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Jun 1, 2026·Review·14:01·304·Watch on YouTube

First Giants

Tantrum House

Watch “First Giants,” a board game review for First Giants from Tantrum House on BoardGameVideo.

Description provided by Tantrum House on YouTube:

Learn more about the game here: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/462464/first-giants Is First Giants the spiritual successor to Elysium? In this review, Kevin and Melissa from Tantrum House take a close look at First Giants from Space Cowboys — a streamlined set collection and engine-building game about collecting fossils, building combos, and deciding the perfect moment to cash in your cards for points. We cover: 🎲 How First Giants plays 🦴 The fossil-themed components and artwork ⚖️ Strategic decisions and scoring tension 🔍 Comparisons to Elysium 👍 What we enjoyed 👎 Our critiques 🏆 Who this game is best for If you enjoy approachable strategy games with meaningful choices, engine building, and tactical scoring, First Giants may deserve a spot on your shelf. Have you played First Giants or Elysium? Let us know which one you prefer in the comments! #boardgames #FirstGiants #Elysium #TantrumHouse #BoardGameReview #TabletopGames #EngineBuilding #BoardGaming #SpaceCowboys #BoardGameGeek And learn more about us at: https://TantrumHouse.com

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First Giants

2026Matthew Dunstan, Brett J. Gilbert

Videos: 18
Creators: 13

Mostly reviews and unboxings. First Giants is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 8 reviews, 4 how-to-play guides, 1 recorded sessions, and 5 unboxings.

2 - 5 players

30 min

Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting

About First Giants, from BoardGameGeek:

Dive into First Giants, a race to create the most prestigious prehistorical animal exhibit! Build your engine by collecting cards with powerful effects OR score points by playing your cards in the exhibit area. But beware! Once displayed, you'll lose their beneficial effects. Timing is crucial to win! First Giants is a game of set collecting and combinations in which players recruit cards representing dinosaurs, flying reptiles, giant mammals… of various sizes. These cards have many different powers and you can create powerful combinations to earn amber, victory points and the ability to exhibit your fossils. -description from the publisher

Designers

Matthew Dunstan, Brett J. Gilbert

Artists

Maud Chalmel, Jessica Cognard

Publisher

Space Cowboys

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Card Game

Mechanics

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