Ark Nova is my favorite game. I loved hearing Aaron talk about playing the game with his Mom . So sweet. Watching this video makes me want to get barenpark to the table with my five year old again. I still need to check out most of the games on this list. I am especially excited about giving cartographers and foundations of Rome a try at some point if I have an opportunity. Great job Jamey, Aaron and Jeremy!
Love all of these choices! My favorites would include Isle of Cats, New York Zoo, and one of my favorite Stefan Feld games - Amerigo, for sentimental reasons. There's a bit more going on in Amerigo than the polyomino building, but it's definitely a good part of the game as you complete the islands you're settling for points.
We love tile laying games and polyomino ones especially. My wife compiled her top ten of these last November and we have over twenty different games, her favourite of all of them is Isle of Cats, whilst mine is Cartographers and Planet Unknown. Another great one whilst out and about is Silver & Gold by Phil Walker-Harding.
I play Patchwork with my 6 year old. We started with Patchwork Express when he was 5. He plays with all of the rules, and now wants the game in all of the different themes!
Feast for Odin is one of my favorite games of all time. Agree the teach is a little long, but since it’s also a fairly meaty game, the teach is reasonable for the reward of playing the game. The solo mode is also fantastic, so that gives it some major points.
Excellent games! So glad to see Project L as it is very cool and satisfying. I don’t think of Ark Nova as polyomino but that is definitely is a key part of the game. Thanks.
My most favorite is Roam. Roam is so interesting that it mixes the polyomino tile laying and the area control / majority mechanisms. Paris La Cite de la Lumiere is also great and so cutthroath.
I didn't realize Roam had polyomino mechanisms. Above & Below and Near & Far were two of the first modern board games I ever played, but I've never played Roam, so now I'm quite curious!
Sad Feast for Odin is in the honorable mention and not in a first place. :'( It's insane how the Tetris puzzle works to gain income and bonus tiles. So satisfaying mechenism.
I just started the video. The top three that come directly to mind for me are: 3) Isle of Cats 2) Cartographers 1) Patchwork Seeing these games chosen as honorable mentions makes me curious to see what each person is going to pick for their top-3 list.
I only own 3 polyomino games, so I can only do a top 3 😀 1. World Wonders 2. Paris La Cite De La Lumiere 3. Patchwork I want one more with a single board and have Foundations of Metropolis (when it comes out) and In the Hall of the Mountain King in mind. Any opinions which is better at 2 player?
I recently did my top 5 polyonimo tile laying and updated my top 10 non-polyonimo tiles on a 5 and Dime. My top 3 polyonimo were: 1. Tenpenny Parks 2. Isle of Cats 3. World Wonders But Cartographers would be high on my list of just polyomino. It's my top flip-n-write We have the Americana version of Patchwork. Other than design they are the same. Nothing was tweaked. I heard maybe on one of them there were some tweaks but not much.
@@Ian-R-Wilz The only difference between versions of Patchwork is the art. The only one that is different otherwise is the Halloween edition. That version rebalanced the cost on some of the tiles.
I definitely want to try A Feast For Odin. Project L is very popular in my game group. It’s a bit too simple for me but I don’t mind playing. Plant Unknown would be my top Isle of Cats Shake That City Shake That City you’re technically using cubes to make the random polyomino shapes that you shook into existence. It’s quick and very puzzly and simultaneous action.
No love for what I consider the best Polyomino game Paris, La Citee de La Lumieres. I really don’t like non thematic polyomino games, like Feast for Odin.
I haven't played Paris; would you like to share what you love about it instead of focusing on what you don't like about other games? That might be more effective at inviting people into a game you recommend.
@@jameystegmaier Thanks for correcting me, I didn't mean to come over negatively. Paris is a small box game, with a grid representing the streets of Paris. In the first half of the game you alternately play one of 3 colours of square cobblestone tiles to fill up the street. The aim being that you can only later play the polyomino tiles on tiles of your own colour or the wild orange tiles. In the second phase of the game you place the polyomino tiles (these are buildings so quite thematic) you then put a chimney on top of your tile to show you own it. The end game scoring is related to the size / shape difficulty of the buildings to get better scores. So this is the base concept, but in addition there are streetlights for bonuses, negatives for unplaced buildings, bonuses for connected buildings. Parisienne postcard goal cards are available to draft along with the buildings e.g. place the Moulin Rouge dancers figure for a bonus. The final aspect is its meanness, for all the pretty warm setting & bonus positivity it is cutthroat. The game is beautiful, and a delight!
Project L is the only polyomino game i've played so i'm glad it went on someone's top list, even at #1 with Jeremy! Great panel.
Jeremy makes some great points, and his reasoning resonates w me. Loved project L. Please have him back!
Thanks for the love!
Fantastic discussion! Especially loved Jeremy’s insight as a teacher.
Cottage garden is definitely one of my favs!
Ark Nova is my favorite game. I loved hearing Aaron talk about playing the game with his Mom . So sweet. Watching this video makes me want to get barenpark to the table with my five year old again. I still need to check out most of the games on this list. I am especially excited about giving cartographers and foundations of Rome a try at some point if I have an opportunity. Great job Jamey, Aaron and Jeremy!
Love all of these choices! My favorites would include Isle of Cats, New York Zoo, and one of my favorite Stefan Feld games - Amerigo, for sentimental reasons. There's a bit more going on in Amerigo than the polyomino building, but it's definitely a good part of the game as you complete the islands you're settling for points.
It's been too long since I last played Amerigo--it looks great on the table!
We love tile laying games and polyomino ones especially. My wife compiled her top ten of these last November and we have over twenty different games, her favourite of all of them is Isle of Cats, whilst mine is Cartographers and Planet Unknown. Another great one whilst out and about is Silver & Gold by Phil Walker-Harding.
Good choices. Mine is Wild Tiled West, I love how thematic it feels and how the tussle makes it interactive. So many shiny objects to chase!
I play Patchwork with my 6 year old. We started with Patchwork Express when he was 5. He plays with all of the rules, and now wants the game in all of the different themes!
Blokus is an OG but man it is so satisfying to play with basically 1 rule plus between turns 3 and 4 the game goes from cool puzzle to absolutel war
Feast for Odin is one of my favorite games of all time. Agree the teach is a little long, but since it’s also a fairly meaty game, the teach is reasonable for the reward of playing the game. The solo mode is also fantastic, so that gives it some major points.
Excellent games! So glad to see Project L as it is very cool and satisfying. I don’t think of Ark Nova as polyomino but that is definitely is a key part of the game. Thanks.
I like Barenpark. It's very simple and it's one of the games where the objective is to fill the whole boards.
My most favorite is Roam. Roam is so interesting that it mixes the polyomino tile laying and the area control / majority mechanisms.
Paris La Cite de la Lumiere is also great and so cutthroath.
I didn't realize Roam had polyomino mechanisms. Above & Below and Near & Far were two of the first modern board games I ever played, but I've never played Roam, so now I'm quite curious!
@@thesinator Oh, I can really recomment Roam. It is however completely different than A&B or N&N. But is is fun non the less!
Oh yes, My City. I've heard nothing but great things about this game. It'll likely be one of the next games I purchase.
Sad Feast for Odin is in the honorable mention and not in a first place. :'( It's insane how the Tetris puzzle works to gain income and bonus tiles. So satisfaying mechenism.
I just started the video. The top three that come directly to mind for me are:
3) Isle of Cats
2) Cartographers
1) Patchwork
Seeing these games chosen as honorable mentions makes me curious to see what each person is going to pick for their top-3 list.
Those are some of my favorites!
I only own 3 polyomino games, so I can only do a top 3 😀
1. World Wonders
2. Paris La Cite De La Lumiere
3. Patchwork
I want one more with a single board and have Foundations of Metropolis (when it comes out) and In the Hall of the Mountain King in mind. Any opinions which is better at 2 player?
I must admit I haven't played either of them at 2 players, but I think Foundations might scale a little better.
I recently did my top 5 polyonimo tile laying and updated my top 10 non-polyonimo tiles on a 5 and Dime.
My top 3 polyonimo were:
1. Tenpenny Parks
2. Isle of Cats
3. World Wonders
But Cartographers would be high on my list of just polyomino. It's my top flip-n-write
We have the Americana version of Patchwork. Other than design they are the same. Nothing was tweaked. I heard maybe on one of them there were some tweaks but not much.
Thanks for sharing your favorites, Ian!
@@Ian-R-Wilz The only difference between versions of Patchwork is the art.
The only one that is different otherwise is the Halloween edition. That version rebalanced the cost on some of the tiles.
I definitely want to try A Feast For Odin. Project L is very popular in my game group. It’s a bit too simple for me but I don’t mind playing.
Plant Unknown would be my top
Isle of Cats
Shake That City
Shake That City you’re technically using cubes to make the random polyomino shapes that you shook into existence. It’s quick and very puzzly and simultaneous action.
@@DanaParedes I didn't realize that's what Shake That City is--it sounds like one I'd enjoy!
No love for what I consider the best Polyomino game Paris, La Citee de La Lumieres. I really don’t like non thematic polyomino games, like Feast for Odin.
I haven't played Paris; would you like to share what you love about it instead of focusing on what you don't like about other games? That might be more effective at inviting people into a game you recommend.
@@jameystegmaier Thanks for correcting me, I didn't mean to come over negatively. Paris is a small box game, with a grid representing the streets of Paris. In the first half of the game you alternately play one of 3 colours of square cobblestone tiles to fill up the street. The aim being that you can only later play the polyomino tiles on tiles of your own colour or the wild orange tiles. In the second phase of the game you place the polyomino tiles (these are buildings so quite thematic) you then put a chimney on top of your tile to show you own it. The end game scoring is related to the size / shape difficulty of the buildings to get better scores. So this is the base concept, but in addition there are streetlights for bonuses, negatives for unplaced buildings, bonuses for connected buildings. Parisienne postcard goal cards are available to draft along with the buildings e.g. place the Moulin Rouge dancers figure for a bonus. The final aspect is its meanness, for all the pretty warm setting & bonus positivity it is cutthroat. The game is beautiful, and a delight!
@@stevekingswell9143 Thanks for sharing more details about Paris--it sounds like a lot of fun!