BoardGameGeek Top 10 vs 10 - Worker Placement

Join Mike and Nick of the Brothers Murph as they look at the Top 10 Worker Placement games according to BoardGameGeek and tell you of their favorite Top 10 as well.
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[@mattlowder]

Love what these guys have done in 2 or 3 short years. They've really made a career out of this.

[@c.w.2000]

Yes, I didn't like them that much at first, but they've grown on me over the past year (hmm... maybe I should see a doctor about that?). I also love the podcast they are regularly on: This Game Is Broken.

[@sheldonconrad7878]

I totally agree, I feel like they have become better presenters and I have really have begun to enjoy their content

[@meenki347]

They're reviewing better games.

[@MoriMemento117]

Murphs!!! Top ten! Yeeeah! Also, this format has to be one of my favourite top tens on the internets. Comparing your interests with the public's is noice!

[@sarahjoylagunzad6159]

Love this concept format BGG 10 v. BroMurphs 10! Would love to see more of these! My taste leans more towards BroMurphs, love me some Rajas of the Ganges and Pursuit of Happiness! Thanks Mike and Nick! Keep it up dudes!!

[@thetasigma1905]

Worker placement is also my favourite type of game . However, as a close second I’d love to see your ten best co-ops . Keep up the good work bros!

[@adangca]

Murph's Top Ten: 10. Everdell 9. Kitchen Rush 8. The Pursuit of Happiness 7. Raj of the Ganges 6. Architects of the West Kingdom 5. Dungeon Petz 4. The Prodigals Club 3. Shakespeare 2. A Feast for Odin 1. Viticulture Essential Edition BGG Top Ten(in the video): 10. Anachrony 9. The Voyages of Marco Polo 8. Robinson Crusoe 7. Le Havre 6. T'Zolkin: The Mayan Calendar 5. A Feast for Odin 4. Agricola 3. Orleans 2. Caverna 1. Viticulture Essential Edition

[@philipancherprivat7786]

Love worker placement games! Another favorite mechanic is tile laying. It would be great to see you guys do a top 10 vs 10 tile laying games 👍

[@thynarrowroad]

What the heck guys! You have not played AGRICOLA? It is not dry at all and has a tremendous amount of tension. You owe it to yourselves to play Uwe Rosenberg's classic worker placement game.

[@GameWeekendChalbie]

Love this style video. The brothers Murph have such good and vibrant personalities for a list like this.

[@vwilliams9365]

Excellent format. You guys are so enjoyable to watch.

[@alexandretavares3081]

Really good video! Why isn't this listed? I would really like to be notified when new tops like this are posted.

[@benhoff901]

I really liked this! Top 10 vs 10 - 2 Player Games?

[@GameWeekendChalbie]

I’d love to see a 10 versus 10 engine builders.

[@Smashpack85]

Really enjoyed this Video idea. So I’m surprise the Bros made it through not only one but two top 10 lists in less than an hour. I’d like to see the top 10 roll playing, co-op, hand management or tableau building comparison lists

[@bobbyreichle2813]

Love the positivity! Video was well-paced, as well, the commentary light and silly, but not self-indulgent. Fantastic job!

[@BoardGamesNotBoringGames]

#1 Anachrony (my #4 overall) #2 Keyflower (#6) #3 Stoneage (#9) #4 Tzol'in (#11) #5 Dungeon Lords (#12) #6 Agricola: All Creatures Big and Small (#14) #7 Nations (#18) #8 Lords of Waterdeep (#19) #8.5 Key Flow (#20 - Shows as Worker placement on BGG but I think that's a stretch!) #9 The Pillars of the Earth (#27) #10 Mombasa (#36)

[@jsperafico]

If I may share my experience with Anachrony, the game isn't about time travel at all... if are you considering storyteling (hmmm.. yeah ) sure, but not as near as it should be on gameplay. After some 5 or 6 maches we figure out that is fairly simple to win without using this feature. And ended up as a work-around if we mess up in our strategy. It's highly improbable that we miss understood some rule, we had been restudying this game on every single match. I thank that's it, thank you for this excelent video guys!!!

[@Duchess-ty3ys]

Really enjoying these top tens. Do you guys work hard to be on the same page or do all 3 of you like a lot of the same games? Also enjoying the photos a lot. Even bought the calendar. ;)

[@technoleo9]

Super interesting! Would love to see a deck-building list, and a one vs many list as well! Thanks guys

[@inj3ction]

This

[@johnsonnavinr2522]

I typically stay on the lighter side of worker placement. Champions of midgard and waterdeep. I backed reavers of midgard so I'm hoping that starts to get me to grasp a bit heavier euro

[@wojciechgizynski1486]

Hi, really enjoying this series :) maybe consider doing a Top 10 vs 10 Deduction games?

[@kennethpaschall4801]

Great video. My favorites are Lords of Waterdeep and Architects of the West Kingdom. I would say, do a top 10 miniatures games. This is totally from a selfish stand point. 😁

[@albertk3038]

Totally agree!! Miniature games please!

[@justinevassallo8388]

I was between both of them (LoW and Architects of the west kingdom) which one do you recommend I get first, please ?

[@kennethpaschall4801]

@@justinevassallo8388 Of the two, I would say AotWK first. Smaller game, easy to learn, and lots of fun.

[@justinevassallo8388]

@@kennethpaschall4801 Thank you based on your opinion I got AotWK.

[@kennethpaschall4801]

@@justinevassallo8388 You are very welcome. I hope you truly enjoy it.

[@Prokasu]

I would totally watch each and every video of this series

[@swvi9459]

Anachrony is instant classic, one of the best BG of all time

[@jasons9442]

Great video and idea. If you can get one by the end of the month I would like to see a Halloween\Horror themed list.

[@kchorst5037]

What a great idea for a series. I think you broke even, because in disagreeing with Orleans' category, you could have people argue that Shakespeare is action selection and not worker placement. Love Shakespeare, and I agree about Agricola. If I wanted to read all that on the Agricola cards, I'd read a book. :)

[@seanmorgan2257]

love this idea BGG vs Bros Murph, will there be more?

[@TheBrothersMurph]

yes!

[@hanseathl]

Seconded!

[@seanmorgan2257]

@@TheBrothersMurph cool dudes

[@RicoCordova]

This was fun. Some great games listed there. My top 5 WP: 5. Caverna 4. Viticulture 3. Gugong 2. Barrage 1. The Manhattan Project: Energy Empire

[@lexmartel]

How did I not knew about this video? Loved it! Great job guys!

[@rawkyle9385]

Mike’s face when he is describing Feast for Odin. 21:45 Pure gold 😂

[@BoardgameLiker]

Dang! Your lighting has VERY recently improved significantly! Good job.

[@Toneloke-xm9jv]

Awesome video. Would love to see top 10 vs10 card games, dice games, two player games👍

[@ninek666]

My top 10: 1. Anachrony 2. Alien Frontiers 3. Viticulture 4. Trickerion 5. Tzolkin 6. Champions Of Midgard 7. Empires: Age of Discovery 8. The Voyages Of Marco Polo 9. Euphoria 10. Dinogenics

[@MeepleMentor]

I love your top 10! However, Anachrony is in my top 3 worker placements. Keep at it, there's a lot to love!

[@eVanDiesel]

Great idea for a series! Can't wait for more!

[@onepipwonder915]

awesome videos guys, thanks! I think I like Orleans a little more the Viticulture but they were both on your lists, so I am happy!

[@acpudman]

Worker placement is my favorite.... Lords of Waterdeep and Automania are my top 2

[@GamingMansion]

Love that Hamilton reference at 34:58 ;p

[@jdober77]

Yep, I really like this video. I was trying to guess #1 and totally missed Viticulture. Keep going with this series of videos.

[@evatar4052]

Love your top 10 selection! And the format comparing against BGG. Incidentally, you seem to have similar taste in games to me.. I own Viticulture, Pursuit of Happiness, Kitchen Rush and Everdell. Makes me wanna try more games from your list, especially Feast for Odin which i have (strangely) never played

[@nyanates]

Enjoyed this video. WP is my fav mechanic. You have some good recommendations in here. Would suggest you include an index to these spots either in the description or in the end vid credits. It’s a nearly 40 minute video. Gr8 job.

[@bWOOOPdeWooop]

Great video! Love worker placement. Would love to see a Top 10 vs 10 for card games and sports games.

[@nicholaseskridge82]

Great vid. I love worker placement! The Pursuit of Happiness is now on my radar; I've seen it a lot but never paid any attention to what it was. My favorite worker placement title is Alien Frontiers.

[@xxSydneyFox]

Kitchen rush looks awesome lol haha love little bits in games

[@utopicus]

Dynamic, fun, upbeat. Great duo. Good list.

[@bcmaledragon]

Worker Placement games are my favourite style of games to play(2nd of course is Roll n Writes). I'm suprised that neither list had four of the BEST worker placement games on it(Kingsburg, Lords of Waterdeep, Champions of Midgard and Stone Age). My top 10 all time favourite Worker Placement games are.... 1) Lords of Waterdeep 2) Champions of Midgard 3) Stone Age 4) Kingsburg 5) Tzolk'in the Mayan Calendar 6) The Kings Abbey 7) Kanban: Automotive Revolution 8) Lorenzo il Magnifico 9) Agricola 10) Yedo, Russian Railroads, Asara, Last Will/Prodigals Club, and Archon: Glory & Machination are all in a tie for my number 10.

[@JasperVondeling]

Very nice list! You know, Le Havre, just like Orleans and Carcasonne is not only a game but also a real place in France. It does also mean harbour. :)

[@phunkysai]

Really dig this idea and this video. Keep it up!

[@2532robh1]

Cool and fun video, thanks guys!!!

[@tfpp1]

For my money, top worker placement games are: Snowdonia, Madeira, Energy Empire.

[@Nain1982]

Rajas is the besties. Hope you guys have had a chance to enjoy Feast for Odin with the Norwegians. You wont' go back to play without it :)

[@TheDavidPhillips]

These guys seem really familiar - are they the ones that did the Twitch with BGG a few weeks ago? I think they did some episodes of Zee's old blender show too. Either way, they seem like they know what they are talking about, and I like their energy. More of this, please.

[@gvdwatt]

As a fan of the podcast "This game is broken", this video makes me so happy

[@Spudkitty513]

I'd love to see a Top 10 list of games which use story choices … like Near and Far, This War of Mine, Arabian Nights, Legends of Dragonholt, etc.

[@matthew.strout]

First of all play Marco Polo it’s amazing. Maybe do auctions?

[@AFatalPapercut]

"we're more like 'So-crates'" hahahaha

[@user-ox5tj9cu3y]

Kind of funny to hear a game from 2008 being described as an "older" game but I guess it is when your top 10 is almost all games from the last 4 years.

[@stefanopaolini6117]

Just like videogames, you can implement good ideas in new game, so newer games tend to be always better. And that's amazing new if you love the hobby

[@davemaynard8656]

10 vs 10 Space Themed Games

[@Keindzjim]

But the question is... do you guys rate all the games you've played on BGG?

[@TheManCalledZee]

For the love of god insert a slide that recounts the top tens at the end. So we don't have to keep rewinding at random to remind ourselves!

[@vespera219]

I am here for The Brothers Murph!

[@9bogas]

Good list, solid games, but... where is a Caylus?!?!!!!!!!!!! ;) :P

[@rinaldodelucca8073]

I agree. No Caylus, no list.

[@melissacoats6855]

About Feast of Odin, that isn't 100% true, you do get occupation cards at the beginning of the game that can help you choose and I think they are a huge plus on making that game even better.

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Melissa Coats that’s totally true they can help give you a direction to go which is awesome

[@ilirtanku9722]

Lords of waterdeep is one of the best worker placement and is not in any top ten here?sorry guys.you didnt understand a lot about games

[@meenki347]

i watched this twice for some reason and it's different games each time.

[@ericmatthews9673]

Why do you all like prodigals club so much more than last will? and do you combine them when playing prodigals?

[@TheBrothersMurph]

We've never combined them and most likely never will, it would make the game far too large in our opinion. We like it more because it's less clunky. Last Will has a really confusing action selection part of it that we really dislike. Prodigals Club has pretty much everything Last Will does and more, and without the part we don't like. They're both good games though!

[@cparks1000000]

Tzolkin is one of my favorite games.

[@clintjackson6613]

I haven't played 10 but here are my favs I've played. Raiders of the North Sea Architects of the West Kingdom Champions of Midgard Agricola Orleans

[@TheDavidPhillips]

Totally unrelated - I have a black and white canvas print of your avatar in my living room.

[@clintjackson6613]

@@TheDavidPhillips Haha awesome! I cant even remember where I found this. It's been this for years

[@SenseiJae]

with star wars releasing a new film for christmas, you should do a 10vs10 star wars themed games...

[@TylerDeLisle]

Yeah what? Orleans is not worker placement, what workers are being placed where? It's action selection from your personal board.

[@falconashek8913]

I would like to see Deck builder list.

[@sab6261]

No Caylus or Stone Age. As Eddie Felson said, "Oh, well. What the hell. Checkers sells more than chess."

[@rpgisaboutlife4396]

Caylus is a great game. Stone Age is too simple IMHO.

[@therightside7462]

Nice job!

[@brownk29a]

Do 10 vs 10 tile placement

[@JosephFlemming]

I tried learning agricola and Le Havre from iOS apps and I ended up giving up on both lol. either the tutorials were garbage or they're just not my type of games

[@c.w.2000]

Joseph Flemming I have the apps for both, and I learned Agricola pretty easily. It was very intuitive to me because of the theme. Also, I just started doing stuff without worrying about my score and slowly improved. However, I could not learn LeHavre. I'm going to have to read a rulebook for that.

[@JosephFlemming]

C. W. Maybe I just don’t Agricola lol. The app seemed confusing because of the all the locations.

[@c.w.2000]

@@JosephFlemming I agree the icons aren't very clear, especially on a small screen, and my near vision isn't great. In general, I think more simple games work better as apps, especially if you haven't played the physical version. Everyone says Through the Ages is a great app, but I'm not sure I want to tackle it on a screen.

[@hanseathl]

Try it again for Le Havre - may be with a KZbin tutorial. It is such a good and rewarding gaming experience. One of my all time favorites!

[@Napaza]

Do more 10vs10 please!

[@MuztabaAhmed]

Deck builder Tile drafting Engine/Tableau builder Card games

[@laartwork]

Viticulture is my favorite... and Boardgame Geeks new logo suuuuuucks.

[@bassplant]

Dungeon crawlers!

[@wkutella]

No Stone Age? Or is that too basic?

[@deejayfox1764]

Cool idea

[@BoardgameLiker]

Engine Builder 10 v 10.

[@RamonMercadoReyes]

Deck building!

[@evancheah8244]

Try Pret-A-Porter 😍

[@SpiseyMcHaggis]

I’m so ashamed that I own over 50% of these and have played one of them.... 😢

[@c.w.2000]

I've found I have to make a date to play from the shelf of shame to keep from getting distracted by the cult of the new. That, and not buying any new games if I have more than three unplayed. Also, I tend to look for games that can also be played solo, which helps since I don't have a gaming group and my spouse is often busy.

[@Avataarkaap]

How are you doing a worker placement top 10, having not played Agricola? Sorry guys, you've got to go do some more homework! 😂

[@scyldscefing3913]

Deck builders.

[@rpgisaboutlife4396]

If you know Caverna, drop Agricola :) You won't return.

[@brocksommers7491]

Ab-so-lutely

[@dean7713]

"I could care less if I won" so you DO care about winning? OH, you mean you couldn't care less.....

[@GIWRGOSPACINO]

Play Agricola!

[@JosephFlemming]

caverna had way to many buildings to think about at once. basically the person who took the longest at reading every room and picking the best ones would win.

[@MoriMemento117]

I had that feeling as well. So I printed off some building lists and laminated them. Players can read them in-between turns and things move much quicker, even if playing with new people. Also, means you don't have to set up that awful building panel with all of the buildings on it.

[@ilirtanku9722]

no lords of waterdeep or stone age?this are 2 wonderful games and are not mention here,this video is a no for me

[@ekurisona663]

#uweverlap

[@2099ross]

What a great series idea, a new twist to the top 10 list! Great job guys 👍

[@Smashpack85]

Really enjoyed this Video idea. So I’m surprise the Bros made it through not only one but two top 10 lists in less than an hour. I’d like to see the top 10 roll playing, co-op, hand management or tableau building comparison lists

[@RicoCordova]

This was fun. Some great games listed there. My top 5 WP: 5. Caverna 4. Viticulture 3. Gugong 2. Barrage 1. The Manhattan Project: Energy Empire

[@RicoCordova]

This was fun. Some great games listed there. My top 5 WP: 5. Caverna 4. Viticulture 3. Gugong 2. Barrage 1. The Manhattan Project: Energy Empire