Top 10 Games that Start with the Letter "A" 

I really like this topic as a 5-6th year watching. Tom did these solo in the past; hearing the crossovers & lack of cult of the new is entertaining.

Akropolis is my most played board game that starts with A.

Agricola (just putting my favorite games individually to see which get the thumbs)

My top 5 that start with “A” 5) Altiplano 4) Alhambra 3) Agricola 2) Ark Nova 1) Architects of the West Kingdom

3-way cross-over for Aquatica (#573 on BGG), but not one mention of Alchemists from anyone (#152 on BGG). Such an underrated game.

Acquire is one game that holds up after 50 years.

I picked up Adventure Land a few years ago based on Tom's recommendation. I've enjoyed it a bunch ever since.

Arboretum

Age of Steam and Arkwright - Number 1 and 2 of all times for me personally

Azul: Summer Pavilion

We usually always have a piece of paper in a game box and record each of our family members’ high scores and cheer if someone beats their top or gets the highest score.

No mention of the fantastic Acquire 😢

Archeology: The New Expedition

Anachrony

Technically the 10th anniversary set of Ascension does have some very minor balancing changes, but again these are quite minor and hard to notice. Also I never understood the hate for the old art, I like both styles, and most if not all my friends that play the game also still like the old art. It has a cool stained glass look.

Really waiting for C, wanna see if a certain masterpiece from the year 2000 (no, not that one the other one) shows up

1. Architects of the West Kingdom 2. Ancient Knowledge 3. Alhambra 4. Aquatica 5. Archeos Society 6. Azul (Stained Glass of Sintra) 7. Akropolis 8. Adrenaline 9. Aeon's End 10. Amul Top 5 games that I'm interested in playing at some point are Abyss, Amun-Re, Apiary, Ark Nova and Atlantis Rising. Other games that I've liked include Agricola, Arboretum, A.R.T. Project and Awkward Guests, which all could potentially have a chance at appearing there somewhere if I had played them more and knew them better.

For me my easy number 1 is Android: Netrunner.

Asara comes in at 4 or 5 for me. Get the most of something (like Alhambra except towers instead of buildings) and uses cards as workers. Kramer & Kiesling.

I really love Aladdins Dragons (although it's called Morgenland in Dutch). We have Adventure Land as well (with expansion) and I would add Arcadia Quest.

A lot of crossover with you three but my top 5 favorite games that start with A are: 5. Ancient Terrible Things: Reawakened 4. Ark Nova 3. Adventure Tactics: Domianne's Tower 2. Atlantis Rising 2nd Edition 1. Aeon's End (+Astro Knights; like Chris I like AE a little more but giving AE my number 1 slot and AK my number 2 slot felt weird with how similar they are) Honorable mentions to Ankh: Gods of Egypt and Azul

Trying to do my own list while they go through I thought I would struggle to get 10 but in the end I had heaps. Azul, Ark Nova, Arkham Horror 2e, Aquatica, Age of Wonders planetfall, Alhambra, architects of the west kingdom , asara, asking for trobils, artemis project.

Ankh, Agricola and Azul are the only ones that come to mind

Advance to Boardwalk

I kind of love this idea! I'm surprised no ones done it before

After The Empire!

Alien frontiers is up there on my list

5. Attack! 4. Age of Renaissance 3. Air Baron 2. Adel Verflichtet (renamed Hoity Toity) 1. Advanced Civilization

NOOOOOOOOOOO! THEY REMOVED THE WORM BUCKET 😭

Lol this top ten. Cant wait for the next 23 letters of top ten. Then we can do numbers.

Age of Innovation

Interesting

Arkham Horror

Abandon All Artichokes

Apiary

Axis and Allies # one for me. Nothing close.

I’m routinely shocked by how much Zee is apathetic towards deck-builder games yet enjoys the most basic, unthematic, ‘play 5 cards from hand with no thought’ one EDIT: I am talking about Ascension

Oh my god I thought this was a joke…

I am shocked Anachrony was completely shunned. Blasphemy

You guys bored or just running out of ideas for Top 10s? This seems a bit silly no?

Alhambra. I play this a lot on BGA too.

Awkward Guests indeed: my favorite from the A games I own. And I just noticed in this video, although it has been around for some time now: I love that the time signatures in the separator jingles correspond to the numbers themselves! (Starting with number 9, that is) That’s a really, really cool detail!

Ark Nova is my number 1!

Azul

FINALLY! You stole back the series I stole from you! 😅

Aquatica

Abomination, in the shorter and more streamlined second edition.

Scrubs reference during Amun Re!!!!

Ok this was a lot more interesting than I imagined! Glad you guys are doing this and talking about more games :)

Nice to see Adrenaline get a mention, it's very under-rated/under-appreciated. Great game. I remember the first time I played it with my old game group and warning them not to gang up on the same person (which was usually me), but they didn't listen and I was killed more than anyone else, but I won the game. :-) Very satisfying.

Arkham horror lcg

Came here for Abyss.

Anachrony, Amerigo,, Altiplano

10. Abyss 9. Alhambra 8. Above and Below 7. Agricola 6. Acquire 5. Amerigo 4.Anachrony 3. Ark Nova 2. Antiquity 1.Amsterdam

I wanted to see how many crossovers I have with the DT: 10. Abyss 9. Aeon’s End 8. Age of Empires 3 7. Azul 6. Architects of the West Kingdom 5. Apiary 4. Amerigo 3. Ark Nova 2. Agricola 1. Arkham Horror: The Card Game

Arboretum

Android: Netrunner not even mentioned?! :(

No Agemonia? Kinda surprised

When is Airlines Europe going to get a reprint?

This one was hard to narrow down to 10! Mine would be: 1. Axis & Allies 2. Apiary 3. Alice is Missing 4. Ancient Knowledge 5. Age of War 6. Aqua Garden 7. Abyss 8. The Alpha 9. Alma Matter 10. Arcane Academy

I thought this would be harder, but then there were enough of "A" games I enjoy to make myself a valid top 5 (after that, it's more iffy) so they are: 5. Abomination: Heir of Frankenstein 4. Ark Nova 3. Anno 1800 2. Alchemists 1. Anachrony

Architects of the West Kingdom

Azul: Queens Garden would be high up on my list. Air, Land and Sea, Aquamarine, All Star Draft and Arboretum are great, too!

1. Arcadia Quest 2. Arkham Horror 2nd ed. 3. Age of Atlantis (Double A!) 4. Amsterdam 5. Anunnaki

Agemonia

Fun list! My favorite “A” games are 1. Aeons End 2. Azul 3. Air Land & Sea 4. Arkham Horror the Card Game 5. All Time Wrestling Honorable Mention: Animals in Espionage

I'm totally with Chris about Agricola, "all creatures big and small" gives me all the best parts of Agricola in a fraction of the time and complexity. I got rid of normal Agricola, but this one will stay (until I find this big box edition maybe)

Wich are good/best for 2 player?

I would have had Akropolis there :) cool list!

My top 5 As 5. Abyss 4. Adrenaline 3. Ascension tactics 2. Air land and sea 1. Ark nova

Auztralia

...I'm gonna pull out Aladdin's Dragons at the retreat just to see if you put a chiclet in it...

3. Aquatica 2. Above and Below 1. Azul.

Ark Nova Abyss Anachrony Argent: The Consortium Arkham Horror: The Card Game Agemonia Acquire Automania Aventuria: Adventure Card Game Azul: Stained Glass of Sintra

I think awkward guests gets a bit of a visual boost by being all greyscale amongst all the extremely colorful games.

Ark Nova is populaar but nothing tops Android: Netrunner LCG

Zee, you’re breaking my heart. You picked the WORST Azul!

Ankh is the best of the mythology trilogy

Tom was right...school buses are "orangish."

"Chris is weaker but he's worthless." - Zee Garcia

Ankh, is so good, easily the best of the trilogy, it has a very strong niece fan base

Shocked Anachrony or Architects weren't on ayone's list!

Alan Moon has quite a few train games, even an 18XX game. :)

My to would be: 10 Agra, 9 Antike II, 8 Awkward Guests, 7 Ark Nova, 6 Ankh, 5 Agricola, 4 Alchemists, 3 Architects of the West Kingdom, 2 Aquatica, and 1 Argent: the Consortium. Argent is also my overall #1 game too.

Animals in Espionge. On my top ten A games

Archeos society Air land sea

Argent the Consortium? :)

Aphex Theropod. The end. 🦖🦕

Animal Upon Animal? :)

Anno 1800

Arcs

Good list! My top 10 letter A games: 10. At the Gates of Loyang 9. Azul 8. Automania 7. Alice’s Garden 6. Animals on Board 5. Aquatica 4. Asking for Trobils 3. Aristocracy 2. AQUA 1. Akropolis

I’ve actually played enough games for this letter! 😂 Here’s my list: Honourable mentions: Acquire, Agricola, Alhambra 10. Amsterdam 9. Argent: The Consortium 8. Azul: Queen’s Garden 7. Architects of the West Kingdom 6. Alubari 5. Autobahn 4. Ark Nova 3. Arabella 2. Arkwright 1. Age of Innovation Not sure I can contribute for all the letters, but this one I can! Thanks for the video, DT!

My top 10 for those interested: 10. Agemonia 9. Arkham Horror 2E 8. Apiary 7. Aeons End 6.Age of Innovation 5.Alchemists 4.Anno 1800: The Board Game 3.Archipelago 2. Ark Nova 1. Anachrony Honorable mentions to ARCS...just have not had enough time to dive into campaign expansion, but have a feeling it will break onto this list.

I only have 9 rated games that start with A but how I would rank them is: 1. Atlantis Rising (2nd Edition) 2. Agricola 3. Architects of the West Kingdom 4. Azul: Stained Glass of Sintra 5. Among the Stars 6. Android: Netrunner 7. Age of War 8. Attacktix 9. Apples to Apples

1 - Aeon’s End (and all its standalone expansions) 2 - Acquire 3 - After the Virus 4 -Age of Innovation 5 - Agropolis 6 - Architects of the West Kingdom 7 - Azul 8 - Akropolis 9 - Age of War 10 - Agricola

I still think Automania should be redone with realistic art that mimics popular car magazine styles. Car and Driver, Road & Track, Motor Trend, etc.

Delivery is here with the pizza mmmmmmmmmm. Looks like it's gonna be a modern classic.

We need a metagame in these where they try to explain their numer 10s with as many words starting with the letter as possible

high score in scrabble and highest point in 1 turn and or 1 word score wrote down in lid.