The Best 10 Games of 2024

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  • @1AngelAlita
    @1AngelAlita 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    I would appreciate if there was a picture of the game in progress, so that I can see how the game actually looks like..

  • @Alestier1
    @Alestier1 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thanks for the breakdown! Keep 'em coming!!
    Can you lock your camera's focus during these talking head segments? As you move boxes around and gesticulate, your focus shifts. Cheers!!

  • @a.c.s.6204
    @a.c.s.6204 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    The thing that makes slay the spire the board game so amazing is the cooperative mode. Not only does it implement the feeling of the video game perfectly but it improves upon it. Cooperative mode allows creating combos together. Figuring out which lane to kill first. And then overall is just a banger of a time. For me the biggest downside is how long it takes to complete a full run but every minute is worth it to me.

  • @morgaknightgames
    @morgaknightgames 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I'm pretty sure that Unconscious Minds will be in my top ten new to me this year. It's currently on my table while I read the rule book, and I'm hoping to get it played this weekend.

    • @BoardGameCo
      @BoardGameCo  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's great :)

    • @XX-wj5jv
      @XX-wj5jv 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      So how do you feel about Unconscious Minds now?

  • @TabletopExpress
    @TabletopExpress 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Some great choices on here - more than a few that will likely be on our list at the end of the year. Gotta try Confusing Lands.

  • @joek0620
    @joek0620 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thanks for the thoughts on Things in Rings. It convinced me to get it as I love the Button Shy game, Converge, also by the same designer.

    • @BoardGameCo
      @BoardGameCo  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It's great :)

  • @amuzed9020
    @amuzed9020 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    A big feature of Slay the Spire Board game is the cooperative multiplayer gameplay, highly recommend 😊

    • @beerman2000
      @beerman2000 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Agreed. If the plan is to play true solo, you should 100% let the computer do all that upkeep and overhead (like shuffling 100 times) for you. However, if you want to have a blast with some friends this is a HUGE hit

  • @DeathbladeX619
    @DeathbladeX619 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Where's Arcs? D:

  • @JasonSmithPsychedelicTherapist
    @JasonSmithPsychedelicTherapist 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Alex, I've wanted Skyrise for a long time, based solely on the look of it. I have no idea how it plays, but it just looks cool. Glad to hear you like it, and that gives me some more motivation. It's weird, but in the old days I would just buy games based on the way they looked on the shelf. Later, I've gotten into reviews, and reviews, and recommendations, and more reviews...
    I wish I had just bought the game and gave it a try, with zero input. Grin.

  • @cryoakira7095
    @cryoakira7095 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Right now, one of my hit of 2024 is Chants for the Old Ones. It's a classic workers placement + deckbuilding combo but the vibe of it is great, the art fantastic, with interesting small tactical adjustments, and variable victory conditions. Really having fun with it.

  • @randybookman
    @randybookman 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    There are so so so many games now that even reviewer lists of top 10s of 2024 have little to no cross over.

  • @kylemoore7746
    @kylemoore7746 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Rome: Fate of an Empire somehow has stolen my heart this year. It had no business being as great as it is, and while I know it's only a small solo experience, it lived up to the potential and hype for me. I'm getting some of the thrills Mage Knight delivered in a more accessible form, but with an theme and engine that fit my tastes better. I hope they make more content for it.

  • @equinox64
    @equinox64 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    2024 has been great. And fun to hear your list. So far , the games that have impressed me are Inventions, Men Nefer, Unconscious Mind, Minos, and Daitoshi

  • @sugarayyy
    @sugarayyy หลายเดือนก่อน

    You're great at videos and I always get so many new ideas and game from you, and I don't mean to sound rude because again I love your content, but if you could just hold your excitement just a bit and talk slower you would help us non native speakers out there. Again, great content. Loved your Grimcoven review, helped me decide to finally back it!

  • @Judgedredd1973
    @Judgedredd1973 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Elite is not upside down anymore. I can finally sleep at night!

  • @ryanlohman4922
    @ryanlohman4922 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I didn’t buy any new games this year which is a first since starting the hobby.
    I’m looking forward to my copy of terrorscape in 2025.

  • @jcapo5
    @jcapo5 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I'm loving hara kiri. it's permanently set up until I finish the campaigne. I dont think it counts because it's second edition but I got townsfolk tussle last week and that game is amazing

  • @kevinhoyne1184
    @kevinhoyne1184 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    Not a fan of lists for the year this early. I felt the same with the 2024 v 2023 crowd funding video. Wait a bit closer to year end. Feels like being first is more important than the list.

  • @hermanturnip3984
    @hermanturnip3984 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I'm currently obsessed with LotR: Duel for Middle Earth. Just discovered the fan-made solo version which (IMHO) should have been included in the game proper. Good pick!

  • @mathueryannmakesboardgames6286
    @mathueryannmakesboardgames6286 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great list, love to see that Confusing Lands made it!

  • @jonathana6298
    @jonathana6298 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have an all-in copy of Primal. I unboxed it… and I still haven’t played it. It’s on my pile of shame. I need to sit down and learn it one of these days.

  • @srebme2
    @srebme2 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I want to get my hands on Faraway and Spectacular. They sound like games I would really enjoy

    • @BoardGameCo
      @BoardGameCo  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Both so fantastic and so easy to play

  • @trolololoolable
    @trolololoolable 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +35

    Consider adding B roll

    • @polymossimal
      @polymossimal หลายเดือนก่อน

      He’s too lazy to do that. He is about quantity not quality

  • @martinlauzon
    @martinlauzon 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I'm not ready to make my top 10, but Windmill Valley, Unconscious Mind and Castle Combo are going to be in it.

  • @BoomDoll
    @BoomDoll 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Unconscious Mind is absolutely that good. Hope you get to play it soon.

  • @JasonRedeemed
    @JasonRedeemed 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Loving Slay the Spire, loving Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle Earth, but gotta say that Freedom Five so far has been my favorite 2024 game. :)

  • @TimothyScamp
    @TimothyScamp 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I agree, Skyrise should go down as a classic.

  • @sapien01010
    @sapien01010 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Two big surprises on this list: that Confusing Lands is on it (I love that game, but no one seems to know it exists) and that Elder Scrolls is so low.

    • @BoardGameCo
      @BoardGameCo  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Elder Scrolls gameplay is higher, but I'm hesitant to table it which takes away.

  • @aarontaylor24
    @aarontaylor24 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I got my unconscious mind looking forward to getting to the table tonight.

    • @BoardGameCo
      @BoardGameCo  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Nice! I'm tabling a friends copy Monday :)

  • @Gathanokos
    @Gathanokos 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Skyrise is such a strange game for me. I love it...? But I don't want to...but I do...XD Due to its easy to learn/teach hard to master -ness, I think it is one of the most played game this year!

  • @tmorris6071
    @tmorris6071 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Would you consider on your final frame typing up all the games you just reviewed?

  • @CallipygianMoose
    @CallipygianMoose 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I don't think Primal is as hard to table as it is to store. They should have you fight the box because that thing is a monster.

  • @DennisLHubbard
    @DennisLHubbard 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I never would have guessed I hadn’t played a single game on your list! Maybe I should go back to obsessively backing every moderately interesting crowdfunding campaign with the fervor of an addict with a severe case of FOMO…. Nah, 2021 can stay in 2021 😅😅😅

  • @traevian3013
    @traevian3013 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    No Rock Hard 1977? I’ve played it a few times and it is fantastic!

  • @DukeJohnny
    @DukeJohnny 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Yeah, I'm even more happy that I backed the Elder Scrolls Betrayal of the Second Era 😊 can't wait for the game to arrive!

    • @BoardGameCo
      @BoardGameCo  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's great :)

    • @TheQrank
      @TheQrank 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@BoardGameCoBut 100 pages of rules? Really 😅

  • @nastydumpling
    @nastydumpling 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    It would be much better if you would show game components on the table. It is very abstract to hear about games that I haven't played.

    • @gavingreenough7612
      @gavingreenough7612 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      100% i can't watch videos that don't show any components or gameplay (B-roll), I just skip through to see the names of stuff b/c it's easier to look it up online and look at stuff myself...

    • @BoardGameCo
      @BoardGameCo  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Totally respect that, ultimately as a one man team there's only so much I can do.

  • @PatrickBrophy
    @PatrickBrophy หลายเดือนก่อน

    The real draw of Slay the Spire is to play it cooperatively. Yes it is a great implementation of the video game, but the video game didn't have multiplayer.

  • @rioterism
    @rioterism หลายเดือนก่อน

    Endeavor Deep Sea and Arcs are top of the top for this year, where are they?!

    • @BoardGameCo
      @BoardGameCo  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Arca I haven't played, Endeavor I touch on :)

  • @laurencesingh3948
    @laurencesingh3948 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I haven't played as many 2024 releases as I did 2023 releases last year but here's my list and ranking so far:
    1. Inventors of the South Tigris
    2. Windmill Valley
    3. Ezra and Nehemiah
    4. Sankore: The Pride of Mansa Musa
    5. Shipwrights of the North Sea Redux
    6. Draft and Write Records
    7. Flatiron

  • @franck777
    @franck777 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era - Valenwood is an expandion, no?

  • @Catchafire2000
    @Catchafire2000 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I purchased Confusing Lands based on this video. I think it is a cute game but not a game that I will keep. The iconography is weird and too many rules to memorize the scoring conditions.

  • @steveschloegel5454
    @steveschloegel5454 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Does Primal: The Awakening beat Marvel Champions as your number one boss battler of all time? Keeping in mind 1-2 player, ease of play, accessibility and overall experience.

    • @jdrenwick57
      @jdrenwick57 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

      So for me I'd say Marvel champions is the game I'd play more often. It's so much easier to get out and play and easy enough to get new players into it (my wife won't play primal but loves marvel champions)
      That being said, primal is the better game imo.
      For marvel I don't feel like I need to mix up the decks very much (I'm not a super hardcore min maxer, that's kinda why I like it). But for primal I feel like if you aren't mixing up your deck then you're going to struggle. Each character plays very differently and each character can be set up in very different ways giving you a lot of different ways to play. Then you have equipment choice - do you go for abilities that compliment you or elemental weaknesses? So even before fighting a monster you have lots of choices to make.
      Fighting the monster is also more interesting. Firstly, the behaviour cards. They can make or break your turn and it's up to you (usually) when you trigger them. First playthrough you trigger everything to learn what they all do. Second time you learn what you should and shouldn't trigger.
      Secondly is the zones. It's not much but setting your partner up to attack the monsters weakspot is really satisfying while hiding in a bush to let your partner distract the monster so you can pop out later to smack them is always fun.
      Monsters have 4 levels to them so you can always adjust to your preference of difficulty. But I find that once I understand a monster I end up tweaking my deck and equipment to counter it and then I up the difficulty once I get too good at that particular monster

  • @andreisteopan3551
    @andreisteopan3551 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is funny: aside from spectacular, I have all the games from the left side, and none from the right side 🤣

  • @GameOn-2407
    @GameOn-2407 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hi Alex, where's Andromeda's Edge? There really wasn't much of a competition for this game.

    • @BoardGameCo
      @BoardGameCo  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Sadly it wasn't top 10 for me personally

  • @EfrainRiveraJunior
    @EfrainRiveraJunior 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I need to play Skyrise more. The few times we have played, it's been good, not great.

  • @michaelslack8900
    @michaelslack8900 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    There are some production issues so who knows, but... Innovation Ultimate?

    • @BoardGameCo
      @BoardGameCo  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I do love that game

  • @MichaelHastik
    @MichaelHastik 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You have interesting opinions to share. Is there some hidden benefit to speaking so rapidly as to slur your phrases and individual words, including your name? Even captions have a hard time interpreting you correctly? Not that this fact says a lot.

    • @BoardGameCo
      @BoardGameCo  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Just habit

  • @briant2438
    @briant2438 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Makes me wonder of the filming date. I have had Unconscious Mind for over a month now in the US. Elder Scrolls won't be delivering until at the earliest December but likely January 2025. Unconscious Mind is fantastic! I have been impressed by Skyrise as well; the deluxe edition is very nice. I would also add Dune War for Arrakis as an all star (and Tanares ultimate since it came this year but I know it doesn't count)

  • @charlestoher1529
    @charlestoher1529 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Arcs number 1 imo

    • @BoardGameCo
      @BoardGameCo  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I haven't played it yet :)

  • @Aragorn-wc8dr
    @Aragorn-wc8dr 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I like your list and yout reasoning, but man, you gotta show something besides the box, at least some containments...

  • @uwebech5825
    @uwebech5825 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Solid list of games but slow down for goodness sakes. What's the hurry?

    • @BoardGameCo
      @BoardGameCo  หลายเดือนก่อน

      I need to play them all more!

  • @amuzed9020
    @amuzed9020 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Is it time to make an updated top 10 favorite gateway games?

    • @BoardGameCo
      @BoardGameCo  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'm always down to do another one :)

  • @geoffdenham5063
    @geoffdenham5063 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Elder scrolls is unlikely to arrive in 2024 so not sure it should be on a list

  • @EfrainRiveraJunior
    @EfrainRiveraJunior 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have to try Faraway.

  • @spunky1973
    @spunky1973 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Good list, you need to slow down your talking speed a bit, you sound like an auctioneer.

  • @junhaoxu.
    @junhaoxu. 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Do you reckon Primal is better than the upcoming Monster Hunter Iceborne?

    • @BoardGameCo
      @BoardGameCo  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      To me yes

  • @Wylie288
    @Wylie288 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Your top 10 games lists are always super weird for me. The games get worse and worse the further up the list I go. Like every single time. I like games that design with purpose and you seem to like really contrived ideas or games based of IPs.

    • @CallipygianMoose
      @CallipygianMoose 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Usually with you on IPs, although slay the spire is very well designed. I also think Primal was very well thought out, a lot of time went in to making that game a good experience rather than just pumping it out there for a money grab.

    • @martinidamian
      @martinidamian 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You are both probably at very different times in your gaming hobby, not saying either is right just something to consider

  • @michal4736
    @michal4736 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Faraway - LOVE !

  • @Artiomdesign
    @Artiomdesign 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Primal ranked higher than oathsworn? 😅

    • @BoardGameCo
      @BoardGameCo  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Oathsworn isn't 2024....and also yes :)

    • @Artiomdesign
      @Artiomdesign 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I know oathsworn didn’t come out this year. I’m just surprised that you ranked primal higher than oath sworn in your boss battler rankings

    • @Artiomdesign
      @Artiomdesign 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      But nice.. :) just means i have to try primal out.

  • @TheErnieforss
    @TheErnieforss 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Did elder scroll come out?

    • @phinori
      @phinori 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Nope, it's not going to be a 2024 release. Maybe few backers in specific region(s) might get it towards the end of December but that remains to be seen.

    • @BoardGameCo
      @BoardGameCo  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Oh no! Sorry about that!

    • @TheErnieforss
      @TheErnieforss 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I was more worried that i didnt get my pledge level more than what year it came out.

  • @cameronsanborn9457
    @cameronsanborn9457 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Opinion= show footage of the games as you're describing them. We can't get a sense of what you're talking about without seeing it. I like you channel. But I move on from your videos when I don't see the games.

  • @coffeespoonman7931
    @coffeespoonman7931 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wow, Primal? I bounced so hard off that. Hated it solo and just strongly disliked it 2p. On paper, it should have been exactly my kind of game, but I found the turns limited due to small hand size, the combos rewarding but very rarely able to actually trigger, and the game itself just painfully fiddly. I can see why people might like it, but I had the exact opposite experience to you. I would probably call it my biggest disappointment of 2024.

  • @roaldfurstenberg5267
    @roaldfurstenberg5267 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    please add b roll

  • @arekkrolak6320
    @arekkrolak6320 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Its obvious you didnt play all the games from 2024. No need yo say it. Rather tell how many you did play

  • @Allthesmallteas
    @Allthesmallteas 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I recently bought a board game table in anticipation to Ender Scrolls coming it. I need it to hurry up haha. Also, i just bought Slay the Spire too. Hope that comes in soon.

  • @danielhoria9868
    @danielhoria9868 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +78

    Show images/videos from the games. Not your face. It s about games, not you

    • @pauldeschanel6997
      @pauldeschanel6997 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

      Calm down. Its his channel so there is his face. He could show pics if he had sone but you could just Listen to his opinion and look the pics up by yourself.🤔

    • @doubleyou8589
      @doubleyou8589 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I agree with you Daniel

    • @stephanerainsard2916
      @stephanerainsard2916 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Many of the videos on his channel are recorded in one shot. That’s the style.😊

    • @PhilosopherJEB
      @PhilosopherJEB 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      Bro, take it easy on the guy. At least he’s making actual content about something he cares about.
      If you have an opinion about something he SAYS, then I say go for it, but picking apart his thumbnails? C’mon…

    • @JeffAllenHammer
      @JeffAllenHammer 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      Here's the thing. It's his channel. Want what you just suggested? Find it. This is what he wants to do. He doesn't want to edit 4 hours just for you. Don't rag on youtubers. Find what you want or start your own if it doesn't exist.

  • @dcrbdh
    @dcrbdh 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Cyberpunk 2077 Gangs of night city with add ons has been the sleep hit for me.

  • @franck777
    @franck777 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Faraway is not a 2024 game...

  • @TateRoberts_007
    @TateRoberts_007 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Skyrise sucks. Sold it immediately after playing it twice. Actually quit before finishing second game. Awful. Games like this are not in my wheelhouse (Ra, Acquire, etc.). Hate it!

    • @BoardGameCo
      @BoardGameCo  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      At least you're consistent :)

  • @AFenrirAboutTown
    @AFenrirAboutTown 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hey Alex Radcliffe from BoardgameCo! Are you going to do anything on Sea Beasts? Or not because it's not on GameFound? Would like to get your insights!

  • @Mirage046
    @Mirage046 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Where is civolution

    • @BoardGameCo
      @BoardGameCo  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Haven't played it yet

  • @jgsugden
    @jgsugden 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I think you have an oversight here - the best game of 2024 to me is the Spark of Rebellion Starter Set with Vader v Luke. Yes, it is part of a CCG, but as a stand alone game that starter set is phenomenal.

  • @JAMman
    @JAMman 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Missing Arcs

  • @Bt7w
    @Bt7w 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Sounded like a hate speach against Patriots.
    Agree or leave . So much for democracy

  • @mrsteve4569
    @mrsteve4569 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Arcs? Andromeda’s Edge?

  • @jcdc9437
    @jcdc9437 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Andromeda’s Edge, Arcs and Inventions didn’t pay enough.

  • @danicangui
    @danicangui 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Too soon.. views fisher...

  • @MaDmonkey3311
    @MaDmonkey3311 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I skipped the video because there are no visuals shown of the game, you speak so fast I dont even bother to listen. Sorry :(

    • @BoardGameCo
      @BoardGameCo  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's all good, I appreciate the feedback 🙂

  • @jessec5294
    @jessec5294 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This video is useless without pictures/videos of the actual games.

    • @BoardGameCo
      @BoardGameCo  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Useless seems a bit of stretch.

  • @reiniergarcia
    @reiniergarcia หลายเดือนก่อน

    He doesn't even shows each game. Pathetic video. Downvoted.

    • @BoardGameCo
      @BoardGameCo  หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I think you need to get out a bit more. Talk to some people, smile a bit. It's good for you.