Which game to you think is going to win it all? Which game are you mad made the cut? Let me know what you think of the tournament below! The tournament has officially begun so brackets are now closed. Head to the community tab to vote for the games you think are bad enough to advance! www.youtube.com/@kamsandwich/community (Disclaimer: I know now that I pronounced Deutschlandreise wrong, please accept my formal apology Germany. Honestly though at this point is it a KamSandwich video if I don't butcher at least one language along the way?)

My grandpa was very excited to play the Oregon Trail board game when he saw it. We set it up and the first card he drew gave him Dysentery and he died

Valefisk is actually trying to play north africa campaign so we’ll see how that goes

The Campaign For North Africa is so complex that its next to impossible to make any progress without somebody who's entire job is to keep track of the rules

Fun fact: the rules for Dos are so poorly written that I have been able to monetize my channel entirely on the back of a single video I made early on trying to explain them. When half a million people have had to look up the rules on KZfaq, you know there’s a problem.

Disappointed that "Monopoly: Cheaters edition" didn't make it. The worst game I've ever played and certainly worse than Ms Monopoly

types of games there: a) just kinda random with the player's actions having next to no matter :( b) *hate crime*

F.A.T.A.L. is just too powerful for any board game to compete. It has all the absurd complexity of North Africa, all the horrible social aspects of literally any other game on this list (plus some serious racism), and a theme song that could win several match-ups on its own. All of these traits do, however, make it a perfect choice for a future video. Please cover F.A.T.A.L.!

Just a reminder that you can’t vote until you’ve completed all of North Africa, to be fair of course!

"What do you meme" really was the worst. I was the exact target audience at the time, a memelord in a friend group of memelords, and even we were like "nah let's go back to Cards Against Humanity." But man, lmao, yeah, FATAL would've been an unfair competition to these board games. Even the most bad-due-to-offense titles on this list have little compared to *that*.

I propose that W.W.B should be disqualified for being specifically made to be bad, giving it an unfair advantage over the other games that were (presumably) meant to be fun to play.

Fun fact about Tic-Tac-Toe: I've actually been in a several-years-long Tic Tac Toe themed roleplay! I'm not sure if that's a pro or a con for the game.

52:57 It sounded like you said "funko" as in funko pops, and that filled me with so much fear. Also going to have to defend Gay Monopoly. It's clearly based on in-group sterotypes, so its not offensive, and the hanky code trivia is guessable if you were involved in gay culture at the time. It was a real way of indicating sexual preferences.

Rip Valefisk's torture game 😭

We need to get every board game KZfaq channel to weigh in on this tournament

You don't just draw a card & see what happens in "Sorry!" You select what pawn you move, allowing a bit of tactics, like Pachisi, Backgammon, & Senet. Also, there's an advanced version of the game, where players hold a hand of cards, giving them more movement options.

YOU CAN ALREADY PLAY ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS WITHOUT FINGERS WHAT THE FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Scene -It Games were fun when they actually had you answer questions about the clips they showed; too many of the later editions just show a clip then ask a random, unrelated question. Only real problem they couldn't've solved with better writers: DVDs have a limited amount of memory, so you watching the same clips again & again game after game. But most trivia games have a similar problem; they only come with so many questions.

You should check out the polish game super farmer. You have trade your animals up till you have of each. You need 6 rabbits for 1 pig. But there’s only 5 rabbit spots on the board

The Stunk region is absolutely stacked between having W.W.B., Ungame, and Candyland as its top 3 seeds

WWB and similar titles intentionally trying to be bad/unplayable from their inception just don't have the same feeling as games that try to do something, albeit poorly. Quelf by 10000000

Somehow, Ms. Monopoly is the actual most misogynist game here.

My group actually really enjoys Dos... Until it's time to count the points. The game is legitimately fun with a group that can banter but counting the points after every round is dreadful and kills momentum

That actor's lip syncing skill is INSANE, Kam, how much are you paying him?

that is a somewhat disturbing percentage of bacon-based games

Kam isn’t actually a sandwich irl 🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥

As somebody who spends a lot of time in the woods bored out of his mind with only a skat deck, i wanna firmly defend war from the one seed. Nothing is better to kill time with another person for an hour or something.

Huh, that's interesting. I actually played the Mad boardgame a lot as a child, and never really considered it to be bad. Well, maybe that's just because I was a child. And the Angry Bird game as well! Though I never really played according to the rules and just built my own stuff Aaand Deutschlandreise too. I think the Airports actually give it enough strategy to be fun, and it taught me German cities pretty well (as well as the inner German borders since the game was still divided into BRD and DDR)

This randomly came up as I was setting myself up for Magic card cataloging. Very enjoyable to listen to. 🙂

I love the electric guitar riff happening in the background lmao

I'm not sure whether or not I should feel honoured to have the game I helped make be listed as a near miss for this. "Absurdly overcomplicated but the game's mechanics all work perfectly fine" is a very apt description though, mind you.

I choose my bracket before watching this video and my bracket is absolutely cooked for choosing Anima over Adultery

Some interesting games in this list. Unfortunately, I think your top 16 is going to have none of them. It's just going to be a bunch of barely-games that no one has ever played.

Fantastic video. I guess I should consider myself blessed that I hadn't heard of most of these games before this. Thank you for putting this together!

People don't like Pass the Pigs? It's a dice game, but with pigs for dice.

This is an incredibly fun idea. The fact that you’re doing it in March just makes it better 😂

“This press-your-luck title…” Where are the whammies?

CANT WAIT FOR THE ROCK PAPER SCISSORS ADULTERY FINALES 🔥🔥🔥

Campaign for North Africa is a very hard one to call. It's a bit of a cult classic these days, but that could swing it either way

Will there be a board game NIT for bubble games that missed the cutoff as well as 1 seeds in mid major genres who lost in their conference tourney?

I'll defend phase 10 more than most people, but honestly if you are gonna play that game play phase 10 twist. Helps with the game speed problems because you can skip over some of the phases and they even add unique special phases and some strategy. And yeah it is one of those card games where points are dumb and most people ive ever played with just didn't bother keeping track; idk that that's a huge deal though, I feel like there are many of those.

This video is so ridiculous and I love every second of it

Sorry! is actually a good game and I can't believe it's on this list

Awhile back I wrote a defense of "The Game of Life" I'll just copy/paste it here: First, it's well-made; the components are fun to use; they're like little toys. Second, it's a Goose game; those date to the 1580's, & folks kept making variations on the concept till 10 or 20 years ago. For a concept to last 400+ years, it cannot be bad. The questions isn't "is this bad," but "does it have a place today?" To answer that, we've got to answer some other questions: "Why was this invented?" and "Why did it last?" Alright, let's pretend it's 1500. You're a noble man or merchant in Italy, it's the end of a long day, & you're both bored & tired. You decide to play a game to pass the time. What are your options? Well, there's Nine Men's Morris, but you're too tired to play a strategy game. Besides that, you've played it a few times before, & you feel you're partner, who always goes first, has some sort of advantage. There's Backgammon; the dice rolls would eliminate any advantage given to the first or second player, but you're still tired, & the game still involves a lot thinking. You want to relax; you don't want to think. Ok; there are dice-based gambling games, but, after awhile, those get old. What else is there? Suddenly, someone knocks on your manor's door; they have a new game. It has a spiral track, with numbered spaces, several of which are marked by small drawings. It's "The Game of the Goose;" it combines betting with dice, & a board which will provide some variety. The spaces with obstacles are kinda like blocked spaces in Backgammon, except they're already set up; you don't need to think about them; you only need to react to them. It even gives you a bit of story as you progress. So it's a dice-based game of chance; it's easy to learn, with enough variety to keep things interesting. Fast forward a bit, to the 19th century. Mores have changed; gambling's considered bad. Does the basic game still work? Yes. The obstacle spaces are the key; they tell a story as the game progresses. Replace them, substitute tokens for real money, & you can create hundreds of games which tell stories. These stories aren't as involved as a story in a magazine or a book, but they allow more variety; you can revisit them, & they'll be different each time you visit. They also require less effort, & they allow families to interact with each other. Modify the board's layout, & the story becomes more interesting. Instead of just traveling along a spiral, you can travel across a kingdom, across an ocean, etc. Fast forward a bit more, to the mid-20th century, or even to today. TV's been invented; radio's been invented; you don't need a game to have experience a story with out having to read, & there are hundreds of stories available, so the variety added by dice rolls isn't necessary. But there's a problem: families don't interact with each other. TV demands your full attention; it's considered wrong to talk during a movie or TV show; talking distracts from the narrative. In a game; talking with other players is ok, even encouraged. I suggest that Goose, Snakes, & Ladders, Life, & similar games of chance using tracks on boards are primarily narrative experiences which allow a degree of interaction between players. While much of their niche has been taken by TV, they still serve a purpose, & aren't bad at all. The average member of a game forum probable won't want to play one, but they're just a small, often snobbish, sliver of the market. (Most of this also applies to "Candyland" "Mr. Bacon" etc.)

what a fun idea + I love the framing that the games are happy/proud to be in this bracket, gives the whole thing a nice spirit :) just one criticism: as a defender of the game of LIFE myself, wtf do you mean "ease of setting up"? I've never once been able to put this fucking thing together without breaking at least one of the delicate plastic buildings LOL

I don't want to live in a universe where Phase 10 is not in the Final Four.

Wait people don’t like Secret Hitler? Why? It’s prob my fav board game lol

My family always plays Pass the Pigs while waiting for food at restaurants. They're often shocked that I decide to sit out.

putting candyland and life in the same conference is deranged but I appreciate it.

Yo this should be called march sadness

I'm starting a band called Gay Hitler's Secret Monopoly, and no one can stop me!

I feel like serial killer: the game should have been on this list. It is arguabley more offensive than any other games on this list.

Inherited a copy of Public Assistance from my dad (who I swear isn't some far right weirdo) and played it once when I was 18 at a punk house, I used to think the game was kind of funny for how over the top it was but the overall experience of actually sitting down and playing it was pretty depressing.

At first I was quite shocked that an entire genre of game was omitted from the brackets: Religious Knock-Off Games! Despite multiple entries making the brackets on the back of their social controversy, not a single attempt at 'bible-washing' a game made the list. The Game of Life is well deserving its title for its uninteractive play and lack of meaningful choices to make, but what of the "Treasures In Heaven" or "The Richest Christian"? games that take the Life formula and add the 'spice' of making the money you make in the 'life' play irrelevant while only tallying your eternal rewards for 'good deeds' (which are often also just he results of random spaces). There are multiple Trivia games on the list, from obscure 90s celebrities to classic Trivial Pursuit, but where is the love/hate for "Let's Have Church", an unholy amalgamation of trivia, charades, and true-or-false focused around Christian scripture! "Which of these names does *not* appear in the lineage of King David?"... And let's not forget the truly obnoxious ripoffs that only exist to try and confuse parents into buying something that sounds popular, but with a churchy twist. "Settlers of Canaan?" anyone? Then at the end I realized why. this was a community nominated set of bad games. It's highly unlikely that enough people would even have experienced these attempts at 'entertainment' to even suggest them. Be happy that you have been spared!

why was secret hitler even nominated i love it and games like it i know it is a bit more luck centered then the games its base off of but it is still really good

I think something that people often don’t consider when talking about bad board games is how likely you are to play them. Something like “the worst board game ever” or “Monopoly longest game ever” are something no one would ever try to play with a random person, but the amount of times I’ve been forced to play what do you meme, and even been bought what do you meme by my friends and family that know I like board and card games, makes it a whole lot worse

Oh my gosh, I misinterpreted what this video was and ended up making my bracket after it was mentioned before moving on with the rest of the video and learning about the games, just judged everything by its cover (and any knowledge I had about the games in the tournament prior to filling my bracket out), whooops ;u; My blunder aside, this is a pretty fun(ny) tournament idea! I like how you kept it serious and genuine while talking about every game's upsides and downsides, no matter how bad the games were.. :P

Interesting that I am not the only one doing a youtube board game bracket tournament although mine is for the best game of the ones we own... I do want to note that Chutes and Ladders is a great one to teach math to kids aged 3-5.

I expected to see Blacks & Whites to be mentioned, for similar reasons to Capital Punishment, Battle of the Sexes, and the other horribly insensitive games.

I love that each board game has their positives and negatives listed out, as well as the fact that NO ONE IS SPARED. NOT EVEN CHUTES AND LADDERS.

There were a bunch of games like "Deutschlandreise" published between the 1890's & the 1960's. What makes "Deutschlandreise" worse than something like "Pirate & Traveler" or "The Game of the States"?

I’m a bit surprised Mouse Trap avoided the cut, but maybe I was just so annoyed by the assembly I’d completely forgotten how the game played.

I just found this randomly today and i am so pumped lol

There's quite a few games here that I am now interested in playing, including Meganation, Global Survival, 15-Love, Oy Vey!, The Oregon Trail Card Game and Deutschlandreise. 15-Love especially intrigues me.

I personally love beanboozled… as a modification for other games. Me and some friends modified Cards Against Humanity to where, instead of picking the best card, you pick the worst, and that player has to spin the spinner and consume a bean. If you eat the bean, you only receive one point. If you refuse, or spit it out, you get 3. We would use a time limit instead of a point limit, and, like golf, the player with the least points at the end is the winner.

I actually played LCR for real money. You are certainly right it was high energy. How is it one of the worst?

monopoly not being a #1 seed and actually not being in it at all disqualifies this tournament from any relevance.

If I could make a point about Bean Boozled as a strong fan of the game. The beans were originally just repackaged Harry Potter beans given new names. At first, the beans are nasty, but the more times you play, the more you get used to the flavors. It's now gotten to the point where I can buy and eat the beans alone as a fun snack.

Coming back to this video after the end of the tournament Yeah, tCfNA,tDW:40-43 was robbed

I'm honestly shocked to see Trouble here.

I love how you tried to say something nice about every single game, no matter how bad they were. It feels nice to have that

KamSandwich in the flesh

11:00 OH MY GOD I HAD THIS GAME! Not for very long. I don't think we played it more than four times because I don't remember anything except that the bright yellow box had a distinct texture to it, it wasn't totally smooth like most board game boxes are

Leaving out Munchkin is a crime. I watched that game very nearly end friendships.

Gay monopoly was made by queer people for queer people. It actually rocks lol

KZfaq just recommended this to me today, so no brackets for me

I'm a little surprized to see some of these here since I have fond memories of playing them(Sorry, Quelf, Candyland), but I personally wouldn't mind Scene it winning because it gave me anxiety.

Ok but at the end of the day Mad magazine the game is actually really fun when you sit down and play it.

wow, I've played a surprising amount of these. Some of them i agree with, others I just... like huh? Connect Four of all games??? strange...

I grew up playing the Worst-Case Scenario board game. I thought it was honestly pretty fun to see what people thought they would do in a certain situation.

I bought a The Walking Dead board game which definitely belongs here. It's completely broken. In its defense; the quality of the physical parts is decent, and if you made your own rules it could be alright.

Bunco is an excuse for moms to get drunk and shout

9:10 JUST PLAY REGULAR TENNIS Edit so I'm not spamming you; Kam, I didn't think I was going to get this invested in a board game bracket. I'm moving on Tuesday and I hope I have time to fill it out because every single one of these games has garnered a verbal reaction from me along the lines of "Oh that SUCKS"

Extremely chuffed at the draw for my boys over at Phase 10, top 2 seeds look very vulnerable on account of not really being games, and a very winnable potential Elite 8 matchup with Candyland, I think a Final 4 trip is in our future Bob.

You really listened to us, props

Surprised Monopoly Cheater's Edition didn't make the cut.

Very interesting! Raises the question of what traits make a game the "worst". Personally, I think it has to be a game an actual human might play. WWD and North Africa might be the worst to actually play, but no one seriously would. My vote is for any of those mid 2010s "edgy" games that were just terrible versions of Cards Against Humanity.

If Top Trumps is voted worse than fucking *CAPITAL PUNISHMENT* I will cry. Predicting big things from cringefest What Do You Meme, and upsets by Doggie Doo, Quelf, Vanilla Ice and Smoker's Wild.

I was really hoping to see dicecapades. A lot of these games are ultimately pure dice rolling, but dicecapades makes me the most mad. I don’t know why, just something about how sure of itself it is really bothers me. Also gotta defend pass the pigs, if only for the pig sex bonus points.

Time for The Ungame to have their one shining moment.

glad i just got in, i honestly think adultery and rock paper scissors will make it quite far

Sorry is much better when you play with the optional rule that you get a hand of three cards to choose from and draw to replenish your hand.

I love the sports commentary style.

I like how you have both the simplest war game and the most complicated war game here. Waiting to see if you have Solarquest, the educational space themed Monopoly clone that somehow takes even longer to play than Monopoly!

Oh my god he has a physical form. And more importantly, the Crim & Sons Paving hat is real

This is gonna be a bloodbath. We got the political trash, the fully luck based games, the games that did not need to exist, I'm looking forward to seeing the results.

Sorry's pretty fun if you're playing on Strategy Mode and have the Fire and Ice rings (Strategy mode has you holding 3 or 5 cards in your hand letting you choose, Fire and Ice allow you to give your pieces special abilities if you play a 1 or 2 card). If you aren't playing with those 2 things, you're just playing Trouble But Worse™ I personally like the Game Of Life, but I can see why people don't. I just think the game is charming :) I own Dos, I played it once and it was pretty okay. Would play again. Candy land is a game for babies, but I think it would have potential if it had more strategy Trouble In The Bubble is a childhood favorite of mine, to this day pressing the bubble fills me with joy. I'd still play this game to do just that, and I would buy the bubble+dice itself as a fidget toy :) Gay Monopoly is clearly here as a joke, truly a perfect masterpiece Those are all the games here I have an opinion on

I'm very impressed there's enough tie-in and variant games in the dumpster that one of the classic bad board games, Risk, didn't make it into the tournament.

Who the fuck put killer bunnies on this list I will fight every single one of them.

I wanna know how far F.A.T.A.L. would've got through this