I would add Axio Sun tzu- one of the best 2 player area control games The bottle imp- modern trick taker Chimera station Queens architect Pinata The rose king Stichlen See land Team play Worlds fair 1893
The queen’s architect has been on my list FOREVER! Would love to play that! I have a copy of Seeland that I wasn’t able to bring back with me from Halifax. Can’t wait to get that played either :)
I have played Sun Tzu a number of times but I'm hopeless at it. Not a bad game, I just can't wrap my head around it I guess. I really want to play Worlds Fair.
I’ll mention a few: Currently #1,404 and rising, “Genotype: A Mendelian Genetics Game”. It has dice drafting and includes the theme of the 19th century Augustinian community and their genetic discoveries. #1,856, “Floriferous”. A pleasant twenty minute game making use of the “King Domino” turn order mechanism. Finally, a brand new one that plays quickly and with 2 to 6 players: “Gift of Tulips”. It is a twenty minute card game. It includes a “ thank you” inducing mechanism as you gift cards to others ( benefiting them with potential end game points) while you can gain in game points. Plus the score ranking of types of tulips is shifted by plays of the players. And there are hidden cards at the end revealed which can shift the points awarded in the “ tulip festival”. The art and theme is Dutch. It is currently way down at #7,937, but hopefully will climb up. All these games have plants/ flowers, so I must like that theme.
Hey guys, just found your channel. Really fun videos and I'm enjoying them. I do have a little suggestion. Could you please include timestamps for the videos? Makes it easier for quick consumption when I'm on the run. Other than that, keep up the awesome stuff.
This was a great list, I always love hearing about underated games. Asara is one I have had some interest in already and Brian Boru is so good. I looked into Strasbourg after you video and found it for a very high price tag. You are lucky to have one. Maybe one will turn up on the second hand market near me. I'd love to share with you a few of my hidden gems I recommend, ranked at 3,391 is Realm of Sand. Basically a great smash up of Splendor and Patchwork. Ranked at 2,684 is Capital Lux 2: Generations. It is a card drafting game that plays a bit like Black Jack. And lastly, ranked at 1,255 is Mykerinos. One of the best area control set collection games I've played. Every game plays to a very tight and tense finish. This one really needs a reprint.😎
I'm a year late to this party, but here are some other hidden gems and their ranking, to consider: Blockbuster - 3590 Cthulu Flux - 4246 De Stijl - 15995 Dutch Blitz - 1867 Evil baby Orphanage - 26384 Gloom - 2237 Hoverkraft - 23026 Kensigton - 25616 Mission to Planet Hexx - 11081 Side effects - 4950 The Shakespear game - Not ranked
Damn. You guys are so funny together! Nice list to! One of my hidden gems: Omega Centauri. An amazing 4x ranked at around 5800. Another one is Witchstone, just above a 1000. Great one! Renegade is another one. Kind of Spirit Island-light. Amazing game. Last one is Mini Rogue. A nice dungeon crawler at 1799.
Tough list to come up with Three Kingdoms Redux (1081) New Angeles (1220) Jump Drive (1074) Thunder & Lightning (1955) Shobu (1377) Race For the Chinese Zodiac (9636) Commands & Colors: Samurai Battles (3414) Triassic Terror (2911) Timeline (2626) Grifters (2449)
@@gregoriomagno17 It's a tremendously simple abstract to teach, but has just enough moving parts that it's easy to walk into a mistake. And you can't beat wood, stone and rope for components! Highly recommend.
You showed up on my suggested! I'm glad you did...great lists, great banter! I love these kinds of lists because there are SO many new gamers in the hobby and they will NEVER hear about these games. Ever. For me...New Angeles (such a great negotiation game, but need 5-6 people and 4 hours), Kraftwagen (making European sports cars for customers during the start of that era...play it with 2 and you'll thank me later!) and Ortus Regni (hard card game where you build a 24 card deck at the beginning of the game to be the last Earl standing against eachother and the Vikings. The cards have no text on them and all do 2-4 different things. It's a bit hard to learn, harder to teach: but it's a brilliant game and hands down THE BEST production for a card game prior to 2020)
@@PunchboardParty it went for between 45-60 back in the day. I think that's a fair amount. It had these wooden card trays that are beautiful but serve no real purpose other than to have your cards there for you to pick from in the BEGINNING of the game. Then they are not used. I have both expansions that open it up for 6 players and have SIX of these things that are heavy in the box. Haha
11:03 Wow, that is funny! I was just thinking of Royals - and was just about to look it up on BGG and then you just mentioned it! It is a great game! I just and the answer to my question: I knew that it was a re-implementation of a game, but I wasn’t sure which one. That game which it is a re-imp. of is Heads of State.
A lot of these games have some pretty bad/boring art. It's unfortunate, but that plays a LOT into BGG rankings. These same games reskinned will probably easily break the top 500 with no rules changes. It's unfortunate, but that's really the pattern here.
@@revimfadli4666 Sorry but there is value in it. Some games really let their theme explain the mechanics. And the look can make something more intuitive. It's more than simply a pretty coat of paint.
@@Dyskresiac "Sorry but there is value in it. Some games really let their theme explain the mechanics. And the look can make something more intuitive. It's more than simply a pretty coat of paint." Sorry but who says that I don't agree with those values? Or that those values don't exist? Or anything about "simply a pretty coat of paint"? Making rules more immersive and intuitive is actually one of my favorite uses of theming. Can't assume everyone else doesn't think that way, just because they don't unload all of their opinions in one comment... Notice how in the end, the theme-improved mechanics you mentioned still involve good gameplay. Meanwhile what I was talking about was when the aesthetics are good, but the gameplay isn't, yet people don't care due to the former. The theme-mechanic integration that we like probably don't even matter with such games
It's a pretty interesting discussion. For some people art definitely makes a bigger impact than others. I won't despise a game just because it has bad art, but when the industry is very crowded, even if it's a good game, the art will drop it compared to the other games around it
24:11 Yeah, it looks like a cool little game. I feel that it hasn’t gotten the exposure it should - probably because it is hard to find, since it is mainly in Germany.
How is it you had no cooperative games in your hidden gems? Here a couple of them, all ranked bellow 1000 on BGG: - Ghost Fightin' Treasure Hunters. A kid game surprisingly difficult, we must take all the treasures our of an haunted house. - Castle Panic. It is as fun for 6 years old kids and a group in our 30s, it is a tower defence, we must protect the castle. - Roll for Adventure. It is like Yum, but cooperative. - Okey Dokey. It is what The Game should have been. - Monsters in the Elevator. A silly game with no communication, we try to get the elevator to the 20th floor.
I've played Castle Panic. It's pretty good. I tend not to like cooperative games as you do something and then the game just spawns a bunch of monsters that run at you, but this one does it pretty well.
11:22 But I really don’t see the connection with TTR… This game is area control - it is interactive, too - because of the intrigue cards, which you don’t have in TTR.
New here...so what's up with the editing and all of the splice cuts? Can't you guys just roll camera and talk? It's really distracting. The guy with the hair-bun comes off as way too jittery. Too much coffee? I love board games and board game channels but I'm not sure your channel is for me. That being said, here's my top three (all kind of similar) that are ranked over 1000 on BGG; Level 7 Omega Protocol (BGG rank of 1088): It's simply one of my favorite One vs. All tactical games. The adrenaline mechanic is brilliant! Galaxy Defenders (1324): really fun solo/co-op minis board game with a great alien A.I. structure. Sword & Sorcery stole a lot of thunder from GD but I think it made it way too complex. Super Dungeon Explore (1946): great game with horrible rulesets...needs help but it is a beautiful game and a lot of fun. Their Kickstarter rip-off crushed fans and Arcadia Quest became much more popular.
Yeah...sometimes we get distracted and end up talking about things that aren't entirely relevant 😒. Level 7 is quite good. I haven't gotten it to the table in awhile, but you may have just reminded me to bring it back.
TH-camrs really need to drop these "OF ALL TIME" from titles. It doesn't mean anything. Everything is "OF ALL TIME", and a year and a half from now, it's out-dated. If it's "ALL TIME" you should be considering the future, board-games from 10 years, 20 years from now and that's just silly. Just don't use the term, the only thing it's doing is making your video look "sensationalist".
I like the title. Typically when someone refers to time they are referencing to the time that has already happened . Typically when someone refers to time it’s encompassing the past and the present as time in the future has not happened yet.
Thanks for the insight. It is definitely worth thinking about 😊 I don’t intend to mislead, but I want to garner interest best I can. I will continue experimenting!
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I would add
Axio
Sun tzu- one of the best 2 player area control games
The bottle imp- modern trick taker
Chimera station
Queens architect
Pinata
The rose king
Stichlen
See land
Team play
Worlds fair 1893
The queen’s architect has been on my list FOREVER! Would love to play that! I have a copy of Seeland that I wasn’t able to bring back with me from Halifax. Can’t wait to get that played either :)
I have played Sun Tzu a number of times but I'm hopeless at it. Not a bad game, I just can't wrap my head around it I guess. I really want to play Worlds Fair.
I loved the drop-kick! Gave me a great laugh.
Our pleasure :)
I’ll mention a few: Currently #1,404 and rising, “Genotype: A Mendelian Genetics Game”. It has dice drafting and includes the theme of the 19th century Augustinian community and their genetic discoveries. #1,856, “Floriferous”. A pleasant twenty minute game making use of the “King Domino” turn order mechanism. Finally, a brand new one that plays quickly and with 2 to 6 players: “Gift of Tulips”. It is a twenty minute card game. It includes a “ thank you” inducing mechanism as you gift cards to others ( benefiting them with potential end game points) while you can gain in game points. Plus the score ranking of types of tulips is shifted by plays of the players. And there are hidden cards at the end revealed which can shift the points awarded in the “ tulip festival”. The art and theme is Dutch. It is currently way down at #7,937, but hopefully will climb up. All these games have plants/ flowers, so I must like that theme.
Haha I am really intrigued by Genotype! I might get a hold of that one myself :)
Flowers are great! Nothing wrong with that!
Genotype is brilliant!
I'll have to check out Genotype and Gift of Tulips. Thanks for the tip.
The drop kick was so funny! Great job on the video and list.
Thank you!!!
Hey guys, just found your channel. Really fun videos and I'm enjoying them. I do have a little suggestion. Could you please include timestamps for the videos? Makes it easier for quick consumption when I'm on the run. Other than that, keep up the awesome stuff.
Yes! I am terrible at this. I will try on our next one :)
love your energy and enthusiasm
Thank you !
28:40 Cursed Court. Never heard of that game - and I’ve heard of most of the games on this list!
This was a great list, I always love hearing about underated games. Asara is one I have had some interest in already and Brian Boru is so good. I looked into Strasbourg after you video and found it for a very high price tag. You are lucky to have one. Maybe one will turn up on the second hand market near me.
I'd love to share with you a few of my hidden gems I recommend, ranked at 3,391 is Realm of Sand. Basically a great smash up of Splendor and Patchwork. Ranked at 2,684 is Capital Lux 2: Generations. It is a card drafting game that plays a bit like Black Jack. And lastly, ranked at 1,255 is Mykerinos. One of the best area control set collection games I've played. Every game plays to a very tight and tense finish. This one really needs a reprint.😎
Capital Lux 2 is a really interesting game. A nice sort of breed between area control and a bit of gambling.
I'm a year late to this party, but here are some other hidden gems and their ranking, to consider:
Blockbuster - 3590
Cthulu Flux - 4246
De Stijl - 15995
Dutch Blitz - 1867
Evil baby Orphanage - 26384
Gloom - 2237
Hoverkraft - 23026
Kensigton - 25616
Mission to Planet Hexx - 11081
Side effects - 4950
The Shakespear game - Not ranked
You really gave me a good laugh and some good tips. And you got yourself a new subscriber.
Thank you! Happy to make you laugh 😄
Nice pick on otys. Great game
Codex Naturalis is pretty dang good. A lot of game from just a modest box of small pretty cards. I think it's pretty hard to find right now.
Okay. I need to come up for air now. 😆
Damn. You guys are so funny together! Nice list to!
One of my hidden gems: Omega Centauri. An amazing 4x ranked at around 5800.
Another one is Witchstone, just above a 1000. Great one!
Renegade is another one. Kind of Spirit Island-light. Amazing game.
Last one is Mini Rogue. A nice dungeon crawler at 1799.
Thank you! We have a good time 😄
I’ll check these out! Thanks for the Rec’s!
Tough list to come up with
Three Kingdoms Redux (1081)
New Angeles (1220)
Jump Drive (1074)
Thunder & Lightning (1955)
Shobu (1377)
Race For the Chinese Zodiac (9636)
Commands & Colors: Samurai Battles (3414)
Triassic Terror (2911)
Timeline (2626)
Grifters (2449)
I want to try Shobu. It just looks so unique.
@@gregoriomagno17 It's a tremendously simple abstract to teach, but has just enough moving parts that it's easy to walk into a mistake. And you can't beat wood, stone and rope for components! Highly recommend.
You showed up on my suggested! I'm glad you did...great lists, great banter! I love these kinds of lists because there are SO many new gamers in the hobby and they will NEVER hear about these games. Ever. For me...New Angeles (such a great negotiation game, but need 5-6 people and 4 hours), Kraftwagen (making European sports cars for customers during the start of that era...play it with 2 and you'll thank me later!) and Ortus Regni (hard card game where you build a 24 card deck at the beginning of the game to be the last Earl standing against eachother and the Vikings. The cards have no text on them and all do 2-4 different things. It's a bit hard to learn, harder to teach: but it's a brilliant game and hands down THE BEST production for a card game prior to 2020)
I’m glad you found us!! These are solid picks! I have never heard of Ortus regni. It looks like a beast! I am intrigued to be sure!
@@PunchboardParty It has a free app but it's no longer supported and just crashes. It's great though!
@@raymyers700 I found a copy on Amazon for 75 is that way overpriced??
@@PunchboardParty it went for between 45-60 back in the day. I think that's a fair amount. It had these wooden card trays that are beautiful but serve no real purpose other than to have your cards there for you to pick from in the BEGINNING of the game. Then they are not used. I have both expansions that open it up for 6 players and have SIX of these things that are heavy in the box. Haha
@@raymyers700 O that’s funny! Gotta love heavy wooden card holders!
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Thank you! We like to have fun!!
11:03 Wow, that is funny! I was just thinking of Royals - and was just about to look it up on BGG and then you just mentioned it! It is a great game! I just and the answer to my question: I knew that it was a re-implementation of a game, but I wasn’t sure which one. That game which it is a re-imp. of is Heads of State.
We are big fans of Royals!!
You guys are awesome!
Thank you !!!
A lot of these games have some pretty bad/boring art. It's unfortunate, but that plays a LOT into BGG rankings. These same games reskinned will probably easily break the top 500 with no rules changes. It's unfortunate, but that's really the pattern here.
Hmmmmm! That’s an interesting observation. You could totally be on to something there 😎
It's quite perplexing how many "play"ers obsess over aesthetics and theme rather than *gameplay,* when it comes to board *gaming*
@@revimfadli4666 Sorry but there is value in it. Some games really let their theme explain the mechanics. And the look can make something more intuitive. It's more than simply a pretty coat of paint.
@@Dyskresiac "Sorry but there is value in it. Some games really let their theme explain the mechanics. And the look can make something more intuitive. It's more than
simply a pretty coat of paint."
Sorry but who says that I don't agree with those values? Or that those values don't exist? Or anything about "simply a pretty coat of paint"? Making rules more immersive and intuitive is actually one of my favorite uses of theming. Can't assume everyone else doesn't think that way, just because they don't unload all of their opinions in one comment...
Notice how in the end, the theme-improved mechanics you mentioned still involve good gameplay. Meanwhile what I was talking about was when the aesthetics are good, but the gameplay isn't, yet people don't care due to the former. The theme-mechanic integration that we like probably don't even matter with such games
It's a pretty interesting discussion. For some people art definitely makes a bigger impact than others. I won't despise a game just because it has bad art, but when the industry is very crowded, even if it's a good game, the art will drop it compared to the other games around it
18:26 So:
Kashgar = Good; Tash-Kalar = Bad… Got it! :-
24:11 Yeah, it looks like a cool little game. I feel that it hasn’t gotten the exposure it should - probably because it is hard to find, since it is mainly in Germany.
How is it you had no cooperative games in your hidden gems? Here a couple of them, all ranked bellow 1000 on BGG:
- Ghost Fightin' Treasure Hunters. A kid game surprisingly difficult, we must take all the treasures our of an haunted house.
- Castle Panic. It is as fun for 6 years old kids and a group in our 30s, it is a tower defence, we must protect the castle.
- Roll for Adventure. It is like Yum, but cooperative.
- Okey Dokey. It is what The Game should have been.
- Monsters in the Elevator. A silly game with no communication, we try to get the elevator to the 20th floor.
Haha fair observation! Cooperative games are not usually our favourites 😬
Great suggestions though! I’ll keep my eye out!
I've played Castle Panic. It's pretty good. I tend not to like cooperative games as you do something and then the game just spawns a bunch of monsters that run at you, but this one does it pretty well.
11:22 But I really don’t see the connection with TTR… This game is area control - it is interactive, too - because of the intrigue cards, which you don’t have in TTR.
Just the basic mechanism of drawing cards to find the right colours so you can play on the board. The rest of the game is quite different I agree!
@@PunchboardParty Ah, gotcha
1 day I will play my copy of Otys
Do it!!
Royals is my favorite game. Never play Ticket to Ride again after Royals.
Sooooo good!
Kashgar is awesome
It certainly is!!!
New here...so what's up with the editing and all of the splice cuts? Can't you guys just roll camera and talk? It's really distracting. The guy with the hair-bun comes off as way too jittery. Too much coffee?
I love board games and board game channels but I'm not sure your channel is for me.
That being said, here's my top three (all kind of similar) that are ranked over 1000 on BGG;
Level 7 Omega Protocol (BGG rank of 1088): It's simply one of my favorite One vs. All tactical games. The adrenaline mechanic is brilliant!
Galaxy Defenders (1324): really fun solo/co-op minis board game with a great alien A.I. structure. Sword & Sorcery stole a lot of thunder from GD but I think it made it way too complex.
Super Dungeon Explore (1946): great game with horrible rulesets...needs help but it is a beautiful game and a lot of fun. Their Kickstarter rip-off crushed fans and Arcadia Quest became much more popular.
Yeah...sometimes we get distracted and end up talking about things that aren't entirely relevant 😒. Level 7 is quite good. I haven't gotten it to the table in awhile, but you may have just reminded me to bring it back.
TH-camrs really need to drop these "OF ALL TIME" from titles. It doesn't mean anything. Everything is "OF ALL TIME", and a year and a half from now, it's out-dated. If it's "ALL TIME" you should be considering the future, board-games from 10 years, 20 years from now and that's just silly. Just don't use the term, the only thing it's doing is making your video look "sensationalist".
I like the title. Typically when someone refers to time they are referencing to the time that has already happened . Typically when someone refers to time it’s encompassing the past and the present as time in the future has not happened yet.
THIS EXACTLY! I ESPECIALLY HATE WHEN THEY CAPITALIZE THE WHOLE TITLE AS IF THEY ARE SHOUTING!
Thanks for the insight. It is definitely worth thinking about 😊 I don’t intend to mislead, but I want to garner interest best I can. I will continue experimenting!
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Yeah, we're just pure sensationalism.