2022Charlie Bink
- Videos
- 120
- Creators
- 94
1 - 4 players30 - 60 minLight weight

2027Charlie Bink, Danielle Reynolds
How-to-play and reviews. Behind the Lens: Photographing Earth is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 4 reviews, 5 how-to-play guides, and 1 recorded sessions.
From BoardGameGeek
In Behind the Lens, you become a nature photographer documenting our planet. With turns taken simultaneously, you'll adjust your camera settings using a sliding tile mechanism to capture striking images of flora, fauna, and stunning landscapes. Every photo expands your portfolio and sharpens your skills. Add tiles to your journal, increasing the victory points you earn when you capture photos with the same settings in the future. Earn additional VP by completing Assignments, public objectives that challenge you to capture photos under specific conditions. Tactile and incredibly puzzly, Behind the Lens is a standalone game for 2-4 players. Multi-Use Cards The cards you draft are used to charge your camera, gain new tiles, and take bonus actions. Slide Puzzle Mechanism Your camera is represented by a grid of sliding tiles. Manipulate them using battery charges to align the settings and snap a photo. Personal & Shared Goals Compete to satisfy public Assignments earning more VP the earlier you complete the objective. At the end of the game, earn additional VP from private Awards that scale according to how well you've met their conditions. -description from the publisher
Behind the Lens: Photographing Earth has 10 videos from 9 creators: 4 reviews, 5 how-to-play guides and 1 playthrough. They date from April 2026.
To learn the rules, start with "Behind the Lens | How to Play | Learn to Play in 9 Minutes! | Photographing Earth" by kovray, which runs 9 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Behind the Lens - Board Game Overview and Skit. Nature Photography Meets Sliding Puzzle" by Meeple University. 4 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Behind the Lens - 2 Player Playthrough" by Board Gaming Ramblings.
If you like it, try Trekking Through History, Trekking the World and Trekking the World: Second Edition, also by Charlie Bink, or HerStory, also by Danielle Reynolds.
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From BoardGameGeek:
In Behind the Lens, you become a nature photographer documenting our planet. With turns taken simultaneously, you'll adjust your camera settings using a sliding tile mechanism to capture striking images of flora, fauna, and stunning landscapes. Every photo expands your portfolio and sharpens your skills. Add tiles to your journal, increasing the victory points you earn when you capture photos with the same settings in the future. Earn additional VP by completing Assignments, public objectives that challenge you to capture photos under specific conditions. Tactile and incredibly puzzly, Behind the Lens is a standalone game for 2-4 players. Multi-Use Cards The cards you draft are used to charge your camera, gain new tiles, and take bonus actions. Slide Puzzle Mechanism Your camera is represented by a grid of sliding tiles. Manipulate them using battery charges to align the settings and snap a photo. Personal & Shared Goals Compete to satisfy public Assignments earning more VP the earlier you complete the objective. At the end of the game, earn additional VP from private Awards that scale according to how well you've met their conditions. -description from the publisher
Designers
Charlie Bink, Danielle Reynolds
Publisher
Inside Up Games
Categories
Mechanics