This is a bit of a wild one for me to write about. Because sometimes you just find that you keep hold of games that you don’t love. But for some reason or another those games aren’t leaving your collection. The reason could be multiple but let’s see what my lowest rated five none kids games are.

I’m going to be fairly loose with the definition of what of a kids game is. I say that because Spot It! is a kids game and I have it rated fairly lowly, but it’s also an easy game to play with no gamers. So it could maybe be on the list, but it isn’t. Final caveat, I’m skipping the mass market games as well that could make the list.

5 Lowest Rated Games I Own

5. Lucky Numbers

This one is a fine little game of selecting a number at random and seeing if you can build up your grid. Your goal is to get a grid where it goes from high to low in both columns and rows. It reminds me a lot of Rack-o, but with little clovers instead. This is a fun little game, not one that I love, but one that works well for very casual groups because of that Rack-o feel.

I basically gave away why it is staying in my collection, at least for now. It’s so simple to teach and play that it works well with family groups. I will say the solo mode for the game sucks, it’s basically a puzzle mode and a completely different game. I played it on Malts and Meeples, so you can checkout that video to see what that is like below.

Grade On BGG: 6.5 Solo: 2

4. Quiddler

This one is kind of a mass market game. I say kind of because yes you can buy it at Target. But not that many people do. Quiddler is a word game where you are drawing a certain number of cards and trying to make your best word. Then you draw more cards the next round. It kind of has that Kings Crown or Phase 10 vibes to it, but a word game.

I keep this one because it is a word game and there aren’t that many word games. Now, I own First Class Letters, so that might cause the game to leave my collection as I own a word game I like better. But that one is different and has a time pressure on it.

3. Ito

This game is just a meh party game for me. Mainly because it feels too jankey in what it does. It’s a game with only a little bit of structure as you try and put cards in numerical order blindly. It’s not blindly but you are giving your clue of how good or bad something is based off of the number. And everyone’s scale is different. It’s an icebreaker game that kind of expects you to know the people some.

So why is it staying, it stays because my group likes it. And while it has more of that activity/icebreaker vibe to it, I don’t dislike it enough to not have it in my collection. For games that I really hate, they leave even if others like them.

Grade on BGG: 6

2. Lure

Lure from Allplay is one of their little square box games. This one is a fishing game where you are rolling dice and trying to catch the fish that are swimming by. The game is really simple and while it’s not a bad game because of that, it’s just not that exciting when it comes to games.

This one sticks around because I like having these little square boxes from Allplay. I realized that there are a couple that I need to order or get back just so I can have them all. That’s a dumb reason to keep them, and I’ll probably get rid of more of them as time goes on, but right now I enjoy having them.

Grade on BGG: 6

1. Sword Art Online Board Game: Sword of Fellows

This is kind of a Yahtzee style game where you are rolling to defeat boss monsters. As you defeat them and go up levels you unlock new powers. You also get to switch like they do in Sword Art Online so that is a way to avoid enemy attacks. But the rules on this game are not that clearly written. And the combat is really lucky.

So why is this one staying my collection, and what did I rate it? It’s staying in my collection because I love Sword Art Online and there is no other SAO game out there. I wish there was a good one or a big campaign one where you play in that death game. But there’s not, so this one sticks around because of that.

Grade on BGG: 5

Do you have a game or games that you own that you don’t love?

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