LogFAQs > #976960092

Here's a list of what I'm including in the ranking to begin with.

7 Wonders
A Feast for Odin
Anomia
Azul
Boss Monster
Calico
Cards Against Humanity
Cascadia
Codenames
Dead of Winter
Dice Forge
Dune: Imperium
Eldritch Horror
Everdell
Exploding Kittens
Flamecraft
Fury of Dracula
Great Western Trail
Happy Little Dinosaurs
Here to Slay
Hues and Cues
Inis
King of New York
King of Tokyo
Kingsburg (2nd Edition)
Last Bastion
Machi Koro 2
Marvel Dice Throne
Mysterium
Obsession
Photosynthesis
Root
Sagrada
Scythe
Secret Hitler
Sequence
Spirit Island
Sushi Go!
Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza
Tidal Blades: Heroes of the Reef
Twilight Imperium: 4th Edition
Viticulture
Wavelength
Wingspan

That's 44 games total, but I reserve the right to add games to the list if they happen to hit the table from my group's unplayed shelf of shame, which currently consists of:

Dwellings of Eldervale
Merchants of the Dark Road
Vindication
Windward

Would love to know if anyone here has experience with any of those that they want to share!

Rankings and writeups will be posted more or less as I have the time and feel like it - not gonna try to adhere to any kind of schedule and I'm not in a particular hurry since the ranking is kind of secondary to the discussion I'm hoping for here.

In the meantime, anyone have any crowdfunded games (or other preorders) that they're waiting on? I've got a few, but it's gonna be quite a while before any are in my hands.

Guards of Atlantis II
https://gamefound.com/en/projects/wolffdesigna/guardsofatlantis2new
Absurdly excited for this one - seems like a very high percentage of people that play it have it as one of their absolute favorite games. I held off on the initial campaign because it seemed pointless to get without a consistent group, but now that I do have one of those I finally pulled the trigger on the game and one hero pack.

Hybris: Disordered Cosmos
https://gamefound.com/en/projects/aurora-game-studio/hybris-disordered-cosmos-rivalry
This game seems like it could be a complete mess with just too much going on, and even if it's not, it might end up being a little too out there for my friends. But a heavy steampunk-Greek-mythology game with all of these different mechanisms that I tend to enjoy is so perfectly up my alley that I feel like I owe it to myself to try it. Think the resale market should be good enough that I can at least get most of my money back if it flops.

The Old King's Crown
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/eerieidolgames/the-old-kings-crown-a-tale-of-royalty-rebels-and-ruses
This wasn't on my radar at all until a couple weeks ago, and now the hype train seems to have suddenly gone out of control for it. I definitely think the rulebook needs another few passes (which the creator is aware of), but this has a chance to be a really, really cool bluffing/bidding game that makes you feel really clever to win. And it goes without saying but that art is incredible.