Top Ten Games - 2008

Featured in episode 136–137 released on 2 Jan 2009.

Tom Vasel Sam Healey
#10

Biblios

Biblios

Designer(s): Steve Finn
Publisher: IELLO

Aquaretto

Aquaretto

Designer(s): Michael Schacht
Publisher: Rio Grande Games

#9

Say Anything

Say Anything

Designer(s): Dominic Crapuchettes, Satish Pillalamarri
Publisher: Dr. Wood Challenge Centre

Tinners' Trail

Tinners' Trail

Designer(s): Martin Wallace
Publisher: IELLO

#8

Pizza Box Baseball

Pizza Box Baseball

Designer(s): Erik Smith, Scott Smith (I)
Publisher: On The Line Game Company

Toledo

Toledo

Designer(s): Martin Wallace
Publisher: Mayfair Games

#7

War for Edaðh

War for Edaðh

Designer(s): Ash Pyne, Nigel Pyne
Publisher: WarriorElite, Ltd.

Risk: Black Ops

Risk: Black Ops

Designer(s): Rob Daviau
Publisher: Hasbro

#6

Pandemic

Pandemic

Designer(s): Matt Leacock
Publisher: Z-Man Games

Pandemic

Pandemic

Designer(s): Matt Leacock
Publisher: Z-Man Games

#5

Stone Age

Stone Age

Designer(s): Bernd Brunnhofer
Publisher: Rio Grande Games

Stone Age

Stone Age

Designer(s): Bernd Brunnhofer
Publisher: Rio Grande Games

#4

Android

Android

Designer(s): Daniel Clark (I), Kevin Wilson
Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games

Time's Up! Title Recall!

Time's Up! Title Recall!

Designer(s): Michael Adams, Peter Sarrett
Publisher: R&R Games

#3

Agricola

Agricola

Designer(s): Uwe Rosenberg
Publisher: Z-Man Games

Say Anything

Say Anything

Designer(s): Dominic Crapuchettes, Satish Pillalamarri
Publisher: Dr. Wood Challenge Centre

#2

Battlestar Galactica

Battlestar Galactica

Designer(s): Corey Konieczka
Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games

Android

Android

Designer(s): Daniel Clark (I), Kevin Wilson
Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games

#1

Dominion

Dominion

Designer(s): Donald X. Vaccarino
Publisher: Rio Grande Games

Battlestar Galactica

Battlestar Galactica

Designer(s): Corey Konieczka
Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games

Other Games in the show

Worst Game

Biggest Disappointment

Best Components

Best Party Game

Biggest Surprise

  • Geoff - Monsterapocalypse
  • Moritz - FFG CCGs
  • Tom - 2 de Mayo, War for Edadh
  • Sam - Android
  • Giles - Great Games coming out in the last couple of months
  • Mark Z - Days of Wonder selling Battlelore to Fantasy Flight
  • Eric - Pandemic

Best Gateway Game

Best Gaming Event

  • Moritz - BGG.con
  • Mark Z - Origins

Best Children's Game

Strangest Game

War Game

  • Geoff - Conflict of Heroes
  • Moritz - Pursuit of Glory
  • Mark Z - Warriors of God / Day of Heroes
  • Eric - After the Flood
  • Tom - 2 de Mayo

Most Innovative Game

Best Expansion

Geoff's Top Ten

  1. Agricola
  2. Battlestar Galactica
  3. Conflict of Heroes
  4. Monsterpocalypse
  5. Space Alert
  6. Manoeuvre
  7. Neuroshima Hex
  8. Dominion
  9. Corunea
  10. Snowtails

Moritz' Top Ten

  1. Stone Age
  2. Battlestar Galactica
  3. Pursuit of Glory
  4. Dominion
  5. Confucious
  6. Tinner's Trail
  7. Pandemic
  8. Ghost Stories
  9. Metropolys
  10. Napoleonic Wars

Mark Haberman's Top Ten

  1. Le Havre
  2. Dominion
  3. Metropolys
  4. Pandemic
  5. Say Anything
  6. Hanging Gardens
  7. Prussian Rails
  8. Tinner's Trail
  9. Yahtzee Free for All
  10. Diamonds Club

Mark Zielinski's Top Ten

  1. Ticket to Ride: Nordic
  2. Warhammer 40K 5th Edition
  3. Agricola
  4. Warriors of God
  5. Day of Heroes
  6. B-29 Superfortress
  7. Flintlock: Cold Steel
  8. Aquaretto
  9. Pizza Box Baseball
  10. Krakow 1325

Giles Top Ten

  1. Agricola
  2. Pandemic
  3. Stone Age
  4. Aquaretto
  5. Hanging Gardens
  6. Manoeuvre
  7. Say Anything
  8. Ticket to Ride: Card Game
  9. Red Dragon Inn
  10. Wizard's Gambit