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This is what it sounds like. If I could only ever keep 10 games, which 10 games would they be and why?
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0:00:00 - Introduction
0:01:04 - List Criteria
0:03:45 - Terraforming Mars
0:04:55 - Inis
0:06:33 - Cthulhu Death May Die
0:08:37 - Too Many Bones
0:11:40 - Spirit Island
0:13:15 - Marvel Champions
0:15:42 - Arena: The Contest
0:18:40 - Codenames Duet
0:20:29 - Everdell
0:22:06 - Root
0:07:45 - What I'm Eyeing
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You genuinely seem to love what you do now. I have continued to enjoy this channel more and more each day. Great video!
Thank you Bryan ❤️
Funny, and nice theme for a video !
For a long time, i'm applying a rule : If a new game enter into my collection, an old one leaves it !
So it's also been a long time i'm trying to reduce my possession and therefore my boardgames collection.
I'm at the moment @ something like 30 games, and i'm still working to reduce those to around 20
But i realized that i might also make 2x10 games :
-10 games for my solo and Duo plays (wich are 90% of my plays)
-10 games when i got some friends at home
So For now (in no particular order) :
Top 10 solo-duo :
1) Aeon's end (well this one is actualy top 1 ! ^^)
2) Spirit Island
3) Lord of the rings LCG
4) Cthulhu Death May Die
5) Set a Watch
6) Clank in space
7) Sentinel of the multiverse (definitive ed.)
8) Gears of war
9) Paleo (or Robinson Crusoe)
10) Street Masters
(if i had to keep 3 : Aeon's End - Cthulhu DmD - LotR LcG)
Top 10 Party-Game :
1) Detective Club
2) Mysterium Park
3) DownForce
4) Men at Work
5) Welcome to the moon
6) Loco Momo
7) Cascadia
8) FlipShips
9) The Game
10) Little town
(If i had to only keep 3 : FlipShips - Detective club - Cascadia)
Only 10 to keep no matter wich players count :
1) Aeon's end
2) Lotr LCG
3) Cascadia
4) The Game
5) FlipShips
6) Cthulhu Death May Die
7) Detective Club
8) Spirit Island
9) Set a watch
10) Paleo (or robinson crusoe)
Cheers ;)
Voting for a top 10 solo list! Also a X & write top 10 would be nice too(you should play welcome to the moon before that though... Wink wink, nudge nudge - revieeeew)
Super interesting list! The criteria definitely made for a unique selection of games.
After spending a year with your channel, I now own Black Plague, Everdell, Blood Rage, and Too Many Bones based on your videos. I subscribe to multiple content creators, but your recommendations have consistently led me to games that will remain in my collection for a long time. I guess you are my Chris Stuckman of board game content creators.
With that said, Assuming that I could bring all of the content currently available and I could only have five games, it would be Street Masters, Too Many Bones, Arkham Horror LCG, Everdell, and Lord of the Rings LCG.
Cyclades is in my top 3 favourite games. Once u add modules from all 3 expansions + kemet crossover + Hecate promo, every game plays differently, different paths open up.
Another way to think about desert island games is which games you would hate to never be able to play again. Cyclades would be up there.
Cyclades & Titans my dude
Best way to play it
Everdell is my favourite game and I can't wait for the big box to arrive! I say this, and I've not even played the expansions yet! I can't believe it only gets richer and more varied; I'm very excited to play with expansions!
Everdell is most certainly in my deserted island list! Also Village, The West Kingdom series (that's 3 more), A Feast for Odin and Fantastic Factories.
Great list! extremely thorough
Thanks :)
Great list. Thanks for sharing!
I would bring a few of your ten -
Terraforming Mars, Marvel Champions: LCG, Too Many Bones,
but switch out a few for -
Lost Ruins of Arnak with Expedition Leaders, Dwellings of Everdale, Castles of Burgundy, and Kemit: Blood & Sand
Arnak is a solid choice for sure :)
When you said number one surprised you, I thought it might have been crokinole, hehe.
I appreciate a list like this, similar to some of your pasts lists for a starter collection and such. Seeing the different thought approach vs the usual "favorite" games is enjoyable.
I'd like to see some "Top 10" lists based on a game mechanic. ie. Top 10 games featuring rondel, and so on and so forth.
Crokinole is a amazing....I'm a fool for not including it honestly.
Alex, you are awesome! I watch every video, as I have become an avid board gamer. Much respect! Have a great weekend!
Thanks Scott :)
Great list! From your list, I think I would include the following on my list: Cthulhu Death May Die, Too Many Bones, Spirit Island, Marvel Champions, Arena: The Contest, and Codenames Duet.
Nice video. What about a list of games that can fit in a suitcase or bag, all together?
I did a travel bag video a few months back :)
I've actually been in this very same scenario, but with 3 games to keep - and approaching that situation again. The two light pnp games I had were too light to make me forget of the stress of the world, so I kept diving into the more complex game (Fields of Fire), and that was the only one that did the trick. Anyways, great content and video!
Thanks! And wow...I couldn't even think of 3
Alex, you are making me so excited to receive my all in pledge of Arena the Contest and Tanares Adventures!! The only thing I didn’t add was the legendary box with the Elder Dragon. I really wanted to but just didn’t want to push my budget for one game too far.
Have you ever thought of making/made a if I could only keep the games I fit into 1 Kallax/8 cube organizer? Would love to hear your thoughts when you have to have the high replay-ability but low space requirements, since they seem to almost always have an inverse relationship. Plus it would be really cool for you to actually do it and see it as you unpack the cubes and explain each game!
YES! Please do! One challenge I've discussed with my friends is you get one Southwest Airlines-legal suitcase (respect the space and weight limits) what do you bring?
Just started watching this but as a mainly solo gamer I would love to see another list. I really liked your last one. Around that time was when I got into the hobby and It was what made me first consider mage knight . I wonder what, if any, games have been replaced on your list since. Final girl being one that stands out.
I love this journey I've seen you go through with Root. Root was my number 1 for this type of scenario too. There's a reason people can play a hundred plus games on the app and still come back to it. It's a good one.
I just watched your video about Castles of Burgundy and how it is the only game that's survived your collection from when you started playing board games. I'm surprised to not see it on this list.
I love it, but if only keeping 10 I want more variety
Of all the RUclipsrs who make vids that aren’t literally scripted, you have mastered a fast speed, great articulation, and flawless delivery (no ups, ahs or other word whiskers)😊
Great idea for a topic! I like your list, though we don’t have many crossovers (mainly because I don’t have several of the games on your list), but I’m thinking Everdell will be on my list once it finally arrives =) I was curious why you went with Arena: The Contest over Wild Assent which seem to be similar game experiences and I know you’ve rated Wild Assent highly in the past.
Here are my top 10 deserts island games (this list implies that the relevant expansions for each would also be present):
Dune Imperium
Too Many Bones
Lost Ruins of Arnak
Crokinole
Aquatica
Cascadia
Land vs Sea
7 Wonders Duel
Code Names Duet
Mystic Vale
And two decks of playing cards… I think it’d be fine to throw these in the mix since they’re not technically a board game =)
Arena and wild assent are neck and neck for me in experiences, but arena has much higher flexibility in what it can do.
Good choices! I think I'd want Power Grid with all the maps and some insane war game, maybe War Room or even Euro Front.
This was a great list! What game on this list was lowest on your top 100? I love the dessert island kind of list, here's my list: Scythe, Western Legends, Cthulhu Death May Die, Root, Mind Mgmt, Sea of Legends, King of Tokyo (Dark Ed), Quest for El Dorado, Eclipse Second Dawn of the Galaxy & Rurik Dawn of Kiev
Some solid titles there, including Rurik and quest eldorado.
Great video. How about a competition between you and Jesse to see who can build the best board game collection for under £500, you could maybe turn it into a giveaway by having the community vote on the best list and giving it away.
Did my list intuitively just now. If I checked my BGG list I may swap a couple.
1- Feudum: I love the sandbox aspect of this game and I love all the nuance (rules that others may describe as fiddly). I feel like the better a person learns the systems in this game/world the more exciting the gameplay would be. There will always be variability, especially with the Alter Ego expansion, plus the Solo expansion is super challenging.
2- Root: for a lot of the same reasons you cited, particularly the variability. I like the theme of Root over other area control game themes that may get tiring after a while.
3- Nertz (aka 8 decks of cards). Decks of cards are probably the most versatile thing to work with, game-wise and the retail version of nertz comes with 8 decks, I believe. Obviously I'd prefer to choose 8 decks of cards from my own collection, but I'm using nertz as an excuse to have multiple decks. Gotta be resourceful on a desert island.
4- speaking of resourceful, I thought it only fit to add Robinson Crusoe. For the survival aspect, but also because I've haven't played it yet and have heard so many good things about it. I've heard it's very challenging so I'll have that to look forward to over time as well.
5- Big Boggle: I wanted to throw a word game on here, because I love word games and this game can accommodate a large number of players, plus it has infinite replayability, you can do a 4x4 or 5x5 grid, and you can always make it more challenging by increasing the minimum word length.
6- My copy of Cards Against Humanity and a roll of removable white-out tape: Hear me out! I have a highly customized, fully sleeved, biggest box version of this game. I would include it because not only is it a good, versatile, easy to learn party game, but it is also something of a cultural artifact. With sleeves and white out tape you can change out stale cards, and you can make it kid friendly by removing the adult cards. It's still fun to play. You can create other games with the cards too. Lots of versatility. Definitely coming.
7-twilight imperium or gloomhaven. I haven't played either of these yet, but I know they are both long and complex character-driven games highly rated on BGG. If you have the time, why not include one of these? I'd need to do more research before deciding, but I want a game like this to be on the list.
8- Dinosaur Island + expansions Kickstarter edition: simply put, I love dinosaurs and had to include a dinosaur game on my list. This one is meaty and fun, albiet less efficient than other versions of the game. I think there's enough variability to keep it from getting stale.
9- Wingspan with expansions: one of my favorite games, lots of replayability, good solo mode, it's mid-weight, it's educational... I may adjust the board to make the eggs less hoardable. I actually think there's potential to use the bird cards to create other games, if bored.
10- Cascadia or Sagrada: I love puzzles, so one of these two puzzle games would be coming along. I lean toward sagrada, only because it has more expansions and therefore potentially more complexity and replayability. I think in 5 years cascadia might have more expansions, so it might be the pick, it's too new to say just yet. Sagrada also has a ton of dice so you could easily play other dice-based games.
I considered adding chess, but it's easy enough to make your own chess set.
Hmm, I would include:
1. Ohanami; simple and relaxing but gets a boost because you can use the deck numbered 1-120 to also play “The Mind” or “The Game” and maybe some others.
2. Everdell: The complete collection if it ever shows up. Good game and so many options with all these expansions.
3. The Quest for El Dorado: I enjoy deck building and racing and this game has many options for creating varied race tracks. I can imagine creating a race track that loops or make a figure eight.
4. The Crew. I enjoy trick taking and you want one with lots of variety if you are stuck.
5. Something with dice because that’s fun. I need more dice games, but maybe Dice Throne for now, especially if I had one or multiple battle chests. Then I might even play those team modes. Too Many Bones is too big a game for my real life, but on this island it sounds great.
6. I want a polyomino game. I don’t have Project L, but that is the one I want to try. I’m hoping it goes on sale for Nerdz days this July.
7. An abstract strategy game. I don’t own many but would want to try Yinsh or maybe Onitama.
8. Would want something with story telling potential. Clank: Legacy maybe. Don’t own it yet but I’m sure I’d buy it before I got on this plane that’s going to crash land off the coast of this island. And even after you play it. After two years go by you would be okay doing it again. I’m sure better choices are there, but I don’t have a ton of board game experiences like these yet.
9. Crokinole
10. I feel like I need another big game here. I don’t play many of those but would want something like Castles of Burgundy or Obsession.
Honorable mention: Telestrations because we need to laugh and it’s got lots of cards. Might be a problem with running out of ink though.
Please get the expansion content for Spirit Island to the table. You are in for a treat.
I plan on it :) just need to find the rules ...
Definitely keen for a top 10 solo list. For me solo games fall into a couple different categories (long and short) and I'm interested to see what you think and which ones are your preference.
A mix of solo, PvP, co-op, 1vAll, asymmetric, campaign, engine building, and light games.
-Splendor
-Patchwork
-Pandemic
-Blokus
-Final Girl
-Tales of the Arabian Nights
-Heroscape
-Last Night on Earth
-Castle Ravenloft
-Claustrophobia
Cool survival list!
Too Many Bones is too heavy to carry to the island. Maybe just one of the base game ;p
You can use it to build a raft out of at least!
Always excruciating trying to boil games collections down to just a handful of games. If I had to though, in no specific order they would be:
- Cyclades (Incl Hades Expansion for occasional variety)
- Cosmic Encounter
- Lords of Vegas
- Inis
- Brass Lancashire
- Space Empires 4x (with Close Encounters expansion)
- Castles of Burgundy
- Tigris & Euphrates
- 7 Wonders (what got me into the hobby & including expansions that I've not yet played with)
- Rising Sun (if I never had to set it up and pack it away again!)
- Dominion (sneaking in an 11th game as contraband - only just played it after owning it for 4 years untouched and immediately fell in love with it!)
Good choices, btw I'm starting to play CDMD, which episodes are your favorites with an specific god, thank you!
You describe the scenario as being on a deserted island with family and friends, and then lament what it says about you that you want your family with you instead of wishing them well on the mainland. Well, consider an alternative scenario that gets you to the same place: an apocalyptic event that destroys all of civilization and humanity except you and your family and close friends. Now you're happy your family survived and is with you!
Great list! My 3 games would be. 1) wingspan with Oceania expansion, 2) architect of the west kingdom, 3) mysterium as a good party game.
If I could only ever play 5 games and none of them are solo only:
1- Aeon's End with all content. I can replay this forever. I have 76 games played and there are still a lot of content I havent used.
2- Shadows of Brimstone. With it's random dungeon creation and the amount of content I have, and the fact that you can imagine your own story, this can be replayed without end, and with many people.
3- Mage Knight, mostly solo but playable at 2. Would not play at more then 2. Infinite replayability and I just love the card system.
4- Sub Terra, with all content - Can be played with up to 4 players very easily, fun and simple.
5- Too Many Bones with all content
Bonus 6: Something light and easy for everyone, maybe Cartographers or That's Pretty Clever! or even a simple deck or ordinary cards. The more I think about it, I think a deck of ordinary cards should be #1.
Every month at work we have a monthly social for our team of developers and we play codenames online. Though sometimes we end up playing Jackbox instead, but Codenames is usually a safe bet.
It's excellent:)
Lolololol. The ship probably sunk because of the Too Many Bones trove chest. Perfect!
That thing damaged my table.
Oh brother, Tanares 5E still had its PM open. I backed out of the KS campaign because I couldn't get over the fact I was jumping in late and would have to pay more to catch up. So I opened the PM and told myself "Just get the base game and TA, that's got all the campaign stuff". That was before I saw the legendary box. I thought, "Oh, I gotta get that, it doesn't make sense not to". Then I learned the Madness Box is like a 3rd expansion and Penumbral is a 4th AND there's a Scenery pack to go with it. "What's this, 4 more packs with heros and villains? Eh, I don't really want all these boxes though." Guess what, they fit into Penumbral Box. "OK, well I certainly don't want the Dragon Box, that's mainly for Boss vs Boss skirmishes. Wait, is that another hero in there? Might aswell add Medusa too, then I'll have all the playable characters. Hey is that the Dragon Alex has on his shelf? 10 bucks? COOL!" By that time it was just cheaper to buy all the bundles. "Wow, that fire breathing Dragon mini is only $15 now. And they'll paint it for me? COOOOOL! Paint Tarrassque too please!" In other words, I lost control. Would you believe EVERYTHING board game related was less than $100 to ship? I couldn't believe it. I still don't know what I'm gonna tell my wife when this pledge gets delivered. I know it's going to be epic and I'm glad there was still time to pledge. Thanks for reminding us how much you enjoy the game.
It's a great list. I own several of these games. I think if you have played Pax Pamir, you might even consider to change one of your games in your list and add Pax P and maybe even consider to change Root with Pax Pamir. I like Root too, but Pax Pamir is a sublime experience (area control, historical theme, tons of player interaction, clean design) when you play with experienced players.
😂 with TooMany bones you could use it as a raft and play while floating to the deserted island 🏝
Well yes....basically.
Maybe durability should be an important factor for a desert island? Humidity could play havoc with cardboard, but a go board with stones would last a long long time. And a board could always be drawn in the sand!
CDMD is my favorite game. It’s the only game I’ve played all off. I would bring my Hellboy Kickstarter box with me too. I never tried some of those other ones so I added them to the wish list.
Interesting list… now to test it by simulating said deserted island 🏝 (hopefully they have internet access, so you can share your findings, lol)
Said desert island may have to wait....my wife refuses to get on a cruise.
As I only have around 50 games, I'm going to stick to a list of 4.
Rising Sun
A ton of content, a ridiculous amount of variability, area control, negotiation and lots of strategy.
Cosmic Encounter
With the ridiculous amount of aliens around, there's going to be so many options for bringing this to the table.
Dominion
Also good at two players, there's a ton of content here with all the expansions available.
Massive Darkness 2
In contrast to the conflict of the above, here's something cooperative with ridiculous amounts of content.
Things that I'd be hopeful to add to this list:
Too Many Bones
Waiting on my Trove Chest and gameplay all in.
Everdell
Waiting on my big box collection.
Dominion almost made the list and cosmic is a great one as well.
Hi Alex, thanks for your great content. What is your favourite game?
Terraforming Mars
I think that if and when you get around to trying Cloudspire (I assume you still haven't?) It will push its way onto your list. You really must try it!!
I wonder if this is how our soldiers feel when deciding which games to bring on a deployment...
Anyway, great selections, especially Spirit Island, T Mars, and Inis!
An interesting question....I'm assuming they don't bring the Trove Chest.
Cthulu Death May Die is my favorite game of all time! And I just got Spirit Island recently... very impressed! And Root, oh yeah!
It's soooo good
I'd love to see some Too Many Bones content on the main channel. I have Undertow and the new one coming.
Sushi? TI4? Ok now I'm totally down! Fine Jesse, you can bail and I'll take your place!
Lol
I would play with you:
Terraforming Mars
Inis
Codenames Duet
Everdell
Mine...
1. Arkham Horror LCG
2. Gloomhaven JOTL
3. Everdell
4. Tannhauser
Waiting for Cthulhu DmD to arrive in the mail. Not gonna lie this channel was a massive influence in the purchase 🤣
I'd probably just take a deck of cards and a big bag of meeples and keep designing my own games in this scenario. Other than that, Cry Havoc, Five Tribes, King of Tokyo Dark, Neuroshima Hex, Century Golem & Tash-Kalar would probably be on my list, as I really like all of them a lot, but never quite find the time to dig in as much as I'd like. Except for Century Golem maybe. That one I could almost play blindfolded.
@Text Me On Telegram @BoardGameCo Thanks, but I wouldn't know what to do with it. Give it to someone else.
Hi, i really like 7th Continent, Fields of Arle, Gaia Project, KDM, Scythe, Terraforming Mars, SpaceCorp, Unsettled, Star Trek Frontiers and Underwater Cities
Great choices. I guess you really like space-themed games! Do you like any of the 4x space games like Eclipse or Twilight Imperium?
@@LinearConvolution I forgot Space Empires 4X :-) Also like and have Eclipse, never played Twilight Imperium
Nice list. Would also keep cthulhu death may die, marvel champions, spirit island .. But this list really needs a zombicide game, pandemic and marvel united🏝️📃👍👌
None of these make it onto my top 10 games but I still respect the choices!
I can appreciate that :)
I don't think it's a commonly used term, but it should be, since the books thing is anyway. I've always thought the desert island thing is a bit weird since it pretty much negates any chance of survival, and I don't even travel with my games anyway, but that's missing the point. I absolutely agree with you, though, a lot of the games on my collection that could be considered "the best" would not make the list probably due to several factors like player count, complexity and such. I'd likely have just solo games to be honest. Funny to see how a lot of my favorite games are not "BGG top" games.
So I tried to quickly do a list before watching the video but I would have to think harder before finalizing it. The first 5 are guaranteed for me.
Dwellings of Eldervale
Spirit island
Too many bones
The Crew
Marvel Champions
Everdell
Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition
Aeons End
EDIT after watching your video. I would be happy to get stuck on that Desert Island with you. And Since you are bringing Cthulhu death may die. I will bring Dune Imperium and Ginkgopolis
When it comes to Marvel Champions, how do approach deck building. With the amount of cards there are, it could take forever to deck build each time. Do you have standard cards in each aspect you always include? or is it kinda random?
A handful of standards that I like to use but mostly I try to approach it fresh each time. I like the sense of exploration.
Yes! Root would be my number one. I also would bring Codenames Duet. I would have crokinole as well.
Crokinole should have made the list :)
Having not played Cthulhu Death May Die, I can't say if it is better than Zombicide: Black Plague/Green Horde (which I consider a single game). And this might apply, too. But until I get Marvel Zombies, Z:BP/GH would definitely be on this list for me, for the simple reason that it is possible and fairly easy to generate your own content. Beyond the variability of different characters, different abominations, mixing up the zombie types for existing scenarios, you can simply make your own scenarios. Make a gladiatorial arena where you have to fight off specific sets of zombies. A stealth scenario where each noise generates more enemies. Plus, I think the game plays well in any count up to 6, and is cooperative, so less annoyance and hard feelings when you are trapped with a specific set of people in a confined area.
And to that point, yes, at least where I am, 'desert island' is a common phrase. I've had job interview where they asked (excepting a means of escape) what five things would you take to a desert island.
Marvel Champions and Too Many Bones would definitely be on the list for me. I don't own Terraforming: Mars, but if I could swipe a friend's copy, it would be on the list. Codenames I would take, if I could cheat and bring it as a set (Codename, Codenames: Disney, Codenames: Marvel, Codenames: Duet, etc.).
Power Rangers: Heroes of the Grid is one of my top ten, and it has a ton of content, but I'm not sure it would make the list. I haven't dug deep into the new scenarios or the last full expansion, so maybe they would push it onto the list. But so much as I love the game and the different Rangers and enemies, without scenarios (again, need to dive in), I'm afraid if it was one of only ten, the basic loop would get repetitive.
On the flip side Villainous (again taken as a big box with all the variants) wouldn't make my regular top ten, but might make this list for the asymmetry of the various character. Maybe. I'm not sure.
And what I really want for this list, but can't decide on at the moment, is an RPG style board game with a campaign. Something that (not unlike Z:BP/GH) I can expand upon. Use as a basis for an RPG. Bring in and adapt characters from these other games (which makes me reconsider PR: HotG) for more variability in the base game.
I had the most AP during any game with Spirit Island the one and only time I've played it. I think the problem was compounded because I did not want to let my group down in a cooperative game whereas in a competitive game, I'm ok with taking a less optimal move to speed up the game for all at the expense of my winning chances. However, I saw the potential in the game and it would be my #1 game on a deserted island. It's not a game remotely in my top 300 games right now.
My list goes like:
1- lord of the rings living card game
2- arkham horror living card game
3- Spartacus: a game of blood and treachery
4- long shot: the dice game
5- talisman
6- resident evil the board game
7- legendary: x-files
8- nemesis: lockdown
9- war of the rings
10- warhammer: underworlds
(no particular order, maybe in order of frequency they see the table. I would like to play the ones at the bottom more often too)
1. Arkham Horror LCG
2. Spirit Island
3 - 10 - not necessary; I suspect they'll never get boring
Mine are:
1. Warcry
2. Age of Sigmar
3. Frostgrave
4. Rangers of Shadows Deep
5. Zombicide: Black Plague
6. Descent: Journeys in the Dark 2nd ed
7. Space Hulk
8. Hate
9. Warhammer Underworlds
10. Catapult Kingdoms/Feud
I've never played but really want to get Cthulu: Death May Die.
How many cases of miniatures fell of the ship with you 😄
@@johnathanrhoades7751 I'd need paints too!
Terraforming Mars, Ultimate Railroads, Valeria Card Kingdoms, Everdell Complete Collection, Star Realms and Mystic Vale for sure.
After that . . . that's harder. I'm thinking 7 Wonders, Hansa Teutonica, Saint Petersburg 2E . . . And then maybe Teotihuacan?
Lemme know what you think, @Boardgameco
Also, @BoardGameCo - same question of what 10 games do you pick as desert island games, with the following caveat: All 10 must be games you DON'T own (Sorry for your loss)
The first thing is I have concerns about keeping my games in good condition on a desert island. The idea of a game box filled with sand terrifies me.
Arena and Codenames were surprises but I called 7 of you choices sir, maybe I'm spending too much time on your channel. However you may have just made me want to reinvestigate Inis again. I didn't love the art and that might be why it didn't land with me.
Love the gameplay of Inis. The draft is so thinky as you try to figure out how to do what you need to do and prevent others from getting what they need. Following that, the play and results of each of your turns are so subtle and smooth. Then again I also love the art of Inis as well. I can see why the box cover might not be someone's favorite style but I really think the board tiles and the cards are fantastic. It's definitely worth a play if you ever have the chance.
I enjoyed the concept list. I probably would not refer to Islanders as "heathens."
Fair point :)
very surprised to see that Mind MGMT didn't make the cut. It has so much scale playing from one to five players. There are many different ways to play it since the game is very different playing as the recruiter vs the rogue agents. Then you have the loads of variability from the shift packages. You can also play it with kids or non gamers using the training mode, play it solo using the app. Maybe you didn't feel like the game would hold up well enough if you played it constantly, or it just narrowly missed the cut.
nevermind, I did see you mentioned it, and that it was among a group of games that are too new for you to feel comfortable with it on this list. Personally I think there are too many factors in its favor though, and would still include it on my list
Spirit Island and TMB would also be on my list, but I’m curious what your list would be WITHOUT expansions. TMB without expansions would fall off my list very fast in that case.
Working on a follow up already :)
Looking forward to it!
Would Robinson Crusoe be too "on the nose" for this list?
Castles of Burgundy
Vindication
Great List Alex, I'm sure there were some tough choices and a long honorable mention list in your head.
1. TMB 2. Spirit Island 3. Marvel Champions after that honestly I'm not sure already. Arkham Horror and LOTR LCG maybe but I don't own as much. Klask/Crokinole are always fun. Robinson Crusoe for the variety works too.
Lols since the pandemic is subsiding those 3 + Marvel United will be my only remaining solo game.
Oh my I sat a debated Root too, but figured my current packs that I take to school, family and store would probably be them. In no order
Wingspan, parks, cascadia, a version of love letter, sushi party (myself and daughters and some family we travel to pkay)
Terraforming Mars, root, all of gloomhaven ( love them like yourself and might finish gloomhaven if stranded on an isle)
Since my collection is limited can I bring my star wars legion and armada collection to round it out.
Thought about twilight imperium again lots of time to burn right stranded, even thought uprising curse of last emperor since I will maybe figure it out. Can we bring the entire collections and expansions to catan?
Also wonder would expansions be air dropped for our picks to isle?
Let me see where I am on my list:
Merchant of Venus
Xia
Seasons
So Clover
Age of Steam
Ra
Forbidden Stars
Ingenious
Roll for the Galaxy
Zooloreto
No thought went into that, that’s just me looking around the collection and picking.
Nice, xia is amazing for sure.
Space Hulk would definitely be on my top 10 desert island games.
ARENA RHE CONTEST ! I DIDNT EXPECT THAT . Ι am waiting the expansions
It's a great game :)
Spirit Island on a deserted island sounds rather ironic 😄
Indeed :) but still coming.
@@BoardGameCo Totally... so where is this island?
@@BoardGameCo also, did you know you did two blue background thumbnails in a row?
1. Spirit Island
2. Root
3. Too Many Bones
I think 1 and 2 are the only thing I need tbh.
I have 3 just in case i have a lot of time, and theres too much cool content/components so its a waste not to bring it. 😁
I mean...you're abandoned forever, you have time.
@@BoardGameCo you are absolutely right. Then i will bring it!
btw for the nth time. Try SI with Jagged Earth 😁
you will see it has surprisingly more replayability than even TMB, in which i own almost everything.
Good video! Looking at what you got, not at what they want you to got! Have a nice day 🖖 grts from Belgium! I got a vaccin against my kickstarteraddiction 🤗 my wallet and my old games are realy happy
Lol nice
"Probably why the ship sunk." lol!
My top 5 would be:
Root, Brass Birmingham, Barrage, Kanban EV and Gaia project
Nice, played some of those, need to play others
Spirit Island on an island to raise your spirits #inceptioned
Hmmm. Interesting. How much would the list charge if you counted base box only?
Hmmm...I'd have to go through it, perhaps another video.
For me it would be:
Doppelkopf (Card Game)
Dune Imperium or Lost Ruins of Arnak
Cthulhu death may die
Everdell
Its a wonderful World
Azul
Arkam Horror LCG (would the nee packs still get to the Island, airmail?)
The West Kingdom Trio (counts as one Right?)
Spirital Island (thematically Perfect)
Blood Rage (need an area controll one)
Do the other people on the island get 10 games also? ;)
Well then....that's an idea...
My TOP TEN GAMES (If I could only keep 10)
These are in no particular order. Expansions included w/ game.
Too Many Bones
Marvel Champions
Vindication
Terraforming Mars
Marvel United
Ark Nova
Dice Throne
Everdell
Cthulhu: Death May Die
Xia: Legends of a Drift System
If I would be stranded I would bring along a game that reminds me of home. So that I would not lose my hope of getting of the island and keep me motivated!
And to that end as well bring a game with a good nature theme so it could inscribe in my mind I will go and visit/see these beautiful places/animals when I finally get off this darn island
Oath...endlessly tells a story in my experience.
Still haven't tabled it.
@@BoardGameCo you'll probably like it!! but unfortunately it took my group 3 games to love it. Once the gears click its really unlike any game I've played.
Alex -- when you play Terraforming Mars, with which expansions do you typically play? Which do you consider critical? Which do you think should be avoided?
The two expansions I'd recommend are Prelude and Colonies. Prelude gives a bit more asymmetry to each player and speeds up the early game by giving each player some starting bonuses to their engine. Colonies adds a new mechanic where you can trade resources with some side boards. There is competition / timing for the best exchange rates; but the real benefit of this expansion is it gives players a way to convert resources (and especially use energy) so it adds options to the engine building. The other expansions are not as important in my opinion and may even bloat the experience, but "Hellas and Elysium" might be good if you're getting bored of the standard map and milestones/achievements in the base game. Hope this helps!
@@LinearConvolution Thanks! I have Preludes, and that's all -- totally find it essential. I'll look into the other two.
We call it "Lonely Island" in German. Sounds uncommon to me in English, though. Desert Island doesn't feel right either. You mean Deserted Island? And how is it considered deserted, if you plan to bring along Party Games for higher player counts? :D
Monopoly, Risk, Mille Bornes, Candy Land, Life, Phase 10, Sorry, Hungry Hungry Hippos, Operation, and Ark Nova.
I mean I can respect most of those...but operation?
Operation is helpful in case anyone on the island wants to be a doctor.
no Kickstarter value video this week?
Not this week, had the late pledges instead.
10 is a lot so for now I have:
Spirit Island
TMB
Santorini for the 20 min Tactical 1vs1
It's funny how different peoples' tastes are. Inis is easily my favorite game so far. But, on the flip side, I haaaaate Everdell. And I enjoy worker placement games so.. 😢
I mean Inis is a top 10 game for me :)
Later generations of island dwellers will no longer be able to play Codenames, as they have no context for what these words mean...
Lol perhaps
All my games on this kind of list are highly interactive as those never really get boring.
1. Food Chain Magnate (with the expansion modules)
2. Pax Pamir 2e (maybe Pax Renaissance or Cuba Libre.)
3. 1830
4. Cosmic Encounter
5. Xia: Legends of the Drift System
6. Mage Knight
7. Cloudspire (maybe TMB...hard choice.)
8. Race for the Galaxy
9. Gaia Project
10. Die Macher (or Dune or Sidereal confluence. Something heavy on negotiation)
My #1 will always be Puerto Rico, followed by:
Viticulture, Spirit Island, Terraforming Mars, Robinson Crusoe, and if I'm on a desert island, I'll probably take a game like Yahtzee with me as well.
I feel like viticulture would get a little tiresome. Just me tho:)
@@opman4827 - Are you using the Tuscany expansion?
@@EfrainRiveraJunior no, just the base game. My friend has that expansion, i guess I'll have to try it out.
I'm guessing it adds a lot more?
@@opman4827 - Oh, yes!!!! Tuscany adds so much more. The four seasons, the new buildings, and the optional special characters are fantastic. There are other modules that I haven't tried yet, and I don't think that I even have to.
Haaaaa... I can't believe Root is #1!!! I love Root but when you talk about it... always feel it is a love/hate relationship😆
I read desert island games as a publisher, was already scratching my head which games were made by this publisher, took a few seconds to click.🤣
I would probably not bring board games but to each their own 😜
Strange choices!
Depends on who you are 😜