Always love to see Dwellings. Played it for the first time in 2024 and fell in love, one of my top 5 currently. Haven’t played Scythe, but will be trying it for the first time in a few days. Long overdue and excited for it
There's so many great have in these lists! I'm definitely looking for some of them up. Excited to see Final Girl so high on your list, Ryan. I just picked up a copy for a friend!
Awesome, Final Girl is great! I actually have a whole video ranking the season 1 and season 2 content haha: ruclips.net/video/-5KTSbE6lCE/видео.htmlsi=x64okjbvUfK01v0_ Excited for season 3! -Ryan
Great lists again, boys! A Feast for Odin, Race for the Galaxy, War of the Ring, and Ark Nova are all up there for me. I have always wanted to play Dwellings of Eldervale, Underwater Cities, Too Many Bones, and Final Girl. Can't wait to see the top 10!
Good list guys. I wanna add that me and my brother have been playing War of the Ring and can play it in like an hour and 20, now that we both know it okay. We both don’t know it super well but I think we could get it a little closer to an hour
Impressive! I definitely think the play time could come down a ton with a consistent partner, but playing it once every few years with a new player slows things down a lot as I relearn it and teach it fresh haha. Maybe when my kids get older! 🤞 -Ryan
Great list, I'm a huge fan of all the games on this list! Also small brag I'm one of the few that got a copy of the Feast for Odin Norwegian Expansion today at GameNerdz at a great price!
I would love to try a feast for Odin, underwater cities and ultimate railroads. Those are the ones that tempt me the most from this list. Still somewhat new to gaming so I'm trying to do 20 years of missed gaming experience crammed into the past 8 years that I've actually been in the hobby. Haha. Excited for the top 10 and the giveaway. I Appreciate your channel!
Coming into the hobby fresh certainly leaves a huge backlog of great games to consider haha! Hopefully talking about our favorites can help you find some that might be perfect for you! -Ryan
That's awesome! And yeah, Station 2891 is one of the most complicated sets haha, though I find that some of the complex ones (Into the Void being another example) can also be the most rewarding and interesting once you are really comfortable with the system. I actually have a whole video ranking the S1 & S2 content haha: ruclips.net/video/-5KTSbE6lCE/видео.htmlsi=d8SawKwR-1PcN7SS -Ryan
Still the best channel about board games! Man I am trying to decide between feast for odin and loranzo since forever... could you tell me how you feel about the decision?
Two great games... I'd say A Feast for Odin is a little more sandbox-y and forgiving, with an emphasis on the resources doubling as pieces in a spatial puzzle. It is longer, and the variability and powers are more subtle with minor card effects. Lorenzo is extremely tight and has more of a focus on building up an effective tableau of card effects, with pretty drastic powers and abilities once you play with the Houses of the Renaissance modules and leader cards. The worker placement feels a lot more tense with only 3 workers and the way that things get more expensive or less efficient if other players go to an area first. Can't go too wrong, but I guess Daniel and I both rank Lorenzo a little higher, and paired with being a little shorter and cheaper, that would probably edge out as our recommendation, unless you prefer a less tight and challenging experience haha. -Ryan
Hey, thanks for the feedback! It is something that we have on our radar, but need to think through timing and implementation a bit. But it helps to know there might be interest in it! -Ryan
We would put it in the same complexity level as Terraforming Mars. It's got a lot going on and it takes a bit to get used to the hand management and pacing, but the slick card action-selection mechanism helps to simplify the decision space a bit since you want to try to use your actions that are furthest to the right to be most efficient. If you like Terraforming Mars, I think there is a pretty high chance you'll like Ark Nova too! -Ryan
Really has been worth the learning curve for me, I'm excited to play and it expand it more while trying to show some restraint in buying too much for it lol. -Ryan
@@RollsInTheFamily it’s a fantastic game, warts and all haha. It was actually kinda my introduction to the modern hobby, my brother brought it over 4 years ago and blew my mind haha. And there is just. so. much. content. No way will I ever get it all. And especially The Elder Scrolls coming up looks amazing, can’t wait for that.
Just curious, are the played stats strictly physical plays or do you both also include digital plays as well? It might've been mentioned but missed it if so. Have enjoyed the videos, thanks for the content 🤠
Hi! They technically include both (as long as the digital plays are still real-time with other people), but most of our plays are physical! Daniel and I have started playing digitally a little more frequently since we live in different states, but the larger majority of our plays are still in person. -Ryan
Hi! In order to announce the winners in our video this upcoming Friday, we needed to lock in the responses at the time of filming that video, which was this morning. I originally had the wrong date listed in the form (said it was locking even sooner), but corrected that a few days ago. Sorry if you missed it, we will do it again next year! -Ryan
Totally understandable, hopefully the chapters make it easy to jump through the list quickly and only listen to the entries you are more interested in! -Ryan
Haha I can see how it isn't for everyone, but we definitely find the combination of worker placement, resource management, engine-building, and puzzling to be really satisfying. -Ryan
Always love to see Dwellings. Played it for the first time in 2024 and fell in love, one of my top 5 currently. Haven’t played Scythe, but will be trying it for the first time in a few days. Long overdue and excited for it
I definitely think there is a good overlap between people who enjoy Dwellings and people who will enjoy Scythe! -Ryan
There's so many great have in these lists! I'm definitely looking for some of them up. Excited to see Final Girl so high on your list, Ryan. I just picked up a copy for a friend!
Awesome, Final Girl is great! I actually have a whole video ranking the season 1 and season 2 content haha: ruclips.net/video/-5KTSbE6lCE/видео.htmlsi=x64okjbvUfK01v0_
Excited for season 3!
-Ryan
Great lists again, boys! A Feast for Odin, Race for the Galaxy, War of the Ring, and Ark Nova are all up there for me. I have always wanted to play Dwellings of Eldervale, Underwater Cities, Too Many Bones, and Final Girl. Can't wait to see the top 10!
Given games you enjoy, I think all those ones you mentioned are worth trying! -Ryan
Fun to see your list. I like Final Girl a ton also. Many of these I have not tried. Excited to see your top 10
I'm very excited for Final Girl season 3. 😁 And excited to talk about our 10 favorite games as well! -Ryan
Great episode as always. Excellent selection of games here!
Thanks for watching! -Ryan
Good list guys. I wanna add that me and my brother have been playing War of the Ring and can play it in like an hour and 20, now that we both know it okay. We both don’t know it super well but I think we could get it a little closer to an hour
Impressive! I definitely think the play time could come down a ton with a consistent partner, but playing it once every few years with a new player slows things down a lot as I relearn it and teach it fresh haha. Maybe when my kids get older! 🤞 -Ryan
Great list, I'm a huge fan of all the games on this list! Also small brag I'm one of the few that got a copy of the Feast for Odin Norwegian Expansion today at GameNerdz at a great price!
Nice, Norwegians is a fantastic expansion!! -Ryan
I love Troyes and my wife hates it😮
Troyes seems to be pretty divisive in my experience, which is too bad, because I wish more people would play it with me haha! -Ryan
I would love to try a feast for Odin, underwater cities and ultimate railroads. Those are the ones that tempt me the most from this list. Still somewhat new to gaming so I'm trying to do 20 years of missed gaming experience crammed into the past 8 years that I've actually been in the hobby. Haha. Excited for the top 10 and the giveaway. I Appreciate your channel!
Coming into the hobby fresh certainly leaves a huge backlog of great games to consider haha! Hopefully talking about our favorites can help you find some that might be perfect for you! -Ryan
Just started playing final girls and love it too
I only have a few cinema packs for it, huge difficulty jump from camp happy trails to station 2891
That's awesome! And yeah, Station 2891 is one of the most complicated sets haha, though I find that some of the complex ones (Into the Void being another example) can also be the most rewarding and interesting once you are really comfortable with the system.
I actually have a whole video ranking the S1 & S2 content haha: ruclips.net/video/-5KTSbE6lCE/видео.htmlsi=d8SawKwR-1PcN7SS
-Ryan
Still the best channel about board games!
Man I am trying to decide between feast for odin and loranzo since forever... could you tell me how you feel about the decision?
Two great games...
I'd say A Feast for Odin is a little more sandbox-y and forgiving, with an emphasis on the resources doubling as pieces in a spatial puzzle. It is longer, and the variability and powers are more subtle with minor card effects.
Lorenzo is extremely tight and has more of a focus on building up an effective tableau of card effects, with pretty drastic powers and abilities once you play with the Houses of the Renaissance modules and leader cards. The worker placement feels a lot more tense with only 3 workers and the way that things get more expensive or less efficient if other players go to an area first.
Can't go too wrong, but I guess Daniel and I both rank Lorenzo a little higher, and paired with being a little shorter and cheaper, that would probably edge out as our recommendation, unless you prefer a less tight and challenging experience haha.
-Ryan
@@RollsInTheFamily oh thank you so much for your great answer. This sounds to me like Lorenzo it is.
Your answer helped me a lot. thank you!
Really enjoy Ark Nova and Underwater Cities!
Both excellent games, and both have expansions we really enjoy! 👌 -Ryan
Idk the logistics behind this, but I would love this posted as a podcast. Keep it up fellas and God bless.
Hey, thanks for the feedback! It is something that we have on our radar, but need to think through timing and implementation a bit. But it helps to know there might be interest in it! -Ryan
So I have a copy of ark nova but haven’t played it yet.
How much of a learning curve is it in comparison to terraforming mars?
We would put it in the same complexity level as Terraforming Mars. It's got a lot going on and it takes a bit to get used to the hand management and pacing, but the slick card action-selection mechanism helps to simplify the decision space a bit since you want to try to use your actions that are furthest to the right to be most efficient.
If you like Terraforming Mars, I think there is a pretty high chance you'll like Ark Nova too!
-Ryan
Underwater Cities is great. I have upgraded my own copy like crazy.
The triple layer boards from the expansion definitely were a great upgrade for us! Still cardboard tokens though haha. -Ryan
Too Many Bones!! Such a great game!
Really has been worth the learning curve for me, I'm excited to play and it expand it more while trying to show some restraint in buying too much for it lol. -Ryan
@@RollsInTheFamily it’s a fantastic game, warts and all haha. It was actually kinda my introduction to the modern hobby, my brother brought it over 4 years ago and blew my mind haha. And there is just. so. much. content. No way will I ever get it all. And especially The Elder Scrolls coming up looks amazing, can’t wait for that.
I can only imagine how my mind would have blown if my first introduction to the hobby was Too Many Bones lol... -Ryan
Just curious, are the played stats strictly physical plays or do you both also include digital plays as well? It might've been mentioned but missed it if so. Have enjoyed the videos, thanks for the content 🤠
Hi! They technically include both (as long as the digital plays are still real-time with other people), but most of our plays are physical! Daniel and I have started playing digitally a little more frequently since we live in different states, but the larger majority of our plays are still in person. -Ryan
I too am eagerly awaiting my son to be old enough to break out my old HeroScape stuff
Love it! It might be the game I am most excited about playing with my kids! -Daniel
The google form says no longer accepting responses. It is only 3 days since this video went up, and #10-1 isn't up yet. So, how is the contest closed?
Hi! In order to announce the winners in our video this upcoming Friday, we needed to lock in the responses at the time of filming that video, which was this morning.
I originally had the wrong date listed in the form (said it was locking even sooner), but corrected that a few days ago. Sorry if you missed it, we will do it again next year!
-Ryan
A Feast for Odin is so fun, but what a table hog
It just might have the most pieces of any game I own haha. -Ryan
i would love to see the list, but CBA watching one hour 10 mins for a top 10 :/
Totally understandable, hopefully the chapters make it easy to jump through the list quickly and only listen to the entries you are more interested in! -Ryan
Tedious activites for Odin? Ughh.
Haha I can see how it isn't for everyone, but we definitely find the combination of worker placement, resource management, engine-building, and puzzling to be really satisfying. -Ryan