Top 10 Board Games from 2018, 5 Years Later

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Man we were unhinged back in 2018...

[@JonArt_As_Board]

nick was so much wigglier and fluid

[@Boardandgame]

Putting Fireball Island above Architects (and all the others) I have to agree... Unhinged

[@mikethedigiartist]

Did you do similar videos looking back at 2017 and 2016? Looking at your back catalog and not finding anything

[@roswithaprochazka912]

Hard to imagine that just 5 years ago Nick was an overexcited teenager 😉 They grow up so fast, don't they? 😄

[@gregorys9629]

Enjoy these types of videos - I feel the hobby is increasingly focused on the recent hype/hotness so I enjoy hearing about what not-so-recent releases have held up over time.

[@arendgovaars527]

Key Flower, Key Flow, Key to bump..... LOLOL almost spit out my coffee! Great idea for a throwback video. Tks Brothers!

[@cesarberrios4133]

15:01 - “Next year it will be critters riding dinos”. Wait. Are you guys clairvoyant, as well???

[@tzgardner]

2018 is probably one of the best years for board games ever. Quacks, Space Base, Crown of Emara, Just One, Smartphone, Raccoon Tycoon, Camel Up, Fleet: The Dice Game, The Reckoners, PUSH and Architects of the West Kingdom are some of my favorite games of all time.

[@uplift-yourdailypickup6424]

Totally. Quacks, Space Base, Architects are all my most played games and still favorites. Raccoon Tycoon is also amazing but a bit long so it doesn't come out as much. Oh yeah and Obsession - sleeper hit that just started getting super popular the last year or two.

[@ryancombs2722]

Root not being in here is a crime! Cracked up at Spass Bass though 😂

[@larrydurbin1327]

Great video guys! Buuut , you missed the boat big time by omitting Carpe Diem and Forum Trajanum ( my personal #'s 1& 2 ) not to mention Empire of the Void II , Gentes Deluxefied and Scythe. Thank you again, for a fun video. You boys do a great job!!❤

[@jankogo]

Solid year for sure. Underwater cities is one of my favorites.

[@boardtoplay]

Love the flash backs! Great video as always, So many solid picks.

[@SteveAMcPherson]

Great listing. Would also like to hear what happened to those that didn't stay in your top 10. I would add Gugong, Reef, Dice Hospital, Dice Settlers, Blue Lagoon and Luxor. But, you are right, there are a lot back in 2018 😍

[@dominiquebelanger1828]

Lots of great games. I love underwater cities and quacks. Some of these i only learned about and got to love because of BGA. I have since bought space base because of it and I also learned Obsession there. A video on impact on game popularity due to BGA would be interesting. Great video

[@rossjaax]

I like the time travel aspect of this format. You guys now and 5 years ago. Cool.

[@jacewilkins7461]

Fun list. I'd love to see more of these! Just for fun I'll toss in my top 5 from that year. 1. Root - also my number 1 of all time and it isn't close 2. Architects - another of my top overall games and one where I love the expansions 3. Everdell - maybe biased by the fact that I got the complete collection and need to justify that purchase 4. Quacks - managed to hold off on buying the premium pieces so far but it is probably just a matter of time 5. Gizmos - came in not expecting much and this game pleasantly surprised me

[@Poiuytrew.Q]

I bought Quacks so I could play with the upgraded game bits!

[@Blackwolf9]

Really looking forward to Suchy's next game Evacuation as well as the Shipyard remake and Teotihuacan Deluxe (Really enjoying the La Granja one). You two got the wife and I to pick up Crown of Emara a few years ago and we love it's tight resource management, great video guys!

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Wahoo!

[@timborocksloud]

It's good to see you guys have dialed back your cocaine use since 2018 (this is a joke :)) I'm really enjoying these videos of going back and reassessing older games. Keep it up!

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Hahaha it’s so funny looking back to how kinda loose we were. Not that we’re all THAT different now but I think we’ve a greater idea of like “move it along”

[@Agent_Pendergast]

Favorite games from 2018: 1) Brass: Birmingham 2) Teotihuacan 3) Obsession 4) Crusaders: Thy Will be Done 5) Coimbra

[@dansioui9819]

Spass Bass is still getting played about once a month in our house. The only game my dad will start standing up watching other people’s rolls haha

[@MCJesse-hu4ru]

Fun format. I just got to play keyflow again last night. Its really solid, I had a great time.

I don't know what you were using to have that much energy in 2018 but I need that now

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Same

[@peterkarlsson1825]

Five years, what a surprise We've got five years, my brain hurts a lot

[@gailwondowski3207]

I keep an extremely lean board game collection - currently 65 games total. And 12 of them are from 2018! Such a great year!

[@Gathanokos]

Wow it's already been 5 years since 2018...? Time just flies...awesome video XD

[@BlamBlamTheMonkey]

It has been both an hour and a hundred years since 2018.

[@larrytedmcbride]

We just recently found the original Brass at a thrift store and we all really like it. The theme is not exciting at all but the game play is unique. It's not a deck builder, it's not a worker placement, and it's not tableau builder. So, if you can ignore the grim, the smog, and the soot of the industrial revolution you just might find one refreshing gem of a game.

[@RickKoeppen]

2018 was one of my absolute favorite years in board gaming. I remember at the time some felt it was a down year, but I was the complete opposite. My favorites that year: 15. The Mind 14. Just One 13. The Quacks of Quedlinburg 12. Pandemic: Fall of Rome 11. Space Base 10. Monster Crunch 9. Reykholt 8. Dice Hospital 7. Reef 6. Heroes of Dominaria 5. Architects of the West Kingdom 4. Carpe Diem 3. Gizmos 2. Crown of Emara 1. CO²: Second Chance

[@babulthegreat4834]

Just played Crown of Emara tonight!

[@joshestes6427]

Funny thing my intro to John was Mystic Vale, and I have not played Space Base.

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Right on!

[@Nezbo]

Looking at these 'older' games, it would be interesting with a series of videos covering games where most of their expected expansions are out now, and then looking at how good time game is in its 'entirety'. E.g. Space Base (pardon the misspelling) with all expansions is a quite bigger esperience than just the base games.

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Great idea!

[@UnCompress_]

Brass Birmingham, Great Western Trails, Ubderwater Cities and Lowlands are the best! Great year 2018!

[@Kasper8421]

It’s too bad Mike cooled on Everdell. It remains a favorite in my household.

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Glad y’all enjoy it :)

[@coleheinz9170]

Top picks for me from 2018: Newton, Carpe Diem, the King’s Guild, and Honga.

[@uplift-yourdailypickup6424]

Wow 2018 has like all my favorite games, haha. Must be the best year on record for board gaming.

[@centertainment2969]

Haha key bump got me haha

[@quibily]

I've noticed the trend that simpler games were ranked higher, but when you had time to learn and play the more complex games properly, they were ranked higher. Which, honestly, makes sense!

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Yeah time has helped for sure and we also have just trended toward heavier games in the years since the first list :)

[@doggosplosion]

In 5 years the games are fine, I haven't held up as well. And I will also now officially call it "Spass Bass" from here on out. In the name of Sir John D.

[@StuartHetzler]

2018 was not 5 years ago, I don't care what your "calendars" say. 2018 was like last year or something, right? right...?

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Definitely just last year (I need to believe that too)

[@bibleboardgames]

Hi Nick; Try Brass Birmingham again. We have similar tastes with WOTR and Pandemic so if you like Brass the 2nd time I might buy it for my brother Mike. If not I'll get something else.

[@nicholasschneider6655]

Spass Bass? LOL. I really like the idea of going back to a year and the past and reranking games, to show what was originally missed, or what hasn't aged so well. But I'd like to have seen a bit more review of the original list, just to explain why the rankings have increased or decreased.

[@TheBrothersMurph]

That’s fair maybe we can do a like comparison video in the future to accompany the list

[@rstott24]

15:00 Y'all predicted Dodos Riding Dinos

[@TheBrothersMurph]

We’re geniuses

[@2000OakTree]

Spass Bass is great

[@TheDavidPhillips]

Man, I'm so torn... on one hand, I live to call BS on Nick in the chat. But then you ask me to do it over BRASS??? I just..... I can't do it. Nick's right.

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Do eeeeeeeeet

[@MidwestMeeple]

Watching 🎉

[@VictorEnriqueEspinozaLanyi]

Where did you get those Quacks token shields? I need them!

[@TheBrothersMurph]

You can get them from BoardGameGeek! They are called geek up bits

[@royvalstar]

Crown of emara! Like it alot.

[@matternst5310]

BS NICK! Lets play Birmigham

[@Oaklestat]

I'll throw some BS in here for you.

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Daddy Algorithm thanks you

[@bWOOOPdeWooop]

BS Nicholage

[@VoidVerification]

Sad not to see Root and Everdell on your list... 🥲

[@TheBrothersMurph]

I knowwwwwww. We are the worst