Top 10 Underrated Board Games | Games That Don't Get Enough Love
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You know what else is incredibly underrated?
The Foster the Meeple CZcams channel. I love the videos and think somebody needs to spread the word.
I would, but I’m busy with…..er….the stuff.
Thanks Cody!! Haha we are trying to spread the good word! Support like yours is always appreciated dearly.
I recently found your channel and have been binge watching what games to add to the collection. I now have vast and call to adventure to my future buys.
Awesome stuff Alan!! Thanks so much for subbing and watching. Always happy to help people find new games they love!
Hey guys! I recently found your channel thanks to your collab with All You Can Board and I have to say I have fallen in love with your channel!!! Your content has been great and I'm excited to join the discord. You guys have reignited my love for gaming to the point where my family has bought six new games just in the past few days.
I definitely agree that Call to Adventure is a great game. We have both the original version and the Stormlight Archive version. I have yet to read the Stormlight Archive books because of how big they are, but my sister says they are amazing so I will probably end up reading them someday. Even without reading the books, the game is gorgeous so I can only imagine what it would be like for a fan of the books to play.
Wishing you guys all the best
Sarah I cannot express to you how much we needed to hear this today. Truly this is the stuff that fuels us to keep going. I’m so happy to hear you are playing games with your family. Please shoot me a note when you get on to Discord! Would love to hear about your family game journey. - Jeff
i too broke out laughing when Jamie said we want you to love....what we love. HAHA! that's what i'm feeling when i'm staring at my friends during game night!
Hahah if we don’t get a couple laughs each video we aren’t doing our jobs! Thanks Tim!
lol I'm glad I stayed to the end, the outtakes were funny.
Haha thanks!
My most underrated - “Grand Conquest” at 8342.
Great list with a bunch of my favorites, and also a new acquisition :)
Thanks Jim!!
Liked the video a lot! Jamie, lovin' the purple. Great color on you.
EmperorS4 has a couple of games that I think are highly underrated. First is Realm of Sand, which is like Tetris meet Splendor. It has some super satisfying tile laying engine building. It's ranked 3,243 on BGG.
My second pick from them is a game called Mystery of the Temples. Its a great area majority/ set collection game, ranked at 3,401.
You could probably get these up at a bargain too.
Nice!! Going to look these up.
Yessss I’m so glad you decided to play Vast. I completely agree. It’s totally underrated. I wonder if covering it more will help people try it more??? Either way this was a wonderful video and I came out having a few games I want to try now ❤️❤️
The more eyes on it the better!! We might do a playthrough of sorts or something. All the Vast content!!! Thanks as always Sam!
I completely agree with your assessment of The Bloody Inn. It, along with it's expansion, is a unique treat of a game, and one I've gifted to people in the past.
Haven’t had a chance to play the expansion yet!
Awesome list! Several of these games I've never heard of and will now be looking in to. Thanks!
Any in particular!!? Love when people find new games to enjoy
@@FostertheMeeple Specifically Wildlands, Call to Adventure, and The Bloody Inn all caught my eye due to your description and their striking art direction. After some more research Wildlands and The Bloody Inn look right up my alley! Thanks again.
Travesty is the word I think Jamie was looking for! Great video.
Haha likely, we are always fumbling for words. Thanks Josh!
There's always room for a Step Brothers reference!
ALWAYS!
Thanks for all of these recommendations. We're looking around for new stuff! Brilliant job.
Thanks so much!! Glad you enjoyed :) Any games in particular you’re interested in?
@@FostertheMeeple Sub Terra looks right in my wheelhouse. It looks like it might be rereleased? Carnival of Monsters and Call to Adventure both look like they have great replayability.
@@crippledfoxgaming I’d agree with all of this. I haven’t heard anything on Sub Terra but here’s to hoping!!
This is a great list! Really wanted to try out Sub Terra and Seasons for some time now, but neither of those are available here unfortunately :( One game I think is hugely underrated is Ethnos. The box art is very misleading and the board is very underwhelming, but the game is sooo much fun. It is quick, has interesting mechanics, has huge replayability and scales really well. LOVE IT!
Ok cool!! I think I’ve heard of Ethnos but I’ll take a closer look. I know Sub Terra is tough to find, but I will mention Seasons is available on Board Game Arena for free! Not sure if you play digitally at all.
Haven't played any of these games. some look really fun. thanks for the video
seasons I really like
I really want to try Call to Adventure 🔥 I'm looking forward to seeing more about the upcoming Kickstarter for the next iteration👍
Same! I think you’ll enjoy it - if you do give it a try let me know what you think!
I own and love innovation, Jamaica, Bloody Inn and Wildlands.
And I have Call to Adventure coming this weekend.
❤️❤️❤️
Sounds like we nailed your list!!! Great games :)
I Soooo want to play Sub Terra but have not been able to find it ANYWHERE! I'm hoping they release a 2nd printing of it soon. Can't believe no Silver Series games on this list :P
Yea I know it’s hard to find!!! We feel like we hype up Silver enough we need to purposely leave it out sometimes haha
Love Innovation!
Only problem with the version you showed is the expansions only use the basic art version.
Recommend playing on BGA as it tracks the symbols.
I didn’t know that!! Good to know. Haven’t tried it on BGA yet but will soon!
Dan Thurot had pretty high praise for Sheepy Time in an article a few weeks back. Definitely has me intrigued.
It’s super fun. Not at all what I expected off the box art.
Great list and reasoning for all of them. The only one here I've played is Innovation which is sooooo good. Most of the other ones are games I've wanted to play for a while, although a couple of them admittedly weren't on my radar. I'll add these to my "to play" list. Oh and Seasons surprised me too, I tried it on BGA a while ago... if you go up against an experienced player you can get absolutely destroyed but I've still had fun with it. Love the draft aspect. - Carlo
Yea I’ve played an average amount of Seasons and I’ve been crushed on BGA. It reminds me a bit of Res insofar you need to build an engine that will produce points near endgame. I definitely prefer seasons in person, could be a good game option whenever we all run into each other!!
@@FostertheMeeple I think you actually mentioned the main reasons Innovation is not popular, when you said it was “swingy” and “mean”. I’m amazed at how many people do not like any “take that” at all in their games. Doesn’t bother me and I know how competitive you guys are as well as Carlo, so know you guys just eat that up, lol. As well I don’t mind a game being a bit swingy either, I don’t have to win all the time, I just enjoy playing the game. As well the only thing that prevents me picking up Vast is the player count. Need 2 and 3 player count for me to get the best value. Anyway guys great job on the video, your production quality simply put is excellent. You’ve grown immensely over the past year well done!
Thanks for the great list. I really want to play carnival of monsters now. Two under rated games in my collection are Gunkimono and Aqua Mirabilis (ugliest box cover ever..but really good game)
Haha ok awesome!! I am going to check into these games.
Both Brandon Sanderson and Patrick Rothfuss have done incredible work in the genre, astounded to hear there's a board game out there, linked to or inspired by their respective works 😮
Would definitely appreciate to learn more about your tastes in books!
You pretty much nailed my two favourite authors!
@@FostertheMeeple Wish I could also heart your comment 😀
@@dannyteoharov8298 there’s also a Reckoners board game! I haven’t played it yet though.
@@FostertheMeeple This just proves your point, made in the Q@A video about how board games are mainly pieces of art, powerful and honestly luxurious expressions of both designers' and artists' passion.
Keep on rockin', you guys! And being in your own way a part of this artsy circulation. Best of luck!
My most underrated games are Ulm and Calimala! I love these euros so much.
Haven’t heard of these!! Will check them out for sure
I love SEASONS! It’s my favorite game of all time and I love the expansions that just keeps every game fresh! Seasons is so pretty too and the chunky makes it an easy game to convince others to try out! Every time I teach it I start it with players rolling the seasons dice and every time it sparks joy! I love tactical games and this game is tactical and such a joy
I completely agree!!! One of my fave things to do is play this with my buddy Kyle. He might be the biggest Seasons fan around!
@@FostertheMeeple yea this is so true. Why don’t we play anymore
@@kyleking2410 I’ll line one up now.
love your list!! my underrated games, I would love to know if you’ve played any of them:
1. Groundhog Day
2. Klondike Rush
3. Hit Z Road
4. Elevenses
5. Camp Pinetop
6. Tag City
7. Remember Our Trip
8. Squire for Hire
9. The Boldest
10. Morels
We haven’t played any of these!! Which one would you recommend the most?
@@FostertheMeeple I think you’ll really have fun with Groundhog Day and Hit Z Road :) Squire for Hire is essential, I always have it on me and the designer is from Ontario, it’s super cute so I think you’d love that one too!
@@kimoro9643 awesome!! Going to check it out
I just played Carnival Of Monsters, and I enjoyed it. I own Sheepy Time, Black Angel and Call To Adventure, which I also enjoyed. I've got to get Black Angel back to the table!
Nice!! Glad to hear we have similar tastes :)
Sheepy time looks so cute! And I’ve wanted Sub Terra for a long time, but I can’t find it anywhere affordable. 😕
Yea it is very very hard to find it seems!! Hoping you find an affordable copy!
Love Carnival of Monsters and Jamaica! Both go to games for new players and easy enough to teach comfortably 🙂
Agreed 100%
Some games here I really want to try ! Bloody Inn I always wanted to try out ! It is spookier than you explained in this story even as the bloody inn did exist in France a long long time ago. It is named Auberge Rouge and it’s actually the original name of the game in french !
Oh that IS spooky!!! Thanks for sharing that!
Bloody Inn looks so beautiful!!!
It’s got a lot of charm to it for sure!
Change the battery in your smoke alarm. Hahaha 😂. Great games I own I believe 4 of them and definitely agree sub terra is underrated but hard to find as of now and can’t wait for sub terra 2.
Agreed!! I didn’t realize it was that hard to find but definitely is!
I bought a used copy of Jamaica from my game store and am wanting to try it. I want to try Sub Terra but it’s unfortunately not one that is easy to get. Probably why you guys and Zee are the only ones that talk about it!
The expansion, The Crew, makes the game even better. The recruited crew members provide special abilities.
Is the expansion one you can easily get?
The expansion can be purchased at 401 Games out of Toronto. They have it in stock.
Big agree with Bloody Inn and Jamaishia. :)
I’d have to think a bit to come up with ten, but off the top of my head:
Witness
Magical Athlete
Cheaty Mages
Cargo Noir
Chronicle
Haven’t heard of these!! Going to check them out!
The Bloody Inn is great! I need to check out the others.
Let us know if you do!!
Consumption is a game I never hear anything about which we really enjoy playing... I think it might be the food theme that makes it not a appealing to the community but it's alot of fun
Cool! Will check into that one! Thanks!
Some interesting games here, some I never heard of. I would have to do more research about them. Did you know Jamaica is getting a reprint? I'm looking to add that to my collection. My most underated games are Crown of Emara (though most people are talking about this one) and My Village. My Village isn't the greatest game and a table hog, but I enjoy it.
I did not know about the Jamaica reprint! Do you know when? Would be a quick buy for us!! Thanks for watching and commenting :)
Notification Gang!
P.S. My biggest underrated picks are Lotus - simple yet fun area control game & Summer Camp - Cute themed Racing/deckbuilding
SUMMER CAMP?!? RACING?!?
@@FostertheMeeple it’s newer! I definitely think you would like it, medium to light but great for two player :) and the designer is famous for Sushi Go!
@@rolling.reggie Say no more friend. You’ve sold us!
Can you do gameplay of Vast!? I would love to see you guys play!
We are thinking about how to arrange this!! Stay tuned ;)
@@FostertheMeeple Woohoo!
I think my pick, from my collection at least, has to go to New Angeles. Awesome semi co-op/hidden traitor negotiation game set in the world of Netrunner. Players are the greedy mega corporations that run the city and have to work together just enough to keep it all from falling into chaos, while still wheeling and dealing to out earn their secret rival. The hidden traitor mechanic comes in the form of a possible Federalist, who has struck a deal with the government to let the city go to hell, giving the government the excuse it needs to take back control from the mega-corps.
Ok this sounds awesome. Have Netrunner sitting on the shelf, need to get it played!
I love vast! I tell everyone about it but few have played it. i messaged patrick leder about getting a digital version like root. it seemed like vast didnt sell enough for them to focus on that unfortunately. I also love super fantasy brawl and i feel like no one ever talks about it.
It’s so good!! I hope more people get eyes on it. Digital version would be awesome.
I haven’t played Fantasy Brawl yet but really want to!
Tablenauts just published their own version of Hot Wings. I’d like to see you two try that :)
Haha maybe!! Might leave it for them to torture their taste buds though!
LOL. Don’t blame you. Thought I’d try anyway :). And you thought the cinnamon candies were bad…..
@@johngendron946 I LOVE spicy wings but I have a limit haha
This video was so much fun 😉
Thank you!!!
I appreciate lists like this! My list of games would be
1) Kachina
2) Tiffin
3) ZhanGuo
4) Loyang
5) Lewis and Clark Expedition
6) Lewis and Clark discoveries
7) The Networks
8) Worm Party (for kids)
9) Ponzi Scheme
10) Elysium
11) Oceanos
12) Greed
13) CINDER: dating dragons
14) Abyss
15) Mutant Meeples
16) Ninjato
17) Lost Cities: The Board Game (short game mode)
18) Ghost Stories
19) New York Slice
20) KeyFlower
Haven’t played any of these yet, except Ghost Stories and we heavily agree on that one! So good
Sub Terra has been on back order forever here in Canada......is it out of print?
I believe yes, it’s hard to get anywhere unfortunately.
So my friends a lot of these games sounded great - what is the player count for Vast? The Bloody Inn sounds weirdly fun - it must be that time of month --------- I am talking about the full moon!
Vast is really 4-5 which makes it tough to table but if you like asymmetrical games, this is the one! JIM CZcams is going to ban you! Hahaha
Citrus, ranked 1,703 on BGG -great game and underrated.
Haven’t heard of this!! Gonna check it out for sure.
For me it would be Spirits of the Rice Paddy, and the 2-player game Pagoda.
Never heard of these!! Nice!
step brothers reference " not even if there's a fire"?
Nailed it!
I love bloody inn, and have innovation on shelf of shame that needs to get played.
Definitely recommend it!! It seems chunky but is pretty straightforward even though the strategies can be complex
Jambo is an older game I think that has flown under the radar
Awesome!! Will check it out!
I have tried getting vast to the table. But it is just intimidating to new players that it makes it almost impossible. Call to Adventure is one of my favorite games of all time. As a DM I use Call to Adventure to help new players create their D&D characters
Yea it’s a fair criticism. We all picked a player up front, and learned them ahead of time - and it helped massively. (For Crystal caverns).
Cool idea about CtA, the new Origins version actually comes with character sheets for 5e to port your CtA character to that system. Really cool
I disagree with Call to Adventure. I hated the whole good/evil choices. But Seasons is wonderful and yes, underrated! The only surprise was the size of the game once we opened the box. It was so much smaller than we expected. Looking at the pictures on BGG was misleading 😆 Thanks for the list!
I mean, everything in this hobby is subjective!! It’s ok to disagree of course. We love Call to Adventure so so much but not everyone will.
This is making me want to go look at photos of seasons on BGG haha!
What's underrated here is Jamie's hair! Can we talk about how great that shade of lavender looks?!
I wholeheartedly agree!! She looks stunning as always
@@FostertheMeeple Absolutely! As for other games that need more love, we like Champions of Midgard, Obsession, Court of the Dead: Mourner's Call, and the super fun [Fun Count +1!] CuBirds which we've played a LOT lately.
@@michaeldarling7169 we are debating ordering obsession with the reprint!! It’s a bit on the pricey side, is it worth it?
@@FostertheMeeple Obsession is our Sunday Afternoon relaxation game. My wife, daughter, and I all appreciate Jane Austen settings, though, so we're pre-disposed. Rather than give a "review," here are the kinds of things we find ourselves saying:
* "I'm not sure if I should hire an Underbutler or just make do with another Footman for my estate."
* "Should I build a Monument? Or save up for the Cabinet of Curiosities?"
* "If I send the men off hunting, it will give me more income, but if I have the ladies play cards, it will be better for our family's reputation in society."
* "When the next courtship comes along, I will have Mr. Fairchild introduced to my daughter. I WILL HAVE HIM! You can just back off!"
* "Drat. One of those boorish Americans showed up. I'll just have a word with Mumsy and she'll invite him to leave." (We're American...!)
I may have misremembered a couple of details, but it shows the sort of excellent fun (Fun Count +1!] that is sparked by this charming Victorian Era game. The publisher, Dan Hallagan, is also one of the nicest people on the planet and worthy of support. Based on watching your playthroughs, I think you'll enjoy Obsession! (And we will enjoy watching you two play!)
@@michaeldarling7169 you sold me with the “he’s one of the nicest people”. Always down to support good people doing good things :)
A game that I love and never hear anything about is Century. Everyone has heard of Splendor, but I think Century is far superior. It has 2 different aesthetics (spice traders & gem miners) but they are the same game.
We’ve played century golem! Had a good time with it, only played one time though.
For me the only game ive played is innovation, but I played the uglier version! Still an amazing game though! If I had to think of one game that is under rated, it would be broom service, an amazing push your luck game! Really great video, now I have some games to look into!
You’ve sold me on broom service Jake. It will get played
Sheepy Time is so good!
Right?!!
I love Seansons. It can be brutally mean. Temporal boots ....
So mean! I really hate Kairn hahah
So, the real question: Do you like Vast enough to play on TTS? There's a couple of well-made tables there.
Maybe!! Neither of us really enjoy playing games on TTS or Tabletopia to be honest!
@@FostertheMeeple Right, so it's "play Vast" vs. "dislike TTS." If "Play Vast" wins, I'm there.
I have heard about Jamaica... Maybe because it is an older game??
Definitely likely. 2007 I believe!
Dude, bro. Dude.
Just joined...You two seem fun...Amyitis is one i always felt was a bit unappreciated in its day.
Thank you so much! And welcome :). Haven’t heard of that game but going to look into it!!
It seems a lot of your picks are lighter family weight games. Just curious do you guys play more medium weight euro games like Concordia, Castles of Burgundy and Orleans?
We play things all across the spectrum honestly. Only ones we’ve avoided are heavy weight games like Lacerdas
@@FostertheMeeple personally not a fan of Lacerda games either but I do get why they’re liked by heavy gamers for their design and depth. Just thinking your taste in games might expand more if you were to play all of the great euro style games like great western trail that’s in your top 10.
@@ctvisions yea we’ve played a lot of midweight euro games, including GWT. We are a 2p primary household so it’s tough to table them but when we can we do. CoB is one of our faves and luckily enough, great at 2p.
Played vast, and i think i love it more than Root :)
Which version!? I love Crystal Caverns but I don’t think it’ll ever hit the levels of root for me
@@FostertheMeeple Played manor, i think kinda similar. Love it more than root coz i think its more thematic for me, all player have different specific objective, no vp hahah
Jamaica is popular game.
It’s a travesty is probably what you meant to say.
Haha seems likely ;)
your list is wrong #1 underrated game is Silver Bullet 😜
From my list (I think these qualify as underrated?): The Reckoners, Fugitive, Qwinto.
Haha we can’t talk about Bullet EVERY video!! Reckoners is one I really want to play, that’s the one based on the Sanderson book correct? Loved that book series.
@@FostertheMeeple yeah that's the one, it's got that Yahtzee mechanic where you get 3 rolls for dice and get to allocate them as you want, but it's co-op and player turns are simultaneous like spirit Island.
YES! JAMAICA!!!
Right?! So good haha
With respect to Sheepy Time. Were you looking for the word "travesty?"
Hahah probably. No script = shenanigans
@@FostertheMeeple For sure! No judgment. Just know in moments like those it bothers me if I can't think of it. Maybe that's just me! Great stuff!
@@Gakraemer86 yes 100% agreed haha!
Blood Rage is underrated. Why isn’t it #1? I mean what’s the deal with that
It’s no Ankh though. That merge? Beauty.
Not a great message, calling Calvin Ridley a quitter, when he is trying to responsibly deal with personal issues.
Given the information came out after this, obviously not intentional. Jamie also doesn’t follow football so no malice intended. Appreciate your message here though!
Sub Terra if amazing!
Agreed!!! Super great game
Sorry, Wildlands is a poor mans version of The Others
To each their own!
It hasn’t art!
Hahah such a blunt statement from Jamie camp!