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TomNook
04/25/23 4:49:51 AM
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Which of the 10 lowest ranked board games of all time is your favorite?












https://boardgamegeek.com/browse/boardgame?sort=rank&sortdir=desc

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Lokarin
04/25/23 5:08:02 AM
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Monopoly is good if you're good... most people don't day trade between every roll

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captpackrat
04/25/23 6:34:55 AM
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There are some interesting variants of Monopoly, including a version that encourages cheating (Monopoly: Cheaters Edition), a dice version that is actually pretty short (Don't Go To Jail), a card game (Monopoly Deal) and a version where you assemble a unique game board for each game (U-Build Monopoly).

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/5/6/4/AAQwHjAAEam8.jpg

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shadowsword87
04/25/23 10:22:24 AM
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Operation doesn't deserve this level of hate. It's not great, but it's still the base of a lot of dexterity games
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LinkPizza
04/25/23 10:52:58 AM
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Trouble I use to play this with my mom all the time

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Zareth
04/25/23 3:09:07 PM
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Trouble can actually get intense when it's your final piece and you need to roll a specific number to win, then an opponent hits you off the board.

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LinkPizza
04/25/23 3:15:03 PM
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Zareth posted...
Trouble can actually get intense when it's your final piece and you need to roll a specific number to win, then an opponent hits you off the board.

It sure can. Thats what always worried me

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captpackrat
04/25/23 5:02:50 PM
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Sorry is better than Trouble.

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ParanoidObsessive
04/25/23 5:34:34 PM
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I like most of those games, honestly. This just reinforces my assumption that most people on BoardGameGeek are pretentious snobs with an insatiable hard-on for Euro-style games.

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Shananagainz
04/25/23 5:48:18 PM
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ParanoidObsessive posted...
I like most of those games, honestly. This just reinforces my assumption that most people on BoardGameGeek are pretentious snobs with an insatiable hard-on for Euro-style games.


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MeatiestMeatus
04/25/23 6:04:02 PM
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ParanoidObsessive posted...
I like most of those games, honestly. This just reinforces my assumption that most people on BoardGameGeek are pretentious snobs with an insatiable hard-on for Euro-style games.
This. I play half of those with my kids on the regular and have a blast

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Metalsonic66
04/25/23 6:39:01 PM
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These games are made for strong friendships

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Buddyblade
04/25/23 7:59:09 PM
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Monopoly is a great example of a long board game that doesnt become a micromanagement nightmare, isnt impossibly complicated to learn, or take half an hour for one turn.

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LinkPizza
04/25/23 9:19:10 PM
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I use to get all kinds of different monopoly boards (due to my job, though I still want the Zelda one) and play with my younger siblings Not sure if we ever finished even though we played a lot

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Zareth
04/26/23 12:56:37 AM
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ParanoidObsessive posted...
most people on BoardGameGeek are pretentious snobs with an insatiable hard-on for Euro-style games.
Or games that take like 3 hours to play, even if everyone involved knows how to play

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fishy071
04/26/23 1:01:04 AM
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It's hard for me to tell.

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Count_Drachma
04/26/23 9:23:13 PM
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ParanoidObsessive posted...
I like most of those games, honestly. This just reinforces my assumption that most people on BoardGameGeek are pretentious snobs with an insatiable hard-on for Euro-style games.

Given the douchy group name, I was expecting a pretty questionable list and wasn't disappointed.

Monopoly is great and several of the others are very solid.

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shadowsword87
04/26/23 9:31:38 PM
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Y'all, monopoly sucks and I don't know why people think it's fun.
It takes forever, has no decisions, and just causes hurt feelings.
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LinkPizza
04/26/23 9:37:27 PM
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shadowsword87 posted...
Y'all, monopoly sucks and I don't know why people think it's fun.
It takes forever, has no decisions, and just causes hurt feelings.

It definitely has decisions to make

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ParanoidObsessive
04/26/23 11:36:44 PM
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shadowsword87 posted...
Y'all, monopoly sucks and I don't know why people think it's fun.
It takes forever, has no decisions, and just causes hurt feelings.

Misery is the entire point of Monopoly though. It's like playing Diplomacy (which is a hugely well-loved game) - you go into it knowing someone's probably going to flip the board before it's over. There WILL be screaming. And possibly death threats.

When one player is screaming "COLLUSION!" at his wife for making uneven trade deals with other players to help blunt his rise, you're playing it right.

But the trick is, when you play with friends, everyone shrugs it off afterward. If your game is causing hurt feelings that last for a long time after, you may need to reconsider your friendships.

I've had great fun playing Monopoly by leaning in to the horror. I'll RP someone who will have a vendetta against you for the rest of the game because you picked the car as your piece before I could. Or making corrupt deals with other players to form alliances. Or secretly stealing thousands of dollars out of the bank and seeing if anyone notices. Or cackling like a supervillain while building hotels on Boardwalk. Or arguing over whether or not there should be any money under Free Parking (there shouldn't be, you fucking Philistines!).

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TomNook
04/27/23 1:19:05 AM
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I'm surprised at people here praising any of these games. Do you all not play board games anymore? Because they are all introductory games for kids, and have no real interaction in most cases.

Tic Tac Toe is solved, and too basic to not always play it solved. Operation is a simple dexterity game that is hard to lose after playing it once. All of the rest are RNG to different degrees...some to the point where they aren't even a game, because you aren't actually influencing anything.

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GGuirao13
04/27/23 2:50:23 AM
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Bingo.

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MeatiestMeatus
04/27/23 5:52:17 AM
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TomNook posted...
I'm surprised at people here praising any of these games. Do you all not play board games anymore? Because they are all introductory games for kids, and have no real interaction in most cases.

Tic Tac Toe is solved, and too basic to not always play it solved. Operation is a simple dexterity game that is hard to lose after playing it once. All of the rest are RNG to different degrees...some to the point where they aren't even a game, because you aren't actually influencing anything.
The point to playing a game is having fun. Player agency can be integral to having fun, but doesn't dictate whether a player will have fun, or how much fun they can have

If you're incapable of having fun without having a larger influence over the gameplay, that's fine. Plenty of people can have fun just enjoying the social aspect of sitting down at a table and playing with other people

In that regard, sometimes the most fun can be had with games where you can just check out and enjoy the company while letting the dice or whatever determine the course of the game


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ParanoidObsessive
04/27/23 6:42:59 AM
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TomNook posted...
Tic Tac Toe is solved, and too basic to not always play it solved.

Chess is pretty much solved as well (at least for multiple variations), and no one complains about that one.



MeatiestMeatus posted...
The point to playing a game is having fun. Player agency can be integral to having fun, but doesn't dictate whether a player will have fun, or how much fun they can have

This is the key. And it's telling that most of their worst games are games that generations of kids have played and enjoyed for decades. ie, relatively simple games that can serve as bonding experiences or just fun time-wasters.

Some people don't enjoy games where every player at the table needs to memorize a multi-volume rulebook to know which dice they roll when and how to position and move the 4,378 figures, meeples, resource markers, tokens, and fortifications and which of the four card piles you need to draw from during which of your 7 turn phases.

It's fine if some people do. Euro-style games can be fun to play, and they can even be fun to watch if your on YouTube and want to see another group plow through it. But some people just want to play a simple relaxed game with some friends while kicking back a couple drinks, and most Euro-style games would be absolute hell for them.

I mean, honestly, I think my friends and I have had more fun playing drunken Disney Charades than anything ever published by Ravensburger, or that's won the Spiel des Jahres. And as much as I've enjoyed watching TableTop or NRB's Board Game Club, I wouldn't dream of bringing 99% of those games to the table for my friends, because they'd hate most of them.



MeatiestMeatus posted...
If you're incapable of having fun without having a larger influence over the gameplay, that's fine.

I'd argue that it might potentially be not fine, because it implies deeper issues all its own.

It's one thing to enjoy overcomplicated games. It's another to be completely incapable of enjoying anything but overcomplicated games.

When it comes to tabletop RPGs, I've spanned the gamut from Amber Diceless RPG (which almost borders on being completely freeform) all the way to TimeLords (a game which assigns multiple damage hitboxes to every creature, which contains rules that break down your real life physical condition and mental prowess to assign to stats so you can play as "yourself", and which pretty much requires you to understand rudimentary calculus to play). But if I ever met someone who could only play games like TimeLords, I'd start worrying about their mental health.

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TomNook
04/27/23 7:04:01 AM
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Randomness can be fun. Party games can be fun. Don't take my knock on these 10 games equating to me being exclusively on the other spectrum of euro-games. I like a variety of games. I just think people settling for these 10 games are doing a big disservice to themselves, because there are plenty of other light games with minimal rules that you can have fun with. BoardGameGeek also has plenty of random and light games highly ranked.

People saying "If you hate Candyland, it means you only love Gloomhaven, and hate simple fun!" sound to me like someone "If you hate Adam Sandler films, it means you only love Ingmar Bergman drama, and hate fun and all comedies!" It doesn't make much sense.

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LinkPizza
04/27/23 10:26:40 AM
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TomNook posted...
I'm surprised at people here praising any of these games. Do you all not play board games anymore? Because they are all introductory games for kids, and have no real interaction in most cases.

Tic Tac Toe is solved, and too basic to not always play it solved. Operation is a simple dexterity game that is hard to lose after playing it once. All of the rest are RNG to different degrees...some to the point where they aren't even a game, because you aren't actually influencing anything.

Some of it might come from nostalgia Other people just have fun playing certain games Idk People have fun differently from each other

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TomNook
05/02/23 9:20:32 PM
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LinkPizza posted...
Some of it might come from nostalgia Other people just have fun playing certain games Idk People have fun differently from each other
It's fine to enjoy the basics and never branch out. But people can't be surprised when others who have vast knowledge and experience verbally trash these.

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LinkPizza
05/02/23 9:34:10 PM
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TomNook posted...
It's fine to enjoy the basics and never branch out. But people can't be surprised when others who have vast knowledge and experience verbally trash these.

True. But its also kind of dumb for people to trash them just because they are easier or simple. Its make them seem snooty and pretentious And based on how you said, vast knowledge and experience, you sound pretty snobbish Games are just meant for people to have fun with them. So why trash a game because it simple or easy. As long as its fun (or the users are having fun with it), its succeeding at its intended purpose Also, just because people like the simple games doesnt mean they dont play others. People can branch out, but still enjoy the basics

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fettster777
05/10/23 5:22:46 PM
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Life
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Krazy_Kirby
05/10/23 5:54:10 PM
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captpackrat posted...
Sorry is better than Trouble.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zoYS1nED-6Q&pp=ygUQZmFtaWx5IGd1eSBzb3JyeQ%3D%3D

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Trancer_Hunter
05/10/23 9:42:23 PM
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I mean I can't imagine any board game that probably caused more domestic disputes then Monopoly...... but still thought it was among the top 5 best board games of all time.
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Krazy_Kirby
05/10/23 11:14:56 PM
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GeJA2qL8jB4&pp=ygURc2ltcHNvbnMgbW9ub3BvbHk%3D

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Black_Crusher
05/11/23 6:29:14 AM
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shadowsword87 posted...
Operation doesn't deserve this level of hate. It's not great, but it's still the base of a lot of dexterity games

Havent played this in probably 35 years minimum. All I remember is having PTSD trying to get the pencil out of his arm.

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Black_Crusher
05/11/23 6:31:07 AM
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LinkPizza posted...
I use to get all kinds of different monopoly boards (due to my job, though I still want the Zelda one) and play with my younger siblings Not sure if we ever finished even though we played a lot
I have a Star Trek TNG and Red Sox one somewhere. I think the Sox one isnt opened yet too.

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Dikitain
05/11/23 6:55:24 AM
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The 10 games on that list pretty much scream "I hate popular games".

I mean sure, some have been around since before our grandparents where born (some for way longer). Some of them are really simple if you have the brain of a functioning middle-schooler. Some are completely random and involve no skill whatsoever.

Despite all of that, I could have fun with any of them with the right people and that is what's important. Anybody who complains about why board game X is popular and not game Y are probably the same people who get off trying to min-max their characters in D&D and get pissed when the Chaotic Neutral NPC wins a battle with them because they rolled a nat 20 on the "Kick them in the balls and run" check.

LinkPizza posted...
I use to get all kinds of different monopoly boards (due to my job, though I still want the Zelda one) and play with my younger siblings Not sure if we ever finished even though we played a lot

I actually own the Zelda one as my copy of monopoly. Think I got it when Toys R' Us was going out of business.

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Dikitain
05/11/23 7:00:57 AM
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ParanoidObsessive posted...
I like most of those games, honestly. This just reinforces my assumption that most people on BoardGameGeek are pretentious snobs with an insatiable hard-on for Euro-style games.

Evidenced by the fact I don't think I have heard of any of these games in the top 100, and I have friends who are obsessed with board games.

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captpackrat
05/11/23 7:28:00 AM
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Of their top 100 games the only one I own is #47, Cascadia. The next one that I own is down around #213, Ticket to Ride.

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Krazy_Kirby
05/11/23 10:25:41 AM
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classic monopoly is great.

I think the whiny hate for it is from people who never won.

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shadowsword87
05/11/23 10:37:16 AM
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Dikitain posted...
Despite all of that, I could have fun with any of them with the right people and that is what's important. Anybody who complains about why board game X is popular and not game Y are probably the same people who get off trying to min-max their characters in D&D and get pissed when the Chaotic Neutral NPC wins a battle with them because they rolled a nat 20 on the "Kick them in the balls and run" check.

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Lokarin
05/11/23 11:45:25 AM
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what's weird is how bad people are at monopoly

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Buddyblade
05/12/23 5:33:04 PM
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Lokarin posted...
what's weird is how bad people are at monopoly
They probably think get out of jail frees are valuable in the endgame

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