10 Best Eurogames (For Experienced Players) | Collection Starter

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0:00 #Intro
1:15 #10. Viticulture
2:25 #9. Tzolk'in - The Mayan Calendar
3:32 #8. Scythe
4:45 #7. Great Western Trail
6:05 #6. Castles of Burgundy
7:28 #5. Terraforming Mars
8:37 #4. Brass Birmingham
10:02 #3. Food Chain Magnate
11:27 #2. Concordia
12:55 #1. Puerto Rico

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[lukeochoa]

I’m demanding for Blair’s top 10 board games video

[perspicacioussimpleton]

I'd argue Concordia is pretty simple to teach to other players. This was my first ever Eurogame, and I've already had several friends who aren't into board games try it out and absolutely loved it. It's a pretty good gateway into Eurogames.

[WarEagle]

"It's about cattle farming...no please come back..." i'm weak 🤣🤣🤣

[Danny_DaKid]

I swear you guys make the funniest and best edited top 10 board game videos on YouTube.

[Ogrecrusher]

My favourite bit in every video is when you flick the V sign at a piece after screwing them over, gets me every time!

[thomasreihart]

i like this video because now it feels like the series can not only touch on simple games for beginners but i think you can also do videos for experienced players for people who want to take that next step or transition from easier games to more rulesy and harder game. maybe the experienced players lists can be a different series that you guys can do or maybe slide them in once in while for the collection starter. overall love this video and im definitly checking some of these games out

[TheGunslinger]

I need to try Puerto Rico someday. My favourite euro is Concordia. The elegance of that game never cease to amaze me. But also with the Salsa expansion it gets even better.

[brandonvangieson]

Kind of bummed that Lords of Waterdeep didn't make either of the Euro-game lists (probably the beginner one), as that's my personal all time favorite. But cool list, and a few new games to add to my "check it out" list.

[IlmoOtt]

Adam, you need to make more lists and reviews. The best game descriptions!

[wizardryuk]

Nice list and thanks for doing it. It was nice to see a Splotter game get a mention and sound choices throughout. Except for maybe Viticulture as I feel it's more of a gateway game to the heavier Euro's. I was also very surprised to see no Uwe Rosenburg games on the list. So many to choose from and I feel they almost define the genre. And no Gaia Project or Terra Mystica. Blasphemy lol

[RacingDamon]

Great list! I've long wanted to try Concordia, and Viticulture is on my list as well. Of games you didn't mention - would give a shout-out to Village. The time/worker death mechanic is very innovative and makes for a lot of interesting choices.

[NoRollsBarred]

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[leosalcedo]

Love your videos, especially your top 10s! I watched a bunch of them this week. I think it's time for a 2023 version of each of them 😆

[ioannispaxinos]

Wow... I think it's the first time I see a top 10 list where I actually love all the games on the list.

[TBLIVIN]

My favorite medium to heavy eurogame, assuming I actually understand the meaning, is Euphoria. It'd a dystopia worker placement game that I couldn't recommend more strongly.

[CptBumFlufff]

Great list! Here are a few more that i think are great in a starting collection...
- Champions of Midgard (preferably with Valhalla exp)
- Architects of the West Kingo
- Manhattan project Energy Empire
- Alien Frontiers
- Lords of Waterdeep
- Raiders of the North Sea

As you were 🙂

[Ben-pfwx]

I just got food chain magnate for Christmas!!! Wish me luck!

[rimmerproductions]

Thank you for making a list of board games I’m not ready for.

[marqueeungovernable]

I've played Puerto Rico with randoms in a local Boardgame Cafe and it was one of the most fun I've had playing boardgames. What an absolute beautiful game.

[sorceressferaly]

Was really expecting to see Terra Mystica on this list, quite surprised that it didn't make the cut! Tzolk'in looks fascinating, mostly because spinning the wheels looks like a lot of fun, and I like that there are quite a few games here where you can benefit even from your opponents' actions.

One of my favorite games of old is El Grande (published 1995, won Spiel das Jahres 1996, if Puerto Rico is ancient I'm a granny). A game where you move little cubes (caballeros) around medieval Spain to control territories and get points.

Each turn, players grab one of five action cards to take an action and move caballeros from their supply to a region on the map, so a player higher in the turn order can take a more optimal action card, but the number of caballeros in your supply is limited.
The real twist here is that turn order is determined by cards numbered 1-13 where playing a lower card gives you more caballeros to refill your supply but you don't necessarily need to play the highest card to go first, just a higher card than the other players that turn. In practice, this becomes a little game of poker where you need to figure out your opponents' actions, place yourself in the right place in the turn order to get the cards you need, and try to predict which regions other players will try to move their caballeros to, in order to score as high as possible in as many regions as possible.

There's no machine building, relatively little resources to track, and there's a lot more going into reading your opponent's actions compared to more modern Eurogames, but there's absolutely no randomness involved, and it's very easy to teach, even for playing with family.