How Shelfside makes a Board Game Review (ft. Scythe)

Ever wondered how we review board games? Here's an in-depth behind the scenes look at our production process! Reviewing board games on our end is an incredibly lengthy process, as it involves heavy analysis of gameplay strategies and balance, as well as weighing that against what the game is trying to do. All sorts of things can come into play here, like components helping or hurting intuitiveness, good/bad rulebooks, or even how certain abilities/mechanics affect player incentives when pushing towards their win condition. For this particular video, we cover our process on reviewing Stonemaier Games' Scythe, and hopefully you can see how every step of our production ends up influencing the final resulting Shelfside review!

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Table of Contents
Intro - (0:00)
Playing the Game - (2:34)
Scripting & Scoring - (4:06)
Filming - (9:32)
Editing - (16:09)
Making the Intro - (17:03)
We’re Done - (17:34)

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