-Nick- 2010 - Onirim - 2:07 2011 - Dungeon Petz - 8:05 2012 - Suburbia - 12:19 2013 - Viticulture- 16:24 2014 - Abyss - 20:22 2015 - Shakespeare - 25:28 2016 - Great Western Trail - 29:53 2017 - Wendake - 35:25 2018 - Castell - 41:42 2019 - Sierra West - 49:48 -Mike- 2010 - Hanabi - 4:43 2011 - Castles of Burgundy- 6:30 2012 - Legendary - 10:04 2013 - Hanamikoji - 14:18 2014 - Orleans - 18:36 2015 - Through the Ages - 22:58 2016 - A Feast for Odin - 27:38 2017 - Rajas of the Ganges - 33:03 2018 - Teotihuacan - 38:49 2019 - Paladins of the West Kingdoms - 45:42
@JonayArmas4 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@jeroendemulder37474 жыл бұрын
2010: Merchants & Marauders 2011: Letters from Whitechapel 2012: Legends of Andor 2013: Concordia 2014: Orléans 2015: Pandemic Legacy: Season 1 2016: Scythe 2017: Pandemic Legacy: Season 2 2018: Western Legends 2019: Rurik: Dawn of Kiev For me 2012 was the best year of the decade! Some very good games were made back then: Legends of Andor, Kemet, Wallenstein (2nd edition), Suburbia, Avalon, Clash of Cultures, Libertalia, Targi, Agricola: All Creatures Big and Small, The Palaces of Carrara, War of the Ring (2nd edition), Terra Mystica, Morels, Lords of Waterdeep, ... It's amazing! Good video guys, I had fun!
@RollingWithRoc4 жыл бұрын
I loved this video. Felt like I was sitting across the table from you guys. Feel like this is one of your best formats. So many great games that weren't mentioned, but that's what makes this the best time for being a board gamer! Excellent job as always guys, just don't make your luggage combo: 1,2,3,4,5. ;)
@scyldscefing39134 жыл бұрын
A monumental undertaking. I'm only about 2 years into gaming as a hobby. Don't be dissing Mousetrap.
@omnitheus54424 жыл бұрын
2010 - Vinhos 2011 - A Few Acres of Snow 2012 - Tzolk'in 2013 - Concordia 2014 - Kanban 2015 - Mombasa 2016 - GWT 2017 - Agra 2018 - Brass Birmingham 2019 - Barrage Mic drop!
@danielkeim85584 жыл бұрын
So interesting that taste plays such a big part in a list like this! I would have FOR SURE included Sentinels of the Multiverse, Kemet, Dead of Winter, Near and Far, Scythe, Chronicles of Crime, and the Arkham Horror Card Game
@Metroidam114 жыл бұрын
That's the beauty of the hobby! Everyone can love completely different games and no one is wrong! :)
@bibleboardgames51992 жыл бұрын
I just culled my personal board game collection down to better fit in the closet. Mouse Trap was one of the retired :-) Pandemic brought me back in too!
@nebelung14 жыл бұрын
This list made me realize how much my taste in games allign with you guys! I own 7 of the games mentioned here
@TufanoAlex4 жыл бұрын
2010: 7 Wonders 2011: Flash Point: Fire Rescue 2012: Suburbia 2013: Euphoria: Build a Better Dystopia 2014: Castles of Mad King Ludwig 2015: The Pursuit of Happiness 2016: Scythe 2017: Dinosaur Island 2018: Architects of the West Kingdom 2019: It’s a Wonderful World The last couple years were really tough to choose for!
@shanerion4 жыл бұрын
TufanoAlex its a wonderful world is game of the year? Maybe I’ve got to try it
@TufanoAlex4 жыл бұрын
@@shanerion I really dig the engine building and "combo-tastic" nature of it, as you can produce a resource you need which completes a card, which then produces a resource which could then complete another card, etc. I really enjoy the art as well, and it plays well solo which is a big bonus for me.
@MrStephenEugene4 жыл бұрын
Thought this was a fresh format for a decade list! appreciate you guys
@melkoinenveikko12864 жыл бұрын
Just wanted to write a comment to prove that I was here before this channel got big. Good job guys!
@TheBrothersMurph4 жыл бұрын
This comment has been noted and your name will be etched in pristine marble....once we can afford marble
@gilbertoguerrero99094 жыл бұрын
Thank you guys for this! My wife and I recently got into co op games because of Pandemic and your videos are deff helpful to find other games we can play together.
@Atlasfilms084 жыл бұрын
(Made this list before watching yours so any overlap is unintentional) 2010 - Hanabi (deal with it, Nick) 2011 - Castles of Burgundy 2012 - Tzolk'in 2013 - Concept 2014 - Patchwork 2015 - Shakespeare 2016 - Feast for Odin (2016 was fire) 2017 - Spirit Island (2017, also fuego) 2018 - Decrypto 2019 - Marvel Champions
@TheBrothersMurph4 жыл бұрын
I will NOT deal with it!
@BoardAllTheTime3 жыл бұрын
You guys were right - 2015 on was just painful to have to pick 2010 - Firenze 2011 - Gears of War 2012 - Sentinels of the Multiverse 2013 - Freedom the Underground Railroad 2014 - Five Tribes 2015 - Dead Men Tell No Tales 2016 - Scythe 2017 - Twilight Imperium Fourth Edition 2018 - Shards of Infinity (this year was so painful to pick from) 2019 - Glen More II: Chronicles (arguably my best year of gaming) 2020 - Moonrakers 2021 - Red Rising (so far)
@pierre-luco90564 жыл бұрын
For me, Wingspan win for 2019. Good light-medium engine builder with great production and a chill theme.
@tompeske16374 жыл бұрын
We just got Wendake and are excited to see uow it plays.
@yogamanmatt51814 жыл бұрын
Interesting to see that Viticulture, Abyss, Shakespeare, and Feast for Odin, are all great games elevated to spectacular through their (essential) expansions. Great list. Love seeing that your picks are based on the pure enjoyment of the experience playing the game despite the variance of mechanisms, themes, complexity. PS just picked up Rajas of the Ganges today-glad I did! Namaste.
@Straddllw4 жыл бұрын
2010 Dominant Species 2011 The Castles of Burgundy 2012 Keyflower (Suburbia is honorable mention) 2013 Eldritch Horror (Concordia is honorable mention) 2014 Five Tribes (Dead of Winter is special mention for being my first gateway game to the hobby) 2015 Kingdom Death: Monsters 2016 A Feast for Odin (Terraforming Mars is honorable mention) 2017 Twilight Imperium 4E 2018 Brass: Birmingham (Nemesis is honorable mention) 2019 Tapestry (Better than Wingspan :p, but stonemaires killed it this year) This was one hell of a decade. I don't think the next decade will top this one in terms of gameplay, but I do think everything would be more polished and streamlined with better productions, better pieces, even if its just wooden bits, everything will have a deluxe finish with nice inserts. 2016 is the best year hands down. So many more games I liked in that year that I couldn't even mention in this year.
@elink2k13 жыл бұрын
This is tough but if I could only have one from each year... I tend to get versatile games.... ones that will get played the most: 2010 - Seeland (roundel) 2011 - Skull (bluffing like cowboys) 2012 - Robinson Crusoe (replayable) 2013 - Honamikoji (hardest easy game) 2014 - Age of War (favorite pub game) 2015 - Cthulhu Wars (everyone is powerful) 2016 - Kanagawa (beautiful, get expansion) 2017 - Ethnos (endlessly replayable) 2018 - Smartphone (awesome mechanics) 2019 - conspiracy: Abyss (Small & Tight Abyss) 2020 - Rajas of the Ganges: The Dice Charmers (I can't believe they made rajas fit into this so well... awesome)
@scyldscefing39134 жыл бұрын
I could play these games exclusively for the rest of your my life and be content. Glad I don't have to, but I could.
@sarumon172 жыл бұрын
I agree with Nick overwhelmingly here (in regard to Through the Ages). When playing this game physically, it is exhausting with bookeeping. The game part of it is amazing, but it takes a very long time and most of that time is not actually playing the game, even at 2-players.
@TheBrothersMurph2 жыл бұрын
I still have no interest at all in playing this game physically
@williamburrows62154 жыл бұрын
Can't wait for you videos breaking down the years 🙏
@gamesafire47444 жыл бұрын
What a great decade! I got into the hobby in this decade. So many great games!
@hondito4 жыл бұрын
2010: Hanabi 2011: Takenoko 2012: Freedom: The Underground Railroad 2013: Eldritch Horror 2014: Deception: Murder in Hong Kong / Mysterium (can't choose!) 2015: The Grizzled 2016: Mansions of Madness 2017: Ex Libris 2018: ROOOOOOT 2019: Parks
@granthutchings2714 жыл бұрын
Tell me how to enjoy Root. I bought it, I've tried really hard. What am I doing wrong? I think I'm with SU&SD on that one.
@hondito4 жыл бұрын
@@granthutchings271 I dunno. I don't actually own the game. It's a game I shouldn't like. It doesn't really match at all with my gaming tastes (as you can probably tell from the other games on this list.) But for some reason it just captivated me. I played about 10 times in the first couple months after my friend got the game. I always like seeing what new strategies I can do with new factions. I think I like the relatively simple actions that each person takes on their turn mixed with the wildly different ways that each faction uses those actions to achieve their goals. I also absolutely love the theme and the art. One of the best looking games around. I'm already looking forward to trying out the two new factions in the upcoming expansion. More to discover!
@DeoFavento4 жыл бұрын
Really liked the style of your vid, also love the passion. subscribed
@TheBrothersMurph4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Jake!!
@mattlowder4 жыл бұрын
I love Nick, but Mike's list makes way more sense to me. Thanks for the content, guys!
@JoachimErdtman4 жыл бұрын
10 - Dominant Species 11 - Eaten by Zombies! 12 - Zombicide 13 - Lost Legacy 14 - Myth 15 - T.I.M.E Stories 16 - Mechs vs. Minions 17 - This War of Mine 18 - EXCEED: Seventh Cross 19 - Pax Pamir (2nd edition) Our tastes are not even remotely the same! 😁
@nataliebolyard85784 жыл бұрын
I've been debating for a year about buying Castell and I think it's high time I buckle down and do it!
@TheSquirtpie4 жыл бұрын
I've had onirim on my phone for a while. I need to learn the rules!
@RowantarotBlogspot4 жыл бұрын
It's very simple, prepare to become obsessed!
@zakkoehler68204 жыл бұрын
It is surprising that Scythe isn't on the list, but an Uwe and Pfister Game...… Nice
@doniscool00074 жыл бұрын
Really love your videos !!! I have one question regarding Orleans. I see the worker discs and the gears seem plastic components. Would you be able to tell where to get them ?
@tzgardner4 жыл бұрын
2010 - Wrath of Ashardalon 2011 - Sentinels of the Multiverse 2012 - Marvel Legendary 2013 - No games played from this year (Mostly an expansion year) (*edit as of Oct 2020 - Viticulture) 2014 - Imperial Assault 2015 - Tiny Epic Galaxies 2016 - Roll Player (*edit as of Oct 2020 - Terraforming Mars) 2017 - Dice Forge 2018 - The Reckoners 2019 - I haven't played any games from this year yet. (*edit as of Oct 2020 - Circadians First Light)
@danielemondini51274 жыл бұрын
What about Concordia? (2013) XD
@tzgardner4 жыл бұрын
@@danielemondini5127 I haven't played that game.
@jeffwmoore4 жыл бұрын
This is a hard list. So many games in some years (2016, I'm looking at you!) Forbidden Island (2010) Kingdom Builder (2011) Tokaido (2012) Rise of Augustus (2013) Abyss (2014) Cosmic Run (2015) Quadropolis (2016) Ethnos (2017) Luxor (2018) Trogdor!! The Board Game (2019)
@htak20104 жыл бұрын
Yay for Castell! Such a delicious puzzly euro. Possibly my #1 out of you guys' lists (I'd be torn between that and Viticulture for absolute #1)
@dimesss4 жыл бұрын
Hey guys, when will be TOP 100 of 2019? I wait all year for this. TOP 100 of 2018 was the best TOP of all youtube videos. Gimme more
@ZakiJeppe4 жыл бұрын
Got into gaming early 2011... Here's my ten pick: 2010: Defenders of the Realm 2011: Core Worlds 2012: Seasons 2013: Concordia 2014: Deus 2015: Champions of Midgard 2016: Arkham Horror: The Card Game 2017: Gloomhaven 2018: Heroes of Land, Air and Sea 2019: Maracaibo
@eVanDiesel4 жыл бұрын
Really solid pics!
@matthew.strout4 жыл бұрын
2010- 7 Wonders 2011- The Castles of Burgundy 2012- Article 27 2013- 1775: Rebellion 2014- Cash n Guns 2015- Pandemic Legacy (Marco Polo was close) 2016- Secret Hitler (Exit and Clank! almost had it) 2017-Pandemic Legacy 2 (Downforce was close) 2018- Drop It 2019- Detective city of angels
@tyrussleightholme72614 жыл бұрын
The board version of through the ages, I love both, but they are very different just in the fact the board game is about 6 times as long if you know what you are doing. The app is a much better experience imo but still an amazing board game
@stormtwo-spirits56624 жыл бұрын
2010: Vinhos 2011: Castles of Burgundy 2012: Lords of Waterdeep 2013: Eldritch Horror 2014: Roll for the Galaxy 2015: Through the ages - A New Story 2016: Manhattan Project - Energy Empire (Scythe came in a very close 2nd) 2017: Pulsar 2849 (Wendake - own it, great game) 2018: Underwater Cities 2019: None yet but I'm very interested in 'The Magnificent' Is it a good contender? Thanks again guys, love your vids in the morning before work.
@heathwashburn1944 жыл бұрын
Love some Energy Empire. Is Pulsar really that good?
@stormtwo-spirits56624 жыл бұрын
@@heathwashburn194 Just got back playing Runebound 3rd edition. About Pulsar, well I'm a sucker for dice drafting and this game has that. I would recommend anyone who likes fairly crunchy Euros to give this one a try. Lots of paths to choose from. You can focus on building transmitters, or exploring the planets, try your hand at acquiring technology benefits, improving your headquarters, or of course focus on building gyrodynes around pulsars. It can be a problem for AP players. Energy Empire, a great game, waiting for the expansion 'Cold War'.
@sarahlanger26054 жыл бұрын
It's funny, I played all your mentioned games except for 2019, and we have one crossover and only one other game I consideres for my list... (And since I'm not doing a video, I have more than one game per year on my list when it was too hard to decide ^^) 2010: Hanabi 2011: Village 2012: Robinson Crusoe 2013: Concordia, Caverna 2014: Istanbul 2015: Codenames, Mysterium 2016: Terraforming Mars 2017: Altiplano 2018: Detective 2019: Res Arcana
@Autumn-hn8ip4 жыл бұрын
CastEEEEELLLLLLLLLL!
@ServiceDogPuppyRaiser3 жыл бұрын
Can you guys do a How to Play of Wendake? Theres not much out there to help us learn 😔
@TheBrothersMurph3 жыл бұрын
Ooooh that'd be fun. we haven't done teach videos on the channel really but one thing we've toyed around with is bringing back a segment called board game highlight where we go a little more in depth on games. Also we can live stream it soon! Now I just wanna play it
@ServiceDogPuppyRaiser3 жыл бұрын
@@TheBrothersMurph we got Wendake right when it came out....and it has sat on the shelf ever since 😔 we have over 300 games now and love gaming so much, but some games...if theres not a good video....never get played. I know we will LOVE it, once we know how to play it..... Since you love it so much and theres not much out there for it, maybe it would be the perfect time to try your hand at teaching games....even a live playthru would be fantastic!! 😊😊😊😊
@JosephFlemming4 жыл бұрын
2011. fresh out of high school. no path in life. nothing has changed. LOL. [wha, who's been reading my thoughts!
@TheTrout90004 жыл бұрын
Take a shot each time they say decade.
@zackbrothers18544 жыл бұрын
Nick, I love that hoodie! Can you share where you got it?
@TheBrothersMurph4 жыл бұрын
Gen Con's Merch Store!
@johncorrigan2684 жыл бұрын
Very odd way to list best games of a decade. Some years may have a number of stone cold classics other years could be meah.
@TheSquirtpie4 жыл бұрын
Where'd you get that sweatshirt man!
@j-plarouche99594 жыл бұрын
im wondering the same !
@TheBrothersMurph4 жыл бұрын
It is from Gen Con's Merch Store!
@kchorst50374 жыл бұрын
You've said often you play most games at 2p. Does Abyss hold up in 2p? I've heard elsewhere the tension is too low on whether to pass or 'take a character'(?) .... Also, fun idea... 2010 - 7 Wonders 2011 - The Castles of Burgundy 2012 - Tokaido 2013 - Sushi Go (least favorite year) 2014 - The Castles of Mad King Ludwig 2015 - Viticulture 2016 - Worlds Fair 1893 2017 - Sagrada 2018 - Welcome To... 2019 - Wingspan
@TheBrothersMurph4 жыл бұрын
Its better with 3-4. With The leviathan expansion, it makes it better at 2, but it's still better at 3-4 for sure
@kchorst50374 жыл бұрын
@@TheBrothersMurph Ok! Thanks for the reply!
@GGdeTOURS374 жыл бұрын
Never went to "Orleeens" but I live in France near Orleans by the way LOL!
@_Piers_4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, the mispronunciation is probably understandable here...as they're just saying it like they would for New Orleans. Wrong though, so very wrong :D
@SuperLkelley4 жыл бұрын
great list!
@stellaraphid5654 жыл бұрын
Great Western Trail is Brilliant!!!!!!
@omnitheus54424 жыл бұрын
Wow Paladins for this year... Wow. Barrage? Terramara? Tristmegistus? Flotilla? Please....
@TheBrothersMurph4 жыл бұрын
And yet, Paladins beats them all.
@eVanDiesel4 жыл бұрын
Hey Mike, why not just name the best game of 2020-2029? Because you haven't played those games yet either. 😜😜😜
@MeM_UK4 жыл бұрын
Isn't it a year early to talk about the end of the decade?
@brantshepherd93874 жыл бұрын
Y’all have mentioned that you don’t drink every time you’ve talked about Viticulture. Would you mind saying why you don’t drink?
@TheBrothersMurph4 жыл бұрын
Come from a verrrrrry long line of alcoholics and addicts, both parents are in recovery, Mike is in recovery. Our family is just a little too good at being addicted to stuff. No problem with other people drinking, but it's not for us.
@brantshepherd93874 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your candidness and all of the fantastic content.
@leonardmeyer46784 жыл бұрын
Are one of you in a car commercial
@TheBrothersMurph4 жыл бұрын
Leonard Meyer yes indeed! The one who looks like the dude in the commercial is indeed the dude in the commercial haha
@kayakbrent4 жыл бұрын
I will miss you so much! All the awkward pauses, single entendre, bathroom humor, wet blanket, eeyore, captain obvious, embarrassing, face-palming, terrible hosting....and the often questionably insensitive "cultural accents". Oops! Sorry, wrong channel.
@seanmorgan22574 жыл бұрын
i have onirim on my phone, was enjoying it until i bought some expansions and it ruined the experience for me
@TheBrothersMurph4 жыл бұрын
I've only ever played the swirly one, I like that one
@hoolio1979004 жыл бұрын
Very progressive to play as Norwegians. I approve.
@TheBrothersMurph4 жыл бұрын
We must be true to our heritage!
@MrRadialdrift4 жыл бұрын
Viticulture is the best game Jamey has made? It had to have 4 editions to fix the mess of the first attempt.
@TheBrothersMurph4 жыл бұрын
radialdrift masterpieces aren’t made in the first try. Gotta workshop em!
@MrRadialdrift4 жыл бұрын
@@TheBrothersMurph Yeah and Jamey hasn't made a masterpiece to date. Right, so its OK that the consumer has to pay for the same product multiple times until the designer finally figures out how to make the game work? He made a wine making game, where you could consistently win by making zero wine and give wine tasting tours with no wine in your cellars for 1vp. What a masterpiece of game design. Jamey is a excellent salesmen and marketing guru, but by no way a great game designer.
@TheBrothersMurph4 жыл бұрын
radialdrift if you don’t pay for something 4 times, did you ever really own it?
@MrRadialdrift4 жыл бұрын
@@TheBrothersMurph Yes, I was unfortunate enough to buy the 1st ED, which was a broken mess. Then I had the choice, fork out another $90 to buy the Tuscany expansion that may fix the game or sell a useless and now worthless copy of 1st Ed at a major loss. Jamey could have offered a discount to those unfortunate to have bought the 1st ED, but hey, why not milk the community and get them to pay for your game twice. His attitude towards improving his design ability is rather poor. Going off the obvious lack of play testing that Tapestry has had, and I have played it more than once, I am not surprised he has made yet another game that is poorly designed, and essentially charged consumers to be his beta testers. Good on him I say. As long as games look pretty, have minis board gamers seem to not care less and he seems happy to exploit the community. Jamey is an expert salesman and marketing genius but a piss poor game designer.
@TheDaniel1210824 жыл бұрын
wtf... you wearing make up? or my eyes is wrong?
@TheBrothersMurph4 жыл бұрын
We're not, but it would be completely fine if we were