50-41 | 100 Greatest Games Ever Made!

[@dandurkin9735]

As a physicist and self-appointed representative of the scientific community, we would like to commend The Brothers Murph for popularizing to the general public "how science works". With appreciation, we thank thee! (You've both become wonderfully eloquent in communicating why you love these games - thank you!)

[@hondito]

Cult of the new with my 41-50! 41) Living Forest 42) Canvas 43) Juicy Fruits (I only played this once, so I can definitely see it going higher) 44) In Front of the Elevators 45) 7 Wonders Duel 46) Onitama 47) Takenoko 48) Sorcerer City 49) Dark Moon 50) Cinque Terre

[@benleague3115]

My top two favorite games are Marvel Champions and Carcassonne. I am not sure which one I like more. I play Carcassonne with my coworkers almost every week when I go into the office, over lunch. It's a great game because anybody can join to play. I have all the expansions so there is a lot of variability. I don't know how many people realize how many variations of the game there are! It never gets old for me.

[@teejleague3838]

41 Escape: The Curse of the Temple - Big Box Second Edition 42 Unicorn Fever 43 Everdell 44 Forbidden Island 45 Castell 46 Meadow 47 Just Desserts 48 Roll In One 49 Treasure Island 50 The Golden Ticket Game

[@omarsaggaf]

The showing of the games is one of the strongest points of these videos. And the way you describe the games, are well summarize and showes the passion and that you really remember and loves the game. Other Top10s might say something like: “oh I adore this X game but I cant remember why, but it was good, and that's why it made it to my top 10” If the board game space ever grows as a hoppy this channel has a lot of entertainment value and I expect it will have a mesure role to the growth of the hoppy.

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Wow such kind words thank you so much!! we are really proud of the quality of our videos and it’s always really awesome to have people Agree!

[@dr3putt62]

Here we go! 50 - Founding Fathers 49 - Anno 1800 47 - Carnegie 48 - Campaign Trail 46 - Black Angel 45 - Agricola: All Creatures Big and Small 44 - Pax Pamir: Second Edition 43 - Container 42 - Hegemony: Lead Your Class to Victory 41 - Twilight Struggle 40 - Agricola (Revised Edition)

[@shanecolhoun8744]

That’s how… math works. 😆 thanks man, always learning.

[@TheBrothersMurph]

We out here

[@jediquigley2192]

I like the look of project L, I was a kid when tetris was out on the original gameboy ❤

[@TheBrothersMurph]

It’s got real familiar and nostalgic vibes

[@palacsintaz]

I am waiting for all the parts to be out so that I can binge them.

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Niiiiiice

[@thedoctor1325]

Ecos was hitting the table quite often before the covid shut down. Though work scheduling blocked me from going to those game days so don't know if they still have the game or if it continued to being played. I thought the game was just okay, the bingo mechanism was good (although borrowed from Rise of Augustus / Via Magica). The board play is where it fell for me, never really hit right. The combos always felt good however.

[@paulhamrick3943]

BTW, when it comes to solo or solo-able games should we all just give up and start exclusively playing Garphill games? I friggin love Paladins of the West Kingdom solo as well as Circadians and I plan on getting Hadrian’s Wall and this new one that you mention here. Let’s just give up and surrender to Garphill.

[@rolling.reggie]

FINALLY we got to the GOOD games. No PWH on this vid I think? Shame.

[@TheBrothersMurph]

I knowwwww we fail

[@EzFlyers10]

Praga too low ! ;)

[@Poiuytrew.Q]

First!?

[@sherylw4599]

I dearly and PASSIONATELY love the intro song.

[@TheBrothersMurph]

It’s the BEST!

[@kennethpaschall4801]

A really great list fellas. I absolutely love Lost Ruins of Arnak, Gloomhaven, and Cascadia. I really, really, really, really want to get Wayfarers of the South Tigris. Maybe after the holidays. Here are my 50 - 41. 41. Aeon's End: Legacy 42. Teotihuacan: City of Gods 43. Thunderstone Quest 44. Betrayal Legacy 45. Century: A New World 46. Furnace 47. Kho'ra: Rise of an Empire 48. Roll Player 49. Mansions of Madness (2E) 50. Hadrian's Wall

[@EzFlyers10]

50: blood rage 49: yedo 48: the crew 47: Manhattan proj: energy empire 46: war of the ring 45: dinogenics 44: bitoku 43: castles of burgandy 42: Newton 41: cosmic encounter

[@kylehynes2888]

I'm not gonna lie Nick, you broke my heart a little putting castles of burgundy so "low." Just playing, top 50 is still fantastic!! I cannot wait to get my hands on the new special edition! Appreciate both of you, and the effort you put in on these videos! Much love from Newfoundland Canada!!

[@marymamabear5415]

Usually I just forward past the intros I've seen before, but I love this one so much I watch it every time.

[@roseability86]

And sing along right? 😎

[@Spilzu]

I think people say 7 Wonders is easy because once you're good at the game, you can easily eliminate what cards you don't want to pick because you KNOW what you want already and you know what cards there are. It becomes so quick that they don't remember how hard it was when they were beginners playing for the first time. That happens for a lot of games but I think it happens especially for 7 Wonders. I love 7 Wonders because it's like 15 minutes if everyone knows how to play, but it's still somewhat complex because you have to try to get the perfect balance of what card types you play.

[@benb.6358]

Forty-four games better than Carcassonne! Lol. At one point in time I would have thought that was astounding. Man, I love board games. 😎

[@TheBrothersMurph]

They’re the best

[@Spilzu]

Castles of Burgundy is so satisfying to play

[@ZoeMcDash]

I love that you have Cacao here! Love that game, especially with the Chocolatl expansion! Praise be PWH!

[@dandurkin9735]

Praise be!

[@Oaklestat]

Finally the almost good games

[@TheBrothersMurph]

So close

[@Fatcat1010]

I missed the local game night on Thursday and someone brought and played South Tigris. I was crushed. 50. Patchwork 49. Parks 48. Wingspan 47. Cheating moth 46. My fathers work 45. Cribbage #Peggin’ 44. Ginkgopolis 43. Tapestry 42. Ultimate Railroads 41. Wits and Wagers

[@RebeccaAlis]

I watch every one of these from 100 down and sing along with Matthew Jude in the intro you guys are the best 🙌

[@kylehynes2888]

Is it Matthew Jude that does the theme song? I was wondering. He is an amazing content creator as well

[@NileSings]

That Matthew Jude!?🤯🤯🤯

[@Wackattack812]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who sings along every time!! 🤣

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Yes indeed Matthew Jude wrote, performed, and sang that intro!

[@Poiuytrew.Q]

They still have the World’s Fair. It’s called World Expo. I went to the one in Italy in 2015. The next one is in Japan 2025. It was cool. Each country had their own exhibits and you walk into each and it’s like getting a sample of each country.

[@TheBrothersMurph]

that's awesome

[@teejleague3838]

One crazy thing about making a list like this is that you have to have some that are lower than you want...like every game not in your top ten!!!! I ran into that same trouble!

[@spike2439]

I just bought South Tigris today!

[@BobbyReichle]

Supplemental "supple mender." Here is my continued list! 50 - 41: 50. Smartphone Inc. - A kind of introductory Food Chain Magnate about programming the right price for your goods. I love it. 49. Teotihuacan City of the Gods - This is such a weird and fun game that has some really satisfying moments. 48. New Frontiers/Roll for the Galaxy/Race for the Galaxy - I combined these, maybe I shouldn't have? New Frontiers list section crossover! The game is very good and very different from Puerto Rico. 47. Wavelength - I think my highest party game? This game is such a fun and neat experiment. 46. Agricola - I think this game is a little too on-rails for me to really enjoy it as much as other Uwe games, but it is such a well-constructed game that it is very fun to play. 45. Skymines - The graphic design is pretty frustrating, but I fell in love with this game when I demoed it at GenCon. I just love the stocks aspect and the tracks and the weird area control, and they should have named it Moon Base A. 44. Viticulture - This game has really fallen down my list, and I think it's mostly because I don't play worker placement games as often as I used to, but this game is still one of the best. 43. Carpe Diem - I have really loved this game more and more as I've played it. This, Castles, and Notre Dame seem to continually rise in my estimation as I play them. 42. Lords of Vegas - Absolute madcap delirium of an area control and economic game. So much silly fun. 41. Ark Nova - My partner would moiduh me for putting this game this low, but it is VERY fun and I love it VERY much. I love having games where you develop affinities for certain cards (like the Common Wombat [aka Commie Wommie]).

[@lukepickles5099]

Today I learned how science, math and lists work - who says board games aren’t informative and educational!

[@TheBrothersMurph]

We deserve awards for how well we educate the masses

[@sophiahercher6386]

I love Ecos too, I also wonder why it seems like nobody talks about it

[@TyvanTV]

ECOS at #49 is criminal! The only thing that can save you I guess is if Scythe is in your top 10. Waiting! PS another great video guys ❤🙏

[@TheBrothersMurph]

It'll be higher on Nick's list ;)

[@JustinandHanna]

Do you have any of the expansions for Project L? I had to go out of my way to get them all sent from Czech Republic last year. I agree that it’s the best welcoming game out there and I just wanted a little extra meat for myself when playing with the people that have played before. Definitely like the small things the expansions add, just allow you to do moreeee. I think they can cause a bit more AP for those prone to it but doesn’t really effect my playtime.

[@TheBrothersMurph]

We didn’t even know there was expansion stuff! Definitely have to track that down

[@mtkenyaguy]

50. Wingspan 49. Village 48. Tikal 47. Railway Rivals 46. Istanbul 45. Kingdom Builder 44. Spades 43. Ten Days in Africa 42. Hanabi 41. The Crew

[@2frelledminds]

#50 Flip City #49 Nippon #48 Reworld #47 Roll Player #46 Little Factory #45 Underwater Cities #44 Point Salad #43 ArtSee #42 Beyond the Sun #41 Number Drop

[@robphyllyps1]

Wow!! New frontier is one of my favourite games. Never seen it on one of these lists before.

[@TheBrothersMurph]

It’s so good!!

[@jongemanjacobs]

What is graphill games?

[@TheBrothersMurph]

oh you never heard it's the hottest newest publisher making games about graphs and/or hills

[@doyle9904]

41. Mechs vs Minions 42. The Quest for Eldorado 43. Barrage 44. Thunder and Lightning 45. Palaces of Carrara 46. Stone Age 47. Dimension 48. Skull 49. Roll Camera 50. The Crew

[@TheBrothersMurph]

LOVE seeing Mechs vs Minions so high!

[@JonathonV]

Hi friends! Congratulations for finishing the bottom half of your list! Continuing my top 100 games I want to replay now: 50. MEADOW (0). Cool that this is halfway through my list twice in a row! Anyway, it’s a good, simple, innovative game. Not terrifically exciting so it doesn’t come to the table often, but it’s dependably good. 49. VERDANT (NEW). I no longer need to play Cascadia ever again. And I live in Cascadia! (FYI, Cascadia is #224 on my list). Verdant is very similar, but in my opinion, snappier and more interesting. 48. TINY EPIC GALAXIES (-6). Classic simple dice game with some replayability and gives you a decent amount of dice manipulation. A faithful game in my group for years. 47. FLEET: THE DICE GAME (-24). I like this game a lot but it’s tough to keep track of things, especially if you get distracted mid-combo. None of my game groups are into heavy roll-and-writes, so it never gets played. Very neat gameplay, though. 46. SCYTHE (NEW). I didn’t think I’d like this based on the theme, the miniatures, and the narrative, but yet I do (so far!). I like how you can go a bunch of different directions and there are interactions across all those directions. 45. POWER GRID (-31). Dependable classic. It’s a beast so it has to be the right time, but it’s a great game. 44. THE PRINCES OF FLORENCE (-15). My game group fell in love with this recently when I bought a used copy. Good simple fun! 43. THE QUACKS OF QUEDLINBURG (-27). Such a classic game! Love it a lot, and so does my family and all my game groups. It’s drying out a bit for me but I still wouldn’t refuse a game! 42. AZUL: QUEEN’S GARDEN (NEW). I used to say that Stained Glass of Sintra was my favourite Azul. Then I discovered this game and quickly changed my opinion! It’s crunchy for an Azul but I like that! 41. PRAGA CAPUT REGNI (-29). I only managed to play this once but I really enjoyed it. Vladimír Suchý is probably my favourite game designer, so this definitely needs to get replayed. Thanks for a great video! Lots of great games this time around!

[@hondito]

I've only tried Verdant once and I'm not sure how I feel about it. It's still behind Cascadia and Calico for me, but I definitely need to give it another try. It felt a bit like it was trying to do too much at once.

[@donnakeferlis1649]

Azul: Queen's Garden👍👍👍

[@JonathonV]

@@hondito That’s a fair critique. That might actually be why I like it more than Cascadia, because you have a more limited window to do more things, whereas I get bored with Cascadia because your turns are simple and you only have to manage two things. Like Verdant, Calico also has the nice time crunch, but it feels a lot more luck-dependent. Thanks for checking out my list! I appreciate it!

[@JonathonV]

@@donnakeferlis1649 Right?! So good! 😀

[@jacobramirez5974]

I was surprised by Scythe too! The action selection based on resource management, the 3 different units to control, the... well, I digress... It's one that I didn't think I'd like at all, but I totally do! Also, Azul QG blew my mind!! I absolutely love it!! (BTW, ur whole list is great)

[@paulhamrick3943]

I hate it when I hear people say that a game is just “bingo”. In bingo you have zero control over anything. If Ecos is bingo than any game that has a die roll is bingo as well (think Machii Koro or Space Base). I’ve seen people in BGG criticize Tiny Towns for being bingo.

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Fully agree these games are so much better than bingo so I don’t know why it gets a bad rep

[@2frelledminds]

Ah, the top 50, where I can finally rant about "I can't believe X game is so high on your list. How is it possible that that trash is so high?" Sarcasm aside, I'm glad you beat your goal for Table Top Alliance.

[@2frelledminds]

Case in point, Castles of Burgundy? Bleh. I wasn't actually going to comment on any of them and then Mike said to give Nick grief about that placement. I'm just doing what I was told.

[@RobTheWordsmith]

Graphill Games??

[@hondito]

Grapple Games... Nick will FIGHT them!

[@TheBrothersMurph]

For legal reasons that I’m making up on the spot, we have to call it graphill (or grapple) games

[@EzFlyers10]

Stop thief added to cart :)

[@EzFlyers10]

Yes, scholars is better than wayfarers.. its heavy and awesome. Loooove it. I almost wanna redo my list just to make sure it is high on it ! Lol

[@TheBrothersMurph]

CANNOT wait to play it

[@marcoschaub8978]

Project L is absolutely outstanding - so well said! I totally agree, it's currently one of the best if not the best gateway game out there. It is just so incredibly satisfying to fill in the puzzles and to grow your collection of tiles.

[@craftecowgirl]

Whats game on shelf left of Tawantinsuyu?

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Roll Player

[@ianw0ng]

yay! a list that doesnt list gloomhaven in the top10.

[@Erril_Ferndal]

👍Very nice guys!

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Thank you Erril!

[@edwardbrost331]

Hey guys nice list, I was at expo 86 which is considered a world fair and according to Wikipedia there is one scheduled in Argentina 2023.

[@TheBrothersMurph]

That’s awesome!!

[@Gmoney14]

Have you played the expansion to Ecos? If so, curious about how that plays.

[@TheBrothersMurph]

We have and we like it a lot! Very easy to add in and gives some of those fun landmarks to consider building

[@paulhamrick3943]

Wow you are really passionate about tile drawing rules!

[@TheBrothersMurph]

It’s 50% of our identity at this point

[@coyotemoon722]

I wanted to like Arnak but at least in the few plays I've had the person who reaches the top of the Tech track first wins.

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Yeah it’s actually a really big piece of that game but doesn’t seem like it at first. Definitely have to focus on it

[@coyotemoon722]

​@@TheBrothersMurph Any reason PWH gets the "Praise Be" title over Uwe? Of his titles I've played Sushi Go and Barenpark and those are fine. But like Uwe comes in with like 10 or so landmark games. PWH's highest game on BGG is Barenpark at 343. Uwe's got 5 in the top 100. It looks like you have a ton of Uwe games on your lists so it's just odd to me that you would hold Phil in higher regard from a design standpoint. Anyway, loving the series so far. I did my Top 100 recently too!

[@sonyabladesbooty3890]

Did they talk about Lord of the Rings LCG yet? Or is that not technically a board game. What about War of the Ring

[@TheBrothersMurph]

I imagine watching the video will reveal a lot