Top 10 Essential Games

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[@Nain1982]

great list! just pre-ordered spectacular, cant' wait to try it!

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[@felipevaldivia1149]

Excellent concept! My list would be something like this: 10) Architects of the west kingdom 9) Cascadia 8) Concordia 7) Clank! 6) Castles of Burgundy 5) RA 4) Heat 3) Unmatched 2) Marvel United 1) Dune Imperium

[@JohnClem56]

A lot of great ones on your list! I'd have a lot of crossovers with you.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Fantastic list! Thank you so much for sharing :)

[@felipevaldivia1149]

@@JohnClem56 Thank you John!

[@felipevaldivia1149]

@@BoardGamingRamblings Ty for the idea! I really love Brass, Le Havre and Terra Mystica/Age, which points into perspective how this hobbie branches so deep that it's really hard to just list 10, but that's the whole point of an essential list. Really fun exercise!

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[@shannonpepitone4920]

Great list guys I love many of these and most of them are on my list if I don’t have them. Flip seven is a lot of fun. And I’m so glad I got 1893. On sale recently can’t wait to try it.

[@lizochap120]

Thank you! Wonderful rainbow shirt and fun list with some games I want to try, now.

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[@sunnivavarjord]

Thank you! It was a gift from Cranio Creations 😊

[@matt7912-j9p]

Federation is the most underrated Euro of the last 3 years.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

It is so, so good!

[@richardhancock1505]

fun as ever, thanks you two. I love many of these games and am interested to find out more about a few I'm not familiar with. My Essential TOP 10 in no particular order... the numbers just helped me stop at 10. 1 Castles of Burgundy - Best mid weight Euro 2 RA - (newer version) Best & most beautiful bidding game 3 DIXIT - best family game 4 CONCORDIA - best medium level resource management game 5 WORLD WONDERS - best tile placement game 6 EL GRANDE - best area control game 7 PITCH CAR - best dexterity game 8 DUNE IMPERIUM - THE BEST BOARD GAME OF ALL TIME 9 NEMESIS - the best co-op / traitor game 10 Architects of The West Kingdom - best worker placement game

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

So happy to hear you liked the video! Thank you for sharing your list! Amazing set of games :)

[@GeneralKetchup57]

RA, Concordia, Dixit (12 Player) would be my next 3

[@serd213]

I bought Federation and Rebel Princess three days ago, I'm hoping to try them soon. I love your videos!

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Amazing! Hope you’ll love them! Please let us know :)

[@darkholy44]

My wife owns 10 of the games on your lists. She has a very similar taste in games, so thanks for some gift ideas for Christmas.

[@ALIEN300]

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[@raymyers700]

Great list!!!!

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Thank you 😁

[@BrandonGraham]

I'm not sure if you guys can do anything about it, but your merch below the video shows only the blank backs of the shirts. So it just looks like you're selling blank shirts.

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[@branboom3342]

My top 10 essential games are: 10. King of Tokyo 9. Splendor Duel 8. Marvel United 7. Quacks of Quedlinberg 6. PitchCar 5. Monikers 4. Carcassonne 3. Ethnos 2. Ra 1. Lords of Waterdeep They are all very accessible but have varying levels of strategic depth, contain different mechanisms and play well with a varying number of players or levels of experience.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Fantastic list! Thank you for sharing!

[@bushibayushi]

If I were to create a list like this (order doesn't matter) - Castles of Burgundy - For Sale - Ra - Dominion - Agricola - Acquire - Codenames - Las Vegas - 6 Nimmt! - Puerto Rico I would start with sth like this :)). Brass would be number 11 ;).

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Fantastic list! Thank you for sharing :)

[@81pariahsg]

Interesting list. A few games I've not come across yet. My essentials list 1. Castles of Burgundy 2. Harmonies (takes Azuls spot) 3. Brass 4. Shadow Kingdoms of Valeria 5. Wing/Wyrmspan 6. Alhambra 7. Command and Colours (any) 8. Meadow 9. Obsession 10. Fields of Arle If I had to add a coop then Pandemic somewhere..

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Fantastic list! Thank you for sharing 😁

[@GeneralKetchup57]

Sunniva wins! Great video! My List: Castles of Burgundy, Medici, Blood Rage, Power Grid, Code Names, Catan (GOT), Railways of the World, Secret Hitler, Targi, Cascadia

[@Straddllw]

As an euro fan, these 10 would be my essential. I’ve limited to 1 title per designer. Puerto Rico Brass: Birmingham Age of Innovation Concordia Castles of Burgundy Suburbia 2E Tzolkin: the Mayan Calendar A Feast for Odin Great Western Trail 2E Terraforming Mars

[@Straddllw]

High conflict / hybrid euros are not on the list.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Some amazing games there! Thank you so much for sharing!

[@JonHook]

Sunniva and I have very similar tastes in games. Great show, guys.

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Glad you enjoyed it 🤩

[@fabianscholz8821]

Great Video and great Games. Can approve everything. 😊 Some more Games that are Essential for me: Pfister Game: Maracaibo is my favourite but Great Western Trail is Essential. PAX Game: Pax Pamir 2nd Lacerda: Lisboa Roll and Write: Welcome to the Moon Ammi Trash: Twilight Imperium

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Fantastic choices! Thanks for sharing! Super happy that you enjoyed the video 😁

[@stefhamburg232]

Very nice video- I’d go with the following 10 choices: 1. Age of Steam 2. Brass Birmingham 3. Concordia 4. Power Grid 5. Pax Pamir 2e 6. Bios Origins 2e 7. Castles of Burgundy 8. Huang( aka Euphrat& Tigris 3.0) 9. Azul 10. Wizzard

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Fantastic choices, and a fantastic list!

[@nejomo]

I do believe it's largely true that Sunniva is pretty much always right.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

I agree 😅

[@Raphaelus13]

A fellow Pictomania fan! I feel like I'm the only one promoting it. I'll keep my copy of the previous one with more words per round, though the small box of the new one is great.

[@aloharay]

Of course everyone in the hobby has their own experience, and this list does focus on "essentials". That said, I find these are good game experiences to have had, but I have played through them so to speak and my game ownership now resides beyond them in niche titles that tweak my particular likes. So I would say to anyone young in the hobby to definately play these games, but do not stop there. Always enjoy your discussion of the hobby.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

I would reccomend everyone to never stop exploring, and finding great games that they'll love :D

[@pamd9834]

I love your tshirt Sunniva!

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

It’s pretty nice 🤩 Got it from Cranio Creations at Spiel!

[@MrJmarzetti]

Bruxelles is an amazing pick for #1 😊

[@bol2pate]

Yeaaahhhh ! Federation !!! Cheers both of you :)

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Wooop woop 🥳

[@m-sousa]

For a second I thought Johannes had done a joke there with Brass. "It's a game with a lot of debt" xD ahaha Would have been interesting to find out it was intentional

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Hahahaha, I am not that clever 😅

[@chrisjohnphillips6352]

Do you enjoy Medici at 2 players?

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

I don’t think we have ever tried it at 2, Nd it is not a game I am very interested in trying with two either :)

[@jordanmassullo1450]

Wild, my best friend and I played Federation and Castles of Burgundy this past weekend; guess we all have great tastes in games!

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

You absolutely do! Hope you enjoyed them both! :)

[@EltWilder]

Flip 7 was a surprise!

[@JonHook]

Some essential games for me: Game with a strong theme ==> Men Nefer Worker Placement ==> Dune: Imperium Uprising Trick-Taking ==> Brian Boru: The High King of Ireland Deep Strategy ==> Brass: Birmingham Stefan Feld game ==> Marrakesh

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Seems like you enjoy Men-Nefer quite a bit! That is fun to see 🤩 We have a review coming later this week!

[@jon-athan-hall]

"I disagree with myself." "That's okay." LOL

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

It’s not always easy agreeing with yourself 😅

[@KidJV]

we house rule flip 7; you only get 1 card on your turn makes it faster, more engaging and exciting

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

How would you get more? The only way someone gets more than one card on a turn is if they recieve the «flip 3» action card! :) Love the game!

[@KidJV]

@@BoardGamingRamblings i may have misunderstood the rules and our 'house rule' might be the correct way to play 😅

[@KidJV]

@@BoardGamingRamblings yeah we misunderstood the rule.. thanks 😀

[@greginfla_1]

You know when Sunniva first stated Federation and Bruxelles …. Scratches the same itch, I thought she was crazy……. But after thinking about it, she’s right. Both games is kind of easy to see what you want to do, but you have limited resources to accomplish and do you put down a lower value worker to be cheap on an action then you end up losing your targeted objective. ….. spot on Sunniva

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

I agree! There are absolutely a lot of similarities, even though they are very different and give different feels!

[@mkitten13]

Own: Wyrmspan (replaced Wingspan) Le Havre Terraforming Mars Age of Innovation Federation Don't own: Castles of Burgundy (sold it) Rebel Princess (never played, but not that into trick taking) Brass (enjoy Brass Birmingham, just not tempted to buy it) Pictomania (never played) Azul (sold it, but would play it) Medici (sold it) The White Castle (sold it) Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion (no interest in that style of game) Spectacular (never played) Blood Rage (never played, not big on area control) Hard to get (never played) Flip 7 (never played) Bruxelles 1893 (never played)

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Thanks for sharing! Might be a couple of the ones on your not played list that you’ll enjoy!

[@manuelkooijman5757]

Wow, have a few crossovers but I vehemently disagree with some as well. I would put Codenames, Pandemic and Heat on the list. And for the solo option Friday is essential although it is not a looker . And for war games Undaunted is essential as a quick playing very light intro to war games.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Love it! Thanks for sharing your choices! 🤩

[@MF-jx9xb]

In no particular order: Star Wars Rebellion Castles of Burgundy Arkham Horror LCG Dice Throne Brass Birmingham Arkham Horror Dune Imperium 7 Wonders Duel Azul Ark Nova

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Great list! Thanks for taking time to share :)

[@ChewieHuey]

YAAAAASSSS! To Bruxelles 1893!

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

So good 🤩

[@VampguyN85]

The only 3 on this list I own are Azul, Age of Innovation and Castles of Burgundy. I don't love Azul, but it's something I can get my parents to play over the holidays, so I don't mind something short and simple with them. I haven't played Age of Innovation yet, but from reviews it seemed better for me than Terra Mystica. I did back the royal edition of Castles of Burgundy with the pre shaded castle miniatures, than played it a couple of times and decided I don't like the game. My gamer friend and I both agree it is too generic and boring for us. Not worth bothering with at all. However the components are good quality, and I will probably keep it incase I make friends down the road that will transition off gateway games to heavier stuff through Castles of Burgundy. My must have list would be Spirit Island, Arkham Horror the LCG, Mage Knight and Everdell complete collection, in no particular order. Tho I'm excited for Andromeda's edge to arrive, and can't wait to back Voidfall next year when the new expansion launches. And I'm currently addicted to Dwellings of Eldervale and Marvel Champions.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Thank you for sharing your thoughts! We have Andromeda’s Edge on the shelf, but haven’t had the time to play yet! Hope to get it played before the end of the year :) Hope you’ll love it!

[@SaschaKleiber]

Switch TM with AE and were good. 😀 I also enjoy Blood Rage, but because its only good with 3 or more players it didnt make it into my top 10...

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Pretty nice that you agree with most of it 😁

[@nirszi]

Agree with everything except with Brass and not because I don't like it. Also I'd replace TM with Ark Nova.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Thanks for sharing! What would be the reason for changing out Brass in your eyes? :)

[@pm71241]

Terraforming Mars looks like a cool game ... but unfortunately, I've tried it. I also hated every second of it. ... basically no incentive to pay attention to other players. It's almost MPS. It will get no where near my collection.

[@Oaklestat]

My two favorite games 🎉

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Which ones? 🤔🥳

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​@BoardGamingRamblings that was supposed to say "gamers" 😁

[@-GrnDZer0-]

First! (Player?)

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Woop woop 🤩

[@azounx]

As in Top Ten ESSENtial games?

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Hahahaha 😂

[@Vadjong]

Uhm... I own only 10% of each of your lists (Age of Innovation + White Castle). How about Unmatched/Garphill Games/Tiny Epic Games/Pandemic/The Crew/Spirit Island/Mysterium Park/Lost Ruins of Arnak/Quest for El Dorado/Endeavour Deep Sea...

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Great choices! Thank you for sharing 😁

[@david6294]

Castles of Burgundy is one of my favourites but I don't think it's great at two players.

[@stormburns]

Best player count is 2p?! XD

[@david6294]

@@stormburns No. Four is best. Two is too restrictive on what tiles you can get

[@briancline4173]

@@stormburns Agreed. It is widely considered one of the very best euro games at two players and has been for a very long time.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

I love it at 2, and have mostly played it at 2 because of how snappy it plays! Happy to hear you’re enjoying it 🤩

[@SasquatchChief]

Don’t like co-ops and the micro-discussions, then don’t play them. Probably doesn’t play bridge or spades. You need a micro-discussion or your team will lose. Probably also hates Pandemic.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

That is usually what we do :) We like some coops, but most of the time, they are not our favorite style of game! I’m veey happy that many people love them, and that is why I love this hobby so much as well, there are lapds and loads of fantastic games for every taste! 🤩

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I find the phrase, "this game is going to be..." annoying, because it's not "going to be" anything, it just is. The game has been made. The phrase is redundant. I get why you say it, a lot of American reviewers overuse this phrase. I'd wager a lot of non-americans are low-key irritated too, but don't want to waste so much time writing a long-winded reply. Oh wait... 😅

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There are going to be viewers who might not realize that... 😉

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I’m unsure if I understand what you mean, so sorry about that! 😅 Do you mean when we say f.ex «my next game is going to be (game name)?» If so, interesting. It’s probably because English isn’t our first language, but it seems like a thing one could say, and it would be gramatically correct? When thinking about it, it wouldn’t be correct in Norwegian, so I might be just stupid 😂 Can’t promise we’ll change, and hope you’ll enjoy the rest of the video 😅

[@woolvey]

@@BoardGamingRamblings I think the reference is to something like "my next one is going to be a drawing game". I think the objection is that the game is already a drawing game, rather than it is going to be one in the future. However, the phrase is grammatically correct. The "one" in the phrase is not a reference to the game, it is a reference to the pick. i.e. your sentence is paraphrased to "my next pick is going to be a drawing game", rather than "my next game is going to be a drawing game". As the pick is not yet announced, it is in the future and is "going to be" a pick in the category of "drawing games". Nothing wrong with this at all, in either US or UK English.

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Unsubscribed more silly rainbow nonsense.

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Some people, eh... "rainbow nonsense"... Amazing what people say sometimes