30 Uwe Rosenberg games ranked from worst to best!

[@steliospapadopoulos4099]

I liked this kind of video series hope to see more game rankings based on designers or publishers.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Thank you! We have more coming 🤩

[@Agent_Pendergast]

Excellent video . My personal favorite will always be Le Havre.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

It is so, so good! 😁

[@emmalind4484]

Agricola is on my top 5 games of all times and definitely my favorite Rosenberg 😅

[@gaillardlionel]

Agreed!

[@TheChillerSchmidi]

same here! 😅

[@jppbkm]

Wow, they mixed up spots 1 and 18 in editing 😜

[@kwouters]

Uwe Rosenberg is one of my favorite game designers, and I love this video. Your tastes really seem to align with mine! I own eight Uwe games, and seven of them are in your top eight! (I also own Bohnanza and I don’t (yet) own Nusfjord.) I love watching your channel. Thank you for all the hard work that goes into making so many great videos. 😃

[@TheSludgeMan]

I just wanted to say that I love your channel. You're both so fun and cover so many interesting games that I always look forward to seeing new videos.

[@bjornthebold]

Thank you for the great video. I have some of these games and you have shown me reasons to try more.

[@jogumby]

Funny but I guessed your top 3 before you said them. I watch too many of your videos because they make me happy! Personally I would drop Caverna quite a bit because I always feel it's just Agricola with more stuff. Not a fan of either really. I would move At the Gates of Loyang, Nusfjord and Ora et Labora all ahead of Caverna. Play Ora more! It would be my #2. Right now LeHavre is my number one. I can't rank Feast for Odin yet because I've never gotten to play it! That will change this fall at a local convention I have signed up for then I can update my Uwe list. Thanks guys, another great video!!!

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

I am really looking forward to play Ora et Labora again 🤩 Thank you for sharing your list!

[@gaillardlionel]

Agreed on Agricola, Caverna is just a kitchen sink for me, with an overwhelming number of options on the board (just like Feast for Odin...), and no personal cards to fancy (those decks add amazing variability and fun).

[@kcatton9734]

awesome video like usual. thank you!

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Thank you so much 🤩

[@renanshima]

Nice video! I just miss Merkator on this list!

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Sadly haven’t played it!

[@Ruloathesome]

Recommend it ​@@BoardGamingRamblings

[@spike2439]

Thanks! I've given you a victory point and hit that subscribe button. The only Uwe game I've ever played is Bonanza. There are so many of these I want to try.

[@marcelineleiman4330]

Bohnanza is incredible!

[@karadj4801]

Just played Fairy Trails last night. A tricky game where you have watch out for your paths growing out of control. Also, a little push your luck, as you fall behind you start going for bigger networks to close the gap in gnome homes you’ve each placed. But can you completely close off that ever-growing branch in time?

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Need to check it out! Thank you 🤩

[@dougadamsau]

Interesting list. I find about 15 of those titles all feel like the same game but in different clothes. Of the three or four I still own I’d go A Feast For Odin, Patchwork, Space Beans, Mamma Mia. The rest have long departed the collection 😊

[@lillybet118]

Great video!

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Thank you so much! 🥳

[@mikaelhansson9613]

I agree with your top 3! I think I have about 10 Uwe games on my top 100 of all time. Agricola isn't one of them, Caverna completely replaced that for me. Hallertau and Caverna Cave vs Cave are up there for me. I haven't played several of the new ones.

[@landlboardgames]

It seems like Feast is most people's favorite. For good reason! Agricola was my first Uwe game then Bohnanza and Feast. I'm working on building up my big box collection, I still need Ora & Labora, Atiwa, and LeHavre. I like Fields of Arle a lot and Hallertau was fun but can definitely be dependent on the cards you draw. I enjoy the resource management though.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

So many good games! Thank you for sharing your experiences 🤩

[@richardpeikert6132]

Glad to see Oranienburger Kanal that high in your list. It's probably my #2 after Feast for Odin. OK is such a great solo game as well, plays super fast and I have already 60 plays of it now.

[@jedisith3864]

My Rosenberg games are all solitaire experiences. It's between Uwe and me ;)

[@joelhaslam1120]

Agricola is easily top 5, maybe even his best game : 0

[@john-qz3fu]

If you have a chance make sure you play Hengist, curious where it would fit in this list?

[@adhilpatel440]

I think it gets bad press but it's really not as terrible as people think. It's a simple game but quite playable.

[@nakfoor1846]

How do you get your hands on some of these? I haven't seen At The Gates of Loyang for sale in years.

[@BahBahWa]

Thank you

[@alxabreu]

Le Havre!! Team Sunniva FTW

[@KenDudd]

Oranienburger Kanal just gets better and better. I think it’s our favourite 2 player only game now. Shame not many people have had a chance to play it. It’s up there with his best.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

I would have loved the chance to play it a lot more! 🤩

[@sorrowsong08]

I kept waiting for Merkator to show up, sad that it isn't in here. It's a bit of an outlier for his designs. I have a huge amount of nostalgia for it since it's one of the last games I played with my father.

[@Ruloathesome]

It is a sound game I played it last month and the theww other players really liked it sorry to read about your father

[@AlShwaikh82]

It is worth to nominate Lowlands although it was not designed by Uwe Rosenberg himself but it was inspired by him. I'm wondering how would you rate the game if it was part of this list.

[@justlooking1234]

Hopefully you get to play more Hallertau soon. I love that one and was surprised it wasn’t hire. I expect it will climb with more plays.

[@igelkott255]

I love all creatures big and small. That and Patchwork are my favorite 2 player games.

[@fabriciopatti]

Agricola 18? OMG

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Haha, sorry 😅

[@jppbkm]

Too mean?

[@ColonelKurtz]

Agricola: All Creatures Big and Small Big Box is the way to go. All the extra special building tiles ramp up the variability and replayability of the game. I recommend folks seek out that version of the game.

[@hannahr5037]

1. Nusfjord 2. Hallertau 3. Agricola all creatures big and small. I didn't play Feast of Odin , maybe it would fit in my top 3.

[@Diabolik771]

No Merkator?

[@CiboFidian]

I expected that Acrigola is on a much higher rank and i was suprised to see it on 18! My first experience with Agricola wasn´t a good one. I didn´t like it. A few weeks later i borrowed the game to give it another chance, because so many people like it. Well, it´s not my game. I do like workerplacement games but i don´t like Agricola. Glad i borrowed it before i bought it.

[@b.2194]

We really wanted to like Uwe Rosenbergs games, but: no. By coincidence we got Sagani and we really love it - for us it is a nice relaxing game after work and we play it quite often🎉 then we got Armonia and we didn ´t like it. We got Glassroad and this was ok, but the artwork: atrocious! Then we got Agricola and it was our most horrific experience 😮 it is so tied and it feels like really hard work to gain resources and feed your family. We want to play for fun and don ´t want have another hard work day after work😮 and the artwork - absolutely atrocious. After that experience we checked out (gained information, we didn ´t play them) some other games, but we weren ´t touched by them… we don ´t want to have the stress of feeding our families, we don ´t want to farm, we don ´t like biding mechanisms and we have enough tile laying games…. And I am not mentioning the artwork of many of the games 😮 We do like games which are nice to look at, which make a friendly appearance, and not creepy and spooky. A Feast for Odin seems really interesting and the artwork is nice 😉 , but we are not into heavy games, unfortunately that would be too much for us. I have seen some interviews with Uwe Rosenberg and he is such a nice person, we really wanted to like his games, but unfortunately his games are not for us😮

[@CiboFidian]

I had nearly the same experience with Acrigola. Me and my wife didn´t like it. After a while we tried it one more time, because so many people love this game. But nothing changed, we still don´t like the game.

[@b.2194]

@@CiboFidian we tried Agricola several times, because it is so well-known and successful and we really wanted to like it, but every time it was a bad gaming experience😱

[@jppbkm]

Some people like challenge in a game. Some people are looking for more of relaxing experience. I would compare Agricola to something like The Godfather. It won't be everyone's cup of tea, but it is certainly a masterpiece. Unfortunately these days, a lot more modern games are closer to a tenth fast and the furious film. Flashy, possibly entertaining, but without substance.

[@BeforeYouPlay]

Getting the 🍿ready!!

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Have fun! Hope you’ll like it 🤩

[@nchlsrdmr]

I've played almost every Uwe game, I'll give my top 10 ranking: (No Le Havre, Atiwa, Oranienburger Kanal or Feast for Odin in my top 10) 10. Sagani 9. Spring Meadow 8. Patchwork 7. At the Gates of Loyang 6. Agricola 5. Fields of Arle 4. Glass Road 3. Caverna (with Forgotten Folk) 2. Nusfjord 1. Hallertau

[@mkitten13]

Only own 4 Uwe games, of which I would rank Le Havre > Fields of Arle > Hallertau, and I need to play Planta Nubo more to figure out how it compares, and if it's a keeper.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Great selection! Have you played any more of his games? :)

[@mkitten13]

@@BoardGamingRamblings I've played Agricola, Agricola: Great Creatures Big & Small, Caverna, A Feast for Odin, Glass Road, At the Gates of Loyang, Reykholt, Patchwork, Nova Luna, Sagani, Bohnanza & Cottage Garden (I think that's it). So actually tried a lot of them, lol. I do enjoy Patchwork, but I have the app, so felt no reason to keep the physical game. Sagani (that third game you couldn't remember the name of) was my replacement for Nova Luna, but it got culled for too many games reasons. While I enjoyed Caverna as a game, the fiddly and time consuming set-up for it (finding and matching all those tiles to the boards) dragged it down for me. I enjoyed the game, but not enough to justify the work needed to set it up. I need to try Feast again at some point, I've only played it once so far and that was several years ago. Loyang and Reykholt felt one-note for me, and Agricola just felt mean (All Creatures was nice enough, though). Glass Road was fine, but I'm not really drawn to the whole resource wheel thing. Cottage Garden was okay, I felt it was strategically weak for a polyomino game (at least when compared to Patchwork) and I've enjoyed my time with Bohnanza, but felt done with it.

[@gaillardlionel]

My biggest surprise of the list is to see Framework at #10, a game that I didn't even know existed... (what is wrong with me?) A game that's even better than Agricola apparently, imagine that 😂

[@jppbkm]

Don't worry, it's not. Agricola isn't the best at two-player, which is why I'd guess it's so low on their list.

[@SauerGustavo]

Agricola 18.... my god. Forgive them!

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Haha, sorry! 😅

[@JohnClem56]

Agree! I think it's a bit too high on the list! Just kidding. I can't rank it compared to the others since it is the only Uwe Rosenberg game I've played. Enjoyed it initially but felt like the strategy was too proscribed / constrained in such a way that the only approach was to go after getting kids. Felt like there was so much I wanted to do and explore but the game never really let you. Anyway, not one of my favorite games and so haven't tried any others. Le Havre is the only one that I've had some interest in trying.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Le Havre is amazing!!

[@Nain1982]

Surprised that OK rates so high for y'all. I did not enjoy it as much. This would be my list: 10. OK 9. Atiwa 8. AFFO 7. Fields of Arle 6. Hallertau 5. Patchwork 4. Loyang 3. Agricola 2. Nusfjord 1. GlassRoad

[@RulebooksForYou]

Wow the Inland port that low for you? I think it's one of the best 2 player games ever! The rest of the list is very accurate though :)

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Didn’t click for us, sadly :(

[@Ruloathesome]

I really like Merkator

[@hiho8084]

Uwe...my favorite board game designer! I'm not surprised at all to see your #1. It's mine too. I am one of those who really likes Cottage Garden. Mainly because it's a game my non-gamer husband will play. It's such a nice theme too. And no having to feed starving people! 🤣 An Uwe game that I want, but it's no where to be found is Tulpenfieber. Came out in 2021, dice placement. It looks great for my game group, but I guess I'll just have to dream... I have Le Havre, but have yet to play it! Can you believe that?? Thanks for the list👍

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Thank you so much for sharing! Glad you enjoyed the video 🥳

[@coreynoemif3j29]

Have you guys ever played Mamma Mia?

[@Nain1982]

here we go again?

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

No, never even heard about it before this video 😅

[@kennychan8054]

I actually like New York zoo quite a bit but it’s so low on your list…

[@RedEyedGhost1]

Agricola is way too low! The drafting is just soooooo good in it, as you set your plans for the game right at the start. Feast, Agricola, Ora et Labora, Le Havre, Caverna, Glass Road would be my order for most of the games of his I've played. Still want to play several (Nusford, Hallertau, Fields of Arle), and many others also doesn't interest me.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Would have loved to like it more, and the reason we keep it, is to give it that new chance some day! 😁

[@yarondavidson6434]

That drafting is what brought it down for me originally, it just felt too significant. So the whole game almost turns into a 5 minutes heavy drafting game, followed by 1.5 hours of trying to finish up the scoring as efficiently as possible... 😛 Probably won't be the opinion I would have formed if I tried it first time these days, with a lot more experience with a lot more games, but that first impression kind of stuck.

[@gaillardlionel]

WE STILL LOVE YOU AGRICOLA!!!!!! 18, tssss... 🧅🧅😭😭🧅🧅

[@ChairmanoftheBoard]

Babel for me 🔪

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

We just played the new version and didn’t like it a lot. I don’t know how much have changed? :)

[@ChairmanoftheBoard]

@@BoardGamingRamblings I don't think much changed mechanically. Just the new theme/setting is lame haha. Appreciate it's not for everyone :)

[@arthureloi]

Agricola at 18? Ugh, should be top 3...

[@markegli7370]

18? 😮…

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

I know 😅

[@hugocruz2439]

Bohnanza is nº1, hands down

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Thanks for sharing. Glad you're enjoying it.

[@lukaspfffr]

Like every list not created by myself, yours is subjectively wrong in every way possible way: I mean boring Caverna over fantastic Agricola, the "broken without expansion"/"basically solo only game" feast for odin at the top?? Also thanks for the video.

[@TheDarktater]

I really dislike Agricola. I can never do the action I want to do, and I never have the resources I need to do the other actions. I have only played it 3 times at three player but I never want to play it again. Feast is my #1 and Caverna is my #2. I really want to try Le Havre but no one in my game group has it and it is a bit too much for me to buy without trying it first. I don't really care for his tile laying games (with Feast being the exception) but I don't really care for most tile laying games.

[@Nain1982]

sounds like it's a player problem :)

[@TheDarktater]

@@Nain1982 for sure! Not every game is for everyone.

[@christaggart5687]

Feast, Caverna, Le Havre are absolutely top 3. Assuming they will be your top 3 too. Edit: yep

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Fantastic games 🤩

[@cyy321]

Stopped watching after i see Agricola at 18th. 😮‍💨

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Haha, sorry! It’s one we just never fell in love with. Still have it, as we want to give it more chances to win us over!

[@jppbkm]

@boardgamingramblings If you do, I would highly suggest drafting and playing with four players.

[@madhujith]

I know, I may be the only one out there... But just HATE Uwe and his designs.... Having played most of his releases from Agricola to Feast... Just felt that this guy just regurgitates the same things over and over with small variations....90% of them just farming themes and forced action play and mostly negative interactions... Has beaten the polyominos to death 🤦🏽‍♂️... At one point had over 18 of his games and now... Don't intend to try another one from him....

[@EngMadison]

Mama mia?

[@Mokkel73]

The greeting sounds more and more like a wet dog in the rain. Time for a new one?

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

What do you not like about it? 🥲

[@Mokkel73]

@@BoardGamingRamblings Oh...sorry. I do not not like it. It just sounds a bit like torture for you. :-)

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

We love it, so sorry if it didn’t sound that way here 😂

[@gaillardlionel]

No keep it, it's your trademark, love it! Byyyyyyye!

[@ianw0ng]

it's ironic that some of the best games ever made also has some of the worst art. i will never understand this pairing between uwe and.. you know who.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

I love the art for most of these, but people will always have different tastes! 🤩

[@koriakin]

Booo!!!

[@coltonbeatty6117]

Isn't the last new Rosenberg game with Klemens Franz art, Ora Et Labora from 2011? So what are you talking about?

[@ianw0ng]

​@coltonbeatty6117 i'm saying ditch the old art, reprint them with a more acceptable aesthetic, and more people will find the games more inviting instead of being put off.

[@coltonbeatty6117]

@@ianw0ng Who would you suggest as artist to re-do them with?

[@Punkve1987]

Nei.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

What? I thought Uwe was your favorite designer of all time? 😂

[@Punkve1987]

@@BoardGamingRamblings when he hits, he hits it big time. Le Havre is amazing. Hallertau, Nusfjord, Loyang and many more are good fun too and I am actually planning to get Fields of Arle. A Feast for Odin though... I still think it just feels like 4 underwhelming games mashed together into one big themeless incoherent mess 🤷‍♂️

[@davidriemaker]

« 2 player only » in this video means « 1 or 2 player »

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Yes, that is mostly true! Sorry about that :(

[@saretaabdn]

As an almost solo board game player. Which one would you recommend? I would like something not to heavy or with much set up. Thanks🫶🏼

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Hard to say, as I have not played many of these (or any games) solo. I have played Odin solo, and enjoyed it, but it is oretty heavy with a lot of setup 😅 Hopefully someone else can answer this better! 😂

[@hardyrich]

Sagani, Caverna Cave vs Cave, Le Havre, Nusfjord, Fields of Arle

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Thank you for sharing!

[@jonathanpickles2946]

Feast for Odin is fine solo. It's got really low interaction so other players are mostly there for company anyway.

[@hardyrich]

@@jonathanpickles2946 yes, it‘s fine, i love it! But she wanted something not to heavy - and that is for sure heavy!