My favourite is Brass: Birmingham. Which also happens to be my favourite Euro of all time. It’s the perfect blend of elegance and crunchiness for me, just can’t be beat. If you don’t mention Brass as a Martin Wallace fan, are you even a Martin Wallace fan?
I'm surprised Brass series, London, Auztralia and Anno 1800 did not make the list. As a fan of semi-coop, I find Auztralia to be one of the best i've played without all the clunky stuff.
My top 10: 1. Brass: Lancashire 2. A Study in Emerald (1st ed) 3. Brass: Birmingham 4. AuZtralia 5. Wildlands 6. Hit Z Road 7. A Few Acres of Snow 8. Railways of the World 9. Automobile 10. Steam From the comments, it sounds like I need to try Anno 1800 and London.
The 3 games in the Brass series (Brass Birmingham, Brass Lancashire and Age of Industry) are great. And lately Anno 1800 has become one of my favourites.
Anno 1800 is my favorite, and made me realize that Martin Wallace is my favorite designer. Brass, Liberte, Auztralia... I really like every game of his I've played. They're all very different and interesting, and have themes that are actually well implemented by their mechanics.
As Tom mentioned, most MW fans would have one of the brass games and age of steam as their top 2. I also think London 2nd Edition doesn’t get the attention it deserves. But the man is a legend.
Wildlands is really great! I wanted a miniature combat game that I could remember the rules to easily and had a lot of variety....Wildlands delivers on that big time!
I'm a big fan of Martin Wallace as a designer, my favourite games of his are Brass (Birmingham and Lancashire), Rocketmen, Via Nebula, Wildlands, Nanty Narking, and Toledo.
Hit Z Road is a fun and simple survival game that is good for competitive play (2-3 players) and also solos very well. I also enjoy the retro/do it yourself, aesthetic/theme.
A Study in Emerald grows on me each time I play it. I have a first edition copy (signed by Mr. Wallace himself) but I incorporate a lot of the streamlined rules from the second edition. Really unique game. London second edition is beautiful and brilliant. AuZtralia is interesting and quirky. The Steam games are pretty good, and Brass is a masterpiece, though it's not my favourite.
Gosh my list wouldn't look anything like Tom's at all. Missing some really great games like Age of Steam, Brass Birmingham and Lancashire, Automobile, Princess of the Renaissance, Auztralia ...
The doom track moves Runebound along fairly quickly. I own every game on this list except A Few Acres of Snow (though I do own the reimplimentation Mythotopia) and A Study in Emerald. Brass:Birmingham is my favorite from MW, followed closely by Nanty Narking. London 2nd edition is way up there too.
Love Wildlands. Played it twice last week, once with 2 p;ayers. once with four. Plays well and quick. But you are going to lose your guys, you have to get used to that.
Martin Wallace is the slugger in baseball that swings for the fence every at bat. Lots and lots of strikeouts and some real gems. I loved A Few Acres of Snow and never read up on the Halifax Hammer until I played someone who had, and it ruined the game. In actuality, in a real problem with F&I War games, as once the British figured out Halifax was the key to victory the war was basically over.
Auztralia? London? Brass? Anno? All much better games than almost all those on your list! But he is such a great designer with many great games so good enough list.
Wow only one of my top three mentioned. #1 Study in Emerald (1st Edition), #’s 2 and 3 could be argued are the same game with different skins, but I Love them: Mythotopia and Handful of Stars. These two games are rarely mentioned in reviews and I don’t understand why!?!?
I think brass is the obvious omission here but I know Tom isn't a big fan of it! Hit road z and judge dredd are both in my collection but haven't grabbed me so far... Anno really hooked me for a while, really interesting game
Via Nebula! I can’t tell you how many people I’ve brought into the hobby with this game. Once people have played your normal gateway games, this is what I pull out to play. It gives people a sense of what a modern euro board game can really become once you get past the intro games. Also has one of the best inserts of any game I own.
Wait... that Conquest of the Empire isn't a remake of the old Milton Bradley Gamemaster series game of the same name? Larry Harris was the designer of the that one. I need to investigate this now. I used to love the old Conquest of the Empire game from the 80s, but it was a hair broken with the catapult strategy.
Good enough list on one of my top 10 designers though there are some games from MW I like better than the ones here. Glad to see Study in Emerald and Discworld made the list. I liked A Few Acres of Snow but feel Lincoln is a better design. Was underwhelmed by Wildlands but I did like the Judge Dredd one.
I've not played many of his games, only 5. For me Brass Lancashire and Age of Steam are brilliant, Anno 1800 is good, Nanty Narking is OK and Tinner's Trail was not good.
My favourite is Brass: Birmingham. Which also happens to be my favourite Euro of all time. It’s the perfect blend of elegance and crunchiness for me, just can’t be beat.
If you don’t mention Brass as a Martin Wallace fan, are you even a Martin Wallace fan?
if you like A few Acres of Snow, play Hands in the Sea - it's a fantastic sequel that improves upon this design!
@7:12 "Age of Steam is probably the game Martin Wallace is best known for"
Brass: "Am I a joke to you, Tom?"
I'm surprised Brass series, London, Auztralia and Anno 1800 did not make the list. As a fan of semi-coop, I find Auztralia to be one of the best i've played without all the clunky stuff.
My top 10:
1. Brass: Lancashire
2. A Study in Emerald (1st ed)
3. Brass: Birmingham
4. AuZtralia
5. Wildlands
6. Hit Z Road
7. A Few Acres of Snow
8. Railways of the World
9. Automobile
10. Steam
From the comments, it sounds like I need to try Anno 1800 and London.
The 3 games in the Brass series (Brass Birmingham, Brass Lancashire and Age of Industry) are great. And lately Anno 1800 has become one of my favourites.
Anno 1800 is my favorite, and made me realize that Martin Wallace is my favorite designer. Brass, Liberte, Auztralia... I really like every game of his I've played. They're all very different and interesting, and have themes that are actually well implemented by their mechanics.
A Martin Wallace list without London is no Martin Wallace list :)
I was looking for this comment. This is the only game by him that I own. It's a great one!
As Tom mentioned, most MW fans would have one of the brass games and age of steam as their top 2. I also think London 2nd Edition doesn’t get the attention it deserves. But the man is a legend.
London 2nd edition is actually my favourite MW game
London 1st Edition is also excellent. Not played 2nd though, to compare.
Wildlands is really great! I wanted a miniature combat game that I could remember the rules to easily and had a lot of variety....Wildlands delivers on that big time!
Mythotopia tops the list for me. I'd hesitate to play it with more than 2, but at 2 it is absolutely wonderful.
Another choice for A Few Acres of Snow would be A Handful of Stars, which is a similar idea but set in space with 4 players.
Great list! Have You played Auztralia?
I'm a big fan of Martin Wallace as a designer, my favourite games of his are Brass (Birmingham and Lancashire), Rocketmen, Via Nebula, Wildlands, Nanty Narking, and Toledo.
Hit Z Road is a fun and simple survival game that is good for competitive play (2-3 players) and also solos very well. I also enjoy the retro/do it yourself, aesthetic/theme.
I do love Brass: Birmingham, and enjoy London 2nd Edition, Wildlands I sold lol - didn't get good feedback from friends either
Brass is easily a top 5 game of all time
It's just okay for me, but BGG confirms your statement!
Brass and Anno 1800 were missed for sure
For us, Whether it's Talisman or Runebound, the key to making it shorter is just reducing the amount you need to trade in for level up.
A Study in Emerald grows on me each time I play it. I have a first edition copy (signed by Mr. Wallace himself) but I incorporate a lot of the streamlined rules from the second edition. Really unique game. London second edition is beautiful and brilliant. AuZtralia is interesting and quirky. The Steam games are pretty good, and Brass is a masterpiece, though it's not my favourite.
Love that intro! Can’t wait to see the rest of these lists!Thank you
Gosh my list wouldn't look anything like Tom's at all. Missing some really great games like Age of Steam, Brass Birmingham and Lancashire, Automobile, Princess of the Renaissance, Auztralia ...
Tom's list has barely changed, since the last time he did it!
The doom track moves Runebound along fairly quickly.
I own every game on this list except A Few Acres of Snow (though I do own the reimplimentation Mythotopia) and A Study in Emerald.
Brass:Birmingham is my favorite from MW, followed closely by Nanty Narking. London 2nd edition is way up there too.
Love Wildlands. Played it twice last week, once with 2 p;ayers. once with four. Plays well and quick. But you are going to lose your guys, you have to get used to that.
Love to see Via Nebula, Discworld (Nanty Narking in my case), and Wildlands (Judge Dredd in my case) on the list!
No complaints here, Wildlands/Judge Dredd probably is my favorite from him.
Martin Wallace is the slugger in baseball that swings for the fence every at bat. Lots and lots of strikeouts and some real gems. I loved A Few Acres of Snow and never read up on the Halifax Hammer until I played someone who had, and it ruined the game. In actuality, in a real problem with F&I War games, as once the British figured out Halifax was the key to victory the war was basically over.
I have Lincoln sitting on my shelf of shame. Should I bother with it or just get rid of it?
Auztralia? London? Brass? Anno? All much better games than almost all those on your list! But he is such a great designer with many great games so good enough list.
I love Brass: Birmingham and Anno 1800. I also like very much London 2nd ed. and Tinners' Trail.
TOM! BUDDY! Ships?
So and he lost the Discworld license, I was hoping for the trilogy to be complete!
London second edition, AuZtralia, P.I., Discworld Ankh Morpork, A Study In Emerald second edition. Probably in that order.
Wow only one of my top three mentioned. #1 Study in Emerald (1st Edition), #’s 2 and 3 could be argued are the same game with different skins, but I Love them: Mythotopia and Handful of Stars. These two games are rarely mentioned in reviews and I don’t understand why!?!?
I think brass is the obvious omission here but I know Tom isn't a big fan of it! Hit road z and judge dredd are both in my collection but haven't grabbed me so far... Anno really hooked me for a while, really interesting game
Anno 1800. Very underrated.
It is a great game indeed, but I find it hard to call Anno1800 underrated when it's over the top 350 games on BGG ^^'
Wildlands is my favorite too
Tom have you tried Anno 1800? I think you might like it due to your love of tech trees.
Via Nebula! I can’t tell you how many people I’ve brought into the hobby with this game. Once people have played your normal gateway games, this is what I pull out to play. It gives people a sense of what a modern euro board game can really become once you get past the intro games. Also has one of the best inserts of any game I own.
Via Nebula is a great light game. Wish it got more love... and an expansion.
Steam, Brass, Automobile, Anno top for me but interesting to see some others here. Most underated is Rise of Empires IMO.
Wait... that Conquest of the Empire isn't a remake of the old Milton Bradley Gamemaster series game of the same name? Larry Harris was the designer of the that one. I need to investigate this now. I used to love the old Conquest of the Empire game from the 80s, but it was a hair broken with the catapult strategy.
I thought the same thing...about the designer, not the catapult thing.
AuZtralia is the one that is missing. And, I only have a Top 3 from the designer...
1. Wildlands
2. AuZtralia
3. Discworld
Anno 1800 I my favourite
Lol. Tom is trolling the cult of the new hard in this one.. I'm glad a few acres of snow got a some love
Brass is still my nr uno of all time - followed closely by lignum …. mmmmm… the joy of drying wood 😁 but that is not MW I know 🤷♂️
Good enough list on one of my top 10 designers though there are some games from MW I like better than the ones here. Glad to see Study in Emerald and Discworld made the list. I liked A Few Acres of Snow but feel Lincoln is a better design. Was underwhelmed by Wildlands but I did like the Judge Dredd one.
That's interesting. Wildlands and Judge Dredd are like 98% the same game. They're similar enough that the games are cross-compatible.
@@VaultBoy13 I guess I liked the maps better in the Judge Dredd one :)
I've not played many of his games, only 5.
For me Brass Lancashire and Age of Steam are brilliant, Anno 1800 is good, Nanty Narking is OK and Tinner's Trail was not good.
And now to the real and only #1: Brass
No brass??? mmmm
Knew that wouldn’t crack Tom’s top ten. He’s not a fan of that one.
Li-BERT-tay???????????
One view.
One thumbs up!
You're batting 1000!
Auztralia