What if we could only own 10 games? 🤯 - Top 10 Games 

My current top ten. 1. Root 2. Planet Apocalypse 3. Pax Pamir 4. Spirit Island 5. Crokinole 6. Aeons end 7. Terraforming Mars 8. Stilleben (of the heist game series from Noctis) 9. Search for planet x 10. Star wars rebellion

After picking my 10 I checked to see my latest pubmeeple ranking to see where they each currently ranked and 7 out of them were in the top 10, the other three were in the top 30, lol. 1) Terra Mystica [logged plays: 55 | rank 1] - easy pick, it's my absolute favourite game of all time, despite having played it well over 50 times (played it for several years before I started logging) I never tire of it. Hand me any faction, and I will have fun with it. 2) Marco Polo 2 [logged plays: 25 | rank 2] - while I really would have loved to hang onto both this and the original Voyages of Marco Polo (ranked 3), they are similar enough that if operating with this constriction I could pick just one of them to keep. If all expansions were included it would be harder to choose as the expansion/promos reallly makes the original shine. But on a base game only perspective, the sequel wins out hands down for me. 3) Underwater Cities [logged plays: 12 | rank 4] - I rank both this and Terraforming Mars very highly (ranked 7) but once again I think I'd have to choose to keep just one, and I think the engine building in this one wins over the other and I'd probably make the same choice even if expansions were to be factored in. 4) Everdell [logged plays: 15 | rank 5] - once again I go to just the next ranked game, I just love the charm of this game, it does get even better with expansions, especially the modular ones that tweaks the base game without changing it too much. 5) Ticket to Ride: Rails & Sails [logged plays: 35 | rank 20] - at this point I start to jump around the list more. I play a lot with my mom whenever either of us visit (she owns way more versions than I do) so I could not make a list and not include some version of the game. I know this one isn't a very popular version, but it's both of our favourite. We love the wrap-around world map (also we love long play sessions, so the longer length is a bonus to us), and it's also not a hard version of the game to teach to new people in our opinion. 6) Woodcraft [logged plays: 5 | rank 6] - while most picks on this list are "tried and true" games for me, this one is one of two exceptions. It is currently ranked in my top 10, and I do think it will stay ranked really high as time passes as well, but the reason I would pick it for this specific list is because of its solo mode. I am mainly a multiplayer type of boardgamer, but I do need to have at least one solo experience to scratch the itch if no one else is available and this one brings the kind of non-invasive, easy to remember/maintain solo mode I love. 7) Star Realms [logged plays: 55 | rank 24] - I want to have at least one short, quick to the table kind of game, and this one brings so much depth for its size/length. I love the card river style of deckbuilding, the back and forth with your opponent (I will only ever play this at 2). There is a luck element to it, but the stronger player will still win the majority of the time. Excellent on a base game level, but mix in the command decks and some of the promo packs and it really packs a punch. 8) Valeria: Card Kingdoms [logged plays: 23 | rank 21] - most of my games choices are very strategic games as that is what I prefer to play, but it's nice to have at least one game that's more laidback in style, and this is my pick for that. I really enjoy that you trigger both individual and combined dice results in this one, giving you more abundance to play around with. 9) Newton [logged plays: 12 | rank 8] - figuring out which games to round off the list was hard, but ultimately I'm a big fan of Simone Luciani's designs (and this gives such a vastly different experience from the Marco Polo games), and now that I (finally) have the expansion for this game, I've come to love it even more. This is the kind of game where I want to do everything, but I can't, but I still want to try. 10) Boonlake [logged plays: 4 | rank 10] - I did think hard on what I wanted out of the last game and ultimately landed on my current favourite Pfister game. I have kind of a silly reason for why I prefer it over some of his other big games, and that is the way your action choice caps your movement options down the river. I really hate when players rush a game (which was a big problem for me in Maracaibo - I loved everything about that game except the way it incentivised players to make big movement) so having a movement system that allows you to move just one step regardless, but if you want to move further you need to actively choose less popular actions to do so is just perfect for me.

This was a tough one! I tried to follow a similar philosophy and make sure my list of 10 provided a variety of experiences for different groups, weights, mechanisms, etc. while considering which games I felt were /very/ replayable. 1. Biblios 2. Crokinole 3. Jaipur 4. Medici 5. Through the Desert 6. Tyrants of the Underdark 7. A Feast for Odin 8. Millennium Blades 9. Power Grid 10. Terra Mystica

My top 10 1) age of steam 2) ricochet robot 3) dungeon twister 4) twilight imperium 5) gipf project 6) wings of glory ( ww1 and ww2) 7) v sabotage 8) 18xx 9) kanban 10) deep madness

This is tough.... -Through The Desert -Yellow & Yangtze -Medici -Twilight Imperium 4E -Cosmic Encounter -Blood on the Clocktower -Bus -Brass Lancashire -Terra Mystica -A deck of cards and a bunch of dice to play and make infinite games. If this is illegal, then Schotten Totten

Assuming that I get to keep all my expansions and exclusives. 1. Twilight Imperium 4E 2. Brass: Birmingham 3. A Feast for Odin 4. Gaia Project 5. Everdell: Complete Edition 6. Concordia 7. The Castles of Burgundy 8. Orleans 9. Rising Sun 10. Tapestry

Greetings from Brazil! That’s a nice list. Mine would be (in no specific order): Lisboa, Brass (Lancashire or Birmingham), Castles of Burgundy, Tigris & Euphrates, Concordia, Barrage, Through the Ages, On Mars, Puerto Rico and 6 Nimmt! Keep up the good work!!

I just picked up Castles of Burgundy for the first time. When I got into the hobby 5 years ago it was because of the allure of heavily “thematic” games, but as time has gone on I’ve discovered that I love euros with pasted-on themes. My only problem now is finding people to play with me! In the meantime I’ve purchased the iPad app and it’s really good!

At this stage of my gaming career it would be: 4 decks of cards, Planet Unknown, Wonderland's War, Wingspan, Ares Expedition, Ark Nova, Shadow Kingdoms of Valeria, Sushi Go, Castles of Mad King Ludwig, and The Loop

Cool idea of list :) both your list are great! Here is mine : 1) Terraforming Mars 2) Brass Birmingham 3) Castles of Burgundy 4) Spirit Island 5) Crokinole 6) Kanban EV 7) Root 8) Cthulhu : Death May Die 9) The Crew 10) Gaia Project

Great lists, great video... Had to subscribe to see what else is there. My list would be, at least at this moment: 1) concordia 2) santa maria 3) neuroshima hex 4) terra mystica 5) istanbul 6) village 7) shards of infinity 8) fantasy realms 9) dominion 10) xenoshyft onslaught But ask me in 10 minutes and that list might be different...having Only 10 games is not an option anymore

Great list.

Dune Imperium. Root. This war of mine. Descent (2nd edition). Tide of Iron. Castles of Burgundy. Dungeon Twister. Wingspan. 7 Wonders. Wonderland Wars. And all expansions. Great lists of both of you. Thanks.

This would be a VERY hard list for me but, at this time I think I'd go with: Terraforming Mars, Ora et Labora, Le Havre, Castles of Burgundy, Tzolkin the Mayan Calendar, Raiders of the North Sea, Explorers of the North Sea, Keyflower, At the Gates of Loyang and Wingspan. Fun video!

Loved the video! My ten games (in no particular order) would be Targi, Forbidden Desert, Viticulture, Point Salad, Reef, Wingspan, Indian Summer, Between 2 Castles, 7 Wonders Duel, and War of the Ring the Card Game. (I need to play this last one more to be sure, but it seems likely that it will stick given how much I love the source material.)

Good idea for a "10" video -- a little twist. Enjoyed it! My thoughts: 1) You might not want to give away 3 of your choices in the thumbnail (maybe boxes with question marks on them?) 2) I wondered if Grand Austria Hotel might make the list. Anyway, another engaging video. Have a nice day!

I loved seeing Lisboa, Federation, and For $ale! Thanks! Great video as always

Excellent list you wonderful people! I like how for Sale was included, I think it´s important to have a fun game in there like that. My list would be, let´s think for my own '2 player island that is': 1.Weiqi/Go 2. Once Upon a Time (because: stories!) 3. Brass Lancashire 4. Castles Burgundy 5. Imperial with Mac Gerdts' negotiation variant. 6. Race for the Galaxy. 7. Grand Austria Hotel 8. 7 Wonders Duel 9. Mind Management/Letters Whitechapel (cannot decide) 10. INIS.

Great lists!! “Victory point thumb is up” 👍 I agree that making such a list is very challenging for those of us with large collections. Here is mine with the proviso of having any of the games’ expansions and “ deluxified” versions: Orleans, Terraforming Mars, Castles of Burgundy, La Granja, Glenmore II, Dead Reckoning, UnMatched ( not all, but many of the sets including the new Kickstarter cooperative/ solo version), Western Legends, Honey Buzz ( with its Fall Flavors expansion) and for my card game: Scout. I have yet to play either of The Crew games, so if I do they might join the list and be my card game of choice. I think you could “ cheat” and count both as expansions. I’ve heard there may be a third in the series of The Crew. Also, I thought it was neat that you have For Sale included. It is a fun, easy to learn “classic”. Just missing my list are Yinsh, Hansa Teutonica, El Grande and Ethnos (which I “ tricked up” on my own by dispatching those ugly plastic/ pastel discs and replacing with small sharp looking metallic cubes plus adding small pewter fantasy figures that match the cards for the scoring markers.)

I love bruxelles 1893!! I feel like I never hear anyone talk about that game but it's one of my favorites too. Excited for the new expansion!

Nice list. I will choose her games. But I haven’t played a lot of these games,so it’s more like a thought of how fun the games are.

My top 10 if I could only have 10(I have about 40 excluding expansions). 1)Spirit Island, my favorite solo and coop game. 2)Dune: Imperium, probably my favorite game of all time. 3).Obsession, my favorite game to play with my girlfriend and overall a top 3 game for me. 4)Scythe, the art and world building are some of my favorite and it so satisfying to play. 5)Raiders of the North Sea, love the art and it is relaxing to me, plus a great beginner friendly game with a lot of depth too. 6)Wayfarers of the South Tigris, a new favorite for me, lovely tableau builder with a really cool dice worker placement. 7) 7 Wonders, such a brilliant design, plays fast, easy to teach, great decisions, plays up to 7. 8) Codenames, go to party game. 9)Gloomhaven, amazing dungeon crawler campaign game with so much to do. 10)Dominion or Wingspan, I cant decide, these are my 2 most played games, so much nostalgia and love for them even though I dont play them as much anymore, they are what really got me into the hobby and would still be happy to play whenever

For me it would probably be - Terraforming Mars - Ark Nova - Lost Ruins of Arnak - Planet Unknown - Spirit Island - Cascadia - Quacks of Quedlinburg - Revive - Wingspan - Maybe one Magic: the Gathering Commander Deck

In no particular order: A Feast for Odin Dune Imperium Hadrian's Wall 7 Wonders Shards of Infinity Wingspan Carcassonne Big Box Spirit Island Everdell (Complete edition) The Castles of Burgundy Maybe not the list of my favorite games, but I think I'd want a mix of different types for variety and also to appeal to a range of my friends coming over.

Did you two get hitched? Noticing the rings for the first time, but I haven't seen any videos recently. Congrats! Enjoyed the video!

I thought I was the only one who owns Dvonn….surprised it made the list….I like your choices

Very solid list, and covering good ground. Here is mine: Lisboa, Barrage, Acquire, Teotihuacan, Underwater Cities, Suburbia, Food Chain Magnate, Lorenzo il Magnifico, Wizard, Nova Luna. I'm sure there are lots of better games out there, but I only own 37 games (until the 5-6 Kickstarter-backed games come in this year)

I'm kind of shocked that an adventure game such as Sleeping Gods or Frosthaven didn't make it onto your lists... Very interesting :). I don't know who won any defacto competition but Johanas (Spelling?) wins the self-declared legend award for thinking he's the most clever with his ordering ;)

I'm guessing before you reveal the order of the list. Is it one of each type of game mechanic? You guys "technically" have 4 more games to choose from, because of your crossover.

Great lists! I have to check out Medici. This is my list: The Castles of Burgundy Cascadia Terraforming Mars Ares Expedition Yokohama It’s a wonderful world Orleans Dorfromantik Pioneer Days Kingdomino 7 wonders duel

"only 10"... Vast majority of the people I know that are into board games don't even own 10 games :D

I have both Federation and For Sale on order from Eagle-Gryphon, so I look forward to a double-barrelled Fun Cannon coming my way soon!

I Was already interested in medici and for sale for my group which is usually 5 people, now I’m even more sure to eventually get them. Thanks!

Owning Terra Mystical, Dominion and For Sale I think you can guess which list I favor most. 😂 Excellent lists I keep thinking I need to try Castles of Burgundy.

I think i will have more diversity in my top ten games. A couple of eurogames, one or two fillers, one LCG like Arkham Horror and some wargames like War of the Ring.

Just curious, you mention Terra Mystica and Clans of Caledonia bu do not mention Gaia Project. Probably I would go with it. I own GP and CoC, but keep wondering if Terra Mystica is compatible with these other two or it would be overkilling.

Thanks for the great video. A suggestion: Medici is pronounced with the stress on the first syllable. Mé-di-ci 🙂

you also have to cancel your BGA premium. These are the rules. On my list, I'd also include chess, since ...uh...since it's chess. also, it's one of my ten games that i own. 😇 (the question is why do i still have a shelf of shame?)

I would have to say mine would be: Spirit Island Everdell Sleeping Gods Anachrony Splendor Shards of Infinity Terraforming Mars Eclipse Cascadia Endless Winter

I'd have to fight whoever was making me keep only 10. But, if they won, then it would (currently) be: Lisboa Mombasa Brass: Birmingham Raiders of the North Sea Architects of the West Kingdom Carnegie Kanban EV Endeavor: Age of Sail Stroganov Libertalia

Its great to see Queens Garden on here. The best Azul by far

I suppose my top 10 games wouldn’t necessarily be same as the only 10 I’m allowed to own 🤔 because I would want different types for different situations. I was a bit surprised to see Federation up there being such a new game! Castles of Burgundy and For Sale are definitely timeless games that are perfect for this list.

Good discussion! Which of these would make my list (or at least be considered - and have to consider Monica because if she doesn't want to play it, it can't be in this limited a 10!): AFFO, CoB, TerMars for sure, consideration for Lisboa, ClansOfCal and The Crew, which might end up making it. She would veto Brass!

I just tried to do this and it's impossible. My first three were easy. After that, I couldn't limit all of the other board games I enjoy to just seven. I would struggle limiting myself to 40.

How about: Root, Concordia, Viticulture, Coup, Santorini, Lost Cities, Codenames, 7 Wonders Architects, Architects of the West Kingdom, and Biblios?

I just got Lisboa. Do you have any thoughts about the Queens variant? Thank you

This is painful, especially if I try to set aside a slot for lighter games. 1. Keyflower 2. The Great Wall 3. Tramways 4. Revive 5. Kanban 6. Barrage 7. Brick & Mortar 8. Federation 9. Tekhenu 10. Oriflamme. On a different note, I've pre-ordered the US printing of Federation even though I already own it, because I think it's worth having the deluxe version.

Love Dominion, what's your favorite Dominion expansion?

I remember when I owned only 10 games. And I no longer own most of them. haha. Mine would be with all expansions: 1. Scythe 2. Root 3. Decrypto 4. Project Elite 5. Vindication 6. Brass Birmingham 7. Western Legends 8. Clank In Space 9. Lost Ruins of Arnak 10. Crokinole

Vindication Imperium Classics/Legends/Horizons Oath: Chronicles of an Empire Spirit Island Human Punishment Social Deduction 2.0 Ark Nova Mage Knight Super Fantasy Brawl Root *[Insert a campaign game] - Torn between Gloomhaven/Frosthaven or keeping ISS Vanguard*

For Sale & Medici! Keeping it old school! ✊

Telepatissing is a word now! I like it!

Ooh, interesting list idea. In no particular order, I reckon it would be (with expansions allowed of course)... The Lord Of The Rings: The Card Game, Wingspan, Race For The Galaxy, Railroad Ink, Brass: Birmingham, 7 Wonders, Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective, Journeys In Middle-earth (very much a Middle-earth fan), Cascadia, Carcassone Different from my favourite games but certainly would give me some good fun options!

Do you guys like Space Base?

Mind linked!

Too Many Bones Cthulhu DmD Marvel Champions Spirit Island Aeon's End Dwellings of Eldervale Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition Everdell The Crew Skull King

I don’t think I could do it. Just 10. I have a different list for each decade with the style differences and they don’t mix in a rankable way.

For me this wouldn't be too hard to select 10 games from my collection of around 120 IF I only consider what games I want to play most. I'm sure most people own many games that they love but cater to various people they play with. E.g, My wife has slightly different tastes to me so I buy games that I know she will love but they might not make my 10 even though I think those games are great.

You are 2 rays of sunshine! ❤U! 😊

So weird that Revive is not in there, I had the impression you did not just love the game but found it a lot of fun.

Technically making this list...you'd each only get to have 5. Now what? :)

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