In this top 10, I will be taking a look at my own personal collection and talking about the games I love to play. This isn’t necessarily a list of the 10 best games that I own, but rather my 10 favorite games out of my collection. I can look at games and appreciate how well they are put together and how good of a game it is without liking it myself, but that is not the case here. These are simply my favorite games (that I own).
I do a lot of top 10 lists and articles on games that are accessible to a wide range of people, games that I could probably take out and teach just about anyone that hasn’t played a game outside of the childhood classics. I do this because I’m very interested in getting people into gaming, because I think it’s a worthwhile and rewarding activity in a time where people’s necks are forever craned down to look at a phone. But I digress.
In this top 10, I will be taking a look at my own personal collection and talking about the games I love to play. This isn’t necessarily a list of the 10 best games that I own, but rather my 10 favorite games out of my collection. I can look at games and appreciate how well they are put together and how good of a game it is without liking it myself, but that is not the case here. These are simply my favorite games (that I own).
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The Breakdown:
Players: 3-5 Playing Time: 60 minutes Weight: 2.5/10 Publisher: Arcane Wonders Mechanics: Bluffing Hand Management Set Collection Components: 216 Goods Cards 144 Legal Goods (Green) 60 Contraband Goods (Red) 12 Royal Goods (Red w/ Gold Banner) 110 Coin Tokens 5 Merchant Stands 5 Merchant Bags 1 Sheriff Marker Rulebook The Review: One of my favorite aspects of gaming is bluffing. Games like Coup and The Resistance often are huge hits with regular gaming groups because a meta game develops and past history comes into play, much like poker. When I heard about Sheriff of Nottingham, an extended bluffing game that had the potential to develop that same sort of meta game, I knew I had to have it. Let’s open the box and take a look. I know everyone has been waiting with bated breath to read the second half of this Top 10 list, so without further ado, let's find out what my favorite filler games are! #5: Sushi Go!Card Drafting is a mechanic that is prevalent in so many popular board and card games: 7 Wonders, Seasons, Magic: the Gathering, etc. Sushi Go! offers that fun mechanic in a stripped-down game, that’s easy-to-teach, accessible, and most importantly, fun. It also has fun and adorable art work, which is always a plus; and usually gets people asking for another game right after.
What is a Filler game? A filler game usually fills one of the roles:
#10 Love LetterLove Letter is the ultimate filler game. 16 cards, easy to teach, and games take about 5 minutes. Why isn’t it ranked higher? There are few meaningful choices to make in the game. There are so many instances where you can be eliminated at absolutely no fault of your own, and even eliminated before you get to take a turn. In a game that’s 5 minutes or less, it’s not that big of a deal, but it’s not for everyone.
The Breakdown: Players: 2-4 Playing Time: 30 min. Weight: 2.6/10 Publisher: Space Cowboys Mechanics: Set Collection Components: 40 Gems (Poker-Style Chips) 90 Development Cards 40 Level 1 30 Level 2 20 Level 3 10 Noble Tiles Rulebook The Review:
Every once in a while in the board gaming world, an unknown designer and publisher burst on the scene with a game that has some massive hype behind it. Splendor was one of those games in 2014, quickly earning a reputation for an easy-to-learn, high quality, strategic board game. Does the game end up matching its near unanimous reviews? Let’s open the box and take a look. Whenever I tell someone that my primary hobby is board gaming, I’m often given an incredulous look followed by: “You just hang around and play Monopoly and Life?” I resist the urge to cringe and try to explain that just as video gaming has moved past Pong and Super Mario Bros., board gaming is a rich world that has evolved from the Hasbro games of our youth. There is a connotation that board games are for kids, or for the smelly kids that don’t know how to socially interact (AKA the Magic the Gathering stereotype). In reality, the board gaming world has seen a sort of renaissance lately, with board gaming cafe’s and various entries into more mainstream entertainment.
The Breakdown:
Players: 2-4 Playing Time: 45-60 min. Weight: 4.5/10 Publisher: Gryphon Games Mechanics: Tile Placement Set Collection Components: Game Board 34 Commission Cards 8 Wooden Easels 132 Color Cards 55 Palette Hexes (1 Starting Piece) 4 Player Reference Cards Rulebook The Breakdown:
Players: 4-12 Playing Time: 30-60min. Weight: 3/10 Publisher: Repos Productions Mechanics: Party Game Components: Game Board 1 Green Question Mark Pawn 10 Green Cubes 4 Exclamation Points (Blue, Red, Yellow, Black) 32 Cubes (8 each of Blue, Red, Yellow, Black) 2 Player Aids Victory Tokens (1 & 2 Point) The Breakdown:
Players: 2-6 Playing Time: 15 min Weight: 3/10 Publisher: Indie Boards & Cards Mechanics: Bluffing Player Elimination Components: 15 Player Cards (3 of each role) 6 Player Reference Cards Cardboard Coins The countdown continues! Are your favorites going to be in the Top 10 or did I foolishly leave them off my list? Without further ado, let's see numbers 5 through 1.
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