Fantastic! I used to love this channel back in the day. I hope the relaunch goes well and that you have a lot of fun doing it. It looks like you've got a great location and, as it can't be denied that board games are making a huge comeback, I should think that you'll have a loyal following in no time. Cheers!

YESSSSS, this channel was around for the absolute start of my ride into the hobby! Im here for it!

Good luck. Looking forward to the channel being back. Love the energy!

I would check this channel periodically in the past years. I hope the former hosts get to visit/appear on it.

Wow. One of my first board game KZfaq channels ever! I will miss Kaja and Joanna of course!

This is amazing. I have missed Kaja and Joanna so much, they were the last reviewers I remember that talked about the best classic boardgames in a way you hear them being talked about in local game stores and friend groups. I feel like the industry has taken a weird turn with an abundance of overproduced, unimaginative games and an endless cycle of reprints in roll and write or legacy forms. Reviewers have become jaded and aren't talking about games they love to play any more but instead are promoting whatever shiny new game is going to help them increase their influence in the industry. Kaja and Joanna talked about games because of the joy they gave them. I hope you continue in their footsteps. Good luck from a loyal viewer.

Always happy to see more boardgame content on youtube. Excited to see what you have in store. I do have one question that did not seem particularly addressed in this video though. I am really not trying to be ugly here, but this question is going to come up, so I am trying to toss it to you as softly as I can before folks that are more skeptical might ask it more harshly. Can you talk more about what connection you have to the original channel and why you did not make a new channel instead? The only connection mentioned in the video was "I was a massive fan and avid watcher of the channel" and being geographically close to the original. That level of connection seems like its a bit loose to say that anything is "coming back". With that minimal level of connection it can give a perception that you're performing channel necromancy to get 25K free subscribers. Its hard breaking in on youtube, so I certainly don't begrudge you trying to find a way to jumpstart the algorithm for yourselves. But if that is what is happening, being more upfront about it engenders more understanding from the community than trying to gloss over it. I don't have any special position to judge, I just used to watch this channel's videos from a country away, so maybe you were super plugged in with the local community, were the #1 backer on patron, always talking on whatever discord/forums/etc they used to have, spent most days at the Starlight Citadel shop, etc, and were close to it in ways that are not apparent to an outsider.

I literally just had a reminiscing watch of the goodbye video here two days back....just goes to show! Best of luck with the relaunch!

OMG, best board games reviews! Missed you a lot!

Best of luck guys really looking forward to the revival of this channel. Miss the chemistry between Kaja and Joanna and how you plan to bring back the excitement of board games. Have they expressed any interest in guest starring on your show from time to time? 🙂

I just wish the old store would come back - it was an amazing resource

Starlit Citadel got me into the hobby of board gaming almost a decade ago and I was very sad to see It slowly disappear. So excited to see what you two have in store to restart this community! I know that we actually have quite the burgeoning community of board game creators locally as well so it would be super cool to perhaps see some interview/first look videos with some of those people. Best of luck to you both

Sounds awesome, excited for your guys' channel.

SC had a very different style of reviewing games. Looking forward to your shows.

I loved this channel back in the days. Looking forward to you two! ❤

WTH....This is a bit shocking. Very nice! Good to see the channel back.

Best of luck! I look forward to see what you offer.

Hello form Boston, MA

That's awesome!

I keep forgetting Pizzaria Ludica is a thing, i gotta visit again soon

Look I'm not going to lie, I'm going to miss the old pair... But what kept me coming back was really their [information] presentation style. Pease, consider a similar approach. I don't expect you to be clones, but, y'know... If the location is different, the hosts, the presentation, the camera work, and everything else including the background staff, and even the original SC shop having closed up... it's basically a Ship of Theseus. Is it really Starlit Citedel? I guess, in short, it needs to feel like you're a revival, rather than a new brand trying to bank on the people who forgot to unsubscribe when the old channel ended. I don't mean any of this in an antagonistic way, I'm just trying to give *specific* feedback.

StarlitCitadel used to be a business right ? not just a show on KZfaq. Was the old business in Canada owned and ran by Kaja and Joanna ? I thought the business closed down and went offline over 6 years ago. Did you buy the business ? or start a new business ? or you just picked up the KZfaq channel and you operate somewhere else in Canada ?

Yes, yes, yes! Welcome and hello.

What was the location of the original show? It looked like a warehouse of games behind them. We're you not allowed to use that place or is it gone?

Loved this channel when it was current. Re-subscribed.

noioioioioiiice!

Awesome but dont do 5e stuff. 5e is so over saturated specially on KZfaq. I’d rather see play throughs or vids on D&D board games.

Kudos and good luck. I cannot tell you how disappointed I am that two female hosts have been replaced by a male host and a female host. Males voices dominate board game discussions online -- the original Starlit Citadel was unusual in its time to have two extremely articulate women analyzing and discussing boardgames. This is an opportunity lost, if you ask me. Ah, well.