Component Quality: Wooden Bits

Featured in episode 63 released on 24 Aug 2006.

Tom Vasel Sam Healey
#10

Kanaloa

Kanaloa

Designer(s): Günter Cornett
Publisher: Bambus Spieleverlag

Phoenix

Phoenix

Designer(s): Zach Greenvoss, Amanda Greenvoss
Publisher: Descartes Editeur

#9

Octiles

Octiles

Designer(s): Dale Walton
Publisher: Out of the Box

StreetSoccer

StreetSoccer

Designer(s): Corné van Moorsel
Publisher: Cwali

#8

Pacru

Pacru

Designer(s): Mike Wellman
Publisher: Pacru Ltd

Dragons of Kir

Dragons of Kir

Designer(s): Dove Byrne, Jason Conkey
Publisher: Future Magic Games

#7

Trias

Trias

Designer(s): Ralf Lehmkuhl
Publisher: Rio Grande Games

TransAmerica

TransAmerica

Designer(s): Franz-Benno Delonge
Publisher: Rio Grande Games

#6

Primordial Soup

Primordial Soup

Designer(s): Doris Matthäus, Frank Nestel
Publisher: Z-Man Games

PitchCar

PitchCar

Designer(s): Jean du Poël
Publisher: Ferti

#5

Heimlich & Co.

Heimlich & Co.

Designer(s): Wolfgang Kramer
Publisher: Ravensburger

Bootleggers

Bootleggers

Designer(s): Don Beyer, Ray Eifler, Steve Gross
Publisher: Eagle Games

#4

Warcraft: The Boardgame

Warcraft: The Boardgame

Designer(s): Kevin Wilson
Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games

Candamir: The First Settlers

Candamir: The First Settlers

Designer(s): Klaus Teuber
Publisher: Mayfair Games

#3

Power Grid

Power Grid

Designer(s): Friedemann Friese
Publisher: Rio Grande Games

Agora Barcelona

Agora Barcelona

Designer(s): Oriol Comas i Coma, Jep Ferret
Publisher: brabander

#2

Capitol

Capitol

Designer(s): Alan R. Moon, Aaron Weissblum
Publisher: Schmidt Spiele

Age of Steam

Age of Steam

Designer(s): Martin Wallace
Publisher: Eagle Games

#1

Carcassonne: The City

Carcassonne: The City

Designer(s): Klaus-Jürgen Wrede
Publisher: Rio Grande Games

Wallenstein

Wallenstein

Designer(s): Dirk Henn
Publisher: Queen Games

Notes on the list:

Tom -
- # 10 is a placeholder for all Pin International Games, such as Fire & Ice, Balancing Aliens, Outfoxed, etc.
- I left dexterity games off my list because so many of them (Crabande, Crokinole, etc.) would simply dominate the list.
- My list is based on the "cool" factor of the wooden pieces, not my overall rating of the game.
- # 1 stands for all games Carcassonne, not just the City.  Although it is the bets.

Sam -
- I went for the top ten games with fun factor for my list.
- I also left out games that we talk about quite a bit on the air (Game of Thrones, Carcassonne, etc.), or games that have recently been in a top ten list of mine (Kahuna, Balloon Cup, etc.)
- I had a few two-player games in there because I think that two-player games somtimes get overlooked when we get to talking about the bigger games and such.