@funwithboxes.bsky.social
Hi. My name is Phil Gardner and I’m a Board Game content creator over on YouTube. My channel is Fun With Boxes where you will find hundreds of videos all about the wonderful world of modern Board Games. I hope you will enjoy the content I create.
Welcome to Fun with Boxes, Episode 238: Unboxing Arkham Horror the Card Game Revised Core Box Edition.
Plus comparison with the original 2016 edition.
An absolutely wonderful card game from @fantasyflightgames.bsky.social l
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Fun with Boxes, Episode 237: How to setup and play the Board Game Crimson Keep, designed by Nick Warren @crimsonkeep.bsky.social
Crimson Keep is coming to Kickstarter August 2025 and is a fantasy, tower-building, card placement, set-collection, strategy game for 1-2 players
youtu.be/121Z9fpehe0
The wonderful Phil from @funwithboxes.bsky.social has done an amazing "How To Play" video for Fetching Feathers
youtu.be/ywe3zKHw5nY?...
Welcome to Fun with Boxes, Episode 236: Unboxing Pandora Celeste, designed by Mike Ibeji and published by Guntower Games
Here is what you get in this brand new Board Game inspired by SciFi Monster Movies!
In space ..... I think everyone will hear you scream!
youtu.be/S1uH1VCz6jo
Welcome to Fun with Boxes, Episode 235: Fetching Feathers, a card game designed by the wonderful Chris Priscott and published by Unfringed Games
Here is how to setup and how to play this very clever beautiful card drafting and tableau building game
Coming to @kickstarter.com
youtu.be/ywe3zKHw5nY
Here is a brand new Board Game Podcast!
Hope you enjoy!
youtu.be/DzhqDSwXLQQ
Welcome to Fun with Boxes, Ep 233: For The Emperor, designed by Whitney Loraine & published by @allplay.bsky.social
Two ancient clans are locked in a fierce battle to outsmart and outmanoeuvre each other for control of seven epic battlefields in this brilliant small box game!
youtu.be/Akcy8TysYsU
Compania from @level99games.com has just launched on @kickstarter.com !!!
Check out this wonderful game now 🤗
Here is a How To Play of the prototype version of the game
youtu.be/_ru6AmrUKAs
Unboxing (no spoilers!) the amazing new game from @stonemaiergames.com - VANTAGE - plus a look at the upgrades too
Soooo excited to get this game to the table!
youtu.be/qqlEZB1npWE
@outsetgames.bsky.social - Good luck at GENCON !!!! 👍🏼
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Welcome to Fun with Boxes, Episode 231: Guildlands, designed by Ken Boyter and Kedric Winks and published by OutsetMedia Games
This amazing tile laying game features 6 Guilds that all play and score uniquely launches at GENCON 2025
One you really should keep an eye out for!
youtu.be/14RD-dMaZQg
Neon Reign, designed by aron Hein & Manny Trembley, and published by Neon Knight Games, part of @chiptheorygames.bsky.social
It’s an arcade-style, head-to-head duelling game that comes with a full solo mode.
And it looks amazing!
Get ready for a thrilling experience!
youtu.be/pskgEyZ6u4w
If you love Board Games & enjoy listening to Podcasts about them, then you really should check out the brand new Board Game Podcast from Wales:
Whose Game's That Jacket?!
Currently at Number 11 in Apple Podcasts Rankings for the Gaming category in the UK 🤗
sites.libsyn.com/585590
Fun with Boxes, Episode 229: Sea Salt and Paper’s 2nd expansion: Extra Pepper!
@bombyx.bsky.social
This adds a small event deck to this brilliant game.
A really interesting catchup style mechanic that will really change and take your game up a level.
I hope you enjoy
Take care
youtu.be/KF-y5wDcpho
Here is How to Play the wonderful Card Game from Saashi & Saashi - Bus & Stop
A brilliant small box card game that is really fun to play 🤗
youtu.be/fvmbv1ZaQ5I
Episode 2 of the new Board Game Podcast "Whose Game's That Jacket?!" is now available for you to listen to on wherever you listen to your Podcasts or via this link to the website:
sites.libsyn.com/585590
Episode 3 will be available this coming Thursday and then weekly following that.
For your board game ears
Today, and every Thursday
14:30 UK Time
Welcome to Fun with Boxes, Episode 226: Meeplewoods Tournament Crokinole Boards Kickstarter Campaign.
Crokinole is fast, fierce, and insanely fun.
Checkout their Kickstarter campaign for handmade amazing wonderful Crokinole boards!
youtu.be/iq-_khWTKzc
Anyone who has ever seen Crokinole being played - will want to have a go themselves!
Its a classic game - and amazing fun to play!
So, here is how to play Crokinole in under 60 seconds!!
youtu.be/-VDs1yI1dZ0
Fun with Boxes, Episode 224: Kapow! A Board Game designed by Larry Bogucki, Robert Dougherty, Douglas Hettrick and Carl Van Ostrand and published by Wise Wizard Games.
@wisewizardgames.bsky.social
A buildable dice game! That looks truly amazing!
youtu.be/T9sO43oJvSg
Welcome to Fun with Boxes, Episode 223: Compania, a Board Game Designed by Akase Yog, who also did the stunning artwork!
Coming to Kickstarter in July - check out this awesome engine building game from @level99games.com
youtu.be/_ru6AmrUKAs
Basic Role Playing (BRP) Universal Game Engine book from @chaosium.bsky.social designed by Jason Durall & Steve Perrin
BRP is a role-playing game system that started as the rules for the fantasy-themed RuneQuest
I will be comparing the original 1980 release to the latest version
youtu.be/xlH-s0R57jw
Welcome to Fun with Boxes, Episode 222 One Card Dungeon, designed by Barny Skinner and published by Alley Cat Games
It’s a super fun solo dice-placement dungeon crawl that you can play on a single card with 12 increasingly challenging levels to reach the ultimate prize
youtu.be/nwbHmatlOYI
Welcome to Fun with Boxes, Episode 221: S.T.A.L.K.E.R - The Board Game, designed by Paweł Samborski and published by Awaken Realms.
I take a look at the Core Board Game and all the Stretch Goals that came with it.
youtu.be/OfT4nfV3ZMw
Welcome to Fun with Boxes, Episode 220: Four Horsemen, designed by Jeremy Rowley and published by Win-Win Board Games
Four Horsemen is a great looking cooperative Board Game.
Your mission is to stop the end of the world!
I also take a look at the Mythos 1 Box
youtu.be/wHHcfmKjf7A
Today I take a look at how to setup and play this wonderful game from Saashi & Saashi
In Front of the Elevators
We picked this up at this years UK Games Expo and fell in love with it immediately 🤗
Such a delightful game!
youtu.be/SRfWKRjexbw
Unboxing the Board Game Terrorscape from Ice Makes and designed by Jeffery CCH
Will you be the hunter? Or the hunted? In this asymmetric horror game where one person plays the killer and the other players the survivors!
I hope you enjoy
youtu.be/3dUUDD_575A
Cat Ass Trophy, a card game designed by Reiner Knizia, for 2 - 5 players, from Outset Media Games
This is a very simple game to learn, but underneath this simplicity, lies a devilish little game, but will make you want to play it again and again and again!
youtu.be/NGNHcIVwfFI
Unboxing Luthier Deluxe Edition Board Game plus Premium Upgrades
Today I take a close look at what you get with the Deluxe Edition of the amazing new Board Game from @paverson.bsky.social
I also take a look at the premium upgrades - taking the deluxe edition to new levels!
youtu.be/HyEWm9Rb2SI
Here is the first Part of our UKGE 2025 Board Game Haul Video
And yes, we did manage to bring these all home with us on the train!
A massive thanks to:
Revelation Games Ltd
Wise Wizard Games
Outset Media Games
Ice Makes
Crimson Keep
Four Horsemen / Win-Win Board Games
youtu.be/RNkV0qdDDjM
