Top 10 Games of 2023 Reranked

[@Mdoherty1687]

One thing I love about distilled is that it always feels like I’m progressing. I may not make what I expected, but I know I’ll get another chance next time likely with better odds.

[@iTimik]

We picked up Kutna Hora without knowing anything about the game but based on the fact that my wife is from the Czech Republic and we had visited Kutna Hora and loved the experience. It quickly became our favourite game. The market is a fantastic device that forces a player interaction instead of being just another multi-player solitaire euro city builder. It is quirky and I think that uniqueness threw off some early reviewers. Even at 2-players, in spite of the criticisms, it is a great time.

[@spike2439]

Happy new years bros! Love your content

[@TheDavidPhillips]

The new graphics and on-screen animations are a nice touch. Too bad the games are all trash now - it's 2025, these are dinosaurs. TRASH dinosaurs. Trashosaurus Rex. That's Latin for Trash King. This got weird real quick. Love you clowns.

[@vincesavvy2844]

Awesome list! And I will add that seeing Burning Banners right behind you filled my heart with joy!

[@jurds216]

I introduced That's not a hat to my game group and they loved it. They were a little skeptical about the simplicity of the game but it turned into a bunch of laughing and bad bluffing.

[@AndrewWatson401]

I'm enjoying videos about 2023 games, including this one, more than their 2024 counterparts. I've played more 2023 games, and the creators have had time to play and think about the games more.

[@Firebeees]

Super hyped for the South Tigris Expansion playthroughs! I did a bit of playtesting for them on TTS and am excited to see the physical copies!

[@boardtoplay]

Love the look back! Just got Kutna hora, excited to get it to the table!😊

[@darbyl3872]

For me, the Matcha expansion improved the play time and game play of The White Castle, but it's good either way. Hooky and That's Not A Hat make great gifts, depending on how brainy are your family / friends. Now I want to play Kutna Hora again. Economic games are fun, and there's not as many to choose from.

[@hoolio197900]

Apiary is definitely my number 1 game. I had little interest in it and it's vast possibilities had really impressed me.

[@txsportsfreak02]

The white castle is so amazing!

[@Blackwolf9]

Really love Nucleum for all the reasons you guys mentioned and it being compared to SETI really has me hyped for it. I have it on hold through Game Nerdz and now can't wait to play it that much more.

[@chaniofdune]

I would loooove to play Hooky, Turing Machine was my most played game in 2024. Deduction with more interaction sounds amazing! Sadly one person in my game group hates deduction 😅

[@CheeseDud]

Hooky is so good. It’s probably the game my wife requests to play most often. Unfortunately, it’s very susceptible to the “one player accidentally gives an incorrect clue and messes up everyone else’s logic“ problem. Still fantastic.

[@ericnelson382]

Completely agree with Nucleum! It should be much higher on BGG. Hope it breaks the top 100. It’s a great Euro

[@spacegoatjunkie]

sad to see Apiary fall off the list. It's one of my absolute favorites atm. It just doesn't get played very often due to not having a good group for it. The solo automa is fantastic (like most Stonemeier automas), but the setup for a solo game is a little much for me.

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Honestly the main reason it fell off is we just haven’t had a chance to play it again. We also down own it so it’s hard to get played

[@ChristinaHeber-f6b]

I love the video! Will respond later with my thoughts!

[@StuartHetzler]

Dang, I'll have to look into Kutna Hora.

[@cartoon80s90s]

Your videos are all great so I searched for your Kutná Hora playthrough, but there isn't one? Or is it posted under the BGG channel?

[@TheBrothersMurph]

We don’t have one yet :( but we will live stream it here soon to get a play through up

[@Drumox]

Maybe if I could spell the Burger Canal game it would be on a list but I can't even search for it

[@StuartHetzler]

Oranienburger Kanal

[@TEN27]

Do you think Kunta Hora would work well at 2 players?

[@okoskamark]

I’ve played it at 2 before and it was pretty good! It has a 2 player main board as well!

[@nirszi]

I think it's great at 2.

[@HarryBuddhaPalm]

I've played Thunder Road with three different groups of people and all three loved it. I've had people want to immediately play it again after finishing a game. It's so much fun.

[@stefanstenke4594]

Same experience here. Its so wild because basically it's a roll and move game. But all the fun decisions and flavour make it auch a great game. It is almost magical to see the heaviest Euro gamers completely losing their turn Angst and just have a blast with the chaos. The excitement and fun while playing this game is bar to none

[@jlotrujillo]

Naw son. Always do a barrel roll!!!

[@ekurisona663]

is forest shuffle trash?

[@TheBrothersMurph]

No not at all

[@ekurisona663]

@TheBrothersMurph oh good I was confused I just got it and haven't even had a chance to learn it yet

[@Karak-Fak]

Fine! I subscribed. Not a perv!

[@bWOOOPdeWooop]

Daaaang epic thumbnail

[@Kravian729]

I loved forest shuffle for one play and the hated it for the next two. Sold it with no regrets