Matt's Top 59 Board Games (as of January 2020)

[@DogFogB]

Bottom Shelf: Altiplano Keyflower Alchemists Pipeline Forbidden Stars Kemet Gloomhaven Star Wars: Imperial Assault Middle Shelf: Inis Sheriff of Nottingham and expansion Cosmic Encounter and expansion Brass: Birmingham Lords of Vegas Arctic Scavengers and expansions Arkham Horror Card Game Keyforge Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective Last Will Barenpark and expansion Lowlands Ladies & Gentlemen Tigris & Euphrates Top Shelf: Funemployed Bargain Quest Pandemic and Pandemic: In the Lab Silk Mysterium Taverns of Tiefenthal Quacks of Quedlinberg Pandemic Legacy: Season 2 V-Commandos and expansions Two Rooms and a Boom Monikers prototype Small Shelf: Not Alone One Night Ultimate Werewolf Avalon Decrypto Pictomania Arboretum Railroad Ink Machi Koro Ice Team Love Letter Paperback Burgle Bros. Condettiere Citadels Mascarade Coup The Game Insider Monikers and expansions Skull (unmentioned in the video but present on the shelf -- thanks Lean H.)

[@LeanManagement101]

DogFogB He forgot to mention Skull (& Roses), but it’s sitting in the top of his small shelf. ;)

[@Jamestone1616]

what's in the brown untitled box on his middle-shelf i don't believe they said what it was?

[@komakaze1]

Thank you for listing these, it's going to make it way easier to add them all to my wish list! 😀

[@DogFogB]

@@Jamestone1616 They didn't say, so I have no idea :-)

[@johnedwards5575]

There’s Pandemic, and Pandemic In The Lab, and he mentions he has all the expansions. The first two expansions and the original game all fit in to a single In The Lab box, but I think the third expansion is likely his outlier to needing two boxes. But... who knows. Pointless detail in the end. I’d love these guys to do a review of Spirit Island and an expansion to get their thoughts. Coop got me in to board gaming, and appreciate their thoughts if they had a keen interest in Pandemic as well over the years.

[@carlatate7678]

At first I was surprised that my collection is larger than Matt's, then I remembered how small my own book collection is because I work in a library.

[@amethystwolf24572]

Yeah, as a librarian, I buy a LOT less books. As a board gamer, I'm the primary person getting games for our group, so I end up getting a lot of them.

[@Shiradrenaline]

So what I've learned from this perfectly lovely video is that Matt is just like me - just yearning, looking to find time to play these games we own and love. Hello, Matt! Thanks for showing us a slice of your life!

[@kiquesbrothers1454]

Does anyone know some website where you can meet people and play thousands of board games for hours.

[@LariFI]

“I love word games but I can’t get people to play with them... play me with... at them.” 💕✨💕

[@andrewk7902]

I found the "aspirational" portions of this video highly relatable.

[@aeidein]

Really appreciated your comments on games' staying power and why or why you haven't been playing them.

[@scottg1501]

There are only 500 of those misprint Arboretums in existence, it's a collectors item!

[@pretsal4955]

I think Matt's very cool and I like him

[@zga042]

@@ostrava8958 sounds like you need to hit up your local game store :}

[@DrMcFly28]

@@ostrava8958 I'm sure Matt wouldn't mind you sitting down, as long as you kept quiet

[@zga042]

@@ostrava8958 game store employees would be happy to talk to you! it's their job and they can tell you about their events

[@ThePsychosis92]

Why do you think he's cool and why do you like him?

[@SquigPie]

Matt is cool when he isn't being a cringe male feminist.

[@adastra553]

8:04 It’s been 4 and a half years and Quinns still insists on pronouncing it “fife” instead of “feef”

[@Arakhor]

@M A Speaking as a native British English speaker, I've never met anyone who says it as in "fife".

[@adastra553]

I figured it might have been a regional variation, but both Oxford and Cambridge English Dictionaries give it as /fiːf/ “feef”, not /faɪf/ “fife”, in BrE Fief actually has a really neat etymology: not only did French descend it from (a variation of) Lt _feudum,_ but Latin borrowed the word from French! Frankish _*fehu,_ meaning “livestock”, gave Old French _feu,_ which was borrowed into Latin as _feum_ or _*feuum_ > _fevum,_ which in turn descended back into Old French as _fief,_ devoicing the /v/ to /f/ and diphthongising /ε/ into /jε/ (which is how it’s still pronounced in French) The “d” in standard Lt _feudum_ (whence English “feudal”, but not English “feud”, which is related to the word “foe”) comes from the Frankish word _*ôd_ (whence also the “od” in “allodial”; there was probably a Frankish word _*fehu-ôd_ that influenced it), meaning “goods, possessions, livestock”, from Proto-Germanic _*audaz,_ whence Old English _ēad,_ which is the “Ed” in names like “Edward” and “Edgar” To complete the etymology, Frankish _*fehu_ is from Proto-Germanic _*fehu_ “livestock, property” (whence Old English _feoh_ “money” and, influenced by French _fief,_ Modern English “fee”), which is in turn from PIE _*péku_ (that “k” should be a palatovelar, but I don’t have access to that character rn; it becomes /s/ in satem languages like Sanskrit and /k/ in centum languages like Latin) whence Sanskrit _páśu_ “livestock”, Kurdish _pez_ “sheep”, and Latin _pecū_ “cattle” and _pecūnia_ “money”

[@rylandmalcolm3825]

What I expected: a walkthrough of breakdowns and observations of a list of games What I got: Quinn and Matt hanging out letting their passion do the talking

[@DrMcFly28]

Matt is so exhausted he seems to have forgotten he already did the Taverns review... Quinns, you are overworking him, let the man rest.

[@bodybagbilly]

They filmed that before Christmas. I forget which game, but Matt mentions wanting to bring something to play with his inlaws.

[@DrMcFly28]

@@bodybagbilly I... wasn't being... never mind.

[@MeanderBot]

"Forbidden Stars" That sounds cool! "It's out of print now." Oh.

[@BraveSirNivag]

It's in the Warhammer universe if that that helps put you off... or... on.

[@Messengus]

It also has the best combat system you'll probably see in a board game right now, which... oh, that probably doesn't help

[@bernardorippe7024]

@@Messengus totally agree

[@Malkara]

Not just out of print, it was an FFG game and they lost all of the Warhammer license, and given the current issues, I can't imagine them getting it back...

[@russelldavis1875]

It also went out of print pretty quickly after it came to exist. Soo.... Not a lot out there.

[@neiderhauser77]

Half of Matt's Board Game closet. Matt: "Haven't had a chance to play it yet."

[@Killercreek]

That's my shelf.... gf does not like euro games. I love em

[@syphaeightfive3462]

​@@Killercreek Same, alas... No one likes euro games... Except you and I apparently >.

[@AcidMonkie]

I played Monikers from the Kickstarter this Christmas, and my family and my inlaws loved it so much!

[@HeinzMcDurgen]

Same. I got the kickstarter bit this year for my wife for Christmas. It was a real treat playing it with her family.

[@spoffette2623]

We loved having a slightly more family friendly version to play (with 9 and 12 year olds as well as 70 year olds) that was new to us too

[@James-qi3tb]

One of the thing that I love about Shut Up & Sit Down is that they are quite simply lovely people. The kind of person that I'd love to have as mates.

[@legisnuntius]

24:04 Coup is a great game. It comes out at parties and non-gamers love it, more so than Cards Against Humanity.

[@Erethreal]

There's such a fun interplay between a somewhat famous personality and a personal collection on display in this video. Quinns' collection video was awesome too, don't get me wrong, but Quinns is kind of like if board game obsession was given a body and a bag full of witticisms, and then maybe too much caffeine. This video is like when someone is trying to engage you in a personal conversation at a party, but other people keep showing up and inviting themselves in and it just grows increasingly more crowded and codified. I really like it. Thanks you guys for doing these.

[@BaconHer0]

Arctic Scavengers opens up Me: "Is that Dominion?"

[@josevelajr]

haha same here! It was published by Rio Grande so it makes sense

[@BludRayp]

hahah same thought.

[@emberassington]

yes, it is

[@Bcsouza19]

I don't know if this has already been suggested, or even if it's possible, but it would be nice if Paul could come back at some point in the future to do an encore video, showcasing his collection.

[@PeraudisEquilibrium]

This is such weirdly enjoyable content! I really liked watching Quinns' game collection and I got unduly excited when this one popped up. I hope you find someone else's collection to rifle through so you can make more!

[@petercapsanis5839]

Glad to see Matt keeps his games in the fridge to keep em nice and cool.

[@paulspo]

Always a lot of fun to watch your videos! Always the struggle to play something new vs. play the games we know and love.

[@cardbaudit]

Sometimes I stand alone in front of my game collection and pretend to present it to someone. Is that strange? Yeah well it makes me happy!

[@23ReivaX]

How else are we going to practice for the "right moment"?

[@lokihve6591]

@@23ReivaX Hopefully its a better presentation than from Matt :D

[@volatiledawn5888]

you should make a video!

[@cardbaudit]

@@volatiledawn5888 gosh I think I would be pretty rubbish!

[@Hyde1996]

Little did I know that 32 seconds into this freshly clicked video, I would notice that I am wearing the same jumper as Matt and feel compelled to make a comment on it. It's a sick world we live in, everything can change just like that.

[@segadriven]

My girlfriend picked up Coup for £1.50 in a charity shop so we're pretty excited to learn it's a "modern classic"

[@chocklad9]

so how did it go?

[@isaacalien]

V Commandos is kind of a grail game for me at this point so if you resolve to get rid of it I would happily take it

[@CarriedbyGg]

16:00 "I keep loving showing it to people, getting it out" Matt, it's a family show!

[@zacharys8090]

Everyone else: "Steam sale is up, RIP my wallet!" Me: "Shut up & Sit Down uploaded their favorite board games? RIP my wallet!"

[@kal_1301]

How bout both? ಥ‿ಥ

[@MiSTSYL]

I've been like that with all the board game top ten lists that have been in my feed for the past month (especially after only just getting back into board gaming in November after a few years break)

[@zacharys8090]

@@MiSTSYL a moment of silence for your wallet.

[@HeinzMcDurgen]

@@kal_1301 I feel your pain.

[@SaraSpalding]

I have the very same Tigris and Euphrates problem. :'(

[@fester6537]

I didn’t think I would see you here, Shaun! You got me started programming, I’m glad you are enjoying yourselves board games as well

[@samegan632]

"this is my refrigerator full of board games"

[@callahanjohnson]

Hands down my favorite video on the channel. Just the simple authenticity was a breath of fresh air from all the crazy nonsense we normally see.

[@artstsym]

I feel your pain about Arctic Scavengers, and also everyone I’ve played it with just wants to play Dominion instead because the theme doesn’t excite them. :(

[@jakobwachter5181]

Ah, Coup! I created over 70 roles for that game that I play with my friends. I even have plans to custom print a tarot deck with Coup roles on it. Good stuff...

[@luketurk18]

What about Silk? I loved your review for that game and then you didn't even talk about it in this video!

[@andrewnicastro17]

That aspirational part really got me. I slowly found and purchased all the expansions for Mansions of Madness 1st edition, mostly because I was in love with the feeling the game gave me. In my group, it isn't usually the first choice for game night, and I really don't always enjoy setting it up when it does hit the table, but it is just one of those games that feels like it has so much potential, and enjoyment, just hiding beneath it's cardboard lid. Whenever I go to grab out Codenames, Betrayal, or even Twilight Imperium for our yearly weekend long extravaganza, I take a moment to pause, and marvel at what it could offer. What dark realms it could bring us to. I smile to myself, give it a pat to remind it the special place it holds in my heart, and close the cabinet doors once again. One day, you beautiful, heavy little box, one day.

[@diogeneticist3585]

I decided to have a look for playmats since I've never heard of them being a thing, the first one to pop up was the exact same star wars one Matt has. I'm now feeling somewhat paranoid.

[@AcceptTheNull]

You know the two Looney Tunes gophers? "oh but you know how you put everything in one box and can't find it?" "OH YES! I bagged the expansion seperately!" "How clever, terribly clever."

[@TheSnapshotKing]

Omg no way I literally just went back and rewatched Quinns' list yesterday (: What a nice surprise

[@UKDagnar]

Got Quacks recently (on yours and others glowing reviews) and played it with my 9yr old twins and halfway thru the first game we'd got it, after that the game starts to flow and future games can be quite fast paced. Currently playing it nearly every weekend (it's so much fun working on your own potion and no one gets upset that they aren't winning) and after 3 or 4 games on the starting set up weve moving onto the alternative ingredients you get in the box. Also got the expansion to allow grand parents to join in and it gives an extra couple of flavours to add to the base game that already offered 5? versions. A cracking game that every family will love and one that's probably going to get gifted to a few of our friends this year. PLUS the expansion fits nicely into the base game box without confusing anything (although I can't force myself to throw the empty expansion box away....)

[@twotonesmybones]

If you take gloomhaven out of their you will need to reinforce the bottom so it doesn't topple over with the loss of mass providing much stability.

[@RATZGobbler]

Can we get a redo of that but it’s Quinns acting like it’s his collection?

[@kevin_parkerson]

Glad to see Inis in this collection. It belongs in EVERY collection 😁

[@blacklotus561]

I'd like to congratulate Quinns on not laughing at "pretty tight box". Good job!

[@BigPwald]

Truly disappointed that I didn't get to see pandemic legacy season 2 go into the bin

[@Perfectlydonebylilac]

I love your content, but are you going to continue the podcast?

[@stevenwillson6167]

Daggerstorm - yeah, they mentioned the podcast but I haven’t seen one in my feed for months now.

[@xavierpaquin]

Finally the right number of games a top games videos should cover

[@JCPRuckus]

Matt, I just wanted to leave a comment telling you, "You're wrong about... your games".

[@SoZettaSlow]

The conversation about board games and expansion storage solutions just made me remember how insanely good the Empyreal and expansion storage design is.

[@CesarIsaacPerez]

You guys should make videos for the games you actually play often with updated thoughts!

[@link_7164]

2:24 problem with putting Kemet expansions in the base game box according to the captions “yeah it’s all in one box but I just think you know it’s mixed the box uncaring up around a black guy”.

[@professorpsych]

Thanks for keeping your copy of Two Rooms!

[@seanhillman1016]

You NEVER have enough heavy SciFi or war games. Never. Great video.

[@dandurkin9735]

Thank you for sharing your collection, Matt! I went to a nice little con in Vancouver last October and taught/played Tigris and Euphrates twice! Also played Samurai twice! I’ll let you know if the con happens again next year and perhaps, if you can swing it, you can attend. I think you’d quite like it ; ) At said con, I taught/played Quacks too many times to count. It’s great fun, especially with the BGG Geekbits, and especially after melting your brain with some tense Knizia. Cheers!

[@RogueLich]

I've got all my expansions for Terraforming Mars in the base box, and I did have the boxes for them until I moved for work. My only problem with it is when Turmoil comes out I might need to find yet another storage solution for thousands upon thousands of cards.

[@321seb]

is it just me or is matt's hair looking extra majestic in this episode

[@jamesmccarthy962]

Now we just need Paul's collection then the legendary trio is complete (:

[@rarebitfriend6677]

Paul was always closest to my ways, broken heart.

[@lopezmt]

The older I get, the simple, elegant games are the ones I play and enjoy the most.

[@BludRayp]

what kinds of games do you find to be like that?

[@lopezmt]

BludRayp - Twixt; Sheriff of Nottingham; Citadels; Sushi-Go; Settlers of Catan; Love Letter; Guillotine; Ticket to Ride; Small World; Exploding Kittens; Two Rooms and a Boom. Just to name a few that friends, family and I enjoy.

[@jameslloyd2540]

Wavelength was my SHUX '19 highlight. A great party game and icebreaker, with just the best reveal when you get it right. Pre-odered it immediately afterwards, arriving soon!

[@rodrigovarela6194]

Anyone else got the feeling that the grey cubes actually look more like a games fridge? My mind kept screaming for Matt to close the fridge until I actually managed to remind myself it was just a shelf.

[@yoran4ever]

22:16 and 24:48 the shelf above the top-most shelf that has games in it in that small, tall cabinet with small-box games has an interesting looking, black device on it 🤔

[@yoran4ever]

Just having a laugh btw, no shame in anyone owning what it seems it is. It's amusing they missed it, if it is 😂

[@shutupandsitdown]

It's a mini tripod.

[@yoran4ever]

@@shutupandsitdown ah, my bad... Should really get my mind out of the gutter. But hey! Keep on what you're doing, guys! Your videos have got me to expand my board gaming horizons and get stuff I never thought I'd like! The Low Lands and Agricola have become real favourites. Seeing a SU&SD video get uploaded is always a highlight as a result! (Edit) And it's finally gotten my family to play something else than Settlers of Catan and Rummikub as well, thank god - I owe you guys for that great favour you've done me.

[@arcubal]

I like your Top 37.5 Board Games of Granvember 2019 better, especially that .5 game. That was brilliant.

[@partypao]

Nice collection Matt!

[@seanmcgowan4842]

Matt, glad to see you regained the blue RR Ink copy back after The Incident!

[@WaxDrag]

Oh man, I thought I was the only person that held onto Condotierre

[@AndICanTalk2]

Great stuff. I like your variety.

[@MarloEkberg]

18:23 "It's Rey and the bad one"? I feel like you made a lot of nerd enemies.

[@edumelara]

Gray Box 1 was the one that hook me up me to board-games.

[@JamesHewitt0110]

I mean it's no Blue Box 2.

[@RoosterLewis]

Are you planning on continuing this series? I'd love to see Toms or Evas collections!

[@DoctorScroll]

Plenty of space to stack games on top of the grey box.

[@mattias9095]

Great vid, keep up the good work guys!

[@wmaconick]

Matt, you are wrong about your games: You are obviously missing the best one: Monopoly I will only accept your apologies in a form of a formal review of it. I will expect it in a few months like let's say around early April

[@OriginalPiMan]

With only a little shame, and with more pride than it deserves, I will say that I own four copies of Monopoly. Two of them are different versions of Nintendo Monopoly. One is My Little Pony Monopoly. The last is Gamer Monopoly, which is really another Nintendo Monopoly, but with tweaked rules.

[@gershsgaming8673]

I have one copy of Monopoly. It has Dinosaurs. Therefore, it is the only acceptable version of Monopoly.

[@andrewnicastro17]

yeah, Monopoly is that one game that I was raised on, then once I got into non-traditional board gaming, it turned out a lot of people claim to hate it. Deep down, I know we all love it, for right or wrong.

[@dj_koen1265]

it is my most hated boardgame , so i cant understand that sentiment

[@TheMedianGam3r]

Gloomhaven is my top game of all time! The one game to rule em all and in dungeons bind them.

[@leonzchannelz]

7:27 anyone know what the orange game is?

[@lucasliew7262]

Is that a badminton racquet? Oh man, boardgames and badminton I think we could be good friends Matt! :)

[@Vossenator]

Same here, love both board games and badminton.

[@Lambrect5]

Would love to see you guys do an review/overview of Alchemists. It IS very interesting :)

[@boardwatch1560]

My favorite game. The expansion brings it to 11.

[@JohnnyLeyenda]

I was actually gonna ask about that one. I've seen some components and it looks beautiful, but I wonder if it's good or how weight-y it is to teach.

[@heikesiegl2640]

@@JohnnyLeyenda it is great! It is not really hard to learn. The mechanics aren't that complicated. But the desicions are fun :) The game isnt that long either. When you print your first theory, you probably dont even know if it is correct, but you do it anyway because you dont want to miss out^^

[@molamola7093]

I love Alchemists. If you’ve ever worked in Academia it is an excellent and accurate parody.

[@NikoTeaJay]

I'm pretty sure they already covered Alchemists.

[@Grimscribe732]

Man, Matt's collection is eerily similar to mine. Especially if I would cull it down a bit and just keep the stuff I really like.

[@StigSlashBro]

I will play Tigris and Euphrates with you Matt. I have never played it and don't understand the rules but I will play. In fact, I will play with you right now. I am playing. You are playing. We are playing Tigris and Euphrates.

[@petermitchell545]

I really enjoyed this video thanks for sharing!!!

[@Tom24UK]

So I started watching this and got distracted...where have I seen that jumper Matt is where before? I am wearing the exact same one. Matt can I ask; Edinburgh Woolen Mill? I'm sure the video will be great. Just need these clarifications.

[@ashrael37]

You can fit Bad News Bears in the base box without flattening the monorails. Maybe you need to remove the useless divider from the base game?

[@carlbutcher2268]

What's in the mysterious red box underneath Last Will? This is driving me insane.

[@golgarisoul]

Grey Box is such a great game. I can't wait for the review!

[@shutupandsitdown]

expansion could have shipped in a smaller box

[@PeteDarby]

Still waiting for the grey box kickstarter to fulfil...

[@mikotagayuna8494]

I would like to see a playthrough session for Gray Box and its expansions.

[@benlauson555]

Matt has great ankle and hip mobility! Nice job!

[@rowanwilliams7397]

Great video as always guys. It makes me want to check out V-Commandos as I used to play the video game Commandos at a friend's house when I was a kid. I both smile and cringe whenever I hear you guys use words like "problematic" :) Love it!

[@JonatasAdoM]

Tell them "BOARD GAMES IS WHAT PUTS FOOD ON THE TABLE"

[@LordChesalot]

Its really good to see matt is still doing well after all these years

[@johnthompson4969]

I love this video. This is exactly like my collection. I rarely get a chance to play the games I have; except AH LCG and LotR LCG, because I can solo play and really be immersed in the world.

[@Motorsic]

I need a friend like Matt

[@PR4WN]

matt is a legend

[@TockTockTock]

Matt is still adorable and his hair is still fantastic

[@Rhombus-qt2ro]

When it comes to Arctic scavengers, put the cardboard bits under the plastic tray and it avoids the cards going everywhere.

[@paulmccaffrey2985]

Your comments and viewpoints are great. Thank you!

[@robinwobbles]

I've been enjoying Ganz Schön Clever by Wolfgang Warsch a lot. I think the English version is called Pretty Clever. A smart Roll & Write game, feels like bingo + yahtzee + excel :D

[@roop298]

I put Fish in a cutdown pringles tube and glued the box art to it.

[@JohnnyLeyenda]

I got my Monikers KS a couple of months ago (all the content, went all-in) but didn't have a chance to play until Christmas. My family loved it so much we actually spent New Years playing as well. Probably one of the biggest hits so far. Also, Coup is fantastic.

[@madeleineparker-hill7767]

A thumbs up from me! Nice collection!

[@ShaggySasquach4231]

Bunny kingdom is awesome! Can’t wait for the comedy of your review

[@prfesrfrink]

13:03 That's exactly what money can buy.

[@jonp3674]

I can't believe you work full time playing and reviewing board games and still yearn for more time to play board games.

[@ChrisM-xx6cf]

I think the difference is for the job he has to play a bunch of different board games a number of times to determine what should be reviewed, rather than spending that time playing games that he knows he loves to play. Similarly, I spend all day on a computer at work, but I still want to be playing games on my computer at home, even though I've been looking at a computer all day.