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Apr 28, 2025·How to play·17:07·92·Watch on YouTube

The Whatnot Cabinet: calmly collecting curios (solo play through)

Ruel Gaviola

Ruel Gaviola

Watch “The Whatnot Cabinet: calmly collecting curios (solo play through),” a how-to-play guide for The Whatnot Cabinet from Ruel Gaviola on BoardGameVideo.

Description provided by Ruel Gaviola on YouTube:

Another outstanding game by Dr. Steve Finn! After playing Becca on Good Morning Society, I wanted to give the solo game a shot. Check out our Jacked Up Match-Up here: https://www.youtube.com/live/hqbSq1IDMyM?si=GoL6LrXHhj36qHIe&t=2928 0:00 Overview 0:50 Gameplay 15:14 Final Scoring 16:51 Outro Thanks to Pencil First Games for the copy of The Whatnot Cabinet. And thanks to Dave at Game Foundry for the cool component holder! Visit his Etsy store Game Foundry for awesome 3D printed game inserts and accessories: https://www.etsy.com/shop/GameFoundry Other places to find Ruel: ► DISCORD COMMUNITY Join the Fam Bam and chat about games, food, LEGOs, fur babies, and more! https://discord.gg/fxMvGcrmZr ► TABLETOP TONIGHT Ruel plays board games LIVE on Twitch! https://www.twitch.tv/ruelgaviola ► RAHDO RUNS THROUGH Ruel, Richard “Rahdo” Ham, Chris George and Ray Billings rank board games on The R&R Show! http://rnr.rahdo.com/ ► GOOD TIME SOCIETY Ruel and Becca Scott host Good Morning Society, a weekly show of board games, beverages, and shenanigans! https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtzTuYwAIJ8VpXh-hZ2eobekjJx9exs_I&si=vSKFX1cErvaxZ0_5 ◄◄◄ ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY ► ► ► This is a safe and family-friendly space and if you post something that is hateful or abusive, you will be BANNED immediately. Please THINK before you comment.

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The Whatnot Cabinet

The Whatnot Cabinet

2021·Eduardo Baraf, Steve Finn, Keith Matejka

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Mostly reviews and unboxings. The Whatnot Cabinet is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 2 reviews, 1 how-to-play guides, and 2 unboxings.

1 - 4 players
20 - 30 min
Light weight: Learn it in minutes

About The Whatnot Cabinet, from BoardGameGeek:

THE WHATNOT CABINET A Game of Rare, Unusual and Intriguing Objects CURIOUS COLLECTIONS Everyone enjoys discovering small, precious objects along beaches, trails, and the wilderness, but a special few have a knack for assembling those found objects into a curio collection. Leave your house, uncover intriguing objects, assemble them in your whatnot cabinet, and create a wonderful collection of curiosities. OBJECTIVE Collect tiny objects and score the most points by creating the best whatnot cabinet. Each round players travel away from home to find trinkets and doodads to add to their cabinets. As they do, they score curio points for sets of like objects, different, and various other unique setups. -description from the designer

Designers

Eduardo Baraf, Steve Finn, Keith Matejka

Artists

Kim Robinson, Beth Sobel

Publisher

Pencil First Games, LLC

Categories

Puzzle

Mechanics

DraftingSet Collection
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