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I enjoy when you show the actual game components and go over them vs just showing boxes. Gives a much better feel for the game.

Seems like it would be more interesting if each player's scoring tableau was hidden, or if there were more types of special action cards. Nice artwork though.

Just shows we're all different. With at least 4 I think this is quick and interesting. Definitely earns it's place in my collection. This really isn't a 2 player game so I think Balloon Cup or Odin's Ravens etc are better choices if you intend to play at 2.

What would you rate Joraku?

Given finite shelf space and monetary budget, I agree this game just doesn't grab me. I'd rather play "Balloon Cup". I appreciate your videos as you seem so open to present games even when they don't quite work for you.

Just recieved Courtisans myself. Must test to get a feel of it. Seems I got lucky and got an order in of a lightly used copy of MarraCash, a 'grail game" on my want to buy list.

I really enjoyed this content. It was like listening to a podcast. Can fully appreciate how much effort this took. Thanks for your contribution to the board game community!

couldn't of at least held up the games??? some games share names hard to look for what your mentioning if i dont know what im looking for man i usually really enjoy your vids but this time man..........sad

That's a ton of games! Terra Pyramides looks intriguing. This is the one I am most interested in checking out. 😊

Babel is a good one. I have the Kosmos small box one from way back. It's sitting next to Lost Cities, Hera and Zeus and Blue Moon.

Thank you for taking the time to reflect on the year sonfar. But i was getting quite a lot of digital distortion on your voice. Am I the only one?

Putting the alphabetical list in the description would help following along. :)

it would be so nice if there is a picture showing the game while talking about it.

I think Actual Factual is flawed in the sense that if you make up a fake answer, if somebody asks you to repeat it, you'll forget your answer, whereas the the actual answer is written and the player reads it (instead of remembering what they said) Major Con

Claim It and Gang of Dice are my dice game favourites. Through the Desert only works with 2 or 4 players for me. It is in my top 10 overall.

Hansa Teutonica is SIIIICKKK! I like how your channel covers older games too and reminds us of some of the EXCELLENT older games out there.

Qin is SOOO friggen awesome. Its a crime against humanity how underrated it is.

I respect your reviews the most among the board game reviewers. I've yet to be disappointed or disagree with a game you've recommended. You are one of the few honest board game reviewers out there not in the pocket of Big Board Game.

Another game with quirky bidding that I enjoy is Don/Serengeti/Templari (M Schacht). I'm curious to see your opinion on "Yinsh".

Looks like I’m in the minority with you. I remembered a not so favorable review but got it in a trade. And Devir had been really good. I loved how seemingly straightforward it was, but I did a playthrough and then later the solo game and both times I was bored out of my mind. Just felt really unsatisfying. I should play it opposed but decided to pass it on to a friend instead. Would much rather play something else than waste any more time on this one.

So strange to see Through the Desert not making your top 100 yet, this games is a masterpiece and I think its far better than Blue Lagoon.

Fortunately babel is getting reprinted this year, although with another theme

People who call Feld games point salads don't understand what a genius he is. When you get points for EVERYTHING, you might as well be getting no points for anything. It's exactly the same thing. It doesn't matter if you end a game with 12 points like Dune imperium or 12.000 points. All that matters is that you score more than the others to win. And that's where Feld's genius is hidden. He makes you think everyone is getting points (and technically they are) except there are hidden engine building elements within the mini games he's set up. The person who gets only one point for the Trajan tile the reduces feeding costs is way ahead than the person who got 9 points from a trajan tile that did nothing else even though he might seem ahead on points. The person who goes for all the animals in Burgundy will sky rocket in points in the beginning but is going to lose to the person who went for mines and value buildings. So sure, go ahead, keep calling them point salad games. Just like Tom Vasel who coined the term, you'll never understand how his designs work. Tom Vasel has never understood a Feld design in his life and admits he's never been any good at them. I don't think following his a example is the best idea if you're planning on investing in Feld games.

Love Isle of trains. Good interaction and a great compact travel game. Babel looks interesting.

I haven't played Babel or Carsar & Cleopatra fir over 20 years - but remember liking both. Given your new interest in the GIPF Series and Abstracts generally, are you done with "Ur" (P Mori) or could give it another look?

Played the game just now. Really horrible experience. Not clean at all. Too much steps but in the end, only the worker at the administration is counted as score. Goods deliver is useless, route upgrade is useless since money is not a problem, imbalance era, era 1 ended early because all the players need to establish routes. The rule book also not helping.

I feel like i should be insulted "amerismashy"?????

This is a great list, appreciate the one fell swoop top 100. Based on your list it seems like you would enjoy the designer Stefan Feld, you should check him out! . . . 😜

GIPF series is amazing. I'm probably the only one that puts PUNCT so high on the list.... 1&2: YINSH 10/10, TZAAR 10/10 3: LYNGK 9/10 4: PUNCT 9/10 5: DVONN 9/10 6: GIPF 8/10 7: ZERTZ 8/10

As a big fan of Knizia tilelaying games I was abit critical of this because of the tracks. But it really was a pleasent surprise. It plays fast and it is quite tense. As with other Knizia titles you have to balance grabbing as many points as possible while still securing top spot on your own track and effectively blocking your opponents. You can't let another player "shoot the moon" and connect all cities for 20 bonus points total. It doesn't scale well. It is 4 players or nothing.

Babel is being reprinted and rethemed this year

I own Babel. A hidden gem. Must get it to the table again.

I love love love the gipf games. 1 YINSH 2 TZAAR 3 LYNGK 4 ZERTZ 5 DVONN 6 PUNCT 7 GIPF They each have their merits, but the first five are all stellar! I highly recommend playing them all.

I've had Babel on the watchlist for awhile now, waiting for the right price to pop on a Zman copy! I have a few of Uve Rosenberg's light to medium weight games like Nova Luna, Nusfjord, Glass Road, At the Gates of Loyang, and Bohnanza. But ya I tend to veer away from the punishing ones like Agricola :)

TZAAR is the best modern abstract strategy game. Both in the GIPF-series and of all ASGs. DVONN is the number two best in the series for me. Very smooth and accessible. Both are masterpieces. First 5-10 times playing one uses random setup for both games. However, when both players are confident, they build up the board placing 1 and 1 piece. This goes for both games.

Recent subscriber! Love your takes on games, we like similar games!

O/T - have you played Tammany Hall? Would be interested to hear your thoughts on a game that for many is an El Grande killer….

Glastonbury just seems like a up to date version of High Hand

I am enjoying this game very much. Key is not to start going for towns in your own colour, but to try and first steal the (first) bonus points on your opponents’ tracks and with those, catch-up on your own colour track. Very tense, but works magnificently if executed well.

Fun list, hope ypu have fun with them R- echo and Pushin looks most interesting to me. Have fun.

I’m really enjoying it. Good interaction. Sometimes it’s more on the map sometimes more in the tracks. Feels like there is good room for system mastery. I actually find Through the Desert to just be too quick. You make a couple of tense decisions but there’s no time to really execute a long term strategy. So those decisions kind of come out in the wash of repetition. The little speed bumps you have to navigate in Cascadero are both puzzly whilst offering moments of weakness your opponents to exploit. It’s not his most elegant design though, I agree.

Glad I chose to back TTD over this. But I agree the box cover is gorgeous.

Many games "only" really works great with four players. My opinion this goes for Knizia's Blue Lagoon and this. A problem? Not really.

Yeah sadly this one is a miss for me. Often enough Knizia combines elements of his past games with a new ingredient to create magic. This is the time where it didn't work. I would recommend Babylonia over this any time of the day.

This game is way over complicated

Thanks for the review! I'd love to see a quick one on Cascadito too if you ever get your hands on it.

Sounds like getting the new edition of Through the Desert is the better choice, since I haven't played either.

I am a big Knizia fan and this one just didn't look right to me from the beginning. I was hoping that I would be proved wrong, but it doesn't sound that way.

Wow that's a surprise. I played it 3 times at Origins, and it was a favorite of many. Definitely best at 3-4p and most challenging with farmers. The 3rd [farmer] game came down to final envoys and a tie breaker, with the high scoring player being 1 away from top of his track.

ahh too bad to hear you didnt enjoy it as much. I had a game where I repositioned an envoy in order to fix and connect my chain and it gave me a bunch of the 2 towns of the same color connection (regarding the big turns statement). It definitely is more circumstantial and requires a bit of planning to pull off. Ill have to give TTD a play at some point