Pandemic & Wingspan. Been reluctant to introduce new people to Pandemic in recent times tho, feels wrong to introduce people to boardgames using Pandemic right now with COVID.
Carcassonne, 7 wonders and Viticulture were the board games for us. We don't play these games very often nowadays but it was enough to spark my enthusiasm for the hobby!
As a child, the family played a lot of board games -Monopoly, Sorry, Life etc. As young adults, we switched to card games such as Euchre, Bridge, SkipBo etc. Now during Covid, my children have introduced me to Catan, Ticket to Ride and Pandemic. I am rediscovering the joys of board gaming.
Nice! Didn’t realize you guys were married! Always wondered what’s the “deal” with you guys! :-) That cleared it up. Happy 3 years and cheers to many more!
This was fun. I appreciate that Naveen mentioned his childhood games as THAT really was my gateway too. My Dad played a market game with us called Stock Ticker. But later Catan (lots of Catan when it was Settlers of Catan) Carcassonne and Ticket to Ride. I have NONE of these games in my collection anymore.
as a kid we constantly played Risk and after I left home for the Navy I never played again until 2011 when I came back to the same state my mom and brother live. Every month we would get together for a family event and when my mom started getting sick I came up with the idea to play board games and we jumped into Risk Legacy and then I started to grow my collection to give more variety for our monthly family events. My mom passed away on Easter of this year and still never finished Risk Legacy however it's my most treasured game in my collection because of all the edits we did as a family and I look forward to getting it put into a shadow box.
Olivia Lothary I’ve only been able to play the euro games that my partner likes, which has been great! Castles of Burgundy and Wingspan mostly, but Scythe and Concordia have been collecting dust and it’s painful.
Yup, I know how that is. But before I got married, no one really wanted to play. So I always made sure that the game does well solo. But I have hope for my wife. I’ve played azul, love letter, splendor and wreck raiders with her. Soon she will see the light.
I had the misfortune of being friends with people who already went through their easy game phase before we met. So the first game I played outside of Monopoly/Sequence/Yahtzee was Small World. This doesn't seem like a difficult game to me now, but at the time I would often shut down during game nights. It was a struggle to understand the very basic rules. But now I'm out here teaching Uwe and Vital games, so I really can't complain.
@@BeforeYouPlay Lisboa! But, to be fair, I've only played that and The Gallerist. I'm not sure which one to try next. I feel like I need to go back to your video where you list your favorites and go from there 🤷♀️
Such a solid point brought up- it's one of those games where someone suggests it and you don't really get around to playing it yourself....unless you're kinda thrown in to play the game hahah I think that resonates with a ton of people! loved this video; it definitely brought back a lot of memories!!
yep. Pandemic got me into the hobby. My wife does not accept losing well which i learned the hard way a few years ago and that killed any idea of playing games. Then a couple years ago, i picked up pandemic and the whole family loved it. Most of my collection is co-op. I love working together with people and the feeling of camaraderie you get when the group wins.
I've been a subscriber for a while and I just want you to know how great you two are! My wife and I play together most often and so I appreciate your format for that reason. This was a great video for us. My wife's favorite game, I think, is Splendor. She chooses that one a lot. Our "gateway" games though were Champions of Midgard, which works for two players but is more fun with a larger group, and Ticket to Ride Europe. We love that one because we took our kids to Europe on a month-long vacation a couple of years ago, so we could talk about the places we had actually visited. We are working on learning Pandemic too, but that game is tough! You shared a bit about yourselves here, which was great. You are very personable (and attractive, which doesn't hurt--can I say that?) and the way you treat each other has put you at the top of my favorite board game channels. There are other channels where the presenters are often contentious and seem to enjoy ridiculing each other as much as they enjoy talking about games. That gets tiresome really quickly, so I find myself gravitating to you and your natural approach. It's great how you explain each game so well and then play it through, and then conclude with your thoughts on the design. You treat each other with kindness even as you compete and it's clear that you really enjoy spending time together. Keep up the good work! (I do miss your mega-wall of games! It was fun to see how many we have as well -- or want to get.) I hope you will continue "trapping" us with more great games for many years to come. Thanks for the videos!
We've played Champions of Midgard once and really liked it, base game only with 4 players. Heard it is great with the expansions. That's so cool you were able to travel for a whole month!! We've been talking about a 6 week trip to Europe next year (hopefully things will open up!). Thanks for following along with us as we put out vidoes, we plan to keep the train rolling :)
Oh One Night is like the Killer Game in my country only that the Killer Game doesn't have a box and isn't fancy well it's something for the kids and teens to play it's fun we only use paper to like symbolize who's the killer the innocent the witness etc. And we use draw-lats for picking your character. Btw I'm not good with it hahaha
Thanks for the video! Maybe you could do a co-op top 5 thing at some point? That would be awesome :) My journey was quite similar to yours: Dominion - Munchkin- 7 Wonders - Terra Mystica - Gaia Project
I always played games with my family growing up: rummy, Clue, Rummikub, and Pictionary. My first hobby games were Settlers of Catan, Carcassonne, Agricola, Shadows over Camelot, and Pandemic.
Monique loved Clue growing up. We've played Shadows over Camelot once and really really liked it. We need to circle back around and play it again sometime.
The games that were introduced to my wife and I that got me into my gaming habit were along the same lines as you two. Ticket to Ride, Pandemic, Code Names, Letter Tycoon, Sequence. But the one that really set it off was was when my friends introduced to us to a six player game of Scythe! Scythe blew me away! I was so impressed by the scale (they had the extended board) and how much strategy was involved. Totally hooked. Good video, guys!
Like most people, I played family games as a kid. Wasn't until my mid 20s I got back in with Munchkin, Pandemic, Smash Up, and (crazy enough) Charterstone. After that it's been a spiral (down or up depending on who you are) of game after game after game. But definitely can't play games my partner doesn't like. Ugh. No Villainous, no Root, no Roll and Writes. Get me out of this house!!! lol
Thanks for the great video. I must be older than the people that commented but my first game was Samurai by Reiner Knizia. I started in the hobby early 2000 found BGG and never looked back. Played a lot of Puerto Rico. Also Formula De. Keep up the great content.
No roll & writes?!?! but whyyyyy?? haha We played Root once and had a lousy experience. We didn't truly understand what each faction could do so we made poor decisions that played right into our opponents hands.
Stumbled onto BYP from rahdo's and I must say, this is one of my favourite board game channels now. Loved the Lacerda series, they were ... vital to my newfound enjoyment of the hobby.
Love coops. The 99 percent of games are competitive and I always felt awkward ‘winning’,,,, in a game. Always felt everyone should win,,, or loss together. Artwork always makes me go for a game. I have games I just purchased, never played, just for the art. So theme for me is central as the Art speaks to me. Being a history nerd has seen me buy games to realise I’m never going to play these games,,, still love them and still have them to this day which is years and years after. I pull them out and just look at them,,, it’s for me an experience enjoyed.
Before You Play I hate to feel predictable but Lesboa is close to art that would tick all the boxes for its use in this medium. The Mindclash has, across their product, Art that is really great. Although I’m not, personally, prone to pastels. There are many for different reasons and it would be like responding to the question “what’s your favourite movie...”
Funny, I was just thinking when I watched one of your previous videos that it would be cool if you would do some top 10s. Even though this wasn't really a top 10, appreciated the content!
I was like Naveen as a little kid, my parents had a lot of the Milton Bradley games. When I got older I got introduced Settlers of Catan, Carcasonne (which is one of my all time favorites), then Dominion which really sucked me into the world of board gaming. I had no idea there were a ton of board games being published each year. Now my collection has grown to a point where I'm getting more picky on which games I buy. I start to think would this replace game X for me.
Best board game ever is Aquire! An original Book Shelf game. My family and many other family friends have played this game for at least 20 years. Never gets boring.
We are just getting in to the hobby. I have a history back to Civilization in the 90s but my wife and daughter do not. Our first game and what we are playing now is Mice and Mystics!
Before You Play I know of it but never played it. I will look into it. I’m not sure if the pretty tiles will attract or confuse!? LOL Thanks for the recommend!
I also got into the hobby in a big way because of MeetUp in 2015! Before that I knew I liked tabletop games and had played some popular gateway games like Catan, Ticket to Ride and Seven Wonders with my friends. But when I moved to the UK for a sabbatical and wanted to meet people, I started attending London on Board meet-ups. I remember signing up for Game of Thrones and prepping for hours beforehand so that I wouldn't slow things down too much, and then the next day I played my first game of The Resistance: Avalon, which became a focus for my spare time to a ridiculous level. Since then, I've attended conventions in the UK and France, started writing my own board game blog, learned hundreds of new games, and made board gaming buddies around the world. I have a question for you two, and maybe you have already answered it in a video or comment elsewhere: how did you make the journey from hobby gamers to highly productive RU-vid reviewers/previewers (in addition to your day jobs, I imagine)?
My story is pretty typical. I picked up Pandemic a couple of years ago, followed a while later by One Night Ultimate Werewolf. That got things started! We had dozens of board games as a child and I also played a lot of card games growing up (hearts, spades, spit, cribbage, pinochle). I agree with what Naveen said about "foundational childhood memories" of playing games. I'm careful not to go too fast in introducing a game with people who haven't had those foundational experiences. How about a Friday filler playthrough of the Pompeii game with "The Friend?" : ) Also, I would be very interested in seeing a segment on what steps you took in moving from your introduction to the hobby into heavier games. (You started to talk about this at the end of the video.) Many people do videos on "gateway games," but I haven't seen much on this topic. Would also be open to any tips you might have regarding how to make the transition.
Hi James, it sounds like we had a similar experience. We might play The Downfall of Pompeii one day on the channel :). We'll try to address tips to transition in a later video as well. Great idea!
Congrats Naveen on winning a Splendor tournament! Several years ago I won the online War of the Ring tournament and it was great to have as a memory of a fun competitive event I can share with others. So many games that I have shared to introduce people to the hobby. Growing up I played RPGs (AD&D, Champions) and board games were Milton Bradley series (Axis and Allies), Avalon Hill games along with TSR (Dungeon!, Knights of Camelot) and Games Workshop (Talisman). I guess early Euros for me were Coop Lord of the Rings, Settlers, Carcassonne, and Transamerica. I taught my nephews Bang!, Werewolf, Masquerade, and The Resistance as they liked to play deduction games together in a big group. Still play TTR, 7 Wonders, Dominion, Splendor and Pandemic as they are light but fun games that everyone can quickly jump into. Appreciate you both sharing your backgrounds a bit on the hobby and how it has been a positive experience for you both. I've met so many great people through this hobby and continue to be amazed and the amount of games that come out each year. Thanks and keep up the great videos!
And to think I lived in Orange County all my life until last October when I moved to Knoxville TN. Would of been great to bump into you both. Grew up in Cypress and was living in Stanton before I moved.
I discovered this channel watching your Lacerda series (his games are sooo good!) and have continued to watch. I really enjoy your videos and look forward to more. Just wanted to say thank you for doing what you do.
Hi there, I just recently came across your channel and really enjoy the content and presentation. I also played a lot of those type of "old school" type of games as a kid, Monopoly (aka Family Fight Night), Life, Payday, Stop Thief, Risk, Battleship, etc.. What got me into the hobby was playing Pandemic and Betrayal at House on the Hill at a buddy's house. Especially Betrayal at House on the Hill, I didn't know board games could be like that :)
this is funny, it's like you're just looking at my shelf and reading off a list of my stuff! We keep them basic since we don't have friends that want super intense stuff. This was great
We STILL haven't played those 2 games! We really want to go back from like 2009 and look at the top 20 games that came out each year and try and play them :)
Saw you two with Rahdo, really enjoyed the bit and tracked you down to this video. Neat to hear how many good memories are associated with each of the games. For me, similar to Naveen, I was fortunate enough to have been exposed to 'traditional boardgames' as a kid: Sorry, Aggravation, Checkers, Uno, Twixt, Chess, Scrabble, Backgammon, etc. We had a lot of family game nights and it really game me a foundational love of the hobby. Through school it was more RPGs like D&D, Star Frontiers, Top Secret, Shadowrun, Cyberpunk 2020, Rifts. We had a core group of friends who would go for exhaustive weekend sessions and it's a time I look back on fondly. After that there was a period where I was heavy into Avalon Hill's stuff, along with Bloodbowl and that line of Milton Bradley games like Axis&Allies, Fortress America, Shogun, etc. I was lucky enough to have room mates and coworkers who were heavy into the hobby and we really dove deep into these games for years. After a long hiatus away from the hobby, I rediscovered it while travelling for work. I'd seen that it was alive and well, with games like Catan and Agricola capturing people's attention, but I hadn't realized how the whole thing had exploded. Like Monique, MeetUp really got me back into playing boardgames, I was exposed to so many great people and amazing games. Stronghold, GoSu, Robinson Crusoe were some of my first purchases. I'd bring home a new game from every road trip, and it was straight down the rabbit hole after that! Now, with a decent collection and established gaming groups, I'm really enjoying introducing people to the "perfect game for them," and passing on games to new players who will love them as much as I did. It's neat how you evolve through different stages in this hobby, and it's a real treat that we have access to resources like you two. Cheers!
Loved hearing your "origin story" and congrats on 3 years of marriage! We're also a couple in healthcare but much older than you two. My sibs always played games as kids, and I started branching off the beaten track in the late 70's with WarpWar and Ogre, then AD&D. In college, played Cosmic Encounter (with all the supplements!) and Dune from Eon, Runequest, Traveller, The Fantasy Trip, and GURPS RPGs. After college, met my wife and played a lot of backgammon but also found a few friends for Arkham Horror and Web & Starship. We moved out west to San Diego before 2000, and we would often visit a college roommate near LAX - we'd all play Settlers of Catan and Citadels, until they moved away. We've played many games with our kids, but they've all gone to college and beyond now. I continue to buy games so I've got ~150 all over the house which I'd mostly just look at :-( . But now with COVID keeping everyone at home, I have gotten to game again with my college buddies using Tabletop Simulator - recently tried Dune Imperium and thanks to Kickstarter, we've also played the Tiny Epic Games, Space Race, and Rocketmen. My wife and I have played Oceans, Catan Starfarers, Alien Frontiers with the kids, and since Xmas have been doing "escape puzzles" - the series from Ravensburger where you complete the puzzle, solve the embedded brainteasers which identify specific puzzle pieces, then reassemble those pieces into a picture solution to the escape question. Lastly, I have Chronicles of Crime 1400 sitting on the shelf and looking forward to trying it with my wife after seeing your review!
I love boring covers too! I laughed when you showcased your heavy game Naveen. My son once pulled out all my games where there is a "pilgrim wearing a coffee filter around his neck ". It's the same with Alea games. I love bling in games...but I want my Alea games to stay bland and drab. If they produced something like Eagle Gryphon Lacerta...I'd lose it :D
When I moved to Orlando and got into board gaming, I also used meetup to find board game groups, since non-gamer friends and family couldn’t take it anymore. I’ve since moved, but my best gaming friends were met through those meetups, and we still meet as regularly as possible and game! ❤️
Aww that's so nice to hear that we share a similar experience! We miss getting together in those big groups and seeing everyone playing different games.
My journey looks like this: Talisman, to Catan, to Ticket to Ride, to Forbidden Island, to Pandemic, to Fury of Dracula, to everything else. I could break it down a bit further, but for brevity sake, here it is
I played Talisman when I was like 15. Then mostley diffrent games with a regular deck of cards. Got a copy of Talisman for my 30th birthday, for like nostalgia. Found out about expansions. Then dominion, then well, now I have almost 200 games.
For me, I was pretty obsessed with monopoly and the game of life between like ages 7-11 (not so much the game of life towards the end), and enjoyed playing whist with my family. I can now see why nobody ever wanted to play monopoly with me though 😂. Then when I was twelve, I got risk for my birthday and was like whoooaaah this is awesome, because it was my first game where I actually had to think. Then throughout the next few years I got Cluedo, Ticket to ride Europe and Catan, which are kind of the classic gateway board games I suppose. Then last summer I was visiting a friend in Sweden, and they brought me into a nerd shop to buy some anime. This shop had a whole wall of board games and instantly I was like 😍😍😍. Out of the wall I spied Scythe, which really stood out to me. Then when I returned home the first thing I did was get my hands on a copy of it. It was a bit of a jump from Catan and the like, but it was one that really opened my eyes and made me fall in love with more hardcore board games. Then I proceeded to gobble up every expansion I could find, and am still loving it. Very impressed with Stonemaier games, I have proceeded to get wingspan and it’s European expansion, then very recently Pendulum, and am loving them both! One thing on my bucket list is to find a group of friends at Uni or something that share my interest that I can play Twilight Imperium with, as my parents have unsurprisingly made it very clear that they will not sit through an 8 hour board game 😂
When you were a kid did you play Monopoly all the way to the end or would you guys stop early? We rarely ever got to the end when I was a child haha. I hope you can find a solid group for Twilight Imperium! It is such a fun experience, you just need to plan an entire day around it. Make sure you have your meals planned that day :) haha
Before You Play Aaaaaaalways to the end. I took my monopolying very seriously 😂. I was not satisfied until my opponents had been painstakingly crushed to the point of complete bankruptcy 😁😂. I distinctly remember one game that I played with my friend one time, where it went on so long to the point where between us, we managed to bankrupt the bank 😂.
Happy Anniversary & thanks for sharing your story. I love hearing the path gamers took into this hobby. I was inspired by Tom Vasel's series to do my own reflection videos a few months ago (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_VApxjAuEj0.html) & a few of your games also influenced my path, especially Splendor, 7 Wonders & Pandemic. I always look forward to your videos, keep up the great work!
@@BeforeYouPlay sorry about that, I was on my phone, so maybe that was the problem. Thanks for trying to check it out. I know you get a lot of comments, so it is impressive that you took the time to try. Here is a link that should work if you're still interested (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_VApxjAuEj0.html). It is one of the videos in my series, My Board Game Life.
It may sound somewhat atypical, but the game that really got me into the hobby (to the point I actually started buying board games myself) was Innovation, by Carl Chudyk. I doubt many people have this as their gateway game, as it has a steep learning curve and honestly, it won’t appeal to everyone. However, something clicked for me with that game. I had tried some of the popular gateway games before, like Carcassonne, Ticket to Ride (the Europe map) and Dixit, but none of those really drew me into the hobby. I suppose that Terraforming Mars comes a close second, and it was shown to me by the same person who showed me Innovation - he is a colleague of mine and very much a hardcore gamer. What I love the most about Terraforming Mars is how scientifically accurate it is, as what the cards do is something you would actually do in real life. Even the endgame conditions are based on science, as you do need 14% oxygen to breathe freely, 9% of the area to be water so that you have a water cycle or bring the temperature to +8 C to be able to go out without special gear :). I realise not everyone will catch that, but I did want to be an astronomer at some point. Terraforming Mars was also the game that introduced me to BGG’s GameNight, as I was looking for a video to show me how to play it, and by extension, it led me to your channel, as Monique has guest starred on GameNight a couple of times :) By the way, it may seem that I have become a heavy gamer, but Terraforming Mars is right at the end if my comfortable level as far as complexity is concerned. I found out I enjoy co-operative games a lot, as well as a lot of lighter games, as long as they have a great theme and are fun. For instance, I am very happy with games like The Networks, whose theme causes a lot of laughs by itself, aside from the game itself. I also love games with more story in them, so I’m looking forward the board version of Divinity: Original Sin. I guess this comes from tabletop RPGs, which I love, or the Choose-Your-Own-Adventure games I used to play a lot while in high school.
You're right, TM is very cool in that way. The theme really shines with the mechanics! I've heard good things about Innovation, we have still yet to play it unfortunately. Would love to play Glory to Rome again, I believe its the same designer.
My gateway games: Honorable Mentions: Trivial Pursuit/ 13 Dead End Drive/ Trouble/Uno Oldest to newest: Diplomacy Phase 10 Cranium Balderdash Smash Up Also I totally have one of those "that same friend", they are keepers for sure.
Love your video. We started off similarly. Bought everything that came out for Smash Up. We recently sold them. We went with the top 100 on bgg and bought different titles on the list. We’ve figured out now what we enjoy and what’s not for us.
Man... What did I play when I was younger? Hmm... Well FYI I'm still young just turned 18 but wow I feel like all the board games I played are for old people hahahaha Well maybe I was the only one calling then boardgame but hey I won regional contests on some of them in my country. Anyway they're : chess, scrabble, bakgamon, raiku, poker, black jack, yeah monopoly, Yu-Gi-Oh and the likes.
What a brilliant video! This really has to be the very best of your videos that I've seen... thoroughly enjoyable and entertaining! So how did I get into board games, absolutely nobody has ever asked. Well I'm not trying to be smart or funny here, the first game I can remember playing was Snakes & Ladders (Chutes & Ladders in the US). For what seemed forever, no matter what I was doing, if someone wanted to play, I'd drop everything and toddle over to get a game of "Sakes Yadders" (I was very young and couldn't say the name properly). Again like Naveen, the first "real" game for me was Monopoly. I liked it a lot, but I found some of the rules a bit stupid. Then we got our own copy and I read the rules, only to discover the stupid rules weren't in the game instructions and had been added on by the owners of the copy I'd played. To this day I find it very hard to convince people a lot of the nonsense they have added to that game is not correct, but they know I'm wrong and they remember reading it in the rules "somewhere". Cluedo (Clue to you) lifted my interest to a whole new level! A Christmas present, this one really got me hooked on board games. The fact I win the very first game I ever played of it was a big plus point. And now to embarrass myself... Berwick produced a game called Battle of Britain. Back then when I was young, I can understand why I was so drawn to it, what schoolboy didn't want to fly a Spitfire, but today there really is no excuse! The game is awkward to play, the mechanics are nothing to write home about, and the fuel gauges were always a real torture to use. But even today that game is the pride of my collection, and is still hauled out when we have our big Boxing Day get together. The flight stands have been broken and glued so many times, they're an eyesore, and the damages markers, etc. have half the artwork wore off them, but still I just love that game! I could go on about getting into Avalon Hill type games, up to the modern day and my most recent purchase which is Red Rising, but I think I've waffled on long enough. Just out of interest, are there any games you guys won't get pass on or sell under any circumstances, like me and that Battle of Britain game?
Fellow healthcare provider here! I too love “dry” euro art because it feels like a time capsule of the game. Deck builder’s are a painful slog to me also and I’m just not that good at them. Really enjoy your gaming stories and reviews
28:00 A friend show me Mysterium and some other coop games, and i was like o this can be a bring people together fun time over crush everyone, or get better. I hate to hard coop games for this reason or too luck based games i want to have good time with friends,.and difficulty as long sane is good as we all can get better together well that is the idea.. ATM my top 5 : Eldrich Horror, Spirit island, Big book of madness (no expansion ever), Mysterium, Dixit
My wife and i only discovered board games this last month. We started with Azul, Quacks, Pandemic and Carcassonne, now we have tons more, favourites being Scythe, Viticulture, Great Western Trail, Quest for El Dorado and Parks.
Ticket to ride, Dixit, Grim forest :) I love your chanel :) You have great energy and it is so lovely to watch your content :) Greetings from Bulgaria :)
Good list of games except Munchkin. Smash Up and Star Realms is still good fun. My first games to get me into being a gamer was Cribbage, Rummy and Pinochle. First true gamer game was Agricola.
Talisman and Risk was probably my gateway, but I played lots of others. This is more than 30 years ago, so hard to remember what came first. But my mother had Monopoly and Finance and some other games too that I also played for a long time.
It's so fun hearing this story. I relate to it a lot except it was my ex that got me and my siblings hooked. I'd say the first for me was Forbidden Island which at the time I thought fantastic and now find too repetitive. I'll add that Star Realms is a the-more-the-merrier game type, at leat for me.
I got into the hobby through Pandemic and all its expansions-I will definitely check out Legacy now. I really enjoy your videos since finding the channel a few weeks back via Talisman Kingdom Hearts. My wife and I purchased Lisboa after watching you two play it, and that has been an amazing experience. Thank you for your quality and family-friendly content!
Awesome! Thank you! If you love Pandemic, then Legacy will be amazing for you guys! So glad to hear you are enjoying Lisboa! It's our favorite Lacerda :)
Pandemic Legacy blew my mind! I've only played Pandemic base game and Iberia before then, and didn't particularly care for them, but Legacy is phreakin suite.
Naveen, I am so with you on the box cover, but I feel like the boring covers draw me in, but the beautiful ones end up on my shelf. Key example dust of the wings.
What a fantastic idea for a video! I've seen lots of channels do Top Ten lists, or Teen Gateway Games, but I've never seen anyone do the ten games that were their own personal gateway into the hobby! My honourable mentions include Monopoly, specifically an X-Men edition I got in college street I should have known better. All my gamer friends played it with me once, looking back now, clearly just supporting me. They were the best. I salvaged all the pewter figures from it once I got rid of it. Apart from that two others were from my childhood. Curse of the Idol from when I was around 10 or 11 was a simple roll and move game with moving gears and an idol that spat out a diamond, but it was different from other games at the time. Finally, in an act of absolute divine inspiration, when I was a teen, my mum once got me a copy of Cluedo (Clue in the US) that was much more "gamery" than the standard version. Called Cluedo: Super Sleuth, you actually build the mansion as you explore, so every game is unique. It also includes pewter figures for all the player characters and key NPCs (including a dog!!). It is quiet different from basic Cluedo, and I played it A LOT! In fact, it still sits on my shelf in a place of pride! But the actual games that pulled me deep, deep, deep into this hobby are probably Carcassonne, Catan, Ticket to Ride and then Battlestar Galactica, which was right around the moment my eyes were opened to all the possibilities that board gaming offers. BSG changed everything, and I still love it and have everything they released for it. It's glorious! If you check my own personal channel, one of the recent videos is my own Top Ten from a while back. Nothing professional, just for fun, but I do wax lyrical about my love of BSG and nine others! Thanks for making great content!
Woah and X-Men themed Monopoly game? I've got to see how they did that! It's amazing what all these foundational games did for exposing people into the hobby! 😁
I'd played other classics like Catan and Ticket to Ride, but my real excitement for the hobby came when I went to a local game shop in Vancouver that hosted a game night on Friday nights and I went alone, found some people to play a game with and the game we grabbed peaked someone else's interest and he offered to teach it without even joining in!! So nice of him! The game was Puerto Rico. Even though I don't play it often, I think it will always be in my collection for nostalgic reasons, because as much as I love the game, the way it came into my life, being alone and unsure at a game night, being taught by someone who didn't mind giving up some of his time to teach it to us and that fact that I didn't know any of the people I was playing with! The part of the game that I loved the most was the role selection and how the active player gets the extra bonus. Still one of my favourite mechanics, though not seen too often. My first heavy game that had me see the deeper end of gaming I think was Trickerion and then The Gallerist.
Ahh Puerto Rico! I'd love to play that one again. I played it very early in my gaming career and remember enjoying it. I want to revisit it now that I have more experience in gaming.
Similarly started with Ticket To Ride ~6 years ago and branched into 7 Wonders, Dominion, Power Grid, and Tomorrow in the earlier days. Still play Power Grid on occasion (and would play the others but haven't gotten them back to the table in awhile). Lords of Waterdeep and Castles of Burgundy were early additions to a collection that has now grown quickly (especially over quarantine). Funnily enough I agree with Naveen on boring-looking euro game box art! I've never played Calimala, for instance, yet I'm drawn to it for the look of the game (and the fact it looks like an interesting play). Love your content!
Haha monopoly 😂 I think we all had to endure the painful game play and arguments of that game in our childhood with our parents thinking it’s a great game 😩
I played tons of games as a kid, my grandma loved Mille borne, we played poker, chess, cribbage, backgammon, spoons etc and monopoly, but my favorites were stratego and battleship. Later when I was a young adult Settlers of Catan boom happened and even though I never played that (my mom and brother did) I did play a few really lovely hobby style games including Hera and Zeus (basically stratego with powers) and some fun hobby party games like Wise and Otherwise (like detective club but with old sayings). I then stopped playing games for over a decade until I started looking for good games for my little kids and found peaceable kingdom. I never knew kids games could be so pretty and fun! I ended up stumbling on the dice tower after about 2 years of dipping my toes in the hobby and the rest is history 😁 Glad I found you channel, this is a great introduction to you guys👍🏼
Settlers of Catan is what got in me into board games. After that was Carcassone, Forbidden Dessert and after that I was hooked on to trying different games. Settlers and pandemic are usually my go today but I have few others that I enjoy
I had the original Dark Tower. It was the most amazing game when I was young! I am looking forward to the reboot. I also liked Avalon Hill games like Republic of Rome and Kingmaker.
I could probably do a top 10 as well, so I'll go with : - Zombicide - Shadows over Camelot - Memoir '44 - Sobek - Power Grid - Coup - Catan - Lost Cities - Pandemic - Star Realms
@@BeforeYouPlay its super fun, my boyfriend and I play for free on steam every night it's super fun 😆 the most complex game we have played so far is terraforming mars but we want to expand further into the hobby
