Board 8 > The Mount Rushmore of: Board Games (Post-Catan)

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Rules

1. You may vote up to 4 entries that fit the prompt.
2. No alts.
3. No deleting or editing posts; though, editing posts shortly after you post is fine.
4. If you change your vote, clearly indicate that you are changing a previous vote. Same for adding or subtracting picks.
5. In general, if there are two picks that can be considered the same product (i.e. Sonic Adventure 2 and Sonic Adventure 2 Battle), I will combine them.
6. If a vote is vague, I will pick the first available choice that best matches the vote (i.e. "Mario" for Wii Games becomes Super Mario Galaxy).
7. I will post the parameters of each Rushmore topic. Other than that, feel free to vote however you like and based on any criteria that best fits the "Mount Rushmore" of that topic.
8. If a vote doesn't fit the topic, it will count as a blank vote.
9. You may nominate as much as you want and have an unlimited amount of seconds for established nominations.
10. Every Sunday, I'll post the schedule for next week. I will pick based on the number of nominations. Any ties will be determined by RNG.

Spreadsheet & Nominations

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aatA25pW6OsDn2RlAAGP1_GOGCMNvLLumAKckHOhtFk/edit?gid=1117984190#gid=1117984190

Last Topics Results

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I just went with the first movie for each of the franchise options.

It was an interesting discussion between scores as a whole or just a few notable songs. Also some shout-outs to some particularly notable composers.

Last 5 Rushmores

Beer Styles: Lager / Stout / IPA / Pilsner
Salad Ingredients: Lettuce / Dressing / Tomatoes / Croutons
Tarts: Pop / Quiche / Treacle / Fruit
Game Show Hosts: Alex Trebek / Bob Barker / Steve Harvey / Pat Sajak
Movie Scores: Star Wars Episode IV / The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly / LOTR: Fellowship of the Ring / The Wizard of Oz

This Week's Rushmores

Thursday: Post-Catan Board Games
Friday: Burger Toppings
Satuday: Comic Book Villains
Sunday: SNL Cast Members

Next Themed Week: August 18 - 24 (Video Game Levels)

Today's Parameters

You must choose board games after the release of The Settlers of Catan. This is sometimes referred to as "modern" board games or "designer" board games or "hobby" board games.

Board games are defined as any type of game designed to be played on a flat surface and usually involves a board and components.

The Settlers of Catan released on 1995.

Board games still in development/alpha are not allowed.

https://boardgamegeek.com/browse/boardgame
https://boardgamegeek.com/browse/boardgame?sort=numowned&sortdir=desc
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Board_games_by_year
https://www.watchmojo.com/articles/top-20-best-board-games-of-the-century-so-far

Ticket to Ride
Pandemic
Wingspan
Azul

Considered Gloomhaven and Terraforming but going with all gateways

Codenames and Cascadia too, plenty of good options

Race for the Galaxy
So Clover!
Ra
Battle Line

This is definitely out of my wheelhouse, so I'll sit this one out

I tried looking up some of these newer board games and I've never played any of them and haven't even heard of many of them

Ticket to Ride
Pandemic
Wingspan
Just One

Wingspan
Gloomhaven
Root
Pandemic

I would love to fit Twilight Imperium in, but I don't know how I could.

Terraforming Mars
Pandemic
Wingspan

Codenames

Drop Azul
Add Codenames

like Azul more but a party game should be on here I think

Settlers of Catan
Power Grid
Terraforming Mars
Twilight Imperium

Ticket to Ride
Power Grid
Codenames
Race for the Galaxy

I do play board games with different groups so this might be skewed by what a few people like. Not really confident in the 4th but can't think of anything better for now.

ticket to ride
agricola
dominion
codenames

toughest cuts: carcassonne, wingspan, pandemic (legacy), gloomhaven

willing to change as i read others' responses!

(edit) already feeling regret about nothing pandemic, and it feels very wrong that resistance isn't here. i kind of lean toward agricola being the keeper with TTR/dominion getting cut for those two

• Pandemic
• Wingspan
• Ticket To Ride
• Carcassonne

Four entries that spawned multiple series of their own.

Does Cards Against Humanity count as a board game? Becuase a google search says 'yes'.I

Ticket to Ride
Dominion
Pandemic Legacy
Wingspan

Ticket to Ride
Pandemic
Carcassonne
Gloomhaven

Dune Imperium - enthusiast strategy
Ticket to Ride - casual strategy
Pandemic - coop
Codenames - party

Tried to balance different types of games while being both popular and good.

HM to wingspan, gloomhaven, splendor, quest to el Dorado, carcassone, dominion, just one

Ifrit posted...

Does Cards Against Humanity count as a board game? Becuase a google search says 'yes'.I

Id say yes

Ifrit posted...

Does Cards Against Humanity count as a board game? Becuase a google search says 'yes'.I

Unfortunately, yes, it does.

Cards Against Humanity
Pandemic
Codenames
Blokus

Pandemic
Gloomhaven
Wingspan
Cards Against Humanity

HMs: Spirit Island, Twilight Imperium, Ascension, Exploding Kittens, Codenames

Nominate Magic the Gathering cards

Pandemic
Cards Against Humanity
Wingspan
Codenames

the terraforming mars erasure in this topic smh

Apples to Apples
Ticket to Ride
Cranium
Carcassone

Volcanic Adventure
Tzolk'in
Pokmon Master Trainer
The Thing

Of course I miss movie scores when I nominated that one. My top 4 currently are

Midsommar
La La Land
The Ring
Saint Maud

Drop: Twilight Imperium
Add: Dominion

Dominion
Dune: Imperium
Race for the Galaxy
Res Arcana

Ive never heard of Wingspan but now I want to try it. I dont really know enough to vote fully here. But I have played Ticket to Ride 6-7 times. And have the expansion packs for Exploding Kittens. This year I played my first game of Root and Pandemic. They were fun but I cant vote them in good faith. Ive played Cards Against Humanity plenty of times but not voting for it here either. Had its run in college for me though.

Ticket to Ride
Exploding Kittens

Dominion
Pandemic
Ticket to Ride
Codenames

HM to my favorite game of all time, Aeon's End. If you like deckbuilders and/or coop games, check it out.

i really liked aeon's end! feels like it might need a few expansions for replayability though, i feel like i'm kinda set on it

Ticket to Ride
Codenames
CAH
and Catan itself if I'm allowed