My Top 10 Favorite Worker Placement Games (Sunday Sitdown) 

When i Saw the topic for todays discussion I was elated and anticipated the outcome more than any other topic you've done

Jamie, I like your definition. Manhattan Project: Energy Empire is one of my favorites. I like the mechanism of using a space already occupied if you are willing to “overspend” the worker cost by exceeding the opponent worker count by one. It creates an additional cost/benefit decision vs. a full denial of an action. Heck, you can even use the same space again if you are willing to use the workers. The other thing it does is triggers the activation of you various cards based on which of the three areas (markets) of the board you place your worker. The fact that the game also integrates engine building and dice collection/rolling is a wonderful cherry on top.

Yes, Rajas of the Ganges! I really like this game as well. Great video, thank you!

Stone Age was my first modern board game I bought :) Love this Sunday Sitdowns.

Viticulture, The Gallerist and Lords of Waterdeep are definitely my favorites. I love Village too. I love the different generations of meeples that you use and how when they die they can score you points depending on where they are when they passed. Great game.

Dear Jamey, another great top 10! Thank you for your time and video! You highlighted so many good ones. I'd like to add Raiders of the North Sea (placement followed by displacement allowing two actions is so smooth), Trickerion (placement spot allowing different things in a different time really means something in this game!), Keyflower (the way my worker is simultaneously my currency is brilliant), Lorenzo il Magnifico (worker's force determined by public dices, very charming!), Anachrony (worker preparation and management, with the exosuits, having in mind their moral and vitality, so thinky!). And last but not least my favourite game: Viticulture. The Variable Phase Order, the different seasons, the snyergy with the visitor cards, it's a blast! This fall I'm glad to be able to have my German version of Tuscany Essential. It's gonna be great. Will open and play it immediately enjoying it with a glass of wine ... :-) Cheers, Marco

In Stone Age, the benefit of placing workers first and doing actions later is that you can secure a hut or card and then later place workers to secure the necessary resources. If you did actions as you placed your workers, you wouldn't have the same tension of the decision of what to do first; you would have to get resources first.

I really enjoy how Keyflower twists the usual worker placement, but my current favorite is Anachrony. I love how developing your engine in that game is strengthening the actions you can take on your own tableau to move away from dependence on the common worker placement areas. By the end of the game everyone's engines are fairly different.

I would say Village is a great worker placement game that uses a unique time mechanic where your family members die off over time as they get old. Much different than Tzolk'in, but both use time. I enjoy both games!

Great list! I'm new to your videos but they are fun to watch and hear your thoughts on various themes/mechanics in board games. I also love Tzolkin and it is one of my favorite worker placement games. Also enjoy (in no particular order) Dungeon Lords, Dungeon Petz, Caylus, Stone Age, Kingsburg, and Teotihuacan. I haven't played Lords of Waterdeep but will try and find a game of it to see how it plays. Thanks again for the videos and keep them up!

My top 1 is Tzol´kin as well. Amazing game :)

Huzzah! Belfort!!! I find its design so clean and elegant, and still so unique. It's actually one of my top 5 games of all time. I like Yedo quite a bit, too. Spyrium is another great unique take on worker placement, where the timing on the shift between placing and removing workers/getting benefits is up to each individual player every round. I think that I've mentioned it in replies to a few of your videos before.

I watched this video when it first came out and thanks to it I have found some of my favorite games. 10)Counterfeiters 9)Marco Polo (only played it twice) 8) Euphoria (only played it once) 7)Lords of Water Deep 6)Architects of the West Kingdom 5)Stone Age 4)Rajas of the Ganges 3)Lorenzo Il Magnifico 2)Tzolk'in 1)Viticulture Not sure if Teotihuacan is a worker placement game but it is my favorite game right now. Also own but haven't played A Feast For Odin and Agricola.

Hey Jamey, here are some of my favourite worker placement games in no particular order: Viticulture - I love how the division of worker placement spots over the seasons controls the pace of play, but also helps focus the players on a small subset of actions instead of a big overwhelming board. I also really love how the game evolves over time from infrastructure building to points generation. It has a really nice arc. Manhattan Project - This game also does the unique workers thing really well, as well as the player controlled "placement vs retrieval" aspect you mentioned. I also like that over time, you build out more worker placement spots on your own board, but also have to be wary of other players needs so you don't get "too juicy" of a spot. I also love the "race" aspect of this game's win conditions as it ramps up the tension in the latter part of the game. I just played Euphoria for the first time a couple of weeks ago and it's really good at that as well. Le Havre - This is a game that at first starts out really simple… place a worker on a limited number of spaces, or take a pool of resources. Gradually it expands as more buildings become available as you start to peek over to your opponents tableaus to look for more opportunities. Also like the element of getting compensated for people using your buildings. Keyflower - This game blends the auction and worker placement elements perfectly. I love that when you use one of the commonly available tiles, that you risk giving more workers to your opponents. Also really like the colour matching restrictions, as it allows for another layer of control over the worker placement spots and who can go there. The Gallerist - Another game where you really only have one worker, but the element where you not only want to pick a spot that is good for you, but good for your opponents so that you can possibly get a free "bumped out" action is fantastic. I also believe this is one of the most thematically consistent worker placement games out there.

My Top 10: 1. Yokohama (can be argued that it's not a WP game per se but still). 2. Feast for Odin 3. Lords of Waterdeep 4. Troyes 5. Ora et Labora 6. Yedo (it's quite unique WP game for sure). 7. Caylus 8. Vicitulture 9. Lorenzo il Magnifico 10. Stone Age (Honourable mentions: Manhattan Project and Mombasa. I just bought both games recently but haven't yet played it but I know they are going to be awesome!)

Older video, but still relevant topic. Some I have loved for a long time that you left out, both using some unique approaches: Caylus (the WP here is almost area control in the sense that you block and claim buildings strategically mote often than most WP games) Dungeon Lords (uses hidden actions to place your workers and it can get quite intense). Plus this game gets nowhere near enough credit. It has it all. WP, engine building, gambling, reverse dungeon crawling, push your luck, you name it. This may be why it is not motr popular as it is incredibly complex, but I still enjoy it every time. And then I have to mention Tuscany. I like Viticulture, but it is a little too light and random for my liking. Adding Tuscany fixes it. Out of all my games it is the one that I like the tactility and aethestics of the most. Beautiful and everything just feels super nice. All SM games are nice, but the Viticulture series has this super exclusive euro feel that just won it for me.

I really enjoyed this - you should do an updated version, it feels like there’s been loads of good worker placement games in the last three years

Raiders of the North Sea (especially with expansions) - as you only place one worker and then take another it may only be a "worker exchange" mechanism.

It is difficult for me to specify any definitive top games, off the top of my head, but I will say that I like how Anachrony handles worker-placement. There are shared spots on the main board, and private spots on each player's tableau. In order to use the main board, you kind of have to upgrade some workers first. This allows the game to provide you with plenty of workers for your tableau, but restrict how many you can take from the main board. It also telegraphs some of your planning because other players can see that you are either out of upgrades or have a few left.

Loved to see Yedo!

Anachrony is by far my number one. Something about the time traveling aspect that I like.

I must get Belfort off my shelf of shame now! Glad you rate it highly - hardly anyone talks about it.

I know it’s been a year since this video came out but everdell is my favorite in the times of Coronavirus quarantine.

Hadn't heard of a lot of these! Gonna have to check them out, as worker placement is probably my favorite mechanism. A very cool LoWD style (city themed/place workers for cubes) is Archon: Glory & Machinations. It has two cool features that I like. 1) You use cards to "pay" for placing a worker, and which type of card you play has different effects and... 2) at the end of every few rounds (a "season") all players need to defend the city from invaders, meaning in previous turns you needed to be putting out knight cards, so there's a tiny cooperative element in it at as well. Very fun game, though the board is very busy looking and some of the cube colors are too close in hue. Also, Orleans definitely not a worker placement. :)

Great list. If worker placement and engine building are at the top of your list, I suggest Craftsmen. It is my number one.

My top 10, in no particular order: -Caverna & A Feast for Odin: both Uwe Rosenberg games, with similar worker placement feel. I enjoy how much "do whatever you want" they feel, they offer organic experiences fitting their themes, and they don't force you to have a bit of everything, or punish too harsh if you don't invest in one thing, letting you chase your farming/hunting/mining/raiding dreams. Despite being complex, the intuitiveness of their actions and theme make them very easy to teach: of course if you want sheep you'll need to buy an enclosure first, it all makes sense. -Dinosaur Island/Trickerion: also paired for similar reasons, one is about building a dinosaur theme park, the other about being a magician. I love both of them mostly for the theme, but also how the turns feel like your actions are building to a finale. In DI you research DNA, create dinos, hire staff, build shops and rides, and then you get the big visitor phase where you get a satisfying payoff as customers pour into your park. Similarly, Trickerion has you gather materials, craft tricks, and plan a show, and then finally you get to see the big act and score points. -Archon: Clever worker customization. Mixes a small deckbuilding aspect, where each card is a type of worker, so when you go place someone not only you get that action, but you also play a card to determine the worker type and get a bonus, great spin on an otherwise standard game. -Robinson Crusoe: besides the rich theme tightly related to its mechanics, I like the idea of having to send more workers to secure a job, or gambling splitting them to maybe get twice as much done, at the risk of dangerous encounters. -Anachrony: Great complex and tightly knit game. Obviously the main appeal is the time travel aspect, ordering workers and resources from the future to get a head start, but I also enjoy the starting planning phase, where you must decide how many robots to power up. Also props for the visual design. Every tiny weird rule has a very clear icon on the board to remind you of it. -Alchemists: While the main draw is the deduction and the phone app, and the worker placement itself isn't too out there, it has one of the best examples of a wake up chart, which I love (also on Viticulture, which I haven't played yet, and Fresco, another great game). I love this mechanic in economic games, because it somewhat helps auto-balance it. In Fresco and Five Tribes for example, it forces earlier players to pay more, which players ahead won't mind as much to go first, while poorer players might op to go later and get rewards such as cards, potentially helping them catch up even if they can't grab optimal spots on the board. -Keyflower: very fun hybrid of bidding and worker placement, really makes you think about using tiles other players bid on, or even on their own board, since they'll get those workers. -Argent The Consortium: probably the heaviest one, but I really like everything about this game. Most of the other ones make worker placement the main "power" of the player, but Argent's layer of magic and spells almost makes it feel like a war game, workers can get injured and removed, others can place themselves on already occupied spots, lots of player interaction. Even when other games have cards or powers like this, usually placing a worker pretty much grants you the effect, but here anything goes, and it can get pretty crazy later on. Also has some deduction elements, which makes it more interesting to read where your opponents send their workers, since it might clue you in on the win conditions.

1. Viticulture with Tuscany (not a lie, top game in my top 100 list on BGG) 2. Voyages of Marco Polo - dice worker placement with gonzo player powers 3. Fields of Arle - love the seasons restriction and the way to power up your actions 4. Russian Railroads - love chaining points together, so satisfying 5.The Gallerist - love the kick out mechanism. I’d rate Vinhos higher but it feels more like a quadrel (rondel) 6. Lorenzo il Magnifico - more dice worker placement but everyone uses the same dice. So awesome with the families expansion. 7. Bruxelles 1893 - area majority, set collection, tile laying, bidding. The worker placement aspect is great though and makes it so tight where you may be forced to lose workers if you bribe too many officials. 8. Dungeon Petz - spots are super tight in this game, and I love the story it tells 9. Bora Bora - point salad dice worker placement where you can mess with people blocking them out based on the numbers you’ve each rolled 10. Madeira - very heavy dice worker placement that requires serious planning for several turns ahead.

Yedo is such an excellent game and very much forgotten and under appreciated.

Here's my top 10 worker placement games with a little commentary. 10 Above and Below 9 Alien Frontiers - I like dice placement, a lot, and need to play more of them. 8 Caylus 7 Fool's Gold 6 Stone Age 5 Belfort 4 Coal Baron - I love how the economy of workers works in this game, where early actions cost less workers than later actions. 3 Orléans 2 Simurgh 1 Steam Works - My favorite game. It combines worker placement and engine building, two mechanisms that I really like.

The thing I specifically like about worker placement? It fundamentally makes action selection an interactive process, and happens to do it in a more tactile way than the broader action drafting mechanism. My top 10. 10. Snowdonia 9. Castaways 8. Egizia 7. Dungeon Lords 6. Dungeon Petz 5. Dominant Species 4. Tzolk'in 3. Euphoria 2. Viticulture 1. Robinson Crusoe Honorable Mention - Charterstone (Not finished it so felt weird to rank it among the list. Based on half way through the campaign, I'd probably put it somewhere between Egizia and Viticulture. It's been a weird year, otherwise we'd have finished it by now since both of us were really enjoying the campaign, but various things got in the way of us and I think game 7)

Hmmm, tough one. Sticking to your criteria (although worker placement in your own tableau would be another interisting top 10, for Myrmes!): 1. Keyflower 2. Village 3. Alchemists 4. T'Zolkien. 5. Stone Age 6. Russian Railrods 7. Outlive 8. Kingsport Festival 9. Barbarians: The Invasion 10. Coal Baron

Here are some of my favourite worker placement games, in no particular order Viticulture - I like the different seasons in the game, which make you plan ahead of what season to use your workes in. Euphoria: Build a Better Dystopia - I like the theme, you have a limit to how many dice you can have and that they can run away if they get too smart which happens to me a lot. Lords of Waterdeep - I like the theme, I am familiar with the places and characters. It is easy to learn and as you said once you know the game you can come back to it months later and not need to go over the rules again. Champions of Midgard - When I first came across it, it sounded like Lords of Waterdeep but with combat, and that is what it is, it has two layers of worker placement, your normal workers then the combat dice you collect. Caverna - I do like Agricola but if I had to choose between the two, even though I like the cards in Agricola I like the adventures in Caverna slightly more. Voyages of Marco Polo - I like the overpowered characters, you always want the ones your opponent has, I like the dice as workers, giving you different strengths making you use them wisely. Stone Age - A classic worker placement, very simple to learn and teach. I haven't played these yet but from what have read and seen I know they will be on this list Oulive (I recently got this game, yet to try it), Tzolk'in & Dungeon Petz

Empires: Age of Discovery - With all the new games that have come out, no one talks about this game anymore. It's an excellent all around worker placement game. I have a lot of games in my collection. So I limit the games I buy each year to game that I feel are exceptional and offer a unique experience. So when narrowing down games to purchase I often find myself saying: " Why would I buy _______ if I already own ______." Empires: Age of Discovery often goes in that second space. The original version came out in 2007. The reprint is beautiful.

Good list Jamey! But I was expecting Anachrony to show up, love how that game has different type of works and how they have to rest after placement and be woken up, but most of all how they physically go in those plastic minis exosuits :)

Based on my current, personal ranking, it would have to be Trickerion, Keyflower and Anachrony. ❤️

Hi! My 10 favorite worker placement games are: - Bruxelles 1893 (For the biding, card and passive interaction, I think it's wonderful) - TZOLK'IN (The Gear mechanism of course) - Caverna (It's easy to learn and fun to grow pumpkins) - Million Club (It's a mean game of influence and stock market, with only 2 workers per players) - Coal Baron (I Like that the spots are always ''vacants"") - Euphoria (The theme, the dices, the building mechanisme and the feeling of freedom you got in your choices) - Myrmes (It's really clever how you grow your own colony and there a strong area control in it) - Spyrium (There is only one type of ressource, plus the money.. and the timing is very sharp) - Targui (The ultimate two players worker placement game) - Caylus (Yeah it's a classic, and it is not perfect, but from time to time I want to put my brain in it) And for the worker placement definition, I agree with you. It's when you put some workers on a common area. But you can also make a difference beetween a worker placement game and a worker retirement game, where you take the action when you put your worker out of the board.. So in that way, TZOLK'IN is more of a worker retirement game than a worker placement. And Feast for odin is clearly a worker placement, beacause you take the action when you place your worker. Have a nice day and nice list by the way !

Lords of Waterdeep and Dojo Kun are my top right now. I agree regarding Yedo though. Highly under rated. Charterstone was one of my favorite game days as well.

I don't know if you have seen the kickstarter, but I'm looking forward to Neta-Tanka. I really enjoyed my first play and can't wait for the release. The linked actions providing bonuses is really a nice twist.

I vividly remember your video where you complimented the worker placement mechanism of Hansa Teutonica, so I'm surprised it didn't make it to your list, it's one of my favorite worker placement game of all times... Another one I find particularly good is Clans of Caledonia, with its fascinating supply and demand market

My 3 favorites in no particular order... Raiders, Keyflower, and yes Viticulture. I can only see the top of your shirt, and I already want 1. Games I looking forward to... We are starting Charterstone in a couple of weeks after we move into our new house. We Kickstarted Dino Island. Robinson Crusoe. Caylus 2.0 Of note, Caverna is probably the most played WP game in the house (or used to be). The kids love it (Scythe is also one of their favs). I'm kinda ehh about Caverna, but if they are having fun, then it's all good. Fresco was another WP intro game for us, but haven't touched it in quite some time. I'm so back and forth on Rajas. Im going to get it... No maybe not. Then I see somebody gushing over it (again) and I'm back on the yes side. I probably should. A $30 game isn't going to break me. Even if we only play it once, that is like the cost of a movie night.

I genuinely just love Worker Placement as a mechanism. It's my favourite mechanism! Any game that features it, I froth at the mouth for. I find that no matter what new game comes out with worker placement, Lords of Waterdeep keeps a special place in my heart.

My 10 10. The Gallerist 9. Rajas of the Ganges 8. Viticulture 7. Keyflower 6. Lorenzo il Magnifico 5. Manhattan Project: Energy Empire 4. Tzolkin 3. Yokohama 2. Voyages of Marco Polo 1. Feast for Odin

Age of Discovery (the old age of empires game) did the thing with workers doing different stuff similarly to Belfort, back in 2007

You might like Everdell. It’s primarily a tableau builder with a worker placement mechanism. I backed it on Kickstarter, because I liked the artwork and the game looked interesting. I got to play it for the first time yesterday, and I really enjoyed it.

Nice video! I'm curiouns to see your top 10 variable player power games.

1. Dominant Species 2. Troyes 3. Agricola 4. Tzolk'in 5. Caylus 6. Bruxelles 1893 7. Keyflower 8. Lewis & Clark 9. Vinhos 10. Lancaster That would be my top 10 :).

Just picked up Tzolk’in! Glad to hear it’s your fav, can’t wait to play it. Just played Dominant Species, it’s a worker placement area control from GMT. Have you played that Jamie?

1- Anachrony 2- Near and Far 3- Tzolkin 4 -Trickerion 5 - Alchemist 6 - Outlive 7- Stone Age 8- Rajas of the Ganges 9- Gallerist 10- Lorenzo il Magnifico My favorite work placements games to look forward to are coming from mind clash games with high-quality components and interesting and unique themes.

Great list! What are your favorite of your design? I'm curious to know

Tzolk'in, Euphoria and stone age are my favourite.

Vit EE is my favorite

So many of the games you have listed I haven't played, a couple of which I really want to (I own T'Zolkin, but haven't gotten it to the table yet)., and a couple that I'm really quite neutral on (Lords of Waterdeep). And then one I really disliked (Stone Age). So my list will inevitably change when I get a chance at more games. 1. Dinosaur Island 2. Alien Frontiers 3. Manhatten Project 4. Outlive 5. Near and Far (with expansion, I much prefer it with coop.). 6. Carson City 7. Tiny Epic Kingdoms 8. Robinson Crusoe 9. Energy Empire 10. Fate of the Elder Gods

Great hearing about your top 10. There a definitely a few there that sound interesting :-) I like your definition. I've always gone with the fact that if playing a worker creates an action as an outcome, then it qualifies, such as Scythe, Tiny Epic Quest or AuZtralia. Here is mine: ( I have disinclined TE Quest even though it's one of my top games as I am always on the brink of whether its WP or not but according to BGG it isn't... so i'll roll with that for this list). 1. Viticulture 2. Dinosaur Island 3. Tzolkin 4. Alien Frontiers 5. Everdell 6. Pillars Of The Earth 7. Stone Age 8. Raiders Of The North Sea 9. Rajas Of The Ganges 10. The Gallerist

Looking for a relatively easy to learn worker placement game and/or tile laying game that can accommodate 6 or more players. Carcassonne Big Box has been great. Any other suggestions?

1. Champions of Midgard 2. Tzolkin 3. Anachrony 4. Lords of Waterdeep 5. Dinosaur Island 6. Snowdonia 7. Charterstone 8. Rise to Nobility 9. Belfort 10. A Feast for Odin

I personally love Caylus Magna Carta, as it has starting variability, which isn't in regular Caylus. Also a lot easier to take on holidays.

Jamey, Great list! What about Fresco? Did it get cut due to your criteria?

My top worker placement is Everdell, but I'm very much loving Fallout Shelter as well, Viticulture, Artitechs and Targi are also up there for me.

Great content, as always...thank u Jamie!!! I don’t know any other designer who is this open about his opinions, definitions etc. in the Boardgame world. Awesome. What do your colleagues think about your channel. Are there designers who think you should leave more of a mystery about how things are done so on and so forth?? Still need to get Viticulture, it’s so high praised...my favorites: Feast for Odin Agricola The Gallerist Rajas of the Ganges Lords of Waterdeep Anachrony Stone Age Five Tribes (is it worker placement?) Greetings from Germany ✌🏻

Interesting. Some I've never heard of. I would think dice allocating games like Marco Polo would be considered one as there are many spots that you try to get before they are covered. I would love to get more. Stone Age is out of print that I'm aware of. At least it's not on online stores at a very reasonable price. Dungeon lords Kingsburg Tiny Epic Western Chimera station Viticulture A feast for Odin Le havre Tzolkin Marco Polo Anachrony Again looking at Stone Age and Last Will

If judging purely how great the action drafting mechanism is, i´d go with: 10. Bora Bora 9. Bus 8. Caylus 7. Dungeon Petz 6. Targi 5. Keyflower 4. Dogs of War 3. Dominant Species 2. Tzolkin 1. Argent: the consortium

What did you say were your top 3 mechanisms?

Hi Jamey! Have you played Village? It's a worker placement which also uses time. You have workers which correspond to different generations of a same family making actions that take a specific amount of time. There are also specific buildings where you want to leave your worker to get benefits. After doing some actions you will have to kill one of your workers from the oldest generation. The game goes on until the cemetery or the book of notable people of the town is full of dead workers. I really like it because you have to put a lot of thought into which workers you will let to die so that others can keep performing the actions they're doing.

1. Viticulture Essential Edition 2. Stone age 3. Alchemists 4. Dungeon Petz

Tribune is a great game with my favorite expansion ever. It should be much more popular.

I only played Feast for Odin once and will def play it again. But I felt bc the placement options were so numerious, the game was kind of....static? I felt like there was no reworking/revising/changing of strategy possible. But I'm curious to try it again. (We may even have got one of the rules wrong, lol, hence the 'static' feel).

I agree with your assessment of what constitutes worker placement... It's AKA action drafting, a fundamental aspect is blocking when you take the action (usually by placing your worker on the action space). What about Village. Would you call that worker placement? Why or why not? There's a big argument on BGG about Village. That you place family members on the board I don't think qualifies it as WP, but in a sneaky way, the main mechanism acts a lot like worker placement.

Jamey, do you always enjoy playing your own games or are there some you have to put to the side for awhile after having worked on them so long?

Agricola, Raiders of the North Sea, Viticulture , Lords of Water Deep and Teotihuacan. Raiders I feel is easy to get new gamers into worker placement games.

I really need to play tzolkin....that and Russian Railroads.. if I can ever find a copy... :( 1. Trickerion 2. Anachrony 3. Alchemist 4. Bora Bora 5. Caverna 6. Marco Polo 7. Energy empire 8. Lords of water deep 9. Fate of the elder gods. 10. Tiny epic western.

I love lords of waterdeep, viticulture, Ganges, stone age, marco polo ii, keyflower

Yedo is a fantastic game. Absolutely, no idea why it ranks so low on BGG.

I like the fact in Stone Age that you don't immediately do the action. It brings the aspect that you have to guess "will I be able to to the this" (will I even have those resources I need for this for example). Do you choose to gamble or play safe?

I'd like to hear your thoughts on Above & Below and Raiders of the North Sea...I love them both, but curious as to why they don't rank for you.

With Tzolk'in being your favorite worker placement game yet, have you had the chance to try out Teotihuacan? I'm really looking forward to it. Looks like it's more action selection than worker placement though. (I still need to give Tzolk'in a try.) My top ten: 10. Lorenzo il Magnifico 9. Rajas of the Ganges 8. Stone Age 7. The Voyages of Marco Polo 6. Energy Empire 5. Viticulture 4. A Feast for Odin 3. The Gallerist 2. Anachrony 1.Champions of Midgard I still need to try Agricola, Caverna, Tzolk'in, Troyes, Le Havre, Vinhos, Kanban, Madeira, Keyflower, Raiders of the North Sea, and Carson City. I think all of those have the potential to break into my top 10. Games that I'm looking forward to and have either preordered or kickstarted that could also make it into my top ten are: Neta-Tanka (the linked action bonuses look really fun), Calimala, Targi, Rurik: Dawn of Kiev, Escape Plan, Snowdonia, Trickerion, Tales of the Northlands, Gugon, Crisis, Architects of the West, Edge of Darkness, Robin Hood and the Merry Men, and Dice Hospital... typing it all out like that makes me think I'm kickstarting too many games... I also don't consider Orleans to be worker placement; it is an amazing game though. ETA: Thought I had Energy Empire on there, realized I didn't. Honorable mentions: Keyper, Shakespeare, and Charterstone.

I'm kinda newbie in boardgames, soo not a top, not a 10: Anachrony - brilliant Keyflower - smart Viticulture - nearly masterpiece(with Tuscany of cource) Champions of Midgard(with exp) - waiting for translation in my country, but I'm nearly sure it's great

You should really try Bruxelles, every turn and everyone else's turn is super interesting throughout the whole game.

My top 10 would be: 1. Champions of Midgard (With Valhalla) 2. Argent: The Consortium 3. Charterstone 4. Tzolk'in: The Mayan Calendar 5. Viticulture Essential Edition 6. The Pillars of the Earth 7. Age of Empires III: The Age of Discovery 8. Le Havre 9. A Feast for Odin 10.The Manhattan Project No Charterstone and Viticulture aren't on the list cause you made them :) I just really enjoy both games

1) Dominant Species 2) Lorenzo Il Magnifico 3) Tzolk'in 4) Rokoko 5) Viticulture 6) Village 7) Caylus 8) Rajas of the Ganges 9) Egizia 10) Raiders of the North Sea

As a solo gamer: Architects of the West Kingdom Charterstone Maquis Mint Works Tiny Epic Western Oh My Goods! (If you count that.) This War of Mine (worker placement is a small part of it.) Viticulture (I like the game but not a fan of how solo was done.)

Agricola and Caylus are, in my opinion, obligatory on such a list, but I do understand why some would disagree. However, I would recomend you to try Bruxelles. Truly a top tier worker placement game :D

Any particular feelings on Ex Libris?

Sad no one mentioned Eric Lang's Godfather game. Surprised no one mentioned Archtects of the West Kingdom.

To summarize for unpatient people 10. Stone Age 9. Belfort 8. Tribune 7. Russian Railroads 6. Ora et Labora 5. Yedo4. Lords of Waterdeep3. Rajas of the Ganges 2. Feast for Odin1. Tzolkin

Could someone list Jamey's? I am going to watch the video, but I won't have time until a bit later.

Bring Tribune back in print!

Hi Jamey. Did you played Village ? It´s older game, where time is essential (literally :) Also from modern games, how you like Everdell ? I found it little simple after few games, but still the graphic is really attractive and make game much better.

Where is the love for Fresco? It is the first game I played that used workers to determine player order with earlier workers getting their choice of paint colors and later workers getting a smaller (if any) selection but paying less. I always assumed this was an inspiration for the similar mechanism in Viticulture. Plus with the expansions there are other interesting options. I often use Fresco to intoduce worker placement to non-gaming friends. And it has a great theme!

10 Alladins Dragons 9 Pixie Queen 8 Odins Feast 7 Troyes 6 Feudum 5 Archipelago 4 Mombasa 3 Raiders of the North Sea with both Expansions 2 Tzolkin 1 Asgard I just have Viticulture Big Box and Architects of the West Kingdom. But played to less for this list. Sadly Porto Rico (an alltimes favorite) just falls of the list. Rajas of the Ganges and Rise to Nobility should be nominated for the fun we have with this Games. At last Steam Time must be named.

Ehy @Jamey Stegmaier , have you tried the new edition of Yedo yet? Does that improve your experience as it did to me?

Where can I get that t shirt?

I'm curious, why didn't Champions of Midgard rank in your top 10? It is generally considered to be in that same family of Worker Placement games along with Waterdeep and Yedo. My top 10 WP games are (in no particular order) Outlive, Caverna, Charterstone, Waterdeep, Raiders of the North Sea, Waggle Dance, Castles of Burgundy, Champions of Midgard, Yedo and Great Western Trail. My definition for Worker Placement is when your primary action is to place a 'worker' on a space of your choosing and performing the action(s) printed there.

Stone Age, Tzolkin, Bruxelles 1893, Agricola All Creatures, The Godfather: Corleone's Trilogy, Keyflower, Bora Bora, Hawaii, Targi

This is not a personal criticism towards you, but more general when folks discuss certain game mechanics and that is that I have difficulty visualizing the game mechanic that they're talking about. It kinda makes it hard for me to compare nuances between interpretations of game mechanics (like worker placement) and appreciate the top 10 list. Any type of visual example would really help, but I get that that requires a lot more (post-)production. ^_^

Anachrony Troyes Russian Railroads Agricola

Could you do a Top 10 games good for airplanes and or car trips?

if Euphoria, Viticulture, & Charterstone were eligible, where would they rank?

wait for Teotihucan coming up... maybe you'll have a new fovorite dice-worker placement game then :)

What was #9? I couldn't make out the name. Battle fort, Bell fort? I couldn't find it online.

I miss the cat. :(