Join Mark for a full playthrough of Bordeaux, the compact paper-and-pencil game from designer Ben Rosset. In this video, Mark walks you through a complete game, showing how each unique player sheet works and explaining the choices he makes along the way as he makes wine and gathers resources. After a quick first attempt off-camera, this is a proper run-through played correctly from start to finish, so you can see exactly how everything comes together over the course of the game.
Bordeaux is a travel-sized, paper-and-pencil take on the board game Fromage, putting you in the shoes of a winemaker crafting, aging, and selling artisanal wines. Over 13 turns (years), you assign workers to either make wine or gather resources, choosing an action duration of 1, 2, or 3 years—longer durations are more powerful but keep that worker occupied for longer. At game-end, you score points for your wines and resources. Published in 2026 by Road To Infamy Games, it plays 1–75 players in around 30 minutes and needs nothing more than the book and something to write with, making it easy to play just about anywhere.
Bordeaux
Designer: Ben Rosset
Publisher: Road To Infamy Games (R2i Games) | 2026
1–75 players | 30 min | Ages 14+
00:00 Intro
00:41 Game Description
02:27 Components
04:02 Gameplay Start
07:03 Mid Game
12:34 Late Game
18:02 Final Rounds
18:57 Scoring
20:04 Final Thoughts
