Top 100 Board Games Of All Time - 10 to 1 (2024)

[@Andy-Mesa]

Wow, thank you again for recognizing Stationfall. It makes the many many hours I spent developing it worth it. It doesn't surprise me that it went up on your list; it's a game that rewards repeated plays if you're willing to invest in it.

[@BoardGameBollocks]

It’s a masterpiece mate.

[@waitingforvirtue3080]

From all of us at the back, we hope you and the family have a great Christmas. Thank you for all your boardgame insight this year. All the best from us hecklers.

[@Kajuber]

The only top 100 list I look forward to and watch every episode of each year. Always entertaining and informative. Picked up Obsession last year and I believe Vindication is under the tree this year. Well done to you and thanks for putting in the work to punch this list out every year. All the best!

[@BoardGameBollocks]

👍🏻

[@robertthurman9866]

I'm really tired of top 100 games videos, except this one. It moves fast, gives a lot of info on the games and is as funny as hell! Well played sir!

[@BoardGameBollocks]

Cheers mate

[@wombatreccy]

Is a British soccer hooligan settled down had a family and found board games. Wit anger and good time. Got my sub.

[@TheFancyFilmmaker]

We played stationfall for the first time this year and loved it! It took a couple plays to wrap our heads around the rules and characters but now it’s in our top 5 games of all time!

[@dspage13]

Love Memoir '44... Great game in any setting but I absolutely love the memories I've been able to make with my young son!

[@themoonfez]

Forked out for Carooka... you finally sold me after seeing it feature again this year. It's been on my mind so long and finally decided to bite the bullet. Happy new year BGB!

[@BoardGameBollocks]

Good purchase 👍🏻

[@BlackDouglas1000]

Merry Christmas from the USA and thanks for all your work, you rude SoB. You put more game titles in front of me that I can look up than any other channel I watch. You are endlessly amusing as well. I just can't justify pulling the trigger on Twilight Imperium 4e but I have Twilight Imperium 2e and now that I am retired I plan to get it back to the table.

[@SuperBarytone]

1:54 - Spot on as usual. Epic story mode activated.

[@damfino22]

This was a fantastic list! The #1 game on your list is an amazing game that doesn't get enough attention. So glad to see it here.

[@dspage13]

Obsession was an absolute surprise for me. Never expected to like it due to the theme but it shot to the top of my list

[@svunnig]

Had an absolute blast watching this top 100. Thanks for putting all the effort in! Will definitely have a look at Stationfall.

[@opopgoo]

Loved watching the top 100, have watched it multiple times. Absolutely love the dark humor, very entertaining!

[@ragnabob]

Great list, watched them all. Made me want to revisit some older games after your nice insights. Loyal fan and love all the work you've put out! Keep up the great content!

[@BoardGameBollocks]

👍🏻

[@monomundo]

Thank you mate for all the work. Your Top 100 is quite different from the others you find in the market. Will definitely check some of those. Cheers!

[@Pinstripedood]

I love the unique takes. I've been seeing a lot of the same games on top ten lists but it's fun seeing ones like pitch car, memoir '44, and station fall.

[@robertthurman9866]

Stationfall is one I haven't heard much about. Like many games, who you play with is far more important than what you play. I can see how this game with the right group can be hysterical.

[@musicalmadness816]

Well, I have a few from the top ten which I just have to add to my collection, Obsession, Last Kingdom and TI4. Although, there are quite a few versions of TI3 around on the second/hand market at the moment. Many thanks for the videos during the past twelve months, yours had to be the most amusing and honest chanel on KZbin. Keep up the great work. Have a blast over the festive period.

[@cjknotty]

Thanks for all your hard work in putting this list together. Seasons Greetings!

[@user-kp2dj2zx6v]

Can you create an episode on top 10 party games?

[@BoardGameBollocks]

Already done it mate

[@philipthonemann2524]

Always lively and thought-provoking! Thanks for your postings! Happy New Year to you and your family!

[@alanhow2441]

Thanks for your amusing commentary and analysis. Despite playing thousands of games, I came across new ones from your list that are on their way from the retailers. I cannot place your specific tastes in games and this makes your list more interesting. Keep overcoming the shyness. Merry Christmas and happy gaming New Year.

[@Pteppic70]

Merry Xmas to you and your family! Thanks for all your hard work and wish you the best for 2025.

[@BoardGameBollocks]

Cheers mate

[@stogrady]

Fantastic list as always! Thanks very much for another great Top 100!

[@BrokenCoffeeMug]

Thanks again for a year of interesting reviews and the time you put into it. Glad Memoir 44 wasn't forgotten this time. Lol! Will definitely be on the table this christmas. Best wishes, good health and all that. See you,... Next year.

[@ajsantiago78]

Great list as always. I wish someone would look at me the way Mrs Bollocks looks at that Carooka board.

[@BoardGameBollocks]

Steady on, son…

[@2006louisb]

Another cracking countdown as always 👍 cheers for all the effort that goes into it

[@robo3007]

My top 10 :) 10. Townsfolk Tussle 9. Earth Reborn 8. Kingdom Rush: A Rift in Time 7. The Grand Carnival 6. Specter Ops 5. Fallout Shelter 4. Root 3. Above and Below 2. Wildlands 1. Arcadia Quest

[@billable1861]

The thumbnails on these are top notch 😂

[@BoardGameBollocks]

Only person to notice 👍🏻

[@sccoverton]

Merry Christmas, Matt! Thanks for the list and for all the videos this year. The channel is going from strength to strength. Bollocks!

[@BoardGameBollocks]

👍🏻

[@mrbastos]

loved the whole list, this specific 10 has a bunch of games I have wanted to try for a while, some I have played, and I am awaiting Cyclades Legendary edition to arrive.

[@prisk1970]

Merry Christmas to you, your family and gaming group! Thank you for the top 100 list! Gave me some other games to consider. I love Obsession. Played it a while back for the first time on boardgamearena and liked it so much I ordered a physical copy.

[@TheZoltanF]

Loved this series. Big fan of your content! Look forward to more content in 2025

[@josephpilkus1127]

Have a wonderful Christmas, mate! Great stuff and look forward to all of your videos in 2025!

[@ErinLincoln1]

Thanks for all the guffaws this last month. You always are entertaining.

[@jecabreradc]

Thank you for the series. Very entertaining all of them. Merry Christmas

[@stevenmill9887]

Cheers for taking the time to do this - interesting to hear your thoughts on all these games 😀

[@Table.Fables]

Obsession came out of nowhere for me… I’ve never enjoyed period dramas at all but the game is so damn good! It’s also the only board game my Mum actually enjoys. It’s brilliant

[@kostasspinos3084]

Oohh...Bollocks...You're too good for just boardgame content ...Merry Christmas and a happy New year!

[@BoardGameBollocks]

Need my own TV show

[@richyasi7424]

Well done Matt! Thanks for another year of entertaining and informative content.

[@deeza85za]

I woke up next to two cucumbers once.

[@BoardGameBollocks]

😳

[@unlimitedrabbit]

As one of the Obsessed, I must say that I do not care if I lose. I just enjoy the gameplay and the struggle to make lemonade from the lemons known as casual guests!

[@HahahaSoFunny]

Great list, great commentator. Looking forward to more videos! Happy Christmas! 🎄 🎁 ⛄

[@timjones990]

yeah I'm sold on Carooka, I've been looking at Caroom etc but i think this looks a winner, have a great Christmas, happy New year and good luck with the channel for 2025 mate.

[@daleprather3026]

Very interesting list. Thanks for making this! And happy Christmas!

[@ofaladrian1100]

I love it! as a person who dedicated on party games and gathering more ppl to play im fully agree to put dexterity and deduction game on top.. and that makes it even more perfect is you put obsession too! my favorite middle - heavy weight that are so intuitive ❤ Merry Christmas sir!

[@freddaniel5099]

Awesome run thru of the top 100. Happy Christmas 🎅

[@zodn8959]

Thanks for all the great & hilarious vids. Have a top Christmas break 🎄

[@NBKGametime]

Thanks for another entertaining Top 100. Just curious... what happened to "Brass: Birmingham"? From 17 last year to off the list?

[@BoardGameBollocks]

Got knocked off by other games

[@vlogospheer]

Merry Christmas Mate and keep the bullocks coming

[@vincentclark1564]

I think he may be busy playing games, though I have heard he does enjoy wanking off small cows so you never know.

[@robinsmith6847]

Amazing seeing stationfall at no1. Brilliant game! Have a bollocks Xmas man!

[@jehoba]

Amazing list and so funny to watch. Love your style of doing this! TY 😊 I will have a look at some games of your list and 100 % at cyclades legendary edition....i unfortunately decided not to back it and i regrett it. I think it will come to retail maybe and if not i can buy it at ebay if its that good as i imagine. Merry Christmas

[@StonedSidney]

Good work fella. Now I'm hunting for Last Kingdom; great show.

[@jimberry7385]

Great series. Enjoyed it all!

[@MADMC2012adv]

Great to see that most of the games I have are in your top ten too! Time to sell a kidney for Carrooka!! Have a great Christmas 🎄

[@kennyv.2189]

I like your style man, subbed!

[@surfingsammy33]

OY! Thanks for all the effort you put into this shite. I always have a good laugh. Since you have a couple of little life expectancy shortening devices walking about (kids), could you do a video about what games are good to play with kids? All the best in the new year. Cheers from a Dutch geezer.

[@wimjong774]

Great list. Best BG reviews. Have a great christmas and 2025 . 🇳🇱😎👍

[@MikeY-gr5by]

Great rundown of the 100 yet again. Cheers.

[@theshogunstein6475]

Great list, have a great holiday and cee u next Tuesday

[@BoardGameBollocks]

Happy Christmas, Lenny 👍🏻

[@robertthurman9866]

Memoir 44 is part of the Command & Colors line. All feature the card driven Left, Center Right board play but with different unit specs for ancients, shogun, Napoleonic or WWII. Learn one game and you are set for a lot more. Great system, easy to learn.

[@BoardGameBollocks]

Memoir is its separate game apart from C&C.

[@mnic001]

​@@BoardGameBollocksBattlelore uses the system also

[@gavancorrigan8813]

Seeing Carooka for the first time is after blowing my mind. I’d have ordered it tonight except for the fact that they aren’t currently shipping to EU until they’ve worked out a distribution deal in 2025. Gutted. I NEED IT!!

[@BoardGameBollocks]

That’s weird. I thought they shipped all over the world. They have been up to now. Your patience will pay off. It’s a stunning game.

[@gavancorrigan8813]

Yeah looks like they’ll be outsourcing production too to keep up with demand. Hope the standard is kept high. I might wait until the dust settles and see. It’d be thoroughly disappointing if it went into a cheapo production house

[@gavancorrigan8813]

George (wife of the couple team) got back to me and said they’re not shipping to Ireland. Now I just need to convince my wife that it’s a good idea for me to go to Birmingham/Staffordshire for the day just to buy a game… That’ll be an interesting chat.

[@crossrhodes14]

I wish I could justify keeping a copy of TI4 at home. I've had the base game since release, and then bought the expansion for it. Me and my group played it only 6 times in 4 years, every time it was exhausting, but ultimately very fun, every session was very memorable. But it just collects dust. In the same 4 years every other game I have has been played at least three times that. TI4 is one of the best board games I have ever played that I simply can't own because most of the time it's impossible to gather people for it. Ultimately I've sold it. It might be the best game in its genre, but other games scratch the itch just enough, and don't require 8+ hours of your time.

[@BoardGameBollocks]

We play it once or twice a year and that’s enough. We look forward to it like Christmas.

[@JeffGoris]

@@BoardGameBollocks I've played it once in my lifetime. That's enough. The game is fine, but there are other games I'd rather play in the 8 hours that would be spent on TI4. Kemet, Cyclades and Stationfall for example.

[@BrunoBaronet]

Thank you and Merry Christmas!

[@jameshawkins5445]

Merry Xmas mate, great list of games. The last kingdom is criminally underrated game.

[@MinistryProductions]

Thank you for another year of bollocks. Really glad to see you've found Vindication and enjoy it so much. I have all the content for it and really recommend the Chronicles expansion if you'd like to add some more great story and mechanics. The Cucumbers I find next to me when I wake up are usually covered in some mayonnaise. Never smaller than 12 inches either. Merry Christmas! 🤟🏻❤️

[@jonridley]

Love this channel 😂

[@mattchase3153]

I'm sitting here looking longingly at Stationfall on the shelf, but the game is such a complete bastard to teach that it never comes out. I periodically look online to see if some clever geezer has developed a nice, condensed intro guide, but no luck so far. Merry Christmas, thanks for the list and hopefully Santa emptied his sack down your chimney!

[@BoardGameBollocks]

The thin rulebook is better than the pretty much useless tutorial book. Follow that and it should all click into place.

[@mattchase3153]

@ I'm looking through it again now. Thanks!

[@netman63129]

Cyclades Legendary Edition is going to kick some serious ass. I am really looking forward to it :-)

[@Sirpoupadoumax]

Ha! Didn't see this top 10 coming! Interesting no 1. The teach feels so heavy though, not sure our group can manage to play it regularly enough to warrant getting it 🤔 Or maybe we can 🤭 Thanks for your great content, i enjoyed this year's as the others.

[@stoo2k]

Merry Christmas, Mr Bollocks! I hope three ghosts visited you last night to change your thoughts on Arcs... but regardless, I have thoroughly enjoyed this series of videos for your top 100!

[@BoardGameBollocks]

Ghost of Christmas Bollocks showed up and said Arcs was still crap 🤷‍♂️

[@Skol999]

Don't agree with a single one of your top 10, but really enjoyed the whole countdown - thanks and bollox! :D

[@TheTintinjb]

Maybe because they are multi-player higher count games? I play solo and therefore those games that start at a player count of 3 are not an option

[@Skol999]

@@TheTintinjb No, I think BGB tends to favour Euro games, and that's not my bag. And he doesn't like campaign stuff, which I love. But I still think this is great commentary and I always learn something from it.

[@BoardGameBollocks]

I love campaign games but can’t get them to the table as my group changes from week to week.

[@Skol999]

@@BoardGameBollocks That's fair. Had the same issue years back but have been lucky enough since Covid to have a persistent group so managed a few full campaigns. I feel your pain :D

[@GardeningPropaganda]

Do you have a Netflix stand up special?

[@BoardGameBollocks]

Not yet…

[@michaels4610]

Great Countdown! Best advent calendar ever! Let the games begin!

[@lucdaring]

have you ever played Hansa Teutonica?

[@BoardGameBollocks]

Yes I’ve reviewed it

[@AllinWhenPlaying]

So, no Cry Havoc ;) Ok then :P This was an absolute pleasure this year's ride. Thanks for that, it was great. The Last Kingdom I bought based on your list last year is now fully painted, which makes it even more amazing, truly a great game. Vindication was also a great buy, everyone liked it and a full Kickstarter version was like £30 when you've recommended it last time. Also, got my Fallen Land 2nd ed imported from states :D So, as you seem you've caused a lot of damage. As I went for "All-in" pledge for Kemet expansion to get everything including the base game - what would you say Cyclades do better - and if you see a point of owning both considering that difference.

[@BoardGameBollocks]

Your copy of last kingdom must look amazing. Jealous as I can’t paint for shit

[@vanzetti7]

Merry Christmas from Australia! 🎊🎄🎂

[@th3cha1rmak3r]

Love Stationfall as well, but there is a game that is even more chaos fun for me, also revolves around space station (ship) and that is Space Alert. I do believe that you love your Vlaada's, but it's his best work alongside Galaxy Trucker and TTA. The amount of chaos and laughter that you can get in less than 20 minutes is absolutely unparalleled.

[@BoardGameBollocks]

I have space alert and the expansion

[@th3cha1rmak3r]

@@BoardGameBollocks I'm a bit lukewarm on expansion, but the core game is chaosᵀᴹ Stationfall has that feature of you remembering the story, in Space Alert you always remember every single instance of someone screwing up things and that creates memorable experiences as well.

[@dennissein2119]

Just bought Stationfall from someone online....excited to give it a go!! Happy holidays!

[@MegaSNES64]

Good to see Obsession, Memoir 44 , Cyclades and Stationfall. Couldn’t agree more

[@adriang6259]

Well done mate. Now I have to research 10 F#*king games, well, 9 because I love Memoir 44. have a great day, Mate. I'm stuffed. Ready to roll over and curl up the old toes 🎄

[@Paul-ro6py]

Thanks for making the list, off to wrap gifts.

[@MrChickster12]

I have Cyclades, love it! I am thinking out the top 10 obsession is probably the one I would like to try next

[@enjoythestruggle]

Have you tried playing Inis?

[@BoardGameBollocks]

Yes…if fine but not great

[@scyldscefing3913]

Exceptional! Thanks.

[@Janisurai]

“French game but don’t let that put you off” 😂😂😂

[@ybhandari]

I bought the last available copy in my country of The Last Kingdom based on this recommendation (along with Dice Tower's). Hope this is as good as it seems! For what it's worth, I love screen captures in games. Spartacus is better with them, and I'd dread the thought of Battlestar Galactica with cartoony portraits or whatever.

[@SaschaW82]

Didnt see that coming.... I already got my eyes on Stationfall, but after a few reviews I was afraid I lack the group to play this with. Plus, I hated the chaos in Cosmic Encounter, it drove me crazy and I sold it after a few tries. 😂 Well, might not be the game for me to buy, but I would gladly play it someday.

[@suryadnb]

I hear and agree with everything you say about obsession, except that only having played the base game, I was severely put off by the luck factor. I know some of the expansions supposedly mitigate that somewhat, but I have little interest in trying it again. Maybe one day when I feel brave.

[@stevedogwildman2133]

Quality as always. You mentioned fury of dracula. My mate had that, haven't played it for years. Got me thinking. How about a Top 10 of games over 15 or 20 years old? You could then highlight the longevity of those games, the ones which still remain current or hold replayability etc. My idea might be bollocks, and if so, you had better make a video with all that KZbin bullshit. Cheers Steve

[@Drewkas0]

WOOOOOOO!!! stationfall for the win!! Just played this yesterday...what a hilarious blast!

[@cardbaudit]

Happy Christmas fella, have a good one mate.

[@VeeeeryyyFaaaastSlooooth]

One of the few YT boardgame reviewers who keeps appreciating Vindication, sometime it feels like everybody forgot about it month after it came out, which is a shame.

[@ettrian3742]

Nice video, cool list.

[@Abcde7213]

Very interesting list!

[@fazzi4019]

Thanks for the list! What would be your ideal player count for Sationfall?

[@BoardGameBollocks]

5 or 6

[@chrisblower8868]

A fun watch as usual. Have a scary Xmas.

[@photoshopafficionado]

Thoroughly appreciated that top 100. Thanks! And .... OMG for number 2 ;) Looking forward for its legendary arrival in 2025.

[@playground2137]

Happy holidays 🎉