I love co-ops and I just could not get into Spirit Island. There's a new one from Matt Leacock coming called Daybreak that people are comparing to Spirit Island though. I have hopes for that one!
Spirit island we’ve played a lot of, trying it over and over because we knew everyone loved it. It never hit for us. We would like to try it again sometime though.
It's definitely one of those games that the first games make you question if you like it or not and then one day it just clicked for my wife and me and now we play it almost weekly.
We are suckers for movie based co op games. One we love is ET. It is so much fun and game play is great. We also have the Back to the Future one but have not played it yet.
Yup. I love co-ops but this one was an absolute DRAG to play. Every move literally took a group discussion. So exhausting. I was more than happy to sell my copy
My wife and I play only co-op games, and currently own a couple hundred I think. So our top 10 is actually our overall top 10 also. Top 10 (me) 1. Spirit Island 2. Marvel Champions 3. Pandemic (the entire group) 4. The Crew: Mission Deep Sea 5. Viticulture World 6. Last Bastion 7. Gloomhaven JOTL (specifically JOTL) 8. Atlantis Rising 9. Beyond Baker Street 10. Pandemic the Cure. Honorable - For Science!, Dead Men Tell No Tales, Shards of infinity (with Shadows of Salvation) Top 10 (my wife): 1. Chronicles of Crime 2 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle 3. Rush MD 4. The Shipwreck Arcana 5. Spirit Island 6. Beyond Baker Street 7. Exit: the game 8. MicroMacro 9. Pandemics 10. Endangered Honorable - Forgotten Waters, 5-Minute Mystery, Now Boarding
I’ve been trying to find a copy of Black Orchestra for awhile, for a decent price in Canada. It’s been recommended to us a bunch but it’s been hard to find up here.
I've had a lot of fun with the GI Joe deckbuilding game over the last year. I've only played about 10 times, but man it's fun strategizing to build the dice pool to tackle missions.
Yes guys! Love your picks. Some crossovers with us. Our favourite is Mansions of Madness- the first game my girlfriend really got into when I started buying games
We like Castle Panic - Fireside Games. A simple tower defense game that can easily include the younger crowd. If you like D&D - Dungeons and Dragons: Wrath of Ashardalon - Wizards of the Coast. This game scenarios and an auto-building map. There are more games in the series, but they were overly complex for our group.
Glad to see The Reckoners get a mention here! That game is a blast whether or not you're a fan of the book series. Sprawlopolis is an awesome co-op game; it's a simple game that requires working together to solve a complex puzzle of how to lay out the cards. It's so rewarding when you win, too. And Burgle Bros. is another gem when it comes to co-op gameplay.
@@FostertheMeeple I appreciate your channel and videos! I only discovered them a couple weeks ago but I enjoy your energy as a couple and find your videos refreshing and enjoyable.
Great list, thank you! I've been really liking coop... expansion enabling thingies (technical term) like Concordia and Viticulture. THE LOOP is awesome and I think maybe impossible for my tiny brain. Spirit Island is probably my fav, as the kids say.
I've played Stardew a handful of times on tabletopia, sometimes solo, a couple time with 3-4. I think it is probably not as fun if you haven't played the videogame, but man it's so thematic to the videogame, and it is very fun. I also think it is has a lot of room to adjust difficulty. Some of the goals are much more difficult than others, but also I've played with the harder goals , while giving "advantage" on all rolls. Sounds like a big buff and it is! But it does make the win rate more fair for me!
Really wasn’t expecting Stardew! Good choice it’s what got me into board gaming. Played it maybe 10 times and beat it twice. It’s still one of my faves
I’m glad Steph and I aren’t alone in maybe a few beneficial house rules when playing coop. Maybe it’ll be more fun if we move 3 spaces in mansions of madness haha. Best part of co-op is when Steph rolls amazing like she always does it benefits me
MoM is much more difficult at 2p. So when playing at that player count we give each investigator an extra move action. The map is super hard to cover at 2p with base rules
Churchill the struggle for peace. Although its best with three players, Stalin, FDR and The British Prime Minister. You cooperate to beat the Axis in WW2, but want to get just high enough in points to win the game, If you win by too many points, another player wins.
I was very interested in your choices. I have been a fanatic with Robin Hood games always in search of a good themed Robin Hood board game. I have this one and pimped it out. It looks great. I am glad it made your list.👍👍👍
My wife and I love coop board games. And I was intrigued with some of your mentions. Our favorite is Aeons end. It can be brutal but if you plan out a good strategy you will manage and it is extremely satisfying. There are 4 core boxes, 2 legacy's and 1 big expansion. We have beating everything untill the second legacy witch we are currently playing. (We have liked the first legacy a bit more) but still I recomend you play the first legacy. I have a feeling you might like it.
Have you played eldritch horror. Its one of my favorites. Id absolutely love to watch you guys do a playthrough of it. So many fantastic ways to get screwed. 😂
King of Monster Island is a fun co-op game that reminds me a bit of The Loop. I haven't played it a lot, but the plays I've had have all been enjoyable.
We are finally playing Stardew Valley for the first time this weekend 😀 (it's been on the shelf for nearly a year!) Hopefully we love it as much as you two do - after we have fought over having the cat or the dog to start, obviously 😂
Beyond Baker Street (a Hanabi style co-op card game) and Journeys in Middle-Earth (if you’ve rated Mansions of Madness high you’ll love this LotR app-driven game too)
Mansion of Madness house rules? I want details please. The difficulty is one of the reason we dont bring it to the table enough. Keep up the awesome work. Love this channel
Haha it’s pretty simple (and only at 2p). But we give each other an extra free move action. The games maps are pretty large to be able to handle at 2p effectively. Especially some of the harder scenarios. The extra free move is super beneficial
Great video, with lots of suggestions for me to try over time. I backed the Sleeping Gods Distant Skies campaign, so that will be our first foray into that universe and we're looking forward to it. Tales From the Loop really interests me as well, as I really liked the series on Prime. Thanks guys!
Love co-op games so really enjoyed this video. Thank you for that. I have been on the fence with Robin hood and think I'll have to try it now. That said I love ghost stories even though it'd so so brutal, family loves horrified and I just picked up mechs vs minions which I'm looking forward to playing. The loop has caught my rye as well. Oh and the wife just got me mansions of madness so looking forward to that one also. Annndd lol we just played decorum and really enjoyed that one. Love 2 see the 2 of you play that one
Tattoo spotting! What's Jeff's tattoo say? Also - LOVE this video. Our gaming group has gradually trended away from competitive play due to a player being SUPER cutthroat over the years... Cooperative games keep getting better and better!
Ooo... so many good ones to choose from! Do love us some Ghost Stories (recently got the White Moon expansion, which we need to still play). Also adored Jaws of the Lion; we need to play the large original, but I imagine Oathsworn may have taken that big campaign-style spot for you. Lots of good co-op campaigns out there, speaking of... Mice & Mystics was another fun one we liked a lot and need to dive back into-such adorable minis!!!-and we're still working to find time to wrap up our first run of Vagrantsong. Seeing some love for Spirit island in the comments already, so instead I'll shout out some others: Zombicide is a hoot for us (though maybe that'll be supplanted by Cthulhu: Death May Die once I get that in); Batman: The Animated Series - Gotham City Under Siege has a soft spot in our hearts as just some light, silly, quick, dice chucking fun; and Mantis Falls is one that I got in based on Quackalope's recommendation (this might be a cheat since it's co-op only some of the time!) that we played just last night and are absolutely enamored by. As a series, we also recently got super hooked on Unlock! as a two-player experience. I'm curious if you've tried Tindaya yet. I got a Kickstarter copy of that in a little while ago, but we just haven't found the time to dive in... and I admit, I'm still not entirely sure how the game plays!!! It can be played co-op or competitive with some rules adjustments and changes to end-game win conditions, but I imagine we'll be focusing on it as co-op until we really get our heads around how it plays.
Watched this video last night and then this morning I watched the Dragons Tomb video (hilarious) which was then automatically followed by this video again. It was like TH-cam wanted me to catch the BooGrr reference 🤣👍
No love for Sentinels of the Multiverse? Gameplay really feels like a superhero slugfest, the attention to detail is amazing, tons of replay value with just the base set, multiple expansions available. If you've not played, well worth looking into.
Absolutely agree with the number 1. Stardew Valley is One of the best and most fun games I own. I love the videogame and the board game is such a good representation of the videogame. It is hard yes, I mostly play it solo because it takes so long to play, and I mostly play is two handed because I think that plays better than the original solo rules. I think my win/lose ratio is around 40/60. I hope they bring out an expansion for this, because we NEED the desert and Ginger Island to be included in some way.
Now I need to play Stardew Valley! I've been playing The Adventures Of Robin Hood as of late, and I'm really enjoying it. My favorite cooperative game is Spirit Island. It can be fiddly, though.
Stardew Valley is great! Though I disagree with the notion that there is only a small element of luck. There is quite a lot of luck actually, and you'll more often than not waste a turn due to poor dice rolls (when mining, fishing, collecting from animals, etc.). But it's very thematic and has a lot of interesting choices and co-op decisions. Also, I absolutely love Spirit Island, and never understood the idea of it being "fiddly". What does that even mean?
@Al Nic fiddly means a lot of little rules to pay attention to. In Spirit Island, it pertains to the spirit's power cards, their asymmetric powers on their boards, and stuff like that. I've actually heard the same thing said about the Adventures of Robin Hood.
@@alessandronicastri4172 I never felt like the luck hindered us too much, so I guess agree to disagree! Fiddly is explained above so I won’t repeat. Thanks for the thoughts!
@@blackboardgaming5348 Hm, by that definition fiddly just sounds like complexity, so really every game above a certain weight level could be defined that way.
Reeeeally wanting to try Stardew Valley! It’s one I'm keeping an eye out for wherever I go since it’s out of stock online. I think my favorite co-ops (we don’t play many) are Horrified and Forgotten Waters.
adore all your picks!! some of our favs that you didn’t mention: 1. Oltree 2. Groundhog Day the Board Game 3. Escape the Dark Sector 4. Roll Camera 5. The Lost Expedition 6. Arkham Horror the Final Hour 7. Forgotten Depths 8. MicroMacros 9. The Shipwreck Arcana 10. The Nightcage are there co-op games you e played that you really didn’t like??
Ok Ok, I get it, DMD is #1 yet again. Edit: I was wrong! Also wow, that Honorable Mention looks great; I've always wanted to try this game (The Reckoners).
1) Dead Men Tell No Tales 2) Gears of War 3) Atlantis Rising 2E 4) Sentinels of the Multiverse EE 5) Freedom the Underground Railroad 6) Elder Sign 7) Horrified 8) Spirit Island 9) Nemesis 10) Escape the Curse of the Temple
Haha we couldn't even get past the first mission of Gears of War. I sold it 10 years later for almost the exact same price as apparently people are searching for that one
Hey guys, I finally bought a copy Robin Hood... It's brilliant! Great recommendation! I have a question. No spoilers obvs, but we done chapter one. The guards we beat, do you physically flip the guard over.. do they come back into play when the hour glass is removed?
My daughter has anxiety so competitive causes her seriously stressful AP so diffusing the responsibility of winning the game to everyone really helps her to relax and just enjoy the game 😊
My most enjoyable co-ops are definitely (not in any specific order) Atlantis Rising Dead of Winter Eldritch Horror Nemesis Pandemic Legacy (Season 1) Space Alert
No Spirit Island? Have you guys tried it yet? Also Thanos Rising is fun if you wanna chuck a bunch of dice and hope for an easy draw out, or you draw into every bad guy and get stomped :D
@@FostertheMeeple Yeah I understand, its very weird to get your head around it at 1st. I'm still learning a lot about the game but it becomes more enjoyable I think when you change your mindset. You kind of have to play your turn setting up for 1-2 turns ahead. Trying to do whats good now is usually bad if that makes any sense.
I found out that Stardew Valley has a boardgame by pure chance and I was trying to get my hands on it ever since but it's nearly impossible! I have a friend who has so many hours in Stardew that it's borderline insanity!! The only reason my search stopped is because STALKER is about to be announced and I have a feeling I'm gonna lose my funds to that monstrosity
I was going to ask about the Reckoners whether you have won yet? We have not :( yet when I Google it so many people say, it's so easy! We even play it on the easy level! We really like Endangered, Hogwarts Battle, Roll player adventures and Lands of Galyzr! We just started playing Robin Hood and my kiddo asked if it could be our every Friday game :)
Really like JiME but haven’t played it enough to talk much about it. While I prefer the LOTR IP, I must say I much prefer the dice rolling in imperial assault over the card placement in JiME. But both are very good
For a second, I thought Jamie spoke Dutch! Pompelmoes is the Dutch word for grapefruit 😋 and it sounds very similar to the French word. Great recommendations. Tales from the loop really looks interesting and so does Stardew Valley but the 45 to 200 minutes on BGG scares me 😅
27:48 "There is this tiny tiny element of luck (in stardew valley, the board game)" Lol, there is a HUGE amount of luck in that game, it's one of the main issues people bring up.
@@FostertheMeeple oooh. You guys should check those out. Disclaimer: the rulebook for The Captain is Dead does not cover some details, but there is BGG 🤷♂️ and overall the game is a lot of fun.
we actually just got that and beat the 1st mission. While I liked finallyyyy having a game that utilizes more dice than just d6's, we felt the combat lacking and the overall story wasn't for us@@FostertheMeeple
Aside from Stardew Valley, any other games from your lists that work well in digital format and/or for solo players? Stardew Valley Mansions Of Madness Horrified Ghost Stories Paint the Roses Forgotten Waters Adentures of Robin Hood The Loop Tales from the Loop The Initiative Stardew Valley Sleeping Gods Star Wars Imperial Assualt Oathsworn Mansions Of Madness Adentures of Robin Hood Return To Dark Tower Cthulhu Death may Die Ghost Stories Forgotten Waters The Reckoners
Hogwarts battle is such a fun entry level game for people who would love to try a coop game for the first time. The theme is played out so well and it plays pretty smooth and fast. I play it with friends who are into the hobby as well, but also with my little nephews who are currently reading the books. LOVE that game!
I have noticed you often include new ganes and games that you have literally played ONCE or TWICE... but we know all games don't feel same over multiple plays! From reviewers, I expect recommendations that stand up to the test of time... How do you put first impressions in your top 10?
@@FostertheMeeple whaaaat 😱. My girlfriend and I also Love "Ghost Stories" the moment I saw it I could swear I was going to see Robinson Crusoe 😂. When you guys have the opportunity to play, go for it. The game is great. Plus nowadays we have "Dized" a free interactive app to teach how to play it.
My favorite Co-op is Spirit Island! It seems like either people absolutely love it or hate it. I'm curious to hear your guys' thoughts on it!
I love co-ops and I just could not get into Spirit Island.
There's a new one from Matt Leacock coming called Daybreak that people are comparing to Spirit Island though. I have hopes for that one!
Spirit island we’ve played a lot of, trying it over and over because we knew everyone loved it. It never hit for us. We would like to try it again sometime though.
It's definitely one of those games that the first games make you question if you like it or not and then one day it just clicked for my wife and me and now we play it almost weekly.
We are suckers for movie based co op games. One we love is ET. It is so much fun and game play is great. We also have the Back to the Future one but have not played it yet.
Yup. I love co-ops but this one was an absolute DRAG to play. Every move literally took a group discussion. So exhausting. I was more than happy to sell my copy
My wife and I play only co-op games, and currently own a couple hundred I think. So our top 10 is actually our overall top 10 also.
Top 10 (me)
1. Spirit Island
2. Marvel Champions
3. Pandemic (the entire group)
4. The Crew: Mission Deep Sea
5. Viticulture World
6. Last Bastion
7. Gloomhaven JOTL (specifically JOTL)
8. Atlantis Rising
9. Beyond Baker Street
10. Pandemic the Cure.
Honorable - For Science!, Dead Men Tell No Tales, Shards of infinity (with Shadows of Salvation)
Top 10 (my wife):
1. Chronicles of Crime
2 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle
3. Rush MD
4. The Shipwreck Arcana
5. Spirit Island
6. Beyond Baker Street
7. Exit: the game
8. MicroMacro
9. Pandemics
10. Endangered
Honorable - Forgotten Waters, 5-Minute Mystery, Now Boarding
Which of the legacy pandemic is your favorite? (If you are including them in the above)
Great list. Two of our favorites is Black Orchestra and Freedom: The Underground Railroad
I’ve been trying to find a copy of Black Orchestra for awhile, for a decent price in Canada. It’s been recommended to us a bunch but it’s been hard to find up here.
I know you both don't care for The Crew, but that's on my list, along with Regicide and Burgle Bros.
Really like regicide! And want to give BB a play
I've had a lot of fun with the GI Joe deckbuilding game over the last year. I've only played about 10 times, but man it's fun strategizing to build the dice pool to tackle missions.
Fun fact! The tales from the loop was filmed here in Winnipeg!
That is a fun fact! Is it because of all the snow?
@@FostertheMeeple I don't want to talk about it. It snowed here today! XD
Finally some love for Forgotten Waters 🥰 One of our favorite and most played games ever!
Its been a fun journey so far!
Yes guys! Love your picks. Some crossovers with us. Our favourite is Mansions of Madness- the first game my girlfriend really got into when I started buying games
Love that!! Thanks for sharing Richard!
We like Castle Panic - Fireside Games. A simple tower defense game that can easily include the younger crowd.
If you like D&D - Dungeons and Dragons: Wrath of Ashardalon - Wizards of the Coast. This game scenarios and an auto-building map. There are more games in the series, but they were overly complex for our group.
Really wanna try castle panic!
The Loop is so great! Immediately shot in to my Top 10 of all time.
It’s a great one!
Glad to see The Reckoners get a mention here! That game is a blast whether or not you're a fan of the book series. Sprawlopolis is an awesome co-op game; it's a simple game that requires working together to solve a complex puzzle of how to lay out the cards. It's so rewarding when you win, too. And Burgle Bros. is another gem when it comes to co-op gameplay.
Appreciate the suggestions!
Love Burgle Bros!
@@FostertheMeeple I appreciate your channel and videos! I only discovered them a couple weeks ago but I enjoy your energy as a couple and find your videos refreshing and enjoyable.
@@laurencesingh3948 thanks so much Laurence!! Means the world to have the support. Truly
Gloomhaven (full box) is for sure a top 10 cooperative game!
Yea lots of people love it! Not in our top tens though.
Amazing list guys! We adore The Loop together here :)
Awesome!! Yea it’s so good but so tough!
A great pirate themed co-op is Dead Men tell No Tales.
We’ve seen that one! But not played it yet!
Great list, thank you! I've been really liking coop... expansion enabling thingies (technical term) like Concordia and Viticulture. THE LOOP is awesome and I think maybe impossible for my tiny brain. Spirit Island is probably my fav, as the kids say.
I've played Stardew a handful of times on tabletopia, sometimes solo, a couple time with 3-4. I think it is probably not as fun if you haven't played the videogame, but man it's so thematic to the videogame, and it is very fun. I also think it is has a lot of room to adjust difficulty. Some of the goals are much more difficult than others, but also I've played with the harder goals , while giving "advantage" on all rolls. Sounds like a big buff and it is! But it does make the win rate more fair for me!
Really wasn’t expecting Stardew! Good choice it’s what got me into board gaming. Played it maybe 10 times and beat it twice. It’s still one of my faves
It’s so good! We just beat it for the first time!
Oathsworn and Return to Dark Tower are great! Some of mine include Marvel United, Pandemic, Spirit Island.
We didn’t enjoy SI or Pandemic, but Marvel United is really good!
I’m glad Steph and I aren’t alone in maybe a few beneficial house rules when playing coop. Maybe it’ll be more fun if we move 3 spaces in mansions of madness haha. Best part of co-op is when Steph rolls amazing like she always does it benefits me
MoM is much more difficult at 2p. So when playing at that player count we give each investigator an extra move action. The map is super hard to cover at 2p with base rules
Churchill the struggle for peace. Although its best with three players, Stalin, FDR and The British Prime Minister. You cooperate to beat the Axis in WW2, but want to get just high enough in points to win the game, If you win by too many points, another player wins.
Had a game night with my girlfriend’s friends and I brought Horrified. We had an awesome time.
Yay!!! Love that! Thanks for sharing :)
I was very interested in your choices. I have been a fanatic with Robin Hood games always in search of a good themed Robin Hood board game. I have this one and pimped it out. It looks great. I am glad it made your list.👍👍👍
It’s so so good!!
My wife and I love coop board games. And I was intrigued with some of your mentions. Our favorite is Aeons end. It can be brutal but if you plan out a good strategy you will manage and it is extremely satisfying. There are 4 core boxes, 2 legacy's and 1 big expansion. We have beating everything untill the second legacy witch we are currently playing. (We have liked the first legacy a bit more) but still I recomend you play the first legacy. I have a feeling you might like it.
Haven’t played that one yet but really want to try it out some day?
Have you played eldritch horror. Its one of my favorites. Id absolutely love to watch you guys do a playthrough of it. So many fantastic ways to get screwed. 😂
We haven’t! Not yet anyway
Robinson Crusoe if you're looking for a challenge. Hotshots if you wan to roll some dice.
Burgle Bros, Robinson Crusoe: Adventures on the Cursed Island, Sub Terra, and so many others
Really enjoy all your content from Spain. Love every one of your videos!
Much love from Canada!
King of Monster Island is a fun co-op game that reminds me a bit of The Loop. I haven't played it a lot, but the plays I've had have all been enjoyable.
Haven’t heard of that one! Will check it out for sure. Thanks!
Love the look and gameplay of Horrified!
It’s really good!!
My girlfriend and I have been playing Sleeping God's. We like it a lot. We have Oathsworn, but haven't had a chance to play it yet
Ohhh both very good games!
We are finally playing Stardew Valley for the first time this weekend 😀 (it's been on the shelf for nearly a year!) Hopefully we love it as much as you two do - after we have fought over having the cat or the dog to start, obviously 😂
Let us know what you think of it!!
@@FostertheMeeple Will do 😀
Beyond Baker Street (a Hanabi style co-op card game) and Journeys in Middle-Earth (if you’ve rated Mansions of Madness high you’ll love this LotR app-driven game too)
We’ve played a bit of JiME! Definitely looking forward to getting back to it
Mansion of Madness house rules? I want details please. The difficulty is one of the reason we dont bring it to the table enough.
Keep up the awesome work. Love this channel
Haha it’s pretty simple (and only at 2p). But we give each other an extra free move action. The games maps are pretty large to be able to handle at 2p effectively. Especially some of the harder scenarios. The extra free move is super beneficial
Great video, with lots of suggestions for me to try over time. I backed the Sleeping Gods Distant Skies campaign, so that will be our first foray into that universe and we're looking forward to it. Tales From the Loop really interests me as well, as I really liked the series on Prime. Thanks guys!
Ma favorite cooperative game is Aeon's End. Castle Panic is a close second.
How about another "pimp my game" video? (Accesories and whatnot)
Will see what we can do!
Fun that a game from Free League is mentioned.
It’s a great game!
Love co-op games so really enjoyed this video. Thank you for that. I have been on the fence with Robin hood and think I'll have to try it now. That said I love ghost stories even though it'd so so brutal, family loves horrified and I just picked up mechs vs minions which I'm looking forward to playing. The loop has caught my rye as well. Oh and the wife just got me mansions of madness so looking forward to that one also. Annndd lol we just played decorum and really enjoyed that one. Love 2 see the 2 of you play that one
We have mechs vs minions and I know it’ll be on this list whenever we finally get around to playing it!
Tattoo spotting! What's Jeff's tattoo say? Also - LOVE this video. Our gaming group has gradually trended away from competitive play due to a player being SUPER cutthroat over the years... Cooperative games keep getting better and better!
It’s the song Merry sings to denethor in Lord of the rings!
@@FostertheMeeple I thought it said...............I PLEDGE ALLEGAINCE TO MY HAT...😅
lol, nerd alert, for anyone searching for the song, it's Merry.. singing to Denethor, think that's an autocorrect.
@@rob4433 corrected
Great Video. Definitely want to check some of those out.
So glad you enjoyed!
Ooo... so many good ones to choose from! Do love us some Ghost Stories (recently got the White Moon expansion, which we need to still play). Also adored Jaws of the Lion; we need to play the large original, but I imagine Oathsworn may have taken that big campaign-style spot for you. Lots of good co-op campaigns out there, speaking of... Mice & Mystics was another fun one we liked a lot and need to dive back into-such adorable minis!!!-and we're still working to find time to wrap up our first run of Vagrantsong.
Seeing some love for Spirit island in the comments already, so instead I'll shout out some others: Zombicide is a hoot for us (though maybe that'll be supplanted by Cthulhu: Death May Die once I get that in); Batman: The Animated Series - Gotham City Under Siege has a soft spot in our hearts as just some light, silly, quick, dice chucking fun; and Mantis Falls is one that I got in based on Quackalope's recommendation (this might be a cheat since it's co-op only some of the time!) that we played just last night and are absolutely enamored by. As a series, we also recently got super hooked on Unlock! as a two-player experience.
I'm curious if you've tried Tindaya yet. I got a Kickstarter copy of that in a little while ago, but we just haven't found the time to dive in... and I admit, I'm still not entirely sure how the game plays!!! It can be played co-op or competitive with some rules adjustments and changes to end-game win conditions, but I imagine we'll be focusing on it as co-op until we really get our heads around how it plays.
Have not tried tindaya!
Thanks for introducing. You are good guys . Im a fan of board games . Im new . So it help to know better board games
Watched this video last night and then this morning I watched the Dragons Tomb video (hilarious) which was then automatically followed by this video again. It was like TH-cam wanted me to catch the BooGrr reference 🤣👍
They’re always watching and listening
Rass-pootein sounds like you eat it! We had the original version of Dark Tower.
I would absolutely eat raspoutine
Unsettled and Marvel United are my favorite Co-ops
Thanks for sharing Brett!
No love for Sentinels of the Multiverse? Gameplay really feels like a superhero slugfest, the attention to detail is amazing, tons of replay value with just the base set, multiple expansions available. If you've not played, well worth looking into.
Haven’t played it! Will take a look into it for sure
@@FostertheMeeple if you ever find yourselves in the vicinity of Phoenix AZ, hit me up. Always happy to host a game night.
Absolutely agree with the number 1. Stardew Valley is One of the best and most fun games I own. I love the videogame and the board game is such a good representation of the videogame. It is hard yes, I mostly play it solo because it takes so long to play, and I mostly play is two handed because I think that plays better than the original solo rules. I think my win/lose ratio is around 40/60. I hope they bring out an expansion for this, because we NEED the desert and Ginger Island to be included in some way.
Oh man I’d buy up an expansion so fast haha
Now I need to play Stardew Valley! I've been playing The Adventures Of Robin Hood as of late, and I'm really enjoying it. My favorite cooperative game is Spirit Island. It can be fiddly, though.
Ohhh yes play stardew if you get a chance!! Spirit island was one we’ve played a ton of but never enjoyed unfortunately.
Stardew Valley is great! Though I disagree with the notion that there is only a small element of luck. There is quite a lot of luck actually, and you'll more often than not waste a turn due to poor dice rolls (when mining, fishing, collecting from animals, etc.). But it's very thematic and has a lot of interesting choices and co-op decisions. Also, I absolutely love Spirit Island, and never understood the idea of it being "fiddly". What does that even mean?
@Al Nic fiddly means a lot of little rules to pay attention to. In Spirit Island, it pertains to the spirit's power cards, their asymmetric powers on their boards, and stuff like that. I've actually heard the same thing said about the Adventures of Robin Hood.
@@alessandronicastri4172 I never felt like the luck hindered us too much, so I guess agree to disagree! Fiddly is explained above so I won’t repeat. Thanks for the thoughts!
@@blackboardgaming5348 Hm, by that definition fiddly just sounds like complexity, so really every game above a certain weight level could be defined that way.
I got nothing to add ❤️ great video and I wanna try a lot of these.
I think my gf and I tried the Mansions of Madness Innsmouth scenario 12 times before we finally caved and each took on two characters 😑 Great lists!
Haha that’s the one that got us too. The one where you need to get up into the lighthouse? It was the scenario that made us make a house rule
@@FostertheMeeple haha exactly. WAYYY too much for two characters to do
Reeeeally wanting to try Stardew Valley! It’s one I'm keeping an eye out for wherever I go since it’s out of stock online. I think my favorite co-ops (we don’t play many) are Horrified and Forgotten Waters.
I think there might be a reprint soonish but don’t quote me on that!
adore all your picks!! some of our favs that you didn’t mention:
1. Oltree
2. Groundhog Day the Board Game
3. Escape the Dark Sector
4. Roll Camera
5. The Lost Expedition
6. Arkham Horror the Final Hour
7. Forgotten Depths
8. MicroMacros
9. The Shipwreck Arcana
10. The Nightcage
are there co-op games you e played that you really didn’t like??
Honestly there’s not many games in general we don’t like haha
Ok Ok, I get it, DMD is #1 yet again.
Edit: I was wrong! Also wow, that Honorable Mention looks great; I've always wanted to try this game (The Reckoners).
It’s a good one!! Tough to find though, I got lucky and found a copy on vacation and bought a suitcase just to lug it home with haha
my favorite co-op game is Descent 1st edition.
Awesome!! Thanks for sharing!
1) Dead Men Tell No Tales
2) Gears of War
3) Atlantis Rising 2E
4) Sentinels of the Multiverse EE
5) Freedom the Underground Railroad
6) Elder Sign
7) Horrified
8) Spirit Island
9) Nemesis
10) Escape the Curse of the Temple
Haha we couldn't even get past the first mission of Gears of War. I sold it 10 years later for almost the exact same price as apparently people are searching for that one
You gotta try all the MoM expansions and last Bastion!
I really prefer the theme in ghost stories though!
Stardew Valley! Doesn’t get enough love (the board game anyways, everyone loves the video game) it’s so great!
Agreed!! I do wonder if it’s because copies were hard to come by.
Hey guys, I finally bought a copy Robin Hood... It's brilliant! Great recommendation! I have a question. No spoilers obvs, but we done chapter one. The guards we beat, do you physically flip the guard over.. do they come back into play when the hour glass is removed?
I can’t remember off the top of my head but I believe yes, once the hourglass is removed they are immediately back into play.
My daughter has anxiety so competitive causes her seriously stressful AP so diffusing the responsibility of winning the game to everyone really helps her to relax and just enjoy the game 😊
Awesome!! Glad you’ve found something that works for her :)
Scooby Doo the board game is great as well. We have started Familiar Tales.
Nice!! Hope you enjoy it!
My most enjoyable co-ops are definitely (not in any specific order)
Atlantis Rising
Dead of Winter
Eldritch Horror
Nemesis
Pandemic Legacy (Season 1)
Space Alert
Really want to give Atlantis Rising a try!
Pomplamoose!!! Love that band!
POMP A LA MOOSE
No Spirit Island? Have you guys tried it yet? Also Thanos Rising is fun if you wanna chuck a bunch of dice and hope for an easy draw out, or you draw into every bad guy and get stomped :D
We have tried spirit island many times, has never been an enjoyable experience for us. But we want to try it again at some point!
@@FostertheMeeple Yeah I understand, its very weird to get your head around it at 1st. I'm still learning a lot about the game but it becomes more enjoyable I think when you change your mindset. You kind of have to play your turn setting up for 1-2 turns ahead. Trying to do whats good now is usually bad if that makes any sense.
I never see Legends of Andor in any top 10, while it seems to be one of the most popular games in stores. Any idea why? Have you played it?
I’ve never played it!
Good list. Have you guys tried The Crew??
We have! Not our taste unfortunately. Can see why a lot of folks like it though!
I found out that Stardew Valley has a boardgame by pure chance and I was trying to get my hands on it ever since but it's nearly impossible! I have a friend who has so many hours in Stardew that it's borderline insanity!!
The only reason my search stopped is because STALKER is about to be announced and I have a feeling I'm gonna lose my funds to that monstrosity
Haha fair enough! I do think I read they plan on doing a reprint soonish!
RASPOUTINE BABY
RASSSSSSPOOUUUTIINNNEEEE
I was going to ask about the Reckoners whether you have won yet? We have not :( yet when I Google it so many people say, it's so easy! We even play it on the easy level!
We really like Endangered, Hogwarts Battle, Roll player adventures and Lands of Galyzr! We just started playing Robin Hood and my kiddo asked if it could be our every Friday game :)
We have not won! I dunno how people find it easy haha
@@FostertheMeeple me neither! Which level of hardness have you tried? And what player count? We've only played it as 2 players.
@@frioevie only two players, cannot remember difficulty level but likely easiest mode
What about LOTR Journeys in Middle Earth? Any thoughts?
Really like JiME but haven’t played it enough to talk much about it. While I prefer the LOTR IP, I must say I much prefer the dice rolling in imperial assault over the card placement in JiME. But both are very good
For a second, I thought Jamie spoke Dutch! Pompelmoes is the Dutch word for grapefruit 😋 and it sounds very similar to the French word.
Great recommendations. Tales from the loop really looks interesting and so does Stardew Valley but the 45 to 200 minutes on BGG scares me 😅
Oh that’s crazy! Haha. Yea, we play stardew at 2p in about 70 minutes or so. Tales from the loop, about the same. Certainly not short games
27:48 "There is this tiny tiny element of luck (in stardew valley, the board game)"
Lol, there is a HUGE amount of luck in that game, it's one of the main issues people bring up.
Nah. Can’t stop has a huge amount of luck.
No mention of Pandemic? Nor Atlantis Rising? You two should be arrested for committing board game crimes!
Do not like pandemic, have not played Atlantis Rising!
Pandemic one of our favs. And Just One :)
If arrested I'll bail you out; pandemic is 👎🏼
Have you guys tried Bloc by Bloc or The Captain is Dead?
We have not!
@@FostertheMeeple oooh. You guys should check those out. Disclaimer: the rulebook for The Captain is Dead does not cover some details, but there is BGG 🤷♂️ and overall the game is a lot of fun.
Was that a pepperwood reference i heard
Ayyy you look nice in your docker's don't worry about it!
So a forgotten waters DLC this Summer?
I don’t think it’s a DLC. I believe it’s a stand alone with similar mechanics. Could be wrong though
What is a good game thats 2 player coop thats super easy to learn and play?
Sky team would be a great option!
what was the new iteration of forgotten waters? I'm not able to find anything
Freelancers!
we actually just got that and beat the 1st mission. While I liked finallyyyy having a game that utilizes more dice than just d6's, we felt the combat lacking and the overall story wasn't for us@@FostertheMeeple
Aside from Stardew Valley, any other games from your lists that work well in digital format and/or for solo players?
Stardew Valley
Mansions Of Madness
Horrified
Ghost Stories
Paint the Roses
Forgotten Waters
Adentures of Robin Hood
The Loop
Tales from the Loop
The Initiative
Stardew Valley
Sleeping Gods
Star Wars Imperial Assualt
Oathsworn
Mansions Of Madness
Adentures of Robin Hood
Return To Dark Tower
Cthulhu Death may Die
Ghost Stories
Forgotten Waters
The Reckoners
Hogwarts battle is such a fun entry level game for people who would love to try a coop game for the first time. The theme is played out so well and it plays pretty smooth and fast. I play it with friends who are into the hobby as well, but also with my little nephews who are currently reading the books.
LOVE that game!
We had a lot of fun with that one back in the day!!
that was great
Thank you!
Paleo!
I have noticed you often include new ganes and games that you have literally played ONCE or TWICE... but we know all games don't feel same over multiple plays! From reviewers, I expect recommendations that stand up to the test of time... How do you put first impressions in your top 10?
If that’s your expectation then go find that content that works for you!! Thanks for checking us out.
Arkham horror 3:e edition is sooo good ✨️ it little like MoM 🥳
Less clips of your faces, more clips of the games.
What do you mean?
Weird you do not like Aeon's End....
We have never played it, so I suppose it's not that weird haha 😂
@@FostertheMeeple you should definately try it (if you enjoy deck builders that is)
No Robinson Crusoe?
Haven’t played it!
@@FostertheMeeple whaaaat 😱. My girlfriend and I also Love "Ghost Stories" the moment I saw it I could swear I was going to see Robinson Crusoe 😂. When you guys have the opportunity to play, go for it. The game is great.
Plus nowadays we have "Dized" a free interactive app to teach how to play it.
No dungeon crawler?
Imperial assault?
@@FostertheMeeple Not in a dungeon, but granted, surely the same mechanics.
Stardew valley❤❤
Board game based on a book series? No thanks!!
Ok cool! Other people can enjoy them though! :)