Love seeing the love for Lorenzo in the comments! Though you have me curious now -- what's your number 1?

Huzzah! Hope you love it as much as we do! -Ryan

Nice, hope it doesn't disappoint! It really is an outstanding heavy strategy game that resonates with us, especially with the variability from game to game. -Ryan

Really enjoy Rise of Ix, especially the variety that comes with the technologies. Agree that 3 is my favorite player count! -Ryan

Thanks! I think it's fair to say that you like heavy interaction in games haha... Have you had the chance to try Arcs yet? -Ryan

@@RollsInTheFamily I’ve played the base game - excited to try the campaign! First impressions are it’s very good!

Awesome, I have it on preorder and Daniel and I did a rough 2 player learning game on TTS, it definitely has me very intrigued. -Ryan

Hey it's Craig! Congrats! 🎉 -Ryan

Glad you found it helpful! -Ryan

Surprisingly, we actually haven't played Blood Rage, Rising Sun, or Ankh. Definitely would be interested in giving any of them a try! -Ryan

Thanks for watching! -Daniel

Wow some heavy hitters, especially those long campaigns that take some dedication haha. Both Daniel and I have played through a full Gloomhaven campaign, which I enjoyed a lot, but I feel kind of "done" with the system, personally. -Ryan

@@RollsInTheFamily I’m trying to play through Oathsworn. Painting as I go. It’s practically all I’ve been playing lol

Definitely quality over quantity! My collection is sitting around 125 games, but a lot of that is just covering every different scenario (party games, lighter games, etc.) so I really do keep it more trimmed down when it comes to the bigger heavier games. I'd rather play my favorites over and over than spend time playing a bunch of games I think are just "good." -Ryan

@@RollsInTheFamily 125! I noticed no Lacerda love made the top 10, maybe not even top 20? Just not a fan of those or am I mistaken? I think On Mars is so brilliant personally. Need to try Lisboa but it makes my top 5 for sure.

We have only played The Gallerist, which I enjoyed, but it didn't really grab me to want to keep coming back again and again. Maybe I'll try another Lacerda game at some point, but it's hard to say if the reasons it wasn't a keeper were Gallerist-specific or more of his style throughout his games. But to be clear, I rate The Gallerist an 8/10, so still quite good haha. -Ryan

@@RollsInTheFamily apologies for my auto correct confusion. I corrected my sentence above haha. Well I vote you try On Mars sometime. The mechanic of having to pick a side of the board and stay there until you can shuttle to the other side in a growing number of turns as the game progresses makes for an intense fight on worker placement spots.

😂 You have me curious now, what are some of your top games? -Ryan

Wow, I knew you liked Clank Catacombs, but #1! It's very high on my wishlist. I also have always been intrigued by Rajas of the Ganges, clearly you feel it stands out from the crowd of medium-weight dice euros. -Ryan

@@RollsInTheFamily Yeah, I like regular Clank quite a bit and then Catacombs dialed it to 11. I love exploration type games. I had a great play of Rajas of the Ganges last year. Every player had a very different strategy and it was one of the closest games I've seen where anyone could have won. I love that double scoring track and the river mechanism.

I know it's going to be one of those games I finally get and then have to figure out how to pull together the right group and day to actually get it played haha. -Ryan

We have not played Voidfall but have played Spirit Island quite a bit (17 plays for me). It's a game that I liked but didn't love, and ended up getting rid of it a while back. Eventually we plan to do a "popular games that didn't land for us" video, and that will definitely be one I talk about haha. Still like a 7.5/10 for me, but I know it's more like a 10/10 for a lot of people. -Ryan

You are correct! I accidentally got this mixed up with TI3 where I believe it was different. Great change! -Daniel

We both have the old first edition, but based on what I know of the versions, I recommend getting the standard second edition unless one of the other themes really really speaks to you haha. -Ryan

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One of our main goals with the channel is to help people discover games they might love, even if they aren't new releases, so this is really great to hear! Thanks for watching! -Ryan

It is amazing how popular Spirit Island has become... Really evidence of the appetite a lot of players have for a co-op that has very little output randomness and focuses on providing a puzzle that lets the player feel clever with cardplay and combos. I enjoyed my 17 plays of it, but ultimately it landed at a 7.5/10 and ended up leaving my collection. Definitely want to talk about it on the channel sometime since it is #1 material for so many players -- I can definitely see the appeal though. -Ryan

My desire to play it has not wavered at all over the years... -Ryan

I would definitely try it if I have the opportunity, I just find it too hard to justify buying when I already have the original with two expansions and love it haha. -Ryan

Excellent batch of games there! 👌 We played a lot of Castles of Burgundy back ~10 years ago, but it ended up right on the fringe for me and left my collection. Fun memories with it though, and the new edition is beautiful, no doubt haha. -Ryan

Oh. Kevin S here:)

Congrats! 🥳🥳 -Ryan

Lots of great games there... And another vote to try Uprising haha, we will see if I get the chance. Also really hoping Arcs will be the Cole Wehrle design that really finds a home in my collection! Daniel and I stumbled through a 2 player game on TTS that has me excited about the potential, I've got a physical edition on preorder. Cthulhu: Death May Die is definitely worth a go! -Ryan

Glad you enjoyed them! Terraforming Mars is just fantastic. 👌 -Ryan

Wdym? That's one of the main reasons it is so popular and well regarded in the hobby, i haven't played it and i know it's tense and strategic

@@hugocruz2439 speaking from personal experience , i have seen many people tried it and hate it. it happened because when a new player plays this game with other some-what experienced players, they got crashed so hard and never want to try again. also there is a verson of agricola ( family eidtion ) took out all the profession cards which makes this game so much less fun than it is supposed to be .

While Agricola has remained impressively popular for its age, I think you're right that it is still overlooked at times. I think part of the reason is that what makes it so special is how the variability pairs with mastery of the core systems, and so it takes quite a few games to really reach its full potential. And the reality is that we live in an era of so many new releases that a lot of players aren't going to give a game that many plays to fall in love with it. Certainly not a game for everyone, but for the right kind of player it truly is something special. -Ryan

Great choice, it really is a special game in the crowded category of medium-weight Euros! -Ryan

Definitely a tough one to learn for the first time, but if you are anything like us, it is so so worth it! -Ryan

In a sea of beige Euros, it really is special! -Ryan

The Nemesis games are really an epic experience... I've only played Daniel's copy of the original once, but I am excited to try Retaliation when it delivers and see if it earns a spot in my collection. -Ryan

You better have not skipped Agricola! 😜 -Ryan

Mage Wars, Frost Grave, Eclipse top 3

Clash of Cultures for long games, Splendor for shorter games. Daniel, have you tried Clash of Cultures?

Gaia Project, but my wife didn't love it. I'm kind of wondering if Age of Innovation might hit better.

@@RollsInTheFamily agricola....or keyflower. Dang maybe Voidfall. I give up

Based on how many times I have played it, Settlers of Catan with cities and knights expansion

Nemesis is definitely an epic thematic experience! I've only played Daniel's copy once, but have Retaliation on the way next year and curious to see if it secures a spot in the collection. -Ryan

@@RollsInTheFamily Retaliation would definitely be the one I’d want, seems more action based

You have the magic touch Maxime! ✨ -Ryan

@@RollsInTheFamily I can't deny

Better late than never! -Ryan

I don't have Paula. 😢 I found it hard to justify the ~$5 add-on for one card that I would use so infrequently as I rotate through all of the Final Girls. I definitely hope to do a similar video for season 3! I would likely rank the season 3 content independently and not try to interleave into the content I ranked here, and it may also take a bit for me to play though everything enough to feel like I'm reading to do rankings... 😅 But I hope to eventually! Maybe I should consider recording some playthroughs while I'm working through that content though. -Ryan

@@RollsInTheFamily if i understood it right, there should be an x-mas version for series 3 crowdfunding. but yeah not worth 5$ i guess otherwise. good idea. and take your time. fun comes first. :) playthrougs could be fun too. thx for the response btw - Marah

Yeah "worth it" is going to be different for everyone, but I have to really fight my completionist tendencies or some of my games would get very expensive lol. I do have the Christmas set! I will likely include it when I end up tanking the season 3 content. Also have strongly considered recording some playthroughs for the channel, so helpful to hear there might be interest in that! -Ryan

@@RollsInTheFamily with your expertise it might be very well interesting. gonna leave a subscription to not forget. and yeah i did that way too often, but i collect ttrpgs for a few years now and just did similar with board games kinda. adhd doesnt help. i am easily excited/obsessed. in the case of Final Girl, it was my gf who went all in last crowdfunding. worth it she says.

Both excellent games, and both have expansions we really enjoy! 👌 -Ryan

Hi! In order to announce the winners in our video this upcoming Friday, we needed to lock in the responses at the time of filming that video, which was this morning. I originally had the wrong date listed in the form (said it was locking even sooner), but corrected that a few days ago. Sorry if you missed it, we will do it again next year! -Ryan

Totally understandable, hopefully the chapters make it easy to jump through the list quickly and only listen to the entries you are more interested in! -Ryan

Impressive! I definitely think the play time could come down a ton with a consistent partner, but playing it once every few years with a new player slows things down a lot as I relearn it and teach it fresh haha. Maybe when my kids get older! 🤞 -Ryan

It just might have the most pieces of any game I own haha. -Ryan

Awesome, Final Girl is great! I actually have a whole video ranking the season 1 and season 2 content haha: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y2auhYaYepufeacsi=x64okjbvUfK01v0_ Excited for season 3! -Ryan

Haha I can see how it isn't for everyone, but we definitely find the combination of worker placement, resource management, engine-building, and puzzling to be really satisfying. -Ryan

Nice, Norwegians is a fantastic expansion!! -Ryan

Hi! They technically include both (as long as the digital plays are still real-time with other people), but most of our plays are physical! Daniel and I have started playing digitally a little more frequently since we live in different states, but the larger majority of our plays are still in person. -Ryan