Looking for a board game recommendation? Well, you've come to the right place! Might I Suggest is a channel to help tabletop enthusiasts of all skill levels find their perfect game. I will act as your Board Game Sommelier, giving you just a taste of some of my favorite titles, so that you can expand your horizons and find your sweetspot in the wonderful world of board games!
Ha .... Q-Less , I think not !! The 12 dice I received in my container had 5 letter "Q"s . The first time i played i rolled up 3 of them. Try to win with that ! Buyer beware
I am quite sure you have a wrong rule in trio. Maybe that is diffrent to Na Na You win when you have three trios or the trio of sevens. No subtracting or adding rule.. even though it sounds interesting. There is an advanced rule. Here you win, when you get the trio of sevens or two trios, that have each others numbers on th bottom of the cards. 🙂
In the American version of Trio, the two trios rule is technically called "Spicy" mode I think. And you're correct, you'll win if you get two trios with the matching numbers on the bottom - those numbers just happen to all add up to or subtract down to 7! :)
Loved this list! Definitely found new ones to add to my BGG list. We love Captain Flip too! A few favorites in our house are Mushroom Cats (local PDX game designer shoutout!), Happy City, Project L, Beacon Patrol, and King of Tokyo
Good choices, there are 2 I do want to look deeper into: Seaside and Bacon. have really been enjoying Alice's Garden. Its a polyomino game, but the tiles are each in the in own bag with their shape. The start player chooses a bag and takes the appropriate number of that shape. You are putting them on your board to meet some set goals.
For some truly hidden gems: Cat and Chocolate- an engaging story telling game that invokes your inner MacGuyver Atlas Lost- a japanese economic worker placement game with high visual appeal and intriguing game play Stygian Society- a cube tower driven boss battler with tense decisions Unforgiven: the Lincoln assassination trial- tableau drafting with a thematic historic lesson (similar to and better than 7 wonders duel) Disney Animated- a delightful coop where you create a scene from famous disney films to defeat their villians (uses the action selection mechanism from ark nova in a novel engaging way) Mississippi Queen- vector racing on the Mississippi river. Great components, thought provoking game play Shadow Kingdoms of Valeria- an awesome dice drafting game where you play monster tribes vying for dominance in Valeria Crude- a deep, engaging economic game about oil production that manages to play lighter than its theme.
Nice choices - and some I definitely need to check out. My go to crowd pleasing simple card games are Point Salad and Cockroach Poker - with High Society if people can cope with a few more rules. Drop It is a great modern step up from things like Jenga and Connect 4. For a “proper” big box game then Quest for El Dorado always seems to work - I think that a simple race mechanism is always going to be more immediately engaging than counting up points to see who wins.
Table hogger: Slay the Spire, back shelf: quacks of quedlinburg, underrated: mythic mischief, second date: Moonrakers, new game: A Gest of Robin Hood, overall: Arcs. Love the fresh format for your list, awesome video!
Plus it just won an SdJ award so now you have some extra motivation to try it out 😁 not saying I’m Nostradamus buttttt I did post this video right before the announcement 😂
I love Spots! (And several others, Azul, Patchwork, Cascadia). I nearly always recommend King of Tokyo as a gateway game, but Spots has become my alternate recommendation for folks who may not be enticed by the theming of KoT.
Big time gateway game for me was Shadows Over Camelot. Can be a little intimidating but since it’s co-op you can work together and the hidden role component creates a ton of drama that can really put a hook in folks!
This is solid list! Love how you sectioned it by mechanic. My favorites are Bonanza, Tranquility, Azul, Patchwork, and Magic Maze. Can’t wait to try Sea Salt & Paper and Spots (Especially Spots 🥹) I think the trick-taking mechanic needs a gateway game, since games like The Crew, Cat in a Box, Scout, and Brian Boru require a familiarity with the mechanic to understand the twist to the usual gameplay. I feel like Hearts or Euchre could do the job, but maybe even something like Fox in the Forest would work!
Totally agree with the trick-taking note. I grew up with euchre but there aren't a lot of trick taking gateway games out there... but if I had to choose, I'd pick Fox in the Forest, Skull King, and Bacon!
Neeeeeeded this for my wife. Tried playing Betrayal at the House on the Hill with her and her family…. We didn’t even get to the actual betrayal. Great suggestions to find the middle ground between Yahtzee and Gloomhaven lol.
