Tag: top10

I haven’t played a lot of new games this year. Mostly because of the pandemic. Last time i had a game party was at the beginning of March. Which was also the time i played one of the new to me games. Which actually was Pandemic: The Cure. And we won 🙂 But real life situation was more complicated. I also haven’t played any new game aside from Hadara on Yucata or BGA, although there were a lot of new games created in these systems. But most of them didn’t peek my interest. And i guess i kind of cooled off on board games in general. Watch less reviews and related content on Youtube and play less on Yucata. But i still like playing and maybe 2021 will have more new discoveries. As usual, Top 100 compiled using Pub Meeple’s Ranking Engine.

Best new to me games this year:

1. Pandemic: The Cure (56th overall)
2. Unstable Unicorns (74)

Best games of all time:

1. Rajas of the Ganges (+4)
2. The Oracle of Delphi (+3)
3. Thunderstone (+3)
4. Ticket to Ride: Europe (+3)
5. Tokaido (-3)
6. Small World (-3)
7. Keltis (+10)
8. Cacao (+1)
9. Firenze (-9)
10. Carcassonne (-2)

Read More

Same as last year, only in Eglish, and only the list of new games i have tried this year and the overall Top 10-100 as of 2019. Ranked using Pub Meeple’s Ranking Engine. This year had some strong new games, which also made into Top 10 of all games (Oracle of Delphi and Rajas of the Ganges) and Codenames just barely missed the top 🙂 Top 2 stayed the same though. Yeah, i have only tried UNO for the first time this year and i didn’t like it 😀

Best new to me games this year:

1. Rajas of the Ganges (4th overall)
2. The Oracle of Delphi (5)
3. Codenames (11)
4. When I Dream (31)
5. Kingdomino (50)
6. Mysterium (62)
7. Red7 (65)
8. Machi Koro (67)
9. Imhotep: The Duel (86)
10. UNO (97)

Best games of all time:

1. Firenze (-)
   
2. Tokaido (-)
3. Small World (+2)
4. Rajas of the Ganges (new)
5. The Oracle of Delphi (new)
6. Thunderstone (-2)
7. Ticket to Ride: Europe (-4)
8. Carcassonne (-2)
9. Cacao (-1)
10. 7 Wonders (-3)

Read More

This year i have decided to make things simpler, as i don’t play many new games, my top 10 is not changing that much and i don’t have what to say about older games. So, only EN post this time and only lists without explanations 🙂

Best new to me games this year:

1. Biblios
2. Mystic Vale
3. Puerto Rico: The Card Game (San Juan)
4. Dice Forge
5. Ulm

Best games of all time:

1. Firenze (-)
   
2. Tokaido (+2)
3. Ticket to Ride: Europe (new)
4. Thunderstone (-2)
5. Small World (-)
6. Carcassonne (+1)
7. 7 Wonders (-4)
8. Cacao (+1)
9. Guildhall (-1)
10. Camel Up (new)

Read More

As usual as the year comes to an end i present a renewed list of my all time favorite games. Though Top 10 hasn’t changed that much, but the list of played games grows every year. This time i gave a try to Pub Meeple’s board games rating system. Which shows you a few games from your list and you have to pick which of two is your favorite and it slowly builds your list this way. This year there was 91 game on the list. Maybe next year i will be able to do Top 100 🙂

---

10. Santiago de Cuba (new) – i’ve been playing this game for maybe 5 years, but only recently i started to appreciate it more, so it managed for the first time get to Top 10. Simple euro style game, in which you constantly have to decide whether to benefit you or harm your opponent 🙂

---

9. Cacao (+1) – last year it has dropped one step and now it is back to 9th place. Mostly because of new expansions that have appeared in Yucata. Which was a refreshing wind for this simple, but pleasant euro game.

---

8. Guildhall (new) – new game i have experienced this year and already managed to get its spot in Top 10. Unique and interesting card game with some interaction and often unexpected ending.

---

7. Carcassonne (-3) – an old classic on my list, dropped a bit as i haven’t played it that much this year. But i remember the last play of it, when i managed to steal a win with a huge farms score 🙂

---

6. Ticket to Ride (-) – the thing that it hasn’t changed it spot only shows that this game will always has a place in my collection and will be high on the list. One of the best “gateway” games to introduce new players to the hobby and lure them into modern board gaming world.

Read More

I have changed the title as this year i wasn’t able to try out enough games. But i won’t change the picture because of that 🙂 Still, i have tried out 7 new games, which is still a lot for not a very active gamer. Again, this is just new to me games i have tried this year. Not necessary released during 2017, though there are 2 such games on the list. Here we go.

---

7. Imhotep – wanted to try this games since it was nominated for Spiel des Jahres awards. But it didn’t live up to my expectations. There is little room for strategy and planning ahead and too much depends on luck.

---

6. Cat Box – one of a few Kickstarters i have backed. Cute little game. A bit too simplistic, but beautiful art makes it popular among my female friends. This has become the most popular game lended from me 🙂

---

5. Legendary Inventors – haven’t tried it enough times to review it, but it is a pleasant resource allocation, engine building game. Although it is a very simple game, i would still remove one part from it (runs of numbers) to make it even more polished and streamlined.

---

4. Jump Drive – one of my most favorite games, Race for the Galaxy, is a bit overwhelming for new gamers with all the actions and various icons. Jump Drive is a simplified version of an older game, but also unique on its own. Quick, simple engine building game which also scratches itch to play its bigger brother.

---

3. Avenue – my first Roll and Write game (well, in this one cards replaced dice). I wanted something similar for family nights as it is very simple and reminds bingo games that are popular here. But this has more choices, which makes it actually a game. Very simple, but takes almost no space, very fast and has that pleasant tactile feeling of drawing paths on a paper. Also, clever scoring system.

Read More