Best of Designers: Eric Lang

Tom Vasel lists his Top 10 games designed by Eric Lang!

00:00 - Introduction
01:26 - #10
01:56 - #9
02:21 - #8
03:00 - #7
03:37 - #6
04:09 - #5
04:50 - #4
05:27 - #3
06:04 - #2
06:47 - #1

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Chaos in the Old World and The Others!

[Vader]

of course Chaos in the old world:)number 2 on my list of Eric Lang Games just after number 1 Rising Sun:)

[Pacerfan]

I really like The Others. doesn't get enough love in my opinion...

[dregen]

Chaos in the Old World, followed by Rising Sun and The Others for me.

[cardboardaddiction]

I LOVE Trains & Stations. I picked it up on a whim at my FLGS for 50% off, based solely on Mr. Lang's name on the box, and was not disappointed. Thanks for reminding me of it... I have to bring that one back out to the table.

[russlove]

Chaos, The Others and Bloodborne should be on this list great games with darker themes, so I understand why they are not. BUT I would also add Ancestree, fun theme. Very clean mechanics in a simple drafting game. It's is a great game that really needs more play. Anything from Mr Lang will have my attention the man is a GREAT designer.

[jimalexander]

I know Tom doesn't like Star Wars: The Card Game by Lang, but that (along with Dice Masters) are two of my all-time favorite games.

Sadly, I don't get to play much of either any more -- and I have a lot of great teams for both.

[bushibayushi]

Chaos in the Old World and Rising Sun for me ;).

[thediceodyssey]

I was wondering when the distinguished Mr. Lang was gonna get his part in this series. His games are so prolifically loved on the channel, I figured he'd be up a bit sooner than he was lol. Now I'm curious what your disagreements are with Him in some games.


Awesome video and I love several games on this list.

[MeanNGreen]

Chaos in the Old World and Blood Rage are far above everything else he’s done.

[BonzoDrummer]

Tom's dislike of dark themes, specifically Warhammer, disqualifies him from having a valid opinion on games.

[exiledsonofhawaii]

Chaos in the old world was his best design. Theme was just ok though.

[sarahdepaolis-feingold]

Things I never thought I’d hear from Tom Vasel: “I like train games!”

[zenmazster]

1) blood rage  2) rising sun  3) chaos in the old world  4)godfather  5) kaosball  6) bloodborne  7) arcane academy  8) warhammer LCG  9)  star wars LCG  10)  dice masters

[MikeDV]

And out come the Eric Lang haters. Ugh. You are all silly people.

Also I really love Wathammer Invasion.

[bartdierickx]

I played Blood rage, Rising sun, Godfather and Bloodborne extensively. I think the Godfather is his very best (probably an onpopular opinion) out of the ones I played. I like Rising Sun the least (but still have a great time playing it) because of some strange flaws in the mechanics.

[Straddllw]

The Others 7 Sins and Chaos in the Old World is my #1 & #2. Followed by Rising Sun and Blood Rage for #3 & #4 respectively.

[allluckyseven]

Hm. That made me think it would be cool to see a "designer tropes" series.

[TheMrdrop]

Dice Masters is ok. I don't think it is nearly as good as Tom and Jason make it out to be. I think my two favorites from him are #1 Blood Rage and #2 Rising Sun.

[KristoVaher]

Really surprised not to see Bloodborne here, which Tom rated 8 (XCOM didn't get that high I think). Has Bloodborne dropped?