Board Of It's Top 10 Board Games of 2023!

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  • čas přidán 6. 07. 2024
  • Join us as we reveal our ten (and maybe more) favourite games of 2023! Both of us go into this not knowing the others list, so it's a surprise for everyone! Please note that while most of these games came out this year, we are counting the top ten games we played for the first time this year.
    0:00 - Intro
    1:11 - Honorable Mentions Farrell
    7:19 - Honorable Mentions Tallie
    10:54 - Number 10s
    14:45 - Number 9s
    20:36 - Number 8s
    26:05 - Number 7s
    30:37 - Number 6s
    35:49 - Number 5s
    41:08 - Number 4s
    48:28 - Number 3s
    52:08 - Number 2s
    58:20 - Number 1s
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Komentáře • 47

  • @gregorys9629
    @gregorys9629 Před 6 měsíci +2

    Tallie guessed Voidfall on Farrell's list every chance she had 🤣 Nice lists and enjoyed your different perspectives.

  • @Gfloresadam
    @Gfloresadam Před 6 měsíci +1

    Nice top ten video! Really enjoy hearing both your reasonings!

  • @ningaubleotse171
    @ningaubleotse171 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Grabbed Spots based on your recommendation. It was a big hit at my Yule gathering yesterday! The silliness of the art and the names of the dogs created a bunch of table talk also. Great fun :)

    • @BoardOfItReviews
      @BoardOfItReviews  Před 6 měsíci +1

      Love to hear that!! We’ve actually got it on the table with the parents right now, had a really epic game just now where it really came down to the wire! Enjoy!

  • @rafiweiss3915
    @rafiweiss3915 Před 6 měsíci +3

    Played about 6 games of Voidfall so far (solo) and I’m only just getting comfortable taking quick actions. In my early games, I would plan my entire round out before even taking a single action. It’s hard to get to the table due to its size and setup time, but once I’ve got it going, it is so satisfying to play!

    • @BoardOfItReviews
      @BoardOfItReviews  Před 6 měsíci +1

      Tbf it's not a bad way to go considering if you don't it's all too easy to find yourself missing out on a bunch of points cuz you played the cards in the wrong order!

  • @TheBbadger
    @TheBbadger Před 6 měsíci +1

    Nice list :) Am still umming and aahing over which GWT to pick up (beyond the first)... Have a great holiday season!

    • @thijsschipper6406
      @thijsschipper6406 Před 6 měsíci +2

      Best description I could give you, having played everything GWT:
      - Original if you want the version that's easiest to get to the table, most elegant. Expandable with RttN if you desire.
      - Argentina if you want a slightly heavier GWT that doubles down on everything that makes GWT good.
      - New Zealand if you want a "feel good" GWT that appeals to modern euro sensibilities.
      You can't go wrong really, just a matter of what you're looking for.

    • @BoardOfItReviews
      @BoardOfItReviews  Před 6 měsíci +2

      We will be putting our GWT Buyer’s Guide video out soon, maybe that can help your decision!

    • @TheBbadger
      @TheBbadger Před 6 měsíci +1

      @@BoardOfItReviews I look forward to it :)

    • @TheBbadger
      @TheBbadger Před 6 měsíci

      @@thijsschipper6406 Many thanks!

  • @Boardgametherapist
    @Boardgametherapist Před 6 měsíci +2

    Great list!
    My 2023 top 3:
    1) Nucleum
    2) Halls of Hegra
    3) Sky Team
    I want to try John Company! It just seems like such a genius design with incredible interaction. Unfortunately I hear you really need to have the right group.
    And Voidfall is on my to play list. Hopefully in the next week!

    • @BoardOfItReviews
      @BoardOfItReviews  Před 6 měsíci +1

      Heard a lot of buzz around Sky Team, just really think it would fall flat with us two. Maybe have to try it first at a board game cafe.

    • @Boardgametherapist
      @Boardgametherapist Před 6 měsíci +1

      @@BoardOfItReviews it’s a good 2P coop with no quarterbacking really. But not sure if coop is you guys’ preference

  • @spaztekwarrior
    @spaztekwarrior Před 6 měsíci +1

    I like Waypoints too. But also really enjoy Villagers of the Oak Dell, and Fliptown.
    Fliptown is available as a PNP and is amazing!!!
    Have a nice holiday :)

    • @BoardOfItReviews
      @BoardOfItReviews  Před 6 měsíci +1

      Thanks for the recommendations, always nice to know more great roll and writes! You too!

  • @mattschwenk7000
    @mattschwenk7000 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Excellent list. Have you played Kutna Hora yet?

    • @BoardOfItReviews
      @BoardOfItReviews  Před 6 měsíci

      We have not actually but it's been recommend a few times now and is on the to buy list!

  • @gs24-xor
    @gs24-xor Před 6 měsíci +1

    Great list, I like that you are people who really play what you get and I love to see the doggos on camera.- BTW nice sweater, do you speak spanish?

    • @BoardOfItReviews
      @BoardOfItReviews  Před 6 měsíci +1

      Only if knowing the lyrics to Feliz Navidad & how to order a beer classifies as knowing Spanish ;).

    • @gs24-xor
      @gs24-xor Před 6 měsíci +1

      @@BoardOfItReviews hahaha kind of. You're just missing saying Gracias/thanks and you're done

    • @DicepairGames
      @DicepairGames Před 6 měsíci +1

      What are you going here, you traitor!? D8.

  • @69mpaice
    @69mpaice Před 6 měsíci +2

    Merry Christmas guys.

  • @user-vt1jy6du8e
    @user-vt1jy6du8e Před 6 měsíci +1

    Thanks for the list!
    I've been wanting to buy Ticket to Ride: Europe for a long time, but I have doubts about whether it's good to play with only two players.
    Do you have a similar experience, what are your impressions? Have you used any house rules for more interesting gameplay?

  • @Deltium5683
    @Deltium5683 Před 6 měsíci +2

    Good list.

  • @claytonclaydavis
    @claytonclaydavis Před 6 měsíci +3

    This was a cool top ten list. I feel like not many creators would have John Company and as many heavy games so high, while giving love to a lot of good party games too. Yall must have a great group to play with. :)

    • @BoardOfItReviews
      @BoardOfItReviews  Před 6 měsíci

      Thanks a lot! We defo lean towards heavy, but it's always nice to have lighter ones to play with the family or to chill out with. We've managed to conscript a lot of friends, so now we have a fairly good selection to draw upon :).

  • @bearhustler
    @bearhustler Před 6 měsíci +1

    Spots is great, I just took delivery of John Company and I still can't find an opponent for Undaunted Stalingrad 😞. Funny you came across red wine and coke via Spain and South America, I discovered it in Bradford England - it's a delicious way of using not so great reds.

    • @BoardOfItReviews
      @BoardOfItReviews  Před 6 měsíci

      So, all red wine ;)? Hope you get to playing Stalingrad!

    • @bearhustler
      @bearhustler Před 6 měsíci +1

      Im happy to drink anybody's unwanted red wine.😊

  • @bearhustler
    @bearhustler Před 6 měsíci +1

    Will you be doing a John Company review ?

    • @BoardOfItReviews
      @BoardOfItReviews  Před 6 měsíci +4

      100% I think, and probably soon in the new year. For us we just wanted to really play it enough to review, which takes time. But we are pretty happy now, we actually just played back to back games! I think we'd like to have our Buyer's Guide for GWT out next, we owe a review for Forest Shuffle, then maybe JC within January?

    • @bearhustler
      @bearhustler Před 6 měsíci

      Fantastic, the GWT guide sounds great too I have GWT and GWTA but was one holding back on GWTNZ as I wasn't sure if I needed it or it was just a completionist urge that made me want it😂

  • @blueseqperl
    @blueseqperl Před 6 měsíci +1

    Excellent list! I really enjoy Obsession. Ra is on my Shelf of Opportunity. This year shorter games have definitely resonated with me: Votes for Women, Deadly Dowagers, Bloody Inn. Votes for Women is a great area control game that walks players through the U.S. suffrage movement. One that won't win game of the year but resonated with my friend group is Gay Sauna.
    Keep up the great work!

    • @BoardOfItReviews
      @BoardOfItReviews  Před 6 měsíci +1

      I'd quite like to try Bloody Inn at some point! Votes for Woman too as we love those head to head 2 player games.

  • @timjones990
    @timjones990 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Out of interest, how many games do you guys play a week, total plays not individual titles?

    • @BoardOfItReviews
      @BoardOfItReviews  Před 6 měsíci +1

      Really depends on a myriad of things. What plans do we have, what are the new games on our in tray - are they short like Spots, or long like GWT New Zealand? For this week we've got about 7 games in between us, and I was away for the week. Out of those 7, 5 were very short games, and 2 were John Company (today), which obviously was almost the whole day. On an average week, it could be the same 7 or so plays but all of them are 2 or more hour euros (GWT, Voidfall), or we could have 20 plus plays of things like Sail, Spots, My City.

    • @timjones990
      @timjones990 Před 6 měsíci +1

      @@BoardOfItReviews fair play, i'm lucky if we get 4 games in a week. i have mates round midweek for games night but a late start so we only get one game in but its always something medium length such as Dwellings, Shadow Kingdoms, Dune, a random Shem title or Kemet, then week ends with the wife 2 player we get 2 or 3 in depending on plans.

  • @JeffKoper
    @JeffKoper Před 6 měsíci +1

    Sven's Top 10? :)

    • @BoardOfItReviews
      @BoardOfItReviews  Před 6 měsíci

      1. Treat
      2. Treat
      3. Treat
      4. Treat
      Repeat to fade 😅

  • @JorWat25
    @JorWat25 Před 6 měsíci

    Not sure if the fact so many games were shared between your two lists means you've got very similar tastes, or you didn't actually play that many different games this year…

    • @BoardOfItReviews
      @BoardOfItReviews  Před 6 měsíci

      We'll I'd hope we have similar tastes, otherwise one of us would never be enjoying what we play! Being a review channel you can generally assume we play quite a few games across a year, otherwise the content would get really stale really quick.