Great list! My Top 10 Hidden Gems: 10. Sheepland 9. Race to the New Found Land 8. Grog Island 7. Boomerang 6. Prowler’s Passage 5. Burano 4. The Sanctuary: Endangered Species 3. Fleet: The Dice Game 2. Habitats 1. Papà Paolo
Great list. I love seeing Dream Home get love. It’s one of my wife’s favorite games. And harvest dice sounds like a perfect stocking stuffer for the upcoming holiday season.
Your videos are SO INSIGHTFUL. Thank you for making these top 10 lists, they are really helpful for me! The two that interested me the most from this list were The Pursuit of Happiness and Harvest Dice.
You might also like Fleet the Dice Game. The die not selected is used by all players. Lots of options, cool dice, two different sheets to write on. Good game. Thanks for the video! Good selections.
Majesty For the Realm my top hidden gem. It sat unplaced on my shelf for over a year - the box doesn’t helpThen we played it and it’s now one of my favourite games to play with my family
I found the scoring wonky. Try and get the most of each occupation, but then also try and get all 7, so scores become too similar and it just became repetitive. Had it for a year, but couldn't find much support to get it to the table, so sold.
Great little video! Didn’t really know about any of those. Intrigued by Innovations, interested in Coffee Roaster and will defo look out for Harvest Dice :) good work Luke!
Nice list. I like your approach to hidden gems, and the fact that it's more about how you didn't know about them at first. I didn't realize Majesty had flown under the radar but you're right, and it still doesn't get much attention. It even gets dusty on my own shelf :p I should take it out again, I did quite enjoy that one! And I'd have to try out Innovation, I'm intrigued... You already sold me Coffee Roaster ages ago and I was so happy when it got a reprint, but then I heard about the app and now I'm still on the fence about it... The game is indeed a bit expensive. But if the app's not that great, it's also a waste of money... oh what to do, what to do!
Looking forward to Rome and Roll for an interactive roll and write. We hate draft too much to really enjoy Harvest Dice but it is a better roll and write than most of them.
Great vid Luke....I knew all the games...but only because I watch the channel... Might have to treat myself to walking in burano and harvest dice...would fit well into my small group... Great job mate. 😁👍
Luke your comment seems like you think I was having a dig...I really wasn't...I watch most of your content so therefore know the games you picked... They are the only place I've seen them so well hidden from me 🤯🤯🤯
Out of curiosity, are you working on your American accent? ;) The words coffee, copy, cup etc... all have a distinctive and American "A" sound which is a little jarring set against your, presumably, British accent. The content here is good, though :)
Hard to think of Innovation as a hidden gem when it has over 13k ratings and has been in the top 300 games on BGG for almost a decade, but I suppose the list is games that were hidden to him, not necessarily hidden for the broader hobby.
If the list was only games with only a few ratings then literally every game would be some trash relic from forgotten times. Plus a hidden gem doesn't have to be hidden from everyone. Also as much as Innovation has ratings when was the last time you saw it in a game store or being played? In the UK it's practically non existent.
The Broken Meeple that is really interesting. At the stores in Seattle, Innovation and its expansions are displayed in fairly prominent areas. Blue Highway Games and Mox Boarding House are pretty exceptional stores though.
And for myself and many others, they are. When was the last time you saw Innovation hit a table or a store shelf? Was Harvest Dice on your radar? Small Islands especially. Hidden is relative to the individual person.
Innovation is popular enough to get new reprints, though, and has half a dozen expansions. But it is for very special kinds of gamers, who adore the imbalance and weird mechanisms.
Great list!
My Top 10 Hidden Gems:
10. Sheepland
9. Race to the New Found Land
8. Grog Island
7. Boomerang
6. Prowler’s Passage
5. Burano
4. The Sanctuary: Endangered Species
3. Fleet: The Dice Game
2. Habitats
1. Papà Paolo
Great list. I love seeing Dream Home get love. It’s one of my wife’s favorite games. And harvest dice sounds like a perfect stocking stuffer for the upcoming holiday season.
Yeah it's a solid gateway game and yet people don't mention it.
I'll have to check out Small Islands! One of my fave underated games is Gold West 😊
I own about half these games and enjoy them! Ty for the video.
Glad you like Harvest Dice as much as I do.
Yeah it's heavily underrated.
Waiting for the delayed release of Coffee Roaster in the US. Pre-ordered based on your previous recommendation.
Chakra is one of our favorite games in our house. It is a great little game and I saw they are coming out with an expansion soon!
Your videos are SO INSIGHTFUL. Thank you for making these top 10 lists, they are really helpful for me! The two that interested me the most from this list were The Pursuit of Happiness and Harvest Dice.
Thank you! So kind! 😃
Love this list, am glad coffee roaster is out again as this was one of the first games I saw you raving over and can now get it
My hidden gem suggestion is Cosmic Run (and basically all the Steve Finn games)
You might also like Fleet the Dice Game. The die not selected is used by all players. Lots of options, cool dice, two different sheets to write on. Good game. Thanks for the video! Good selections.
I didn't expect to have a lot of the games from your list, but actually I own and love quite a lot of them 😁👍
Great list!! I am looking forward to Automania. Harvest dice is one of my favorite roll and write too!
Majesty For the Realm my top hidden gem. It sat unplaced on my shelf for over a year - the box doesn’t helpThen we played it and it’s now one of my favourite games to play with my family
I found the scoring wonky. Try and get the most of each occupation, but then also try and get all 7, so scores become too similar and it just became repetitive. Had it for a year, but couldn't find much support to get it to the table, so sold.
Great little video! Didn’t really know about any of those. Intrigued by Innovations, interested in Coffee Roaster and will defo look out for Harvest Dice :) good work Luke!
Nice list. I like your approach to hidden gems, and the fact that it's more about how you didn't know about them at first. I didn't realize Majesty had flown under the radar but you're right, and it still doesn't get much attention. It even gets dusty on my own shelf :p I should take it out again, I did quite enjoy that one! And I'd have to try out Innovation, I'm intrigued... You already sold me Coffee Roaster ages ago and I was so happy when it got a reprint, but then I heard about the app and now I'm still on the fence about it... The game is indeed a bit expensive. But if the app's not that great, it's also a waste of money... oh what to do, what to do!
Half of these games I have heard of. A Great list Luke.
Thanks!
Great list! I've heard of a few of them but most are new to me.
Looking forward to Rome and Roll for an interactive roll and write. We hate draft too much to really enjoy Harvest Dice but it is a better roll and write than most of them.
Great vid Luke....I knew all the games...but only because I watch the channel...
Might have to treat myself to walking in burano and harvest dice...would fit well into my small group...
Great job mate. 😁👍
Hidden is relative the individual. The games mentioned here are not ones I see hit a table unless I'm the one bringing them out.
Luke your comment seems like you think I was having a dig...I really wasn't...I watch most of your content so therefore know the games you picked...
They are the only place I've seen them so well hidden from me 🤯🤯🤯
@@MicJames1 I apologise that comment wasn't meant for you!! I posted it under the wrong person. Please forgive me!
@@MicJames1 Argh hate myself that you thought i was directing that at you!
'Multiuniversum' by Manuel Correia (Board&Dice)
I havent seen the new box but I love the over art for your version of coffee roster....colour me interested.
The aesthetics are quite different but the gameplay remains the same hence unless I get a review copy I've no need to pick up the new version.
Note to self: Get Harvest Dice.
looking forward to this years over rated list vid
It's more a reflection on the year, so we're only talking say 3 games talked about per category.
Good content. Thanks.
Out of curiosity, are you working on your American accent? ;) The words coffee, copy, cup etc... all have a distinctive and American "A" sound which is a little jarring set against your, presumably, British accent. The content here is good, though :)
Ha ha that might be just my West Country accent! :P
I grew up about 30 minutes down the road from him, and his pronunciation even sounds strange to me!
Just bought harvest dice yesterday for 6 € ;)
Did you find the hidden gem inside Small islands? :)
Was wondering what is the game in the gorgeous looking box over your left shoulder next to hostage negotiator? something Void?
Empires of the Void II?
@@TheBrokenMeeple thank you, will look into that game.
Where on earth is your accent from? It swings all over the place
West Country, Somerset
When is Coffee Roaster coming to the US???
It will do as Stronghold is bringing it over.
@@TheBrokenMeeple huh? I want to play the game. I'm in the US and can't get a copy of the first version here.
BGG's Geek Store occasionally used to have copies they imported, but Stronghold does not appear to have release info available for their edition yet.
I'd play Innovation with you whenever you like.
If only!! :-(
if you ever find yourself at Texas A&M University, let me know.
Hard to think of Innovation as a hidden gem when it has over 13k ratings and has been in the top 300 games on BGG for almost a decade, but I suppose the list is games that were hidden to him, not necessarily hidden for the broader hobby.
If the list was only games with only a few ratings then literally every game would be some trash relic from forgotten times. Plus a hidden gem doesn't have to be hidden from everyone.
Also as much as Innovation has ratings when was the last time you saw it in a game store or being played? In the UK it's practically non existent.
The Broken Meeple that is really interesting. At the stores in Seattle, Innovation and its expansions are displayed in fairly prominent areas. Blue Highway Games and Mox Boarding House are pretty exceptional stores though.
i have never even heard of automania :P
Most haven't and it's a shame.
My friend, in a constructive way... Hidden Gems are supposed to be hidden =(
And for myself and many others, they are. When was the last time you saw Innovation hit a table or a store shelf? Was Harvest Dice on your radar? Small Islands especially.
Hidden is relative to the individual person.
Javier, you mean a kind of the Schroedinger's cat?
Innovation is popular enough to get new reprints, though, and has half a dozen expansions. But it is for very special kinds of gamers, who adore the imbalance and weird mechanisms.