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His Top 10 vs. Her Top 10 Board Games

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A board game couple reveals two different Top 10 lists featuring 22 favorite board games of all time. Connor and Laura compare personal favorites, shared picks, unexpected rankings, and the games they continue returning to.

Games include Ark Nova, Castles of Burgundy, Aquatica, Andromeda’s Edge, Slay the Spire, Spirit Island, Lost Ruins of Arnak, Underwater Cities, SETI, Root, Space Base, Earth, Splendor Duel and more.

Which board game belongs at number one?

0:00 Introduction & Honorable Mentions
1:04 #10: SETI & Slay the Spire
2:55 #9: Elder Scrolls & Earth
5:58 #8: Lost Ruins of Arnak & Galileo
9:39 #7: Root & Underwater Cities
15:07 #6: Underwater Cities & Space Base
18:57 #5: Spirit Island & Even Fall
25:23 #4: Slay the Spire Board Game & Arnak
29:57 #3: Andromeda's Edge & Splendor Duel
33:19 #2: Castles of Burgundy & Aquatica
41:52 #1: Ark Nova
46:56 Wrap Up

20 Comments

@samirjafri191 2 months ago

Hi Conner and Laura, great lists and great presentation. I would love to see you on the channel more often. Recently played LRoArnak for the first time. I loved it, but my wife was lukewarm. We will see when or if it gets to the table much. We really like a lot of the others on your lists especially Splendor Duel and CoBurgundy and Spirit Island. We love Terraforming Mars, so have to get Ark Nova off the shelf and play it. Some of our other favorites are Wild Gardens, Rock Hard 1977, Nova Luna (my wife's rising fave), Fromage, Cascadia my wife's fave) and Concordia.

@SoloBoardGamingKnight 2 months ago

Great list with a fun conversation hearing both of your thoughts for each game! Well done.

@rexology_bg 1 month ago

Argent the Consortium is my #1 game. Your lists have some of my favourites too. Castles of Burgundy, Aquatica, Ark Nova, and Underwater Cities are all amongst my top games. Thanks for the list and discussion.

@TotalHenshin1 1 month ago

I really appreciated the natural chemistry between the two of you. Didn’t seem forced. The wife(?) in particular seemed very at ease on the camera. Also, good taste from both of y’all. Most of the games from your top 10s would be in my top 20. Especially Arnak. ❤

@scottmills4164 2 months ago

For whatever reason I am finding myself much more engaged with your top ten, then many others I have seen. I cannot quite articulate it, but I think mostly I haven't played a lot of these games, but I am interested in them. I love engine building, seems like a decent list with a lot of that.

@LeviathanW98 2 months ago

Great video! Amazing lists!

@isolatedincorporated 2 months ago

Awesome list! Love Laura and her insights on a lot of the game. Very informative and I lean towards the same thought process as her. Definitely adding Aquatica and Evenfall to my list!

@edoardom3677 2 months ago

I loved this video, subscribed :)

@toddiverson1546 1 month ago

Thanks for the list. Dune Imperium Uprising is my favorite.

@richardbuchanan1671 2 months ago

These lists are fun. I like seeing you mention Heat. It's also way up there for me. Here's my current top 10
1. Mechs vs Minions
2. Cthulu Death May Die
3. Unmatched Adventures
4. Clank: Catacombs
5. Expeditions
6. Kinfire Delve
7. Wingspan
8. Aquatica
9. Wonderlands War
10. Cascadia

@brianboothe322 2 months ago

Great video

@fox15cz 2 months ago

Great video.
I just played Underwater cities with my wife and its a blast. I really recommend you to buy New discoveries expansion. Double layered boards are great, new personal assistants really change a gameplay. Would not play it without it. 👍🏼

@sonichog 2 months ago

22:33 Dude ain't wrong 😅

@ms-h7617 3 weeks ago

Aquatica has a great fan made solo also. I wish the expansions for this game weren't so expensive

@quangnguyenang131 2 months ago

Amazing list. My top 3 games are:
1. Trickerion
2. Dune uprising with all exp
3. Ark Nova (it kicked Lisboa to number 4)

@dapperghastmeowregard 2 months ago

Favorite is Cosmic Encounter, still a fantastic diplomacy game and hits that perfect balance of everybody being overpowered but still having the majority of games feel winnable for anybody (My only complaint is Healer kinda blanks out a bunch of the powers that use losing ships as an enforcement method).

Honorable mention to Battlecon, which manages to recreate the feeling of a fighting game and have over 100 characters who all feel mostly distinct and interesting to play, with only a few bad matchups despite a relatively simple core system. Also love how said system is basically RPS (Well technically RPSLS), but with the added wrinkle of positioning and suddenly Scissors can beat Rock if it's far enough away or whatever.

@Kyrekk 2 months ago

Fantastic list and great video!
We have similar top games! Arnak, Spirit Island, Underwater Cities, Andromeda's, Ark Nova...
But my top 1 would be Dune Imperium! Have you tried it?

@Prometheusforliberty 3 weeks ago

Great video, love the insights. My favorite game (So far) is Game of Thrones:The Board Game. I am gonna check out Evenfall

@keithtextor4892 2 months ago

Great lists. Great enthusiasm. I should probably play ark nova again, because i've only played it once and did not enjoy it at all.

Top of my list is Lost Ruins of Arnak. High on the list is Orleans, Chicago Express (Queen edition), and a new comer (for me) First in Flight.