Top 10 Favorite Board Games To Start My Collection Over - May 2021

They sould really bring Cthulhu: Death May Die back to KS with Season 3.. It's too unavailable and expensive at retail, at least here in germany, but with KS extras and a good Season 1 - 3 bundle, I'd probably go in.

Though CMON does that VAT thing now, so with that added cost it'd probably be not that great of deal neither. :/

Nice list! What about Targi, Everdell, Vindication, Viticulture (yes all Euro-ish :-p), or Azul

Very good list! Aeon's End is definitely my favorite deck builder as well, although I think the campaign style play really elevates it even more.
Res Arcana is a great engine builder and the card draft variant is my preferred way to play to maximize that engine.
As to Spirit Island, folded space has a really cheap and useful insert that dramatically improves set up and organization.

For me:
Gloomhaven
Kingdom Death: Monster
Middara
Dungeon Universalis
Cthulhu Death May Die
Awkward Guests
Arkham Horror the Card Game
Marvel Champions
Shadows of Brimstone
Core Space

Well, Spirit Island is back on my wish list. Too many of the content creators I watch most dig this way too much to ignore.

Spirit Island was one of our first games when we got into the hobby. We tried multiple times to like the game and while we did to a certain extent it just wasn't our type of game.

Bullet looked fun but the shipping price to europe is insane (cost more than the game). Too bad.

Couldn’t agree more with you about Hive. Phenomenal game. Fun gift too. I 3D printed a few custom sets as a gifts for my family this past Christmas. Shobu is also a wonderful 2 player abstract for any fans of Hive

You made me sit down and actually think about this. I realized that there are games i love but would not be in a rush to replace. My list would be :
It's a wonderful world
Everdell
Eclipse
Parks
Wingspan
Shards of infinity
Century golem (cheating here with 3 games)
Chronicles of drunagor or Descent
Empires of the north
The captain is dead

FYI, the new Bullet game will be Bullet ⭐, and will have more space stuff (like aliens from that universe), with more unusual powers. Sounds really cool!

I definitely think for Spirit Island I was fortunate to learn it with someone else blind, who was willing to sit with me as we watched a video together, asked questions on the community discord, and really just waited patiently as we both learned. Now I get the game but I think if I ever teach someone the game I'd do the same process each time.

Good list, I have played zero of these games, due to a lack of opportunity, not lack of interest. Hopefully I will get a chance to try some of them. You could have picked a different 10, and I might have played 80% of them.

For me

Too many bones
Aeons End
Spirit Island
Patchworks
and of course a deck or two of cards.

I do not have too many board games yet, but those are mine and my wifes favourites.

I prefer hive carbon over pocket. The black and white pieces give the game some gravitas. 😎

This is a great video! I've never even heard of some of these games - I need to go find out more about these.

Thanks for the list. What are your favorite solo games?

Aeons end is one of my favourite… I miss bullet and millennium blades I will take them once will be on local store

Hive is a great game, very underrated. Love Aeons End as well.

Great games. Have you tried cloudspire

Aeon's End is so good. The exhibition mode they added really spices up the game and helps you play all your older content.
I am sad I dismissed Cthulhu. I am sure I would love middara but I won't even consider it until I am done Gloomhaven.

A bit on the fly but I cant resist making my own list.

Aeon's End
Shadows over Camelot
Gloomhaven
Brass (either of the new versions)
Patchwork
Roll for the Galaxy
Century Gollum Edition
Concordia
Lost Ruins of Arnak
Lovecraft Letter

Ill keep it at 10 but looking at my list of games I could very easily add another 10 games that I would never sell and would pick up again without a second thought.

It would be awesome of my heavy gaming days could have replaced all those HeroClix and other collectible mins could have been spent playing hours or Cthulhu Death May Die or Middara.

You're doing a great job Mr. Liege, but I am beginning to despise the word "Nuance". :)

Wow I did not expect to see Hive on this list, but it is a great game!

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