Tom almost dying of laughter while Zee is complaining about Bob is the funniest thing ever xD

Laughing that Zee said, "By now they should have written Bob out." When the final scenario does exactly that.

not a character per se, but "shuffle a solved mystery back into the deck"

"But why? ... Because of this bird!!" is my favorite highlight from any top 10

I stalled on watching this particular Top 10 because I figured, having not played 300 games a year, that I wouldn't know most of the characters, cards, etc. which would be mentioned. While that is true, this video is hilarious! One of the best ones Zee, Tom, and Sam have done because they are so passionate about their choices. Really … watch this in its entirety and you will be thoroughly entertained!

"Everything flies!!" - Sam reacting to Wingspan :D

I played mansions of madness, and didn't know about the "no talking card". I honestly thought I'd upset one of our players somehow, it wasn't until the game finished I found out why they went quiet all of a sudden!

We had someone win with the "You Win" Space Base card. At least in our experience it just made it really tense with everyone racing that one player. I love that Bob was a triple crossover! :D He is really fun to hate.

This video needs more thumbs up. Love how you went in to detail on how these character and pieces worked in relation to the game as a whole. Enjoyable video.

Awesome Top 10... Almost didnt watch when I saw the topic, but this is one of the most entertaining lists yet!

Sam's #8 is like the "no talking" card in Star Trek Five Year Mission. NO one can talk to each other.

The Omega Virus taunting you, chirping “help me, help me” was definitely painful. Good call Tom.

Can I say the city of "Santiago" on the Pandemic board?

Can we please have more segments dedicated to Zee as Bob critiquing players' games??

The "iron" in Monopoly. I don't trust that guy.

I spit out my food laughing at all the Bob bashing 😂

"The King" in "Love Letter" is probably the most annoying, because it is the only card that - when combined with the Princess - can guarantee a loss at the end of the game. Even without the King/Princess combo being your last two cards, the King's only advantage is his high number. If you ever play it, it's almost as bad as playing the Princess - nearly sure death after playing.

My number 1 has to be the die in Dead of Winter, that damn dice always infects my colony

12:05 That is why, in Catan, you use your cards BEFORE rolling, so you don’t lose half of it to the robber.

My family got so sick of the Robber in Catan that we changed it to the Social Worker. On a 7, the player can pick one resource from the bank instead of stealing a card from someone.

This was my favorite Top 10 ever, by a mile. I am laughing tears :-)

My addition to the annoying characters is Roose Bolton in GoT Board Game. Literally just lets House Stark get all their cards back turning their whole game into a meta of loosing some fights on purpose. When you see a player start throwing 1 soldier into your army you know Roose is coming.

That was a pretty interesting and amusing list, keep it up guys ;-)

RE: Sam 9: The robber. We hated the robber so much we changed the rules. Instead, the 'robber' because a 'market'. The market is identical to the robber (7+ hand size effect, & take one card from adjacent), except that the market does NOT stop production. Instead the market acts a port for the good produced where it is located, for those with adjacent towns or cities. So, the person placing the market is giving a benefit to the person that he is taking a card from. Often the market is placed where the person deciding shares the benefit with a neighbor, after taking one of their cards. It keeps the competitive nature of the robber, but accelerates the game (by adding a mobile port) instead of slowing the game (stopping production).

Moving the “You win” card in Space Base to an easy to roll space is devastating. Also, using a “put a charge counter on another card” ability makes it easy too.

So far this is the greatest top 10 list from Dice Tower that has been released for ages. Tnx for the effort.

I propose a new game: the dice tower crumbles. It's a story game where Bob send the players to the Mansion of Madness. All players but "you" have the flying dragons clan. The first card you reveal is the Silence card. An hour later, someone plays the Back witch and everything is reset. Fortunately, when you were about to hit some points, Fenrir changes the scoring system. Sound like a terrible nightmare... Hahahaha

I hate bob. My entire gaming group hates bob. My daughter, who doesn't play the game, hates bob. My cat hates Bob. The birds in my yard stop chirping, and the toilets in my house spontaneously flush, when Bob makes a game appearance.

I like that "Borrower" idea! It delays & interferes, but doesn't stop you.

I get that robber in Catan can be annoying at times, but at the same time he is a rubber band mechanic. Another complaint you guys had is the luck of the dice - which is correct, probability is not set in stone and in course of one game it's not gonna work the way that 8 comes up exactly as often as 6 and 9 will come up twice as often as 11 etc… Some numbers will come up more often and consequently some players will get more resources by virtue of pure luck. Assumption is the other players will use robber to block the leaders most productive tiles and steal from them to level the playing field and as such mitigate the role of luck. Try playing Catan without the robber (make it so that if you roll 7 you just re-roll until something different comes) and you will find the game much more frustrating because that one guy who built his starting villages next to both tiles with 4 will win just because 4 will come up 8 times out of first 20 rolls this game and there is nothing you can do to stop them...

When I was playing through that scenario of Arkham Horror Dunwich Legacy with those damn birds, I was playing as Zoey and I think she was literally made for smacking those birds as she deals 1 damage with her cross every time she engages an enemy and whiporwills have only 1 health, so you are basically just running after them and they fall to the ground at the sight of your bling. It wasn't as funny as this one monster that was trying to get to a location and would walk away from me and all I was doing with Zoey was chasing him around showing him my cross like a Moroccan bazaar merchant 🤣

Not gonna lie - as soon as I saw this pop up in my feed, my first thought was “I wonder how many times Bob is gonna show up on the lists.” I was not disappointed.

100 percent agree with Sam about a few cards in space base. One of our friends nearly rage quit because of that card and one other. Another one was the one that removes points from other people and it’s a 7 card, so the high odds are that it hits a lot and it did one game. We remove the cards from that game when we play now. Smooth sailing and still amazingly fun.

Space Base: I like the card, but I think Tom's off in saying it's "almost impossible to win". One player has pulled it off twice in our group. You just have to have other die manipulation in play.

Puzzled by the Nekkro Virus hate: I'd understand if they really did "steal" your tech-meaning you lose access to a tech you spent resources researching-but mechanically it's more like copying your tech. As opposed to, say, Yssaril, which actually does steal your action cards.

I really hate the Baron in Love Letter when I have two of them in my hand!

I love Baltar. I've played him several times and there were actually several games where I never ended up as a Cylon. But, everyone thought I was. lol

Nekro Virus does not steal tech from you. They just copy it. The annoying thing is that it makes them VERY aggressive, so it changes that dynamic of the game.

Jenny from the Robinson Crusoe scenario! Cant she help out just a little? All she does is eat! Aargh!

Haven't played any of these games. Love the video. You guys r the best. The cruddy house from The Game of Life. Also, though this is not exactly a true fit, A long long time ago, back in my D & D days the DM had a "recurring character". Every time there was at least one encounter with a 1, repeat a 1 hit point Orc, who always killed 2 - 4 members of my party before we could zap him. Yes bad rolls. That's when I started "punishing" my dice.

The Mesmerist in Unfair, super annoying when someone recruits him to take control of your park’s staff members 😝

I just got Space Base and in my first game I got a pretty good engine running. When I had the opportunity to get the “You win” card, I noticed there were several other better ways to win, since getting double sixes five times in your turn is really hard. But there’s a card I will keep out of the game from now on as a house rule, and that’s the one where you need only a seven to remove Victory Points from other players. THAT one IS annoying.

Damn birds! I get you Zee XD

"Does it have batteries?" "Yeah..." "Then burn it." LOL

one of the funniest top 10 in a long time :) and totally agree with Bob. Our gaming group's chat is named 'Bob is not satisfied!' :D

Space Base: "I win"-card Our very first 2 games were ended by that card - we destroyed it after a discussion. too many possibilities to get those charges up fast and make every struggle for VP irrelevant. - "place 1 charge anywhere" - "2x?" - my favourite: "exchange this card with any other" - costs only 7 and ->9 to 6 -> 6 to 12 and the "i win" is on the most likely field

I love playing as Gaius, I'll always choose him if possible! :)

I've had one guy successfully use the You Win card in Space Base twice.Once it was the last turn, he had a charge to set one die to 6 and successfully rolled the other 6. Another time he managed to move it to the 4 spot and the game was over pretty quickly.

"You hate wings you... Birdist!" -Tom

The card in space base that minuses other people's victory points!

Amen about the Robber seeming to block the one number that actually comes up. It seems like it just does that every game: "Not only am I blocking, but I am blocking *JUST* as you are about to roll that number!"

Man, I don't have any issue with Bob. This was a mega surprise. I actually enjoy reading his lines lol

I know the usual way of doing top 10 with alternating the order you guys talk is difficult when doing it live, but it would be awesome if you still used the dice for number 1!

Fire Giant & Mountain Troll (Blood Rage) Nanok as the Champion in Lair of the Wyrm (Descent 2nd) Tainted Abomination (Massive Darkness Crossover Kit) Gravestorm (Castle Ravenloft) The Pride that is ALWAYS successful at roaring (Roar: King of the Pride) The Imperial Class that piles Strain on the Rebels (Imperial Assault) Though in all honesty, you could have the Robber (Catan) give the active player 2 resources of the spot it's placed instead of stealing (It's already in Catan Jr.)

Sams number one is extremely insulting to those of us that actually believe that Fenrir is coming back soon to eat the world all up.

This whole list was designed to make a rant about BOB :D Btw, very cool list. It gets a bit boring to hear about the same games essentially all the time. This is fresh. Btw, need to rewatch that Mountains of Madness playthrough again with Zee screaming in the corner and Sam talking without verbs or something :D

So ? Did you buy ice cream for all the dice tower? :D

Top 1: the dude at the Caylus cover

Didn't think I would like this video and I haven't played 10 of these games but was surprised this was one of the most enjoyable ones.

The card in Guillotine that keeps the players from regiggering the line. It takes all the fun out of the game.

Catan Robber Fix (tm): Instead of stealing a card, choose a card from your opponent at random and acquire that resource from the bank. I just made this up so I make no claims as to whether it would be balanced or fun. But it sounds more fun, and I think whenever I get around to playing the game again, I'll be trying it.

Sam should try Catan with the card draw mechanism, because it will create more balance for the rolls. These cards seem to have an event effect as well, but I guess you can ignore that.

Poor old Gaius he gets a bad rep 😂

I find Naalu Collective more annoying than the Nekro Virus. Sam, thanks for recommending Fenrir at CMON Expo a couple of years ago when I was deciding between getting that or a different Blood Rage promo monster

I guess the best way to deal with flying sorcerers is with the diplomatic whatever ?

Hey Zee, could you post the modifications you made to Zombicide Black Plague?

I think T.I.M.E. Stories could make major money if they sold T-shirts with "We Hate Bob" on them.

The robber mechanic in Catan is specifically designed to discourage card hoarding.

There are a few characters at the first level that deal extra damage, if you can find a +2 damage item they can defeat Aboms!

Cave troll in blood Rage. I had my quest all wrapped up.

the Xanathar in lords of waterdeep..yes you get points for having skulls at the end..but you still have to minus them as well...also Draco in eclipse..you cant kill the enemy ships...so if your opponent next to you is looking for extra tiles to draw from the bag your a great target on your side of the map...the Naalu collective in TI3...0 in strategy card initiative number every round nuff said

Catan fix: put 2 and 12 on the desert or one of the empty tiles that come with the game. Call it gold, it will give a resource of your choice. Make two 7-chits and use them as you would the 2 and 12 in a normal game. Only use the robber with that card, but ignore hand limit.

Toward the end Tom mentioned not knowing about the Mysterio mastermind in Legendary, for the record he is super annoying! 😡 He has a low attack but his master strikes all are shuffled into his mastermind pile as additional tactics you need to beat him. And on top of that he has a tactic which says if this wasn’t the final tactic in his deck then you shuffle it back in and also reshuffle back in one masterstrike from every player’ victory pile, meaning you not only wasted an attack on a decoy but he just possibly got two or three more decoys added to the pile. Yeah u may have to punch this irritating bubblehead literally 15 times or more to actually win the game, it’s a sadistic game of whack a mole. I think if Tom had played against him recently this might have made his short list given how much he likes Legendary Marvel.

Great episode. Flying sorcerers are the worst. But most importantly, what was the intro music?

The "we hate things that fly, especially if they are called Bob" list

Tsathoggua in Cthulhu Wars. All the expansion factions are pretty poorly balanced in that game, but Tasth is just flat out annoying that drags the game down. He is IMPOSSIBLE to effectively counter play against. His ancient one is literally immortal, and he can delay indefinitely to have free run of the board once everyone's power runs out. Even if every single player teams up against him, at most you would slightly inconvenience him (you might cost him a power or two for every 6 you spend against him). He'll always have at least 2 gates (you cannot take the one his immortal ancient one is at, and another one is off the board and unassailable). The thing is, he isn't the strongest faction that's most likely to win. He's not as flat out overpowered as Wind Walker or one-trick gimmicky as Opener of the Way, but he's definitely the most annoying because there is no way to act against him. You just have to treat him as a random natural disaster you can't do anything about and hope he doesn't target you. BUT...all bets are off if Crawling Chaos is in the game, because now he can copy that power and make all his units fly, completely breaking the game. Did I mention that all the expansion factions are terribly balanced?

Sorcerers in Small World Secret Hitler teammates who don't know how to lie Playing as the explorer in Forbidden Desert (he is super weak) The weather dice in Robinson Crusoe Friends who are on their phone when you are explaining the rules.

Just started watching this and my first thought was the Queen of Spades in Hearts....

Every Root faction that I'm not playing but specifically the woodland alliance. They're actually my favorite faction but having to give them cards, them blowing up a well-established clearing. They'll make you feel sad.

I'm surprised there wasn't any aliens from Xenoshyft Onslaught.

Whipperpools from arkham horror the card game, when you draw 2-3 on the same turn they cripple the team

Watching Tom's no.1 after the previous t.i.m.e. stories playthrough is hilarious...

The worst thing about Zombicide abominations is that their figures are covered with actually sharp thorns, so grabbing the pieces physically hurts you in real life. Also, who thought the gigantic rat abomination figure was a good idea?

Great list. It would have been funny to see Bob listed from time stories twice on someone's list. He's annoying and he's back 😡. Lieing about him being on the list was great too.

The Bandit in Dominion!

In Pandemic: Reign of Cthulhu, I've always hated Shuddle M'ell which causes you to discard 3/4/5 sanity with 2/3/4 players. I usually play with 2 players and we have lost so many games because of this one card. There have been times where one player can afford to go mad because they are about to close a gate, but most of the time we cannot be ready for this card.

Thorin in 'The Hobbit' card game from Wallace. He is a really pain in the ass for the good team

Great list! Very entertaining!

Do you think that we are supposed to hate Bob because he’s the final villain?

23:00 The ability for Sorcerers in Small World can only be used once per turn per opponent.

Very first play of Mansions of Madness I'd played. I drew that Insane card....

Father Gascoigne boss card in Bloodborne: the card game. Got him first turn and pretty much wrecked our group that game.

I thought you could only “sorcerer” in Small World once per turn when expanding.

Sam is really channeling John Pinette in this one.

Sam sounded a bit like Lou Costello when complaining about his Zombicide character.

Is it me or does Sam and Zee look so little, esp Zee?! I think Tom is just a tower in height he shrinks everyone else!

oh hey, i know the Bob-mug you guys talked about, it's from BoardGeekGirl. mintmustard.co.uk/collections/board-games/products/t-i-m-e-stories-mug-set I got the other one, with the wrap of components on it. Great mugs!

Does Australia (in risk) count as a character?

The Neroshima Hex Neo Jungle army sounds like the Slivers creature type in Magic the Gathering. Totally annoying

Captain Fantastic in Conquest of Planet Earth