That’s great to hear! I hope you enjoy everything to come, and welcome!

Ya. It helps the viewer establish the games' scale/size.

Much appreciated! Happy to have you here!

Welcome aboard!

Welcome! Thrilled to have you here, and great feedback!

Hope you enjoy what's to come!

I know I have a lot of games but he’s been frozen there a LONG time

Thanks so much! Happy to have you!

Glad to have you along for the ride! Lots of fun ahead in 2024!

Welcome to the party, pal!

Bills love is more important than any content!

I’ve heard more about Revive lately.. I’ll have to check it out!

Go Bills!!

The Bill's sweater pulled me in, too. Go Bills!

Ooh, I'll keep that in mind!

I’m happy to put the effort in, and I’m very happy to have you here! I hope you enjoy all the stuff coming in 2024!

Go Bills! Squish the fish!

Haha fair enough! It's not for everyone!

It's just SO good! And every new expansion just adds more goodness! How do they do it??

If you have absolutely nothing, the core box is really a great place to start. Gets you going real quick, with all the essential tokens, too. You can also probably get it pretty cheap secondhand at this point! Once you've played the factions in the base game, I'd just look for packs that match the houses you like the most-they can feel pretty different to play.

I haven’t! I’m interested in it, but I know it’s better with more players and I’m often playing games solo or 2-player these days… I’ll keep an eye on it if my gaming group grows again!

I'm intrigued! I'll have to check it out!

I played the first edition of the GoT card game once, and bought second edition the next day! I really enjoyed it, but I could feel the need to streamline some things right away

Those minis are INCREDIBLE!!

Have fun!

At this point, a better reply would be “Hope you had fun”

Too many to name! But you asked, so I’ll name a few anyway. Twilight Struggle, Too Many Bones, Nemesis, Undaunted, Dune: Imperium, Unmatched… all of those are great and could probably make the top 20 if I was in a different mood!

I have! It’s great, I just haven’t played it enough for it to earn a spot here… maybe in 2024??

Yeah it’s a bit of a $$ commitment too since it just gets better the bigger the collection 😂 so the recommendation always comes with a warning lol

IKEA!

Maybe give Century: Spice Road a try? It’s not too big, not too complicated, but it makes you feel pretty smart and introduces a few essential board gaming mechanisms that Catan doesn’t have!

I haven’t given either a try! Are they worth it?

@@boardandsaviorgames I've only played ISS Vanguard, and I love it, but it is much more story focused and the combat mechanics are basically non-existent. You do everything rolling a lot of d6. It is not linear, though, and each session is split into 2 interesting phases. Not even sure I can universally recommend it to someone who's not a fan of hard sci-fi or their developer Awaken Realms. I am a fan of both of them, so it is one of my favourite games.

I got Beyond the Sun recently and I haven’t played it yet! Looking forward to it!

I don’t know if I’d agree that it doesn’t matter-Horizons of Spirit Island is the “lite” version of the game (available exclusively at Target I believe). It’s got new spirits that are all the “easy-to-play” level, so I have it for teaching new players. Then, there’s Branch and Claw, Feather and Flame, Jagged Earth, and Nature Incarnate. That’s the order that I personally bought the expansions in, and it’s the order I’d recommend getting them in. Thanks for reaching out!

If you're wondering about the GoT Card Game, I've never played it solo. There's no official solo variant, so you'd have to see whether anyone has published solo rules on BGG-if you find any you like, let me know!

@@boardandsaviorgames oh sorry, yes, I meant GoT, sorry about that! I do see some people have played it solo so I’ll try to investigate but thanks for a great video overall !! Subscribed.

@@Deltium5683 I love the game, so it would be amazing to learn about a good solo variant! Good luck on your investigation!

I have! I like it a good amount, but Ark Nova is my preferred version of those mechanics!

@@boardandsaviorgames Ark nova, to me, is a different game. There is hardly any interaction on a common board. TFM: you place a tree, I will plot a city right next to it. I will hold off doing double action, till you are out, and then get double bumps giving me an additional bonus etc. Ark Nova isn't an engine builder either if you ask me.

Funny you should mention that! I got the Miles Morales/Scarlet Witch/Thor/Loki set like two days ago!

@@boardandsaviorgames nice enjoy

I haven’t reached the end yet, and I’m very excited to continue the journey! Thanks so much for helping bring it into the world!

I have not! I watched a review a while back and it didn't really speak to me, but I'll take another look!

No, BE that guy! That’s great to know! And I couldn’t agree more. Such a unique game that really stands above the rest.

Texas!

For solo, I prefer playing with 2 spirits (although the occasional 3-spirit game can be really fun). Multiplayer, 4 is WAY too much. I feel like SI's sweet spot is as a 1- to 2-hour puzzle, and 4 players pushes it over that threshold. 2 players is my favorite, but 3 has some really cool interactions and it doesn't cross over into "too much" territory for me.

There’s just something about the breaking point for me. That moment where everything swings from “we’re all doomed” to “hey, I think we can do this.” Knowing that that feeling ONLY comes from the work you put in and the strategies you employed feels super satisfying for me. I think it also helps that I mostly play solo or with 2-I don’t know if you’ve played at higher player counts, but that really slows things down. Also, it might just not be for you! In any case, glad to have you here, and happy gaming!

I can't agree more!

I'll give it a look!

I’ll have to check it out!

It’s RIGHT outside the top 20 (and could easily join the top of the class in ‘24)

This minute I might like it more than Ankh. It’s very close

I didn't forget-I haven't tried it yet! But it looks absolutely incredible, so I probably won't be able to save my money for long.

TMB is great! Just missed this top 20!

Yucatán is my secret number 0

Good taste! What’s number 2 for you?

Interesting take!

I’ve heard of it but never played! I’ll give it a go!

I like it, but I don't LOVE it (and I haven't played it quite enough, but I'd love to play more)!

Just off the list… probably around 22? I’m planning on playing it a bit more in 2024, so who knows? Maybe it’ll sneak onto this list!

Go Bills! Pumped to see Keon Coleman and Josh Allen fall in love on the field!

@@boardandsaviorgames If Coleman is as great as his personality is, we should be good. Very likeable guy.

Go Bills!! (And I love to see Inis getting the love it deserves)

Thanks for the feedback!

Sure we would! People play regardless of their economic system. “Go” wasn’t created under capitalism. Board games would look different without capitalism, but I don’t believe for a moment they’d go away entirely.

@@boardandsaviorgames we would have fewer games, fewer options, and fewer people able to play in homes the way we do now. Please stop kidding yourself with this nonsense. You’ve bought into a fantasy that impossible to achieve and it hurts more than helps.

Hey! KZfaq flagged this comment for review and didn't tell me, so I just saw it. I don't know if I'd agree that I've bought into a fantasy-I think I recognize the good and bad of capitalism and I feel that, though some of it works, things could be feasibly improved. My long-term hopes for humanity are a bit pie-in-the-sky, I'll give you that, but right now I'm really more hopeful about small changes. The U.S. is already a mixed economy, I'd just love to see things get a bit more equitable. Any time I say something like "capitalism bad" I recognize that I'm minimizing a huge discussion. A more accurate summation of my views might be "capitalism worse than needs to be." In any case, I respect your stance and I appreciate you.

@@thatguyfromtexas13 It's a bold assumption to say that there would be fewer board games without capitalism, when one of the biggest issues with capitalism at the moment is how much it forces people into a specific mold to survive in modern society. Imagine how many more games there could be if people had the time and resources to chase their passions? Also most peoples criticism of capitalism is more so late stage capitalism. I personally think capitalism is the ideal economic structure, but that ideal is very very different from what we have at the moment.

@@Binzobthe free market is good, corporatism removes part of the element from the free market by removing consequences and insulating decision makers because corporations are separate entities. This is what think is the issue but most people don’t understand the nuances and they rush to the simple answer of throwing capitalism out the window for a much worse system with even fewer options.

I get it

I appreciate your input!

huh imagine getting offended on behalf of an economic system.

@@Binzob More the realisation your listening to a socialist. They are evil.

Boooooooooooo

@@boardandsaviorgames no system is perfect but not liking; the only system in all of history to bring millions of people out of poverty, give individuals the right to control their own destiny, and even self correct it's own downside (like environmental woes of the past, or social injustice); is kinda crazy... The corrupt want to bring in socialism so they can have all the power and there is a huge brainwashing campaign going on. Keeping politics and activism out of your videos is a safe bet for anyone these days

@@boardandsaviorgames But without it, we wouldn't have Brass, so....a point to capitalism

@@FedouBC damn. I can’t argue there

*Capitalism is nope (fixed)

Great point!