYQZkXZ8
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My amateur setup in my bedroom for my board games photography 🤣
28.01.2026 07:59 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
PLAYTE are doing a great promotion at #BGBE2026. You can get a whole freight and fill it with games for 10.000 yen.
I made a video with some of their games if you wanna check out their lineup:
PLAYTE Board Games Showcase | Small Box Games in a Freight Container
youtu.be/xTnUHyZp1tw
I’ve just been to Taiwan, what a great place!
Got to eat so much food at the night markets and look at such amazingly lush green scenery. Of course I snagged some Taiwanese board games too hehe
I’ve made a video talking about some of the games at the upcoming Board Game Business Expo in Osaka #BGBE2026
“10 + 10 Games at Board Game Business Expo Osaka”
youtu.be/DDfoqvVPlFY
We finally played Scout !
Wow no wonder this is a Spiel des Jahres game. It plays so well. I love getting into this combo-maxing thought-space.
The second game is a shedding card game called "Best Family Forever from Today", here's its rules teaching video: youtu.be/_ZpVRYhx9cA
I hope you will check out their booth (D-5) at #BGBE2026
Mysboard Games has kindly shared with me to showcase two of their board games that will be on sale at the Board Game Business Expo in Osaka 2026. In this video I teach you how to play the cooperative deduction card game "See you in 10 years":
youtu.be/q9ut3ivQQ6c
Ah those have been fine so far. I normally get my games from booth.pm, conventions or Yellowsubmarine. I am lucky I get to live in Japan, I know Japanese games are hard to find abroad. I get a sense though that in the coming years a lot more Japanese games will be picked up by publishers abroad.
31.12.2025 03:58 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Yeah it was around 55$ 🥲 i don’t think the store was malicious, just unlucky with their stock. They look perfectly legit on the outside. I just have to be more mindful next time, especially with big popular titles
30.12.2025 13:58 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0I didn’t know bootleg board games exist 😓 I bought a copy of TTR & Sky Team. When I opened them TTR’s cards had very poor print quality and Sky Team’s dice were red instead of orange. I went online to check maybe I bought an older version, but no, turns out they’re bootleg. This is so disappointing…
30.12.2025 02:04 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0And not just that one, Kabuken (Game Nowa) is having a sale on his booth for a lot of his titles. I grabbed a copy of Nightmare Millionaire.
Now my white whale is to find a copy of his previous card game, Grim Reaper Preschool
gamenowa.booth.pm
I keep telling myself I shouldn’t buy more board games till the end of the year but I just saw that “Crisps!” has been stocked on @saibep.bsky.social ‘s booth, I rushed to grab a copy.
booth.pm/en/items/768...
7Wonders Dice has such a relaxing gameplay vibe 🏛️
29.12.2025 07:26 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Do you know the game “Harvest”? It’s a smallbox Japanese game released in 1992 that is still super popular to this day. If you ever travel to Japan and want to buy a local game, this is my top recommendation.
youtu.be/HVgMddybdGU
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Tonight we played OPEN by Takashi Saito. It’s so neat how he is able to make such quick and fun shedding games using a standard deck of cards. The art and design are so clean.
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A person holding a large Christmas-themed KFC bucket
A small Christmas tree made with LEGO
For my last Christmas in Japan, I got to celebrate it the Japanese-way, with a big bucket from KFC! 🍗✨
26.12.2025 01:13 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Hello I’m new here ☀️
I recently started a Youtube channel where I teach and showcase Japanese board games and card games in case you’d like to check it out 👇
youtube.com/@iamcircat
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