I tried Mlem earlier this year on BGA and noped out of there so fast, for the exact reason you mentioned. The endless scrolling made it not fun. I'd be up for playing it on tabletop, though. The top 10 games I played in 2024 were Ark Nova, a Feast for Odin, Clans of Caledonia, Scythe, SETI, GWT, La Granja, Spirit Island and Black Forest. Honorable mention to Harmonies.
Thank you for your games and happy new year! Interestingly I hear a lot from reviewers that Harmonies is an abstract game but I found it to be very theme rich.
I agree that the elements of Harmonies are designed from a thematic perspective, and the final result looks like a topographic landscape, which is great.
I don't play enough new games to even have a top 10 of 2024, but I appreciate these lists to know what to check out next! White Castle was already on my list, but I bumped it up, it looks really cool!
+1 The Gang, Harmonies, Caution Signs and Let's Go To Japan! I also loved the new "big box" Rolling Realms Redux! I have a couple of games that I have learned to play dual handed but have yet to play with others - namely River of Gold and Tower Up - they both look like they will be keepers. I also loved Castle Combo and Sea Salt & Paper as they are easy to set up smaller card games (oops! I see the latter is listed as coming out in 2022!).
Great list, wife and I need to get Harmonies. Our favorite games of the year are Creature caravan and Wyrmspan. We keep track of high and low scores, both those games are a ton of fun trying to beat each other's high score! Happy New Year
Lets go to Japan is such a good game! The art is gorgeous and such a rewarding payoff at the end. Also... a great version on BGA. Wyrmspan and Duel for Middle Earth both make it to the table a ton. A solid year for new games!!!! Thank you!
Andromeda's Edge is my favorite game of 2024 and one of my top games in general now. Wondrous Creatures and Inventors of the South Tigris rank up there, too, from last year.
2024 was such a great year in gaming! My top two were The Gang and Stamp Swap, but Wyrmspan, Cqution Signs, Leviathan Wilds, Cities, Stonespire Architects and Xylotaur are all great as well. Also, my copy of Slay the Spire is on its way!
So cool, I am literally playing Lets Go! To Japan while watching your video and there it is! I just learned it on Friday and will play a few more times today before I put it away. Love it, and the solo Travel Agent is a worthy opponent.
Thank you for sharing your list, Jamey. I'd really like to play Creature Caravan, Leviathan Wilds, and Mistborn: the deck building game. I enjoyed playing The 7th Citadel in 2024. I'd like to play more games this year. I'm also glad that you know of Blue Prince.
Nice picks! My honorable mentions: * Wyrmspan (only demoed a couple of rounds of in Essen) * Let's go to Japan & Harmonies (I know the rules of both but haven't actually played them 😂) * Creature Caravan (haven't got around to getting my copy to the table yet, but even more excited to after hearing this top10) * Nucleum (love the mechanics, the theme not so much) My top 5: 1. Unconscious Mind (very thematic heavy Euro, interesting mechanics&choices, beautiful components) 2. Windmill Valley (smooth mid-weigh euro with a cool double-gear action selection mechanic) 3. White Castle + Matcha (small box packs a lot of game) 4. Alchemists Kids (game progresses through 7 difficulty levels from simplified rules to a proper deduction game) 5. In the Footsteps of Darwin (great filler/kids/family - played with my 6 yr old a lot)
I'm currently watching a solo playthrough of Creature Caravans. Looks like they are some juicy decisions to be made and the game is on my radar now! Standouts for me this year (not necessarily all published in 2024) have been: Draft & Write Records, Knarr, Fliptown (working my way through the new solo campaign), Seaside, Castle Combo, and Stupor Mundi (Euro game that I backed and can't wait for; game is available to be played on BGA). Tether is arriving today. I see that you recently did a video on that game.
We are in the midst of our 2024 lists on our channel right now so I won't spoil anything but we have already done our top new to us expansions (not just new in 2024). These were all tabletop based only. My #1 was Everdell: Mistwood because it makes the solo better. My #1 that came out in 2024 was Beacon Patrol: Ships & Shores because the asymmetric boat powers are great. Stacey's #1 also happened to come out in 2024 and that was River Valley Glassworks: RIver Glass & Other Sundries because it is a simple expansion to add in a littler variety with a little asymmetric scoring based on different criteria (there are 6 modules and you can play with up to 2 of them at a time). We also posted our top New-to-Us that came our prior to 2024: My top 3 were: World Wonders, Summer Camp, and Disney Animated Stacey's top 3 were: The Bears and the Bees, Summer Camp, and Can't Stop We still have our top 2024 games coming in 2 weeks and I might do a top 10 solo 2024 games. I think we are going to have a few crossovers on our lists for sure. I might do a BGA one but not sure if I have enough 2024 games played on there, although some 2024 games did make my top games I played in 2024 on BGA.
Agree completely with the pick of Creature Caravan for solo game of the year! My next favorite solo game of the year is Reforest: Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast (but BGG lists it as a 2023 game).
Your number one was a very fun surprise. Thanks for not spoiling your pick when I shared mine with you! Have you played Santa Monica? I’d like to try it, since I love Cat Lady and LG!tJ. Others I adored this year: Wyrmspan, Fellowship of the Ring Trick Taking Game, Vale of Eternity, Diatoms, Stamp Swap.
I can honestly say I had my list ready before I heard your answer. :) Is there another country you'd like to see if they make a series of "Let's Go to" games? I have't played Santa Monica.
I find it interesting that in a couple of these videos you call it Blue PRINCE, emphasis on Prince, where I see it as BLUE PRINCE emphasis on Blue, as in blueprints, as it’s a changing architecture game
My favorite game of 2024 was Endeavor: Deep Sea. I hope you get a chance to play it soon and enjoy it as much as I did! Runner ups would be Wyrmspan and Frosthaven (new to my partner and I).
The White Castle was one of my top games of 2023 and part of my 10X10 challenge for 2024. Outstanding game! I didn't play too many 2024 releases but here's my top 5: 5. Shipwrights of the North Sea: Redux 4. Sankore: The Pride of Mansa Musa 3. Ezra and Nehemiah 2. Windmill Valley 1. Inventors of the South Tigris Garphill Games were definitely huge for me this year.
I adore Let's Go! to Japan so much! And I really enjoy MLEM on BGA. I had never heard of Caution Signs before and you are the second person *today* thas has that in their top 10! Clearly need to check that one out!
I hope you have the chance to try MLEM on the tabletop--in my opinion, it's much more satisfying than the BGA version (though I appreciate the effort that went into putting it on BGA).
My favorite new-to-me games in 2024 were: Art Society, Stonespine Architects, Let's Go! to Japan, Fromage, Caution Signs, Cabanga, Flip 7, Pies, Knarr, and Riverside. Seems like we have some similar tastes! I also have to throw a shout out to crokinole which was my most played (in person) but difficult to rank against other games. It was a great year for new games overall because even my 11-20 are fantastic: Mind Up, Cities, Harmonies, Odin, Pyramido, Castle Combo, Green Team Wins, Panda Royale, Bonsai, and River Valley Glassworks. I unfortunately haven't had a chance to play Stamp Swap or Wyrmspan still but they will be some of the next new games I get to the table! I can't imagine them not falling somewhere in my top 20 of 2024 once I get them played. Other 2024 games I hope to table soon are Windmill Valley, Creature Caravan, Wondrous Creatures, Nocturne, Wild Gardens, and the Cascadia: Rolling games.
I have Windmill Valley ready for Geekway Mini for you and you know I’m open for Federation over BGA whenever you want! For your top ten, my favorites are MLEM, Harmonies and Let’s Go To Japan and I really want to play the Gang.
LOVE Windmill Valley. Probably my #1 for 2024 though there was honestly some amazing games to choose from. Such a fun feeling of progression and some really cool emergent combos as you play that you dont realize are possible when you first start playing.
Based on your enjoyment of other tableau-building games, I think you'll really enjoy Wondrous Creatures! It's fantastic! And because of my love for that game, I'm confident I'll love Creature Caravan when it arrives later this month 😃
My favorite game of 2024 is A Message from the Stars It’s extremely creative and unique, combining logic deduction with word deduction. It’s also flexible, works great as 2p cooperative or competitive in teams. Out of curiosity , which NC cafe were you at where you played harmonies?
@@jameystegmaier 30 minutes from my house. we love it - have found many a great game there. good to know they have Harmonies - will check it out. If you're there again, and feel like gaming with a fan, let me know :)
Funny stat for me. I havent played any 2024 games. But still logged over 600 plays for the year, shared between approx 100+ different games. I looked at 2023 games and ive only played 2, because someone brought them to a game night i went to. Neither were popular games. I used to buy a lot of new games or at least new to me games but i had a large change in my life which affected my example of a family and that was also my main gaming group. Don’t worry, no sad story here! This forced me to find new ways to play games which now included more solo plays and also testing out some board game apps. Long story short, i thought i would never bother with or need board game apps, and to a lesser extent solo modes in games. I preferred playing with people and in person. That might still be the case, but i actually believe i get more plays in now and can also get games played at rocket speeds which is such a nice benefit. Just thought someone might find that interesting.
I keep thinking I must be playing something wrong because MLEM is also listed on Bitewings Games lists pretty often as being very solid, but I haven't enjoyed it my first two plays. Which of the expansions are the best ones to use?
My top 10 of 2024 releases: 1) SETI 2) Civolution 3) Unconscious Mind 4) Wyrmspan 5) Windmill Valley 6) Castle Combo 7) Saltfjord 8) Let's Go! To Japan 9) Beyond the Horizon 10) Sparks Honourable mentions: Shackleton Base, Minos & Blueprints of Mad King Ludwig 5 favourite new to me, non-2024 games: Great Western Trail: New Zealand Faraway The Vale of Eternity Tiwanaku Turing Machine
I just received Let's Go to Japan for Christmas and looking forward to it. Do you think your pick as number one was meaningfully influenced by your recent visit? (I lived there for 10 years, so I'm already on board for the theme.)
I would say that I can't disentangle the game and the trip, but I loved Japan before the trip, so I think the game still would have ended up really high on the list. In fact, even if the game were set in a completely different country, it still would have been high on the list--it isn't so much about where it's set as it is how it applies the theme in the mechanisms.
Here's my top 10 for 2024: 1) Wyrmspan 2) Endeavor Deep Sea 3) Dungeon Kart 4) Fractured Sky 5) Skyrise 6) The Gang 7) Star Realms: Rise of Empire 8) Gloomhaven: Buttons and Bugs 9) Mistwind 10) River Valley Glassworks Wyrmspan is easily no 1 for the year. I enjoy it a lot. I can see Star Realms rising in the list as I've only played 3 games in the campaign so far.
I was really surprised with how BIG 'Let's go Japan' is on the table. I expected a smaller setup while it turned out to be quite a table hog. One of the reason why unfortunately I did not grab it at Essen. I'd love to play it and I do like the core gameplay loop, but I literally wouldn't be able to fit more than 2 people setup on my table. The curse of tiny British houses :(
My favourite game this year was Shackleton Base. It's exciting, interactive and scales well, and as a product, it's affordable, beautifully produced and full of modular content.
I only managed to play 8 games from 2024 in 2024. So they were: 8. I Heart Manatees, 7. The Gang, 6. Gnome Hollow, 5. FantasyForm (a reimplantation of Spaceshipped by ButtonShy), 4. Star Tycoon, 3. Wyrmspan, 2. Creature Caravan, 1. River Valley Glassworks
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Always so fun to see our photos being looked at and shared more broadly on BGG! Great list!
Thanks for posting your photos there!
I tried Mlem earlier this year on BGA and noped out of there so fast, for the exact reason you mentioned. The endless scrolling made it not fun. I'd be up for playing it on tabletop, though. The top 10 games I played in 2024 were Ark Nova, a Feast for Odin, Clans of Caledonia, Scythe, SETI, GWT, La Granja, Spirit Island and Black Forest. Honorable mention to Harmonies.
Thanks for sharing your list!
MLEM on BGA definitely isn’t as good with all the scrolling.
Thank you for your games and happy new year!
Interestingly I hear a lot from reviewers that Harmonies is an abstract game but I found it to be very theme rich.
I agree that the elements of Harmonies are designed from a thematic perspective, and the final result looks like a topographic landscape, which is great.
I don't play enough new games to even have a top 10 of 2024, but I appreciate these lists to know what to check out next! White Castle was already on my list, but I bumped it up, it looks really cool!
+1 The Gang, Harmonies, Caution Signs and Let's Go To Japan! I also loved the new "big box" Rolling Realms Redux! I have a couple of games that I have learned to play dual handed but have yet to play with others - namely River of Gold and Tower Up - they both look like they will be keepers. I also loved Castle Combo and Sea Salt & Paper as they are easy to set up smaller card games (oops! I see the latter is listed as coming out in 2022!).
Great list, wife and I need to get Harmonies. Our favorite games of the year are Creature caravan and Wyrmspan. We keep track of high and low scores, both those games are a ton of fun trying to beat each other's high score!
Happy New Year
I'm glad you're enjoying Wyrmspan! :)
Lets go to Japan is such a good game! The art is gorgeous and such a rewarding payoff at the end. Also... a great version on BGA. Wyrmspan and Duel for Middle Earth both make it to the table a ton. A solid year for new games!!!! Thank you!
Andromeda's Edge is my favorite game of 2024 and one of my top games in general now. Wondrous Creatures and Inventors of the South Tigris rank up there, too, from last year.
2024 was such a great year in gaming! My top two were The Gang and Stamp Swap, but Wyrmspan, Cqution Signs, Leviathan Wilds, Cities, Stonespire Architects and Xylotaur are all great as well. Also, my copy of Slay the Spire is on its way!
I'm glad you had a great year of gaming as well! Great picks--I'm looking forward to trying Leviathan Wilds (hopefully at Geekway).
So cool, I am literally playing Lets Go! To Japan while watching your video and there it is! I just learned it on Friday and will play a few more times today before I put it away. Love it, and the solo Travel Agent is a worthy opponent.
That's great timing! I'm glad you're enjoying it too. :)
I like “best thematic game” category too. This year for me is Rock Hard ‘77. Almost too much theme haha
Thanks for the video Jamey!
I’m curious to try that one!
Mlem is a delight. Thanks for the list Jamey
Thank you for sharing your list, Jamey. I'd really like to play Creature Caravan, Leviathan Wilds, and Mistborn: the deck building game.
I enjoyed playing The 7th Citadel in 2024. I'd like to play more games this year.
I'm also glad that you know of Blue Prince.
My pleasure! I hope you get to try Creature Caravan. :)
@jameystegmaier I also hope you're all managing to stay safe, in what looks like terrible weather! (from the UK).
Love the video! Great work!
Nice picks!
My honorable mentions:
* Wyrmspan (only demoed a couple of rounds of in Essen)
* Let's go to Japan & Harmonies (I know the rules of both but haven't actually played them 😂)
* Creature Caravan (haven't got around to getting my copy to the table yet, but even more excited to after hearing this top10)
* Nucleum (love the mechanics, the theme not so much)
My top 5:
1. Unconscious Mind (very thematic heavy Euro, interesting mechanics&choices, beautiful components)
2. Windmill Valley (smooth mid-weigh euro with a cool double-gear action selection mechanic)
3. White Castle + Matcha (small box packs a lot of game)
4. Alchemists Kids (game progresses through 7 difficulty levels from simplified rules to a proper deduction game)
5. In the Footsteps of Darwin (great filler/kids/family - played with my 6 yr old a lot)
Thanks for sharing your list! This makes me even more excited to try Windmill Valley. :)
I haven’t played yet, but “Let’s Go To Japan” looks like great fun. Very clever mechanisms.
I'm currently watching a solo playthrough of Creature Caravans. Looks like they are some juicy decisions to be made and the game is on my radar now! Standouts for me this year (not necessarily all published in 2024) have been: Draft & Write Records, Knarr, Fliptown (working my way through the new solo campaign), Seaside, Castle Combo, and Stupor Mundi (Euro game that I backed and can't wait for; game is available to be played on BGA). Tether is arriving today. I see that you recently did a video on that game.
Thanks for sharing your picks! I really like Seaside.
We are in the midst of our 2024 lists on our channel right now so I won't spoil anything but we have already done our top new to us expansions (not just new in 2024). These were all tabletop based only.
My #1 was Everdell: Mistwood because it makes the solo better.
My #1 that came out in 2024 was Beacon Patrol: Ships & Shores because the asymmetric boat powers are great.
Stacey's #1 also happened to come out in 2024 and that was River Valley Glassworks: RIver Glass & Other Sundries because it is a simple expansion to add in a littler variety with a little asymmetric scoring based on different criteria (there are 6 modules and you can play with up to 2 of them at a time).
We also posted our top New-to-Us that came our prior to 2024:
My top 3 were: World Wonders, Summer Camp, and Disney Animated
Stacey's top 3 were: The Bears and the Bees, Summer Camp, and Can't Stop
We still have our top 2024 games coming in 2 weeks and I might do a top 10 solo 2024 games.
I think we are going to have a few crossovers on our lists for sure.
I might do a BGA one but not sure if I have enough 2024 games played on there, although some 2024 games did make my top games I played in 2024 on BGA.
Thanks for sharing these picks! I'm curious to try Beacon Patrol at some point.
@ I think you would really like it.. it’s such a fun puzzle.
Agree completely with the pick of Creature Caravan for solo game of the year! My next favorite solo game of the year is Reforest: Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast (but BGG lists it as a 2023 game).
Not many people are talking about Civolution, but it's easily my favorite of 2024.
Your number one was a very fun surprise. Thanks for not spoiling your pick when I shared mine with you! Have you played Santa Monica? I’d like to try it, since I love Cat Lady and LG!tJ.
Others I adored this year: Wyrmspan, Fellowship of the Ring Trick Taking Game, Vale of Eternity, Diatoms, Stamp Swap.
I can honestly say I had my list ready before I heard your answer. :) Is there another country you'd like to see if they make a series of "Let's Go to" games? I have't played Santa Monica.
@@jameystegmaierI would love to see a version of the game set in Italy, with train travel between Rome and Florence.
I find it interesting that in a couple of these videos you call it Blue PRINCE, emphasis on Prince, where I see it as BLUE PRINCE emphasis on Blue, as in blueprints, as it’s a changing architecture game
White Castle is the number one in my game group just a fantastic game .
My favorite game of 2024 was Endeavor: Deep Sea. I hope you get a chance to play it soon and enjoy it as much as I did! Runner ups would be Wyrmspan and Frosthaven (new to my partner and I).
I'm excited to try Endeavor: Deep Sea soon!
The White Castle was one of my top games of 2023 and part of my 10X10 challenge for 2024. Outstanding game! I didn't play too many 2024 releases but here's my top 5:
5. Shipwrights of the North Sea: Redux
4. Sankore: The Pride of Mansa Musa
3. Ezra and Nehemiah
2. Windmill Valley
1. Inventors of the South Tigris
Garphill Games were definitely huge for me this year.
Thanks for sharing your list!
Blue Prince really looks like it could take a Mad King Ludwig reskin real well!
I adore Let's Go! to Japan so much! And I really enjoy MLEM on BGA.
I had never heard of Caution Signs before and you are the second person *today* thas has that in their top 10! Clearly need to check that one out!
I hope you have the chance to try MLEM on the tabletop--in my opinion, it's much more satisfying than the BGA version (though I appreciate the effort that went into putting it on BGA).
@jameystegmaier Most games are more satisfying on the table. Even something as simple as Mountain Goats is more fun with the pieces. 🙂
My favorite new-to-me games in 2024 were: Art Society, Stonespine Architects, Let's Go! to Japan, Fromage, Caution Signs, Cabanga, Flip 7, Pies, Knarr, and Riverside. Seems like we have some similar tastes! I also have to throw a shout out to crokinole which was my most played (in person) but difficult to rank against other games. It was a great year for new games overall because even my 11-20 are fantastic: Mind Up, Cities, Harmonies, Odin, Pyramido, Castle Combo, Green Team Wins, Panda Royale, Bonsai, and River Valley Glassworks.
I unfortunately haven't had a chance to play Stamp Swap or Wyrmspan still but they will be some of the next new games I get to the table! I can't imagine them not falling somewhere in my top 20 of 2024 once I get them played. Other 2024 games I hope to table soon are Windmill Valley, Creature Caravan, Wondrous Creatures, Nocturne, Wild Gardens, and the Cascadia: Rolling games.
Thanks for sharing your favorites from this year! I'm curious to try Cabanga, Pies, and Art Society.
I have Windmill Valley ready for Geekway Mini for you and you know I’m open for Federation over BGA whenever you want! For your top ten, my favorites are MLEM, Harmonies and Let’s Go To Japan and I really want to play the Gang.
LOVE Windmill Valley. Probably my #1 for 2024 though there was honestly some amazing games to choose from. Such a fun feeling of progression and some really cool emergent combos as you play that you dont realize are possible when you first start playing.
I'm really excited to play Windmill Valley! Thanks to Garrett for recommending it.
Viticulture is out of stock at the sm store. Any ETA on when it’s going to be available?
We have more coming in February, so please sign up for a back in stock notification :)
Our favourites this year were 7th Citadel and Tainted Grail: Kings of Ruin. Really excited for Vantage to be our first Stonemaier game.
Some pretty epic games there! Thanks for sharing. :)
Based on your enjoyment of other tableau-building games, I think you'll really enjoy Wondrous Creatures! It's fantastic! And because of my love for that game, I'm confident I'll love Creature Caravan when it arrives later this month 😃
I’m excited to try it!
We matched on four games! Love Creature Caravan and Let's Go to Japan. The rest of mine are mid weight euros.
Nice! :)
My favorite game of 2024 is
A Message from the Stars
It’s extremely creative and unique, combining logic deduction with word deduction. It’s also flexible, works great as 2p cooperative or competitive in teams.
Out of curiosity , which NC cafe were you at where you played harmonies?
I looked back through my Instagram to find it, and it was called The Kitchen Table at Relish: instagram.com/p/C95Yo0dyVia/?img_index=1
@@jameystegmaier 30 minutes from my house. we love it - have found many a great game there. good to know they have Harmonies - will check it out. If you're there again, and feel like gaming with a fan, let me know :)
@@levenzaha Thanks! It's possible I'll be back there in around 2 years--we do a family reunion in the Outer Banks every 2 years.
Awesome. I actually played wyrmspan there for first time (my #2 game of the year). They had deluxe components. Ordered it as soon as I got home.
I only played it once so far but Dune War for Arrakis for me, interesting decisions throughout the whole game.
Funny stat for me. I havent played any 2024 games. But still logged over 600 plays for the year, shared between approx 100+ different games.
I looked at 2023 games and ive only played 2, because someone brought them to a game night i went to. Neither were popular games.
I used to buy a lot of new games or at least new to me games but i had a large change in my life which affected my example of a family and that was also my main gaming group. Don’t worry, no sad story here! This forced me to find new ways to play games which now included more solo plays and also testing out some board game apps. Long story short, i thought i would never bother with or need board game apps, and to a lesser extent solo modes in games. I preferred playing with people and in person. That might still be the case, but i actually believe i get more plays in now and can also get games played at rocket speeds which is such a nice benefit. Just thought someone might find that interesting.
Thanks for sharing this! I'm glad you were still able to find joy in games in a new way in 2024.
I keep thinking I must be playing something wrong because MLEM is also listed on Bitewings Games lists pretty often as being very solid, but I haven't enjoyed it my first two plays. Which of the expansions are the best ones to use?
I've just played with the base game.
My top 10 of 2024 releases:
1) SETI
2) Civolution
3) Unconscious Mind
4) Wyrmspan
5) Windmill Valley
6) Castle Combo
7) Saltfjord
8) Let's Go! To Japan
9) Beyond the Horizon
10) Sparks
Honourable mentions: Shackleton Base, Minos & Blueprints of Mad King Ludwig
5 favourite new to me, non-2024 games:
Great Western Trail: New Zealand
Faraway
The Vale of Eternity
Tiwanaku
Turing Machine
I appreciate you sharing your list!
I just received Let's Go to Japan for Christmas and looking forward to it. Do you think your pick as number one was meaningfully influenced by your recent visit? (I lived there for 10 years, so I'm already on board for the theme.)
I would say that I can't disentangle the game and the trip, but I loved Japan before the trip, so I think the game still would have ended up really high on the list. In fact, even if the game were set in a completely different country, it still would have been high on the list--it isn't so much about where it's set as it is how it applies the theme in the mechanisms.
Dune Imperium: Uprising just dropped a new expansion just missing the 2024 cutoff -- it's called "Bloodlines."
Here's my top 10 for 2024:
1) Wyrmspan
2) Endeavor Deep Sea
3) Dungeon Kart
4) Fractured Sky
5) Skyrise
6) The Gang
7) Star Realms: Rise of Empire
8) Gloomhaven: Buttons and Bugs
9) Mistwind
10) River Valley Glassworks
Wyrmspan is easily no 1 for the year. I enjoy it a lot. I can see Star Realms rising in the list as I've only played 3 games in the campaign so far.
Thanks for sharing your list. I'm very curious to try Endeavor Deep Sea, and I'm glad you've enjoyed Wyrmspan!
same for me Japan was my top of 2024
I was really surprised with how BIG 'Let's go Japan' is on the table. I expected a smaller setup while it turned out to be quite a table hog. One of the reason why unfortunately I did not grab it at Essen. I'd love to play it and I do like the core gameplay loop, but I literally wouldn't be able to fit more than 2 people setup on my table. The curse of tiny British houses :(
My favourite game this year was Shackleton Base. It's exciting, interactive and scales well, and as a product, it's affordable, beautifully produced and full of modular content.
Slay the Spire id the Best videogame adaptation
I got that shirt!
I only managed to play 8 games from 2024 in 2024. So they were:
8. I Heart Manatees,
7. The Gang,
6. Gnome Hollow,
5. FantasyForm (a reimplantation of Spaceshipped by ButtonShy),
4. Star Tycoon,
3. Wyrmspan,
2. Creature Caravan,
1. River Valley Glassworks