Starting Our Collection Over with ONLY 10 Games

[@aowoodworks2408]

I’m so sorry to hear about your great loss. Losing 1000+ games while riding a bicycle is impressive but sad. I can’t figure out if you were dragging the bookshelves full of games behind you by a rope or something and maybe you just didn’t notice when the rope broke and you left them all behind or possibly you had some amazing castella like stack of games coming out of your basket and you just missed it as one by one 1000 games dropped of the stack and you never noticed. I wish there was photographical evidence of what happened but alas I think we’ll never actually know. Sad.

[@FostertheMeeple]

It’s one of life’s greatest mysteries

[@CyndyLee-f4h]

Saying that while there is literally dozens of of games on the background shelf 😳😂 Also… 1000 games = billion of dollars. Like… what kind of math is that? Meanwhile recommending small cheap card games to « rebuild » their collection. Omg never seen so much bullsh*t gathered in a video

[@FostertheMeeple]

@@CyndyLee-f4h you know this is just a video we do for fun and isn’t at all real right? I think you need to calm down a bit lol

[@KingMePlease3]

Disney Lorcana, Unfair, Foundations of Rome, Dead Reckoning and Trio. Most of these I could play solo but more importantly I can play all of these with friends, family and neighbors. All 5 have great replayability too.

[@Jetainia]

My five games would be Codenames, Tiny Epic Galaxies, It’s a Wonderful World, Alhambra, and Star Realms. Gives me a good mix of solo, family, and a great deckbuilder

[@jjtheBaldBoardGamer]

So sad! I hope you can rebuild the collection quickly! The 5 games I would restart my collection with would be : 1) Dune Imperium Uprising 2) Dwellings of Eldervale 3) Cascadia 4) Sea Salt and Paper And 5) Wayfarers of the South Tigris. Sure 4 of those are the top 4 in my top ten, but still. Barely missing would be Wyrmspan, JotL, Planet Unknown, and Star Wars the Deck building game.

[@danicas.4484]

1) Viticulture with Tuscany 2) Meadow with Downstream 3) Unmatched 4) Castles of Burgundy 5)A.R.T. Project -> not gonna lie, 10 would have been easier

[@jaggyg8122]

Really fun topic! I think I would want to have one or two games I love that take into account player count (including a solo), and some other games I love for different situations so I don't handcuff myself while I'm building another collection. I would want to be PLAYING while I rebuild that collection! I'd also want to retrace my Radio Flyer wagon trail before all of the board game bush bunnies take the rest away. That being said, I haven't thought about it long enough to know which of my 70ish games I'd pick. Got me thinkin'. Thanks for this.

[@dessireshallenberger2836]

I play mostly with my family- 7 kids who are all adult now. They live close by. Most of the time, we take turns hosting different sets of them coming over. Lately, I’ve been playing mostly with a few of them (the others have gotten busy ATM). One son loves Catan and Everdell. Another loves Villianous and Citadels/Dominion, but his wife loves Bonsai/Planted/Canvas. Another son loves the mystery games-Clue. Mystery of the Abbey, Deception-Murder in Hong Kong, Werewolf. A daughter loves Flamecraft and Wingspan… I love 7 wonders, Dixit, Codenames, Concordia. Another daughter loves Quacks and Azul. I’m not sure how I’d decide!!! (I am planning on getting Obsession and Sea Salt and paper). soonish, tho

[@ryanlohman4922]

Great list. Terraforming mars, return to dark tower and wingspan would make my list.

[@WalkSteady]

Here is mine as of this minute: - Castles Of Burgundy (solo-4 player, fun, beautiful, high replay value, euro) - Star Wars Unlimited (2-player, fun collectible, great theme, wonderful gameplay, card game) - Too Many Bones (solo or coop, I love the theme, great components, and years of play) - Marvel United - I’m including any United expansions including DC when it ships (MINIS, easy play, fun theme, quick play, solo and co-op) - Wingspan (I love it, it’s peaceful, it’s pretty, it’s fun)

[@mattmeola]

If I was starting over, BGA and digital adapations of games would greatly influence what I own. Digital just makes it so much easier to play that it's not necessary to own physical copies of some of my favorite games. Top 5 for me Obsession Spirit Island Nusfjord Nucleum Project L If given 5 more spots for 10 total Patchwork On Mars A Feast for Odin Greast Western Trail For Sale

[@laurencesingh3948]

I'm treating this as if I could only keep 10 games (five each for me and my non-gamer wife hehe) that I have in my collection currently (along with any expansions and deluxifications). We have two crossovers! In no particular order: 1. Everdell 2. Scythe 3. Obsession 4. Marvel Champions 5. TMNT Adventures (All the Loot) 6. Voidfall 7. Wayfarers of the South Tigris 8. The White Castle 9. Tussie Mussie 10. Tidal Blades: Heroes of the Reef 1-4 I have SO MUCH or ALL of the content for them so I want to hang onto that investment. Plus, my wife LOVES Obsession. 5 is my favourite game of all time and I have all the KS goodies for it. 6-8 are some of my favourite games that provide that crunchy euro puzzle I crave and all play excellently solo. And 9 and 10 are a couple of my wife's favourites.

[@richardhancock1505]

What is TMNT?

[@laurencesingh3948]

@@richardhancock1505 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles :) 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢

[@board-therapy]

Just played Boop for the first time with my wife at Gen Con and she loved it. We ordered it on Amazon on the way home from Gen Con and have played it every day. I think that would be in our top ten to restart a collection. Such a fun, thinky and fast game for two players with good production value.

[@FostertheMeeple]

Boop is REALLY good. Love it

[@shinjial]

Lol the moment with Dice Town and the "Yee-haw" was so smooth.

[@meganmoore1452]

i would start my collection over with: Lost Ruins of Arnak Res Arcana Dominion Dinogenics Terraforming Mars Great video you guys! Hooky is going on the wishlist!!!!!

[@aba_dab_o]

Thanks for the video! The 5 games would likely be games I have in my Top X games list while also taught profusely & still enjoy (including family & friends) over the years. They (may) include Kingdomino, Azul, Cartographers, Fantasy Realms and Can't Stop. EDIT: removing Codenames for Azul, because have to include Azul. :P

[@aarontaylor24]

Castles of burgundy, mythic mischief, root, wonderlands war, 6 siege, fractured sky, too many bones, crokinole, raising robots, vast.

[@darbyl3872]

I haven't played HOH, but if you want a great solo war game check out Pavlov's House. It's so thematic, with pictures of the actual soldiers on the tokens.

[@theot9307]

Yes on Obsession!

[@bryanep]

Inis - Amazing game period. The Great Zimbabwe - So unique and haven't played it enough. Too Many Bones - So much content - only game I enjoy solo. Spirit Island - So much content - amazing co-op. Istanbul Big Box - Best Mid weight game imo 2-4 player. Century Golem Edition - Best Family Game imo. Tyrants of the Underdark - Need a deck-builder , most exciting one to play. Cascadia - Great family game - Wife's fav game. Sea Salt & Paper - Simple card game - Wife's other fav game. Take 5 - Best Party game imo.

[@ThomasHelms]

I've actually been mulling this over, as I'm think of moving to Germany and will need to do a mass cull. Not a top 10, but the ones I would take from my collection (assume all expansions included): 1. Dune Imperium 2. Null Signal (just have Gateway, but looking to add the rest of the new series) 3. Res Arcana 4. The Castles of Burgundy: Special Edition (a graduation gift to myself) 5. Flash Point: Fire Rescue 6. Imperial Settlers: Empires of the North 7. Ethnos 8. Architects of the West Kingdom 9. Raja of the Ganges 10. Cartographer Heroes

[@FostertheMeeple]

Great list!! Thanks for sharing. And best of luck with the move!

[@HilaryOwen-td2dj]

Any which are relatively new or easy to find, (Spiel des Jahres nominees) will be easy to find in Germany. Don't forget Germans own more board games per head of population than any other country in the world. Although they may cost a bit more than in the US. Keep the rare ones, or the ones that you absolutely have to have in your own language, just in case it's more difficult to find them in English here (I'm in Germany).

[@dominiquebelanger1828]

Great video. I mean I’m so grateful that this is a fake thing as I love (love) seeing your beautiful shelves of games. My heart flutters whenever there is a game haul video or a reorganizing video. Loooove those. Only ten games would be beyond sad. But great picks. I haven’t played all of those but those that I have played I really like.

[@mitchellthies486]

1. Scythe 2. Turing Machine 3. Heat 4. Red Rising 5. Longshot: The Dice Game

[@aorakis5795]

Only 5 games ? Easy ! I am, at the moment, having a 10 boardgames collection (coming from 80+ like two years ago) ( so i worked hard to reduce my possession and boardgames addiction) coz, well... Let's be honest, you don't even have to earn more than 10 games to be happy with your life and hobby collection ! There are so many ways you can play and discover other and new games ! (friends, geeky Bar, boardgames events, renting games to the library... etc...) And for 2 years now, i'm applying the rule of -> if a game comes in, a games goes out ! and if i had to keep only five games, this would probably goes as follows (wich is what i mainly have at the moment) -The Game (or) Jekyll and Hyde vs Scotland yard : Fast to play cooperative boardgame that is great for holliday and travels -FlipShips (or) Set a Match : Dexterity game for 2 or up to 4 ! Always great fun ! -Detective Club (or) Just One : Party games that Always workis good at minimum 5 players ! -Alice's Garden (or) Harmonies (or) Cascadia (or) Calico : Easy and smoothy familly (Familly + for harmonies (and ++ for Calico) -Dune Imperium Uprising (or) Lost Ruins of Arnak : Heavier and bigger boxes eurogames while keeping the rest of the collection much lighter and easy to put out on the table ! (and to reach the 10 with more solo options : Heat / Discordia / Warp's edge / Astro Knights / Marvel Champions) And there it is. Cheers from belgium ! And don't forget : LESS IS MORE !

[@FostertheMeeple]

More can also be more when you love collecting 😂

[@Tablenauts]

Dang it... I realllllly need to get Dice Town 😂. Great video!

[@Skyrodin]

You could also transport your games with like... eight to ten camels, maybe. Really liked your lists :) White Castle surprised me very much! I would definitely start a new collection with ... So Clover for my first pick. That's my partygame. For the rest I would need more time to think about. But maybe ISS Vanguard, Dog Park, New York Zoo and Ark Nova 😊

[@landlboardgames]

Just played Halls of Hegra a few weeks ago for the first time and really enjoyed it

[@michaelhoffmann3266]

Picking 10 from my collection of 22. Klask Camel Up Quest for El Dorado El Grande Undaunted Normandy Thunder Road Star Wars Rebellion Caesar! No Thanks! Lacuna

[@HilaryOwen-td2dj]

Ok, there's no way I can do this, I just tried. The reason I have a large collection is because I don't want to manage with a small collection. If our house burns down, I won't replace all of them, but the reason for having insurance is to be able to replace many of them.

[@pushaplane]

"You'd lose your head if it wasn't screwed on tight!" BTW, numbness in your hands has a cause similar to carpal tunnel, might just be physiological. I couldn't be without my Too Many Bones, The Farming Game, War of the Ring, The Battle of Five Armies, Dungeon Doors and Tainted Grail.

[@thegreatdane908]

You've been talking about the squirrels swarming outside your studio, I was worried that they had gotten in and taken your collection! But after watching it sounds like quite the opposite, that you guys were taking all of your games on a bike ride so maybe you could play them with the squirrels but then they all fell off while you were going too fast! A true tragedy for the history books.

[@thehammeroffury4337]

I love me a good "2 player and more players" game! lol

[@jkledis]

Jeff take a close look at Jamie's reaction to Halls! Not sure she liked that pick. 😅 I love me some dice chucking. I am not sure what five games I would pick - I have too many games on my shelf of opportunity!

[@FostertheMeeple]

I get that look a lot!

[@The.FrozenGamer]

Yes Halls of Hegra!!!! So ridiculously good!

[@D20Woodworking]

Nice, also love Too Many Bones!

[@theflamekid]

I recently played marvekl united and I actually reallu like it. Cooperative game, super easy to learn and fun to play. Did you guys already try it? I just bought some expensions, to see how they play.

[@FostertheMeeple]

We’ve tried it yep!

[@JarvisDMLord]

I've got 87 games right now I couldn't imagine losing them in a bicycle accident but regardless picking 5 I'd have to go 1.Root As far as asymmetric war games go it's my favorite that I've played 2. Lords of Waterdeep Because I love d&d the resource gathering to complete quests is cool and having the secret hidden lord is fun also easy to teach and it's my favorite on digital next to root lol 3. Star realms deck building 1v1 also a fav on digital 4.Gloom Because if I didn't add this my wife would beat me lol she loves it 5.Smash up Fun easy to teach 1v1 or more players game lol "Honorable mentions" Hive a fun fast paced strategy tile laying game that can be played literally anywhere Sushi go party Fun fast family favorite game Zombie dice Super quick easy to play press your luck game Dungeon mayhem Fun fast paced 1v1 or more players game super easy to learn Tokaido Fun family game about vacationing in Japan set collecting and some strategy when playing with more than 2 players

[@appleseiter15]

A Feast for Odin Hansa Teutonica Castles of Burgundy Nemesis Cthulhu: Death May Die Sea Salt and Paper Can’t stop Planet Unkown Cockroach Poker Thunder Road: Vendetta

[@gurnblanston2848]

If I had to start my collection over again, I would need some amount of Dice Throne. Can I have it all? Probably not, so any of the 8 character Battle Chests would be my first choice. After that, Castles of Burgundy Special Edition, Some amount of Unmatched, some amount of Final Girl, and I think Wild Tiled West.

[@FostertheMeeple]

Which season of DT?

[@IllBuythePopcorn]

I really need to try Hooky. It seems like my type of game. Jaime, I'll play with you if y'all come back down for BGG. 😊

[@2532robh1]

Love you guys! Thanks for the video!

[@shawnhilliard]

Jamie may have carpal tunnel.

[@shawnhilliard]

I waited years to get tested for CP and they said mine was among the most severe and if I'd gotten it checked sooner, they could have suggested treatment options before surgery. My surgery was a game changer. Definitely worth the few months of inconvenience while you heal.

[@DuluthLaker]

Wingspan Great Western Trail 2E Ark Nova Xia: Legends of a Drift System Stardew Valley

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Ok listen here, no one told us that side chats were allowed! You hear that Jamie? We have them scared! We need to reform our alliance!

[@kenthewiz]

I’m so confused how do you lose 1,000 games on a bike ride? How jacked is Jamie to be able to carry 1,000 games on a bike

[@oldplayer8025]

nana is Number 7 in japanese

[@mtedens1]

Don’t do it, Jeff! Don’t start watching Bridgerton! You won’t be able to look away. It’s the train wreck effect.

[@FostertheMeeple]

I started. You were right

[@erichgeoppinger7112]

do you like Calico more than Cascadia? We like Calico, but everyone tells us we need to switch

[@markstamp3937]

Cascadia opens up as you take more turns, Calico gets much tighter towards the end. Honestly apart from being tile placement games that came out at the same time I don't know why they are compared so much, they feel so different

[@FostertheMeeple]

Don’t listen to what people tell you you need to do. If you’re enjoying calico, keep enjoying it. If you wanna try cascadia out, try it out - but at your own discretion. What we like might not be what you like, so take that as it is. But I’d say we both prefer calico. But I agree with the above. They really shouldn’t be compared that way. They’re likely compared (same as verdant) because they are in a similar vein of games from Flatout.

[@Runboy_123]

Not a harsh criticism, just an observation - I sense some major new game bias. Are these really the ten games you would have of all the games out there? If so, I am surprised... or I'm misunderstanding the goal of the video.

[@FostertheMeeple]

I think you’re taking it way too seriously.

[@rob4433]

My mate Jimmy can't feel his fingers when he's on a bike too! Mind you, he hasn't got any arms... Anywho, here's a joke: Knock knock

[@86Disab]

Who's there?

[@rob4433]

@@86Disab not Jimmy

[@Mahler1988]

lol where does that French cap come from?

[@FostertheMeeple]

East coast lifestyle!

[@HerVoiceRemains]

A fine video. I love you kids even if you contuinlly spend my $ 😆

[@FostertheMeeple]

You’re the most welcome!

[@richardhancock1505]

If I accidentally flushed all of my 117 games down the toilet in a sustained state of absent mindedness; I’d probably rebuild the collection with the following games: 1 Dune Imperium: because a) it’s my favourite game b) it plays really well solo & multiplayer 2 Great Western Trail New Zealand; because I love GWT, I’ve played the original and the Argentina version, but not the NZealand version, so it’d be a fresh start with a familiar and yet new version of the game. 3 RA: because it’s one of best games for pure laugh out loud fun AND it’s now a product which is stunningly beautiful to have on the table. Presumably I haven’t flushed my table down the bog as well. 4 I suppose I should throw a larger player count/ party game in there for the big family fun nights- and it’s TELESTRATIONS because it plays up to 8 and has also been the cause of much hilarity. 5 I noticed you only wanted 5! Ok… NEMESIS: because it’s an epic story telling machine that provides opportunity for solo/ co-op and traitor versions of the game.

[@FostertheMeeple]

Awesome!!! Thanks for sharing your toilet bowl recovery games!