I can't believe Boggle is your #1, too!

Bro, your channel is the most underrated board game content out there atm. Absolutely love your opinions and enthusiasm about the hobby, keep up the amazing work :)

Thanks for sharing a little piece of your soul! Glad you still had it available :). I appreciate your list. I even MORE appreciate your enthusiasm and excitement.

Loved your top 10 because I feel your love for the games, the detailed reasons why you like the game, and your shared experiences playing the game

YES!!! Finally a board game channel that talks about Dutch Blitz!!! This is one of my family's all-time favorite games. I love Massive Darkness and Unfair as well.

Really unique top 10. That's great! I'll check out some more in-depth reviews of Dune and Rising Sun, they seem like games I could really enjoy 🙂

I'm new to the board gaming space and have really enjoyed your channel since I discovered it a month or so ago! Keep up thew great content!

Excellent! Gratz on 10k!🎉

Thanks for sharing all this. Everdell is in my top ten, too, and I started exploring the expansions over the winter. Loving it!! I played Rising Sun for the first and only time this past winter too. We had a full player count, and it was bananas - in a way that I really enjoyed. There was so much going on and so many layers. Dune sounds rad for all the reasons you mentioned, and I was going to play this a few months ago as well, but it got cancelled due to snow. I'm not really familiar with the rest of these titles, but I've heard enough positive chatter about Massive Darkness 2 that maybe I'll start looking into that one.

Great list. Probably one of the most unique top 10 I’ve seen with 0 overlap with me. I’ll say if you like anachrony you should give trickerion a go. It is a game that grabbed me and lived in my head for days after my first play and every chance I get I love it. Such an interesting theme and it’s got some really cool wrinkles in work placement, action selection, and resource management

I really love to see how much pleasure you have when you talk about your top 10 games. It's very genuine. Love it

After watching this channel a bunch, I finally went out and rented Rising Sun and after the first playthrough it was an instant buy. It gave my group the familiar feel of Bloodrage but with so much more deception and table talking and the visuals components are gorgeous. Thanks for all the great vids on it and would highly recommend to anyone else!

Congrats on 10k! Your channel is awesome!

I love seeing dune on a top 10. It's my number 1 game and I've literally spent thousands of hours playing it. It's the one game where I'll drop everything to play it with a good group.

Rising Sun is so under-rated. IMO, it's Eric Lang's best game and its been in my top ten for years.

I love this list because its not like all the others showing always the same games everywhere. Thank you - need to make more investigations on some of the games ive seen here

Great list! 🎉 I know for sure if I have tried Anachrony, Massive Darkness and Attack on Titan, they would be in my top 10 as well. Everdell is the only overlap for now.

Interesting list, definitely a few of those I"d never even heard of! I will say though base Everdell is outstanding and always will be New Leaf added some fantastic modules I have to recommend. Only played with it a few times but it is easily my favorite expansion now and it truly enhances the base game.

Great list and love your #1

Where’s bounce off!!!! What an upset!

Really fun list! Didn't expect most of them. Glad to see some real diversity on a top 10 list!

Original, fresh, very nice! Thnks.

You are the one who motivates me to buy and play Rising Sun, and for that thank you so much !

Great video and a great top 20 with lots of new options for me to check out (way to rep Canadian board gamers!). Everdell, Brass, and TM all in my top 10. Little surprised to not see Spirit Island, as the asymmetric powers plus deck building (kinda) plus a board, I figured would appeal to you. Anachrony, which I’ve never played, sounds amazing and has moved to the top of my buy next list.

Thanks for sharing your passion! A few titles i didnt know, so ill be diving in some more detailed reviews 😊 I love Oath for its around the table dramas and politics, Root and Dune Imperium for their clever cut-throatness strategy, and Games of Throne for the unbelievable tension it builds. I'm also enjoying Core Space for fun skirmishy/adventure big game days, and look forward to its upcoming fantasy brother Maladum. Cheers!

I've never seen a more unique Top 10. You made me curious about many of those games! Well after those official Top 20, I humbly want to add my place 21, 22 and 23. 21: Viscounts of the West Kingdom 22: Sakura Arms 23: Theurgy

Great list. I just picked up the Dutch blitz expansion. Such a great simple, but fun game. Definitely tough to play in certain groups. Ill need to check out some on your list. Ive been looking at deluxifying games instead of buying more just recently. Definitely appreciate your approach of more does not equal better. Also, started using FB market place and BGG market place to save on games. I also just bought a BNIS Everdell Collector set from BGG user for $120 CAD and it's worth every penny for me. Solid game, now im tempted to get the wooden tree and resource containers.

I played Rising Sun only once but it's temporarily my second favorite game. I also extremely appreciate you picked up Dune. It is so great. However, the KZfaqrs seem to totally forget about it. Thx for this awesome sharing!

Thanks for overwriting my favorite games. (Well, did not work with The 7th Continent.) It's always fun to hear about how you think about different games. Nice to have seen Attack on Titan here. ^^

Man Dune is so good. I've had a chance to play a couple times with full groups and it's always one for the history books. I'm with you on that I just can't wait to go at it again :)

Love your enthusiasm! Cannot believe the number of hours you spent playing Dutch Blitze. No wonder you are so good at it. 😊I do agree it is a very addictive game.

This was awesome to watch, thank you, thank you. I've had Rising Sun for three years and still have yet to try it...maybe this will be my catalyst to find people to try it with. I know it makes me want to be a better person.

I don't think you can ever play too much Everdell. You were absolutely correct in putting that in your top 10. 😄 Spirecrest is my favorite expansion ☺

Thanks for this list and your excitement about the games! 😁 Re: Anachrony, you have to get the Fractures of Time expansion. The blinking mechanic ups the complexity but fits so well into all the other mechanisms and theme. I loved it before that, but after FoT expansion, it became EPIC. 🤩

Anachrony is in my top 10 as well. i like MD2, but its not in my top 10. i own Everdell, i wouldnt be sad if it walked away lol. i found your list very interesting. thanks for sharing

I love this list, and really enjoyed watching both these videos. Even though none of your top 10 here were in my top 50 last time I ranked games a few months back, I really like the diversity of games. Certainly one of the more unique/personal top 10s I've seen. #9, 8, 7, 5, & 4 - haven't played these but want to try them all #10 - I recently bought this and read the rules but haven't played yet. I'm even more excited to try it now after hearing you gush about it. #6 - whaaaaat?! I love this pick. My wife will be ecstatic when I tell her this made someone's top 10 list. It's a long time family favourite of hers and she introduced it to me many years ago when we first met. We have a few copies kicking around here and it gets played a lot with family still, but I never think of it when I'm hosting a game night. It really is a great game and this reminded me I should play it more often. #3 & 1 - I've played them each a couple times and had fun, and can totally see why people love them, but for whatever reason these don't hit as hard for me. #2 - never even HEARD of this game until now, but I'm certainly interested now. I'll be sure to over-spend and buy a bunch of copies for $200 as per your advice. - Carlo

I like your content. You seem to be a very nice guy and I feel like your reviews are very honest.

haha nice review, I'm glad about your number 1, I literally just got my retail copy today with the 3 expansions.

i love that you are proof that games that people put on their bottom can be on someone elses top Great video

Thank you for validating my choices with some overlapping...it's the only thing keeping me going.

Love 10% of your list, Everdell is fantastic :)

Awesome list! Everdell expansions are so fantastic though. It's like making that great game one or two steps even better. You like variable player powers so you'll love Bellfaire. You want more of just everything Everdell does and takes it up a notch - Newleaf. Want to change things up a bit- Spirecrest or Pearlbrook. It will just make you want to play the game even more. Anachrony base game is really good. Fractures expansion for it is also very good. I could play it either way, but would never teach the game with Fractures. Still love attack on Titan Now interested in Baron

Your top 10 is so wacky i love it. I like 1 of these (The Resisance) and would like to play 2 more (Dune and Rising Sun), dont feel i would have good time withcthe rest, but I like how your list is notcjust super popular games.

It was unorthodox, but putting Bounce Off as numbers 10-1 really impressed me. Your love and support of glorious bounce off is appreciated and inspiring. In the end, bounce off deserved an entire video.

I will be honest Dutch Blitz is SUCH a clutch callout!! Same for my family, we have bought so many decks of it just because we have worn out so many

I am going to need to check out Barony. Great list.

Yes, yes, and yes. Rising Sun is just so damn good. It jumped to the top of my list of best games very quickly after I got it, and has stayed there ever since. Guards of Atlantis 2 is the only game that has threatened to dethrone it (and quite probably will), but there is absolutely no shame in that. I love seeing Rising Sun get the love that it truly deserves. I also really like Massive Darkness 2 and Everdell, and while I also enjoy Avalon, it has been dethroned as my first pick for social deception by Feed the Kraken. It shares a bit more DNA with Secret Hitler, but the level of overall involvement for everyone is higher and the self-balancing inherent in the ship movement results in many more close games. I still really like Avalon and I have too many good memories to sell it, but it's hard to see it getting to the table much anymore.

Interesting list. I dont know most of these games, but i also just started playing more serious board games last year. the only one i would buy from your list is Everdell, since that gets named on top Lists a lot. The rest maybe sometime in the future, i want to try the classics first;)

You're my only board game channel that praises Dune! 👏 🎉 If you're ever in Houston, I would love for you to play a game with my group! 😂 I've been praising and hosting the game consistently.

Great list! Anachrony is always in my top 10, have not tried the rest, You should try Trickerion and Excavation earth.

Barony! Really love it!

wow rising sun so high! I also like it more then blood rage. It is somewhere around my top 5 even though I'm bad at this game ^_^ I also like your Avalon pick, pretty unique

How dare you tell me about the existence of AOT the deck building game! One of my favorite mechanics in my favorite anime!?! And guess what, it’s nowhere to be found, I’ll just have to watch some videos and live vicariously through the people playing it 😢. Great video btw 😂

Definitely need to play that last one with you.

Absolutely try the fractures of time expansion for Anachrony and the newleaf expansion fit everdell! Really wanna check out barony now

You get me with Attack on titan, i'm so excited to try it.

i'm suprised to see rising sun as your first, i also love it a lot, but i found people not liking it as much as me :D, also everdell is the game that i played the most with my wife, she really enjoy it and we bought all the expansions after playing the base game like 30 times with friends. I must say that the expansions add a good amount of things that after you try them you never gonna go back

Just bought Attack on Titan purely off your recommendation - stoked!! You cemented the respect I’ve got for ya when your #3 is the exact same as my #3 🙏

You absolutely need to get the expansions of Everdell! They are all so good!

So are you burning all the games behind you that are not on the list??? Hmmm!!! Hmmm!!?

So interested to hear your views on Twilight Imperium. TI is absolutely my favourite game, huge fan. I have never played Dune, but I actually heard that it's a 'dry' (pun not intended) version of TI. So really interesting that you are saying that it's actually 'everything you wanted TI to be' 👀

I also enjoy your number 7 pick very much! What do you think about getting the map pack from the first game or more expansions in general for this game?

I didn't even know Attack on Titan HAD a board game. And definitely would not have predicted it to be good, necessarily. Neat!

love Barony, its not spoken of enough.

THANK YOU! I've been trying to remember the name of a game for a few years now. It's Barony! I played it like 8 years ago, and never could find it later, until now.

Well, after a disastrous 20 -11 list 😉- I don't yet have any of those and you passed on Kremlin (who passes on a game where one secretly bids influence on Soviet Politburo members for a chance to wave at the annual October parade and sends opponents for a "relaxing" stay at a sanatorium?) - you have redeemed yourself. I actually have a few of these: Dune, Everdell, and Rising Sun. Thank you for the great Rising Sun review by the way. In addition to the gameplay that you covered, it's also great just as an art piece.

I have 2 copies of Dutch Blitz, recieved as gifts (I'm Dutch) and I didn't have any interest in playing but now I will check it out!

Anachrony rocks! I have and played with all the mods too, so much fun, good list! Your doing a great job! Ps word on the street you are a Torontonian is this true? Ps you ever played xwing miniatures?

finally someone who have a unique top 10

After all this time I have to agree with game designer Paul Grogan. Mage Knight is still number one. Nothing else comes close. I like Gloomhaven and Sleeping Gods is great but I keep coming back to Mage Knight,and to a lesser degree Star Trek Frontiers. The sheer variety, especially with the expansions and fan made variations,is crazy. Campaigns like The Betrayal just make it even better. Return to Dark Tower is pretty fun as well as is Sword and Sorcery and Robotech Attack On The SDF-1, although I just call it Macross. I still haven't played Frosthaven though so we'll see about that.

I think our tastes are REALLY different, but fun list all the same!

My dad bought me Avalon Hill's Tactic II in 1972 for $5. My favorite game is A Victory Lost. But I like to hear what the teenagers like today. Unfortunately, I have no interest in anime, except, Graveyard of the Fireflies. However, Dutch Blitz and Avalon are must buys from your opinion. Thanks

I am so with you on Attack on Titan! Tough but great game.

Thank you for saving my RS from a purge. I was worried it wouldn't survive the ravages of time.

Anachrony! Fantastic, incredible experience.

Attack on Titan is so good. My number one deck builder.

Some very surprising choices here! I'm not too keen on Barony but there are a lot of games that land close to this genre, so take your pick people! Anachrony is hella intimidating to some but I've heard nothing but good things. I also hear that if you don't have the unnecessary minis that'll cost you a fortune you may as well not bother! (I'm not serious but I've heard that argument made) Avalon over BotC? Imma have to fight you in that one lol. I find most SD games end in a shouting contest of "That's what an evil player would say/do!" meanwhile BOTC does exactly the opposite by making it so that everyone has reasons to lie. I think you really discredit the Story teller's ability to make a game interesting, and I play mainly as the Storyteller so I come with the perspective that this game can really devolve and evolve into madness unlike others. It belongs in my top five, if not too three games. I think you should try it as the Storyteller once to appreciate some of the thought put into it. As a player, there is a never ending paranoia from the mechanics that I can't believe never ends. The payoff at the end of each game is satisfying and rewards a group with lots of debriefing. MD vs Zombicide? I'm on Zack's team 💀 Everdell 🐭 😺 🐶 enough said Attack on what now? 😂 Rising Sun...just no haha. I can't with that game. Not to mention that I have too many games as big as it. My #1 is Spirit Island and when I think of your favorite I immediately compare it to mine. I can see the taste differences immediately as opposed to whether or not we have a keener eye for the better game (let's face it, we know you do!). At the end of the day I like coops more and SI is ultimately complex enough to keep me going while working together. Rising Sun? My wife would prob shoot me in the face if I wanted to set it up every night... Thanks for sharing all your thoughts!

Matt Hyra also made the Transformers DBG, which is one of my favorite games. He’s a really good designer.

My favorite boardgame guru!

Oh man… I was looking for the attack of the titan boar game… now is a must ;)

Everdell is my #1 and Unfair is my #2 - I love both! Highly recommend getting the expansions for Everdell for more depth and complexity and variability.

Avalon! It’s my #1 game of all time. Great list!

dutch blitz is a game they play a lot here in Pennsylvania lol. I compare it to Skip-bo or Flinch, but more chaotic. try "human dutch blitz" 8x11 cards, four tables, 8 people, and mad scrambling to get the huge cards onto the piles on the floor!

You did AoT DBG justice, good sir.

So I had absolutely no idea AoT Deckbuilding game exists. Not a big fan of that particular anime but by your description the game sound awesome! Anime fans need scuh games imo...more of them. But this made me wonder how many other anime games there are that are good and I don't know about them? Seems like I have a new searching timewasting activity to get to. xD

I'm so grateful for you, mister

Stop buying Dutch blitz. As a frugal dutch family we played it with decks of cards and called it Nertz. A Sharpie made any bicycle deck unique backed and player count was however many kids had their own deck of cards. Oh and 13 go in the face down pile for more challenge, more points and more bragging rights!

Soo...I just wanna grab half of those games you listed... help another George out! 😂

"Rising Sun, it's Catan in feudal Japan!" - Chris George

I tried to make Attack on Titan a christmas tradition, we played it a few times the first year, but we didnt get it back on the table last year. Still, it is a very good game.

I love this hobby precisely because of its subjectivity. It's like movie taste or cuisine, there's no right/wrong answer. Despite winning a lot of Rising Sun, I don't love the game. I kept comparing it to Blood Rage but in a void, I probably would like Rising Sun more. Once upon a time, Avalon was one of my favorite games and it's one of my most played. I'm just burnt out on it and it's been replaced by Deception: Murder in Hong Kong. Our group just got Massive Darkness 2 and we're looking forward to it--something a little less mentally taxing than Gloomhaven. I'm curious about your other choices!

For Everdell expansions I would recommend Bellfaire at least for better events as well as other cool small modules and Spirecrest if you want to take the game to a crunchier more complex level. Also, if you play solo, then Mistwood offers a much better solo experience. The other expansions can be skipped if you are not really wanted all the extra ways to play.

Have you played Quest? It’s basically Avalon with a bit more differentiation. I love both! Can’t really decide which one I like better

I have the Big KS version of Everdell. It's still on my Shelf of Shame.

What is your player count for massive darkness 2 and do you house rule it? I want to love this game so much (and I've enjoyed my only 2 player game of it), but our usual group is 3 to 5 players and the game was so boring at that count. 1st player usually wipe out mob packs so easily and if not, 2nd player gets the scraps... 3,4 and 5 players run around mindlessly opening doors and looting. I knew it was an easy game when I decided to jump in (mindless dice rolling can definitely be fun), but seems like there's not enough fun for more than 2 players.

I actually own Attack on Titan: Deck Building Game, I bought it back in 2018 I think! Rising sun is also a very good game! I really want to try Anachrony now, it looks like it's up my alley!

Agreed that Everdell doesn't need expansions at all. I have played some, however, and they are pretty great! :D

Love AoT anime and deckbuilders so would have liked to try it but looks like it's not really available anywhere haha. Ah well. Also Rising Sun was also my very first Kickstarter as well. Love that game. My favorite game now since then is Root and then maybe War of the Ring. One caveat to to Rising Sun though is that is that is don't exactly like the FOMO stuff for people who missed the ks. When I share favorite games it frustrates me when people feel like they can never get to experience the game with everything and it was intentionally produced that way. Which is why I like your reasons not to back videos.

I knew massive darkness would be on the top 10 xD , its one of my favs too haha

Curious how would you compare between Massive Darkness 2 vs. Townsfolk Tussle? 😊 thanks in advance!