Top 10 Essential Games Everyone Should Own!
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I own 8 of Tom's and and 8 of Zee's (with 3 of those overlapping) and only 3 of Sam's. Which is about right as I find my tastes overlap with Tom and especially Zee more than Sam. Even the two of Zee's I don't have are high on my wish list (Blood Rage and Deception).
In general, the lists are pretty good for new gamers. I think there are some reaches they made to make the list interesting (no reason for Tom to take Splendor over Ticket to Ride, for instance). But as a new gamer you probably will be happy with almost any of these 24 games.
IMO, Lords of Waterdeep is a better choice than Stone Age for an essential worker placement game.
My personal top 10 games that go down well (no particular order) (second place in brackets and italics):
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I'll show you my list for Top 10 Essential Games Everyone Should Own
My nominations are weighted towards games that can be taught in a few minutes, games that are accessible to a variety of gamers, games that are typically inexpensive, games that have a relatively short playtime and games that are in my experience in constant demand to hit the table.
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I'm really surprised that Ultimate Warriorz didn't make anyone's list in place of King of Tokyo, as it scales between 2-8 players way better than KoT scales between 2-6. Also was missing Viticulture which is a much better intro Worker Placement than Stone Age and has a great set of expansions.
I think a list of essential games should pick games from distinct genres, and I think they did a pretty good job of that. Here's my list of ten, trying to represent some of the major mechanical themes.
Sheriff of Nottingham? Really?
I got bored by the 3rd turn, finished the game (and won) and I've not played it since.
IMHO it's not even that good, nevermind being an "essential" game.
EDIT:Getting downvotes for having an opinion sure doesn't encourage discussion.
Blood Rage and Dixit? Blood Rage is really a stretch to say every gamer should own it, I can see it being too complex and confrontational for some gamers. Dixit seems kind of outdated to me.