I really like the videos with the three of you as your not quite on same page and so feels like anything could happen which makes it funny when you hate on each others choices :)
This is easily my favorite top 10. It's so easy to find games everyone's talking about and playing and evaluate them. However it'd be a monster going through the list and finding ones worth playing after 1000. It'd be such a daunting task. Thank you for this list. Can't wait to get some of these to the table.
seeing you guys interact with each other is priceless. one of the years i will make it to dice tower con to game with you guys. it just has to be awesome to do so.
OMG. Mission Red Planet might be reprinted? >__< I hunted for it and bought a second hand copy just recently cause I loved it so much after playing it from our FLGS D: But that's great! More people can play it now! :D
I don't know what other's had against the overrated games list, but I liked it. I like to know what I consider as good isn't quite as good as I think it is, because there are better out there.
Please continue to post the game lists in the description! It makes it so much easier to reference the list later on; we all still watch the videos, I swear!
Dark Moon and Blood Bound. They're the 2 best social deduction games right now (one heavier, one light), but nobody plays or has even heard of them. Meanwhile, people are still endlessly playing Secret Hitler or convoluted Werewolf variants.
Mission Red Planet gets the highest praise from just about anyone who talks about it. The reputation this game has is in the stratosphere. Hard to find is not the same as underrated.
Guildhall really isn't underrated on BGG. It has a 7.22 rating and is ranked 498th out of 9200+ ranked games. I see it rising further as well as more ratings come in on the game as it was only released last year.
Fairy Tale is 492 (as of right now). I have owned this game...well...since the first run and no matter how few people will actually play it, I will never get rid of it
Sam Healey On our first play, I was actually the guy who was always short by one, as Zee pointed out, but it didn't diminish my enjoyment of the game. :)
completely out of topic, how is tom's soda called in the US? is a colombian drink and over here is called "manzana" wich leterally means "apple", is it called apple?
32:37 LOL that's why I love Zee! I feel my taste in games is usually a combination between Tom's & his choices. (Funny because I used to only want to hear Tom's opinion)
One of my favourite top 10 lists so far. Some great games here, and I have to give Sam props this time for choosing most of them. Thanks to Zee for reminding me of Uchronia. I'm a big fan of Glory To Rome and can't get a copy for love or money, so will definitely be checking that one out. Sam's on the money with Guildhall - the only one on this list that I own, and actually one of my favourite games.
I really wish I had picked up Jamaica the first time you guys brought it up 'cause it seems to be impossible to find at a reasonable price these days...
My all-time favorite game (rated in the 8,000's) is REMENICING! Not only does it bring up fond memories, it allows you to get to know your fellow players. You're GUARENTEED at least one point if you can at least tell a story about that topic. It's hilarious, fun, and perfect. Who loves this game?
Agree completely with Indigo being on Zee's list, it really is a fantastic and beautiful game. I need to play Fairy Tale, it's been on our shelves for a year now and I can't even convince my daughter to try it out, she prefers to stick with 7 Wonders.
Fairy Tale is similar to 7 Wonders but still feels like a very different game. It's a bit weird to learn, but once you get it down, it plays very fast. Anyone who likes 7 Wonders should try it out.
You can't expand Fairy Tale as Sam suggests. The moment you add extra cards, you dilute the cards that require other cards. It's a fine game, but you can't expand it at all.
OK... my number 1 would probably be Terra Prime. This game is excellent. The game play, balancing your action points and modules on you ship. But, I think it was the crappy production that was it's downfall. It was an early Tasty Minstrel games... the wood bits are find... but the hexes are terrible, some of them had mold in them... but the game is GREAT! (it's ranked 2026 on BGG right now).
I agree, 455 is high, but I'm saying it's underrated because I think it should be higher... like, top 100 higher... I think it's a better game than many similar ones above it... Better than Stone Age and LoW at least. IMHO.
Josh Aldrich I agree that Yedo is great and not talked about enough. Tom loves it and includes it in his own collection which is why he probably didn't include it on this list.
Did not like Lascaux. You get pretty stressed, ultimately for no reason. I felt like I had a ton of stones and no cards, but somehow ended up having 5 points and the winner had 6 points, only because of a secondary card set he had that nobody else had randomly. I went for horses and only horses, and the only way I won them, was by being first pick. So I felt like I was losing the whole time, but ended up in 2nd, very underwhelming.
I recently talked with ordering person at my FLGS and it has become about impossible to get a copy of Jamaica now. People love playing the copy I have but are disappointed that they can't find it for themselves.
I could listen to you guys nearly every day. Thank you for this list because I just know there are so many good games out there that are flying under the radar. As for refrences to 'Glory to Rome' artwork, I like the game, and the original artwork over the Black Box...(so stark)! Kudos to all three lists...especially for listing some games that are still accessible. :)
If there were condensed versions of your top ten videos of about 20 minutes length, i could actually find the time to watch them regularly. Sadly an hour per video is far too long for me...
I loved Tannhäuser saddly it didn't seem to go over well with my play group. I think Fantasy Flight did a great job revising the game and giving the support that they did. Though rules were still a little complex, and I'm not sure if the characters were balanced well. Note: The pic you show of boardgame at 25:16 includes two figures that are not Tannhäuser figures. Their D&D plastic figures that happen to be the same scale and base size.
I think Escape From Aliens In Outer Space should have been on the list. It's in the 1400s but this game has such a great suspenseful theme and has you biting your nails. Tom introduced me to this game with his review and it's a great game that deserves a higher place in the BGG rankings.
GREAT SHOW! Since you guys often have a lot of overlap in some general recommendations (because you're in the same play group), it was especially nice to see that you all approached this in completely different ways. Really productive and, dare I say, enlightening episode. KUDOS.
I think Jamaica is out of print or at least hard to find which is why I think it is underrated. I have an online board game store that I started and I have been trying to get Jamaica for months but it is always out of stock. If they did a reprint of this I think it would sell well. Well, I would get a copy. Oh yeah and on that point reprint Robinson Crusoe already.
Another fantastic list, but I do have one pet peeve I'll mention: I am tiring of some of Sam's protracted "Guess My Game" introductions. But other than that, I love the good humor and chemistry in the group.
I can't figure out how to put the tower together in Cryano! We've tried many times but why are there FOUR stands, how does the tower set up with all those flaps and slots and sticky edges and 4 stands? No instructions, nothing online, no vids. It's very frustrating.
I don't know if Guildhall is in wide distribution. At least I couldn't find a copy from any local game store here in Finland, so I ordered my copy from UK. This has never happened to me before, usually at least one of the local stores has this kind of games in stock, or at least in their catalogs.
Scotland Yard is my choice for most underrated game. Most negative opinions I have read about it (on BGG) say that it is far too easy to win as Mr X. I believe that if the person controlling the police (this game is best with 2 players to avoid police telling Mr X their plans) knows what they are doing, then Mr X will almost never win - a good challenge but a rare win. Admittedly I have a very small rule tweak - the police can be moved in any order - (this usually makes no difference but can occasionally prevent a manipulation of this rule by Mr X to slip through a net.
Larry Roachelle Dang. I've been seeing prices around £90. I can't afford to blow that much on a game. I kinda balked when I saw Suburbia at £55, although that's still on my wishlist.
I usually disagree with Sam, but I'm totally down with Jamaica making this list...There is a top ten for OBSCURE games for which Jamaica wouldn't fit, but you could have a well known, game at 50 on BGG but if it should be up in the 20's, that's underrated! This seems more like an obscure top ten... That being said...I love a game called "Etc." It actually doesn't have any ranking on BGG. It is definitely underrated and is a big hit when we have three or more couples over. Check it out!
Tannhäuser is AWESOME. I got a copy after seeing it on this list and Sam's top sci-fi games list. Love it! I think its weight is perfect. Wouldn't want a much heavier game or else I'd never get anyone to play it. Now I'm losing all my money getting all the expansion characters...
I'M WITH YOU! All of the figures have their own special contributions. Mizu is amazing for her spin attack... Wolf is a necessity... the best character of all of them... get Frankenstahl! He's almost unstoppable. when he attacks. Asterous... is one dangerous dude. What I sometimes do is try to get around 15 characters into a firefight or make up missions... enjoy! Tannhauser is the best!
My underrated games are, in BGG order: 6684 Klondike 6473 Coloretto 5644 Le Mans 5453 Warlock 5112 Probe 4486 Mille Bornes 4469 Minion Hunter 3643 Amoeba Wars 2688 Football Strategy 2621 Fish Cook
Overpower was not a good game. Battletech on the other hand.... It used to be you could say EVERY Richard Garfield CCG besides Magic is underrated, then they reprinted Netrunner. Battletech and Vampire (Jyhad) are also exceptional (hint: Magic might be the worst of the four).
Sam I completely agree with you about Starfarers. Its completely killed Settlers for me and is no where near as dry. The ships were crazy fragile though. I still have 2 of my 6 that I need to re-glue the tips on. Also didn't realize that Guildhall was so low on bgg. Crazy. My kids love Temple Run and I was also pleasantly surprised by it. Im stoked to hear that Mission Red Planet is possibly being reprinted.
Starship Catan that's an underrated game. It get's overshadowed by Starfarers Catan and Star Trek Catan. It's a solid medium-weight 2-Player game not many of those either. When it came out it was cheap and best of all it came in a small box jam-packed with beautiful components. It was a portable and easy to teach game with enough strategy to make it interesting. Rivals of Catan though overshadows it when it comes to 2-Player Catan games. I guess It's because Rivals of Catan feels the closest to the original Catan as a 2-Player game and the length time is shorter, a quick fun game can be had.
I have some confusion that I hope one of you three will answer me here about. Why would a game that is "not on a lot of people's radar" be ranked so low? (Saint Malo) Wouldn't a GOOD game have a high rating even if only 100 people had heard of it? If they all rated it between 7-10 it would still be highly rated? It seems like just not knowing about a game is factoring into your review here. Is that intentional?
I think the game Tom was referring to while talking about Picture Picture is Scrutineyes, a rather good game that is ranked 3126 on the geek. I would imagine if it was made today they would have expansions planned for it... I still have my copy somewhere here...
Saint Malo is probabelly having a low ranking based on the fact that -in my opinion- it`s not a good game: The pen is smearing and the gane lasts far too long for what it is. I love King of Tokyo and Saint Malo doesn`t have anything in common with King of Tokyo. It´s dry...lasts ages....no...it`s in my opinion not underrated. It is what it is...
What about Civilization? And not the new version based on the computer game, the real Civilization that inspired the computer game... Or Shanghai? Or Star Trader?
Smiley Face. We have it and have played a couple times...years ago. It felt like a NON-game. It can be mean? Really? Maybe we missed something...misunderstood the rules?
Hey Sam, isn't the point of an underrated games list to have games that are actually underrated and unheard of? Seriously come on, this was your chance to shine some light on games that people have not heard of. Pro tip if it's in the top 1000 games on BGG people like it already!
I couldn't agree more about OverPower. Unfortunately it is getting very hard to find cards from anything but the first few sets, but if you're interested original Marvel starter decks and boosters can still be had for relatively cheap on eBay and as long both players are using cards from the same set it will be fun and fair.
If you want a great Super-hero game which really simulates Super-hero smash up fun, look at Wildstorms. SO much more game than any other Super-Hero game I've seen.
I really want to check out Tannhauser, but I recently went with Earth Reborn because it seems like it comes with more out of the box and has a little more complexity. Fingers crossed I didn't make a mistake!
Ditto is so underrated. It has not even been voted on on BGG O.o. Check boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/22045/ditto - great partygame, where you have to get in each others head and write down the same things, based on two cards. E.g.: Elegant + Bodypart
Haha I have Monopoly Tropical Tycoon. Got it years ago for my birthday / Christmas. It was a ton of fun. I think I played it only once, but it is very different and a lot of fun.
Gotham City Strategy game is pretty underrated to me. It runs a bit long but the theme is great if you are a comic fan, you really feel like the villain you are playing as. Making a couple rule changes also really speeds the game up. Def check it out if youre a batman fan.
Has anyone here played Buccaneer? I got it for a pound and a half at a thrift shop in the UK and it was surprisingly fun for everyone who played it! Check er out
Gregory Booth Very good point. I didn't realize it was that high. It FEELS very underrated and I've seen stores carrying it on clearance. Perhaps it's not so underrated anymore.
I just got this game having forgot about it, but was keeping an eye on it since the reprint. I'm surprised Lost Valley didn't make it on Tom's list as a year ago it was on his top 100 and is currently 3K+ on BGG. I've literally just made the purchase and can't wait to play this game, and his review made me drool over the game. Just shocked it's in the 5's on BGG right now as the mechanics are unique and theme is amazing. I hope it plays as well as I imagine it.
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You should do a list of top 10 games that are out of print...then make board game producers watch it over and over until they reprint great games.
Bill Jensen double agreed
These top tens are addictive
I really like the videos with the three of you as your not quite on same page and so feels like anything could happen which makes it funny when you hate on each others choices :)
Agreed! It feels like Top Gear for board games.
dion monteiro
.....like Top Gear except funny and not completely scripted
Dice Tower old top tens with Sam are my happy place.
This is easily my favorite top 10. It's so easy to find games everyone's talking about and playing and evaluate them. However it'd be a monster going through the list and finding ones worth playing after 1000. It'd be such a daunting task. Thank you for this list. Can't wait to get some of these to the table.
I really like the fact that you 3 guys have a variety of legitimate opinions that run a large spectrum.
seeing you guys interact with each other is priceless. one of the years i will make it to dice tower con to game with you guys. it just has to be awesome to do so.
DRAMATIC CLOSE-UP "I don't know what you're talking about" hahah. 17:45.
OMG. Mission Red Planet might be reprinted? >__< I hunted for it and bought a second hand copy just recently cause I loved it so much after playing it from our FLGS D: But that's great! More people can play it now! :D
weeeeeeeee!
9 months later and I still miss Sam! Thanks for being a true rock star, sir!
LOLed at that Zee close up haha. "I don't know what you're talking about"
I don't know what other's had against the overrated games list, but I liked it. I like to know what I consider as good isn't quite as good as I think it is, because there are better out there.
Just when I thought I wouldn't have anything to watch while putting stickers on the hundreds of blocks in my latest C&C Ancients expansion...
Please continue to post the game lists in the description! It makes it so much easier to reference the list later on; we all still watch the videos, I swear!
Dark Moon and Blood Bound. They're the 2 best social deduction games right now (one heavier, one light), but nobody plays or has even heard of them. Meanwhile, people are still endlessly playing Secret Hitler or convoluted Werewolf variants.
Oh, also, I can not agree more about Mission: Red Planet. It's SO good. I can not wait for a reprint.
Mission Red Planet gets the highest praise from just about anyone who talks about it. The reputation this game has is in the stratosphere. Hard to find is not the same as underrated.
I normally dont agree with Sam... but this list, dude.... you nailed!
Guildhall really isn't underrated on BGG. It has a 7.22 rating and is ranked 498th out of 9200+ ranked games. I see it rising further as well as more ratings come in on the game as it was only released last year.
Fairy Tale is 492 (as of right now). I have owned this game...well...since the first run and no matter how few people will actually play it, I will never get rid of it
Please do a redo of this list. Love checking out games that aren't in the top 100 always. I'm sure there are a ton of new ones for you guys
Thanks to your plug, Sam, I bought Revolution a few months ago. Very fine light game!
Glad to hear you enjoyed it!
Sam Healey On our first play, I was actually the guy who was always short by one, as Zee pointed out, but it didn't diminish my enjoyment of the game. :)
completely out of topic, how is tom's soda called in the US? is a colombian drink and over here is called "manzana" wich leterally means "apple", is it called apple?
32:37 LOL that's why I love Zee!
I feel my taste in games is usually a combination between Tom's & his choices.
(Funny because I used to only want to hear Tom's opinion)
Pirateer, Pirateer, Pirateer! It's the most exciting board game ever, only 5.5 on BGG is obscene.
Great videos! We love your stuff! Thanks for sharing.
One of my favourite top 10 lists so far. Some great games here, and I have to give Sam props this time for choosing most of them. Thanks to Zee for reminding me of Uchronia. I'm a big fan of Glory To Rome and can't get a copy for love or money, so will definitely be checking that one out. Sam's on the money with Guildhall - the only one on this list that I own, and actually one of my favourite games.
Very interesting list, fellas! Little oops though: you used the book/movie tie-in list for your closing! Doh!
The opposite of veto (48:55) is sanction: 'official permission or approval for an action'
Er... the ending was the wrong one. It has the top ten for the games based on books and movies.
I really wish I had picked up Jamaica the first time you guys brought it up 'cause it seems to be impossible to find at a reasonable price these days...
My all-time favorite game (rated in the 8,000's) is REMENICING! Not only does it bring up fond memories, it allows you to get to know your fellow players. You're GUARENTEED at least one point if you can at least tell a story about that topic. It's hilarious, fun, and perfect. Who loves this game?
Agree completely with Indigo being on Zee's list, it really is a fantastic and beautiful game. I need to play Fairy Tale, it's been on our shelves for a year now and I can't even convince my daughter to try it out, she prefers to stick with 7 Wonders.
Fairy Tale is similar to 7 Wonders but still feels like a very different game. It's a bit weird to learn, but once you get it down, it plays very fast. Anyone who likes 7 Wonders should try it out.
You can't expand Fairy Tale as Sam suggests. The moment you add extra cards, you dilute the cards that require other cards. It's a fine game, but you can't expand it at all.
OK... my number 1 would probably be Terra Prime. This game is excellent. The game play, balancing your action points and modules on you ship. But, I think it was the crappy production that was it's downfall. It was an early Tasty Minstrel games... the wood bits are find... but the hexes are terrible, some of them had mold in them... but the game is GREAT! (it's ranked 2026 on BGG right now).
Battletech the card game was by far the best of the 90's trading card game. They should reprint it as a deck builder like netrunner.
Give this person a medal.
Im surprised no one said Yedo... its at 455! That game is FANTASTIC!
455 is very high, and the consensus about that game is that it's fantastic. By that reasoning, it's hardly underrated.
I agree, 455 is high, but I'm saying it's underrated because I think it should be higher... like, top 100 higher... I think it's a better game than many similar ones above it... Better than Stone Age and LoW at least. IMHO.
Josh Aldrich I agree that Yedo is great and not talked about enough. Tom loves it and includes it in his own collection which is why he probably didn't include it on this list.
My top 5 underrated games:
5) Ladies & Gentlemen (ranked 1893, avg. rating 6.58, my rating 8)
4) Schrille Stille (ranked 2704, avg. rating 6.50, my rating 8)
3) Tribond (ranked 15441, avg. rating 5.26, my rating: 7.5)
2) Get Bit! (ranked 1921, avg. rating 6.19, my rating: 8.5)
1) TransAmerica (ranked 911, avg. rating: 6.66, my rating: 9)
Did not like Lascaux. You get pretty stressed, ultimately for no reason. I felt like I had a ton of stones and no cards, but somehow ended up having 5 points and the winner had 6 points, only because of a secondary card set he had that nobody else had randomly. I went for horses and only horses, and the only way I won them, was by being first pick. So I felt like I was losing the whole time, but ended up in 2nd, very underwhelming.
I recently talked with ordering person at my FLGS and it has become about impossible to get a copy of Jamaica now. People love playing the copy I have but are disappointed that they can't find it for themselves.
I could listen to you guys nearly every day. Thank you for this list because I just know there are so many good games out there that are flying under the radar. As for refrences to 'Glory to Rome' artwork, I like the game, and the original artwork over the Black Box...(so stark)! Kudos to all three lists...especially for listing some games that are still accessible. :)
If there were condensed versions of your top ten videos of about 20 minutes length, i could actually find the time to watch them regularly. Sadly an hour per video is far too long for me...
Great show guys. The list at the end is from a different show.
I loved Tannhäuser saddly it didn't seem to go over well with my play group. I think Fantasy Flight did a great job revising the game and giving the support that they did. Though rules were still a little complex, and I'm not sure if the characters were balanced well.
Note: The pic you show of boardgame at 25:16 includes two figures that are not Tannhäuser figures. Their D&D plastic figures that happen to be the same scale and base size.
Come on over to our game day, Sam. We play Jamaica every time.
I think Escape From Aliens In Outer Space should have been on the list. It's in the 1400s but this game has such a great suspenseful theme and has you biting your nails. Tom introduced me to this game with his review and it's a great game that deserves a higher place in the BGG rankings.
Two of my favourate underated games are Arcane Legions and VS System both exellent games ,oh and Dreamblade
GREAT SHOW! Since you guys often have a lot of overlap in some general recommendations (because you're in the same play group), it was especially nice to see that you all approached this in completely different ways. Really productive and, dare I say, enlightening episode. KUDOS.
I think Jamaica is out of print or at least hard to find which is why I think it is underrated. I have an online board game store that I started and I have been trying to get Jamaica for months but it is always out of stock. If they did a reprint of this I think it would sell well. Well, I would get a copy. Oh yeah and on that point reprint Robinson Crusoe already.
Do you have any more info on the possible reprint of Mission: Red Planet? I was so close to buying this, but everyone is charging such a high price.
Oh boy, one hour! *brings out the popcorn*
"Tropical Tycoon is the best version of Monopoly." = "Gonorrhea is the best of all venereal diseases."
Another fantastic list, but I do have one pet peeve I'll mention: I am tiring of some of Sam's protracted "Guess My Game" introductions. But other than that, I love the good humor and chemistry in the group.
it is much easier to drink from a can if the lid hole is facing you rather than the trade logo facing the camera :)
The game like PicturePicture was called Scrutineyes.
One of my favourites games is "Mystery of the Abbey" and I think is underrated. And completely unknown in my country.
Love this game. It'll always have a place on my shelf.
This was fun and informative. Thank you!
I just bought Mission: Red Planet because of the enthusiasm always shown by this trio on screen! I hope I will like it! :)
I can't figure out how to put the tower together in Cryano! We've tried many times but why are there FOUR stands, how does the tower set up with all those flaps and slots and sticky edges and 4 stands? No instructions, nothing online, no vids. It's very frustrating.
ok it's been 7 years now since this video came out, and I enjoyed then and I still enjoy it today. Very cool.
Batman: Gotham City Strategy Game ranked 2286 on BBG. Fantastic game. Also Conquest of Planet Earth should be higher
BattleTech is my second Favorite Game of All Time.
The summary scroll at the end is for a different top ten.
I don't know if Guildhall is in wide distribution. At least I couldn't find a copy from any local game store here in Finland, so I ordered my copy from UK. This has never happened to me before, usually at least one of the local stores has this kind of games in stock, or at least in their catalogs.
This was a great episode, even though I LOVED the overrated episode
Thanks for putting the lists in the comments. I know you guys don't like doing that. Its appreciated.
Scotland Yard is my choice for most underrated game. Most negative opinions I have read about it (on BGG) say that it is far too easy to win as Mr X. I believe that if the person controlling the police (this game is best with 2 players to avoid police telling Mr X their plans) knows what they are doing, then Mr X will almost never win - a good challenge but a rare win. Admittedly I have a very small rule tweak - the police can be moved in any order - (this usually makes no difference but can occasionally prevent a manipulation of this rule by Mr X to slip through a net.
Been playing it for years ( 30?), and it's fun
I had a look for Jamaica the other day. Alas it seems to be horrendously expensive. Are supplies really that short? I'd love to grab a copy.
It's out of print. If you can actually find a copy... grab it. It will usually cost about $80.
Larry Roachelle
Dang. I've been seeing prices around £90. I can't afford to blow that much on a game. I kinda balked when I saw Suburbia at £55, although that's still on my wishlist.
Essentially this list is : Stuff to look for in the bargain bin :)
I usually disagree with Sam, but I'm totally down with Jamaica making this list...There is a top ten for OBSCURE games for which Jamaica wouldn't fit, but you could have a well known, game at 50 on BGG but if it should be up in the 20's, that's underrated! This seems more like an obscure top ten...
That being said...I love a game called "Etc." It actually doesn't have any ranking on BGG. It is definitely underrated and is a big hit when we have three or more couples over. Check it out!
Tannhäuser is AWESOME. I got a copy after seeing it on this list and Sam's top sci-fi games list. Love it! I think its weight is perfect. Wouldn't want a much heavier game or else I'd never get anyone to play it. Now I'm losing all my money getting all the expansion characters...
I'M WITH YOU! All of the figures have their own special contributions. Mizu is amazing for her spin attack... Wolf is a necessity... the best character of all of them... get Frankenstahl! He's almost unstoppable. when he attacks. Asterous... is one dangerous dude. What I sometimes do is try to get around 15 characters into a firefight or make up missions... enjoy! Tannhauser is the best!
My underrated games are, in BGG order:
6684 Klondike
6473 Coloretto
5644 Le Mans
5453 Warlock
5112 Probe
4486 Mille Bornes
4469 Minion Hunter
3643 Amoeba Wars
2688 Football Strategy
2621 Fish Cook
Overpower was not a good game. Battletech on the other hand.... It used to be you could say EVERY Richard Garfield CCG besides Magic is underrated, then they reprinted Netrunner. Battletech and Vampire (Jyhad) are also exceptional (hint: Magic might be the worst of the four).
Sam I completely agree with you about Starfarers. Its completely killed Settlers for me and is no where near as dry. The ships were crazy fragile though. I still have 2 of my 6 that I need to re-glue the tips on. Also didn't realize that Guildhall was so low on bgg. Crazy. My kids love Temple Run and I was also pleasantly surprised by it. Im stoked to hear that Mission Red Planet is possibly being reprinted.
Starship Catan that's an underrated game. It get's overshadowed by Starfarers Catan and Star Trek Catan. It's a solid medium-weight 2-Player game not many of those either. When it came out it was cheap and best of all it came in a small box jam-packed with beautiful components. It was a portable and easy to teach game with enough strategy to make it interesting. Rivals of Catan though overshadows it when it comes to 2-Player Catan games. I guess It's because Rivals of Catan feels the closest to the original Catan as a 2-Player game and the length time is shorter, a quick fun game can be had.
I have some confusion that I hope one of you three will answer me here about. Why would a game that is "not on a lot of people's radar" be ranked so low? (Saint Malo) Wouldn't a GOOD game have a high rating even if only 100 people had heard of it? If they all rated it between 7-10 it would still be highly rated? It seems like just not knowing about a game is factoring into your review here. Is that intentional?
I think the game Tom was referring to while talking about Picture Picture is Scrutineyes, a rather good game that is ranked 3126 on the geek. I would imagine if it was made today they would have expansions planned for it... I still have my copy somewhere here...
Saint Malo is probabelly having a low ranking based on the fact that -in my opinion- it`s not a good game: The pen is smearing and the gane lasts far too long for what it is. I love King of Tokyo and Saint Malo doesn`t have anything in common with King of Tokyo. It´s dry...lasts ages....no...it`s in my opinion not underrated. It is what it is...
What about Civilization? And not the new version based on the computer game, the real Civilization that inspired the computer game... Or Shanghai? Or Star Trader?
Smiley Face. We have it and have played a couple times...years ago. It felt like a NON-game. It can be mean? Really? Maybe we missed something...misunderstood the rules?
Hey Sam, isn't the point of an underrated games list to have games that are actually underrated and unheard of? Seriously come on, this was your chance to shine some light on games that people have not heard of. Pro tip if it's in the top 1000 games on BGG people like it already!
I couldn't agree more about OverPower. Unfortunately it is getting very hard to find cards from anything but the first few sets, but if you're interested original Marvel starter decks and boosters can still be had for relatively cheap on eBay and as long both players are using cards from the same set it will be fun and fair.
If you want a great Super-hero game which really simulates Super-hero smash up fun, look at Wildstorms. SO much more game than any other Super-Hero game I've seen.
I really want to check out Tannhauser, but I recently went with Earth Reborn because it seems like it comes with more out of the box and has a little more complexity. Fingers crossed I didn't make a mistake!
Its great that Sam and Zee are cool with doing these videos. Such good friends!
Ditto is so underrated. It has not even been voted on on BGG O.o. Check boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/22045/ditto - great partygame, where you have to get in each others head and write down the same things, based on two cards. E.g.: Elegant + Bodypart
Haha I have Monopoly Tropical Tycoon. Got it years ago for my birthday / Christmas. It was a ton of fun. I think I played it only once, but it is very different and a lot of fun.
Gotham City Strategy game is pretty underrated to me. It runs a bit long but the theme is great if you are a comic fan, you really feel like the villain you are playing as. Making a couple rule changes also really speeds the game up. Def check it out if youre a batman fan.
Love the endless energy and enthusiasm, Tom and co!
Jamaica is off the charts because its expensive and out of print.
I saw that Rodney from Watch It Played just ordered Uchronia the other day!
I have no idea what you were smoking, but Temple Run is awful. Just terrible. No complaints about the rest though.
Has anyone here played Buccaneer? I got it for a pound and a half at a thrift shop in the UK and it was surprisingly fun for everyone who played it! Check er out
You guys should do a top 10 educational games list
Smiley Face. We have it. I don't understand why Zee and Tom like it. Maybe we don't correctly understand the rules?
I TOTALLY agree with Guildhall being underrated. It's a great game and currently a group favorite.
Agreed. Guildhall might be the best choice for this list.
Agree that Guildhall is a great game, but I have a hard time saying that a game that is in the top 500 boardgames on BGG is underrated.
Gregory Booth Very good point. I didn't realize it was that high. It FEELS very underrated and I've seen stores carrying it on clearance. Perhaps it's not so underrated anymore.
Thats the first Top10 list, where I like Sam's choice the most)
Are you the traitor is much better and complicated than he explained :P
No one is probably going to fix it but in the end you are showing lists from the previous video (Movies and Books) :)
Have you thought about doing a revisit on this topic? I ask this since you already did Overrated games more than once.
I just got this game having forgot about it, but was keeping an eye on it since the reprint. I'm surprised Lost Valley didn't make it on Tom's list as a year ago it was on his top 100 and is currently 3K+ on BGG. I've literally just made the purchase and can't wait to play this game, and his review made me drool over the game. Just shocked it's in the 5's on BGG right now as the mechanics are unique and theme is amazing. I hope it plays as well as I imagine it.