The Best Board Games Ever! TOP 10 ! - Updated for 2024 - Our Favorite tabletop boardgames
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- čas přidán 7. 06. 2024
- After a fantastic year of board gaming in 2023, Libby and Julian conclude the count down of their favourite fifty board games ever.
In this Video it is the best ten boardgames of all time !
If you think we missed a game maybe it was in one our earlier videos:
Games 50-41
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Games 40 -31
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Games 30 - 21
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Games 20 - 11
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If you want to jump to each board game :
00:00 Lets Go!
01:26 Julian's 10
03:08 Libby's 10
05:54 Julian's 9
07:27 Libby's 9
09:25 Julian's 8
11:50 Libby's 8
14:07 Julian's 7
16:37 Libby's 7
18:20 Julian's 6
20:38 Libby's 6
21:28 Julian's 5
24:19 Libby's 5
28:05 Julian's 4
30:13 Libby's 4
33:15 Julian's 3
35:17 Libby's 3
38:08 Julian's 2
40:38 Libby's 2
43:05 Julian's 1
46:37 Libby's 1
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My Top-10:
10. Nemesis 10* Nemesis: Lockdown
9. Brzdęk! Nie drażnij smoka - pokochałem tą grę od samego początku 9*. Brzdęk! Katakumby 9*. Brzdęk! Raban w próżni - jeszcze bardziej dopracowana wersja Brzdęka 9*. Brzdęk! Legacy
8. Diuna: Imperium - ta gra świetnie odzwierciedla klimat Arrakis i całej DIUNY
7. Wiedźmin: Stary Świat + dodatki - o jak mi ta gra się spodobała i pozytywnie mnie zaskoczyła, naprawdę czuć w niej KLIMAT Wiedźmina
6. Mage Knight - świetny klimat, świetny świat, po prostu Mage Knight !!
5. Anachrony - bardzo fajnie pomyślany świat i klimatyczna gra
4. Łowcy A. D. 2114 - o jaka ta gra jest klimatyczna i dopracowana…
3. Etherfields - klimat tej gry, mechanika i piękne grafiki urzekły mnie...
2. Scythe - klimat tej gry jest genialny... Świetnie odzwierciedla klimat konfliktu...
1. Bonfire - jak wzajemnie zazębiają się mechaniki w tej grze, to jest po prostu niesamowite !!
My Top-10:
10. Nemesis 10* Nemesis: Lockdown
9. Clink! Don't tease the dragon - I loved this game from the very beginning 9*. Twang! Catacombs 9*. Twang! Raban in a vacuum - an even more refined version of Brzdęk 9*. Twang! Legacy
8. Dune: Empire - this game perfectly reflects the atmosphere of Arrakis and the entire DUNE
7. The Witcher: Old World + expansions - I liked this game and it positively surprised me, you can really feel the Witcher CLIMATE in it
6. Mage Knight - great atmosphere, great world, simply Mage Knight!!
5. Anachrony - a very nicely designed world and an atmospheric game
4. Hunters A. D. 2114 - what a atmospheric and refined game this is...
3. Etherfields - the atmosphere of this game, mechanics and beautiful graphics charmed me...
2. Scythe - the atmosphere of this game is brilliant... It perfectly reflects the atmosphere of conflict...
1. Bonfire - how the mechanics interlock in this game is simply amazing!!
Sorry about my comment about Nemesis. I think I was thinking of a different game though I do remember Nemesis being brutal. Anyway thanks so much Libby and Julian. Loving your videos and best of luck for the New Year! 🥰
Love hearing differing opinions! Our views are ours, so of course they're not always the same as anyone else's. Now intrigued to know which game you were thinking about !
Great work on the series! Congratulations on 1.7k btw ❤
Thank you! 😁 so much. Its fantatsic to see our community grow and its wonderful knowing we are making content people enjoy
Now 10k 😦 I can tell your gonna be famous 😊
Great list! Good job on an enjoyable top 50 😁.
I really need to get Bitoku played since that is still on my Shelf of Overkill. Yeah it's overkill because it's too long for shame or opportunity 😅.
Yedo is definitely amazing!
Seems you and Libby have similar taste !
What are your favourite board games ?
So pleased you enjoyed our lists
Oh what a top 10 (20). Have a lot of favorite games with you in common and your list gave me some more inspiration for games that are already on my "want to play desperately" list like rising sun oder great wall... Yedo wasnt on the list yet but i immediately put it on the list.
Whats your opionion about revive?
So glad you enjoyed it. Sounds like you have similar tastes to Libby.
We talk about Revive earlier in the list its on the 20 - 11 video, so we really do enjoy it ! Maybe it'll be higher next year. Have you played it much?
Hope you manage to get a copy of Yedo
We started with revive recently. Took us a while because the game design didn't hook me so much. But when we played it for the first times it felt so satisfying. Though I found I ended sometimes to early.
We also started with the scythe fenris campaign... Jesus it's so good... Peace or war. I thought everyone else is going for peace and then suddenly everyone wanted more conflicts and war :)
We won't say anything about Rise of Fenris, but it may well be our favourite expansion ever. Lots to unlock, which can then be used in the main game.
That's the thing about Revive it does start slow and then becomes a race at the end. We were taught it when we visited @FunwithBoxes for Draigcon, which was such an amazing few days
Scythe, Yedo, and Anachrony are all in my top 10. Great lists!
Sounds like you have fantastic taste! What are the other 7 in your top 10?
you certainly put your hearts and thoughts into each pick so I can relate to that.. Its hard to come up with numbers for each of your top games and when you get down into the top part of your list it gets harder and harder... I will be starting my top 100 list in Feburary... and it looks like there are still a bunch of games out there that I need to get and try... I have not played Root, or Sythe, or Bitoku, and star WArs Rebellion... I guess that means we have a ton of great games out there because none of those will be in my top 100... Iwill have a completely differnent list for my top 100... great games they are for each kind of player... thanks for your effort and time.. and thanks for sharing your thoughts... it will help people decide and try new things... at least it did for me.. so thanks for that..
You're very welcome, so glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for your kind words. We do love making these videos each year, especially as it reminds us of how many fantastic games we have on our shelves and our happy memories of playing them.
So glad we have introduced you to some new board games and can't wait to hear more about your top10!
Yedo is high on my list of games I need to get played. Always sounded amazing so I got the deluxe master set, and luckily I have a game group now so I can try and get it played, time to brush on the rules and be ready to teach it.
Hope you enjoy it! We love that the master set has the modules too. We always play with the specialists, but also like to mix in the clan powers and some of the others occasionally
Hope the teach goes well, and your game group enjoys it 🥷
Many games in this list which I have in my own collection (actually, almost all of them) so, clearly, we have similar tastes in board games. So nice to see Yedo mentioned. It's been criminally overlooked in my opinion and I really like my Deluxe copy which just looks amazing on the table and has the most imposing box. I also really enjoy games themed around ancient Japan and my collection includes Bitoku, Iki, Eternal Palace, Tang Garden, Katana and, of course, Yedo. All great games that look amazing on the table and draw people in, even those who are not committed gamers.
Oh wow, yes we do seem to have very similar taste. We also have most of those japanese themed games that you mentioned, several of our kallax cubes are dedicated to that setting haha. Totally agree that Yedo needs to get talked about a lot more!
40:19 Yeah it reminds me of the adventures created by Jules Verne. I totally understand that Julian.
It reminds me of the Tomb Raider and Uncharted games, who I'm sure a couple of the characters are based on !
Great video! Just knew Yedo & Root would take the number one spots😊. I also really enjoy lost ruins of Arnak! Never played Sythe. My favorite Stonemaier would be Wingspan. Overall my #1 is a tie between 7 wonders Duel and Splendor Duel!😊
Knew you'd guess !
We just got 7 Wonders Duel so when we play it we will think of you.
Now stop watching videos on CZcams and go and play Scythe!
@@BoxedMeeples HaHaHa 😂! I will 😁
Had to watch your top 10 again 😅
One or two more question. Since you have all expansion for great wall, which one do you like the most, thats making most sense adding to the base game
And could you recommend some games, that have much interaction between players... Like interaction thats creating some kind of tension on the board like scythe that other players could attack me if i go out very far or brass that other players could use my ressources and pls hands off my beer... I really like these kind of interactions. Maybe you have some more recommendations for me? Thanks a lot 🥳
Glad you've enjoyed the video so much. Not sure if you've seen the rest of the Top 50 for other two payer conflict games. Ones that we didn't mention on the list are the Undaunted Games, Unmatched, General Orders all of which play fantastically at two players.
For The great Wall, Black powder is generally thought of as the best expansion. The game is vastly improved when asymmetric soldiers and war machines are involved !
@@BoxedMeeples yes almost watched the top 50... But most of the time we play with 3-4 players.
@@BoxedMeeples but it's hard to say if the games are very interactive or not if I just see your game presentation ;)
It's a tricky balance.
Obviously we can talk more about each game, but to keep each batch of 10 (so talking about 20 games per video) we cant go into too much detail about them and also keep the video at a sensible total duration.
Hopefully, though, we've introduced you to some new games which you can then find more about, either from our videos or from all the other amazing CZcams content on other channels.
For us it depends on the game. Many we play just the two of us, but some we get to enjoy with our regular games group.
What's the name of the family game scythe-like at minute 42:45?
That's called "My Little Scythe" from Stonemaier Games. The minis come unpainted though, but it's still one of our favourite family games.
We have some more content on it here:
czcams.com/video/9cwfWmAZdN0/video.htmlsi=jhFipRXyLzzNydsp
Thanks for showing Detective City of Angles some love!! Great to see it on your list!
I absolutely adore the game, and I do hope there's more in the future.
If you have a moment I have another video about my solo play experiences of it...
czcams.com/video/kF92Nr5khyk/video.html
What is your recommendation for a 2 player game of root?
To be honest, we wouldn't play Root two player unless you have the hirlings expansion.
It's possible to do Cats vs Birds but it doesn't show the game in its best light. Cats Rats Moles could all work in a combination at 2, but would be a very busy board
Good list, root is so good
Thanks so much. You've got excellent taste clearly!
I thought that scythe wasn't good at 2 players, do you play the campaign mode? Or you prefer the normal game with 2 players?
We really like it at two, it plays very differently to bigger play counts less conflict but more cat and mouse .
Yes we played the whole Rise of Fenris two player and loved it
Ark Nova tops my list (for now….). Save the animals! Save the world! Great lists guys….
Thanks so much. So pleased that Arc Nova was more than last year's new hotness!
What are the 3 upcoming Bitoku themed games? 🙏
New from the Kemushi saga this year is Yokai Sketch (new for UK, but may be elsewhere already) Sand and then i expect the Essen release this year will be Daitoshi. There are listings on BGG if you want to find out a little more
made it to the top of the mountain... time to watch it now and comment about your picks..
Can't wait to hear them !
Where did you get your Viticulture wine bottles?
They're cute aren't they. I think they are from eBay, we searched for Dolls House Wine Bottles!
Wow, such shocking #1s 😝
I know ! Bet you didn't see that coming ! What a twist!
Ankh tops my list, but love your selections.
We should go back to it, we has lots of fun with the camels dividing up regions. Problem has been each time though is one player seems to always run away with it.
@@BoxedMeeples That's an interesting point. Game reviewers play a lot of games, some games need multiple plays and deeper understanding of asymmetric powers in order to be able to carry out the rich strategies in certain games. Do you think some games from a review perspective 'lose out' because they need more game time to be appreciated? This might be especially true if the genre of game is not in your personal sweet spot. Thx!
Do you enjoy Blood Rage and Rising Sun too?
Games like Root do rather demand multiple plays before you really understand its majesty!
@@BoxedMeeples I have played and enjoyed Blood Rage it's a great game, I have not played Rising Sun. Yes, I hear Root is a big investment in learning & time, and probably worth it if you have a big enough gaming group.
I like her list
Glad you do. What are your favourite board games in Libbys list and are there any she missed ?
@@BoxedMeeples Rising Sun is great
Root is on my shelf, still wrapped and unplayed! Must get it played!!!!
You really really should. Don't Be daunted by it, it's well worth the time investment to learn all the factions. Love love LOVE the game !
I am always surprised that people pick Viticulture over Vinhos. I get that Viticulture is easier to grok but Vinhos interconnects so much more giving a better thematic experience.
To be honest we've not played Vinhos maybe we will like it more? Have to look into it more, is it a worker placement?
@@BoxedMeeples It is worker placement but nothing like Viticulture. More like a clever action selection system. Don't get me wrong, I owned Viticulture for years and it is great. I just feel like it's more trying to get to the spots before somebody else does where Vinhos is more of running the business in clever ways.
Wow, that does sound great! We will certainly have to look into that one !
Eww... no timestamp in 2024, really?
BIt confused what you mean. The description has time codes for every game discussed?
They work for us
Eww, what a shit thing to comment, really?