Top 10 Tiny Games

[@Saeed_999_]

10-Ubongo Fun sized edition, Dale of Merchants, Red7 9-Celestia,Lie,10 minute heist 8-Timeline,High Society,Mint Works 7-Spyfall,Deckscape,A Fake Artist Goes To New York 6-Keyforge,Kodachi,Hokkaido 5-Hero realms/Star realms,The Grizzled,Archaelogy 4-Onitama,Monster Trick,Insider/Werewords 3-Patriots and redcoats,Caper,Welcome to the dungeon 2-Hanamikoji/Jixia academy,Shipwreak arcana,No Thanks 1-Silver and gold,Age of war,Port Royal

[@crystalheath6510]

My top 10 small games: 10: Harbor - action selection game 9: Roll For it - Quick dice game where you try to roll specific sets of dice to fulfill goals 8: Celestia - press your luck 7: Change - an old cheap-ass game not sure if its still available it came in a tiny plastic bag 6: Star Realms - Dominion or ascension style game 5: Tiny Epic Galaxies - So far the only Tiny Epic game i like but really really good. 4: Citadels - a great party game for 3-9 players 3: Fairy Tale - Drafting game where you are trying to collect sets usually 2: Roll Through the Ages - This game is like 4x game as Yahtzee. so great! 1: Inn Fighting - This is a dice game perfect for groups. characters are cool.

[@ohthatguy.140]

I'm so glad you guys made this list. I get together with friends at pubs all the time and I want to bring multiple small games that I can fit in my pocket or bag. "An easy to carry play anywhere pocket game" is how I would define it. @6:00 Tom, I believe its a marketing gimmick. Instead of saying its a smaller candy bar you call it "FUN-SIZED". Thanks guys!

[@liormk7655]

The only reason they made the 2nd hanamikoji game is so Sam could list it as a different game in his top tens.

[@VorpalSlade]

Hurray, Circle the Wagons! I've been binging your top ten lists and I'm so glad to finally hear that game come up. I've only got an extremely modest collection (under 20 games) but after recently being inspired by you guys to rank them Circle the Wagons ended up in the number one spot. It's just beats out every other game I have in a number of aspects; cheaper, smaller (easier to bring out or take places), simpler (but deceptively very complex despite it), more replayability, faster (we always play best of three), more accessible (BIG plus) and more. Really intricate and enjoyable little game, and even though it's perhaps not my FAVOURITE, I think for all the reasons mentioned I'd always be willing to play it over any other game in my collection, which says a lot and is the reason it's number one.

[@charlieinnes4378]

Fox in the forest, arboretum, port royal, sluff off, claim, sushi go (maybe pushing it), the mind, hanabi, and a few oinks would be my first thoughts.

[@pubsociology2945]

*Two Top Ten Tiny Games Lists! and a list by Sam.

[@kau6912]

Not sure what Sam was doing...

[@Candorsmayhem]

K Au no one ever does.

[@blanetalk]

Yep. Sorry, Sam. For example, Onitama should never have been on this list. Box is too big!

[@josephciaravino4115]

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[@hypnoticsorin8016]

Archaeology:The new expedition, For Sale ,The Fox in the Forest, Biblios, Werewords, and San Juan are my go-to's for small games. Love these lists, since lately these type of games are all i get to play nowadays

[@johchadow]

San Juan's box is pretty big, it doesn't need to be, but it is.

[@cameronross8812]

Legitimately cant tell why "flip and fill" hasn't caught on. Its the right name for that style.

[@kirkbeiser]

My top ten small box games off the top of my head - Campy Creatures - Space Park - Dale of Merchants (Zee) - Mint Works (Tom) - Tides of Madness - Circle the Wagons - Shards of Infinity - Capital Lux (out of print currently) - Villages of Valeria - Zany Penguins - Herbaceous

[@victorgonzalez2927]

0) San Juan 1) Mephisto 2) Mint Works/Delivery 3) Crypt 4) Ringmaster 5) Coup 6) Love Letter 7) Castles of Burgundy Dice 8) Cthulhu Dice 9) Claim 1 & 2 10) Desolate 11) Brutal Kingdom 12) Harald 13) Lords of Scotland 14) Fairytale 15) Parade 16) Starving Artists 17) Crystallo 18) Arboretum 19) Gloom 20) Fluxx 21) Pumpkin Patch Bad Seeds 22) Gosu Tactics 23) Choson 24) Koryo 25) Deck Box Dungeon Button Shy makes a lot of great tiny games as well. Tiny Epic Games aren't so tiny!

[@jacobbengert5531]

Some I like that that didn't get mentioned: Set a Watch; Black Sonata; and Cahoots. I would love to see a list of games with a small footprint.

[@sherylw4599]

Zee's comments just slay me! Hilarious. Good entertainment value for your dollar.

[@cobtyrannon2479]

Doublesleeving saves your cards from spillage and dust particles (make scratches on your cards). When you play with Magic: The Gathering cards worth 2-4K the investment of doublesleeving is well worth the hassle

[@donaldthinkman]

At #7 now and just have to say that spyfall absolutely fits in your pocket. I have gone to so many parties with four or five packs in my pocket. It is terrific to pull out at a tiny cocktail table with no room at all and say “one of us is a spy”.

[@ReadySteadyPlay]

My Dad usually has a deck of cards with him in the hopes that someone will play bridge with him. - Chris

[@jcb3393]

Before viewing, my list would consist of: 1) Love Letter 2) Get Bit! 3) Pickomino (a.k.a. Heckmeck am Bratwurmacek) 4) No Thanks! 5) Sticheln 6) Bang! the Dice Game 7) Guillotine 8) Set 9) Coup 10) Zombie Dice Let's watch and compare!

[@adriangutierrez7686]

This is very useful, I import games so having more options that don't take too much space in the suitcase, for example.

[@hanseathl]

Tiny Epic Galaxy is the one I would have expected from that series.

[@floodedphrasing]

I missed Tom this week, but the Riddler was a pretty good substitute.

[@ericdollarhyde3296]

floodedphrasing 😂😂😂

[@bobsiddoway]

Always love Zee’s random choices!!!

[@godspacejuno]

MY "AGE OF WAR" HOUSERULES VARIANT RECOMMENDATION SHOWN BELOW: I don't know why this variant was never added by Knizia, but it works. I use these to make the game more interesting (instead of having to keep fighting and re-rolling with smaller numbers of players): 1. Every time you form a set, use the number of cards in the set to allow you only 1 "reinforcement roll" per turn. For example, if you have a three-set of castle cards completed, and you've lost 3 dice to attrition, then put those dice back into your pool and keep rolling. 2. If you have more than one set of cards completed, you can combine sets in a various order of addition. For example, if you have a two-set and a three-set completed, you can add 1 reinforcement roll when you lose 2 dice, 3 dice, or 5 dice. But you have to choose when to use the reinforcement roll, and you can't take dice from those already committed to the card you chose. 3. This also means that if you secure a four-set and a three-set of cards (or 3, 3, and 1), when you run out of dice, you get to take 1 additional reinforcement roll of 7 dice as your second wave of attack (you can't reroll dice lost to attrition during this second turn).

[@godspacejuno]

The variant seemed obvious to me as a balancing mechanism against a string of poor dice rolls with a lower player count. That's what I should have said. But yes, strictly speaking I am not his wife. And thank god, you're not mine.

[@kefalos7134]

There is a Travel Version of “For Sale”, large card pack size.

[@pm71241]

I love how innocent Tom is about the "fun sized" expression

[@benjaminspears8488]

We recently picked up FIRE IN THE LIBRARY and our family really enjoys pushing our luck to rescue books. My son also really likes POCKET OPS which is like strategic tic tac toe.

[@RGcrasyRG]

Yay, "No thanks!". Bought it a long time ago after hearing about it from you, and having a blast still!

[@jcb3393]

45:28 - "it sounds tricky..." - Zee talking about a trick-taking game. ISWYDT

[@joannabroussard942]

Deskscape is replayable for those of us that have memory issues. Put the cards back in number order and you can play the game later. Keep track of time and all that on a note pad instead of on the cards.

[@leonardoar1458]

pocket hive, mint works, the resistance are my top 3

[@Dasaru]

Some great tiny games not mentioned that I like are: Coup Gloom Air, Land & Sea Jaipur Diamant

[@fearanarchy]

Every game of Age of War: 10-20min later... "Well all that we have left to do is complete the 4-part territory" "Boy, I am glad I can spend an additional 20 min fighting over the back and forth trying to have one of us complete this territory"

[@godspacejuno]

Read my recommendation above and let me know how it works for you.

[@MrBaker-ce3ln]

Tom, I believe that "20 Questions" website was called "Akinator." It's like an interactive genie guessing your word. I've only stumped him once, and it was technically semantics soooooo...

[@123ehdrmfl]

Zachary Baker There's a electronic toy called 20Q

[@nihthasu]

Glad to see Welcome to The Dungeon, but no Fugitive? No Getaway Driver?

[@DarthEd77]

1. Roma & Arena: Roma II, 2. Deep Sea Adventure, 3. Hanabi, 4. No Thanks, 5. Star Realms, 6. Coup, 7. Chrononauts, 8. Love Letter: Batman, 9. Battle Line, 10. Citadels

[@wroot_lt]

Maniacal shuffler by Zee :D Oh, and the "I agree with everything you've said" burn :D

[@awesomerhino8008]

I'm glad to see Hanamikoji made it on here. 7 Ronin has a similar feel, in that you have to make difficult decisions, and is quite small. It's one that goes on the, "I wish this was 2x the size," list.

[@debrabeaumont3330]

You gentlemen were in rare form tonight. This is the most I have laughed at one of your presentations. Keep up the good work.

[@fredoblong]

It was inevitable for you to miss some with so many but it looks like Sam really struggled. Add The Mind and Belratti, and Mini Tin Mint Skullduggery as really fun small games.

[@TheEpinema]

Celesta is an 8 x 8 inch box,, how is that tiny? That's.... small! lol

[@sds802]

original celestia is 4x4 ish. I have the german version.

[@stacie_everdell]

Tom, did you know that Mint Works is a very old public domain game that was built to play in conjunction with a box of Altoids? The cards fit in the Altoid box and you used the Altoids mints as your workers. Bit of trivia if you like. :)

[@BorisCaro]

Everybody knew that Zee’s number one IS Onirim. He just did not want to be seen as too predictable 😜 Always nice to hear you talk about games you like and also make some inside jokes. Sam, you hit a home run on this list!

[@rumpleforeskin1275]

Sam's #11 was Gloomhaven

[@garys4067]

None of you picked my favorite tiny game: The Fox in the Forest. Thanks for the great top 10.

[@guillermoz4914]

Gary S great game!

[@victorgonzalez2927]

I would say try Claim if you like FitF

[@kau6912]

Some of Sam's picks are questionable, but I am glad to see Archaeology the Card Game on this list

[@richardshort2001]

Tiny Epic Blood Rage

[@bigfatcheeser]

Yeah wouldn't he love that

[@evalien]

I love this top 10, great subject. I buy a lot of tiny games because I play most of my games in trains and bars and I have an unamerican amount of shelf space. I'd also nominate: Cabo, Railroad ink (harvest dice/welcome to), Dungeon Mayhem, Lost legacy, Flip city, Office 21, Diner, Deep sea adventure and Sushi go. I don't bring the boxes when travelling & these all fit a tiny train table when playing.

[@nickvandam1214]

Jaipur, Tiny Epic Galaxies, Burgle Bros, Paperback, Coup

[@kiwisoup]

Tom said he wished "A Fake Artist Goes to New York" was actually bigger. I just saw recently that Target now carries a version of the game that is about 50% larger. The markers and player boards are the same size, but the pads are larger. Deep Sea Adventure by the same publisher is also larger but I haven't seen inside that one.

[@Suzanrubi]

Sprawlopolis, manhatten project chain reaction, timeline, mtg, ascention apprentice edition, star realm.

[@Candorsmayhem]

Suzanrubi I mean mtg if you only have one deck. Haven't heard of anything but star realms, but am excited to look me up.

[@JoachimErdtman]

Red7 is fantastic with all the advanced rules and scoring.

[@sm5574]

I don't understand all the hate for Uno. I mean, I'm not saying it's a great game or anything, but it's certainly one of the best mass-market games available. If I go over to someone's house and all they have is mass-market games, Uno is probably the first one I'd go for. It's quick, it's easy, it's inclusive. For example, Clue favors a deductive mind, Stratego favors a tactical mind (and is only a two-player game), Scrabble favors min-maxxers with large vocabularies, etc. But Uno is simple and light, with a little bit of strategy and a considerable amount of luck, but unless you're ultra-competitive, who cares?

[@1q2w3e4r5t6yx]

They forgot "Gloomhaven: Tweezer micro edition"

[@kushlinfield7106]

Why does Sam look like he’s having an existential crisis?

[@gabef9538]

Ah big pockets but not deep pockets. I've seen old pennies the size of a small plate. I'm not sure why those old coins were called pennies but it was a good thing we didn't know the game quarters back then.

[@CarlToonist]

They should call Flip and Writes, "Draw & Draw"

[@JoachimErdtman]

Here's my list, off the top of my head. 1. Lost Legacy 2. Hive 3. Cold War: CIA vs. KGB 4. Mottainai 5. Red7 6. The Boss 7. Office 21 8. Trick of the Rails 9. Impulse 10. Button Men

[@williamgarcia-medina9989]

Joachim Erdtman gonna check these out.

[@florianstock376]

Expected Sam would have O.G.R.E on his list - the orginal version (and the reprint of it) came in a small ziplock bag. Very Tiny

[@89taklung]

I'd go with stuff like Kodama, Railroad Ink, Hanamikoji, The Mind, Coup, Zura... most of the mentioned games semm to big for 2tiny" Oo

[@MrJadude]

Sam always puts the same 20 games in all his lists ... it goes without saying

[@DeadVoivod]

Plus he misses almost every time the topic.

[@ryancabrera3502]

Deep Sea Adventure!!!

[@Kittyhat]

i can't help but feel like the pack-o-games Dig is just a better version of Deep Sea Adventure

[@jameshowlett1546]

Some more love for ButtonShy wallet games would be great

[@mcshannon02]

Two games I have got picked. Two that I have that I would put high are: The Builders (I got the middle ages) And Guilde Hall

[@zelbinian]

Thief's Market! Tiny box, LOT of game!

[@bgambin7039]

I would like to add Dungeon Roll, Loot, Eminent Domain Microcosm, Zooloretto Dice Game, Port Royal, Tiny Epic Galaxies, Insider.

[@Deokiev]

+1 for Eminent Domain Microcosm! Port Royal is also very good, it's been mentioned.

[@jeffnemecek4613]

High Five for Tom on Red7! I carry this game with me all over the world. Love it!

[@BorisCaro]

You also forgot Sushi Go, Fleet, Palm Island, Sail to India... Next time you do a top 20 🤪

[@monicaelidaforssell5542]

Pigment, Songbirds, Ganz Schön, Birds of a Feather, Valley of the Kings

[@larshoffmann2594]

I wonder, no one mentioned "Citadels"? Is the english Citadels-Box so much bigger than the German equivalent "Ohne Furcht und Adel"?

[@JoeH679]

Deep Sea Adventure, A fake Artist Goes to New York, Sushi Go, Hanabi, No Thanks, 6 Nimmt, citadels.

[@shamgar86]

Ok, before watch start the list - Sam's got Codinca, Bang the Dice Game, and Star Realms SLASH Hero Realms.. Oh! and Hanamikoji and Tournament at Camelot as well. *grabs popcorn* Let's see how I do...

[@toe.knee.sobaskie1678]

I'd like to see... Top Games for each letter of the alphabet. Two episodes 13 each.

[@sebastiantrost6409]

I reccomend the WorldChampionshipDecks from the Pokemon TCG: They are turnament proven decks - so you need no collecting and deck building - built on different streategies by specific (high ranking) players of the yearly tournament. The designs are kid-friendly. They are rather balanced, optimized, small footprint and relatively easy (compared to Magic/Yugioh) with no interruption of turns. We played the four 2017 edition decks during vacation in cafés or while the kids were napping. I would also suggest the Themedecks, but those aren't optimized and suffer from runaway wins and randomness, where es the worldchamionship decks are very consistend in their performance.

[@jameswoodard4304]

I'm liking those mint green suspenders there, sir.

[@monicaelidaforssell5542]

Parade, Mow, Straw, Mama Mia, One Deck Dungeon, Hanabi

[@marekbabinec9202]

I would add Neanderthal, Pax Renaissance which you should at least try to play, Schotten Totten, Dead Man' s Draw...Tiny Epic Galaxies still counts for me in Top 10 and Monty Python Fluxx from the craziest ones (and the only version of fluxx where theme really works), and old edition of Red November :) But I really liked all of the lists, great choices guys. :)

[@harrisonlynch4701]

Watching this to try and predict what’s going in the back pack giveaway

[@greenk77]

Iota or Zoolorette Dice game

[@jimsmith7445]

Great outfit TOM!!!! Love the green theme!

[@billyguinigundo4849]

Double sleeve for KeyForge where decks are unique makes a lot of sense

[@ryanhiatt23]

Bohnanza the dice game is small and amazing!!!

[@menos444]

No hive, no one deck dungeon.... :(

[@GameWeekendChalbie]

I like flip and fill when a roll and write uses cards.

[@xenophon1841]

Did I miss something why is there not and Tiny Epic games on Toms list?

[@thedicetower]

Not tiny enough.

[@nosrednadnomyar86]

How did tom not have quest for planet 9!!!

[@nahailyenvanakkor]

The new Amigo version of No Thanks! is called Schöne Sch#!?e and it's indeed awesome.

[@danhoskins9734]

No love for One Deck Dungeon on any of these lists?

[@avisian8063]

I don't own enough of these. But I really want to work out the volume of each and rate each list based on total volume... Celestia: 5.8 * 20.1 * 20.1 = 2,343cm³ Spyfall: 4.8 * 20.6 * 20.6 = 2,037cm³

[@RobertGerman]

Tinyforming Mars

[@fearanarchy]

PNPs never get a mention. But that one after I finally made it shows how much the creator really understood their inspiration material and th goal of making a tiny game. Very well executed.

[@garcipat]

What about Jaipur?

[@KBWrecker]

Lol thank God for Sam that really was dragging on

[@skidawg22]

I'm shocked that Zee left out Kobayakawa. (D'OH! He has it as an honorable mention.)

[@adrianant93]

Are all these games available for purchase? For instance, I cannot find Mint Works for sale, except for the second one.

[@KinnArchimedes]

Geez, Sam actually put Age Of War. At least it was a small-to-tiny box game... Edit: Do a top ten for actually only small-box/Tiny Box games. Too many of these games the box is way large.

[@pjlacey3990]

Fantasy Realms

[@jshaffer3370]

Sam! These are not tiny games! Mint Works, Jaipur, Hanabi, The Mind, Railroad Ink, etc are tiny games. . But goodness gracious you have a great taste...

[@ddraug6096]

How did none of them mention the tiny epic series

[@blarneystone38]

B I B L I O S

[@luk3y935]

Star wars empire vs rebellion??

[@marioduran9623]

I’m waiting for my tiniest game to com from Kickstarter...The Blessed Dark...

[@TheRASDEL83]

I find the lack of Sushi Go/Sushi Go Party... disturbing... XD