The Dice Tower's original 'Top 10 Space Games' video was my first Dice Tower video ever. I watched it right after playing Star Realms for the first time. I googled something to the affect of "best space board games" and lo and behold the doors were opened to this amazing hobby. I binge watched every top 10 list that was out at the time and had a great list of games to start collecting. Thank you to everyone at the Dice Tower for facilitating my journey into the hobby.

One of the funniest top 10 I've seen.

Agree with you Sam that Eclipse is definitely not Twilight Imperium-lite. It's also much better than TI :)

So Zee turned into Tom by guessing the others, and Tom became Sam by having to preface his list and explain how it works...Sam must be Zee - wait, nevermind, his first game is 3 hours

Sam 10- Exodus: Proxima Centauri 9- Alien Frontiers 8- Alien Artifacts 7- The Expanse Board Game 6- Quantum 5- Cosmic Encounter 4- Mission: Red Planet (2nd ed) 3- Battlestar Galactica 2- Star Wars: Rebellion 1- Twilight Imperium 4th ed Tom 10- Core Worlds 9- Cosmic Encounter 8- Star Wars: Armada 7- Race for the Galaxy 6- Galaxy Trucker 5- Starfearers of Catan 4- Star Trek: Fleet Captains 3- Exodus: Proxima Centauri 2- Twilight Imperium 4th ed 1- Xia: Legends of a Drift System Zee 10- Asking for Trobils 9- Planet Defenders 8- Star Realms 7- Legendary Encounters Alien 6- Alien Artifacts 5- Alien Frontiers 4- Among the Stars 3- Mission: Red Planet (2nd ed) 2- Cosmic Encounter 1- Race for the Galaxy

You guys have such great chemistry together. Totally fun to watch.

You need to be tired more often, this top 10 was highly entertaining! 😃

Zee is the magical third friend who enhances the dynamics between Tom and Sam geometrically...

I think your lists are getting more and more entertaining. It's like hanging out and goofing off. Tons of fun!

My list: 1) Space Alert 2) Forbidden Stars 3) Pulsar 2849 4) Chimera Station 5) Merchant of Venus 6) Roll for the Galaxy (never played Race) 7) A Handful of Stars 8) Dark Moon 9) Terraforming Mars 10) TI3 (never played 4) Side note: I did play Eclipse, too, and liked it not bad, but less then TI3. Still I wouldn't agree it to be an Euro. Much less of an Euro than Blood Rage at least.

Sam was killing it with the one-liners on this list. Good work fella!

Thought Xia wasn't gonna make the cut, Tom didn't let me down!

Tom was so close to spitting out his drink after "My first spaceship." Missed opportunity for this video to make a top 10 Dice Tower videos.

1. Alien Frontiers: Glad to see Sam redeem this game a bit from his Turkey list. And Zee is a bit wrong, there are not "lots" of expansions, there are 2, with lots of expansion packs, which add to the expansions or base game with some more cards... anyways this game is fantastic, and while it can lend to some long games, I have successfully played 6 players in less than 3 hours. My 5th favorite game of all time. 2. Mission: Red Planet: I got to beta test this game and quite like it, and Tom eluded you can play 6 players in a short time. I found it plays in 90 minutes with 6 people. Great game, and light enough for my family. My 9th favorite game. 3. Cosmic Encounter: this needs some serious more play. I have only played it twice but absolutely loved it! My 11th favorite game. 4. Relic: Talisman in space but with improved mechanics! My 17th favorite game. 5. Xia: Legends of a Drift System: I was fairly certain I would like this game, but surprised in how much I did. It was a bit long, and would prefer to play a shorter game rather than a full version of it, besides if you play a full version, it no longer is a sand box game as the whole universe is discovered. My 34th favorite game. 6. Terraforming Mars: A bit long for what it is, but still a very good game. My 42nd favorite game. 7. Exodus: Proxima Centauri: If this got more play, it might increase its rank, but I do enjoy it. My 60th favorite game. 8. Burke's Gambit: this is a pretty good social deduction game that gets played at my family game nights. Several family members like it. Simple and fun. My 77th favorite game. 9. Star Wars Rebellion: I beta tested this game and enjoyed it. But it wasn't fantastic for me. It is a solid game though. It is not on my top 100. 10. Battlestar Galactica: No longer on my top 100, and probably won't play it any more because it's way too long for what it is, but is fun nonetheless.

I often listen to these while at work with the video hidden behind other screens. I happened to start watching the video right when "A Lion Arg..." came up on the screen, and I had to try very hard not to bust a gut laughing. Excellent video editing, and excellent delivery!

Those Top10 are fantastic. And it's coming from a guy who normally hates Top lists, but yours give so much insight into the hobby that I forget they are Tops. I'm using those to build my small collection ;) Keep it up guys !

Nice studio good job. I love the laughter. You can't force that kinda stuff. You've got something special here.

One of the most entertaining Top 10s ever! Whatever the situation was that made this comedy, keep on doing it.

No Merchant of Venus? I'm glad Xia made it... but I am shocked that Merchant of Venus didn't make it into any list. It is better than a couple of the games listed. IMHO

Man this was one of the funnier lists you guys have done in a while. I really need to get Core Worlds and Exodus: Proxima Centauri played. I've heard a lot of good things about it. My faves have to be: Race/Roll For the Galaxy Terraforming Mars Legendary Encounters: Alien Level 7 [Omega Protocol] Xenoshyft Dreadmire Among The Stars

Really enjoyed this top 10. Seeing you guys having fun during it was very amusing. Plus i just go mad for sci-fi / space themed games. Good job Sirs

I was also surprised no one had Forbidden Stars. My list: 1) Star Wars Rebellion 2) Star Wars Armada 3) Forbidden Stars 4) Star Fleet Battles 5) Star Trek Ascendancy 6) Eclipse 7) Cosmic Encounter 8) Alien Frontiers 9) Star Trek: Fleet Captains 10) Pulsar 2859

31:12 - Best moment in the video !

I had a great time watching this. One of the funniest top 10's

This was the golden period for these guys, the best at the best era for them.

Lots of great games in the lists, one the most complete episodes I remember. Still, I think that Sam, with whom I tend not to agree, owned the episode with his last 3 choices: BSG, Rebellion, TI4. Can't get better than that.

My top 10 space games 1 Race for the Galaxy 2 Firefly the Game 3 Roll for the Galaxy 4 Gaia Project 5 Starship Catan 6 Merchant of Venus 7 Space Hulk 8 Space Crusade 9 Starfarers of Catan 10 The Captain is Dead

Eclipse all the way

The energy was great in this vid, not that it is ever lackluster, but that was a very entertaining one to watch!

My own list, for the heck of it: 10) Eminent Domain 9) Roll for the Galaxy 8) Alien Artifacts 7) Galaxy Trucker 6) Mission: Red Planet 5) Cosmic Encounter 4)Eclipse 3) Among the Stars 2) Terraforming Mars (contest if you like, but at least with Colonies it's DEFINITELY in space. LOL) 1) Gaia Project Honorable mentions: Twilight Imperium, First Martians (seriously, this is way better than people give it credit for!), Dark Moon (I didn't think it counted because it's on a moon the whole time; but it would have been around #7)....

Oh my goodness, I just love it when everyone gets silly on the top ten lists!!!

This has been one of my absolute favorite Top 10s. So funny, great interaction, and great game choices! Well done!

Seriously one of the funniest top tens they’ve done. Enjoyed it immensely

I felt like during half of the list yelling "Board Game Fight!!!" lol

I find it really hard to rank games in order, but my Top 10 Space games would be The Expanse, Terraforming Mars (there is space! There's a space elevator and a city on one of the Martian moons! Fight me for it!), Space Cadets, Xia, Eminent Domain, Forbidden Stars, X-Wing, Twilight Imperium 3 or 4, Star Trek Ascendancy, Rex (it's got space ships that go around the board and bombard the planet from orbit, it counts in my book :P).

Thanks for chuckling at Sam's comment Zee - I was also chuckling as I wondered how many times Sam had been in space playing games.

I had fun LMAO, Please continue what yall are doing :)

"I fought some sun fools" Zee Garcia 2018

Great lists as always. Hilarious banter! Lost my shit when you put up the technical difficulties gag.

This is great! Professional yet a bit immature. I love it!

Federation Commander / Starship Battles for sure, was a bit surprised Terraforming Mars wasn't on the list.

Best review you've ever done. So entertaining watching you guys crack each other up.

The lack of any 40k games on any of the lists genuinely brings the sanity of these guys into sharp focus.

5:40 "I'm out" Literally 'L'-ing O L here

I like it when they do the predictions :)

You guys missed a chance. You should've used some cheap Halloween makeup to make Zee at least look like he had a black eye after the cut.

Orson Scott Card once said that in order for something to be SciFi instead of fantasy, it simply needs to have rivets.

Captain Mal has a single tear rolling down his cheek right now. :D

Wow, no GAIA PROJECT? That game is pretty good, guys. Literally playing on a space map with planets. No Terraforming Mars although that one isn't really spacefaring.

Even before I watch this video, I guarantee TI4 is on this list... because it is both space themed and takes up the most space on the table!! .... See what I did there??..... I'll let myself out....

After playing Roll for the Galaxy twice I bought it and sold Race for the Galaxy and have never regretted it.

Love the new crew but still happy I can come back and watch the old crew too!!! much love!

I think Sam’s point at 2:05 is a valid one, but technically, I think the word “terrestrial” specifically refers to Earth (from “terra”). If it took place on Mars for example, then it’s not terrestrial.

Finally......violence on a top 10 again! Thanks for the laughs guys. Great list.

This brightened my day, and I found some games to look into! Great vid guys!

TI3 light is called Burning Suns. Fantastic game if you can track it down. Tom has a copy but I doubt he's played it

My top 10 #10 Gravwell #9 Star Wars X-Wing Miniatures #8 Roll for the Galaxy #7 Space Cadets: Dice Duel #6 Star Realms #5 Quantum #4 Space Hulk: Death Angel #3 Space Alert #2 Batllestar Galactica #1 Race for the Galaxy Edit: Add Galaxy Trucker to this list at #3. Great game!

Aside from Tom, I would have thought Tiny Epic Galaxies would have been on a list

this has to be my favorite episode ever just due to the snark and the puns keep it up guys

Maybe it's time for Top 10 Space Games 2021...

The criterion for "Space Game" should be like the one for "Nautical/Sailing Game". You can't just be in some foreign place that would have required sailing/space travel. The game itself has to feature the nautical/space part itself.

I think the reason nobody is trying to beat TI is because there’s a much juicer market in all the players that have or want TI but just aren’t getting mileage out of it. I know of one copy sat on a shelf for I think its THIRD year, still sealed. Particularly anyone that has TI and isn’t playing it because of how long it is, you’re not going to sell them a bigger or equally large game because they know they’re not going to play it, regardless of how good it is and that’s before you’ve even managed to convince them that it is good.

Dice Tower, This is a great list! Really enjoyed listening to you guys. Still wish your lists were standardized, so everyone was rating them the same way. This is such an important list. There are so many good space games, I would love a part 2 of this list that racked and stacked the first 20 to 25 space games. My top Space games only extends to what I’ve played / owned: 1. Empires of the Void II (Like eating space candy: Sweet to play and delicious to look at. I just don’t think any other space game compares to how this game looks. I love what Ryan did with the planets and how the cards make them come alive, I feel like I’m in my favorite Sci TV show, or even Mass Effect!) 2. Alien Artifacts (Great setting love the world created, short and fulfilling) 3. Star Wars: X-Wing (As much as I like the shields I hate them too. Can really drag out the game. I wish turns weren’t so slow, and the game didn’t have a tendency to drag on. So cool to fly the ships around though.) Dark Horse #1 - Xia: Legends of a Drift System (I went all in on the last Kickstarter, looking forward to this one and a little nervous too). Dark Horse #2 - Eclipse 2nd Edition (Really happy Kolossal is working this one. Hopeful for streamlining and components. I don’t have time for 4 hour + games, so I’m really betting this one will hit the sweet spot for me.

I picked up Star Trek: Fleet Captains in mint condition for $20 last year. It's a lot of fun, I'm kind of surprised all 3 guys don't have it in their top 10!

Had to watch this while making my new space game.

Surprised to not see X-Wing or Firefly on the list. And no love for Sidereal Confluence? It's new but it's been a big hit in every group I've played it with, and it seems like the kind of game Tom would really enjoy, freeform trading with asymmetric alien species.

Can every top 10 be recorded first thing in the morning from now on please?

Hugely entertaining! Great stuff gentlemen.

Miss the three of you guys together.

We need a Twilight Imperium legacy game.

You should make Top 10 game out of print:P

Best top ten ever, regardless of the games you actually picked :) Would have been nice to hear Eric's choices on a list like this -- have you guys ever considered Skyping him in for one of these?

1- Star wars Armada 2 -Twilight imperium 4 3 - Race/roll for the galaxy 4 -Star wars Xwing 5 - Star realms 6 - Galaxy tuckers 7 - Xia (3 player with the expansion and not without!) 8 - Clank in space / Lengedary encounters? 9 - Star wars Rebellion 10 - Terraforming mars just bought destiny auroura, hope its good it certainly looks it so might get on my list!

Eminent Domain is one of my favourites.

Should’ve picked up Quantum when I saw it at Toys r us a while back

My #1 Firefly: The Board Game

You are having way too much fun! Great lists.

why is tom drinking out of a vase

No Space Empires 4x and I also missed Empires of the Void 2.

I love the thematic touch of having one of the Martian tripods from War of the Worlds in the reflection of the television. ;-)

Quite surprised and disapointed to not see High Frontier here. This is in my opinion the best space game both by its mechanics and its theme and how they are intertwined

RftG is much better than RftG!

Eclipse!

I’m legit shocked Eclipse didn’t make it

my list: 1-7. High Frontier 8. Last Frontier 9. Leaving Earth 10. (tied) RftG, ST:F, Firefly, BSG, Xia, CW, etc

Forbidden Stars Sam.... have you forgotten it, or just tired of talking about it not getting expansions? Yes one of the most entertaining. Keep it up

I haven't watched yet, but I am ecstatic to see this!!!!

Great XIA is my favorite!

I feel like this list is desperately crying out for an Empires of the Void II review.

Happy New year Guys. love the channel Big thumbs up!

Does it have pictures? No. I’m out. Sam’s best moment in a bit. I had a big belly laugh off that. Even though I’ve seen this before. Then, “My First SpaceShip.” He is on fire.

I came here for space but stayed for the 'terrestial balls" . . . . . You guys are the best :-)

At last, I now know why Toys R Us went out of business!

Great stuff fellas .... one of your most entertaining presentations!

Was suprised that Tom didn't put sw rebelion on his list since he has mentioned so much in the past.

With the near future launch of the spaceship Orion, this list suddenly takes more importance to me. I hope the Dice Tower do an updated list soon.

Solid lists. One game I love that didn't make the cut was Gravwell

Mission Red Planet is the game that made me realize that I'm not really a fan of area control as a mechanic. Except I've since played a number of dudes on a map games (Blood Rage, Kemet, etc.) and enjoyed them, so now I have to wonder if Mission Red Planet fell short because of the Faidutti effect. His games are almost always a miss with me. Enough so that even my main man Cathala couldn’t save it.

What about Terraforming Mars and Firefly ?

Galaxy Trucker is the game that continually makes me doubt Sam and Zee's credibility. Tom is right, it's a great game! (I still love you guys.)