Prayers for you, brother. Thank you for being transparent and open.

Thank you so much for reviewing both CastleScape and Gates and Guilds, and we're thrilled that you gave both Two Thumbs Up! One fun little thing: The new castle walls are going to look like that one extra piece that came in the box that you liked! 8:25 Again, thank you, and glad you enjoyed!

I've played so few games solo, I think the only ones that I've played have been Castles of Burgundy (Anniversary Edition), Lost Ruins of Arnak, Lord of the Rings (2000), Princess Bride Adventure Book Game, and Lord of the Rings Adventure Book Game. I've enjoyed them all, but the best was Arnak. I have some that I'm really interested in though, including Soldiers in Postman's Uniforms and Legacy of Yu.

Congratulations on 8k. The second game is amazing. It's in my top 10 games of all time.

Fair assessment there guys. I agree, it does take some learning and planning. My one buddy said that it definitely played like a Euro game, while I felt that my other buddy seemed to be treating it more in a Ticket To Ride mode, looking to try and build as soon as he could. I've run them, and my one buddy's co-worker, through 3 games now (only 2 with the co-worker) and it does get slightly better with each play-though. Personally (and I may be wrong here) I feel that the actual building of your subway line and stops is really only about one third to one half of the whole game, with placing developments, acquiring demand tokens, and bidding on projects and agendas making up the rest. Overall, I like it, and look forward to hopefully run it at a local board game mini-con at the start of November.

I was really surprised to see a custom insert inside the second game that Sam featured! It's very cool! The regular insert is terrible! I made my own insert. I also have space to hold the expansion box inside (I couldn't bring myself to throw it away). All the miniature bits are held inside the expansion box. Sam's storage solution is much better... mine is cheaper!

I looooooove the #2 game in this video. (Trying not to spoil.) I even bought extra dice for that one, just so you don't have to hand them back and forth as often. It is also the only game I bought a 3rd party insert for, so far... it just helps speed up setup so much. It is easily a Top 10 game for me, if I was to make a Top 10. lol ;-)

Got my stickers and surprise from last show! ^_^ Thanks so much, Sam! Thank you, Robert M.! :-D

Great pick at #1, Sam! Just played an 8 player game of Memoir 44 this last Sunday for the first time in about 10 years! Had a blast! JT...when you buy 1100 sleeves at a time what brand are you buying to sleeve a game with that many cards?

I see 8K subscribers! Congratulations Sam & Jessie!

So Marvel Champions, you said the villain goes more at higher player counts. I've never played more than 2, but doesn't the villain only go after all players have gone? Or does that change once you get above two players? I'm also wondering (if they appeal to you and you play them as well) how you'd rank Champions vs. Arkham Horror and Lord of the Rings LCG in regards to difficulty? Great list as always, Aeon's end has been on my "need to try" list forever. You're just making me want to bump it up even further. I've found myself gravitating to that style of games lately.

Surprised 6 Siege the board game wasn't on the top ten. Would have thought you played it and really liked it.

Would love to see a screenshot or two of each game in play

Nice streamlined 4x. But in my opinion not as good as INTERVENTION - Reach for the stars as a quick shorter 4x game.

Sam thoughts and prayers

The swans are in an upcoming expansion.

JT, do you or have double sleeved any of your games?

I sold Rising 5 after the app crashed for me multiple times and ruined the game towards the end 😢 it was a nice game to play before that though, although a bit light for my group. I had played it fully through maybe 5 times before the app started to fail, but after 3 games that got ruined because of the app I gave up trying to get it to the table

I think you should roll the die when attempting missions which could cause you to take more damage.

I hope they do 10 to 1 at least a week before Christmas.🎉

TI4 entry is really shocking xD

Have you guys played Marabunta? Also I was surprised no one had Blitzkrieg!, Caesar! or Splendor Duel. Where do those fall in your ranking?

I hope whatever is going on gets better for you.

Top 100 time, always enjoy these lists. Thanks for doing them, it´s a lot of work both putting them together and the editing of the videos!

Fave 2p big box: Grand Austria Hotel (honourable mention to Five Tribes) Fave 2p small box: Mandala (honourable mentions to Caesar! and Stellar)

Epic start, amd only going up from here. I cannot wait. Thanks.

I don't directly penalize games for being hard to get to the table, but if I haven't played a game in years, it's likely to fall down the list. Fury of Dracula is an easy example of this for me too. Particularly as games like Run (2023), Sniper Elite (2022), Mind MGMT (2021) and even Jaws (2019) are so much easier to get to the table. Years ago the options for hidden movement games were more limited, especially for me as I didn't have a couple of the other popular ones of that era. I'm getting Terrorscape (2023) this year, so Fury of Dracula even has more competition incoming. I'm glad TI4 didn't fall off of the list, I hope it sticks around for years to come. I hope you get more chances to play it. Destinies is an amazing game. It's fairly easy to get to the table. Very app assisted as you have to scan things with your phone. I'm shocked to see Star Wars: Outer Rim that low. It's not that hard to get to the table, and there's something for everyone. Even with JT's parameters, assuming you have the expansion, you can sell your skills, hunt down crewmembers of other players, work with other factions. It's not a game I'd recommend to people that absolutely hate pick up and deliver games, but I don't play smugglers transporting things, but I really enjoy this game. Bounty hunting is fun.

I came to board games from Chess and for some reason Onitama was a pretty big miss for me. Hive, on the other hand ❤ I also think I'd love War Chest. Match of the Century is a thematic match, though I javen't have the chance to try that one either 😅

Sorry, Sam you are awesome,, but I will not watch anything you post on the Dice Tower. I am done with the Dice Tower.

I was expecting to see Star Wars Rebellion in Sam’s list…

I really love Outer Rim... I'd have it high on my list... especially with the expansion that basically doubles the amount of cards. :-) I DO often love pickup-and-delivery games, though. lol ;-)

Great Video! I am so excited to get Deliverance COTF!

Playing Hanamikoji in 2 minutes? Wow that's fast! 😂

Usually I haven't played many games on Sam's lists, so today was a nice surprise when we can start out with games that I've played. Jekyll and Hyde was the combo breaker, but I'm definitely going to look into that one. I've spent the past 6 months or so taking Skull King with me wherever I go, so I'm happy to look into another highly rated Trick Taking game from you guys. Decorum sounds amazing. I went from 0 interest to checking prices in JT's explanation. Super Fantasy Brawl has been on my list to check out for ages. I'm surprised JT sleeves Aeon's End cards. Aeon's End has no shuffling. Aside from the turn order markers, that game is one of the most forgiving games not to sleeve. JT's top 5 had the phrase "I don't want to play a campaign game by myself with 4 characters." One of my favourite games of all time is a campaign game that I play 5 handed. I got my wife to try it and she lasted about 3 turns controlling 1 character. This explains the dissonance between JT's solo and 2 player list and my solo and 2 player list. Spirit Island wasn't on his solo list, and my solo list was the one where I will put my Chip Theory games and almost all of my campaign games. This also brings up a weird problem for me, because this top 10 for me could just be half of my top 20 games of all time, a bunch that are soloable would probably be better with 2. So I went the complete opposite direction and decided to make my list 2 player games. 1: War of the Ring - We aren't splitting this into 4. 2: Star Wars : Rebellion - We aren't splitting this into 4 either. Sam forgot this, it would have raised the weight of his top 5. 3: Blood Bowl - I haven't played the smaller version that Sam talks about. 4: Summoner Wars - Great app. 5: Undaunted - I know their new sci-fi one has a 4 player mode, but I've never played that one. 6: Run - 2 player only hidden movement game. Criminally ranked on BGG because it hasn't been out that long. 7: Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation - They're finally going to reprint this next year. 8: Sky Team - Happy this won the spiele this year. 9: Unmatched - I've never played it 4 player vs humans, it's probably not terrible, but at its heart, this is a 2 player game. 10: Chess - I had to pick between 3 abstract strategy games, this one special to me. It's a beautiful game. I ended up with a shortlist of about 15 too. Neuroshima Hex and Hive were the abstract strategy games that didn't quite make the cut, though I really enjoy them. I talked myself out of Twilight Struggle. I haven't played Watergate or Match of the Century, although I'm very familiar with those games. I think either of those would replace this as a tug of war game. So Twilight Struggle has fallen down for me, I haven't played it for years. War of the Ring : The Card Game: Honourable mention because you can play this 2 handed at 2 players rather than 4 and it works well. I kicked it way down my solo list because it loses a lot solo. It's not on the list because the base game is 4 or 2 player, then they released a solo only expansion, now they have an expansion that takes it to 6. If not for my self imposed rule, this would be way up there on my list, but both players should play 2 handed. Oceans. Honourable mention because I've only ever played it with 2. This is a relaxing game that I play on my phone. I really enjoy it.

My go-two games are: General Orders, Mottainai, Codenames Duet, Unlock, Unmatched, Homeworlds, Martian Chess, Mouse Cheese Cat Cucumber, Gearworks (I see it there), Arboretum, Revolver Noir, Watergate, Castles Of Mad King Ludwig, Kingdomino, Newton, Dune Imperium... ok, I'll stop.

I was hoping to hear your numbers 11-15

Hanamikoji! :-D Great game! Sam already knows that I like it, as well! ;-)

I love Onitama. I also would have Star Realms on my list. Others could be Land Vs Sea, Canopy, San Torini and my absolute no one BG of all time Go.

My favorite game and favorite 2-player game is Terraforming Mars. I also think Clank! is best at 2.

Is JT wearing a Darkest Dungeon shirt?!?

I still think Star Wars the Card game from Fantasy Flight is one of the best two player games

No love for "Lords of Waterdeep"?

Fantastic list (keep up the great content). Made me re-think a few of my 1-4 player games as 2 player games. THANKS (oh, so want Odin's Ravens!!!)

Great lists gentlemen! Love Onitama. I would definitely put 7 wonders duel, Star realms, Splendor Marvel, Blitz bowl, Hive and Radlands on my Top 10 - 2 player games

Thought and Memory... IIRC. In Norse? I have no idea. 😅

I'm getting Burncycle soon. Excited to overthrow the human overlords.

Mage Knight ! ! ! .... I am going to imply you have not played this game solo, because if you have, I wouldn't understand how this wouldn't have made the list, even as an honorary mention at least

Love Isle of Sky. Thank you for the video.

Hope you had a great one.

Awesome game. Thank you.