10 games to start a board game collection with

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[MBG]

So, what would your "ten games to start a collection be?"

[shadmanishrak]

1. Small World
2. Memoir '44
3. Raiders of the North Sea
4. Azul / Sagrada/ Santorini / Century Spice road/ Splendor
5. 7 Wonders
6. The Resistance/ One night Ultimate Werewolf
7. Dominion
8. Forbidden City
9. Modern Art/ For Sale/ High Society
10. Between Two Cities

Honorable mentions:
Catan, Carcassonne, Ticket to Ride

[danbrown]

I just wanted to say, that you have made an excellent video for the following reasons.
1) It's brief
2) You categorize the games
3) You mention your own biases (Note I still plan to get Carcassonne)
4) You give alternatives

I am new to gaming and while I probably wont get many of the games on your list, you have given me a good place to start and I confirmed some of my choices.
Thanks

[thedoctor]

1) Cacao - Offers simple tile laying with some hand management with a small economy. Multple ways to score points. Puzzle-y.
2) Sushi Go (Party) - Party game, includes drafting and set collection.
3) Downforce - Racing game, hand management and starts off with a auction, both things are known outside of the boardgaming community
4) Samurai - Area control/majority. Plus its Knizia.
5) Black Fleet - Player Powers / Pick & Deliver. Pirates!
6) Azul or Sagrada, pool drafting / puzzle-y.
7) Forbidden Island/Desert - Co Op
8) Space Base / Splendor - Engine Building
9) Viticulture - Worker Placement. Simple enough to grasp despite its weight. Maybe also Pillars of the North sea given its circular resolution of placements. (Haven't played Stone Age / LoW / Raiders)
10) Welcome to / Lets Make a Bus Route / Castles of Burgandy The Dice Game - Roll & Writes.

[martinpersson]

There really is no other board game channel on youtube where my own personal taste overlaps so much. This list is incredibly close to what I would have made with maybe an inclusion of Love Letter, Dixit and a swap of Smallworld and 7 Wonders.

Keep up the good work.

[SolviKaaber]

My list would be, using only games that I have:

• Codenames - Party/Word/Team game
• Love Letter - Small/Secret Role game
• Skull - Bluffing/Out on the pub game
• Azul - Abstract game
• Kingdomino - Tilelaying/bidding game
• Century: Golem - Engine builder game
• The Mind - Co-Op game
• Klask - Dexterity/Physical game
• King of Tokyo (Power-Up expansion highly recommended) - Dice chucking/conflict game
• Quacks of Quedlinburg - Push your luck/bag or deckbuilding game.

[troysiemers]

Excellent selections. I really like the recommendations for "here's one a bit easier, and one that is a bit deeper" that you do in your videos. Gonna give a shout out to some older games like Acquire and Survive, but also to (relatively) more recent Machi Koro and Patchwork. Thank you for all you do.

[RickNBacker]

I appreciate the brevity of your videos.

[ashcharlton]

One of the best of this excellent series of videos. In addition to solid explanations and recommendations, you get a lot of other games discussed and recommended along the way in a charactertistically professional and friendly fashion. Really excellent returns on the time I put into watching it - thank you! Please do a similar list of entry-level wargames as that's your first love and you know so much about them!

[drpulpit]

Wow. a different world from Monopoly and Clue and such...

[smite]

Party games for people who only met and games that work super well for casual gamers as well as "HARDCORE GEEKS":
Just one
Dobbles
Zombie dice
King of Tokyo
Outburst Just picked up my THIRD version which is now really great as the game designers have finally published a plastic card holder with levers to mark the correct answers... SO MUCH FUN!!!

[thelawofjoe]

I think your list was full of excellent recommendations! Although I would maybe add King of Tokyo (fast, aggressive dice rolling fun) and Love Letter (an amazingly simple card game that is absolutely fantastic and takes no time at all), and maybe even Onitama (simple chess-like 2 player game with card-driven movement and very strategic play), I think you covered many games people should consider! Great video!

[MBG]

Also in this video. A rare picture of the 3 minute board game beast in his natural habitat.

[scottf]

1) Illusion (easy filler with mass appeal)

2) Incan Gold (push your luck)
3) Deep Sea Adventure (push your luck)
4) Dominion (deck building)
5) Times Up! (Party)
6) Codenames (Big Groups)
7) Ticket to Ride (route building)
8) Puerto Rico (role selection)
9) Viticulture (worker placement)
10) Azul (drafting, set collection)

[acbennett]

Our faves so far are King of Tokyo, Sushi Go and Takenoko. Ticket to Ride is fun, but a bit bland (great for gaming nights with children). I’m so happy to be getting into this hobby!

[louism]

Great list, all great choices. Other good games not mentioned:
- Decrypto / Codenames
- Jaipur
- Junk Art
- Kingdomino
- Patchwork
- Skull King
- Coup

Just a little more involved, Isle of Skye is fantastic. Concordia is the perfect Euro game, involved yet so simple (but more expensive)

Heavier games so cheap you should try them first when you feel ready for your next (big) step: Brass Birmingham and Teotihuacan

[VampguyN]

Well the way I was raised, the boardgames we had were always: risk, monopoly, clue, parchisi, candy land, life, stratego, yatzee, canasta, and guess who.
I didn't get exposed to what gamers and tabletop people would consider good boardgames until my 30s and it's been an uphill battle to get anyone interested.

[windyhillbomber]

Reykholt for classic Euro worker placement. Barenpark for “Tetris Piece” puzzle ( prefer to Patchwork), Kingdomino, Jaipur for set collection goods conversion, Splendor for basic engine building, Lost Cities for push your luck tension

[ignistercel]

Fantastic video, REALLY impressed with how much pertinent information you manage to get into concise yet detailed vids! As it happens I bought Small world for my cousins a few years ago and that really helped them get into the hobby so can personally vouch for that one!

[RemcoHaarlem]

A really solid list. One game I also recommend is Citadels. It's easy to learn and scales good when you have more people.