THE MOST AMAZING BOARD GAMES OF ALL TIME! - Our Top 20 Games (2021) - Being Friends

[@BeingFriends]

We want to hear your top 5 Games! Drop them in the comments! 👇👇👇

[@evandyck3839]

i mean I would comment my top 5, but it’s kinda in the video..

[@b.downing2828]

Mage knight, sentinels of the multiverse, betrayal, king of Tokyo, DDay at Tarawa Honorable mention is Darkest Night second edition.....great looking quality components, tons of character variety, and best rule book I’ve ever seen

[@Table.Fables]

Great list guys... nice to see a few of mine up there ;) 1 Mage Knight 2 Spirit Island 3 Sentinels of the Multiverse 4 Arkham Horror: the card game 5 Star Realms: Frontiers Two special mentions which I only recently got but are seriously threatening to break into the top 5... Renegade & Gloom of Kilforth :)

[@b.downing2828]

But I haven’t played Spirit Island yet!!

[@benjoslin3782]

1st-time viewer here. Loving your style. Got me laughing. You’re like ththe dude perfect of board games. 1. Scythe - for almost all the same reasons the guy on the left said. 2. Marvel Champions 3. Spirit Island 4. Gloomhaven 5. Quacks of Quedlingberg

[@chefkakarot]

Pretty good lists guys, I just subbed, and am looking forward to more of your content. Top 5 games for me: 1.Cthulhu death May die 2. Scythe 3. Dwellings of Eldervale 4. Gloomhaven 5. Marvel champions/Arkham horror LCG

[@LordoftheBoard]

I loved hearing your opinions on games! This was a great listen. I’m glad I had some spare time to watch all the way through!

[@LordoftheBoard]

All of you need ROOT TO BE ON TOP

[@BeingFriends]

Play it with me and maybe It will -Evan

[@namelessfire]

I'm on Jacob's side, man. Magic is just on another level, especially commander and cube. Netrunner may be Richard Garfield's best designed game, but Magic is Richard Garfield's best game full stop.

[@BeingFriends]

I can understand! but with Evan, Nathan, and I being suckers for design, the choice is clear for us 😅😇

[@arazos3535]

Nice video guys, not surprised, about the top 1 of yours Evan hahaha

[@jamesschaffner2711]

1. Spirit Island (by a mile) 2. Sentinels of the Multiverse 3. Clank! In! Space! 4. Terraforming Mars 5. Gizmos

[@cgrice1971]

Great video, thanks! Terraforming Mars, Too Many Bones, A Feast For Odin, Castles of Burgundy, Caverna.

[@felixmillton3319]

Watching this video (the first from your channel) I CANNOT (🤯🤯) believe that you dont have more subscribers! Each on of you are so likabel and such quality content!! Subscribing was a nobrainer🙌🏼 My top 5 is: 1. Viticulture and with toscany it’s my 10/10 game! 2. Catan, I love the psychological aspect of the game and dictating the game! 3. Stop thief, I have never heard anyone else outside my family that have played this game but OMG it’s so cool! I’ve not played it in a long time and I think its really old, like from the 80s or the 90s! Have anyone of you played it?🤷🏼 4. Turn and Taxis, such a fun game that is not talked about as often as it deserves 5. 7 Wonders, the original cause I’ve never tried Duel but after this I guess I need to! Greetings from Sweden!

[@danielwalters5901]

Love your vids! Keep it up! My Top 5 would be Spirit Island, Gloomhaven: JOTL, Everdell, Underwater Cities, and PARKS.

[@BeingFriends]

Thanks Daniel ☺️ Ooooooo love everdell and PARKS is beautiful!!!

[@nateflix7005]

Awesome video! Now I have a lot of good recommendations to buy and play ⭐️

[@BeingFriends]

happy to hear that!! let us know which games you choose and how you end up liking them!! ☺️ -evan

[@pedrohdz6775]

I love hive, you should try the carbón versión. It is beautiful. Great video !!!

[@johnpanagos5835]

1.Blood Rage 2.Underwater Cities 3.Scythe 4.Everdell 5.Seasons

[@onepipwonder915]

this reminded me little of watching the dice tower 10 tens lol back in the day when we were just getting in to board games. really fun! hope you do more. i cant put my top five in order on the spot.... too much pressure! but it would include spirit island, wingspan, Project L, Manila, abyss, pinochle, photosynthesis, gosh top 5s are hard. i failed

[@stevekingswell9143]

Great video, love the variation.

[@Indubitably14]

Don't know this channel but Nathan is my guy. Betrayal Legacy & Heroscape getting some love in 2021 is awesome. 7 Wonders Duel is my all-time favourite game though.

[@BeingFriends]

Good stuff for sure! :)

[@LinneasCabal]

Great video!! My top 5: Dead Man's Cabal, Spirit Island, Dinosaur Island, Wingspan, and Gloomhaven JotL. Honorable mention to Side Effects, its my favorite quick pick up game to play with 3+ people.

[@BeingFriends]

Thanks 😊 Some great games for sure!!!

[@33studiosgames71]

I'd never played a board game before, but you convinced me to do so when Scythe piqued my attention.

[@andrewjoy4084]

Great to see some love for Tichu. Has to be the game I've played the most. Also a huge fan of Spirit Island and Mage Knights. I would have to add Arkham horror and either agricola or sentinels of the multiverse to round out my top 5.

[@BeingFriends]

Tichu love 😍😍😍 Those are great games as well!!! Thanks for sharing :)

[@nj8897]

Thanks for the video! My top 5 in no particular order are Gloomhaven, Pandemic Legacy Season 1, Aeon's End(Would have never gotten to experience if it wasn't for this channel), Marvel Champions Lcg, and Everdell-honourable mention goes to Spirit Island

[@BeingFriends]

Great list for sure! Glad we were able to share a game you ended up loving! Thanks for watching and being a friend 🤩

[@nj8897]

@@BeingFriends Of course!

[@Blond0Sonic]

I Have Only played a few games so my choicess are very narrow: 5 This War of Mine 4 Robinson Crusoe 3 Dawn of the Zeds 2 Crokinole 1 Spirit Island Yes, heavy solo gamer 😅

[@mbalazs3544]

- Eldrich horror, big book of madness, spirit island, mysterium, dixit (gold star added)

[@mbalazs3544]

Side note 57:39 if Magic the Gathering counts as a game it top of my list too :D I think it is its own league of a thing XD

[@CoryLovec14]

Top 5 for me (all cooperative): 5: Gloomhaven JOTL 4: Last Bastion 3: The Crew 2: Pandemic (everything lumped into one for ease) 1: Spirit Island. Special nod to Pinochle and Cribbage as my favorite classic card games I’ve played hundreds of times.

[@BeingFriends]

Co-op games are just so great!

[@seniscram7958]

You had me at Gunkimono. Great pick.

[@feijee8937]

5 Catan Seafarer Expansion 4 Quacks 3 Everdell 2 Pandemic Legacy Season 1 1 The Crew and i just ordered Tichu, sounds awesome! If you haven't tried The Crew yet and you like cooperative trick taking you should definetly check it out. Best at 4 players 😊

[@BeingFriends]

We love the crew! But we definitely need to play it more! Great list :) let us know what you think of Tichu!!

[@Para_Noos]

Thanks guys, very inspiring

[@Amnachaidh]

Spirit Island, Sentinels of the Multiverse, Go, Scythe, and Forbidden Island. I stopped playing MoTG around The Dark. Yeah! Gold Star.

[@BeingFriends]

Go is legendary for sure. Have to check out Sentinels of the Multiverse! - Alex

[@Amnachaidh]

@@BeingFriends Sentinels is the game that initially financed the company that sells Spirit Island. There's a revised edition that should be released in the later half of the year. In the meantime, there are computer versions that'll let you try it for much less than the retail card game.

[@imaqt3.14]

Magic is definitely my favorite game too. Also started playing in 2014 (Khans standard was perfect).

[@c7hu1hu66]

1. Scythe 2. Vindication 3. Galaxy Hunters 4. Cthulhu death may die 5. Halloween

[@dappa-dan-man]

1) Arkham Horror LCG 2-5 in no order) Skull, Terraforming Mars, Captain Sonar (only lucky enough to play once), Leaving Earth

[@BeingFriends]

mad respect for this list!! need to get my hands on leaving earth and i need to play more arkham!! -evan

[@RoyalPieMaker]

My top 5 are Bang the dice game, Clank Legacy, Funemployed, Dice Hospital, and Wingspan. Could you guys do a top 5 six player games list? Most game nights my wife and I have two other couples over and it seems like most great games end at the 5 player mark.

[@-Ambos-]

Are you mainly playing Root digital or on the table?

[@BeingFriends]

As much table as we can get 😋

[@kaitlynmarie8473]

Love hearing what you guys have say about boardgames!!!

[@jdthiemann6927]

Recently realized I had played enough games to put together a top 20... my top 5 ended up being Twilight Struggle, Mansions of Madness 2e, Star Wars Rebellion, Dune: Imperium, and Spirit Island!

[@BeingFriends]

Love that!!! -evan

[@irvineperson7365]

I absolutely love heroscape! It is one of my top games of all time

[@julianh.9939]

1. Spirit Island 2. Teera Mystica (with everything) 3. Eclipse 2 4. The voyages of Marco Polo with everything/Marco Polo 2 5. Robinson Crusoe

[@BeingFriends]

Terra Mystica is great! Haven’t played Marco Polo! - Alex

[@julianh.9939]

@@BeingFriends if you like Terra Mystica, you should check it out. They dont have much in common but being mid heavy euros with unbelievable player powers. Every power seems so overpowered and unique, but everyone got one.

[@BeingFriends]

That’s awesome! Certainly will :) thanks!

[@claywhisman9721]

5. MyCity 4. Codenames 3. Wingspan 2. Watergate 1. Everdell

[@ricardp60]

1. Blood rage 2. Terraforming mars 3. Smallworld 4. Black Angel 5. Coimbra

[@EM-pn5kq]

Liked and subscribed

[@dougwarr9459]

My top five: 1. Terraforming Mars 2. Champions of Midgard 3. Everdell 4. Hadara 5. Puerto Rico

[@shiveringchihuahua]

How does Patchwork compare to My City? I'd like to try a tetris-like board game but wondering which one would be better to try first.

[@BeingFriends]

I don’t think any of us have played My City 🤔😓looks like they would both be worth a try!

[@caanrito]

1. Scythe 2. Colosseum 3. Architects of the west kingdom 4. Orleans 5. Escape Plan

[@zmollon]

Magic, 7 Wonders, Decrypto, Azul, Quacks of Quedlinburg

[@BeingFriends]

Great great games! Love Azul too!

[@縞鰺-o3c]

my personal top 5 games: 1. Spirit Island 2. Battlestar Galactica The Board Game 3. Descent: Legends of the Dark 4. Gloomhaven 5. Unfathomable (I realize that with BSG it's basically the same game occupying two slots in my list, but ... this is where it sits for me right now. So far I've only played this one once however.) honorable mention: Twilight Imperium 4e ... it was my #3. but I temporarily dropped it's rating a bit, because I can't manage to bring it to the table and can't justify keeping it in my top 5 until I get some more games in again. It's presently at #7, below Fury of Dracula (#6).

[@TTATRANSKY]

1. Chess 2. Santorini 3. Splendor 4. Concordia Venus 5. Ark Nova

[@stacie_everdell]

Evan's #1...big surprise! 😂😂😂

[@BeingFriends]

🤭🤗

[@Armitage5hanks]

1. Broom Service 2. Pandemic 3. Magic the Gathering 4. Catan 5. Arkham Horror

[@BeingFriends]

Broom service is a game I've been quite interested in, since I'm a huge fan of Kikis delivery service 🙌🏻🥰 -evan

[@Cooking_Meeple]

#1: Liberty or Death: The American Insurrection #2: Colonial Twilight: The French-Algerian War, 1954-62 #3: Teotihuacan: City of Gods #4: Russian Railroads #5: Tzolk'in: The Mayan Calendar

[@BeingFriends]

Literally haven’t heard of any of these!!! Wow, will have to look into them 🤩

[@nickvandam1214]

Betrayal at House on the Hill, Robinson Crusoe, Survive Escape From Atlantis, Burgle Bros, Heroscape

[@BeingFriends]

Yes! Heroscape love 💕 Never heard of burgle bros though!

[@arsewynd]

1 castles of Burgundy 2 Gloomhaven 3 Eldritch Horror 4 Betrayl legacy 5 Rivals for catan

[@BeingFriends]

Great list!!

[@AnimatronicBadgerlord]

Top 5... mmm For solo gaming: Root Ark Nova Wingspan Fantastic Factories Flamecraft

[@dankelly]

I really love 7WD, but Science is OP, especially if you have Pantheon, and if your wonders or achievements let you go through the discard pile and place a card for free.

[@BeingFriends]

interesting! We have never felt this way (partially because we kinda generally undervalue science😂🤭)! Ive played too many rounds going for science victory, where it just doesn’t work out and i end up with barely any points. 🥲 -evan

[@dankelly]

@@BeingFriendsinteresting. The friend I play 7WD with has played hundreds of games of it on BGA, he wins most of the time, and 70% off his wins are a Science. (And BGA doesn't have Pantheon.)

[@joostjonker7308]

Spirit Island, Terraforming Mars, Wingspan, Love Letter, Pandemic

[@BeingFriends]

Yep yep these are good for sure 🤩 thanks for sharing!

[@JanFrensin]

My Top 6 sorry ;) 6. Madeira 5. Jaipur 4. Carcassonne 3. Aeon's End 2. Gloomhaven 1. Mage Knight

[@BeingFriends]

Great list for sure!

[@stevekingswell9143]

Feudal Japan = Segikahara, if you haven’t played it, and you like strategy & area control, it’s a marvel!

[@BeingFriends]

that looks fantastic!! -evan

[@boardsontables8924]

Honorable mentions: Mysterium Park, Roll Player, Gloomhaven:JotL 5. Betrayal at House on the Hill 4. Wingspan 3. Robinson Crusoe Adventures on the Cursed Island 2. Spirit Island 1. Dwellings of Eldervale

[@elink2k1]

So, I put 300 games into Pub Meeple Rank Engine and clicked for hours... I'm going to give you my top 20 cause that seems fair to me: #20 - Age of War - easy to teach, play, and carry #19 - Crystal Palace - Modular, complex, and all in the other guy's brain #18 - Vindication - beautiful, richly complex, and satisfying #17 - Abyss - but ya have to have leviathan (beautiful and great flow) #16 - Heaven & Ale - don't you be hating this tight game of you screwed yourself... it's about beer #15 - Council of 4 - This is just complex enough... welcome to let's get heavy #14 - Vikingar: The Conquest of Worlds - I like Vikings, and so should you!!! #13 - The Godfather: Corleone's Empire - when the bodies pile up in the river, I feel like we have a great game going #12 - Alien Artifacts - Why this complex engine builder gets no love is beyond me... elegant and satisfying #11 - Cthulhu Wars - an epic game where everyone is sure that their special powers are better than everyone else's #10 - Ganymede - The best thing is that it is not more than what it is... it gets it done quick and easy #9 - Monasterium - Monks typically make beer... in this game, they earn victory points. You just gotta get the dice drafting down. #8 - Seeland - Roundelles, and windmills. This is the first import game I ever owned, and I love it. #7 - Battle for Rokugan - Risk only wished it was as cool as this... moving things in the blind only to reveal you were bluffing #6 - Smartphone Inc. - clean lines and methodical turns this is the geek in me's favorite game #5 - Jump Drive - Let's play again... this is the fastest engine-building game in existence #4 - Dune: Imperium - You know all those mechanics you love... let's put them in one game #3 - Neuroshima Hex! 3.0 - the game I have played the most... the best abstract game that still drives my imagination #2 - Rajas of the Ganges: The Dice Charmers - I can't believe the R&W beat the board game, but my favorite game is portable! #1 - Solomon Kane - the most unique and well-thought-out game ever created... it brings it all to life, and everyone is invested

[@BeingFriends]

Love it!!! I'll have to look into some of these 😍 -evan

[@ReneeBarber]

A few of my favs as a solo player: Everdell, Sleeping Gods, Gloomhaven JOTL, Chronicles of Crime and On Tour 😁

[@InfectedZombiePirate]

⭐️ + Top 5: Inis, MTG, Coup or Skull, Star Wars Rebellion, Escape the Dark Castle. Ranking mostly based on how much fun and epic games I had with friends :)

[@arazos3535]

My top 5, dammn let me think. 5 spirit island that I got from you guys, 4 The crew, 3 aeons end, 2 battle wizards annihilageddon, 1 betrayal legacy

[@BeingFriends]

Great list!!!!! 🤩

[@IamJFD]

Damn top 5 are hard. But im at least sure Spirit Island is #1 The other 4 are Nemesis Too Many Bones Villainous And Marvel Champions Looking forward to buying and playing Root, since I guess I love assymetric games a lot.

[@DonPers]

Amazing no one had The Ginger Wars in their list 😲

[@TonyPelaez]

1. Keyforge 2. Magic the Gathering 3. Super Fantasy Brawl 4. Arkham Horror the card game 5. Marvel Champions

[@BeingFriends]

Great choices. Gotta love expandable card games!! keyforge is actually my most played game. Very good. Have you tried the new coop adventure modes yet??? I'm super excited to try it!!! - evan

[@benklocke9300]

1 Spirit island by far 2 2 sw rebellion by far to 3 3 forbidden stars 4 tfm 5 viticulture Perhaps root or mage knight could be growing to the top 5. Me loving thematic games where the mechanism let you feel the theme.

[@BeingFriends]

Nice!!! I played mage knight for the second time with Evan a couple of weeks ago and I could see it growing on me too! - Alex

[@jonathanfeuerstein9344]

Terraforming Mars, Chaos in the Old World, Dominion, The Voyages of Marco Polo and 7 Wonders Duel

[@BeingFriends]

Thanks for sharing! Some ones we’ll have to add to the list to check out!

[@zachpower2192]

Liking for the $ contribution for the crokinole board

[@BeingFriends]

🙌 yussss!

[@tzera_rhuon]

Netrunner Arkham Horror LCG Nemesis (Aliens-themed board game) Luck & Logic Ashes Honourable mentions to Spirit Isle, Aeon's End, Keyforge and Force of Will. In 2018 most of those positions would have been occupied by MTG, however the power creep, poor product quality, stale design, predatory 'whaling' and corporate behaviour has completely killed my interest in pursuing the game further.

[@BeingFriends]

It seems like we have very similar taste! Ashes is fantastic so far, like 12 plays in. Just recently started deck building and im very stoked. ALSO i just bought the NISEI System Gateway and im super looking forward to getting netrunner back to the table! -evan

[@tzera_rhuon]

@@BeingFriends I've been enjoying Ashes far more than I was expecting, whilst still working through the precons. Similarly, I'm excited to begin deck-building proper, there is quite a lot to consider even in choosing dice ratios and the first-5 (the foolish part of me will of course TRY to make a 7-colour deck viable). I appreciate that it's been released in the 'lcg' model as I've been moving away from t/ccgs recently (to that end I'm very happy to be indifferent to the F&B craze, even if I love the art).

[@andrewww3389]

Mage knight Robinson crusoe Star wars rebellion Aeons end Dune imperium (this is really new but it blew me away)

[@heavy_dice]

For me in no particular order Pipeline Age of Steam 1846 Agricola Lisboa

[@BeingFriends]

those are some crunchy games 😍 We loved pipeline the one time we've played it!! -evan

[@kaitlynmarie8473]

I remember my brother (Alex) trying to play heroscape with me when I was like 10 and I was too scared of the creepy minis that I didn’t actually end up playing it 😅

[@BeingFriends]

😂😂😂

[@alexdyckson7404]

Some contenders on my list were: Keyflower Ganz Schon Clever Root Spirit island Love heroscape

[@LordoftheBoard]

Root needs TOP haha great video you guys! Very enjoyable

[@BeingFriends]

keyflower. -evan

[@Wolcik3000]

TOP game - played it 4 times That might be more than enough for BGG 1 or 10 score, but for KZbin?

[@gimpzilla]

If you're going to vote seven wonders duels as your favorite game, and not mention wingspan a single time, then I'm going to have to insist you buy that game

[@BeingFriends]

Eventually we will play it!! 😂 I've heard fantastic things. -evan

[@lifeissweet1953]

⭐️

[@brianlewis5925]

Sidereal Confluence Spirit Island Trickerion Gloomhaven Too Many Bones

[@carnissa]

Rooooooooooooooot

[@davidk6269]

Of all time? Then the list clearly must include: Go, Chess and Chinese Chess.

[@vageliskoios1062]

1.Cthulhu death may die 2.Scythe 3.The castles of Burgundy 4.Quacks of Quendlinburg 5.Wingspan