My Top 10 NEW Board Games for the Family! (Your Gift-Giving Guide for the Holidays!) 🎁

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Hey there! It's been a bit of a hiatus for the channel but I'm back with renewed vim and vigor-and I wanted to make sure I got a chance to share some family board game gift recommendations before it got too late! 🎁 These are all games that are tried and tested by myself and the closest people in my life and I think that you'll love playing any of the games on this list with your friends and family! They're also all games from within the last five years so they represent the best that the modern board gaming world has to offer for casual/light gamers! (No Monopoly or Parcheesi on this list!) Are there any other recent games you would recommend as gifts for the holidays? Let me know in the comments down below! 💬
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In this video:
00:00 Intro
00:47 Yeah! Magnets! 🧲
02:02 Just the One of Us...?
04:02 Colors and Clues!
06:05 The Salad Game! 🥗
08:36 Moving Minerals! 🗿
11:36 The Newest 7 Wonders!
14:09 The Tetris Game!
16:29 Travel Back in Time!
21:38 Miniature Municipalities!
25:14 The Machi Koro Killer! 🚀
28:43 Outro
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Email me at itsboardgamedave@gmail.com
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@Eckhert16 27 дней назад

Me and my girlfriend just started getting into board games as a hobby (we used my family member’s pile of board games as a start and planning to buy for more) and i am so happy i came across this channel. Love how you also included quick tutorials on your recommended games and very informative, helped us in what to look for next. More power to you sir and looking forward for more of your content!

@BoardGameDave 26 дней назад

Hey there! Thank you so much for your comment-I'm so glad you and your girlfriend are getting into board games! What games are you enjoying right now? ☺️ If you're looking for some great two-player recommendations, my wife and I made a video going over our top 15 games we like to play together if you're interested! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-TCM3aVAdb8A.htmlsi=-EFJiFqBK5Wyv3D2

@Eckhert16 23 дня назад

@@BoardGameDave Hello! We first started playing Carcassone and Lanterns as a start of our new hobby. Will definitely try out maracaibo and the time travel game since me and my girl are into long adventure like board games, already checked and really love your suggested vid since we are currently making a list of board games that we should try and took some notes from there as well. God Bless you kind sir and for more content to you!

@BoardGameDave 20 дней назад

Oh, Carcassonne and Lanterns are both great games! Excellent choices! ☺️ Maracaibo is one of my all-time favorite games but it is a WAY longer and more complex game than a game like Trekking Through History, just so you know! Love that you've got a list going, though! It's so exciting to hear about someone just getting into the hobby! (We recently got a copy of a game called Harmonies and we've been playing it a lot! My wife really enjoys it and it sounds like you two probably would, too! I just reviewed it on the channel this morning if you'd like to know more about it!) ☺️

@jadevandeluitgaarden 8 месяцев назад

Congratulations on your marriage! As someone who is always on the lookout for the perfect games to give family members for Christmas I really appreciate this list, as well as your other "Top 20" videos. Last year I made a 'game night' gift basket for my sister's family. They loved it so much and played the games every day for months. The Quest for El Dorado was their favorite of the games I included. This year I plan to give Cascadia and Yokai Sketch (the last one was an impulse buy on Spiel Essen, a nice little two player game which doesn't require much mental effort), but "Just One" or Point Salad may be going in the gift basket as well. Thanks for the ideas!

@BoardGameDave 8 месяцев назад

Thank you so much for your comment, Jade! ☺️ I love that you thought to make a game night gift basket for your sister's family-that is such a great idea! I have yet to play The Quest for El Dorado but it looks like a lot of fun! ☺️ Cascadia I've played before but I've never even heard of Yokai Sketch! I'll have to check that one out! Thank you for your wonderful gift-giving ideas!

@Hocoino 8 месяцев назад

Congratulations on your marraige! I wish you a lifetime of happiness! Also... Great games. :D

@BoardGameDave 8 месяцев назад

Thank you so much! Married life has been fantastic so far! 🥰 I appreciate the comment!

@roberthultsten 8 месяцев назад

Congratulations 🎉 and welcome back! Looking forward to seeing you more often again.

@BoardGameDave 8 месяцев назад

Thank you very much, Robert! ☺️ Hopefully I'll be back to uploading every week now that we're a little bit more settled into our new place! 🏡

@markusbiewer2756 8 месяцев назад

Congratulations on your marraige! Wish you all the best! Great list, Just One is a hit with the family.

@BoardGameDave 8 месяцев назад

Thank you very much! ☺️ Just One is a blast for sure! So simple and still always leads to a lot of thinking (and a lot of laughter)! 🤣

@zmollon 8 месяцев назад

Congrats and welcome back. I've been enjoying space base on BGA>

@BoardGameDave 8 месяцев назад

Thank you so much! ☺️ I love playing Space Base on BGA! It's super convenient that it'll automatically resolve turns for you so it's very easy to play turn-based games online! (I just invited you to a 2P turn-based game if you're interested!) 🚀

@Cleansweep38 8 месяцев назад

Love Just One! We don’t worry about scoring. We usually play 3 games. Good times with that for both gamers and non gamers!

@BoardGameDave 8 месяцев назад

Just One is such a clever little game! ☺️ And yeah, we've been fairly lax with the scoring as well-it's kind of the least fun part of the game, isn't it? 😅

@emmafradd 8 месяцев назад

Welcome back Dave, thanks for the video! Space Base looks great. So happy for you and Hannah, congrats again! 🥳

@BoardGameDave 8 месяцев назад

Thank you so much, Emma! It's nice to hear from you! ☺️ Space Base is a fantastic game! I don't typically prefer race-type games, but the tension as someone approaches that 40-point threshold can be positively exhilarating! (We can play on BGA sometime if you'd like!) 🚀

@emmafradd 8 месяцев назад

@@BoardGameDave Ah, keen as! I'll shoot you an email and we can set something up 🙂

@BoardGameDave 8 месяцев назад

@@emmafradd "Keen as"? That's gotta be an Aussie-ism! 🤣 We'll definitely make it happen! I think you'll really like Space Base! 🪐

@Jskot311 8 месяцев назад

Congrats man, love the recommendations!

@BoardGameDave 8 месяцев назад

Thank you so much! I'm glad you found them helpful! ☺️

@DaniCha 8 месяцев назад

You reminded me about Tiny Towns! I have to give that another try. Great list!!

@BoardGameDave 8 месяцев назад

Thank you for checking out the video, Dani! ☺️ Have you only played Tiny Towns once? It’s been such a big hit with some of our casual gamer friends! 🏡

@armandovillarreal3554 8 месяцев назад

Congrats on your marriage and new place! Exciting times! And a great video topic to kick things off with 👍

@BoardGameDave 8 месяцев назад

Thank you so much! ☺️

@dimmok8344 8 месяцев назад

Good to have ya back making videos bud! And congrats again!

@BoardGameDave 8 месяцев назад

Thank you so much, Gary!! 🥰 I'll be back again next week to talk about... metal coins!! 🤣

@Cleansweep38 8 месяцев назад

Trekking Through History is a game that I would like to try! The game play is intriguing and I love the fact that the cards have that educational backside. (Kind of like wingspan, where you can learn about the birds!)

@BoardGameDave 8 месяцев назад

Trekking Through History such a great game! I'm really looking forward to playing it again with Hannah sometime soon! ☺️ And it's definitely like Wingspan where it makes learning new facts easy and fun while you're gaming! I love it!

@lisahasegawa2674 8 месяцев назад

Welcome back! Is that a real wall behind you? Hahaha, Congratulations (again!) and so nice to see you back on the RU-vids. Love Project L, we have Space Base but haven't played it yet. I am very intrigued by Tiny Towns - it looks delightful. I gave up Point Salad for Point City... it's slightly meatier?

@BoardGameDave 8 месяцев назад

Haha, who knows? Maybe I'll reveal that the background was another fake backdrop the next time we move! 🤣 Thank you for the comment! You've got to get Space Base to the table! There are some tricky rule nuances but overall it's a very simple game to learn and play! So is Tiny Towns! ☺️ And I'm hearing great things about Point City-and it's only $23! Maybe I'll go ahead and get that one for myself!

@NS-mm6jq 4 месяца назад

Great and fast explanation of Trekking through history. Thanks

@BoardGameDave 4 месяца назад

You're welcome! Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment! ☺️

@Gamesablaze 7 месяцев назад

5 minute dungeon is a fun one that gets people’s energies up. It’s a real time game where you fight monsters and deal with events in a dungeon until you defeat the boss, but you have to do it in 5 minutes. It’s a pretty simple game too.

@BoardGameDave 6 месяцев назад

I've heard about that game many times but somehow never realized it's a real-time game! That sounds interesting! Thank you for the recommendation! ☺️

@terrytoriq 8 месяцев назад

The new place is looking good, Dave. I love the light and I hope all the walls are real this time ^^ Small note - your audio sounds a little echo-y. The feeling is like you are standing a bit away from you microphone (your phone I am guessing) and you are shouting a bit to make sure you are being heard. It's not bad but it's noticeable. You might want to consider a clip-on mike. Also, welcome back ;)

@BoardGameDave 8 месяцев назад

Thank you so much, Terry! Yes, these walls are in fact real! 😉 And thank you for the feedback on the audio! It was a little echo-y for my taste too but I didn't notice that until I started editing the video. This won't be the permanent setup-I'll be down in the basement eventually which will be better for sound! A clip-on mic isn't a bad idea! 🤔 I also just bought a small RØDE shotgun mic that I've been experimenting with... hopefully that will help, too! Thanks again! ☺️

@blackboardgaming5348 8 месяцев назад

Welcome back, and congratulations on the marriage!

@BoardGameDave 8 месяцев назад

Thank you so much!! ☺️ We're loving married life so far!!

@blackboardgaming5348 8 месяцев назад

@@BoardGameDave it will only get better!

@BoardGameDave 8 месяцев назад

I think you might be right! ☺️

@santamonicakitchenremodele5184 5 месяцев назад

Love Project L. I’ve only played twice, but enjoyed it both times!

@BoardGameDave 5 месяцев назад

Project L is such a fun one! I always tell people it's like Tetris the board game! ☺️

@meeplechat5046 8 месяцев назад

Congratulations, Dave on your life changes! Great video. You’re just missing a Santa’s hat…haha. Can you share how you set up your overhead camera? Feel free to reach out to me directly if easier. Thank you and happy holidays!

@BoardGameDave 8 месяцев назад

Thank you so much! ☺️ And we’re not quite in the Christmas phase of decorating the place yet! Maybe soon, though! 🎅🏻 As for the overhead camera, that was literally my iPhone on a 90° clamp mount that was attached to a cat tree that I dragged over from the window! 🤣 I’ve always needed to be creative with my overhead shots! Let me know if you want a link to the exact product I use!

@meeplechat5046 8 месяцев назад

@@BoardGameDave Oh wow. That’s creative! Yes can you send me a link? Then did you have another camera filming you directly and ran both cameras at the same time?

@BoardGameDave 8 месяцев назад

@@meeplechat5046 Absolutely! Here's the link: a.co/d/9wnr9Nw It's not my favorite thing in the world but it works! There are SO many other brands and designs out there, too! And yup-my DSLR is on a tripod with the phone mount just outside of frame! ☺

@meeplechat5046 8 месяцев назад

@@BoardGameDave Awesome, thank you!

@BoardGameDave 8 месяцев назад

@@meeplechat5046 Any time! ☺

@Cleansweep38 8 месяцев назад

I like the theme of building a city over a salad, although your mind is to busy concentrating on your actions, in both games, it’s hard to appreciate your collection until the end of the game. The big difference to city over salad is the Civ. Tokens. The buildings give you points, Civ. Tokens, or permanent resources to help you buy other buildings, so there is a little more meat to the game. I Highly recommend that if you play, DO USE THE 2 BUILDING/RESOURCE tokens, that comes with the game! Both in real life and video watching, I’ve found it’s easy to forget to use them and that’s when the mistakes happens! Everyone needs to help everyone remember. The best way is to pass the tokens around the board to each player, before they start their turn! (Remember refill is ALWAYS LEFT to RIGHT and TOP to BOTTOM) Finally, keep the Draw Deck straight and neat. You can see what the top card is, but you are not to see any other cards under it.

@BoardGameDave 8 месяцев назад

Thank you so much for the detailed response! I had forgotten about the civilization tokens-that makes the game play similarly to Splendor which is a big draw for me! 💎 And thank you for the tip about the building/resource tokens! I'll definitely keep that in mind! I'll put Point City on my want-to-buy list now!

@Gamesablaze 7 месяцев назад

Dutch Blitz is also another simple fast playing card game that I like.

@BoardGameDave 6 месяцев назад

Dutch Blitz is such a classic! 👨🏻‍🌾 We played that game a ton back in the day! So fun and chaotic!

@matt_stowball 8 месяцев назад

I've got 5 out of the 10, and played 1 more. Great recommendations

@BoardGameDave 8 месяцев назад

Wow! That's a lot of overlap! You must have good taste! 🤣 Any recommendations for a family game that I didn't mention?

@matt_stowball 8 месяцев назад

@@BoardGameDave Haha sure: Caesar's Empire, Carcassonne, Cascadia, Coloretto, Crossing, Exploding Kittens,. Kingdomino Origins, No Thanks!, Qwirkle and Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza.

@BoardGameDave 8 месяцев назад

Thank you for all the recommendations! (And in alphabetical order, no less!) ☺️ I’ve played several of them!

@jinsungpark1643 8 месяцев назад

New background and new games! Congrats on your marriage:)

@BoardGameDave 8 месяцев назад

Thank you so much! ☺️ Eventually I'll be down in the basement with a more permanent setup but this worked out well for now! (A lot of that was Hannah's doing!)

@Cleansweep38 8 месяцев назад

I own Tiny Town (The Base Game) I enjoy this as solo. There are several videos on RU-vid, that are play along with. I enjoy playing that way. The people I play with are not fans, but I enjoy it! My group and myself as well do enjoy Space Base! I also enjoy Machi Kori, but they do not.

@BoardGameDave 8 месяцев назад

I enjoy Tiny Towns so much but have yet to check out any of the expansions! I'm sorry your gamer friends aren't fans of the game... but that's what solo modes are for, right? I did film a solo playthrough for that one-did you happen to see it? ☺️ I do enjoy both Space Base and Machi Koro but I feel like Space Base gives you more agency and is maybe just a little less luck-dependent? 🎲

@Cleansweep38 8 месяцев назад

I enjoy them both too. Again, with Machi Koro, it’s the building buildings thing I like most. I also have the Kickstarter Collector’s Edition of Suburbia. I’m sitting on a hundred dollar game, maybe more, that I’ve only played twice. :( my group doesn’t fancy that game either. Last time I was there, Earth and Ark Nova were the Hotness! They did not like my Village rails, that I brought.

@aaronbowe5855 8 месяцев назад

Love point salad!

@BoardGameDave 8 месяцев назад

Point Salad is amazing!! 🥗

@Cleansweep38 8 месяцев назад

Shifting Stones would be a nice solo game for me.

@BoardGameDave 8 месяцев назад

It's such a great little solo puzzle! And you can get the game for $19 right now-absolutely worth the price! ☺️

@Cleansweep38 8 месяцев назад

True that! I also dislike games with timers! I do not think fast, so the pressures of time makes me unlike games that require it. I live telestrations! I played it only once and we didn’t use it. However we did encourage people not to make it like you’re writing a novel

@BoardGameDave 8 месяцев назад

Yup, real-time games are definitely not my usual go-to when it comes to board games! Although they can be a chaotic kind of fun, that's usually not the experience I'm going for when I play a board game! 😅 Telestrations is so much fun! That's a great recommendation for a family game-we always just used scrap paper and called it "picture down the lane"!

@Rachlovescooking 8 месяцев назад

Does anyone have any idea where we can buy kluster? Can't seem to find it in the US

@BoardGameDave 8 месяцев назад

Oh no! It looks like it’s out of stock almost everywhere at the moment! 😰 Cape Fear games says they have it in stock online… that might be worth checking out?

@casperspanggaard7397 8 месяцев назад

I really want Shifting Stones, but can't buy it anywhere in my country 🙁 Thanks for a great video 😃👍🏻

@BoardGameDave 8 месяцев назад

Oh, no! I'm so sorry to hear that! 😔 Hopefully that'll change soon! (Perhaps you could play it on BGA in the meantime!)

@casperspanggaard7397 8 месяцев назад

@@BoardGameDave oh it's on BGA?! I will definitely try it out 😃

@BoardGameDave 8 месяцев назад

@@casperspanggaard7397 Yes! I'm happy to play a turn-based game with you if you're interested! I'm "BoardGameDave" over there as well! ☺

@casperspanggaard7397 8 месяцев назад

@@BoardGameDave I'd love that 😃👍🏻 I'm Spanggaard over there. I will start a game later between us 😃👍🏻

@BoardGameDave 8 месяцев назад

I’m looking forward to it! 🗿

@goodgood9955 7 месяцев назад

Hues and Cues: off off off off off off off yellow.

@BoardGameDave 7 месяцев назад

🤣🤣🤣

@goodgood9955 7 месяцев назад

@@BoardGameDave looking at Trekking through history reviews. Thanks.

@BoardGameDave 7 месяцев назад

@@goodgood9955 Trekking through History is a great one! I'm planning to do a solo playthrough of that one... "soon"! 😅

@Cleansweep38 8 месяцев назад

Prefer Point City over Point Salad

@BoardGameDave 8 месяцев назад

I haven't had a chance to play Point City yet! I'd love to give the game a try, though... I've watched some review videos and it seems really great! What do you like about Point City over Point Salad? 🏙

@Majin10 7 месяцев назад

You should show more of your face and less board game :^P

@BoardGameDave 7 месяцев назад

Hahaha!! 🤣 I wasn’t expecting that comment!!

@Ryan_Schlutz 5 месяцев назад

lol. Too funny. #callback

@RemyBuB 8 месяцев назад

Your table is like a shout out to your fake background. Congrats on the marriage, home, and adulting.

@BoardGameDave 8 месяцев назад

Hey, I really like my table! 🤣 But I am in the market for a new one! The Jasper from BoardGameTables, maybe? Super exciting! ☺️ Thank you for the comment!

@RemyBuB 8 месяцев назад

@@BoardGameDave don't change it! It looks good! Unless you get a gaming table. That would be cool.

@BoardGameDave 8 месяцев назад

Haha, thank you! I think it looks good, too! But a gaming table would be really nice for the basement! 😁

@ayo564 3 месяца назад

mensa is a high iq society ss was probably chosen as a favorite? i dont know exactly but thats the gist of it

@BoardGameDave 3 месяца назад

Yeah, that's about all I know about Mensa too! Not sure what attributes they're looking for in their "Mensa Select" games, but they picked a good one with Shifting Stones! ☺️ (Actually, I'm looking through their yearly picks on their website now and there are a lot of great games on there!) www.mensamindgames.com/about/winning-games/

@matt_stowball 8 месяцев назад

Could you turn down the background music in future? It's really distracting

@BoardGameDave 8 месяцев назад

Hey there, Matt! Thank you for the feedback! I actually spend a LOT of time obsessing about the volume levels for my videos and I'm currently hovering between 5-7% for all of the background music these days. I'll experiment with dropping it even a little lower! 🔉 Thanks again!

@matt_stowball 8 месяцев назад

@@BoardGameDave Thank you, that would be very much appreciated

@BoardGameDave 8 месяцев назад

No problem! Thanks for letting me know!

@Cleansweep38 8 месяцев назад

Love Project L. I’ve only played twice, but enjoyed it both times!

@BoardGameDave 8 месяцев назад

Project L is fantastic! My friend Gary borrowed it to play it with his wife and they enjoyed it a lot, too! So did my aunt in Japan! ☺️ Definitely a great gateway game!

@Cleansweep38 8 месяцев назад

I love it because my mind clicks with Tetris type of games. I can’t explain why, but it’s kind of like how young children can pick up an instrument and understand how it is played. I just understand shapes, or at least I feel comfortable with them.

@Cleansweep38 8 месяцев назад

Congrats again on the new house and I do like the new background! Maybe put a little something holiday related to add some color and magic to the seasons upcoming! Oh, I also got in September, a game called Chomp. Dinosaur themed idea of point Salad