Top 10 Ridiculous Games
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Күн бұрынTom Vasel, Zee Garcia, and Mike DiLisio take a look at the top 10 games that they find silly, bizarre, befuddling, strange, or otherwise ridiculous.
Intro - 00:00
Mike 10 - 03:48
Zee 10 - 06:23
Tom 10 - 08:53
Mike 9 - 10:47
Zee 9 - 13:10
Tom 9 - 15:20
Mike 8 - 17:08
Zee 8 - 19:37
Tom 8 - 21:48
Mike 7 - 24:30
Zee 7 - 28:28
Tom 7 - 30:30
Mike 6 - 32:34
Zee 6 - 35:30
Tom 6 - 37:45
Mike 5 - 40:12
Zee 5 - 42:44
Tom 5 - 45:11
Mike 4 - 47:53
Zee 4 - 50:24
Tom 4 - 51:11
Mike 3 - 52:46
Zee 3 - 56:15
Tom 3 - 58:29
Mike 2 - 1:01:01
Zee 2 - 1:03:09
Tom 2 - 1:05:11
Mike 1 - 1:07:13
Zee 1 - 1:10:13
Tom1 - 1:12:16
People's Choice 1:14:50
Outro - 1:20:20
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@cheyenneluvsapples Жыл бұрын
Mike was an old teacher of mine! How cool how the world is small! Best psychology and sociology teacher!
@infinityorzero Жыл бұрын
I love that the Top 10 guys (including Sam Healey) have teaching backgrounds.
@mattvucu6706 11 ай бұрын
I think it helps, they are well trained
@anothername2730 8 ай бұрын
He seems like a super cool dude!
@JJ_TheGreat Жыл бұрын
42:33 The best tiebreak rule, imo, comes from the game of Arboretum: "the tied players both plant a tree. In five years' time, the player whose tree has grown the tallest wins" :-
@theSolemnBard Жыл бұрын
One of my favorite rules in general is in Tindahan, aka Filipino Fruit Market: in the event of a tie, designer Peer Sylvester wins, even if he wasn't playing
@paulabbottii6937 Жыл бұрын
This sounds like a Dwight Schrute rule.
@danacoleman4007 Жыл бұрын
That does sound hard to beat!
@alwaysardent1125 Жыл бұрын
That is amazing
@anothername2730 8 ай бұрын
@@paulabbottii6937lol, it totally does sound like a Dwight Schrute rule.
@Mister_Samuel_T_Owen Жыл бұрын
THIS CHEMISTRY! Unbeatable. Right off on the first game I am already dying of laughter. Every time Mike, Tom, and Zee come together, it keeps the doctor away.
@anothername2730 8 ай бұрын
I know, so enjoyable to watch these 3 together. Honestly, all the members of DT seem to have good chemistry. Tom has done a good job of building the crew.
@IndianaGeologist Жыл бұрын
The trio of Mike, Tom, and Zee is the best trio in DT history. Love you guys!
@izzathafiz Жыл бұрын
If I ever need a reference video for method acting, Zee acting as Sam is that video. Sublime.
@flawed1 Жыл бұрын
I just like to say that I think the reason these lists continue to work is because Tom gives everyone such freedom to interpret what should be on the list. It would be easy to tell people exactly what the list titled meant. Then they would end up too similar
@danacoleman4007 Жыл бұрын
I was thinking the same thing. Sometimes the other contributors complain that something is too broad a topic, but they should be celebrating that fact instead. Sly like a fox, that Thomas is!
@lupitajones7 Жыл бұрын
Zee to Mike: “32 you animal” 😂😂😂😂😂
@bradjohnston8825 Жыл бұрын
oh my lord. Mike got so invested, he forgot how to multiply, priceless
@TheTrout9000 Жыл бұрын
I, one million percent, would love to own a T-shirt that says “Ask me about my see-saw.”
@dylanshearsbyart Жыл бұрын
Zee, Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat did exactly that (the Fake Artist thing) of taking turns making marks on paintings. Just thought I'd mention for trivia sake..
@soogymoogi Жыл бұрын
The way you wrote that I thought for a second Zee was making marks on paintings with Warhok and Basquiat! Lol
@dylanshearsbyart Жыл бұрын
@@soogymoogi haha, I wish Zee was in that scene in the movie Basquiat
@afaik1Ben Жыл бұрын
Mike, at 32:10 , it's not a possessive s. The apostrophe in that case means that a word is abbreviated. In this case " 's" is short for "es", meaning "it". Therefore, a pretty direct translation of the game title would be "Shake It". (Oh, btw, it's German.)
@bonmacp Жыл бұрын
“Poetry for Neanderthals” is my pick. Hitting people with the “NO!” stick is so much fun, and the game is just totally ridiculous stupid fun. I highly recommend it! 😂
@boboy1000 Жыл бұрын
Love that there was no previous discussion what ridiculous meant in relation to board games, made the video a lot of fun.
@noizeemama3697 9 ай бұрын
The look on Zee's face when the others couldn't do some multiplication...
@Bllurr1 Жыл бұрын
As ever, "ridiculous" doesn't have to be a negative quality. Sometimes things succeed entirely because they are ridiculous in the right way.
@TheSwedeJay Жыл бұрын
This is one of my favorite Top 10 lists of all time. All forms of seriousness, ridiculousness and humor.
@greghoggard102 Жыл бұрын
This type of list is so amazing to put together! Games most of us would never come across and so fun to find out about them! Hoping Bible Brawl makes the list (at number 9 right now)
@woj_kal Жыл бұрын
Zee has a talent for small unknown games. Perfect for this list
@zoopzoooom Жыл бұрын
“Uh, you can make anything a game if you’re brave enough, um.” -Zee 2022
@danacoleman4007 Жыл бұрын
I really laughed at that statement! I think he might be right
@kyleb8117 Жыл бұрын
This was a fun video to watch, as I expected. It was so fun watching the banter and jokes on this one. 😂 I love Tokyo Jidohanbaiki (Mike's #7). You can create any game you like with it, but I quite like the one where you're buying stock in shapes/colors of the bottles. The suggested dexterity game is quite fun, too. It makes me wish I was clever enough to make up a really fun game with it. Probably would try to make one that makes it more likely for stuff to stick in the vending machine. I do wish they got stuck in there more often.
@davidwitzany5852 Жыл бұрын
Fun fact: Mouse Trap and Rock 'em Sock 'em Robots (implied in the episode) were designed by Marvin Glass and Associates. They also designed Lite Brite, Operation, and Simon.
@hucz Жыл бұрын
Classics
@garettsuperloser804 Жыл бұрын
Operation - AKA The, how much caffeine have you had, game!
@BellydancerMaliha Жыл бұрын
You guys make me laugh. This was so much fun to watch! These games do look ridiculous but some of them are also strangely intriguing…
@boardgameplays Жыл бұрын
I 100% was hoping for the Bang the Dice Game reference. Lol. Thanks for delivering.
@Mokhnaar Жыл бұрын
As soon as Zee started impersonating Sam i KNEW he would mention bang the dice game. Haha !
@Straddllw Жыл бұрын
Cosmic Frog - you’re gigantic galactic frogs that eats terrain (as in entire desert or forests or wastelands etc) and store it in your belly. Then you vomit it up into your safe from last to first to score points
@tdubkickflic Жыл бұрын
this game is chaos! agreed
@john-qz3fu Жыл бұрын
I thought this too. Easy pick for this list.
@rexology_bg Жыл бұрын
Zee's list is so good!
@marcohoehener463 Жыл бұрын
Love the Lokus subtitle 😂😂 'Pooing until the bowl smokes' 😂😂😂
@noizeemama3697 9 ай бұрын
This was my favorite video of The Dice Tower. Had me laughing along with you.
@daem0nfaust Жыл бұрын
"You can make anything a game if you're brave enough" LOL
@mr0santan Жыл бұрын
I would buy a shirt with Mike's actual face on the front and "ask me about my see-saw" on the reverse
@soogymoogi Жыл бұрын
It has to be the silly face he made for the PowerPoint on the "top 5 turnoffs" video
@justinwebb2214 Жыл бұрын
Totally interpreted this top 10 differently than Tom, Zee, and Mike did lol Here was some i originally had: Gatefall - Ridiculous "minis" size. Like Absurd! Ultra Tiny Epic games ( Galaxies/Kingdoms) - Like why do we need Ultra Tiny Epic lol Smash Up - Theme; gotta love when Steampunk Princess take on Killer Plant Spidermen and Ghost Haflings lol Funkoverse - Theme again. Funny Chibi's fighting eachother in ridiculous/fun fashion Ice Cool - the flicking mechanic Disney Sidekicks - Cute, Family, Disney, approachable game right? Wrong! Hard, convoluted, boring game lol King of Tokyo - Theme wise just always seemed like giant monsters having a Ho-down or tango dance party on a poor city lol
@-RTC- Жыл бұрын
Mike’s comment on the Lokus cover has me cracking up!
@aaronjosephson8207 Жыл бұрын
Would love to see a top 10 list of Best Tie Breakers!
@LegoAssassin098 Жыл бұрын
Great list!
@deancoun6460 Жыл бұрын
:) Many, Many Congrats for your videos !
@scottelam3726 Жыл бұрын
Did anyone consider My Little Scythe? Started as a Vasel joke and turned into a really good game.
@hucz Жыл бұрын
the game itself isn't ridiculous I don't think, it's a funny concept like Twilight Inscription, but even Tom agrees that doesn't fit the criteria for this list
@jameskirk4692 Жыл бұрын
That was interesting and entertaining. Thank you!
@connermcgraw2829 Жыл бұрын
Can we please get a game of Brian drake and other magicians playing cheating moths
@chrismyers9897 Жыл бұрын
I have a fondness for cheating moths. Tons of fun with my game group. My wife is very good as disappearing cards right in front of people watching.
@danacoleman4007 Жыл бұрын
@@chrismyers9897 My wife does that with money
@mgk2020 12 күн бұрын
Tom justifies his #1 with the exact same argument he criticized Mike for using on Mike's #10.
@pnutbutrncrackers Жыл бұрын
I kind of disagree with Zee on A Fake Artist Goes to New York. Sure, if you press the details as exactingly as he did it doesn't hold together. But I've always liked the backstory -- that someone on the lamb (from what, we don't know) is trying to blend in with a group of artists in order to keep his identity from being discovered. THAT makes sense. Regarding the exact particulars after that, dip your brush into a little imagination on your palette and carry on!🎨
@montyfarris Жыл бұрын
I was going to be disappointed if Zee forgot about the party favor game, He did not disappoint
@srdaniel2 Жыл бұрын
Best closing statement yet, "Cthulhu behind you"
@CosmicFrogX Жыл бұрын
Lokus has a heart on the door because (almost) all outhouses in bavaria have a heart shaped peephole. It's there for ventilation, to see if it's occupied (or somebody got unconcious, which could happen because of gases) and if you turn the heart shape around it resembles a butt (that's why it got picked for a toilet symboly back in the days, it's a modest and descreet pictogram).
@astevezimm Жыл бұрын
"Who's the Dude" where you do charades with an inflatable doll.
@matteopanza7083 Жыл бұрын
"Aye, dark overlord" is pretty ridiculous as well
@Silica_Packer Жыл бұрын
Mike's t shirt should have his dice character on both sides of a seesaw with "ASK ME ABOUT MY SEESAW !" Above the seesaw pic.
@sirremicable Жыл бұрын
40:20 implied poop is the name of my puddle of mud cover band
@Tzimisce25 Жыл бұрын
I remembered Dr. Shark from the bad games from great designers list, it was on Zee's list, so it is not surprising Zee hates it :)
@racheldav4643 Жыл бұрын
Thinking about a “Mike” mask for Halloween. Not sure the world can handle it.
@koalabrownie Жыл бұрын
Zee played Sarah's Vision on a Testing Tuesday video - also QE is Tom's bang the dice game.
@littlemissevel3607 Жыл бұрын
I assumed A Fake Artist Goes To New York .. was representational of .. a fictional conversation rather than in any way literal. Like everyone is talking about how great one piece of art is and you have no idea why they like it so you are pretending to like and just say something to fit in .. 'ah yess.. the textual brushstrokes upon the rotten banana speaks volumes' ... to which they reply 'that's an elbow' ...for example.
@-Tristan- 8 ай бұрын
Excellent list. Had a really good time watching. Zee's one literally blows 🥳🥳🥳 🐘
@eckoschreiber Жыл бұрын
Dear Mike, I really liked Elefantenparade from '88, moving your own and the elephants of other players, to race but also avoid puddles;o) Similarly Mitternachtsparty aka Escape from the hidden castle from '89 was also a very light but quite fun party racing game. Cheers!
@darbyl3872 Жыл бұрын
Camel Up was fun, before the new version came out. Now, it's even more fun, with players' camels landing on the camels going backwards! Ridiculous, and great.
@PerStarback Жыл бұрын
There are several really ridiculous concepts behind several games from Cheapass Games. The first one I thought of when seeing the title is "Bitin' Off Hedz" where you play dinosaurs in a suicide race up a volcano trying to throw themselves into that volcano.
@art.ref.eugecagayandeoroci9986 Жыл бұрын
btw, as an illustrator playing with my illustration friends we had a blast with Fake Artist Goes To New York. And, no, we don't draw that well when we play XD
@xxDaManxx Жыл бұрын
Fun episode!
@KuddlyKisses Жыл бұрын
My top (and probably only) ridiculous game that I still own is "Bugs in the Kitchen."
@MadmanCZ Жыл бұрын
Rampage or Terror in Meeple City is such a fun game. I have two kids and we are often play this game and have a blast. Yeah, granted its not. not aimed ať adults but its a fun game.
@benf1742 Жыл бұрын
Battletech is back, baby, and it’s awesome!
@adamg4912 Жыл бұрын
14:15 It may be ridiculous to play as a genetic trait but it does make perfect sense. They may not be a conscious entity but they do have the goal of being reproduced--who knows how much these traits drive our behavior (the fact that I have dark hair/skin and I'm "mysteriously" attracted to women with dark hair/skin, is just one example of their power over our supposed "free will").
@soogymoogi Жыл бұрын
I'd argue some of that is social, especially when it comes to race/culture, but yeah, there have been some studies done that show people are more attracted to genetically similar folks iirc. Interesting thought
@davidchampagne9802 Жыл бұрын
I own the Queen Games' Shogun 2006 version. The battle system uses a tower where you drop little cubes (armies) and some of them will get stuck in. It's a good game but ridiculous combat results from the tower. Very frustrating when you attack with 8 cubes someone who has 3, then the tower result screw you with a 2-3 result. Sometimes after the final points countdown we empty the tower to find why someone has lost the game even if he played well, a lot of his cubes stuck inside.
@tarndra1234 Жыл бұрын
That spiky game reminds me of the one and only time we played taco, cat, goat, cheese, pizza. I sliced my partners hand open with my nail…😅
@hencole 8 ай бұрын
I owned Dart Wars. Great concept, but the magnetic darts/board did not work and the darts often fell out or slid down the board making it basically unplayable. A cork version would have been great.
@schuechen Жыл бұрын
The three commandments does also not start with an f in German (it's just Die drei Gebote), but it's also not published by 2F-Spiele
@adamg4912 Жыл бұрын
59:52 The incredibly rare occurrence when I've been playing a game for a long time that Tom, Zee and Mike haven't played it yet...I had to make note of it.
@longtimeninerfan1309 Жыл бұрын
Even the start of the countdown is ridiculous!
@hanseathl Жыл бұрын
Schüttel's means "Shake it" - makes sense even though it is a little extra weird that the meeple people are referred to as "it" - however, Great list
@piratesofpa55 Жыл бұрын
I think the "it" refers to the cup containing the people.
@marymerell Жыл бұрын
Basically all traditional outhouses in Finland have a heart shaped "window" on the door. You know, why have square if you can have a heart. :D
@andymcguire237 Жыл бұрын
I would def have included Pingo Pingo in here. What a ridiculous and wacky game!
@afrank525 Жыл бұрын
Dart Wars looks amazing!
@rockthemic12 Жыл бұрын
The trick with a flying carpet is to be high enough off the ground that it can catch you if you fall off.
@jenifadesu Жыл бұрын
IGLOO POP! My kids loved that game. Glad we held onto it!
@joenelson2170 Жыл бұрын
I feel like I’m watching a security camera. Why am I looking down at you?
@cpnpmp94 Жыл бұрын
I finally own a game on an obscure list!!! Jidohanbaiki and Coin Laundry ftw! Lol
@JJ_TheGreat Жыл бұрын
1:03:14 …Shuffle!… Truffle Shuffle!… Nah, I’m just messing with you. I had heard about this game from one of your guys’ prior Dice Tower lists! :)
@JJ_TheGreat Жыл бұрын
50:41 This game, especially with its plastic igloo components, reminds me of a game which was just on Kickstarter - called “Abducktion”. That one also has plastic components.
@BG_StuartJ Жыл бұрын
I own "Shootin' Ladders", the sequel to "Run for your Life, Candyman". It's a battle game on a "Chutes 'n' Ladders" board and uses the same player sheets with tearing off limbs. All the weapons are candy puns/jokes.
@martinteece8983 Жыл бұрын
argh three commandments played a few times and omg it was a cluster bleep. but it was fun when you absolutely no idea what the scoring cards are
@JohnWiedenhoeft Жыл бұрын
The heart in the outhouse door is prototypical in Germany and widely recognizable. I don't know why, but you'll be hard pressed (pun intended) to find a wooden outhouse without it.
@scottbender9056 Жыл бұрын
In the US it’s traditionally a crescent moon hole.
@robinmarks4771 Жыл бұрын
Twilight Inscription is a superb pick, Mike.
@lazykbys Жыл бұрын
Yep. A Roll and Write that only goes up to eight players? Absurd!
@danacoleman4007 Жыл бұрын
I think Mike's number one is not so much ridiculous as it is just plain dumb, maybe.
@TylerAndToast Жыл бұрын
That shirt needs to happen! Lol
@christopherchild4022 Жыл бұрын
Still waiting for official Dice Tower “Ask me about my see-saw” tee shirts, guys!
@taejaskudva2543 Жыл бұрын
I would buy a shirt with Mike holding a boat captioned "Ask me about my seesaw" ....
@JonReid01 Жыл бұрын
23:05 okay who can find the link to the live play of mountains of madness with Zee Tom and Sam?
@randito2387 10 ай бұрын
Hand To Hand Wombat should be on this list. It's silly fun.
@tuntemon Жыл бұрын
Some out houses here in europe has a hole in from of a heart, diamond or crescent moon on the doors. Have seen quite a few at least here in sweden on vacations. Since that game is german, it does make sense to have a heart hole on the door. One of my silliest game is Meeple Circus. Trying to balance meeples, animals and some other pieces to make specific combinations. While the classic circus tune plays, also. The person fastest gets to grab a bonus. Real time, stress and very silly. It takes around 15 min to play.
@hobbyholic42 Жыл бұрын
My kids would want that vending machine from Tokyo Jidohanbaiki for their dollhouse 😊
@XCM666 Жыл бұрын
I believe the theme for "Igloo Pop" is an elaborate pun. In Germany, the most famous brand of fish sticks is "Käpt'n Iglo". Could it be? We may never know..
@MrScrawnjuan Жыл бұрын
So how many shirts have you sold so far of Mike's face with, Ask Me About My Seesaw
@MatsSelberg 7 ай бұрын
You have to do a Trüffel Schnüffel live play some day
@petercsm5769 Жыл бұрын
Do you prefer Cheating Moth or Schummel Hummel? This is a great idea for a list because it brings to light some lesser known and insane games.
@flol.1741 Жыл бұрын
How did Ugg-Tect not make any of these lists?
@geoclap Жыл бұрын
I don't buy shirts with funny phrases on them... But if you made an ask me about my seesaw shirt, I would buy it so fast!
@stefan_nikolic Жыл бұрын
Such a fun list 😄 Here's one more - CATAiN is a Japanese parody of Catan in which the goal is to create the longest poop!
@augustinhamza303 Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@RvLeshrac Жыл бұрын
Draper said somewhere that the problem was the Tokyo Jidohanbaiki vending machine was made "too well," so bottles don't get stuck in it. This basically just ruins every single game that uses it.
@MegaIndecisive Жыл бұрын
Shoot Your Friends. Absolutely ridiculous. I still have my copy of Rampage. :)
@tinstargames Жыл бұрын
Oh that mask game looks lit