5 Board Games Ranked & Reviewed - DVONN, Isle of Trains, Babel, Stripes, Caesar & Cleopatra

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[@TH-wq2ge]

Love Isle of trains. Good interaction and a great compact travel game.
Babel looks interesting.

[@gdcadad]

I love love love the gipf games.
1 YINSH
2 TZAAR
3 LYNGK
4 ZERTZ
5 DVONN
6 PUNCT
7 GIPF
They each have their merits, but the first five are all stellar! I highly recommend playing them all.

[@clvrswine]

Babel is a good one. I have the Kosmos small box one from way back. It's sitting next to Lost Cities, Hera and Zeus and Blue Moon.

[@bushibayushi]

GIPF series is amazing. I'm probably the only one that puts PUNCT so high on the list....
1&2: YINSH 10/10, TZAAR 10/10
3: LYNGK 9/10
4: PUNCT 9/10
5: DVONN 9/10
6: GIPF 8/10
7: ZERTZ 8/10

[@diamondmeeple]

TZAAR is the best modern abstract strategy game. Both in the GIPF-series and of all ASGs. DVONN is the number two best in the series for me. Very smooth and accessible. Both are masterpieces.
First 5-10 times playing one uses random setup for both games. However, when both players are confident, they build up the board placing 1 and 1 piece. This goes for both games.

[@Tr1n1tyNZ]

I own Babel. A hidden gem. Must get it to the table again.

[@Circaa177]

Recent subscriber! Love your takes on games, we like similar games!

[@ChairmanoftheBoard]

Thanks for the sub!

[@andrewwalsh531]

I've had Babel on the watchlist for awhile now, waiting for the right price to pop on a Zman copy! I have a few of Uve Rosenberg's light to medium weight games like Nova Luna, Nusfjord, Glass Road, At the Gates of Loyang, and Bohnanza. But ya I tend to veer away from the punishing ones like Agricola :)

[@tonycork2pa469]

I haven't played Babel or Carsar & Cleopatra fir over 20 years - but remember liking both.
Given your new interest in the GIPF Series and Abstracts generally, are you done with "Ur" (P Mori) or could give it another look?

[@ChairmanoftheBoard]

I think I bounced off of Ur a bit too much to repurchase it sadly.

[@shockwavemasta]

Babel is being reprinted and rethemed this year

[@bushibayushi]

I would very much appreciate source for this news, BGG is totally silent...

[@ChairmanoftheBoard]

It's called Clash of Magic Schools. It looks horrible.

[@bushibayushi]

@@ChairmanoftheBoard I could pick up a Dutch copy of Babel, but I think it's language dependant to some extent, is it not? There is some text on cards...

[@ChairmanoftheBoard]

There are simple keywords written on the cards. I'd advise getting an English copy. Hopefully some will flood the market once the new version is out.

[@bushibayushi]

@@ChairmanoftheBoard thank you!

[@Jueglar]

I feel like i should be insulted "amerismashy"?????