Top 10 Board Games of 2018

Will, Sara, Kevin and Melissa share their Top 10 favorite board games from 2018. Which is about 40 board games all together. :-)
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Kevin - Western Legends, Pikoko, Between Two Castles, Root, Newton, Brass, Duelosaur Island, Scythe Rise of Fenris, Chronicles of Crime, Rising Sun
Melissa - Gizmos, Tudor, Detective, Whistle Stop expansion, Wendake, Castell, Between Two Castles, Coimbra, Chronicles of Crime, Newton
Sara - Dragon Castle, The Mind, Railroad Ink, The Oregon Trail, Between Two Castles, Pikoko, Don't Mess with Cthulhu, Dice Hospital, Endeavor, Welcome to
Will - Endevour, The Oregon Trail, Thanos Rising, Gunkimono, Good Critters, Everdell, Pictomania, War Chest, Coimbra, Don't Mess with Cthulhu

[@carrickrichards2457]

Thanks, neat presentation, lots of discoveries. I was very entertained (starved for play in lockdown!)

[@tantrumhousegames]

thanks! have you checked out the top games of 2019 videos that we did?

[@estefaniagarcia2885]

Thank you for doing this - love watching your videos.

[@tantrumhousegames]

an oldie but a goodie :-D

[@TimVirnig]

So many great games and thanks for sharing your top picks for 2018! So great to see choices from each of you with different tastes and styles. Can't wait to see what Tantrum House has in store for us in 2019!

[@tantrumhousegames]

Thanks Tim! Really appreciate it :-)

[@JimmyMurphythemurphyfella]

Good video. I was delighted to see that I've played 3 of your number one games and liked all of them

[@94pelewebb]

I love how varied all your lists were! Great video :)

[@2532robh1]

Really enjoyed this one and your picks. Thanks! Glad I watched.

[@handsfullofun]

Thanks!!

[@Tokengesture]

Enjoy the interaction between you guys ... interesting lists nice to see a variety of games coming up

[@tantrumhousegames]

Thanks Bryan

[@pacomak2010]

Great vid guys! I really enjoy the family atmosphere between you guys :) Awesome choices of coz

[@tantrumhousegames]

thank you :-)

[@TheGameBoyGeeks]

Great lists guys and gals!

[@handsfullofun]

Thanks Dan!

[@kirkbeiser]

My favorites this year so far are Space Base - After the Virus - Maximum Apocalypse I am really looking forward to picking up a few more 2018 games (definitely Architects of the West Kingdom) when I am home next month. Pikoko looks really cool and I had never heard of that one before. See you at Tantrum Con.

[@tantrumhousegames]

Yay!! Looking forward to TantrumCon too!! :-)

[@thediceodyssey4690]

Awesome lists everyone! Kevin’s number 1 pick didn’t appeal greatly to me at first but after I’ve played it 6 or 7 times now, it’s definitely on my top 10 list of the year. Great choices.

[@tantrumhousegames]

Rising Sun!!!! :-D

[@debbiemiller4564]

Great job on the video. I look forward to more great videos from you guys in the future.

[@tantrumhousegames]

thanks Debbie!!

[@Nerdsonearth]

Diverse lists, which is understandable as there were so darned many good games this year. I dig it.

[@bobnetherton4957]

Thanks for sharing your favorites from 2018. At the moment, mine are War of the Worlds (choose England if you want one), Betrayal Legacy, Steamrollers, Founders of Gloomhaven, AuZtralia, Coimbra, Brass (cheating by including both versions), Endeavor: Age of Sail, Space Base and Gizmos. Still a lot from 2018 yet to play so this list might not look the same in a few months :-) Thanks for all of your reviews and Kickstarter previews. They have helped shape a lot of my collection. Happy New Year and good luck with Tantrumcon.

[@tantrumhousegames]

Those are great games Bob! Do you like one version of Brass over the other? or about the same?

[@bobnetherton4957]

@@tantrumhousegames That is such a good question. If I had to choose one, it would be Birmingham. It is easy to work yourself into a corner and get punished brutally near the end of the each era in Lancashire and the extra mechanisms in Birmingham give you something productive to do should that happen. But truthfully, it is a coin toss :-)

[@stephaneleboucher1806]

Hello! I didn't play yet to Rising sun (but i hope to!!) but i pick Scythe Rise of Fenris and Chronicles of crime in my top 2 by far...so Kevin, i completly agree with your top! I wish you an happy new year from France🥂

[@handsfullofun]

Awesome! Great minds think alike :-)

[@stephaneleboucher1806]

@@handsfullofun of course! We're saying as well in french😁

[@aboestheone]

Great list Keep up there great work Happy holidays from belgium

[@tantrumhousegames]

Thanks Bart!

[@scyldscefing3913]

Nice list(s). The variability is encouraging.

[@whoisbatman]

Great video! I actually hadn't heard of a lot of these games before. The simultaneously frustrating _and_ cool thing about the board game hobby these days is that there's SO MANY games. And no, there are not enough dice placement games :( It's def one of my favorite mechanics and so underutilized. My favorite game of this year came out last year but I discovered it this year so I'm counting it, is Flamme Rouge. Such a great bicycle race game that can be so tense while you're thinking ahead three rounds wondering what to play.

[@handsfullofun]

Yes, Stronghold did a great job with Flamme Rouge!

[@BernieTime1]

Check on KS in January for Dicetopia: Roll with the Punches by All or None Games. Roll with the Punches is the expansion for the base game (Dicetopia) that includes components for a 5th player. I backed their original game (Dicetopia), and they did a fantastic job for their first Kickstarter project.

[@handsfullofun]

@@BernieTime1 I'll see what I can find out. :-)

[@tantrumhousegames]

@@BernieTime1 just talked to All or None Games and they are launching the expansion on Friday!

[@josepllop7321]

the list is amazing, good job, just a quick recommendation. Would be nice to have a picture of how the boardgame looks in the tabble while you do the explanation. Anything but that was an awesome review.

[@tantrumhousegames]

We totally agree!! going to make it better for "Top 10 Board Games of 2019" :-)

[@josepllop7321]

@@tantrumhousegames Thanks for the reply! the format is amazing, i can tell you all don't necessary have the same taste.

[@桜場娃夜]

Rising Sun, definitely my n°1 of this year (listening while painting ;) ).

[@tantrumhousegames]

that's awesome!

[@rodgermoore7960]

Nice diverse lists from everyone as mentioned by others. Still working on my top ten but a few that are in consideration that I have not seen many talking about (Hard due to the amount of games we saw this year!): Sunset Over Water, Crusaders: Thy Will Be Done, and Paper Tales.

[@tantrumhousegames]

Sunset over Water is a great game. We'll be playing Crusaders soon. and I'd like to play Paper Tales some day.

[@danilosabia680]

Grazie Melissa 🤗

[@tfpp1]

I know we're all American here, but as someone who deals with languages, it's pronounced co-eem-bruh. It's actually three syllables. Great list! :)

[@xjansana]

Great tops! I'm from Catalonia and I'm a "casteller"! ;)

[@tantrumhousegames]

that's so cool!

[@Dragonxxx26]

Great stuff

[@dannyp4174]

You should give "monster slaughter" a try. Thank you for all you do from a new boardgame addict.

[@handsfullofun]

Thanks Danny! I think I remember it when it was on Kickstarter. We'll have to try it out.

[@runelarsen8143]

Great thanks. A little more game shots while explaining would have been awesome.

[@tantrumhousegames]

totally agree! thanks Rune. :-) We definitely have ideas for next year

[@Migmeister13]

Great top ten list and video format. My 2018 top 1 game is definitely Newton. It could have been Rise of Fenris, but I decided to play a few more games of Scythe, with the other 2 expansions, before I jump into that one. But 2018 made me discover Flaminia Brasiti and Simone Luciani, when I tried Lorenzo Il Magnifico, that then lead me to Coimbra and Newton. I just got my hands on Council of 4, can't wait to try T'Zolkin and Grand Austria Hotel.. I know I'm moving away from this video topic but, I also played Voyages of Marco Polo this year. And Sara, you who like dice games so much. I wonder, what is your take on that one. I'll let you comment and I'll reply, because this was one of the games I wanted to play the most and it was one of my biggest disappointment this year... Is there something I didn't get since it seems to be so popular... I played 3 times. It's still great fun to follow you guys and like it was mentioned before, I really like the variety of taste you have. And what I find so funny is that, I still can't choose one of you to be closest to my taste. You all enjoy games that I do, and like others that I have no interest or didn't have much fun playing... Too bad I'm living so far away, I'd love to participate in one of your events. Have a great day and an amazing 2019!

[@tantrumhousegames]

I'll let Sara know about your question. :-) thanks for watching!

[@Luke_L]

One of my favorite games this year is Decrypto. I’m not usually a huge party game fan, but I had a great time with this game with my family over Xmas. Do you all have a top 10 list of all time somewhere? It looks like Kevin had a video last year, but I didn’t see videos for everyone else. I’m curious about both Newton and Coimbra, but I wasn’t that drawn in by Lorenzo, so I’m not sure. I really want to try Rise of Fenris and Chronicles of Crime.

[@tantrumhousegames]

Melissa and Kevin have each done their top 10 list of all time. :-) Kevin's - kzbin.info/www/bejne/hqHSlGmNfp6Fbqc Melissa's - kzbin.info/www/bejne/bIelY4qZm7d1b7s

[@Luke_L]

@@tantrumhousegames Thanks!

[@arekkrolak6320]

Dragon Castle is 2017 but anyway - good picks!

[@tantrumhousegames]

You're right! how did we miss that? Was it released in Europe in 2017 and then CMON brought it over in 2018?

[@LukeVenables]

No Teotihuacan? I think this is the first top 10 I've seen where it didn't even get a mention.

[@tantrumhousegames]

We mention it in our Bucket List video. :-) Here - kzbin.info/www/bejne/eoKppIRoo66tp9U Never got a chance to play it.

[@CreatedBy_official]

You've got a green screen issue with Pikoko

[@tantrumhousegames]

Yep - we had to mask it. We'll probably not do green screen next time with this type of video

[@CreatedBy_official]

Tantrum House I don't blame you; I've had annoying issues in the past with green screen

[@DonoghueLozon]

What's up with the robe/smoking jacket Kevin?

[@tantrumhousegames]

It was cold in the basement. :-D

[@MR-yw4oh]

Can 8 y o play Oregon Trail? How about a game for grandparents and 8 y o grandkids

[@tantrumhousegames]

I'll ask Sara

[@tantrumhousegames]

If the child plays hobby games regularly, they could probably handle Oregon Trail. If they are used to classic games like Sorry and Battleship, this might have more going on than they are used to. There isn’t very much reading, and the main mechanics are tile laying and buying and trading resources at the towns. Here's a link to our review - kzbin.info/www/bejne/q5THc3mkj8mkq9U

[@mmclaughlin7447]

Lucky I'm not lactose intolerant

[@xorkaya]

Wow, talk about Spoilers for the Scythe expansion.

[@tantrumhousegames]

did you feel like we unveiled too much? We tried to keep it very general

[@xorkaya]

Tantrum House Okay, not a major spoiler. My reaction may have been slightly disproportionate (but if there's any place for a disproportionate reaction it's a KZbin comment amirite?! :P). Regardless, I'm sure some people would prefer not to know what types of components are in the expansion.

[@handsfullofun]

@@xorkaya whew :-)

[@MR-yw4oh]

Where do you teach

[@tantrumhousegames]

Sara teachers her kids. Will is a Graphic Designer. Melissa is a full time writer. Kevin is a Children's Ministry Director

[@NemoMangelk]

your vocal audio is very low compared to your intro music - very annoying switch (blast to the ears)

[@tantrumhousegames]

sorry about that. I'll talk to Ben who does the video work