Acquire is one game that holds up after 50 years.

Anachrony

Awkward Guests indeed: my favorite from the A games I own. And I just noticed in this video, although it has been around for some time now: I love that the time signatures in the separator jingles correspond to the numbers themselves! (Starting with number 9, that is) That’s a really, really cool detail!

Came here for Abyss.

I really like this topic as a 5-6th year watching. Tom did these solo in the past; hearing the crossovers & lack of cult of the new is entertaining.

Chris is so wonderfully witty.

Agricola (just putting my favorite games individually to see which get the thumbs)

Akropolis is my most played board game that starts with A.

My top 5 that start with “A” 5) Altiplano 4) Alhambra 3) Agricola 2) Ark Nova 1) Architects of the West Kingdom

3-way cross-over for Aquatica (#573 on BGG), but not one mention of Alchemists from anyone (#152 on BGG). Such an underrated game.

Alhambra. I play this a lot on BGA too.

Azul

Age of Steam and Arkwright - Number 1 and 2 of all times for me personally

Nice to see Adrenaline get a mention, it's very under-rated/under-appreciated. Great game. I remember the first time I played it with my old game group and warning them not to gang up on the same person (which was usually me), but they didn't listen and I was killed more than anyone else, but I won the game. :-) Very satisfying.

I picked up Adventure Land a few years ago based on Tom's recommendation. I've enjoyed it a bunch ever since.

I wanted to see how many crossovers I have with the DT: 10. Abyss 9. Aeon’s End 8. Age of Empires 3 7. Azul 6. Architects of the West Kingdom 5. Apiary 4. Amerigo 3. Ark Nova 2. Agricola 1. Arkham Horror: The Card Game

Good list! My top 10 letter A games: 10. At the Gates of Loyang 9. Azul 8. Automania 7. Alice’s Garden 6. Animals on Board 5. Aquatica 4. Asking for Trobils 3. Aristocracy 2. AQUA 1. Akropolis

1. Arcadia Quest 2. Arkham Horror 2nd ed. 3. Age of Atlantis (Double A!) 4. Amsterdam 5. Anunnaki

10. Abyss 9. Alhambra 8. Above and Below 7. Agricola 6. Acquire 5. Amerigo 4.Anachrony 3. Ark Nova 2. Antiquity 1.Amsterdam

We need a metagame in these where they try to explain their numer 10s with as many words starting with the letter as possible

1. Architects of the West Kingdom 2. Ancient Knowledge 3. Alhambra 4. Aquatica 5. Archeos Society 6. Azul (Stained Glass of Sintra) 7. Akropolis 8. Adrenaline 9. Aeon's End 10. Amul Top 5 games that I'm interested in playing at some point are Abyss, Amun-Re, Apiary, Ark Nova and Atlantis Rising. Other games that I've liked include Agricola, Arboretum, A.R.T. Project and Awkward Guests, which all could potentially have a chance at appearing there somewhere if I had played them more and knew them better.

3. Aquatica 2. Above and Below 1. Azul.

My top 5 As 5. Abyss 4. Adrenaline 3. Ascension tactics 2. Air land and sea 1. Ark nova

Fun list! My favorite “A” games are 1. Aeons End 2. Azul 3. Air Land & Sea 4. Arkham Horror the Card Game 5. All Time Wrestling Honorable Mention: Animals in Espionage

I thought this would be harder, but then there were enough of "A" games I enjoy to make myself a valid top 5 (after that, it's more iffy) so they are: 5. Abomination: Heir of Frankenstein 4. Ark Nova 3. Anno 1800 2. Alchemists 1. Anachrony

This one was hard to narrow down to 10! Mine would be: 1. Axis & Allies 2. Apiary 3. Alice is Missing 4. Ancient Knowledge 5. Age of War 6. Aqua Garden 7. Abyss 8. The Alpha 9. Alma Matter 10. Arcane Academy

I'm totally with Chris about Agricola, "all creatures big and small" gives me all the best parts of Agricola in a fraction of the time and complexity. I got rid of normal Agricola, but this one will stay (until I find this big box edition maybe)

this is such a fun idea for a top 10 series.. looking forward for the rest of the alphabet

Android: Netrunner not even mentioned?! :(

My top 10 for those interested: 10. Agemonia 9. Arkham Horror 2E 8. Apiary 7. Aeons End 6.Age of Innovation 5.Alchemists 4.Anno 1800: The Board Game 3.Archipelago 2. Ark Nova 1. Anachrony Honorable mentions to ARCS...just have not had enough time to dive into campaign expansion, but have a feeling it will break onto this list.

My top 25: 25. Age of Empires III 24. Awkward Guest 23. Apiary 22. Akropolis 21. Age of Steam 20. Arboretum 19. After the Empire 18. Age of Innovation 17. Atlantis Rising (Second Edition) 16. Anno 1800 15. Aquatica 14. Android: Netrunner 13. Arkham Horror 12. Amerigo 11. A Game of Thrones (Second Edition) 10. Abyss 09. Ankh: Gods of Egypt 08. Aeon's End 07. Agricola 06. Architects of the West Kingdom 05. Azul 04. Arkham Horror: The Card Game 03. Anachrony 02. A Feast for Odin 01. Ark Nova

Asara comes in at 4 or 5 for me. Get the most of something (like Alhambra except towers instead of buildings) and uses cards as workers. Kramer & Kiesling.

Ark Nova is my number 1!

A lot of crossover with you three but my top 5 favorite games that start with A are: 5. Ancient Terrible Things: Reawakened 4. Ark Nova 3. Adventure Tactics: Domianne's Tower 2. Atlantis Rising 2nd Edition 1. Aeon's End (+Astro Knights; like Chris I like AE a little more but giving AE my number 1 slot and AK my number 2 slot felt weird with how similar they are) Honorable mentions to Ankh: Gods of Egypt and Azul

Delivery is here with the pizza mmmmmmmmmm. Looks like it's gonna be a modern classic.

Archeology: The New Expedition

For me my easy number 1 is Android: Netrunner.

Really waiting for C, wanna see if a certain masterpiece from the year 2000 (no, not that one the other one) shows up

My to would be: 10 Agra, 9 Antike II, 8 Awkward Guests, 7 Ark Nova, 6 Ankh, 5 Agricola, 4 Alchemists, 3 Architects of the West Kingdom, 2 Aquatica, and 1 Argent: the Consortium. Argent is also my overall #1 game too.

I only have 9 rated games that start with A but how I would rank them is: 1. Atlantis Rising (2nd Edition) 2. Agricola 3. Architects of the West Kingdom 4. Azul: Stained Glass of Sintra 5. Among the Stars 6. Android: Netrunner 7. Age of War 8. Attacktix 9. Apples to Apples

Trying to do my own list while they go through I thought I would struggle to get 10 but in the end I had heaps. Azul, Ark Nova, Arkham Horror 2e, Aquatica, Age of Wonders planetfall, Alhambra, architects of the west kingdom , asara, asking for trobils, artemis project.

In real life, a red face indicates anger.

Aquatica

Sounds like Awkward Guests needs a Catchupalooza

Arboretum

Apiary is my #1

Scrubs reference during Amun Re!!!!

Wich are good/best for 2 player?

I really love Aladdins Dragons (although it's called Morgenland in Dutch). We have Adventure Land as well (with expansion) and I would add Arcadia Quest.

Anachrony, Amerigo,, Altiplano

Abomination, in the shorter and more streamlined second edition.

Advance to Boardwalk

Azul: Summer Pavilion

No Agemonia? Kinda surprised

...I'm gonna pull out Aladdin's Dragons at the retreat just to see if you put a chiclet in it...

Ankh, Agricola and Azul are the only ones that come to mind

A-Z - great idea this will be fun

high score in scrabble and highest point in 1 turn and or 1 word score wrote down in lid.

NOOOOOOOOOOO! THEY REMOVED THE WORM BUCKET 😭

AuZtralia, Abomination, Ark Nova, Azul, Abyss

I kind of love this idea! I'm surprised no ones done it before

Alien frontiers is up there on my list

Ark Nova would be an easy #1 for me.

CHEEKLES: meeples with....

Hooch IS crazy!

Aliens Another Glorious Day In the Corps

Aphex Theropod. The end. 🦖🦕

"anyhow"

Difficult letters: J, Q, U, X, Y, Z

Arkham Horror

Architects of the West Kingdom

Auztralia

Overlooked gems: Amul: a completely underrated card drafting game AEGIS: Combining robots! Around the world in 80 days: simple but great family game.

Did I miss something? Did Mike move away?

Agemonia

I would say this is a good idea but you already did it once. I did listen to all of them though. 😂

I am shocked Anachrony was completely shunned. Blasphemy

Axis and Allies # one for me. Nothing close.

Archeology

Arkham horror lcg

Abandon All Artichokes

Alien Frontiers

Interesting

Age of Innovation

FINALLY! You stole back the series I stole from you! 😅

What game changed from an A name to an E name?

Aeons Trespass

Ark Nova Abyss Anachrony Argent: The Consortium Arkham Horror: The Card Game Agemonia Acquire Automania Aventuria: Adventure Card Game Azul: Stained Glass of Sintra

5. Attack! 4. Age of Renaissance 3. Air Baron 2. Adel Verflichtet (renamed Hoity Toity) 1. Advanced Civilization

Apiary

Anno 1800

Aliens Another glorious day in the crop

Artemis Project and Abomination!

Amsterdam

Oh my god I thought this was a joke…

My top 10 1. Ark nova 2. Arboretum 3. Above and below 4. Ascension 5.azul stained glass of sentra 6. Altiplano 7.aquire 8. Architects of the west kingdom 9. After us 10. Ancient knowledge

Is Fonzie there because he often says, "Aaaaay," or because you really jumped the shark with this topic? 😉

A Feast For Odin 😅

Archeos society Air land sea

That false note on the #9 jingle makes me cringe every time. I know we all react to changes, but I miss the previous jingles. They just sound so good.