December 2024 Vlog | Nature-themed games, Top 10 & more! | Bits & Biology

Welcome to Bits & Biology, a channel about board games from the perspective of a biologist gamer. In this video I talk about some of the board games I played in December 2024, including my top 10 games, all of the nature, science, and animal-themed games, and one crowdfunded game. I also talk about the games I got for Christmas!

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Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:08 Overview & statistics
2:56 Join us in the Bits & Biology Discord server!
3:32 Top 10 games played in December 2024
4:28 10. Welcome to Your Perfect Home
7:27 9. Inventions: Evolution of Ideas
   • How to Play Inventions: Evolution of Ideas...  
https://www.youtube.com/live/8-OiDRlM...
17:29 8. HYVE
17:41 7. Gingerbread House
21:04 6. Weather Machine
21:37 5. Clank! A Deck-Building Adventure
26:02 4. Wingspan
26:40 3. Gutenberg
29:22 2. Brass Birmingham
   • How to Play only - Brass: Birmingham How t...  
36:27 1. Ultimate Railroads
44:42 Board Game Geek Secret Santa Gifts
45:37 BGG Secret Joker
49:09 BGG Secret Santa
53:09 BGG Secret One
54:47 Under the tree
58:03 Print & Play games from the PnP Arcade Black Friday sale
59:58 Nature/science/animal-themed games I played in December
59:44 9. New York Zoo
1:03:20 8. Trekking the National Parks, 3rd edition
1:06:30 7. The Search for Lost Species
1:14:11 6. Aquamarine
1:17:40 5. Enchanted Plumes
1:23:23 4. Waypoints
   • Waypoints Playthrough & Play Along | Map 1...  
1:26:40 3. HYVE
   • HYVE Playthrough and Review | Bits & Biology  
1:34:52 2. Weather Machine
   • Weather Machine - How to Play - Official T...  
1:50:09 1. Wingspan
1:57:57 Role of Wingspan in bringing people into the board game hobby
2:00:14 Finspan announcement!
   • Finspan Gameplay: 4 Quick Turns  
2:02:49 Crowdfunding – 52 Realms: Adventures
   • 52 Realms: Adventures | Playthrough - Seer  
2:03:58 Channel update

Ark Minima: https://boardgamegeek.com/filepage/25...

Enchanted Plumes official solo mode: https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2741...

HYVE on DicePen: https://shop.dicepen.pl/shp/products/...

My BGG profile page: https://boardgamegeek.com/user/lizmari
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