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The Whatnot Cabinet

Create a curio cabinet with trinkets collected during your travels.

Everyone enjoys discovering small, precious objects, but a special few have a knack for assembling them into a true collection. Leave your house, uncover intriguing objects, arrange them in your Whatnot Cabinet, and create a wonderful collection of curiosities!

  • Collect all kinds of colorful objects
  • The best collection wins
  • Features beautiful illustrations
  • Row and column placement make intriguing choices

Includes multiplayer rules for up to 4 players plus a solo mode!

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Fascination Pack Mini-Expansion

Create new scoring opportunities and hidden objectives for more collecting challenges!

The Whatnot Cabinet: Fascination Pack Mini-Expansion includes 10 new cards to add to your game.

A copy of the base game is required.

Quotes

They did it again, another incredibly smooth, incredibly beautiful game. They just keep getting better ~ this is my favorite Pencil First Game yet.

Jimmy Hudson

Board Game Closet

If you like puzzle-placement games like Sagrada or Azul, you may enjoy The Whatnot Cabinet as well.

Jonathan Liu

GeekDad

Really great components, art, and interesting game play… The Whatnot Cabinet delivers on all of those.

Trent Ellingsen

Board Game Atlas

It is a beautiful game on the table and really hits that sweet spot of a competitive game that offers depth but keeps the time and clean-up to a minimum.

Isaac Villa

Gaming with Sidekicks

Just delightful. The game is almost perfectly streamlined… I would be remiss if I did not say my wife really enjoyed this game.

William

Hungry Gamer

I love this game. It’s quick to play, easy to teach, and fun for the whole family.

Chris Goodlet

Charity Boardgamer

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Resources

Components

1 Journey Board
1 Cloth Bag
4 Cabinet Mats
85 Curio Tiles
8 Wooden Pawns
60+ Point Tokens
12 Curiosity Cards
12 Solo Play Cards
5 Wonder Cards
4 Reference Cards

Credits

Eduardo Baraf
Steve Finn
Keith Matejka
Kim Robinson
Beth Sobel