Board Games Back in Time | Pre 2000 Board Games We want to Try!

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00:00 - Intro
02:44 - Tickle
04:03 - Princes not Princesses
05:12 - Suspense! Adventure! Thrills!
06:27 - Movie Magic
08:04 - Political Games
09:10 - Not so friendly Ghosts
10:08 - Magic School Bus
11:30 - It was My Idea First
12:30 - Trains are cool
13:50 - It's a Moose
15:13 - Wrap Up
17:20 - A Little Bit Extra
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[@scottdavis6293]

El Grande, Acquire, Elfenland, Rail Baron, Cosmic Encounter, plus two you mentioned - Tigris & Euphrates and Ra - were all amazing games for their era.

[@joshfrench5858]

“1982 wasn’t even alive then”…..instantly feel old 😂

[@rmclean101]

Or maybe they're just wee babies!

[@FostertheMeeple]

I wish that were true hahah

[@rmclean101]

@@FostertheMeeple damn, then we are old... although maybe 44 isn't that old 😁🙌😉

[@FostertheMeeple]

@@rmclean101 I’m fast approaching 40. We are young and full of life. Spry like gazelle

[@rmclean101]

@@FostertheMeeple yes! 💪

[@travisadork]

Haven't even gotten through the intro yet, but love the mention of Silverchair and "Anthem for the Year 2000." Agreed - GREAT song!! What a way to start off the video. Love it!!

[@greghoggard102]

Not quite 2000 (2001) but one I just recently received from a BGG individual who culls his collection every so often and ships the game to whomever has the comment he likes the most at his own expense! So generous and I was sent the game Venezia. It is a German version as I don’t think it was ever printed in English but I used Google Translate, a scanner and Adobe Pro to convert the rulebook to English. Quick synopsis “As Pigeon clans, players vie for roosting rights in the districts of Venice.” Had to see what a game about pigeons was all about!

[@FostertheMeeple]

A PIGEON GAME?!?! Oh man

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Some really good games here! I love Princes of Florence and Die Macher! Such amazing games. Princes of Florence is fantastic at 4/5 people! Die Macher is one that still feels like mostly a "new" board game, even though it is super old! Other great ones on the list as well, just thought I shouldn't spoil all the picks in the comment :P Looking forward to more videos in this series! :D

[@markhopper3895]

All the Knizia’s! Route building? Try Through the Desert. Auction that Jeff will actually like? Try Medici. Area Control that Jamie will like? Try Samurai. Cute? Try the new Zoo Vadis remake of Quo Vadis. 20 minutes? Tutankhamen. You’ll probably go broke trying to find all his older classics, but it’s so worth it. Only knock is a lot of these are best at 4 or higher player count.

[@matt_stowball]

Oh man, Anthem For The Year 2000 is amazing. And Silverchair are from my hometown! And and my father-in-law laid carpet in Daniel Johns' house!

[@FostertheMeeple]

Hahah that’s awesome! I remember it from big shiny tunes!

[@JonTripp115]

Survive is a fun game, made even better by the fact that it's visible in the background of the movie Gremlins, which is a top 3 Christmas movie.

[@axétério]

Survive: Escape from Atlantis is still my favorite game of all time for the memorable experiences is makes every time. Must Try!

[@FostertheMeeple]

Awesome! We very much want to try it out someday!

[@robrattley3902]

I would also throw in Perudo (liars dice), Pit (great party card game), For Sale and Lifeboats which is one of the meanest games you'll ever play.

[@FostertheMeeple]

We very much enjoy for sale! Great game.

[@ScytheNoire]

Survive is great, and a lot of fun. Had the Parker Bros version as a kid, and have this new version. If you like a chance for a little meanness, you'll love it.

[@tyleryoung3158]

THAT'S A GREAT SONG, JAMIE

[@jeffharned3905]

Sasquatches and lumberjacks you guys should try Jamie's type of game.

[@bookman3380]

Elk Fest has been on my radar for quite a while. Something about flicking games gives me that dopamine dump. Some suggestions: *Space Hulk (1989) *Blood Bowl (1994) *Robo Rally (1994) *Pitch Car (1995) More flicky goodness!!

[@FostertheMeeple]

Great list of games! We’ve played pitch car and it was super fun (had the big loop track section too). I have blitz bowl but haven’t tried it yet, and robo rally is one I definitely want to try sometime. Space hulk also look like something I’d enjoy

[@SenseiJae]

You’d probably really like Show Manager! My favorite game pre 2000 (you should have gone with 1995 which is when the boardgame renaissance started) is Crude, an economic game about oil production and markets (which unquestionably inspired Catan).

[@Roxas77]

I see Unmatched King and Country in the background, I was able to play a few rounds of it recently. Really fun, Black Panther is OP!

[@FostertheMeeple]

We haven’t tried black panther yet but played the other two!! I very much enjoyed winter soldier. Really cool set

[@Roxas77]

@@FostertheMeeple Who won in your first matchup from the set? And I'm glad you enjoyed it

[@cruel_knight3478]

Fun video guys!!! Never heard of any of them. Lol Bummed "Stop Thief" wasn't on here. One of my all time favorites own the original and recently picked up the remake from Restoration Games. Mehhh nostalgia for me. 221B Baker Street is another I'd include (also own it) 😝

[@tabletalk4729]

I have Traumfabrik/Nightmare Productions but got the best version (Hollywood Golden Age) but had to get it from Spain. Made a custom early 2000's version with BGG custom files. Working on making a custom modern version. Fun for the theme and decent auction game but not mind blowing.

[@jdogbemple1]

Gotta play Schotten Totten. Its like Lost Cities with poker hands. So fun.

[@FostertheMeeple]

It’s been recommended a bunch!! Hope to try it soon

[@jogumby]

Fun video! We were in our 18XX phase (train game Jeff) and did some others in the train game category. Once worker placement hit though the 18XX days were done. We played several in that category though, hundreds of times. We played a lot of Advanced Civilization as well.

[@runraggedrhino]

The way you kept saying "PrincISS"... I didn't know my eye could twitch that much

[@FostertheMeeple]

PrincISS? What’s wrong with PrincISS? Is this not correct? PrincISS?

[@runraggedrhino]

@@FostertheMeeple 🤯

[@runraggedrhino]

I will, however, be forever pronouncing Tikal as tickle. That is just gold!

[@TheOmninovoi]

I want to play Leo Colovini's Carolus Magnus (2000) -- I've always been transfixed by the cool looking pieces....

[@jkledis]

So when Jamie said I love making movies game - my wife thought Jamie said making babies! 😂😂😂😂

[@FostertheMeeple]

No babies here Jim! Unless dogs count

[@jkledis]

@@FostertheMeeple of course dogs count and cats.

[@cgrice1971]

Ra is excellent. You should try it!

[@FostertheMeeple]

We want to!! Almost backed it but hoping to try a borrowed copy first

[@4theluvofbooks211]

9:10 A game store just opened yesterday a couple of towns away from where we live and they had Good and Bad Ghosts so I had to get it for my son and I to play!

[@FostertheMeeple]

That’s awesome! Hope you enjoyed it!

[@4theluvofbooks211]

@@FostertheMeeple we have not had a chance to play it yet. We will let you know our thoughts after we do though.

[@4theluvofbooks211]

My son, Jeffrey and I really enjoyed Good and Bad Ghosts. You guys should try it if you find it!

[@houserouse]

Great video. Love seeing some older games. Ones I grew up with my gateway games as a teenager which I would at least look into are cosmic encounter, talisman, and titan. Different titan titles out there this one is a purple box says 1980 on bbg, great old school game if you have 18 plus hours to play. Cosmic.encoumter is a classic, talisman is definitely a older simple mechanic but for its time it was a lot of fun. As always thank you both for the great videos and thank you for wingspan. Really do enjoy that game.

[@FostertheMeeple]

We have cosmic encounter! Just need to learn it and get it played with the group!

[@jeffwmoore]

For a tortoise and hare game, I strongly suggest -- Tales & Games: The Hare & the Tortoise (2011) -- it's awesome!

[@FostertheMeeple]

Thanks for the suggestion Jeff!

[@rolling.reggie]

Awesome video idea! I agree with Tickle and Bus and my other 3 choices would be: El Grande, Through the Desert, and Ra.

[@FostertheMeeple]

Played El Grande! It’s on BGA! I still don’t really know what we were doing in the game but it was enjoyable!

[@corinnajuras-tabletopsavants]

Survive is sooo good!

[@FostertheMeeple]

We’ve heard good things!

[@jamesmorgan1967]

Love the box art of Good and Bad Ghosts. I've seen a playthrough of Bus and it looks like a brain burner!

[@FostertheMeeple]

Yea I’ve heard it is!! Not sure it’s one I’d enjoy but at this point, I’ve committed to finding it and trying it

[@robrattley3902]

had to jump in at Survive. Great game, i ignored it for a good long while because i had the original Waddingtons version as a child with all of its plastic island piece glory and plastic sea monsters. The new one does a great job at updating the rules. Really fun game and pretty cut throat!

[@FostertheMeeple]

We love us some cut throatness.

[@tylerlance8096]

Definitely give Horseless Carriage a chance if you are interested in a splotter Jeff! There is a good online implementation of it. Not sure what the channel rule is about sharing links in comments, but happy to do so!

[@FostertheMeeple]

I’m not sure how friendly KZbin is to links but I’m sure I can find it!! Thanks for the heads up Tyler!

[@chrischarlebois9072]

Diplomacy, or Convincing 6 Other Players To Let You Win.

[@chrischarlebois9072]

And by Rage, are you talking about the World Of Darkness Collectable Card Game based on Werewolf?

[@TheMartinChronicles]

Just watched your buddies at Board Game Ramblings do a "Have we played top 100 BGG" video and El Grande came up. This is a bit if a grail game for me and someone mentioned that the German version is available for a reasonable price. For about $50 including shipping i shall have it! It's from 1995 by the way.🙂 Also, am I the only one or is KZbin becoming more and more aggravating? Captions keep popping in on every other video and the subscription bar comes on screen after every commercial.😠

[@rob4433]

Check Jeff out rocking the tan

[@mikes4865]

Being much much older than you I played many of these years ago. The original title to Nightmare Productions is Dteam Factory (in English) and it's fun, Die Machet (Pronounced Dee - in German the 2nd vowel is pronounced long your German 101 lesson for today. Anyway the game is a very good political game for its time. Three pre 2000 games to try are Wabbit Wampage, Stellar Conquest (one of the very first 4x games) and Nuclear War (a dark humor card game).

[@FostertheMeeple]

Ohhh stellar conquest has my attention!

[@MikeAlger1964]

Have you tried Illuminati? I came out in the 80's, had a CCG release (Illuminati: New World Order) and the second edition was released in 2018. It is fun but plays best at 4 players.

[@FostertheMeeple]

We haven’t! 4 players is a once a month thing at best for us but will see if we can find a copy to try sometime!

[@tyleryoung3158]

Also, Kramer should make a follow up called The Princess of Florence!

[@FostertheMeeple]

Agreed!

[@JonathonV]

THE PRINCES OF FLORENCE is great fun! It’s great for introducing people to auction and polyomino games! (QUACKS OF QUEDLINBURG is by Wolfgang Warsch, not Kramer, but both Wolfgangs are incredible designers!) SURVIVE is good for introducing new people to games, as it’s super light. Has some fun interactions, and it’s sometimes difficult to remember the point value of the meeples you’re rescuing! BUS is phenomenal. The whole time warp thing is so weird! 😂 But I really enjoy the way you almost auction the worker placement spaces, and you build a massive network but you don’t want it to force you to take stuff you don’t want! BUS is a lot lighter than other Splotter games, from what I know of them, but I haven’t played any others. STEPHENSON’S ROCKET didn’t work for me. I found it horridly unbalanced, and one move can completely destroy your strategy so you’re just biding your time, waiting for the game to end. Only played it once, but I wasn’t super keen on trying it again. Had a lot that I liked, but it just seemed broken and unpolished. Haven’t tried the others on your lists! As to games that I’d recommend from pre-2000: - ACQUIRE (1964). So many Hasbro games from this era don’t cut the mustard anymore, but this economic game completely holds up. Another thing that’s interesting is that the game doesn’t end until someone declares that they’ve met an end-game condition (they might be able to buy a few extra turns). - SET (1988). This game is supremely frustrating to certain players but I think it’s absolutely genius and I love it (perhaps because I am cash at it)! The only game I can think of that kids seem to be better at than adults. - QUARTO (1991). The perfect 10-minute abstract game for people who want that little bit of chess-like feeling without it being too much of a commitment. - MASTER LABYRINTH (1991). Such a unique mechanism of the board state changing every turn! And delightfully puzzly (definitely get the “Master” version; you’ll thank me later). - STICK’EM (1993). I don’t usually like vicious games and I’m not wowed by trick-taking games, so there’s no reason I should like this game as much as I do, but it’s so interesting, and it’s light enough that you can laugh off the inevitable mistakes in judgement you make! - 6 NIMMT! (1994). Another light card game! But a great game to play as you’re waiting for people to arrive to a game night, for example. One of the few games whose sweet spot is 7-8 players but you can play it with 3 or 4 and it works fine. How many of those have you tried? Were there any other honourable mentions that didn’t make your lists?

[@FostertheMeeple]

We’ve played 6 nimmt! I think for me it was a lot of war games. Would like to give some of the older ones a try

[@larryjex215]

Tikal, Survive and Die Macher are good choices to try. Also I think the new version of Die Macher by Stronghold/Spielworks is a bit more streamlined than the old German version which I played.

[@FostertheMeeple]

I didn’t know there was a newer version!! Will look into it! Thanks Larry

[@cruel_knight3478]

TIKAL latin origins Sounds like Tee cAL Stress on the AL 😊

[@erichgeoppinger7112]

ever played the original Dark Tower (1981) or Dungeonquest (1985)?

[@FostertheMeeple]

Neither! But have played the new dark tower

[@scottmeister9882]

Good and bad ghosts got a reprint as phantoms vs phantoms which y ou be able to get

[@FostertheMeeple]

Awesome!! Thanks for the heads up Scott!

[@fonimer]

Jeff is losing his mind. He doesn't want to do this anymore.

[@FostertheMeeple]

I don’t? Oh man. What do I tell myself now.