I think I'll get this for my "games to play with girlfriend" shelf along with wingspan, everdell and the isle of cats. Thanks for your video, I originally dismissed it too.

This game has been on and off my wishlist so many times. Every time I see the illustrations I add it back on. 😊

I highly recommend this game. A extremely thematic lighter small engine building game with a bit of tension. Beautiful game.

i love this review style.these are the boxes i check when i decide to purchase a game,keep it up

Your channel is destined for greatness. Great quality, unique perspective and relatable hosts. Subscribed!

Thank you so much for this analysis! I've been trying to tell if this'll be a good gift for someone who loves Wingspan and visiting parks in real life. I've been hesitant about which of the several parks-themed games out there are actually good and true to the theme of experiencing parks themselves. With traveling still so far away in the future during the pandemic, I think this will be the next best thing! Your video was super helpful - thank you thank you!

This game is what happened when Tokaido and Splendor get together. I once played this with two of my friends, perhaps during the early days of the nightfall kickstarter, and they completely got hooked. Mainly it's because of the artwork, they say. All in all, definitely a must buy.

I like this approach to game overviews. Thanks!

Great selection of BGM, it makes the presentation very evocative

I love this right/wrong style of review, thanks!

Great overview, thank you guys for taking the time and presenting this game to us in such a detailed manner. (Special thx for the attention to the innovative section ;)).

After creating board game related content, I appreciate even more the time, effort, energy and creativity that goes into making those stunning B-rolls. Viewers cannot imagine how much work it takes to do it so splendidly as you did. Superb job! I'm still on the fence with Parks because I'm a sucker for great art but have way too many unplayed gorgeous games, haha.

Great job guys. This format of video is awesome for us board gamers on the fence. Just bought it!

I am loving the right for you wrong for you series! Thanks so much this game looks like a good one!

Love the way y'all go about your videos. Keep up the great work, second video watched and I am a fan. P.S. Those ducks need horns.. 🙃

Loved the video! You earned yourself another subscriber :) Just a thought though. It'd be helpful to have some sort of text or title card over on the side of the video where the viewers can see the topic that you guys are talking about. That way if anyone tuned out for a bit they can jump right back in to listening at your guy's great insight. Or maybe if we missed your discussion on the innovation of parks we could find that discussion again quickly. Looking forward to your future videos!

Just got my kickstarter copy and expansion today. The memory game wasn’t for me but the original seems right up my alley. Can’t wait to play!

when it came on kickstarter, i was on the cusp, but i'm a fool for aesthetics... and in retrospect, i am SOOO happy i backed it. opening it, learning it and playing it... it felt like christmas came early. THIS is my personal number 1 game of 2019.

I backed the first KS based solely on the artwork and my love of national parks. The bonus is I thoroughly enjoy the gameplay! I plan to take this car camping with me and my camping/gaming buddy and literally immerse ourselves in the theme. :)

I made the same mistake not backing this when I saw it on kickstarter! After it came out I thought it looked so well produced, and your beautiful cinematography has just emphasised that :) Thanks for doing this Right for you/Wrong for you! You've pushed me over the fence and I'm going to go see where I can get my hands on this haha.

OMG! I just found out that this game is in my local shop! And I'm from Poland! :D And thank you so much for that video! I would have no idea that that game exist if it isn't for you :)

Cool! Didn't know this was back on kickstarter. Backed!

You guys make well produced videos and i hope you all do well in the market.

This game looks great! Thought I would check out your review with the pre-order for the new expansion pack opening Tuesday! Would love a past 2am on it.

This feels a lot lot like Tokaido but with simplified resources and a variable board. Which is absolutely fascinating to me. As much as I love Tokaido for its ability to get my casual gaming friends to try new things, I found that it had a bit much going on in its scoring for new players to feel 100% satisfied with it, while its static board meant that it gets stale quicker than I'd like. This game seems to address those issues.

I am a sucker for a good theme and nice design. This is why I have Everdell and just ordered Parks - what is amazing in both cases, they are both great games.

I love this game. My family has a lot of fun playing this.

I love how this game looks. I don't own it yet, but it makes me want to buy it. I'm just not sure if it wouldn't be too simple. The complexity rates somewhere between The quest for El Dorado and Stone age. Btw.. You're doing a great job reviewing this. I subscribed.

It sounds dumb but seeing the cards for the first time of different parks almost made me cry from nostalgia when I opened the box.

If you want an intro/light game along these lines, look into Tokaido. Same vibe (enjoying the journey). Lighter set collection, simple to teach, and pretty. This adds some elements to make things a little more engaging for non-beginners.

This is a great game!!! Components are well done and the art is just beautiful! The strategic approach varies depending on the number of players. But, it's amazing regardless!

Dismissed this too so thx for this video pricing is a bit too high i think but gonna pick it up anyways . And when is the first qauckehickingboaedgame holiday available ? I’d like to book two seats pls

Such a pretty game!

I played this game roe the first time with my boyfriend at a board game meetup and we instantly decided to buy it for our personal collection.

"I play this just to win." I know you were kidding here, but if you ever do a Q&A I'd love to hear from everyone who plays games on the channel, "Why do you play games?"

Do you have an evaluation of the Memories version? I’m interested in the artwork, but I’m thinking that I might get that version to the table more often.

Just looking at the Kickstarter and wondering about it. Awesome timing (not a coincidence but good move :) )

I like this game a lot. I’d love to play it more but unfortunately the day has only these many hours 😭 I was able to get it last October and I only played it three times 😭😭 The only one complaint I have on this is the insert: it’s great, it’s neat and elegant and the log-shaped resource trays make it a breeze to ready it for play, but the moment you decide to sleeve cards, it all falls into pieces because the card trays are precisely cut for non peeves cards. Nothing will ever fit if you sleeve cards and unfortunately you shuffle them all: parks, gear and canteen cards. I have to admit I was a bit worried when handling the cards during my plays; that might be a factor that keeps me from playing the game as much as I’d like 😕 If they’re planning a reprint with the Parks Memories KS campaign, it would be awesome if they decided to increase box size to make the card trays compatible with sleeves (in all three dimensions)

My copy of the game has removed the words from the card backs and just uses iconography, so that may take a bit to get used to

I found this game very reminiscent of TOKAIDO. Really enjoyed it.

Hey guys, can you help me out here. You mention very early on that 1) this game is currently on Kickstarter. I assume you mean “Parks”. Then you say 2) “Parks Memory” is their newest game. Is this a different game entirely, an expansion to “Parks”, or a second addition that includes both “Parks” and “Parks Memory”, Thanks as always for your great vids!

I just found this game, pretty much brand new with all pieces at the thrift store for $4...researching in how to play now 😍

I played TRAILS first, and I liked it. And now I’m looking at PARKS (I own it , but haven’t played) and it just feels needlessly big, with twice as many components and cards and rules for a lot of the same feel. Is it worth it?

As a Canadian I’d like to see a Parks Canada version!

So when is the “Quackalope tours America” tour?

some owners of this game take the cards to parks they visit and get the official park passport stamp of that park on the card.neat idea.

It's definitely right for me. The game looks fun and would be a great addition to my collection. But here's the thing, do I want to buy it? Let's put money aside for the moment, what's important to me, and probably a lot of others, is the investment. If you have too many games or too many similar games that don't get played often, buying more is just bad. Sure, if I bought this game, and it hit the table a bunch, it's worth it. But if I it's just another set-collection game to add to my ... collection, then that isn't a good reason to buy it. So what I'd like to see in these videos, if possible, are other similar games and how this would fit into a library that owns game X, Y, Z from your perspective. How's this play differently from similar games I own like Tokaido and Kanagawa? For one, it's American and not Japanese. But then what else? What does this have going for it that the other games I own do not? Tom Vasel often compares games to other games, and I find that very valuable. I'm not saying you have to be The Dice Tower, but I'm only getting if the game's right for me. If you're going to add price, I'd like to see your thoughts with comparisons because if similar game X and Y don't hit the table often, Parks probably won't either unless it does something fundamentally different with gameplay or theme. And in this case, the theme is extremely similar to Kanagawa and Tokaido if only an American take. So after I know the value of the game in my collection with my board game groups on my table(s), then price comes to play. If I think I'll get 2-3 plays out of it, and it's $20, that's different than $50+ with expansions. Hopefully that makes sense. A price to me is nothing without context; although for some, the price itself is a hard limiter.

Love this game.

This game is great!

There is something to be said about theme integration and how difficult that can be to find. I'm not sure I'd consider it "innovation" per se, but it's rare enough that I'd say it's pretty unique.

First game (kinda sorta)

Hey there ;)

I think I'm picking up your voices on each others' mics, and they're just slightly out of sync. It's giving this strange stereo effect with the audio even though it's mono. Maybe the mics are just really high quality and my ears aren't used to it. What's going on with it sounding weird to me?

I'm not saying everybody needs to go all JonGetsGames with their review structure, but it seems you are constantly jumping back and forth between your opinions, some game rules and arguing about whether I as a viewer need to be told if I might light it.

What I got out of this review... “um hum, yeah”