Block and Key Review. A very 3D block placement game where it's your 2D view that matters.

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Welcome to our review of Block and Key an interesting spatial reasons and pattern matching board game from Canadian publishers Inside-Up Games. This block placement board game features really fantastic components and a very eye catching two leveled board. This review is one segment of episode 229 of The Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast, Kickstart My Heart. Watch it here: https://youtu.be/-AqmwX33d6A Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/tabletopbellhop?sub_confirmation=1 Please consider tipping your Bellhop: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopbellhop Disclosure: Thanks to Inside-Up Games for giving us a review copy of this board game. Links below may be affiliate links. Using these costs you nothing but may earn us a small commission. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. ******************** Timestamps: 00:00 WHAT IS BLOCK AND KEY? 01:22 BLOCK AND KEY COMPONENTS 03:37 HOW IS BLOCK AND KEY PLAYED? 07:24 BLOCK AND KEY SOLO MODE 08:08 OUR JOURNEY WITH BLOCK AND KEY? 15:51 WHO SHOULD PICK UP BLOCK AND KEY? 18:52 CLOSING AND WHERE TO FIND MORE ******************** From the publisher: In Block and Key, adventurers excavate 3D blocks and strategically place them on the floor of a long-forgotten temple to fulfill key card objectives. These ancient ruins are constructed from the game box itself, and can be set up in 30 seconds! CLEVERLY PLACE 3D BLOCKS IN A SHARED SPACE TO UNLOCK THE KEY TO VICTORY POINTS. Each turn, adventurers either draw new blocks from the excavation site or place one block into the shared temple floor. If a pattern created by the blocks visible from that adventurer’s perspective match the patterns on their key cards, they may claim the key. At the end of the game, players score points for the number of visible block faces matching the color on their enigma card and the value of their claimed keys. The adventurer with the most points wins! Player Count: 1-4 Estimated Game Length: 20-40 minutes Solo mode included! ******************** Head over to the Tabletop Bellhop blog where you'll find more tabletop gaming content, including game and game night advice, reviews, and more: https://tabletopbellhop.com Sign up for our newsletter: https://newsletter.tabletopbellhop.com Watch our Block and Key Unboxing: https://youtu.be/1RLnjokr2Ec Check out our written review of Block and Key for even more information about this game, plus plenty of pictures: https://tabletopbellhop.com/game-reviews/block-and-key/ Pick up your own copy of Block and Key direct from Inside Up games: https://insideupgames.com/our-games/block-and-key/ Find us all over the web: Dice.camp: https://dice.camp/@TabletopBellhop/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tabletopbellhop/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/tabletopbellhop Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tabletopbellhop/ Twitch: https://twitch.tv/tabletopbellhop Discord: https://discord.tabletopbellhop.com Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/tabletopbellhop.bsky.social