Play or Pass? BoardGameGeek Top 1000 | 1000th Video Celebration!

This is our 1000th video! Holy bananas we can't believe we've talked about board games this freaking much! Thank you for being here for our 100th video! In this game we are playing board game Tinder of sorts. We are going through the BGG Top 1000 ranked games, 1 by 1 and saying if we want to play, or pass. How did we do?
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[@hendrikjanter3720]

From around 2:35:30 they start with the top 100.

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Cheers for that!

[@kennethpaschall4801]

Congratulations on 1000 videos gents. That is incredible. You have definitely brought som smiles and laughter to me and my kids even. They loved your board game workout video. Keep up the excellent work. Here is to the next 10,000 videos for the Brothers Murph!

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Awww yay we are so proud of the workout video haha and glad it brought smiles

[@terry3733H]

maquis is a solo worker placement of French resistance members moving around to complete missions while avoiding patrols 😊

[@grahamglaser]

Excellent video and right on brand for TBM. Appreciate all of the awesome videos over the years. Keep doing the great work!

[@paulmccaffrey2985]

You guys are great! Thank you for doing this. FYI you wanted to play 75 out of 100 of the top 100 games. No surprise, but it's cool that you like so many of them.

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Haha yeah I suppose the Top 100 is the top for a reason and honestly most of those games are right in our happy zone :)

[@dandurkin9735]

Happy anniversary, Brothers, and congratulations! Thank you for the thousands of smiles you've sparked in the last 5 years. It's been fun. Best wishes ~ Durk Master Funk [The first game that I honestly ENJOY in the Top 1000 is War of the Ring, though I generally enjoy light to medium weight games. You should definitely play Schotten Totten / Battleline, especially if you enjoy Hanamikoji - enjoy!]

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Durk Master DANG in this. Thanks for all the support and love partner!

[@Sarah-wn8kz]

Glad to watch this. It was in more then one sitting but this was really entertaining! Glad to see you guys will play all the games I own 😊 (I own 34 games and I chose them with a lot of research beforehand)

[@JustinNichols66]

13:38 Wiz War, for ages 3-6, best at two players lol. Happy Anniversary! Great videos, especially like the Meta Game Minute series. Thanks!

[@msmilder25]

The Dice Tower just did a top 10 list of games that they think SHOULD be in the BGG Top 10. In the video, Tom made a comment that the BGG list of games get voted on by the people, and they can have both positive and negative votes, so people who really like a game get a lot of positive votes, and games people hate get down votes; but the problem is (according to Tom) is that the list has a ton of very heavy games that have a very devoted following (lots of up votes) but that people who will never play the game, because they're too heavy or whatever, don't vote them down, they just don't play them at all. So you end up with a ton of very heavy games that appeal to a relatively small percentage of board gamers getting on the list. I think the exact same theory can be applied to the plethora of war games on the top 1000 list...people don't give bad ratings to games they will never play, they only give bad ratings to games they play and don't like. Since most casual games, most mid-weight board gamers and most die-hard board gamers don't play any (classic) war game...those games don't accumulate any negative votes to offset the positive votes by the small, but incredibly devoted cadre of war gamers out there. So you end up with a top 1000 list that is full of very divisive games that appeal to only small segments of the gaming community. Games that are more universally played, and appeal to wider audiences, get plenty of love, but, for example, a heavy board gamer might trash a commercially popular game like Ticket To Ride, because it's so light, and they consider themselves a tried-and-true-hobby-gamer-that-only-plays-dry-Euros...so it builds up a lot of hate votes. Just something to consider.

[@msmilder25]

I use "votes" in my comment, but it's really how people rank the game. People rank games they play, not games they would never touch in a million years. So many games climb up the list strictly based on the opinions of people who love the game, since not many people try those games if they aren't already in love with that style of game to begin with. That's my point, and Tom's as well, I believe.

[@TheBrothersMurph]

100% agree here the entire top 1000 and certainly the top 200 games are nowhere near to being a good metric of what the "average gamer" would be into. You're so right I have no interest in those war games but I'm not gonna go give them 1 ratings, I'm just not going to interact with them at all. I love that they made that list I think it's a cool idea. If you're on BGG to the point that you are ranking your games and leaving written reviews and such, you are already WAY invested in this hobby. And the general amount of heavy games so highly ranked reflects that fanaticism more so than something like Ticket to Ride which is objectively better for more people

[@Paladinski]

Congrats guys! 1000 vids is awesome. Rock on!

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Thanks man!

[@drthvd3r]

I'd give Maquis another look. It's a fun little worker placement solo game. If I heard correctly it inspired the solo mode for Viticulture, which gives it a bit of provenance.

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Ooh sounds cool! Will definitely keep that in mind and give it a go if we come across it

[@lorenzohot5234]

Congrats! Been seeing y’all since the start! Thanks for all the great videos

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Thanks for sticking around all this time! It honestly means a ton!

[@boardtoplay]

Loved this idea! 3 hours well spent. Happy 1000 Videos!

[@tracieperez2629]

Congrats !Love watching you guys! Always a good time. Lots of fun good energy. Morels a great little 2 player game, definitely give it a try. I play it on the App mostly now bc I love the sound of those mushrooms cooking!

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Oh cool didn't know there was an app!

[@tamaravanheel3758]

This is the only time I’m going to watch a video this long. I make a cup of coffee and going to enjoy this show! Keep up the good work!

[@BobbyReichle]

Happy anniversary! It has been excellent to watch your videos! And it was great to meet you! My highest pass is Gloomhaven unfortunately. Really did not enjoy our group's run through of Jaws of the Lion so really just don't want to do the big one. I wish I had enjoyed it and was bummed not to, but that's more game for others to enjoy.

[@TheBrothersMurph]

It was awesome getting to spend some time man! And respect on Gloomhaven. I personally love that the number 1 agreed upon game doesn’t work for everyone. Of course it’s a bummer it didn’t resonate with you

[@billymart7920]

Congrats on 1000. You two don't look a video over 900.

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Listen we all know I (Mike) and have aged rapidly in the last year. If it weren’t for the kid I might only look 800 videos old

[@TylerAndToast]

I feel you on cryptid. I ran our first game because we were maxed on players and there were hidden elements a player outside could help with. The first game took an hour and everyone ran out of pieces. Once we understood it we could strategize and win games in 20 minutes and no one laid all their pieces. Definitely play again! I rate a 9 on bgg

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Ok good to know things got better for y’all. I’m sure it’s solid we just haven’t found our way yet it seems

[@tc3p]

Great video, I didn't realize how many terrible looking games there are in the Top 1000 on Bgg. Also, pretty amazing how high in the rankings some newer games are already!

[@TheBrothersMurph]

There have been a fair few since 2020 that have just hurled to the upper ranks for sure!

[@JonoNZBoardGamer]

Love you guys and what you do in this space! Your ideas are always fun and interesting. Random idea: Would it be interesting to have a mini marathon of one specific game to test how many plays it takes before you are over it? Take an hour long game that you like and effectively test in a short span of time how the replayability holds up. Obviously it isn't exactly indicative of normal play, but it could be interesting to see how different games hold up to back to back repeat plays. Mike said he would play cascadia "all day, every day" and it got me wondering how true that might be in practice :)

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Ha! That is a really interesting idea!

[@sarahschira9105]

Definitely play Clank Legacy. It’s a hilarious experience with such cutting corporate satire

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Noice

[@Rhino1186]

Happy anniversary and congrats on 1000 videos! Out of all the board game channels I follow, you guys are the ones I would want to play boardgames with the most in real life.

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Aww that is a huge compliment thank you so much! Maybe we can make that happen sometime!

[@Rhino1186]

@@TheBrothersMurph That would be awesome! If you're serious, I'm totally down. I live in San Diego, but have a lot of family in LA. I've been recovering from a motorcycle accident, so I've got a lot more free time lately. I have The Search for Planet X and Awkward Guests which I think you guys said you wanted to try. If you were just being friendly and don't want to play with a random KZbin fan though, that's alright too. Either way, you guys are great. Thanks.

[@khristaherzing8807]

This was really fun to watch. You both have a wonderful dynamic that is fun to watch.

[@khristaherzing8807]

The “barf” and “super barf” made me laugh.

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Thank you so so much for the wonderful comment!

[@pblindauer]

congrats, fellas! you inspired me to finally try Rajas--so fun!

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Yay! And thank you

[@lukepickles5099]

Congrats on the anniversary and 1000 videos! 200 a year is nuts! Keep doing what you’re doing - you’re a credit to the gaming community. I’ve now realised I have a lot to learn about the top 1000 Cus there’s a hecka lot I have no idea about! Hope to catch you at a con sometime! Now is the time for a challenge, right? Play ALL the plays from this list over 2023! Think you’re up to the quest? 😉mr_lmp appreciates ya!

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Aye aye thanks for the kind words as always! And the hope is to get the challenge of playing the bgg top 100 in a week sometime soon!

[@lukepickles5099]

@@TheBrothersMurph sounds intriguing! I’d love to see how that plays out!

[@voyager5333]

Very surprized you guys passed on Nemesis Lockdown. What a great game. The Nemesis games have always entertained all my friends. These were some of the best game days we ever had. Give it a chance ;)

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Funny you should mention that there may just be something happening soon around nemesis for us so you’ll be able to say “I told you so” properly!

[@spike2439]

Nick: I've heard it's really good... Mike: I've heard it's not that great. Nick: But I've heard it is. This is the hard hitting analysis I keep coming back for.

[@TheBrothersMurph]

It's why we make the big bucks

[@KurdtW94]

Awesome video, pretty entertaining. I got curious about your views on "The Others" and "Subterra". I haven't play either, but the way Zee Garcia talks about them, always gets me hype up about playing them.

[@middleclassboardgamer]

Passing on Hyperborea was a shot to my heart. That game is so underrated. It's a bag building game with area control.

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Well you have now piqued our interest!

[@TisButAScratch666]

Congrats on the great milestone gents.

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Thank you!

[@rainingtacos5879]

Props to you guys for an awesome 3 hours of unabashed judgment, just layin it down.. well played Murphs.

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Swift judgment with relatively few apologies. Boom

[@Ras137]

Awesome video guys. Took a week to watch it, but it was awesome. Did anybody notice Jackie Fox (Jackie Fuchs) in the chat? She's one of the most awesome people ever: Member of the all girl rock band Runaways in the 70s (with Joan Jett and Lita Ford), turned Harvard trained lawyer (classmate of Obama) turned 4 time Jeopardy champ. And she's into board games too. That's just awesome.

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Jackie is the coolest! She’s a nice nice lady with quite the history indeed!

[@carlosandino5524]

Congratulations! It was a pleasure meeting you at GenCon. Mage Knight is my highest pass.

[@adamgoulding8876]

Bit late for a comment but thanks for the video. Surprisingly enjoyable! :)

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Never too late!

[@valreznic]

Great jog guys!!! I think my chop # would have been higher i bet! Still Cosmic just hurt me lol… but the suuuper pass on Twilight Struggle was soooo same!

[@teejleague3838]

My highest one is Gloomhaven. I don't like violent or war games. I also don't like games about diseases, death (even animals), going crazy, or other unhappy themes so that eliminates probably half or more of the games on the Top 1,000 for me! XD Fortunately, there are SO MANY games any more, you never really have to be stuck with a game you don't like!

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Yeah that’d make Gloomhaven a pass for sure. Which is totally fine! Not too keen on violent stuff either

[@teejleague3838]

@@TheBrothersMurph We live in a golden era of gaming...there is a game for every theme in the world almost!

[@kirkbeiserlynxlakegames768]

Great video and congrats. I think our gaming preferences are pretty similar.

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Thanks so much!

[@bWOOOPdeWooop]

Congrats! This was fun My highest pass would be Twilight Struggle

[@teejleague3838]

Fun chatting with everybody! :)

[@TheBrothersMurph]

A worthy pass to be sure

[@Geeky_Anja]

Congratulations! 🎉

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Thank you!

[@Aliciajm02]

Excellent Video! Super fun concept. Just looking at the BGG top 10, I would pass on all of them except Ark Nova and Terraforming Mars is only a maybe if the Ares version was not available.

[@teejleague3838]

Nice chatting with you today! :) It was a fun party!

[@terry3733H]

it's wonderful to have someone in the family who shares the same hobby 😊

[@TabletopHaven]

Red Rising solo is fantastic...let's you cycle so many more cards. Think you could use it as a 2 player varient as well to help the game not get bogged down. Can't wait to watch rest of the video!

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Ooh ok gotta try the solo for sure

[@mujedi1111]

Congrats on a 1000 videos, as my copy of Thebes just arrived. lol

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Thank you thank you!

[@evannadeau3938]

Not finished yet. Loving the video so far. I’m not sure if you know what XCOM the game is like or not but it feels very much like a board game. There are other games like XCOM with different themes too. I would suggest trying them. Similar combat to Zombicide. Btw y’all are the reason I’m HOOKED on roll n writes right meow

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Ok cool! Yeah we haven’t ever tried XCOM but you make it sound pretty neat :) and sorry for that the roll n write addiction? You’re welcome for the roll n write love? Both?

[@evannadeau3938]

@@TheBrothersMurph hahaha oh it’s love 1000% some quick easy and fun solos!

[@themeeplesociety]

Finally getting a chance to watch this video. Halfway through so far... Automobiles... we have and love. Colonists... have and love (you can play shorter versions of the game. The 8 hour version is actually broken into 4 eras that last about 90-120 minutes each) Oracle of Delphi... I love it (Greg not so much). Lost Cities, the board game... one of my favorites!

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Nice to all of this thanks for the share!

[@stacie_everdell]

Great video...and Congratulations! Sad I missed the live showing of this but glad to catch the recap. Did I miss a heads up through Patreon? EDIT: Not so sad that I missed the live viewing because now I find myself pausing the video frequently to find out more about these games whenever the brief description intrigues me. :D It's an interesting idea, judging a game by its cover. Though I did notice on some games with very boring covers, if you've played it already, it would end up in your 'play' column because you already know it. I agree that I first judge games by it's cover too. But some games obviously have very meh covers and can be something you like (Suburbia for instance).

[@TheBrothersMurph]

its true purely judging off a cover can often be a mistake because good games may lie within. And to your point we have so many games we like with questionable covers but we managed to make it past that and now we're happy we did!

[@stacie_everdell]

@@TheBrothersMurph Same!

[@pascalcallemien2498]

Congrats with getting to 1000 shows, you will need 12 hours when you do this at 10000 shows but by that time life will be a lot less busy =)

[@TheBrothersMurph]

We'll have all the time in the world to slowwwwwwwwwly make our way through 10000 games haha

[@ryanhash8412]

You guys would absolutely love Luxor. It’s a swift gateway with a breezy mancala worker drop-off mechanism.

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Excellent!

[@ninehundred352]

Heya Bros, thanks again for teaching me Unmatched Mike! By the way it might excite you to know that Grand Gamers Guild is going to retheme and release Endeavor as a deep sea game! I’m quite looking forward to it since the old theme was a big enough turn off that I never played it.

[@TheBrothersMurph]

900! I’m glad we got a chance to chat at the con! Happy to have taught you Unmatched. And we are so excited about that retheme It sounds awesome! Can’t wait for that

[@TheDavidPhillips]

This worked as a great checklist of "Bring to Bing Bong Con" on the intersection of "games I own" and "games they said they really wanna try". Also, great video, sign me up for the next installment.

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Yesssss bring them all! And cool glad you liked the vid we are planning to do the same concept with the Essen preview on BGG before the con

[@jasonsmith9074]

Condottiere is a great, portable little card game that scales well for up to six players. Sad to see it get passed on. Love the video guys!!

[@TheBrothersMurph]

We are happy to be told of our ignorance so thanks for letting us know it’s good!

[@buddha1062]

When I was watching this I was thinking it must be dumb when one of you doesn't want to play a game the other does... Looking at you Nick. Then I remembered my entire family hate board games. And I mean everyone. So now I'm crying due to jealousy 🤣

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Ha! I mean some people just haven’t seen the light yet but maybe someday they will!

[@micjames9352]

Great video...but you definitely need to try riverboat,you thought it was a race game...but you were thinking of Mississippi... riverboat is great... Thanks for all the videos....always enjoyable...😁👍

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Yeah we got confused for sure so yay to riverboat!

[@micjames9352]

@@TheBrothersMurph easily done....only 1000 games to choose from....🤣

[@heijewubs988]

This is an awesome video lol!

[@valreznic]

Mannnn the pass on Cosmic Encounter just was too much for me lol!! 😂

[@franciscorojas8088]

Congratulations guys! Here are 3 games I'm 87.9% sure you guys are gonna like that I noticed you haven't played: Survive, Caesar and The search for planet X

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Yaaassss we on it. Gotta get them played

[@TheRASDEL83]

Warhammer 40k: Space Hulk: Death Angel: The Card game is probably one of the longest most epic names in gaming and that alone perfectly fits a WH40k game🤣 That said, this IMHO is a very underrated game and perfect for travel because it comes in such a small box. "Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!" me watching how the bing bongs passed on Tigris & Euphrates. I really like both T&E and Y&Y. They have some similar mechanisms but feel VERY different from each other IMHO. Great video and congratz on the milestone!!!

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Ok between just you and us, we’d totally play Tigris and Euphrates. Just wanted to pop a hot take in early on the top 100

[@TheRASDEL83]

@@TheBrothersMurph ohhh that was so evil 🤣

[@MrJossVideos]

Haha! I love all the “very fine” and “super fine” games that you passed on. I’m going to start turning down games by calling them only very fine.

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Only very fine= yeah keep dreamin if you think I’m playing it

[@johnsullivan1476]

Can't believe you've never played Bohnanza. Very under-rated.

[@TheBrothersMurph]

It’s one of those games that I’ve seen, it is not expensive, and just haven’t picked up. No idea why. But it will happen! Eventually….

[@johnsullivan1476]

@@TheBrothersMurph finished watching. That was interesting to watch through. Congratulations on your 1000th video and 5 years of creativity. Love a lot of the different videos that you create.

[@JumpmanJRH]

Cannot believe you guys haven't played Project Elite, my favorite co-op by far, please get it played. I would love to watch a playthrough of you guys and Catacombs 3E, great game. Warp's Edge is a fantastic solo bag-building game, please check it out! Nexus Ops is one of the best area control games around, it also has exploration in the early game, and combat is resolved so well, plus the original version is AMAZING under black lights! We play regularly and still love it.

[@JimPAX70]

Don’t sleep on Time of Crisis. It’s a deck-builder with a board. Not a war game at all. One of my favorites from 2018 (I think?)

[@TheBrothersMurph]

At yeah?? Ok copy that thanks for the heads up!

[@juanroaguilo]

Amazing!

[@marknic]

Passing on Fauna is a mistake. Best trivia game ever, along with its almost identical sisters Terra and America.

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Oooh copy that we’ll be sure to give it the time of day if we come across it

[@paulmccaffrey2985]

WHAT! No interest in ASL? The level of detail is amazing. ASL#1 is very approachable. You should reconsider.

[@TheBrothersMurph]

but its so harrrrrrrrrrd. I think

[@paulmccaffrey2985]

I love you guys! Thank you for your work.

[@nathanlige2961]

I've just learned that I need to find a list of Ian O'Toole's favorite games, because everyone he shouted out was fantastic

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Same! Every time we said naw Ian said yes so we gotta try some of these games!

[@gee3161]

Great job boys

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Aye Aye thank you!

[@nickvanee916]

I might make a lot of comments like this, but just saw Brew Crafters and it's one of my "hidden gem" favorites. It's much closer to Agricola than Vitaculture imo but I love the theme and its my favorite recipe fulfillment game by far. Edit: So I'm back to defend my #1, Innovation. It can't be more visually complicated or it would become unreadable (see the Iello version). Nothing does what it does and it is incredible. It demands 3-5 plays to really click but after 20+ plays with the same partner it's the snappiest, most rewarding game I've ever encountered.

[@TheBrothersMurph]

REALLY want to try Brew Crafters

[@TheDiceMatrix]

Cry Havoc is one of my Perfect 10 games! Doesn't get any love, man.

[@TheBrothersMurph]

It’s a shame. It’s really a cool one

[@Jason.Detrick]

2:20:14 in one of the oldest and most played games of all time comes up and neither of the brothers were able to recognize it LOL the game is called GO I don't really care for it but if your job is boardgaming you should both know the game GO :P It's probably a hard pass for me also but just sayin.... They just said UHM OTHELLO?! To their credit it does kinda look like Othello but C'mon Boyz ( I know everyones a critic but outside of that Great Job) Congratz on 1000 episodes also heres to the next 1000! WAIT PASS ON COSMIC ENCOUNTERS! Booooo! On your 1500th episode you all should take the 648 that you've said you'd play and add in only the newer releases and do another countdown to see if you would still PLAY THEM :)

[@TheBrothersMurph]

hahaha we said stop on Go too quick! and great idea about looking back at this and updating it in the future!

[@coltonbeatty6117]

Go is THE most over rated board game... trash that already belongs to the past. I'm not a cultist of the new, btw.

[@heijewubs988]

I am going to react on several things here, so here is that lol: Lord of the Rings: great coop with beautiful art!

[@thedevereauxbunch]

352 passes - that's money in the bank right there

[@dennissein2119]

If you have any interest in current history at all, you must play Twilight Struggle......don't brush it off.....it is one of the greats for a reason. A tense, in your face, cerebral experience. I hope you try it. Great video btw.

[@MidwestMeeple]

Just based on the traininess of it 😂😂😂😂😂 watching 😊

[@interuptingcactus]

lol at your reaction to Go.

[@debbieholecek3293]

Survive!! Fugitive!! And Spector Ops!!😊

[@johncarson2514]

Number would be so much different if BGG didn't have so many duplicates.

[@TheBrothersMurph]

It’d be interesting to see how things would be different. I get bgg listing all the editions separate as they are technically different things but yeah

[@johncarson2514]

@@TheBrothersMurph by only saying play 1 the numbers skew away from actual titles you'd play. Top 1000 is probably closer to 900.

[@LongbowsMAC]

2:43:20 what game is mentioned instead of Mansions of Madness ? Also congrats on the 1000

[@TheBrothersMurph]

We say "Journey's in Middle Earth" It's the Lord of the Rings version of Mansions of Madness

[@TikkaTCM]

I want Black Fleet so bad and it will likely never get a reprint!!! Congrats gents!!

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Thank you!

[@jacobhawk9311]

"Santa Maria is a big oh meh"? Oof it's one of our favorites

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Oh no! Well hey neither we nor chat know anything so you do you for sure!

[@jacobhawk9311]

@@TheBrothersMurph - Maybe you just haven't played with the right people? That can make or break an experience :)

[@nuuqbgg]

Navegador and Imperial... Beautiful Mac...

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Not gonna lie I have no idea what this means but we into it

[@nuuqbgg]

@@TheBrothersMurph hahahaha think about it!

[@dougwarr9459]

Oh!! Don’t pass on Thebes!!! One of my favorites! Love it!

[@TheBrothersMurph]

You got it!

[@pczplughead]

War of Whispers is the only Kickstarter project I've sold on so far... played four games, each one pretty much identical in both the way it panned out and in the point spread. Very disappointing as it sounded like it could be so fun.

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Ah dang bummed that it wasn’t all you hoped for

[@pczplughead]

@@TheBrothersMurph Yeah, I mean, it wasn't bad at all... it was just the same each time. Scores basically 28-32 or so each time for all players, coming down to a settlement or two more or less in your 2x and 3x areas... every game. Sigh. I mean, others love it and it makes you feel like 'Did I play it wrong?' but... alas, no.

[@stevenamamoto1358]

Fact is most of the "I'd play it again" games you never will. Too many other games to play.

[@TheBrothersMurph]

That’s truth

[@aetherllama8398]

Top pass is easily Brass. Played once and never again, agree with Nick it's terrible. Was glad to see the shock at Ecos being so low, really solid unique game. My top games you passed that I like are Chinatown and Sidereal Confluence, although you do need 5+ players and 3+ hours for the latter. Economic trading games are fun with the right group.

[@paulgower4594]

762 Play 238 pass - I'm a pretty omnivorous gamer. (Though was also voting pass to all those GMT wargames)

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Respect respect

[@homierubikscubedude5]

Nice

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Noice

[@AaronAndSusie]

King is dead really is amazing. Of all your quick dismissals on the list that's the one is recommend revisiting. With the caveat that it's for 3 p only.

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Ok cool we'll have to stay open to trying that one :)

[@bibleboardgames5199]

Thanks guys! A new idea challenge... Each of You start at ranking 1000. Name a better ranked game and get 1 point so if Nick named 945 and Mike named 775 you each get a point and next round Nick has 945 left and Mike has 775 left. Repeat rounds until you are down to #1. You can't name any games the other Bro has mentioned or else lose a point. Highest number in the round goes first. The first round the oldest player goes first. Tip - You can type in the game on BGG to get the ranking or let a fast typer in Chat look it up for you. If you pick a higher game, you don't get a point and lose 100 rankings.

[@Hunterko1]

1 like of 1000 added :)

[@paulmccaffrey2985]

Pax Porfiriana is excellent. It is a completely different kind of game.

[@gregnonya7397]

Just started watching you guys. Been a big board gamer for a long time. I wish you would go back through this video and everyone that you said "looks to Old" and passed on you would look into what those games are about. Would be curious if you would change your mind pin some.

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Oh we most definitely would change our mind on some. This was definitely a “judge books by covers” video so it’s fair to say we weren’t giving them all their fair due haha

[@alister3882]

You should put the back of the box to see if that makes you play it or not.

[@TheBrothersMurph]

True true

[@tarynitup1678]

Survive is an amazing game, as is Battlelore 2nd edition

[@terry3733H]

cat lady is a newbie friendly drafting set collection game 🐱 😊

[@theterror987]

So many great euros that you guys still haven't heard of! 😭

[@TheBrothersMurph]

I knowwwwwwwww. There’s too many good games out there

[@jojogulley11]

I thought for sure there would be timestamps for each individual board game.

[@TheBrothersMurph]

1000 Time stamps coming up!

[@lippifi3941]

Play K2! Yes! 😉

[@Hunterko1]

If it will be possible for you can try to play all of those in some of your challenge :D I will pass on Gloomhaven since I prefer Jaws of the lion and I do not play digital boardgames much...

[@TheBrothersMurph]

We are definitely trying to do the “bgg top 100 in a week” challenge before the end of the year

[@Hunterko1]

@@TheBrothersMurph wow nice definetaly looking forward for that one :) great work and content guys 🙂

[@DonGilstrap]

First one I came to that I think I'd pass on is 25 - Arkham Horror: The Card Game. I think it'd just be too much to jump into.

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Yeah we are too late to the party on that one as well

[@wiblick]

unlikely you will see a comment on a year old video, but I was really interested in your comments on games that you would play the digital version of, but not necessarily the board game anymore. I’m a new and predominantly solo player… so I got Scythe and terraforming mars and Root all as apps only as well as Everdell and Wingspan in both board game and app. Would love other recommendations of board games that have really good apps

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Great question and you got some great ones there. More recent apps I’ve gotten and really enjoy are spirit island and Gaia project!

[@wiblick]

Thanks! I think I'll definitely go digital for Spirit Island as opinion seems so divided on it being a great or terrible game -and Gaia project sounds very me....