15 Most INSANELY Expensive Board Games Ever Made

[@NoRollsBarred]

ADAM: What's the most expensive game you own? My lovely LOVELY Crokinole board set me back £200+ and I regret NOTHING

[@danielwilliams2505]

For a time, I bought yugioh cards, starter theme decks to booster packs/boxes. Maximum spent was $150 usd. I thought I was gonna go pro, but life happen and I sold/gave away the cards I had

[@samhayden60]

I would estimate that buying every single expansion for Marvel Legendary has cost me about £700 over the years. But for one game, on it's own, I did spend £120 on Gloomhaven. I have also spent a few Bob getting everything for the Firefly board game and that one I freaking love to death and I want to play it more often but I need a bigger table.

[@lancetruesdell7093]

The loadingreadyrun crew have a crokinole board from Wormwood games. The inlaid phoenix/dragon pattern is AMAZING. It was for charity, I believe it was over 4 figures.

[@iamhector24]

Settlers of Catan would be mine if you count the expansions.

[@chaosof99]

@@lancetruesdell7093 Nice to find a fellow Runner in the comments. That crokinole board is a beauty.

[@uplinkx1126]

That 3D Catan board looks seriously cool.

[@samsendejas]

you can get it for about $300 now

[@chaosbringer82]

Someone spending $50,000 on a copy of the Landlord's game has the same energy as Elon Musk saying his favourite movie of 2019 was Parasite.

[@owenloftus]

What was your favourite film of 2019?

[@LundeSite]

Parasite was probably my favorite as well, along with "El Hoyo".

[@teratoma.]

i hope you meant the irony cuz of parasite's message

[@haggisllama2630]

@@teratoma. that is in fact, the point

[@lilyofluck371]

@@teratoma. bro missed the point so bad he shot around the world and hit himself

[@sixtenrosager659]

Great video! Just wanted to note that you could easily spend way more than 14,000$ on a go set. The most expensive one I could find that is currently available for purchase would set you back over 100,000$ and if you include one of a kind boards and such you could definitely break one million dollars.

[@zanderj2121]

We need a list of most expensive board games that are not gold plated or "special editions" .

[@killer008r]

Love how he goes "only one of each set" and goes onto showing 3 chess sets, 3 monopoly games and 3 backgammon sets.

[@theeunsightly2448]

Lmao honestly

[@JoshCreepa]

@@killer008r well it’s his list, his rules, and if you don’t like it you can do one!

[@killer008r]

@@JoshCreepa uhh.... He literally made his own rules. And then broke them.

[@JoshCreepa]

@@killer008r and he is at perfect liberty to break his own rules. Who do you think you are, his dad?

[@noavink1]

actually met someone who had the smallworld one, it was insane. i wasnt too into it but it was a really nice experience

[@apalesch1]

My game group bought me a Kickstarter edition of Blood Rage off eBay a few years back cuz I moved away. It cost them way too much money, but what makes it priceless is they all signed the inside of the box top.

[@Aaronlcyrus]

"Unless your game is a deck of cards." *Sweats in MTG*

[@SV-yo6nq]

Well hot damn I thought this list would include gloomhaven for 100 bucks or something

[@ghyslainabel]

Or Too Many Bones for 125 $.

[@yaden16]

@@ghyslainabel I spent 270$ dollars for Monster Hunter like a month ago, not including shipping

[@apocrypha5363]

It would be so utterly ridiculous to spend that kind of money on a tabletop game... *Stares guiltily at Warhammer collection*

[@joshyboy1983]

MTG players: What about on a single piece of cardboard?

[@Alucard13211]

@@joshyboy1983 Hey! Leave us and the cardboard crack alone! It's needed to survive! :P

[@canonkingsley6569]

😆😆😆

[@Tzeeensh]

"I absolutely DO NOT NEED that ugly Forgeworld model that isn't even allowed in competitive, but I kinda do"

[@chrisperrien7055]

Yea, I had about $2000 in D&D minatures in the early 1980's* , and that was long before Warhammer (such rules were called "Chainmail" then)- and they were actually orginal basis for D&D in the late 1970's *funny thing was, we never used the miniuatures much, just pens/pencils and paper.

[@SleepySlann]

When I read the title my thoughts somehow instantly went to my Kingdom death set. I spent far too many money on it and far too much time putting the models together, but I would do it again in a heartbeat. And the price for a complete set even grows as they are still making expansions for it.

[@LathosZan]

The fact that Kingdom Death: Monster is the only non special edition/rare antique/handmade game on this list is wondrous hahahaha

[@Mercarcher]

As an owner of Kingdom Death: Monster I can say that it is completely worth it. The game is amazing and the Minis are extraordinary!

[@williamlang6728]

I mainly look at it from time to time to judge if the miniatures would be useful as center pieces of actual armies in 40k

[@Mercarcher]

@HEY!YO!IT'S!RAZORCLA(E)W why not, its not even close to my most expensive board game.

[@gamaZX]

@@Mercarcher What is, out of curiosity? I think the most I've spent is about $150 US on a single board game. As to say, not very much at all in comparison to this list!

[@biocode4478]

If anyone's curious tabletop simulator has pretty well done versions of it

[@iamhector24]

“Even a Bond villain wouldnt play that” LOL

[@rory4605]

Adam's the kind of person who can make you interested in something you never thought you'd be interested in. He could get me interested in industrial metal sheets if he wanted to, that's how good he is.

[@myrcutio]

Some of the antique kaya gobans are difficult to put a price on because they simply aren't sold anymore. The trees they are made from take around 700 years to fully grow, and the government of Japan no longer allows them to be cut down. Prices in the range of 70k USD aren't unheard of, and boards with historical significance could easily go for hundreds of thousands.

[@owenyates6046]

Going to keep asking until you make it: Top 10 board game wargames

[@NeonKnight83]

Suddenly my Games Workshop addiction doesn’t seem so bad.

[@alexandermatthews145]

One board game made in 1949 is called Tedi Macki Choot. They only made exactly 100 of them..That game board finally sold for $52,000 in September of 1992 there's supposedly only 4 or 5 left and the one that sold for $52K was still sealed. Most of the Tedi Macki Choot game boards they have found there's always missing pieces.

[@randompiizzadude7888]

Your comment on Wil Wheaton reminds me how much I would kill to see him in the Board Game Club. TableTop was one of my favorite series, and this channel feels like an evolution of it.

[@changsiah2]

Remind me when they're going to bring out of indefinite Hiatus or something like that

[@Randallsilver]

If you gave me 50 grand, I might even be persuaded to play Monotony again. Maybe.

[@nonlamesniper]

Monopoly is a game nobody should play. It is just bad.

[@tiedomi80]

It's so bad...

[@syeblaize]

I love how this went from beautiful to hideous, from the "sweet spot" of excess with 3d Catan, Kingdom Death Monster, and other collectors editions, to hideously gaudy with solid gold monopoly and that abomination of a backgammon set. Where is your "line in the sand" for what's beautiful versus what's gross? Mine is at that Go set. Simplicity in construction, beautiful in design, ridiculous in price. Everything after that just stops looking appealing.

[@jurgnobs1308]

@@bobthebox2993 i mean, at least the crazy material was used more skillfully at the pearl chess set than at the backgamon one... i prefer more classic looking chess sets, but i didn't find that one ugly though. clue was surprisingly bad. and two or three of the games are so expensive because they are historic. like that 3 in 1 set from the 1600s.sure, not todaysaesthetics necessarily but it's a historic artefact and as such has a special value. it belongs in a museum or the atlantis monopoly. is it beautiful? not really. but it's a piece of boardgame history and as such should be expected to have a very, very high collectors value. if i could chose one of these to own ans not be allowed to sell, i would honestly pick this piece of paper. it's the start of one of the biggest game franchises in history.

[@Septicor]

I'm with Adam, if I had thousands to piss away, I would in a heartbeat buy a Geoffrey Parker backgammon board. They are so beautiful.

[@prototypep4]

While the parker ones are nice I think the P-40 boards are better.

[@BoardGameRundown]

Catan 3D is available once again for about $300 everyone. Anyone out there who was thinking, "Man that's looks great, but it's not worth $1500." It's your lucky day. I just hope you really love Catan...

[@drea7421]

15 beautiful chess sets would be an amazing list!

[@kalebcassidy7981]

It definitely would be

[@Rob.Parker]

I know I would want to watch that

[@samgroff8451]

Twilight Imperium 3rd edition. $150 USD. Still one of my all-time favorite games

[@DonTinker]

"Unless your game is a deck of cards" _I'm looking at you YuGiOh_

[@DeltaDemon1]

Most expensive game I own, MTG...Got about 25k worth of MTG. Alternatively, Heroscape worth about 5k, or maybe Space Hulk (all editions with expansions and extras), maybe worth 2k or Warhammer Quest at maybe 1k.

[@zwc76]

I'm currently up to $109693.60 with the cards that I've added so far. And the numbers keeps going up. ;-)

[@bubbafontleroy]

So, the number 1 is all ridiculously gold and bejeweled... but, it comes with what looks like a cheap oul pair of plain plastic white bog standard dime a dozen dice ? Oof

[@vixxito]

I miss this lists. As somebody whos not an expert on board games, this were fascinating

[@romeocasido5723]

i really hope this channel catches fire and gains millions of subs. Love the content

[@blinkth3dog]

the very first shot is wingspan, my favorite addiction the past 4 years, im all in!

[@MSLewis-kq8cw]

Most expensive game I currently have is Scythe. Once you add in all the expansions, upgrades, and promo packs, I think I've sunk over $300 into that game alone...

[@theexplainer2235]

Adam your work on no rolls barred Is fantastic

[@JannPoo]

I wonder how a hypothetical complete collection of every single Magic the Gathering card ever made would tally up to at current market price.

[@crossdaboss8914]

Over 1 mil at the very least Maybe more if all are psa grade 10 how ever Could be 10 mil+

[@prototypep4]

A complete set in mint/near mint with playable sets of each card... I shudder to think of the value. Easily eclipses everything on this list. Just 4 black lotus' alone is a sizeable chunk of money.

[@EightThreeEight]

I saw a copy of the 3D Catan board on sale in my local board game shop for 300 quid. But it's in a normal package, not a wooden box.

[@eyesofthefox]

My mom owns that golden monopoly game (a less expensive replica?). She kept it in the box and has it under her bed to this day. we only looked at it once.

[@eazyecoheed16]

Yes please do a lets play video for gloomhaven!! I'd love to watch you guys play that since your video that listed it made me buy it lol but I love the game! You guys are the best!!

[@NikolajLepka]

they're currently selling a verision of catan 3d in the local game store. It comes in a cardboard box and looks very mass produced

[@WarhavenSC]

1:50 -- Oof. And here I thought I was being daft for doing the maximum $330 pledge for the Darkest Dungeon board game.

[@TURNABOUT_FITNESS]

Mansions of Madness for $175 was my most expensive boardgame purchase 😬

[@WishYouWereHere75]

My parents have the standard Outrage! - it's genuinely my favourite board game of all time.

[@Mercman1010]

That 3 in 1 Bargin gets better. You can play checkers on it too.

[@gamingblindwithsammobam5300]

After watching this video, I no longer feel bad about spending $300 on the Darkest Dungeon board game Kickstarter.

[@helxis]

But you should.

[@BarnabyJones07]

Use to follow WhatCulture back when Adam was on there, sad when he left. Never thought Id find him again, glad I was wrong.

[@alharron2145]

The new Monolith Conan board game is easily my most expensive board game, mostly because I'm a huge Robert E. Howard fan & paid for lots of the kickstarter bells & whistles because what's the point of having a Conan board game without a huge sabretooth cat and gargantuan serpent for your barbarians to fight

[@TimNoyce]

Mate of mine has Kingdom Death Monster and it is a good, playable but pretty complex game. You need to be happy to paint a f-ton of highly detailed miniatures but it is a high quality and fun game. The price is mainly the large number of high-quality components and the fancy minis.

[@AD-on3zx]

Was hoping to see the WWII Red Cross POW version of Monopoly with escape devices inside.

[@CmotDribbler]

You forgot the engraved Plaque on the Smallworld Designer Edition, so when I pass it down to my kids I will be remembered.

[@bastianvillebro6420]

Subscribed when you mentioned war of the ring NOW THIS IS QUALITY VIDEOS :))))

[@Nick-gk3oy]

Adam can make a video about ANYTHING funny, love this dude

[@CthulhuOnCam]

My copies of Scythe and the Reckoners boardgame don't feel so bad anymore

[@TheForeverRanger]

With the way the Pokemon TCG stuff has been selling, some of the sealed stuff I bought last year on the cheap is looking like a decent investment lol. Bought a pack of Japanese Jungle for 40 bucks and it is worth triple that now. Japanese Erika theme deck? Bought it for 75 and worth triple.

[@errilhl]

I have the Settlers 3D one... in perfect condition... Perhaps I should just sell it. I could use 1500 bucks... :D

[@TheBT]

Sell it now, and then you 300 of those bucks to buy the new version of 3d catan which is the same minus the chest. That chest is still holding its value.

[@thomasschneider2623]

I think the most I've spent on a game (minus expansions) would be $100 for the Discworld board game, mainly because it's out of print and I had a spontaneous chance to get a used copy. With expansions...tough to say.

[@EnkiduShamesh]

Cthulhu wars: Base Game - 200 Faction expansions - 350 (50 x 7) Maps (3 to 5 players) x 5 - 200 6-8 player map expansions - 155 High Priest expansion - 20 Total: 945 But wait, there is more! Cosmic Terror Pack - 30 Ramsey Campbell Horrors 1 & 2 - 60 Dreamlands surface monster expansion - 25 Dreamlands underworld monster expansion - 25 Great Old One Pack 1, 2, 3 & 4 - 105 Azathoth Neutral expansion - 50 Nodens - 25 Neutral unit identifiers - 30 Beyond time and space - 25 Masks of Nyarlathotep - 40 Battle dice for all factions (200 dice) - 75 Grand total: 1,435 There are a lot of other expansions, mostly cosmetic, like a glow in the dark Cthulhu figure that doesn't effect gameplay, I chose not to put them here, but if you include those it would put it over the 1,500 for that Catan game. That said, it's a lot of stuff. And no, I don't own all of that. More of it than I'd care to admit, but not *all* of it.

[@svenv460]

Blackstone Fortress is my most expensive game. Complete with all expansions would be in the Kingdom Death ballpark (around 2-4k). Commission painted versions, 3D printed terrain and/or additional miniatures will add increase that price. I was lucky to get the base game cheap for a good used condition version, later bought some dirt cheap mint condition base game boxes that missed only the miniatures. The expansions I bought for either discount retail or via eBay. In total I've probably spend 400-600 on the including extra miniatures and 3d printed terrain over the years. Only missing 1 card expansion (Endless Peril). I will likely wreck this potential investment when get to painting the miniatures ;)

[@RamblingsOfAJackass]

I would love a list of games that the visually impaired are able to play. We use to be a board gaming family but with my mothers failing eyesight she has a much harder time keeping up. We are able to pay game like Dixit and even Mysterium. We just focus on the larger image instead of the smaller details.

[@glenndallas7171]

There is a wonderful company called 64 Oz. Games that makes braille sleeves and other materials to help the visually impaired enjoy games.

[@Collector261]

Whoever purchased that Mecca game can make make a hell of a lot of money and be doing a genuine good deed for this world by having the game copied and put into circulation for Modern Game players Heck, I wish I could play that game.

[@somejerk5662]

For 5 million you could buy a plot of land and hire people in costumes to be your backgammon pieces...

[@Harrymurgatroyd50]

I was on the fence about paying 10$ for 6nimmt

[@NoRollsBarred]

ADAM: Worth every penny.

[@jadziaspeed50]

It really is.

[@alexandergifford]

The most I've spent on a boardgame was the re-release of Hero Quest which I bought almost entirely for nostaglia purposes. I haven't even managed to get a single game of it yet T_T

[@prototypep4]

The most expensive game I have is my complete Too Many Bones collection. Got the ultimate completionist pledge during the Unbreakable gamefound campaign and already have Riffle and the coffee promos. $1100 worth set to arrive within the next month or so

[@Mercman1010]

I bought a game called heavy steam which was a kickstarter game and then I found out one of the kicks for funding were custom metal dice. Made me go out and buy (normal) metal dice for a cool 120 bucks. BTW Heavy steam is a Victorian steampunk mech battle game for 2-4 players.

[@HH_Julius]

Aaaaannnd...I want MOST of these!

[@LifeUntilLove]

There is clearly a break point where spending more money goes from making something look nicer to making it look gaudy and ugly. Once you start bedazzling everything in sight, it ironically looks cheep.

[@mikethegrunty5968]

I’m totally starting a power metal band called “ kingdom death monster”

[@willthedrummer3021]

I've got outrage! the normal version. It's awesome and I was wondering when it would of appeared on the list.

[@aliceallgrown]

The most I've spent on a board game is about $150 on Century Golem Edition with the custom mat and bonus packs. I love that game and we play it so much the cards are starting to get worn.

[@kristianpettersen3962]

I reckon No Rolls Barred would have an absolute blast playing Kingdom Death Monster. The art style is a horror trope («Berserk» manga, I believe). The gameplay is the best cooperative legacy boss battler / build a civilization in a nightmare world using the skin and bones of your monstrous enemies -game I am aware of. Unlikely to happen, but I can hope.

[@_Stromboli_]

10:19 "4 MILLION DOLLARYDOOS???!!! TOBIAS!"

[@incandescentdream]

Have you done a video for the craziest/most expensive kickstarter add-ons and stretch goals? Ascension Tactics had the option to pay $7,500 to have your likeness made into a playable character.

[@gregkleinfall1901]

Now I don't feel so bad about some of the kickstarters I have backed.

[@peterward2275]

My most expensive tabletop game (it does have a board of sorts, but unsure if it qualifies, you decide) must be 'Doctor Who: The Time of the Daleks', once all expansions have been added I estimate the final cost to be somewhere around £100-£120.

[@panasonicyouth1985]

The most expensive board game I own (which I have had since the late 90s?) is the Gold Edition of the Star Wars Trilogy Trivial Pursuit game! I brought it over from the USA on my holibobs to Orlando, and still got it safely stored! :)

[@Nominrath]

My most expensive board game? Are we talking OVERALL value? Like, including all the money dropped for upgrades and expansions? Or just the base game itself? All expansions + other stuff? Marvel United - $580 USD for the base game, the original ultimate bundle, and the X-Men United and everything. Just Base? Twilight Imperium 4. $110 USD.

[@themegaknight1411]

The most expensive one I saw was 1 thousand dollars at a flea market which was a mobile game board that was a big hunk of plastic that had Monopoly on it

[@jortega1381]

My most expensive ones might be Tokaido Collector's Edition and my giant edition of Takenoko with the Chibis expansion. Both treasures have the most amazing table presence.

[@ADKearney2112]

Mine would be Cthulhu Wars which I own every expansion released for it. It's run me roughly $1200 or so.

[@chriskijek4649]

The Special edition Catan purchase new was either 150 or $200. Now it’s worth 1500 that’s a nice return on my money

[@meetus89]

I have the ghostbusters board game and ghostbusters 2 board game and they have to be the most expensive I have. Great video ridiculous amount of money. Lol. Oh and you remind me of the lead singer of scissor sisters...... I don't know if anyone has ever mentioned that. You probably get that all the time......... But then again most people probably don't even remember them. Anyway great vid :)

[@ericnewcomer8415]

I play Warhammer that should explain everything ..... Not completely a board game, but close enough.

[@bovlap]

I have 9 board games, one of them is nemesis

[@jamesporter2542]

I love the Queens on that Pearl Royale chess set, they kind of remind me of the Evil Queen pawn from Villianous

[@youdontknowjack6682]

Wouldnt you need to polish that gold monopoly board? I would be put off by having to do chores for a game

[@EightThreeEight]

My most expensive board game is my copy of Battlestar Galactica, which I got after it had gone out of print. Copies of it usually go online for upwards of £300; I got mine in an eBay auction for 90 quid.

[@macdoo99]

I picked up the scroll edition of the lovely Fall of Magic which retails at about £100 but after UK taxes, shipping, more taxes, handling fees, and taxes on the handling fees, it ended up costing me just over £200 🤯 (luckily with the new kickstarter I was able to pick up the sequel for the actual £100 because jesus I wasn't going to get stung on the shipping again)

[@dylanogg347]

A Board Game that inspires a successful Manga would come with a hefty price. Such is the power of acclaim.

[@BoardGameSanctuary]

I have allways wanted a 3D version of Settlers of Catan... although Terraforming Mars has a deluxe 3D Version too which looks enticing!

[@walterbright2853]

I paid around 300 dollars U.S. with shipping for my copy of street fighter the miniatures game from Kickstarter but I’ve had a great time playing with it.

[@Faze-2]

*Cluedo* Meh another game I haven't heard of Realizing it's Clue I HAVE TO HAVE THAT

[@TheCFKane1982]

Me too! I'm obsessed with Clue.

[@twilliamspro]

Round Monopoly looks cool.

[@daire1012]

That backgammon set looks like everyone's first house in creative mode

[@tfofgaming3413]

Gotta say, some of the low entries actually look cool, and I could see a group of friends who really like those games pooling money for them (especially the 3D Catan game) Then, you have the ones that are just money-burning because they're pointlessly covered in gems or made of gold. $4 Million, if spent, saved, and invested right, would set you for life...or you could spend it on a fancy, shiny chess set. I could find a simple glass chess set that looks just as shiny and pretty for like $20 at Walmart. As for most expensive one I got, a few DnD board games worth up to $100 new that I got for Christmas one year. Never really played them much since I can't find anyone to try them out consistently.

[@TheOneWhoReportsForDuty]

You should make a list about insanely expensive chess pieces. That actually sounds kinda cool

[@glenndallas7171]

Hammacher Schlemmer used to sell a wall-sized Scrabble game -- The World's Largest Scrabble Game -- for $12,000.

[@sir1337alot]

the normal and the master edition of hero quest plus the wizards of morcar expansion... until the darkest dungeon ancestral version was available =)

[@terradraca]

Biggest board game expenditure I ever made was spending 300+$ on the dungeon expansion of Talisman. That thing is a PITA to find.

[@Nja109]

Sees video glances at forgeworld models on shelf

[@TheSpacemanSal]

I used to own an original copy of a not well known board game, named Oilman. A big blue brick of plastic with different depth sensors that changed by shaking the board, so it would be different each play. It was a blast to play, but about 15 years ago now someone offered me $1000 cash for it, so of course I do not own it any longer! Note that I have seen it pop up from anywhere from $150 - $500, so I think I did pretty good, considering I got it for $20.