10 Gifts Ideas for Board Gamers

What are your favorite gift ideas for board gamers? Happy Holidays!

Number 7 - those robots on the dice bag are Cybermen from Doctor Who. It works generically though too!

#5; I am spoiled for bit bowls - my dad does woodturning, so I have a bunch of small wooden bowls that he made, and I love them! Not the best for tight storage, but worth it, for me 😊

Haha I love Naveen's peekaboo description of the dice towers! I also don't like the loudness of dice towers, but that made me think about having a felt-lined dice tower or something to make it quiet. So I googled it and there are a bunch on etsy!

I just bought For Sale, and I'm really glad you guys like it! I often find you're bang-on with your comments/reviews. Thanks for posting!

Delightful list! 😊 I also love dice trays. Here at home we made one ourselves, by covering a photo frame with velvet. It works just fine. Merry Christmas for both of you and Dexter 😊🎄

For similar bit bowls look for acrylic ice cream bowls. That's what we use.

Amazing ideas! I never thought about bit bowls and metal coins :)

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Thank you for sharing and be happy!

Fun list. I love playmats and your card game list is fun. I’d add component holders, eg game genic token silo. Good stuff. 😁

Thanks for this video. Merry Christmas.

So glad you picked "a dog" as number one best gift idea for gamers. I don't know what I would do without having one to hold during some of my game nights! Also, they really are great at greeting everybody as they come over for game night.

I'm a huge fan of playmats (but I don't have too many), both as board alternates and for ccgs. I can understand the preference for not sleeving, but playmats elevate card handling as if you are playing at felted casino tables every time.

I was waiting till the end for Hanamikoji 😂 I know you guys love it!

I've used those same dollar store bowls for years! They're great.

Thanks for another great video!

Thanks for sharing those ideas, all great! \I also suggest standing game bags, which are so much better than those that can only lay on their sides - I'm thinking of you, Isle of Cats. Stadium-style card trays are a real asset to card-driven games like Wingspan. Lastly, deluxe components for your favorite games can really upgrade the playing experience. Etsy is a great source for all of these. Happy Holidays!!

One accessory that I really enjoy that I use all the time is a board game bag. The boardgametables ones are padded too. I tripped up the stairs holding one and the bag tipped end over end down about 15 stairs and I was so worried. There was no damage at all. So protection plus it makes it easy to carry (and also limit how much you bring) Allplay's philosophy is make games that are quick and easy to learn/play, but that have some complexity or potential for replay-ability. Sail I haven't had the chance to play but it's a 2 player only trick taking game where the winner is the direction the ship moves and you have to avoid obstacles. The new trick taking games they released are cool too. I really enjoy Pies, which is trick taking plus combining fruit cards for recipes for points. And I agree about folded space. Those inserts are easier to put together and glue is definitely necessary. I have spirit island in 2 boxes with folded space and it even fits the new expansion Nature Incarnate. One thing you didn't mention that I think is a benefit of the folded space insert is that those inserts are much lighter than the wooden or other inserts. Also, in terms of visual appeal, Stonemaier Games partnered with them for their Tapestry insert and it has both art on the outside and the inside so you know where the components belong.

Lol! I love that you tested the repelant on a Risk game board! Best to test it out with board that isn't very valuable. That gave me a good laugh.

I love all of your videos and I am really glad that Monique was so concerned about the loud noise of the coins (they weren't loud, don't worry) because a lot of conntent creators donť realize that loud noises like clapping might be very uncomfortable for some poeple. For that reason there is several people that I like in general, but can't usually watch their videos because of loud noises that they make. So thank you for that 🙂