Top 10 Board Games of 2023

[@alisonwentland3765]

There’s nothing better than watching Norwegian people talk about their favorite board games. You are both such bright, shiny people. ❤ You light up my day. Thank you for making these videos. I am just getting into the hobby this year.

[@garytheosophilus]

I agree. Great energy without being over the top. 🎉

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Thank you for the very kind words! Means so much that you are enjoying what we do :) Welcome to the hobby! Hope you'll have fun for years :D

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Thank you :D

[@robertaustin6302]

Welcome to the greatest hobby ever!

[@LectureFilms]

The best top 10 I've seen this year! Evacuation is soooo good. Side note: you guys really nailed it in 2023, quickly becoming my favorite BG KZbinrs. Thanks for all you both do!

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Thank you so, so much! That means a lot to hear! 🤩 Glad you are enjoying what we do!

[@Johannes_W]

Nice lists for sure 🙂 Some of my humble thoughts: I did also love Darwin's Journey's mechanisms and still I feel exactly like Johannes about it unfortunately. GWT: NZ of course also convinced me once again. All GWT games are among my most favourite games. I might even like Argentina the most by now, as it is the tightest. Until now I tried all of Pfister's new game but I skipped Pirates of Maracaibo as from what I've seen it mostly removes stuff I love from the Original and I don't feel like cutting play time :) I liked Age of Innovation even though I wasn't enjoying Gaia Project too much. And finally: Yep, I like Evacuation a lot too. Not quite as much as GWT, but after Woodcraft wasn't my greatest experience, Evacuation was really good. Have a good time and I try to check-in more regularly again on your channel :*

[@filippavelka5410]

Greetings from Praga Caput Regni, I found Your channel some days ago, when I was seeking for informations about Kutná Hora and I really enyoed your video about it, so I have watched some more your videos and it ends with subscribe. Thanks a lot for your work and don't be sad, that the best games are from the Czech republic, you have the best smoked salmon in Norway, and you have oil of course. And smoked salmon in oil.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Thank you! Glad you are enjoying the videos! Welcome to the channel :D

[@AaronAndSusie]

Deep cut there with the Kris Kross reference haha. 90s flashback... They'll make ya Jump!'

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Haha :P

[@LordZhuel]

I love the chemistry between you two and the Scandinavian vibes are very refreshing and makes me think of home. Keep up the good work!

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Thank you so much! That means a lot to hear! 🤩

[@steveg9939]

A fun cannon of a video. I love the fact that you not only dance very elaborately but also perform extremely deep and meaningful lyrics. Moving poetry in action..oh and also games. I think your number one might be too heavy for me. There have been many very good games this year but I still haven’t played Hegemony and Voidfall because I don’t have the time to learn them.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Games are fun as well! 😂 Both Hegemony and Voidfall are way heavier than #1, so if you don’t find them too heavy, it shouldn’t be a problem! Have fun!

[@steveg9939]

@@BoardGamingRamblings Thank you for taking the time. Strangely enough, I tought Evacuation would be much more complex than Hegemony. Will look into it. Happy Holidays! And get well soon Sunniva

[@TheDarktater]

A lot of crossover with me this list. Frosthaven would be on here except I got it December of 2022 and had it on my list last year. Evacuation still hasn't made it to the United States, and I added White Castle to my pre-order of Evacuation. Those two will definitely kick something else off of my list. Age of Innovation I need someone else to buy in my group, out of space and money :) 10 - Distilled 9 - Scout 8 - Earth 7 - Scholars of the South Tigris 6 - La Granja Deluxe Master Set 5 - Darwin's Journey 4 - Revive (was on your list last year, 2023 release in the United States) 3 - GWT: New Zealand 2 - Nucleum 1 - Voidfall

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Awesome list! 🤩 Thank you so much for sharing!

[@katerietmann5731]

Kriss Kross will make you, JUMP JUMP! WONDERFUL list! I am so excited to add White Castle to my wishlist for this year after your reviews.

[@Intacta1]

Nice list! I am glad to see Voidfall so high on both of your lists! And I am happy to see someone pronounce Vladimir Suchý correctly :)

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Glad you liked it! We do try to pronounce names correct, even though I am 100% sure most of what we try to do is wrong :P

[@JohnClem56]

Love Voidfall! It's just got so much depth and decision space to the game play. I think that would have to be my #1 for 2023. I'd also probably have to put Hegemony at #2 on my list if I'd been lucky enough to actually play it. It's one I know I would thoroughly enjoy but the group I play with wouldn't be as interested. Maybe at a convention one day I can give it a go. BTW, who won the crossover challenge??? Thanks for the fun videos!

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Thanks for sharing! Yeah, Hegemony is a beast, so it’s not easy to find people who will play it if they aren’t into long, heavy games 😅 We managed to forget to tally up the crossovers at the end! We where to excited talking about the games 😅

[@ScoobyNoobyNoob]

Nothing is better than tuning in to my favorite reviewing duo at the end of the year. Evacuation is on automatic preorder after watching this vid. Thanks for all your hard work in putting these games on our radar. I never consider a Euro purchase without TheBoardGameRamblings reviews!

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Thank you so much! Means a lot to hear that you are getting something from the videos :)

[@Socksrule3032]

I'm so glad I discovered your channel this year! Love you both!

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Thank you so much! Super happy to hear you’ve been enjoying the content! That means a lot 🤩

[@tonybowers9490]

Thanks for sharing. There were A LOT of cross overs, and that's awesome. Now you have me checking out Evacuation, yet another cross over!

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Yeah, we do usually have a few, but we still want to make our own lists, since we have so much fun not knowing how the other list will be! Thank you for watching!

[@laurencesingh3948]

Excellent list! We'd have some crossovers, too. My top ten of 2023 (with the caveat that Voidfall is tabled but not yet played) is: 10 - Earth 9 - Darwin's Journey 8 - For Northwood! (BGG says 2021 but I think it only really became available this year...?) 7 - Sky Team 6 - Expeditions 5 - Barcelona 4 - 3 Ring Circus 3 - Scholars of the South Tigris 2 - Nucleum 1 - The White Castle

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Great, great list! Thank you so much for sharing it :D

[@yarondavidson6434]

For Northwood! started as a P&P on 2021, so technically BGG is right. But the retail version was crowdfunded by Side Room Games on 2022, with noticeable changes, and while it does technically make it a 2022 game officially, it has only started fulfillment on 2023, so personally I think it's absolutely acceptable to consider it a 2023 release. Very good game for my taste. I am sort of on the fence on whether it is or isn't actually a trick-taking game, since on the one hand it mechanically absolutely is and matches all the requirements a definition of trick-taking mechanisms would have, but on the other hand the decisions in play hardly ever involve the trick-taking basics of trying to deduce or influence what the other player(s) probably have in their hand (except for the few powers that let you do that, but then those are in turn much more exact and explicit than suit/high/low you'd normally have). So you play (mechanically) a trick-taker, without actually playing (semantically) a trick-taker. Still, I do like it a lot regardless.

[@laurencesingh3948]

@@yarondavidson6434 Ahh fascinating. I didn't know all of that. Thanks for the information! And if it isn't a traditional trick-taker that would make sense. I don't really gravitate towards trick-taking but I find myself loving this game.

[@Frostation]

Great list, and I like that you did a top 20 of the year, cause as you said, there are a lot of great games. My top 10 for the year would be: 10 Earth 9 Cuzco 8 Evacuation 7 Arborea 6 Scholars of the South Tigris 5 The White Castle 4 Nucleum 3 Voidfall 2 Darwin's Journey 1 GWT: New Zealand with the possibility of Bruxelles 1893 or Fractal to make it on the list, but I haven't played them yet.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Thank you so much! Sweet list! 🤩

[@gaillardlionel]

I pre-ordered Evacuation ever since I saw your review, and am now patiently awaiting his arrival, glad to see it's still up to snuff!!! I played all of Suchy's games in the past and loved many of them (Woodcraft, Underwater Cities, Prodigals Club), so it was almost an auto buy anyways! I might get his new Shipyard edition too at some point... I didn't play nearly as many 2023 games as you, but I really liked Earth and Darwin's Journey.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Hope you’ll love Evacuation! Thank you for following along another year! Means a lot to see the same people commenting year after year! 🤩

[@BoardOfItReviews]

Great video! So many games though that we haven't played which are on your list! Really looking forward to trying some of them.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it! 🤩 So many good games this year! 🥳

[@laurakassiopeia]

Hello you two i wish you a good start to 2024 and a happy new year! I really like you joking around and having this fun content👋

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Thank you so much! Glad you are enjoying the show :D

[@CharacterFormationCoaching]

I have a video idea. What if you took the top three games from each of the past three to five year top 10 video lists and ranked them. You could title the video comparing top 10 lists from the past 3 (or 5) years.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Good idea! Might be overlapping with the top 100, but I’ll take a look and see!

[@CharacterFormationCoaching]

@@BoardGamingRamblings to make it more unique, you could always just rank the top 1 game from the past five years.

[@Jagkt]

Great great great list both! Our taste in board games are really similar. You are definitely my #1 channel in youtube to take into consideration for a board game's review. Anyway, great work, great top 10. All the best for 2024. Oh and I was expecting Voidfall to be Sunniva #1 since you rated it a 10 and Evacuation a 9.5. :P Now I really want to try Evacuation, but it is not available yet in Canada.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Thank you for the very kind words! Glad you are getting something out of the videos we make! Check out Evacuation when you get the chance! It is super good :D

[@alexiam7721]

Great ! I love Voidfall too!! I didn't try Evacuation nor My Island since I'm waiting for the french translation but I'm really looking forward to those. With what you say about White Castle I'm thinking about buying it now😊!

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

We did a playthrough of White Castle as well, so check if out if you wanted to see how it plays! Thank you for watching! That means a lot :)

[@alexiam7721]

@@BoardGamingRamblings Thank you I will watch it! I really like your videos! Keep going! I like your videos !

[@madhujith]

Easily my favourite pair!!! Awesome list!! And I was doing so many crossover dances here alone!!! Happy 2024 and Merry Christmas!

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Crossover dances for the win! Thank you for watching! Glad you enjoyed it 🤩

[@morgaknightgames]

Fun list! I'd have to say my favorites so far (in no particular order) are Darwin's Journey, The White Castle, Marvel Zombies, and Legacy of Yu. I have another batch that arrived this year and I just haven't had a chance to table them yet, but I do expect Resident Evil and Sleeping Gods: Distant Skies to make my list eventually.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Great games! 🥳 Thank you so much for sharing!

[@bethnehme8402]

I love watching the two of you. Thank you for taking away from your precious playing time to make these videos.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Thank you for the very kind words! 🤩

[@SvenVazan]

Great list! I think Voidfall is likely at the very top of mine, followed by Darwin's Journey, Stationfall, Knarr, and Zhanguo: The First Empire. Diving into Arborea and GWT: NZ next, though I just want to keep playing Voidfall. Really looking forward to seeing Evacuation in stores.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Some great games there! Seems you had a lot of fun 🤩 Thank you for sharing!

[@sergioperez2771]

Loved your lists, thanks so much for sharing. Evacuation is my game of the year so far for 2023 as well! The game is soooo good. Interestingly, my top 3 games of the year are in your top 3 as well, and my top 6 are in your top 10 games. I'm going to have to come visit and play some games with you guys some time. :)

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Haha, seems like we do have a lot of games in common! That is awesome :D So many good ones to choose from this year! Had such a fun year of gaming! Thank you for watching!

[@matthews1507]

1. Voidfall 2. Revive (we did not have this in North America yet last year) 3. Nucleum 4. Darwin's Journey 5. Empire's End 6. Horseless Carriage 7. Shake That City 8. Imperial Miners 9. Hegemony 10. Faraway Evacuation, GWT: NZ, Mother of Frankenstein, Art Society, and Shogun No Katana strike me as things that might make the list if I played them.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Great list! Thank you for sharing 😁

[@beerman2000]

You've earned a subscriber. Great lists, fun presentation. Can't wait to see what's next

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it 🥳

[@Oaklestat]

My most anticipated list of the year

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

That is so kind of you to say! Thank you so much 🤩

[@ronjapoes]

You're crossover dances always make me smile. 😀 Great video! Gonna check out Evacuation and 'Age of Innovation'. Happy holidays! ☃

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it! They are both amazing games. Hope you’ll enjoy them! 🤩

[@rae7478]

My top 10 of the year have several cross overs. 1. Hegemony, 2. Nucleum, 3. The White Castle, 4. Evacuation, 5. GWT NZ, 6. Darwins Journey, 7. Isle of Trains: All Aboard, 8. Point City, 9. Earth, 10. Forest Shuffle. I have several of your top 10 waiting to be played.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Awesome list! Thank you so much for sharing 🤩 I love seeing other peoples favorites! 😁

[@francopdx]

I tried a 4-player game of Hegemony several months ago. It was a very interesting/enjoyable/memorable experience! I don't think it's a game that I would ever get for myself because I'm not sure if it would get to the table much, but I would certainly play it again. I'm curious about Evacuation. The theme and game flow sound intriguing. I've seen pretty mixed reviews on it, but I am very interesting it trying it out sometime. Thanks again for sharing your thoughts on another batch of games.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Thank you for watching! Means a lot 😁

[@AlShwaikh82]

I'm a big fan of your channel. It is one of the rare boardgame channels that I make sure to see all the reviews and videos. Keep the good work. Love you guys ❤

[@AlShwaikh82]

Besides that, I'm really surprised about the selection of evacuation. I agree with you in most of the games on the list. Evacuation is not in my top 10 either😊

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Thank you for the very kind words! It means a lot to hear that you’re enjoying what we do! 🥳

[@clementfs]

so far the only bloggers who have included voidfall in the top 2023

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

It’s a big and heavy game, with a long setup, so I do understand it! I love the game 🤩

[@alanbogart116]

I love you guys. I love your personalities..i just dont love worker placement/euros..so lists like these are tough for me..but keep up the good work

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Glad to hear you’re enjoying the content even though you might not like the same games as us! :) Means a lot!

[@robertaustin6302]

Best of 2023? Time to bust out the fun cannon! 💥🎉💥🎉 I know it’s a bit of a cheat but the Castles of Burgundy Special Edition was my favorite release of the year. CoB was already one of my favorites but to finally have an edition worthy of the gameplay really was something special. Love it!

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Cannons of fun everywhere 🎉🎉🎉 The new version of CoB is so, so good, but it did feel weird to have it on the list, hehe! 😂

[@Chenzana]

Finally I found someone who appreciates something heavy\thinky like Terra Mystica\Age of Innovation

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Both amazing games 🤩

[@SteveAMcPherson]

Nice listing. Wishing you both a Merry Christmas! ❤🎁

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Thank you so much! The same to you! Thank you for watching!

[@tina9422]

Very nice lists, definitely some games I want to try there ! I did not play a lot of 2023 games but I really enjoyed Septima and also a game I have not seen mentioned a lot called Karvi! Have a great Christmas and thanks for the videos!!

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Didn't have the chance to try Karvi sadly! Too many games, too little time, hehe! Thank you for sharing! Glad you enjoyed the video!

[@karldoughty7996]

🎼 Great Western Trail Argentina 🎵🎵 Brilliant 😂

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Haha, thank you 😁

[@pascalcallemien2498]

As usual... great list and great summary of a great year. I found there to be a little bit too many crossover-dances... it is fun when it is something special, but it was a bit too much this time, it should have been limited too perfect crossovers.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

I love being silly and doing something that has become a tradition 😁 I can absolutely see where you’re coming from, so we can talk about doing something new next year! Only problem is we don’t know how many there will be before we start 😅 Thank you for the feedback, and thank you for watching! 🤩

[@pascalcallemien2498]

Thank you for another year of great content, and except for maybe the silliness of On the Radar (Paula and her gang) you are the most fun to watch, and I love the crossover-dances but I just had the feeling that even you guys wanted to skip the dance at some points.

[@ludwigvan2932]

Great lists. My most anticipated top ten of the year for me as my wife and I have very similar tastes. I can't wait for your #1 to touch down here in Canada.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

That is so nice of you to say! Thank you! Hope you did enjoy it 🤩

[@chriscarlson5057]

Agree about GWT New Zealand. I didn’t think I would like anything better than the original GWT. Not the least of which - my hometown is one of the worker placement spots. Anytime you can play a game that has a spot where you live, it’s cool. But, GWT NZ is even better. Love it.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Glad to hear you’re enjoying it! It’s super good 🥳

[@gaillardlionel]

If you have games like Frosthaven, Great Western trail NZ , My island or Age of innovation, which are all games that expand or derive from their predecessors, surely you could have a game like Castle of Burgundy Special Edition in there too, with its gorgeous looks and added content (wine module)?

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

We talked about it, and decided against «reprints», where the only new thing is an expansion. This will of course be different to different people, but all games you listed, are for me new games, while CoB and others from this year are new editions with new content. Hope that make sense :)

[@draheim90]

I appreciate the validation that Age of Innovation is basically Terraforming Mars. I’ve been trying to convince my playgroup of that for the better part of the year and they just weren’t having it.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Hahahahaha 😂

[@mike9139]

You are both awesome! ❤

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

That is so kind of you to say! :D Thank you!

[@AaronAndSusie]

Forest shuffle and White Castle are both in my top 10 of the year

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Both great games!

[@JamesOrr1987]

What a cute couple. Love the genuine enthusiasm. I can tell there's no pretense. Made me smile a lot!

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Thank you for the nice words! We love doing these videos, so thank you for taking time to comment! Glad we could make you smile 🤩

[@frankiev1682]

Love top 10s and yours would be in my top 10 of top 10 reviews! I'm particularly disappointed that Barcelona didn't make more lists. I own both that & Earth and, like Barcelona, better, marginally. Neither of which made your lists. I must say your lists are very innovative! But you have some interesting picks that I'm going to have to try. Ty

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

I loved Barcelona! Check our top 20-11 if you didn’t already! Just too many great games this year! :)

[@Shoitaan]

It's been an amazing year for games. I was a big fan of Voidfall but feel like it's a bit too long for how not interactive it is. Interestingly I think others will not like it because of the potential threat of other players but honestly it's so hard to get to other people and then to wage war that unless the stars align, it's almost like mutual destruction. Would have been better with non conflict interaction like trade or something. Love the game just wish it was more heads up. I'm genuinely susprised to see Evacuation beat Age of Innovation though! I do think Evacuation is special. Reminds me of the best parts of early game On Mars. I worry about its longetivity but it definitely is an amazing game.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Yeah, I can see that for Voidfall. Seems like it «should» be more interactive! So many games, and so hard to choose, but we are both very happy with how our lists ended up! Thank you for watching 😁

[@Listan1]

Love your list! And presentation of it. Are any on your list better or worse for 2 player?

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Thank you so much! We have played most of these with 2, and most work well! I don’t remember every player count of every game, so I always refer to past Johannes and Sunniva, so check out our reviews for the games. They remember things better! 😅 Sorry for not being of more help! 😕

[@r.mardash]

Thanks for your list! 😊

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Thank you so much for watching! 🤩

[@nkorppi]

Great choice. By far the best design by Suchy.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Thank you 😁

[@francoisplesse8010]

I thought for sure Terraforming Mars the dice game would be #1!

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Sorry to disappoint you there 😅

[@coalitionofseekers9572]

I never want to hear the phrase , "when you cross over your pants" ever again. Thanks 😅

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Hahahaha 😂 We will try to not make it into a catchphrase 😅

[@NilsHåkonGrøndal]

I cant wait to see how crossoverpants Will be implemented into your show from now on. Definitely a must.😂🤩. And thx for all the crossovers. Less games for me to buy. 😅😊

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Hahahaha 😂 Glad you enjoyed the crossovers 🤩😂

[@larsbeckmann4515]

Wow, we are very much aligned when it comes to boardgame preferences. As I am a Scandinavia fan I also absolutely enjoy Norwegian boardgame content. 😊 I am very interested if you have tried Nucleum yet. I am wondering if it failed your top 10 or if you hadn't got a chance to play it so far.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

So awesome to hear! Glad you enjoyed the video! We did play Nucleum! Actually did a playthrough and review as well. We also did a Top 20-11 you can check out! More games there!

[@7onyga]

Voidfall definitely n1

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

So good 🤩

[@conanross]

Finally nice to see Darwin's Journey on someone top 10 list!! Love this game!!!

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Glad to hear! I wish I loved it more, but some things just didn’t work for me, sadly!

[@markstamp3937]

I wonder if you'll have fewer crossovers next year as Johannes plays more solo games?

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

We will see what happens with that! 😁 Thanks for watching!

[@JeffKoper]

I have given you both maximum Victory Points because you are awesome! Thanks for always making me smile.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Thank you so much! If we can talk about cool games and make someone smile at the same time, that makes me happy!

[@mazman9355]

i was confused by the relationships between the games: Terraforming Mystica of Western Maracaibo of Innovation Trail. (😂)

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Hahaha, sorry 😂

[@AbyssEyes02]

I just go into board games a month/ 2 ago, so dont have many games, but ive loveed played azul, sushi go, ticket to ride, casting shadows, and Here to Slay. Ive bought like 3 more, but havent been able to play them.. i think the least fun games ive played (I played them on Board Game Arena) were Wingspan and Forest Shuffle.

[@AbyssEyes02]

really the only one that counts close enough to 2023 games is casting shadows, but all of them are new to me

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Welcome to the world of board games! Hope you’ll enjoy exploring and experiencing different games! Thank you for watching! 🤩

[@david6294]

I learnt a lot of history from Doctor Who. Best way to learn.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Doctor Who is many times the best way to do everything 🤩

[@dwarftoken]

I haven't seen Pirates of Maracaibo in the US yet.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Hopefully soon! Hope you’ll get a chance to play! It’s a lot of fun!

[@tomlikeabomb6706]

You definitely need both Gaia Project and Age of Innovation.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

I agree 🤩

[@RulebooksForYou]

Best!

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Thank you so much! Means a lot :D

[@zachras9643]

Have you played Fractal? Like it more than Voidfall!

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Have not played it! Thanks for the suggestion! I will check it out 🤩

[@Socksrule3032]

Did you not like Ark Nova? I didn't see it on your Top 20 list for 2022 nor 2023. Or maybe I missed it?

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

I like it! It is a fun game, but I am not in love with it! :)

[@pclubwon]

Did you all try Nucleum this year? Pretty strong game IMHO. Might not be your cup of tea. Nice work.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

We did! :) Check out the top 20-11 for more games 🥳

[@CB-yh3db]

Shout out to Kris Kross. 🎼 Mac Daddy make you Jump, Jump 🦘🦘, Mac Daddy make you Jump, Jump🐸🐸 🎼

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Hahahaha!

[@yarondavidson6434]

Kris Kross is from 2017, so not eligible. 😛 (fun light game, though I doubt would make even a big R&W fan's top 10)

[@dwarftoken]

I wonder if anyone has actually played a ga.e of Hegemony that was at 180 min or under.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

We played a 2 player game with no bots in 2:58 😂

[@mazman9355]

wait - did i miss that u mentioned how many crossovers there were? 15? 16? who wins?

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

We forgot 😂

[@mazman9355]

i won't be able to sleep tonite😂

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Sorry 😅

[@asgeiroj]

The crossover joke was done halfway through the first time

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Haha, sorry about that! Not everything is scripted, so sometimes adlibs don’t reach comedy gold standards 😅 Hope you liked the rest of the video! Thank you for watching 🤩

[@ekurisona663]

terraformystica

[@gaillardlionel]

They could have simply called Horseless Carriage "Car" (just sayin') 😂

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Hahaha! I don’t think it’s as good of a name 😂

[@yarondavidson6434]

If this was a drama channel, rather than a boardgames channel, then when you reached #1, after the long intro on how you're both sure you picked the same #1, and you almost always converge on the top 3 because obviously you also like playing together a lot, and doing the countdown to saying the name of the game together... you should have picked different games. That would have been a lot more entertaining to watch. 😀 Good list overall, If I had actually bothered to officially consider my games and rank them, pretty sure there would be some crossovers too. Not personally very much into legacy games, though. And it's a bit of a pet peeve of mine when people choose as games of the year things which are "Older game that was widely available, version #N". Though technically these are usually fine and fair choices, as in all the examples here, since they are both different enough from the original. So not a genuine complaints, just as I wrote a personal pet peeve.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

I’m working on the Board Gaming Ramblings soap opera right now 😂 (If you want a fun moment like that, check out the top 10 of 2019. Still my favorite moment in any of our videos) I do agree with you to a point. We did not have any of the many great reprints on the list, but with games that changes enough for it to feel new, we do include them :)

[@yarondavidson6434]

@@BoardGamingRamblings , ah, seems that I did watch it at the time. And it really was funny. Thanks for the reminder.

[@ScottPetersonPhoto]

I enjoy your top 10s, but have you ever thought of just combining or averaging your lists? To have 16-17 crossovers out of 20 seems like a bit of a waste since your tastes are so very much the same.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

We think about it a lot, and it all comes down to how much fun we have when we’re making the video. We did one where we had a common top 10, and it was way less fun. Even though we often align (especially at end of year lists) we love not knowing. We love that we might be surprised by where something landed, seeing a game we didn’t think would be there, and so on. It adds an edge to the filming for us, and is one of the reasons we love filming top 10s! We always try to make the viewing experience better and better, but this is one thing we will probably never change! :) Thank you for the feedback, and thank you for watching! 😁

[@mariusdafunk]

The inclusion of HC gets my nod. ;)

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

So good! 🥳

[@coltonbeatty6117]

I do not understand the love for Vladimir Suchy games at all

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

That is ok! 🤩 Not all games are for everyone! Hopefully you have loads of games you do understand the love for 🥳

[@soundboyclub]

Evacuation is the disappointment of the year for me.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Sad to hear that, but luckily there is enough new games for everyone to find a favorite :) Hope you’ve played other games you have loved! :)

[@boboy1000]

There is a lot of initial "rush" bias on this list with so many being end of the year releases, I suspect when they get six months or so past that you would see some changes to the list. I like how some reviewers are revisiting their lists or waiting a while into the next year before they do the initial list.

[@soundboyclub]

​@@BoardGamingRamblings yes. Darwin's journey is my best game of the year 😊 woodcraft is a second place and sabika- third 😊

[@Listan1]

Why? Wondering if I would like it and curious to hear your thoughts.

[@soundboyclub]

​@@Listan1For me personally, it's a boring pick up and deliver. You have to do the same thing every game. The only difference is which set of actions you will do it with. Plus the game is crisis, about 20 moves and you always need to build three stadiums, three or four ships, move on three tracks and transport tokens. Very dry and very boring game. But this is my personal opinion

[@david6294]

The Brass games and the GWT games are nothing alike. The Brass games are a boring slog whereas GWT is one one the best in all forms

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

I love them both to bits, but it’s ok to not like all the same games 🤩

[@david6294]

My point was more that I don't see how you can compare the two. Both completely different games

[@sunnivavarjord]

We agree, they are nothing alike, and our point was not to compare them. The two versions of Brass are very similar, yet different, therefore the connection to the different versions of GWT 😊

[@david6294]

@@sunnivavarjordAh. Fair enough. Misunderstood the reference