Always excited when another installment of your top 50 drops! Thank you for years of entertainment and some new games to keep my eye on!
@DriveThruReview Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoy it! Thanks!
@da1otta Жыл бұрын
I’m so pleased to see Urban Sprawl among your top games.
@JoachimErdtman Жыл бұрын
Joel, I want to thank you for creating just top notch content. I love hearing you talk about games, and you listing an alternative to every game on your top 50 games list is brilliant! Especially in how you contrast and compare the alternative to your favorite. Great stuff!
@DriveThruReview Жыл бұрын
Thanks Joachim. I really appreciate it! :)
@jmlitwiller Жыл бұрын
Joel, I have watched your videos off and on for many years. Your videos don't typically pop up in my feed so I'm telling YT to notify me when you post a new video. I hadn't watched you for a while but The Secret Cabal mentioned you recently so I wanted to see what you have been up to and I'm SO glad I did. I love listening to you talk about games. You have a wonderful way of expressing your passion for games that is almost poetic. Thank you for doing what you do. God bless you, man!
@DriveThruReview Жыл бұрын
Thank you. I appreciate that!
@flipz101 Жыл бұрын
Completely agree with you about Oathsworn and Descent. Oathsworn is an amazing experience, a bit like a movie, when a great movie comes out (that’s 3 hours long) and wins lots of Oscars. You watch it and think “wow that was amazing!”, but then don’t need to watch it again… at least not for 10 years… so hard to score these types of games 👍
@tonybowers9490 Жыл бұрын
Two big takeaways. You’re a grand dad. Awesome. I am too. Oathsworn! Oh yeah. In my top ten. I simply have a ton of fun playing it.
@zachras9643 Жыл бұрын
I wish everyone was required to put an alternative to each game. Great idea!
@JevousGaming Жыл бұрын
Lots of hype for LOD! Frothing at the mouth while refreshing for shipment notifications!
@JoachimErdtman Жыл бұрын
Pax Pamir plays two player, watch Cole and Drew Wehrle play each other two player on KZfaq. Those plays are awesome!
@lenakimarctaedius3056 Жыл бұрын
Even if i haven’t played the war or dungeoncrawler on this list it is still very interesting hearing you talk about them.
@HungryGamerReviews Жыл бұрын
League of Dungeoneers is on my table right now. Been enjoying it quite a bit
@anonymouse8953 Жыл бұрын
Thank You. Very interesting List and Alternatives.
@MrCooneybren Жыл бұрын
Waiting on my copy of League of Dungeoneers with bated breath. Great video!
@derekgarcia3069 Жыл бұрын
Great video as always! I really need to try GWT and Brass B., even if I'm not the biggest Euro fan (I do enjoy them but tend to lean more thematic). As for Oathsworn, my copy is on the shelf waiting to be painted. I think what will (hopefully) keep it around for me after the campaign is the ease of redoing a battle, plus the various non-campaign options; like the iron man boss rush. We'll see how I feel after we finally complete the game though.
@DriveThruReview Жыл бұрын
Ya. That's where I'm at. It could still be fun to just replay a given skirmish once we finish. We'll see.
@derekgarcia3069 Жыл бұрын
@@DriveThruReview yeah, especially considering the number of available heroes and how different they all seem to play.
@MarkusMatthaeusFrey Жыл бұрын
I could not agree more: Ankh is really a fascinating game which is outstanding with its mechanics. Especially if you take the merge mechanic into your strategy, it is sooooo cool and makes it so more interessting and fun! But also the equal cards that can be played and the slight asymmetry is so well designed! Excellent game!
@MrTomlette Жыл бұрын
Yeah, Ankh is great. Rising Sun never clicked with me, but Ankh is neck and neck with Blood Rage for me, in some aspects it's probably better just because it's less frontloaded with decisions.
@TheGameBoyGeeks Жыл бұрын
I played Airlines Europe again recently and It felt aged to me. I found both Pan Am and a newer title called Air Mail to be more interesting. This newer one didn’t have stocks, but the route building and domino mechanisms is super interesting
@DriveThruReview Жыл бұрын
Oof. No Dan! No!
@coreynoemif3j29 Жыл бұрын
Great list, thanks for the videos! Not sure you’ve seen the games in target, and Barnes & Noble’s lately but some are a lot heavier than Airlines Europe. Especially in Barnes and Nobles. Target has jaws of the lion, terraforming mars etc. Barnes & Noble‘s has a very large selection of modern boardgames. Now Walmart is another matter.
@DriveThruReview Жыл бұрын
I guess that's true. I don't go into the game section of Target a ton, but I forgot those you mentioned were there.
@PeIon316 Жыл бұрын
Joel, before watching… I hope this time you don’t pull any weird one, because last time you forced my hand on Nuklear Winter ‘68 (1st Ed with expansion) on eBay from UK all the way to México and let me tell you… It wasn’t cheap! 😝😅 Cheers! 🥳
@DriveThruReview Жыл бұрын
Haha... well I'm sorry for the shipping. I feel you. It's still in my collection (also have the expansion). It's just one of those things where I'm more into historical stuff at the moment, when five years ago, I wasn't :)
@greytoeimp Жыл бұрын
@@DriveThruReview There’s something about historical games, and now science games?!
@DriveThruReview Жыл бұрын
@@greytoeimp Science games?
@greytoeimp Жыл бұрын
@@DriveThruReview I dunno like, games with scientific stuff as a theme. I would say terraforming, ark nova, wingspan; earth
@PeIon316 Жыл бұрын
@@DriveThruReview Yeah, I guess we're constantly evolving into different phases on the hobby, but I definitely can hardly avoid weird stuff (like Cryptic Explorers, Dark Venture BotA, Machina Arcana, Lockwood’s Asylum and such). On top of it, it's my first chit pull system game and I'd always wanted one of those, so... it was the perfect storm. I hope it arrives this week.
@henryrodriguez6260 Жыл бұрын
Great list. Joel, why do you prefer Pax Pamir 2d over 1st? As much as I like Ankh and Rising Sun, Lang has not surpassed his work on Chaos in the Old World… the perfect meld of asymmetric powers and thematic integration (particularly in the victory conditions). One has to play with 4 though.
@DriveThruReview Жыл бұрын
To me the Pamir games are totally different. I have no, frankly, enjoyed any Pax game except Pax 2. The others (I've not played them all) are just a bit jumbly and almost wholistically chaotic affairs :)
@TheRobuzz Жыл бұрын
Feeling the same with CitOW!
@zipcaprini9025 Жыл бұрын
Your list are always great, Joel! Maybe one day there will enough games for you to make a Best of One Time Played Campaigns and Pandemic Legacy and Oath can be on contention!
@DriveThruReview Жыл бұрын
A few other folks have brought that up. I think I may have to give that list a go.
@rachelandryan Жыл бұрын
A great Ticket to Ride style game, and an underrated gem, is Chris Handy's Cinque Terre: The Five Villages. It's got the route building aspect, but in some ways, it's a more refined design.
@DriveThruReview Жыл бұрын
That's a good one.
@bdehora Жыл бұрын
A top ten one-shot games list could be very cool.
@DriveThruReview Жыл бұрын
Noted. This seems to be of interest to a few folks. Thanks!
Жыл бұрын
Pax Pamir 2ed plays really well with 2 players, I recommend give it a try!
@twentysides Жыл бұрын
I was looking forward to where Urban Sprawl would appear. Such a wonderful game and I think ahead of its time. Honestly I think it would have been a big hit if it came out in 2023 with art and visual design by Ian O'Toole.
@jonathonfreeman9233 Жыл бұрын
I probably spend more time with AoS than any other game system... But I can't help but wish that they'd sit down, analyze how FFG handles their User Experience and just ape it. I mean, having condense easy to use warscrolls and a better manual would help out so much. lol
@DriveThruReview Жыл бұрын
Amen. If Star Wars or Marvel "turned me on" as much as AoS, I'd be living over there I'm sure. To be fair though, no one can do narrative like AoS for that scale of game (except arguable some games on the next video) ;)
@miandagny Жыл бұрын
I enjoy caverna but the office room is way overpowered, and there is an infinite combo. we had to house rule ban both of those. GWT:A is my #1 for sure right now; I only play it at 4 player though.
@ChrisCuly Жыл бұрын
Not sure if you ever try fan-made solo variants, but there are a few for Brass Birmingham; I've played the Mautoma one and it was very enjoyable!
@DriveThruReview Жыл бұрын
I've not. I should check them out. Thanks!
@carlwoods4564 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for pronouncing Lancashire correctly!!
@ormstunga7878 Жыл бұрын
You talk a lot about the merge mechanic for Ankh, which is understandable as it’s such a divisive mechanic. But surely the mvp of Ankh is the action selection 🤩
@DriveThruReview Жыл бұрын
Co-MVP. I don't disagree with you. The action selection is beautiful... but the merge just shoots it over the moon.
@KabukiKid Жыл бұрын
I really want to try Urban Sprawl. I have a feeling I would really love that one.
@fingolfinfinwe Жыл бұрын
Great stuff! I still prefer Rising Sun though out of that series (BR and Ankh).
@Brockoly3 Жыл бұрын
I also don't Ike putting legacy or one-shot games into my top list for the same reasons. A top 10 or whatever list made up purely of those types of games would be a fun watch though if you've played enough to rank!
@DriveThruReview Жыл бұрын
That could be an interesting list. There are some games I've played and enjoyed, but never want to play again... but not because I think they are bad in any way. I'll chew on it :)
@MarlonKruis Жыл бұрын
Did you play NEOM with the 'Rahdo' variant? That game has Sim City like vibes and disasters too ;-)
@DriveThruReview Жыл бұрын
I'll have to give that one a look.
@BillyTheRealDeal Жыл бұрын
Do you put any add ons with Ankh? It's one on our list to get into.
@DriveThruReview Жыл бұрын
Actually no. I don't really like any of the expansions for Ankh. (Should have mentioned that).
@BillyTheRealDeal Жыл бұрын
@@DriveThruReview Thank you! BTW - Love this channel. So much great content here.
@maxmoody1773 Жыл бұрын
Is it fair to discount a game like Oathsworn or Pandemic legacy because you won't replay them again if they gave you that much content up front? Have you played all the other games on your list at least 12 times each? (or even more plays in Oathsworn's case)
@DriveThruReview Жыл бұрын
Most of the games I have played more than 12 times. I'll talk more about this in the final video (and link to another video with some more in depth on "quality" vs "favorite"). I also touched on this briefly in the first video in the series. But, to me there are different metrics at play here. I don't want to spoil the last video, but Pandemic: Legacy is an alternative to one of the games in that video. There are different ways to stack games against each other: sales, BGG ranking, personal taste, and (arguably) objective quality. This list isn't objective quality. It's my personal favorites. If I'm, in a sense, never going to play a game again... it doesn't make the list. That might not be the same for everyone making such a list. But, my personality, is not to hold a candle for very many things... for too long. It's murky.
@ashforbes4666 Жыл бұрын
Hey Joel, I fully agree with your comments around competitive play in AoS. You also mentioned that you don’t like 40K, is that because of the setting or is it the rules?
@DriveThruReview Жыл бұрын
The setting and lore I enjoy. I have Necromunda a bit further down the list (my favorite way to "40k"). But, as far as the standard tabletop army game, anytime I have played 40k and then went back and played AoS... at least for me... it's just a much better all around experience. I'm one of those nuts that enjoys the priority roll and the more melee-slanted focus of AoS. Having masses of troops just blasting each other (for the most part) just doesn't engage me like it does in skirmish games (like Necromunda, Stargrave, etc...)
@ashforbes4666 Жыл бұрын
@@DriveThruReview Thanks for that. I am playing AoS, but with the imminent release of 10th edition, I thought I might try 40K. I appreciate your clarification. 👍
@DriveThruReview Жыл бұрын
@@ashforbes4666 I'll still check out 10th Edition (I have two 40k armies). Maybe it will be fun :)
@ashforbes4666 Жыл бұрын
Here’s hoping 🙌
@ashforbes4666 Жыл бұрын
Which armies do you have?
@Edungeoneer Жыл бұрын
LOD will mark a before and after in dungeon crawlers.
@TolisKou Жыл бұрын
If you enjoy Ankh and Rising Sun I'd recommend Mezo as well, imho it is better than both, a bit more complex than Ankh though and probably better at 3-4 players.
@DriveThruReview Жыл бұрын
I've played Mezo. I enjoyed it :)
@tomlikeabomb6706 Жыл бұрын
I definitely think that a 10/10 game that only lasts 20 hours and then you don’t play it again should be mentioned. Now if that’s better than a 9/10 game that you play for 50 hours, I don’t know. Have you even played some of these other games more hours than you’ve played these 10/10 one shot experiences? Do dollars spent per hour of entertainment come into play? Most video games don’t really get played again. But most board games do. Would you re-watch a 10/10 movie? Maybe rarely? Maybe if you really wanted to understand the full extent of the plot like Tenet or something? Or if you just enjoy the feelings / world of the movie? Just some thoughts…
@DriveThruReview Жыл бұрын
Those are all great thoughts. I think where I landed was that it's a different metric. Take games sold as a metric for example. Ticket to Ride is in a ton more homes than something like Brass: Birmingham (the #1 game on BGG currently). It's really hard to compare those games against each other if you're using two different metrics to rank them. Instead, you'd have to place them in one metric and compare them... and then place them in the other metric and compare them there. They each win in that case... They win different competitions though. But, I get what you're saying :)
@user-xx1jd5et5q Жыл бұрын
Joel, why don't you like Warhammer 40k? I was surprised, since AoS is so high on your lists and these 2 games are very similar. So what about 40k makes you dislike it? Is about some rules, or is it the setting/lore?
@DriveThruReview Жыл бұрын
The setting and lore I enjoy. I have Necromunda a bit further down the list (my favorite way to "40k"). But, as far as the standard tabletop army game, anytime I have played 40k and then went back and played AoS... at least for me... it's just a much better all around experience. I'm one of those nuts that enjoys the priority roll and the more melee-slanted focus of AoS. Having masses of troops just blasting each other (for the most part) just doesn't engage me like it does in skirmish games (like Necromunda, Stargrave, etc...)
@timd4524 Жыл бұрын
So I figure the actual number one games by sales won't be here. Number one. Monopoly.
@DriveThruReview Жыл бұрын
Don't tempt me Frodo.
@Stolovky Жыл бұрын
Oh man, Caverna, Caverna, does it for so many people, yet fell sooo bland for me. And player count is a bit of a joke, flop for solo, not good at 2, solid at 3-4 and it stops there, yet it gives you the components for up to 7 so you can overpay it and buy 3rd party storage :) I really dont get this
@DriveThruReview Жыл бұрын
Ya... it can play more than four... but.... why... :)