Top 10 Board Games of 2024, So Far...

[@TheDavidPhillips]

This multi-camera setup is super frickin slick.

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Thank ya!

[@heatherdash5815]

Love the casual let's have a chat set up

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Yassssss!

[@txsportsfreak02]

This is a great look for lists. Love it!

[@toe.knee.sobaskie1678]

I appreciate you for doing a mid year video. So many of us rely on you to tell us which games you like, since you play so many games and we can't play that many. By time all the end of year videos come out, most the games will be sold out. This helps us to know what games to look out for. Thank you

[@KitCatherine]

Love the cozy chat vibes. Mike texting on the empty phone case is gold. Thanks for the game inspo and smiles this morning Nick & Mike. Oh… and Bring The Stream! 🎉😊

[@gwout1]

What a great new setup. The comfy chairs look great and very chill. Really fits your style :D

[@TheBrothersMurph]

We're glad you like it!

[@therealcheezzz3991]

Bring the stream

[@Wolves2314]

Your guys’ descriptions of the games are really great. Good video

[@randito2387]

I'm glad Shipwrights of the North Sea: Redux got a mention. It takes all of the worker / resource trading of Hadrian's Wall, the card-tucking / building of other Garphil games, and but makes it light-weight and easy to play. All the good Garphil stuff but very quick and easy.

[@ChristopherOdd]

The subscribe callouts have been on point lately. Keep it up dudes!

[@TheDavidPhillips]

That Luther bit was gold.

[@txsportsfreak02]

You are saying it wrong. Lol

[@kristinfarwell1711]

I am so anxious for your GenCon 2024 anticipated games video! I keep checking daily!

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Next week!

[@Blackwolf9]

Loved the Luthier skit lol. Would for sure enjoy a long play of you guys "bringing the stream" through all act's in Slay.

[@crastorhale7438]

new studio looks really dope, awesome work. I'm really looking forward to inventors. Picked up almost all the Garphill games in the last year, enjoying all of them

[@evannadeau3938]

BRING THE STREAM

[@rainerschira5163]

Great video. Love your humour! I have only played a few of those games but am defiantly interested in trying more of them, especially Captain Flip. Push your luck is my jam. Great new studio - but I have one suggestion. Move the white cable behind Mike. I found it distracting.

[@JarradShaw]

Love it!!! Great video and fun edits ❤

[@morgaknightgames]

Out of this list I've only played Wyrmspan and Shipwrights, and I agree, they're great! I picked up both of these at retail, and they were absolutely worth the wait.

[@Nooschwander]

Great list! Looking forward to pick up some of these at GenCon! Hopefully we will see the Brothers Murph there!

[@LinneasCabal]

Love the sitting set! Captain Flip is so simple and fun. Also Shipwrights is dang fantastic, I played it with a friend last night!

[@laurencesingh3948]

I'm surprised Ezra and Nehemiah didn't make your list! I'm going to have to look more into Shipwrights Redux. It sounds really good. I'm excited to see Inventors of the South Tigris here, too. I backed that and can't wait for it to fulfill. I'm going to look at the Luthier campaign next week, too. I've only played three new games this year but have enjoyed them all: 3. Draft and Write Records 2. Sankore: The Pride of Mansa Musa (just wish the solo was more challenging) 1. Ezra and Nehemiah

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Ezra was probably our number 11 if we had to choose

[@AhJong0]

Woohay love the JonGetsGames shout out! He's one of my other favourite channels and his learn-while-plauing euro game tutorials are awesome 😊

[@amfcurtis]

Nice list! Awesome space!

[@sherylw4599]

Looking sharp, Bros! Good list!

[@J.Dot187]

Production value on the rise! The new stu is looking great guys.

[@nathanwegner]

Love the idea of a midyear list. Recent games fresh on your mind getting a shout out. Also those chairs make me want to sit in them.

[@TheBrothersMurph]

They comfy

[@Muffin_Stuffin]

Harmonies is great! And it is a reasonably priced game. It may not be my favorite, but it gets a lot of play and is solid. It's a keeper.

[@MysticDawn-f2s]

Nice list!

[@cameronwolters774]

I had never played Slay the Spire the video game prior to playing the board game with a friend, and my goodness it so quickly shot up my list. Picked up the video game during the steam summer sale as well and I just can't put it down. Excited to play the board game every chance we get.

[@HemingwayJay]

How are these guys not the highest subscribed board game channel yet!

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Awwww you are very kind!

[@dieselboardgames9235]

The cord from the lamp put in the wood on the wall so it goes over by the shelf and then down so you cant see it

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Haha don't worry we agree. The lamp was a last minute addition to the shelf, and we had a conversation about the cord and decided that we were too lazy to change it for this video. In all future videos it will be less visible don't worry

[@craigandrews7544]

Imagine commenting about a lamp cord

[@dieselboardgames9235]

@@craigandrews7544Just letting them know no big deal.

[@Doolin_Tablenauts]

LOVE this set up. Also, Gest might be my top one from your list that I've tried so far. Its been a really fun year for games so far! I do wonder I I apologize if you have already talked about it elsewhere) if yall have tried Witchcraft by 25th Century yet? That has gotta be close to my number one currently!

[@lukepickles5099]

Also, great set up lads. Nick, once I get a Gest of Robin Hood, we can get an async game going!

[@Skyrodin]

Gosh I love this new studio so much. It looks great! My favorite game of 2024 so far is Captain Flip. Well... it might be the only game released this year that I played but it is SO good. Just some fast paced fun. Nothing is better than to use a monkey to flip your canoneer which then becomes a monkey that reveals another canoneer.😂

[@RickKoeppen]

I really need to get my hands on Sankore! I adore Wyrmspan, to the extent that I can't see pulling Wingspan off the shelf instead unless I actively want to play a game with birds. Windmill Valley is one I'm really looking forward to, in no small part thanks to your playthrough!

[@msmilder25]

I've really been loving Draft & Write Records on BGA, been playing it a lot in the last month. Great theme, and it plays kind of like Welcome To... crossed with Ganz Schon Clever, it has the beauty and card-based play and goal system that reminds me of Welcome to, and it has the daisy-chain combos of Clever. And since I love both Welcome To and Clever, this game was made for me.

[@-DoubleLayer-]

Love inventors!!! Hope will arrive soon for do an italy gameplay!

[@LisaSueMarieHuffman]

Bring the stream! 🙌

[@alexleach9133]

We’re specializing in selling worm farms. You know, like ant farms? The way I perked up at a Dumb and Dumber reference lol

[@bifi1977]

Thanks for the beautiful video. By the way, I think you have a typo in "Osprey Games" in the Sankore part.

[@cwb95k]

Lots of good games here. Excited to play Redux soon! Disagree on Wyrmspan. I still think Wingspan is a good bit better. Love seeing Inventors on here! No Inventions: Evolution of Ideas? River of Gold? Good list fellas 😎

[@levenzaha]

1. Wyrmspan 2. Patterns 3. A message from the stars

[@chadstilson8804]

Dumb and Dumber Call back. Love it!

[@edmundengland]

i loved that sketch, so funny.

[@MrRudyRiot]

French Cleats - the unsung heroes of TBM universe

[@mrbastos]

since it was mentioned, Luther is an amazing show.

[@stingerdude-8]

Bring the stream!

[@peterkarlsson1825]

Luther such a great show.

[@Hubajube]

Wingspan w expansions > Wyrmspan > Wingspan base. Can't wait for a Wyrmspan expansion or two.

[@twotonesmybones]

Those some nice shelves!

[@txsportsfreak02]

I guess i have to head over to patreon now.

[@Duaneski]

Stream!! Bring!!

[@condar15]

Bring the Stream

[@MidwestMeeple]

Watching 🎉

[@hoolio197900]

Liu kang reference on my bingo card! Yes. Bing bongs lol

[@Agent_Pendergast]

Favorite 2024 releases so far: 1) Star Wars Unlimited 2) Sankore 3) Skyrise 4) Salton Sea 5) A Gest of Robin Hood

[@TheBrothersMurph]

So many S games! It's been a good year for S's

[@Agent_Pendergast]

Oh absolutely agreed. The Ss have been crushing it.

[@msmilder25]

Check out those French Cleats!

[@LeslieRogers-g6s]

Luther was my gpa‘s name. Luthier is a profession

[@lukepickles5099]

Love for Let’s Go to Japan - guess which Bing Bong is hidden in that rule book… 😏

[@txsportsfreak02]

The subscribe camera is nice. Did that cost extra?

[@TheBrothersMurph]

It's super expensive!

[@nicholasbetts8216]

What kind of camera do you guys use?

[@koklead7904]

Where are you looking? Which camera?

[@pro5002]

What type of cameras are you using for the multiple camera setup?

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Howdy! We use Panasonic Lumix S5 IIX Mirrorless Sony FX30 Super 35 cameras for our face cams, on our playthrough videos we use a Sony FX30 Super 35 camera for our down shot and a Panasonic GH5 for misc other things. Our mics are the Rode wireless Pro set and they all work with premiere just fine

[@FlamethrowerJane]

Can I ask what cameras and mics you use? Does it all connect to Adobe Premiere?

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Howdy! We use Panasonic Lumix S5 IIX Mirrorless Sony FX30 Super 35 cameras for our face cams, on our playthrough videos we use a Sony FX30 Super 35 camera for our down shot and a Panasonic GH5 for misc other things. Our mics are the Rode wireless Pro set and they all work with premiere just fine

[@FlamethrowerJane]

​@@TheBrothersMurph That is so immensely helpful, thank you!!😊

[@ekurisona663]

hey everybody do you think it's worth getting aqua if I already have cascadia and we're very happy with cascadia I'm just trying to keep my collection from being too redundant with games that are very similar to each other so would you recommend aqua why or why not ty!

[@Luclidity]

Would Ezra and Nehemiah be 2023 or 2024 for you guys? It was released this past month? That game would be my favorite so far this year!

[@TheBrothersMurph]

It's a 2024, for these videos we go off of the official release date. We talk about this a bit in the patreon video we put out today, that it's sometimes weird doing these lists because we may have played the game in the previous year, or maybe ever 2-3 years ago, but it released this year.

[@brandonwalker3534]

Great video as always gentlemen. Could someone please tell me what a coin game is please?

[@TheBrothersMurph]

It's a specific system of war game, that usually centers or heavily features even cards

[@TheBlakeWhitaker]

Dicetower dumped on Shipwrights Redux if I recall. I'm surprised to see such a difference in opinions here.

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Eh it's not that surprising, we often have very different opinions than them

[@TheBlakeWhitaker]

@@TheBrothersMurph Interesting. I usually align with most of their reviews but over the last 6 months I've really started to see a strong divergence. I'm wondering if they are suffering from reviewing too many games that fewer games shine.

[@VoidVerification]

@@TheBlakeWhitaker We just gotta accept the fact that different people have different opinions.

[@TheBrothersMurph]

People's likes change over time, theirs and yours. It's natural to stop seeing eye to eye. We have had some people mention that they don't see eye to eye with us on games much anymore because our tastes have been skewing towards heavier and heavier games over the years. And that's ok! It's all just a big ole rollercoaster

[@gadgetgeekgirl]

People still watch Dice tower? lol

[@Atlas-FM8]

#PlayTheSpire is my pitch for a call to action or #Slaythrough. Also that Beetlejuice board is looking nice.

[@TheBrothersMurph]

This is gold

[@jamesbrazeal3847]

Gest of Robin Hood is coming to BGA eventually, designer posted to BGG

[@TheBrothersMurph]

No way!! That’s awesome news

[@JonArt_As_Board]

no inventions!!?? :( lol great vid fellas

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Made the short list

[@ivantintor1058]

Amazing video!!! Just a little question...Shipwrights of the North Sea Redux plays well at two players??? Most of the time i play with my wife

[@TheBrothersMurph]

yup! We mostly play it at 2

[@JonathonV]

I’ve only played two 2024 games so far, so I can’t exactly come up with my top 10 yet. 😬 Pampero seems really great (just played it once last weekend), and Shipwrights Redux seemed fine to me but I’m not sure I love it (let the roasting commence). As for games that were new to me in 2024, there are so many that I love: Voidfall, Evacuation, Scholars Of The South Tigris, Revive, Vinhos, Caylus, Arkwright, Mangrovia, Arabella, The Search For Lost Species, On The Origin Of Species, Snowdonia, Samurai, Through The Desert … along with plenty of other games I didn’t like as much. 😂

[@TheBrothersMurph]

We REALLY want to play Pampero

[@JonathonV]

@@TheBrothersMurphGameplay wasn’t too difficult to learn, but it leads to interesting decisions about return on investment, since money = points. I could see it being vulnerable to analysis paralysis, but we didn’t find it that bad. Definitely one of those games where you can’t do everything you want to do, so you have to pick and choose. I really liked it!

[@TheBrothersMurph]

@@JonathonV Oooo now we want to play it more!

[@eVanDiesel]

We made a pledge to play our 2024 games as they come in, do a better job of keeping up on them.... .....so of course there's a big pile of unplayed 2024 games on the floor. Anyway, I'd say my top 3 of the year so far are Harrow County, Let's Go to Japan, and Biohack!

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Lol we all do that

[@marccote8544]

We played a ton of Captain Flip ! Not supposed to be that fun, it’s like strike, you read the rules and go : meh and after the first game it’s like : let’s play a 100 mores games of this

[@ste5326]

I was excited for the Robin Hood game coming out then saw the board. They had one quick look at a map and then just made place names and locations up and it put me off. If they base a game on a location, actually do the research first. Might be a good game but this is enough to put me off

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Fair

[@MrCleanx]

Slay the spire stream plz

[@shortydancer]

Dude is everyone going to the sit down sofa videos now ? 😂

[@TheBrothersMurph]

In our defense we thought of this idea on our own, and then realized after we started making the set that a bunch of people also do this lol

[@shortydancer]

@@TheBrothersMurph it definitely works and looks good!

[@shortydancer]

What will the next trend be? Shooting videos around a kitchen table, sitting podcast style, in a hot tub 😂, going for a walk and talking about games? Or the infamous, drive and talk videos?

[@TheBrothersMurph]

@@shortydancer I'm hoping for hottubs and/or taco shops

[@shortydancer]

My board game podcast is going to be called Board Games and Tacos, where I go over a game and review a taco shop/truck in Southern California

[@daem0nfaust]

Oooooh, we're halfway there...ooh oohh, living like board gamers

[@SimpleRoad]

No Ezra & Nehemiah? Wow. Might be your 11th pick? ELEVEN! I'm shook. Makes me question reality itself... 🤓

[@twotonesmybones]

Please stream slay the spire🎉

[@KitCatherine]

Didn’t look twice at Shipwright but now I’m super curious. Sounds like the game play I like. Nice!

[@paulhamrick3943]

I have not played Wyrmspan but the Bros’ comments echo what others have said and I have to admit that, for me, it sounds like the game might be worse cuz it’s not as crunchy.

[@shauryab98]

where is arcs?!

[@TheBrothersMurph]

We hadn't played it yet, we have now. Mike liked it a lot. Nick really didn't. So it probably wouldn't have made our list anyway

[@k_DEDb07]

slay spire stream +1

[@adamjc9167]

"I Got worms" Dumb and Dumber

[@StuartHetzler]

in all this multicam setup and editing, the murphs neglected to include the dog cam. a pity.

[@TheBrothersMurph]

No puppies at the studio :((((

[@yanivray]

no Ezra and Nehemiah?

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Just missed but it's such a good game. It's been such a packed year so far

[@a-c-m]

How come that “Ezra and Nehemiah” and “El Burro” aren’t on your list ?? Impossible… Seems you guys haven’t played them yet, the only explanation. But both have been released already in 1H 2024.

[@evannadeau3938]

Hmmm…..Sounds like you might want to become a Patron

[@nihlify]

The first one have barely been delivered world wide and the lather is still not done with fullfillment and neither have been "released" by any standards.

[@jareduxr]

Can’t speak for Ezra but El Burro is out there by and large. Hard to get, as all Spielworxx titles are, but out there.

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Ezra was on the short list. Haven't played El Burro yet but want to

[@stuppittyhed]

People who enjoy wingspan are not people I enjoy gaming with. they are such a weird type. no.

[@TheBrothersMurph]

This comment outs you as a pretty weird type

[@preetjain7382]

Worst year in last decade

[@annamaria349]

Sorry guys, thumbs down because your games are completely unappealing to me, they are weak and not just 3 out of 10, but all of them are crap.

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Thanks for the thumbs down!

[@MysticDawn-f2s]

Nice list!

[@brogantrull]

Bring the stream!