Boonlake | We Wish This River Had More Flow | Board Game Review

These lovely riverbanks look like the perfect spot to create a delightful settlement... and that's exactly what you'll be doing along with navigating your boat down the river, canoeing for resources, mining for...cards? And building giant levers that dispense all types of delightful goodies. Linger around your opponents while they do their actions & you'll get to join in on the fun, but remember, what goes around comes around drops everything on the floor

Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
00:26 Theme overview (Themer)
01:06 Mechanics overview (Thinker)
06:57 A surprising aesthetic
08:08 The action selection board: very clever, disaster prone & slow
13:14 The puzzle of resource management & cards
14:44 Another clever idea; levers dispensing goodies
15:45 Amy's favourite part - the scoring tiles!
19:41 Interesting... but is it fun?
27:03 Player count & solo mode
29:56 Wrap up

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