Top 10 Board Games I Played in 2024

[@ServiceDogPuppyRaiser]

Hey Branden! Nice to see you back online 🙂

[@TheBoardandtheBeautiful]

Hello ServiceDogPuppyRaiser...I'm so glad I know your MUCH shorter real name! 🤣

[@ServiceDogPuppyRaiser]

You mean Squeakers? 😂. Yeah since I went back to work I just removed my name lol

[@kenalbert7759]

Hello Stranger, how are you doing?

[@ServiceDogPuppyRaiser]

Hey! We're doing great! I've been super duper busy with going back to teaching after being home for 18 years... But it's been really good. How about you?

[@kenalbert7759]

Oh man, I love that you are back. It's good to see your face online again!

[@TheBoardandtheBeautiful]

@@kenalbert7759 thanks my brother! We need to chat!

[@phunkysai]

Great to have you back! Does the audio seem to have a little too much bass or something?

[@TheBoardandtheBeautiful]

@@phunkysai Does it? I didn’t notice? I’m a wee bit rusty so maybe I missed a setting?

[@TheBoardandtheBeautiful]

Ah yeah, I mixed it that way and it may be a little bass-y. I’ll adjust it a bit more for next time. I sound like I’m holding my nose a bit 😅

[@kenalbert7759]

Revive? I never heard of it before, and somehow came across a playthrough by accident on KZbin. I loved it. Can't wait to play it. If you are up to another BGA play, let me know. I can't believe that you brought this up.

[@TheBoardandtheBeautiful]

@@kenalbert7759 I’ll invite you. Let me know your username on BGA in our Discord 😉

[@bradleyritger6765]

Great to see you again! I’ve been lurking on the discord lol. I don’t think I’ve ever played 10-2 in your list but I want to check out Darkrock I do however love Revive, i totally agree with your assessment of the solo mode. Such a great game for setting up combos and building your board My top new to me games for 2024 10. Mini Meeple Melee 9. Beer and Bread 8. Hamlet 7. Oracle of Delphi 6. Viscounts of the WK 5. El Grande 4. Isle of Trains 3. La Granja 2. Memoir 44 1. Scholars of the ST

[@TheBoardandtheBeautiful]

@@bradleyritger6765 Thanks Bradley for being there through all the changes. Your list is also compelling. Hamlet?! Yes!! It’s such a great spatial puzzle! And of course Viscounts is always a go-to.

[@bradleyritger6765]

@ i actually won Hamlet from you in a AllAboard give away do I have to give you credit for that one!

[@TheBoardandtheBeautiful]

@ 🤣 Oh wow did you?? I remember now! Definitely do NOT have to give me credit. Give David Chircop the designer credit for making a fun game!

[@VanessaG1229]

I knew you couldn't stay away from content creation for too long. Happy to have you back!

[@TheBoardandtheBeautiful]

@@VanessaG1229 Thanks Vanessa! It feels good and right to be back. :)

[@family_meeple]

Great to have you back Branden! And, yes, Revive is amazing!

[@TheBoardandtheBeautiful]

You got me back into Revive, Alli, so I have you to thank. :)

[@J-Wheeler-G]

​@@TheBoardandtheBeautifulMy first game was with Alli as well.

[@smoogums89]

Good job losing weight. Also good list. Stay positive!

[@TheBoardandtheBeautiful]

@@smoogums89 thank you kindly. 😄

[@wprothwell]

A few comments: (1) Is there any way to restart the old channel and just change the name, so you don't have to start from scratch with subscribers? Or is the old one totally nuked? (2) I was a little surprised not to see any Garphill, especially Ezra and Nehemiah since it delivered mid-2024 (and IMO was fantastic). Did you get a chance to play that one? (3) I've always really enjoyed y'all's reviews. I think your tastes line up closely with mine. Hope y'all might consider a middle ground between the new "no score" policy and the old complicated math approach. I don't need any calculus, but I do appreciate some basic overall score (.5 increments like the Dice Tower does is great).

[@TheBoardandtheBeautiful]

@@wprothwell hello again William and appreciate the comments and questions. 1. Can’t rename and restart the old channel. Even if I could, i wouldn’t because all the videos were stamped with the old logo and the intro was branded with AAG. Sadly, that’s long gone EXCEPT on Rumble where a lot of the non-live videos still live. 2. We played Ezra & Nehemiah before 2024 because we got our copy before the Kickstarter to review. We didn’t get a chance to review it because of everything that happened. First play on TTS was in April 2023; second and third plays were both in Sept 2023. So, while I know it’s a 2024 game, for us the experience was 2023. Fortunately, the game is ripe for a fresh review for the new channel. 3. Not sure I want to go back to numbered scores but I’ll consider some kind of middle ground. I probably will throw out a rounded score based on my thoughts on the game, but I would rather focus on expressing what I do and don’t like, and why, rather than be super “calculus” about it 😄 I’m sure there is a middle ground to be found. I’ll consider it. Thanks again sir. Sorry again for ditching everything AAG. That was likely not the best move, but live and learn.

[@angeloviedo3237]

The audio sounds muffled

[@TheBoardandtheBeautiful]

@@angeloviedo3237 yeah, it compressed a little too much. I’ll fix it for next time, sorry! Too much low-end. I used very low-tech ear buds to edit.

[@gizmoboardgames]

new commenter, who dis?

[@TheBoardandtheBeautiful]

@@gizmoboardgames haha, welcome my friend!