Tier Ranking the Board Game Geek Top 100 Board Games!
Giant Timestamp for Games:
1:02 – Kingdom Death Monster
2:15 – Twilight Struggle
2:50 – Barrage
3:44 – Mechs Vs. Minions
5:00 – On Mars
5:36 – Anachrony
6:32 – Pax Pamir
6:55 – Eclipse
7:40 – Food Chain Magnate
8:45 – Kanban EV
9:55 – Decrypto
10:45 – Brass Lancashire
11:13 – Crokinole
12:20 – Castles of Burgundy
13:20 – Power Grid
14:35 – Obsession
15:40 – Wingspan
16:35 – Scythe
17:20 – Through the Ages A New Story of Civilization
18:40 – Dominant Species
19:25 – The Crew Mission Deep Sea
20:32 – Great Wester Trail
21:30 – Cthulhu Death May Die
22:20 – Beyond the Sun
23:10 – Race for the Galaxy
23:54 – Clank
25:10 – Viticulture
26:12 – Sleeping Gods
27:18 – Mage Knight
28:16 – Le Havre
29:11 – Brass Birmingham
30:15 – Star Wars Rebellion
30:55 – The Search for Planet X
31:45 – The Gallerist
33:00 – Too Many Bones
34:00 – Caverna
34:42 – Fields of Arle
35:50 – The Voyages of Marco Polo
36:40 – Cascadia
37:17 – Clans of Caledonia
38:00 – Ark Nova
39:19 – Marvel Champions
40:08 – Hegemony
41:13 – Orleans
42:14 – Concordia
43:35 – Quacks of Quedlinburg
44:45 – Nemesis
45:52 – Azul
47:00 – Twilight Imperium
48:11 – A Feast for Odin
48:58 – Terra Mystica
49:53- Battlestar Galactica
50:45 – War of the Ring
51:45 – El Grande
52:30 – Underwater Cities
53:20 – Gloomhaven
54:14 – Inis
54:51 – Dune Imperium
55:40 – Oathsworn
56:25 – Gloomhaven Jaws of the Lion
56:57 – Grand Austria Hotel
57:45 – Tainted Grail
58:42 – 7 Wonders Duel
59:27 – Agricola
1:00:40 – Blood Rage
1:01:18 – Android Netrunner
1:02:17 – Teotihuacan
1:03:03 – Lost Ruins of Arnak
1:04:16 – 7 Wonders
1:05:08 – Peurto Rico
1:05:56 – Terraforming Mars
1:07:06 – Pandemic Legacy
1:08:03 – Five Tribes
1:09:15 – Mansions of Madness
1:10:00 – Gaia Project
1:10:57 – Robinson Crusoe
1:12:16 – Maracaibo
1:13:15 – Arkham Horror the Card Game
1:14:15 – Architects of the West Kingdom
1:15:30 – Everdell
1:16:35 – Root
1:17:22 – Aeons End
1:18:21 – Lisboa
1:19:00 – Paladins of the West Kingdom
1:19:51 – Heat Pedal to the Metal
1:20:36 – Trickerion
1:21:47 – Spirit Island
1:22:33 – Tzolk’In The Mayan Calendar
1:23:25 – Star Wars Imperial Assault
1:24:24 – Lords of Waterdeep
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I've gotten quite tired of the "Top 10", "Top 50", "Top 100", etc. ,etc. – all for the same reason. The people making these lists do not play both board wargames (no, not Twilight Struggle) and Euro-style board games. The typical out when approached about this is that wargames aren't as popular, or don't sell as many copies. If that's your excuse, then you need to more properly rename your list "Top Selling Board Games".
There are Euro-style games that I enjoy, and wargames that I enjoy. I suppose I'm the only one who plays both types of games in the entire world. (Uh, not.)
This actually made me realize that we oftentimes align quite well. I think the main game I disagreed on was Heat, that is S-tier for me.
I actually really like these tier lists, it's quite visual and I can quickly see how your interests and compare them to mine. The long form content also really helps me get through the day while I'm working
I love Mage Knight too, great game. By the way: HOMM3 is now also available as a board game from Archon, I can recommend it 😊
I don't like Too Many Bones either. Something about it just didn't click with me. Great video!
Don't worry about offending anyone. Most people understand the opinions aren't personal attacks. Rock on turtle
If you're ranking the top 100 games, why are you starting with #73?
UWE= pronounced as UVA lol. Yeah I became one of those. Great video, happy to see the different tastes people have but also, the fact you played all these games is really great. Hegemony has quickly become my favorite game.
What an amazing video and to be completely honest. I feel the same way on many of the games you ranked lower… some are hyped like crazy and it seems more due the components or cost (Crokinole I am looking at you!) that the gameplay itself 🤣
Five Tribes is my favorite game of all time so that would be an easy S for me… I wonder how would you rank "Tigris & Euphrates" since you like being mean, T&E let's you start a war between players and you do not have to be a part of it. I love it 😂
The question is if anachrony is actually worth playing without the bling parts. It seems to me it would lose a lot if you just got the retail version with the cardboard and flat pieces. I just picked up Beyond the sun for $5 at a store sale. Bravo on the Rosenberg thumbs down. I agree. Has to be the most overrated tunnel vision designer of last 20 years. Played almost all his games, hated every one of them. Guy needs a therapist to dig into his obsession with farming. In fact, the guy who made obsession (also awful) should do a sequel about Rosenberg’s life as a designer.
Have you played 7 wonders architects? Completely replaces 7 wonders.
Have you played dune war for arrakis? I hear it addresses concerns you have with rebellion and war of the ring
I'm with you, I hate trick taking games
Seeing your tastes and me being someone who hates multiplayer solitair, id love to see a list from you of interactive games you like
gasp i almost unsubbed from that architects placement. I have 4 games rankedas a 10 and thats one of them
Of the games I’ve played this is a solid list. Only major outlier is Agricola which is an S tier for me and even my wife who’s a relatively casual gamer. One of the tightest worker placement games, and the cards make the game infinitely replayable. It also plays really well at 2 players, and it doesn’t have to be a mean game if you choose not to play that way.
Totally agree with you on Oathsworn, I think it’s a little overhyped on BGG right now.
I think your should tier rank all the too many bones gearlocs. I kid of course. Thanks for the rundown of all these games from your perspective. It’s impressive that you have played them all enough to have some meaningful insight for each.
Pass on Nemesis Lockdown as it just makes the game more convoluted than it’s worth. I actually ended up selling both with Stationfall out now. May not be for you but I adore chaos and it sort of gives me more of the silliness I wanted in Nemesis in a much shorter time. I still have a soft spot for Nemesis though. I’d probably ignore the new Nemesis based on what I’ve seen of your taste, though could be wrong.
The barrage ranking concerns me! Out of all the board gaming youtubers I watch, you guys are the closest match to my taste in games.
Barrage is supposed to be my next purchase but seeing the ranking suggests I should maybe think about it a bit more 😅 who knows though maybe this is one of those preference outliers lol
Mage Knight ❤❤❤
Agricola is a love or hate game. I love how tight and strategtic it is .
What is BGG?
Nice to see you getting nice view numbers now, nice to see organic channels getting views, does not happen as much any more.
I’m going to guess Kim’s family’s game could be 10 to 1. Such a waste of time trick taking game that people will play for hours.
Quacks is boring, i give "Y" to it
T.I. 4th Edition is worth the upgrade!
agenda phase is much more interesting: you get all your planets refreshed before and after and you vote on two agendas back to back….tech is more streamlined….trading is more interesting because of commodities…players can have multiple secret objectives….objective cards are revealed automatically….taking AND holding mecatol Rex is rewarded….and the rules are a bit easier to follow.
No shade to T.I. 3rd Edition, I just like all those changes in addition to updated visuals.
This has to be the most underrated board game channel out there! Great content as always! Keep up the great work your tier lists have been some of the best I’ve seen! 👏
Peurto Rico, eh?
A lot of rankings didn't surprise me, Agricola got spoiled a bit and I can respect the personal preference. But putting Maracaibo where you did was still a surprise, its essentially great western trail in another setting.
For the most part we’re closely aligned on thoughts (within 1, maybe 2 tiers). Only games I’d strongly switch around are Maracaibo and Twilight Struggle. Really didn’t enjoy Twilight Struggle, and I’m hoping that World Order (next Hegemony team game) creates something far more interesting.
An hour of life wasted, why does this exist?
I'm pretty sure Decrypto is my favourite casual game for 4 or more players. So good.
Ooooo love the honesty on the “not for me” nonsense that a lot of YouTubers say. That earns a like from me right away!
Why did you take and use footage from Board Game Hangover (for instance at 11:39 and 38:33) without crediting them?
Great tier list! Seems we have similar views on board games (except A Feast For Odin, you’re just wrong lol). I think you’ve finally pushed me to buy Ark Nova.
Which game would you replace for Terraforming Mars then? It's one of the games I don't have yet from the A list.
So you and i don't align at all for board game tastes. Power grid and gloomhaven are my top 2 all time. If i asked you what flavor of ice cream do you want you would say screw that lets get a steak. But i gotta give you props for playing every game for the good analysis and for actually pulling the video off.
As I have said in some other youtubers comments, I love when youtbers are really clear with what they like or do not like. It helps me more than everyone trying to just sugercoat stuff to not get beef from publishers etc… I might not agree with some of your and/or others likes/dislikes but I learn a lot more from this kind of straightforwardness as long as it comes with some sort of eplanation of sorts. =)
Kingdom Death + Agricola = F tier?
Unsubbed, thx.
"This is where i'm going to lose half my viewers"
And then proceeds to list a game that nobody has heard of
War of the ring, still looking for a game that could comparably bring you that same climatic feeling of thematic gameplay, I mean, You can play that game and still talk about what just transpired weeks later. Lol. Any suggestions?
so for netrunner, in fact the original sets are NOT cheap and difficult to find, but Null Signal Games has its new version of netrunner now, which is pretty much what everyone plays, and even has tournaments and world champs, so if people want to play netrunner, it is alive and well in NSG's version. and the art is just as amazing.
the tier list makes it so much more digestible! I love it
Not sure how you can see you love lacerda but don’t like his best game! Kanban is an always play~