Gateway Board Games for Non-Gamers I Intro Games

Here are some Gateway games to start the hobby with! Perfect for you and your friends!

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In this video:

00:30 20 min. or Less
1:43 The best Co-op Game
4:22 Most Conversions
7:36 Simplest Rules
10:55 Coolest Looking
12:30 Best in Large Groups

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[migueloliveira]

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[Grimscribe]

Under 20min: Coup
Co-op: The Crew
Most Conversions: Small World (Underground)
Simple Rules: 6 nimmt! / Skull King / Zombie Dice
Coolest Looking: Dixit
Best in large groups: Secret Hitler

[QuJee]

Regarding Mysterium, I played it with my parents who are both in their late 50s/early 60s. They loved it so much that the first time we played it they wanted to do it again right away. It has a board presence that's intimidating, but once you explain the simple rules, it just works. Also helps that all cards are big; good for bad eyes

[romanderman]

Best conversion for new youtubers - Top/Best of videos, well done!

[codym]

My coolest looking gateway game pick would have been Camel Up. The pop-up tree, pyramid, camels, and camel race track have a nice table presence. This also works well for larger groups because I think it plays up to eight but I could be wrong.

Simple rules category would be Ticket to Ride.

Also liked the Just One, The Mind, and No thanks picks.

[ngvot]

I'd already heard of / played most of these but I reaaally enjoyed this video! I liked how you'd divided them into categories and challenged each other to pick something for it. It made it really interesting! And the video is so well made too. :) I'm subscribing now!

[Dusty-Zafu]

This is honestly the best board game channel I've seen on YouTube. You guys deserve 10x as many subs

[vladimirshlapakov]

My additional picks from own experience will be: Ticket to Ride, Dixit and Sushi Go.

[mikekthx]

Telestrations is a great alternative to Eat Poop You Cat if you're wanting an actual physical game instead of office supplies. 😂
Loving all the videos you guys are making. Keep up the good work!

[ballzzthewall]

I recommend Everdell for its simplicity but also having some cool strategy. One of my more "casual board gamer" friends actually recommended it to me which was interesting.

[TheNerdShelves]

No thanks is brilliant and needs more love 😊.... I think Love Letter is the most recognised filler game... Great list and thank you for sharing!

[freeheeler]

Connect Four, Telestrations, and the need for anything other than Monopoly got me into hobby gaming. Having a kid helped too.

[cainx.b.]

Thanks to you I finally learned that the name of that game is Eat Poop You Cat😂

[andrewnewey]

late to this video but must add a comment: Catan converted me many years ago... And now our little family all plays together! It was the perfect conversion game. Great channel by the way, keep up the great videos. Greetings from South Africa.

[romanderman]

My pick for a best gateway Co-op: Forbidden Island/Desert...also since many have asked me to bring 'that sand game' that would my best conversion game after Catan - got me in to hobby, and many others, good pick Janis..not You, but that Janis...right Janis..at least for us :D

[MarkSchamel]

First time watching your channel. Great chemistry and wonderful suggestions. Thanks.

[indigootaku]

Why can't I find anything on elder shore? 😢

[estrada]

Love your videos!

Very fun to watch.

[alphabet]

I probably wouldn't choose Catan as a good gateway game. To avoid a long rant I'll say right now that I don't like it personally and if I had played this first rather than later I would have not gotten into the hobby. With that out of the way the main reasons I think it would be a poor choice is mainly down to two factors. First being the main element of skill is mostly concentrated at the start of the game with placements rather than throughout. Secondly the entire flow of the game for each player is dictated by dice rolling with no way to control or manipulate it. It's a game where one or more players may have effectively lost the game before the first turn even starts and with a dozen or so bad dice rolls, one or more players know they have no hope of winning but have to play out the rest of the game (basically monopoly but without any hope of getting eliminated). But I think the ultimate kicker for me personally when I played it was that because dice get resources and resources are needed for anything, if the dice went wrong then I wouldn't have a turn. I think Catan is the only board game I have played so far where the luck factor determines if I have a turn or not for the entire game and I hated that.

Personally each time I am in an introduction situation I will always choose Ticket to ride (probably the original). It's simple in rules, players can have the feeling of earning points throughout the game and the hidden ticket cards gives an unknown element so that each player will still think they have a chance to win, even later into the game, assuming they are not blocked.

[BGcam]

I need a video of them just saying “eat poop you cat” over and over for an hour 😂