Top 10 Sci-Fi Games
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ส.ค. 2024
- Tom, Sam, and Zee revisit (and revise) their favorite sci-fi games in this updated list.
00:00 - Introduction
02:37 - Sam’s #10
04:32 - Tom’s #10
06:13 - Zee’s #10
07:56 - Tom’s #9
09:00 - Zee’s #9
10:19 - Sam’s #9
12:11 - Zee’s #8
14:22 - Sam’s #8
16:03 - Tom’s #8
17:31 - Zee’s #7
18:47 - Tom’s #7
20:17 - Sam’s #7
22:26 - Tom’s #6
24:28 - Sam’s #6
25:53 - Zee’s #6
27:13 - Sam’s #5
28:37 - Zee’s #5
30:24 - Tom’s #5
32:24 - Sam’s #4
35:16 - Tom’s #4
37:53 - Zee’s #4
39:26 - Tom’s #3
41:05 - Zee’s #3
42:44 - Sam’s #3
44:22 - Sam’s #2
46:23 - Zee’s #2
48:25 - Tom’s #2
51:00 - Zee’s #1
52:12 - Sam’s #1
54:52 - Tom’s #1
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Tom: You'd probably hate it.
Zee: Yes.
Thanks for adding the lists at the end of the video - it makes it easy to refer back to when I'm looking for a quick recap of the everyone's list.
I love when people can't remember the name of a movie called "Total Recall." It's the best.
There was a rick and morty episode named after it
I got to admit I didn’t used to like these Top 10s but I am really loving these lately. The production quality is greatly improved, you guys are funny and informative and likeable. And Sam, I’m on to you. You aren’t as grumpy as you seem. You’re just a big ol’ teddy bear. You may be my favorite Dice Tower guy now (don’t worry Zee I still think you’re awesome!) Keep up the great work guys!
I need Sam to do a top 10 Viking games, Tom to do a top 10 Take That games and Zee to do a top 10 Dystopian World games.
Just an observation but it feels like every time Tom mentions "heavy euro", he says it like as if it's a negative. Then in other videos, he complains that other people think that he doesn't like heavy euros. It's because you keep doing the whole "this game is great but it's a heavy euro" thing. You did it for Terraforming Mars and you did it for Anachrony.
It's okay to like Euros Tom. Euros are great! And not just Le Havre.
Was not expecting a total recall reference in this, hilarious! Awesome list too with a few good surprises.....3 weeks.....
I like these updated lists of past top 10s.... shows how your tastes have changed.. thx
Funniest video you've done. Jokes were firing, all were landing. Great stuff.
I would love to see a Top 10 post-apocalyptic video. It would be nice to get a Mad Max or Twisted Metal style game with vehicular combat and possibly upgradeable or interchangeable weapons, maybe like Gorkamorka (or just bring back Gorkamorka). I'm new to board gaming , though I've been into Warhammer 40k since 2nd edition and Warhammer fantasy since 5th. I found this channel recently, but the reviews are awesome and give really accurate insight into what to buy and play. I just picked up Twilight Imperium 4th edition without even knowing how good it is and after watching some videos from you guys on it, I'm very excited to play it. Now I've got a list of close to 150 other games that I want to pick up and try. I can't wait to see more amazing videos, please keep it up, thanks for all great work you've done!!
When you see this Top on 2020 during the Lockdown and they talk about Pandemic as a Scify cos' ocurs on the future LMAO
exactly! ; )
Damn, I came here to say EXACTLY that, only to see I'm NINE MONTHS late! 😆
We have to be in this top10 too!) Thanks guys, you are as usual cool!
Omg I'm actually watching this in 2037!!!
Oh man. I remember 2037. That was a good year.
The comments regarding how to define top ten lists by genre and sub-genre reminded me of when I did my museum internship. I spent almost a year cataloging archival materials in a Civil War collection and it occurred to me that creating something based on the Library of Congress (LC) system so that you can classify games as they are reviewed or played might prove useful. Using the LC index the first two lines describe the genre of game; sci-fi, fantasy, etc., then, create your own index of primary mechanics for the third line. In what would be the line for the author just list the last names of the creators (if relevant), the next line would be the publisher and the bottom line would be the publication date. It may not be very useful now, but in the future it would make all of your videos easier to search using this as a standardized tagging method. It would also make it easier to catalog and track which versions of which games with which expansions have been played and when. For now, just think of it as an easy way to define sub groups for top 10 lists then just build on it gradually over the next few years to make it easier to transition your older material into a searchable archive. Anyway, just a thought. www.usg.edu/galileo/skills/unit03/libraries03_04.phtml
I really liked project elite. It was also an awesome bonus to have Tom teach the game at the first dice tower cruise pre cruise party!
This wins the Dice Tower Award for most off-topic hilarity of all Dice Tower videos... outstanding. That's Dark.
A scientific contraption, made of science! Lol!
38:06 omg, lol
I did like your "6 grandmas" joke Tom. It didn't go unnoticed!
my personal list: Scythe, Mechs vs minions (if that counts), and... wait thats all the games i own that fall under sci-fi apparently. I guess fantasy is my favorite genre since smallworld and smashup and hero realms are among my favorites of all time.
I’d like to see this list done again and see if Cry Havoc is still this high for Tom. It’s one of my favorites. I bought it solely on the box cover and minis and seeing that it had a seal of excellence. It’s cool to hear Tom give it such high praise.
I'm going to have to go with Martian Rails as my favorite SciFi game. The vintage SciFi references in the city names and resources are delightful. It also features the greatest resource of any board game in existence: the Roddenberries.
Is it "Timeless" Sam was talking about? I love that show.
Sam here...YES!
Yeah, at 6:00 The second season had been good so far!
I think Tom should sit further back because he looks huge. I know he's big, but in this video, he is like Gandalf and Sam and Zee are like Frodo and Samwise
Sam here...I'm good with that.
Does anyone know what Raptor's original theme was? I'm curious to know...
Not my favorite list of games, but that conversation at the end is spot on. I think you could easily split sci-fi up into even more categories and be able to come up with top 10s. Alternate history, robotics, post-apocalypse and so on. I'll even say that superheroes are mostly sci-fi with mutants and tech heroes. Does anyone know the name of the book Zee was talking about, with the soldiers in the vampire castle?
Rick Thompson superheroes should be its own genre
Superheroes is a sub-genre. Fantasy and Sci-fi are huge, overarching genres with endless numbers of sub-genres under their umbrellas. It could be fantasy or sci-fi but I can't think of a single superhero that doesn't fall under one of those two blankets.
Agreed Tibbroar. I think its strange to have superheroes mix sci-fi and fantasy so much, but strange in a good way. Heroes like Doctor Strange and Zatana seem out of place, but I liked them both!
I totally cannot “Rekall” the name of that Arnold movie...
Pretty sure the book Zee talks about is 'The Keep' by F. Paul Wilson. I read it not expecting it to be so horrific (also I was way too young - about 12 or 13). Scared the crap out of me.
"They are all dead now", so cheerful 😂
Thanks to Covid-19 we are now living into Sci-Fi...
I’ve been trying to get TIME Stories to the table. I own all the official scenarios, have played and finished the first three (Asylum in 2 runs, Marci and Prophecy in 1 run each). Still trying to get the other scenarios played, starting with the Egyptian one. Shocked that Android: Netrunner is not on the list as it’s a very good non-space-based sci-fi game.
Avatar is also Fern Gully: The last rainforest.
I was surprised that Among the Stars didn't make the cut for this list. Will rewatch the old one just to check if it was there.
It's TOTAL RECALL!
Clearly they are speaking of Kindergarten Cop
"Give the people AIR!"
It’s totally sad they don’t recall that 😛
Yes, Total Recall had three of something, I just don't think it was what Zee was talking about :D
"Get ready for a surprise."
I really need to play Scythe, it's such a cool concept. Good to see Sentient get some love. I like the theme of Dinosaur Island but I don't think it's a particularly good game tbh.
Terraforming Mars is more hard sci-fi than others. We are a looong way away from the technology to do it, but it is more scientifically feasible.
It's easy, just export tons of cows, Sport Utility Vehicles, BOOM! instant atmosphere.
Miguel Ramirez I do likethe idea of cattle in space suits that have methane emitters.
Agreed, Terraforming Mars is very sci fi!
I think the common misconception though is every TURN/round in terraforming mars is an entire generation
Mars won't get terraformed in the next 40 years, but the next 500?
Miguel Ramirez will 1 electric sports car do? Though that's a little short of Mars....
ZEE!!!! I must know what book you are talking about. Something about WWII and an abandoned castle that's owned by a Vampire. Please share!
Nate Drumms I'm pretty sure the book Zee mentioned is called The Keep by F. Paul Wilson.
Zee talking about cracking open a window made me think of "It's an alien planet! Is there AIR?!"... well, not yet because we're terraforming it. :P
Zee is on top of his game today. :)
Yay, guessed Tom's 'space game'!
*The Three Stooges of Boardgaming.*
Thanks
Sam here...I take that as a compliment! (nyuck, nyuck, nyuck)
😂 You're welcome. I don't know if it is a compliment, but definitely not an insult. You're funny and sometimes quite a bit rude to each other, so I guess that's what reminded me of the Stooges. 😁
@Zee Garcia Terraforming Mars is also a great solo game! You have to check it out.
I've heard tannhauser type universe's also called wierd war 2
Revolt on Antares! Best sci-fi wargame. ;-)
And Tom still needs to play the old Aliens game from Leading Edge. That game needs an awesome remake! :-) Revolt on Antares too!
34:30 Hey Sam! How about an alternative history of Mennonites with TV Stations in Castles!? Better as a TV show or board game? Hello from Lancaster County, PA!
I never noticed before, but Zee is right, “Avatar” is “Dances with Wolves”.
What was that book called Zee?
based on something Zee said during Tannhauser section, is there enough for a top ten on alt-history games? (and Sam can push Tannhauser some more)
I like the idea of the sub-genres
0:32 Does anyone remember in which video Zee said this? I remember the moment, but forgot which top 10 it was.
Oh ho ho....sneaky Tom. Making a destinction between voiced and voiceless "th" in scythe....I see you :P
Brandon Gilmore yep ... I, too, can totally hear the difference.
Yes, and Tom is right. The «e» at the end makes the «th» voiced. Don’t Sam and Zee hear the difference?
Scythe is definitely sci-fi. It's steampunk, which is a sub-genre within the sci-fi genre. Sam was correct. :)
I so want to see Zee's Umbrella in the next kickstarter
Just to clarify: science-fiction does not need to happen in the future
Kieran Cummings Okay but no way post-apocalyptic is sci-fi when it could have actually already happened in the real world. Sci-fi deals with some kind of pseudo-science that doesn't exist (time travel, future tech, interstellar travel, steam punk, advanced cloning/genetics, sentient robots). Post-apocalyptic in the real world would just be alternate history.
I agree with that, but you can have post-apocalyptic sci-fi. There's plenty of stories that involve both. Star Trek and Firefly are technically post-apocalyptic.
If you're referring to Scythe, though, it's definitely in the sci-fi realm. We don't even have mechs now. :D
Keith: Sci-fi can be about the follies of man but does not have to be. Likewise, there are plenty of stories about the follies of man which are not sci-fi. So I'd say the follies of man have nothing to do with whether something is sci-fi or not. As for post-apocalyptic, it's the same. I don't think one those two genres is a subset of the other.
Marco Schaub the focus of the theme is in the naming. Sci-fi stories revolve around fictional science being essential to the narrative. Arguably, as our technology catches up to some sci-fi stories they should be rebranded as simple fiction. In the same vein, post apacalyptic takes place in the setting after an apacalyptic event not necessarily the end of man. The main thrust of Star Trek is not the 3rd world war, so it isn't post apacalyptic, space travel is central so it is firmly Sci-fi.
The "fiction" in "science fiction" does not mean the science necessarily has to be fictional/speculative/futuristic (although it often is). You can write science fiction using current science/technology. To me, science fiction is also a lot more about the way the author goes about writing the story, or the lense he uses, so to speak. There are also stories that have futuristic technology but are not science fiction - Star Wars being the most fanous one (which is a sace saga and is much more closely related to Lord of the RIngs than Star Trek in structure).
You haven't played Terraforming Mars????? Oh my
Can anyone tell me the name of the book Zee mentions about the German soldiers who stay in the castle owned by Vampires. I’m reading Salem’s Lot now and that book sounds really interesting, I’d like to read it.
yep, I asked as well before I noticed your comment. Also very interested!
Empire Strikes Someone!....(cleaning water off keyboard).. keep up the Grade A trolling Zee! Great review guys!
I would love to see Project:Elite redone into a WH40K game of Space Marines vs the Tyranids. Sam, Tom, push for this!!!
Zee was on fire today!
would love to see you guys do a play through of Dinosaur Island
Surprising lack of Nexus Ops on this one! Tom has evangelized for it before, and it's still got a place in my heart (even in spite of the Mighty Chipboard Monolith.)
Agreed! Love this one and it would easily be on my Top 10 list if I were to make one. :-)
I was watching the other videos, but I'm the process of watching this. Based on the intro and previous videos, is there going to be an Agricola 2037? :D
Is it possible to do a Top 10 Games That were featured on an Unboxing?
I'm surprised Android Netrunner isn't in this list (and even more considering how highly you guys spoke of it). I expected HEX higher on Zee's list but it makes sense given that criteria
The marines in aliens certainly were very dumb, especially the Lieutenant. Particularly when they first go in to the hive without scouting it first or fully understanding the environment. I've the US officer training schools have used the film for their students to analyze the mistakes.
I missed an old classis: Battletech
Btw. that would be also a good Top-10 topic: Mech(a)-Games
Tom has been telling people that Project Elite is getting reprinted since late 2016. Fingers crossed it happens soon. :)
Zee - what's the name of that book where the German's stay in a castle with a vampire - cause that sounds right up my street and I want to read that now! :D
Thunderbirds was set in 2065 so it's still the future, it's not alternate history.
Terraforming Mars is sci fi, but I agree it's far from likely. We keep talking about it as a way to avoid destruction when the earth is uninhabitable but cleaning up and preserving earth would be near infinitely easier to do than terraforming a whole new planet and we can't even manage that much.
Were you talking about The Keep Zee?
"I certainly hope comes to pass ... Neuroshima Hex" -- lol. Yeah! ... :-P
The Arnold movie is Total Recall! It's two weeks, bros, not three.
Turns out Pandemic is no longer Sci-Fi
Zee: I know it has a giant moomoo cow. Me: spits milk!
Zee- Can I have a top 10 'work of art' or 'pleasing to the eye' games? i.e. Hanamikoji, Grifters, Magi Koro?
Sci-Fi shouldn't just be 'stuff in a (hopefully) fictional future'. It's a wide topic that can cover alot of things. It would seem their perspective was more likely a 'Top Ten 'Futuristic" style games.
King of New York beats King of Tokyo in every way, it makes you feel like a monster in way better ways, destroying the city and catching heat because of it, while keeping all the other good parts from Tokyo, like upgrades and so on in the game.
Is Atlantis Raising teleporting in space? If it is, it is clearly a space game.
“If that reaction starts, it could spread to all the terbinium in the planet.” - Villos Cohagen.
Tom is in the DC EU today. Dark, very dark
Sam, you still have not played Galaxy Defenders again, right? That game would have been on your list I think. ;)
What about Lords of Hellas?
CMON has announced on 07/24/2018 that it will kickstart project elite 2018
Amen Zee...Dances with Smurfs!!!
Tom: You finished up with "until next time, I'm Tom Vassel." My question is "who are you after next time?"
One never knows!
10:20 Have that conversation again in 2021.
Please tell Pivateer to print more omega7. I mean I can buy all the other Level7 games right now, why not this one?
+1 for Duel of Ages!
I thought Tom's favorite game of all times was Cosmic Encounter? Isn't that Sci-Fi?
It was in the previous, 'space games' top 10.
Cosmic Encounter was #9 on Tom's "Space Games" list, so excluded from this list. Only #9 because it's not all that spacey. CE was also #5 on Sam's and #2 on Zee's list.
Not space games
Also, Cosmic Encounter is not his number one anymore
I liked and subscribed : D, but I didn't share, I've got a toad in my tummy ^^
Next top 10: Top 10 Sup-orbital Games!
ITS TWO WEEKS!!!! 😂 It’s sad that I care about that so much. 😂
I think another television show comparison to T.I.M.E. Stories is Stargate SG1.
Grammar nazis versus Vampires. Sounds like a smashup.
Is Sam gonna try and put Pandemic in again lol
Duel of Ages is as thematic as mash-up.
wheres the flipside..?
For all the times Tom, Sam and Zee laughed at people for arguing if something was sci-fi or not, you boys sure seems to have a hard time agreeing on your own definition of sci-fi. ;)
the minis in gkr arn´t miniatures, they are maxitures
How many times have Sam and Zee actually played Duel of Ages 2? Tom always seems to apologize for mentioning it these days because they dump on it. It's an amazing game though, and it has more strategy and depth in its little finger than most flave-of-the-months offer. It's definitely science fiction either way. And a sports game, of all things.