This is going up a bit late this week, well, even to the start of next week. The reason being is that normally I put this up on Thursday after streaming on Wednesday, but I was out of town Thursday and Friday. So pre-scheduled posts went up those two days. But we are back, and I did stream, with my Top 100 Board Games (of all time) 2021 Edition. And we are in the top half of the list.

The next 10 are going to be on Wednesday at 8 PM Central Time. You can join me over on Malts and Meeples YouTube Channel. You can flick the notification bell, here, to know when I’m going live. I hope that you can join as we get higher into the Top 100 list.

100 Through 91

90 Through 81

80 through 71

70 through 61

60 through 51

Top 100 Board Games 50 through 41

50. Railroad Ink

Railroad Ink is a fun roll and write where you are connecting routes. And I think that concept works so well for a roll and write game. Each face of the die has a different route that connects not only railroads but roads as well. And you’re trying to connect as many exterior ones as you can. But you also get points for having more spots in the middle filled it. And there are negative points for routes that just end nowhere. The game works really well as a larger group game because everyone is playing at once.

49. The Lost Expedition

This game actively tries to keep there from being an alpha gamer in it’s cooperative experience. It does that by limiting how much you can talk about the cards in your hand. By limiting that, no one player knows everything and when a persons turn comes up advice is only limited. And that’s just for creating the travel path for the morning and evening. After that, the group as a whole discusses how to best traverse all the bad things that are going to be happening and progress to your goal of finding the lost city of Z.

48. Five Tribes

My favorite of the gateway games, I think. Though, this game does have more going on than your average gateway game. In this game you get points for doing everything, have more vizers than your opponent, you get points, take off workers, get points, empty a location, get points. But that’s what makes the game so much fun, everything gives you points, but at the same time, you can be clever or feel clever when you spot a really good move. It uses a mancala style mechanism to move around the meeples, and works well with two and well with more.

47. Marvel United

A new one to the list, Marvel United really burst onto the scene for me. I knew I’d probably like it because it was Marvel themed and a cooperative game. But this one works so well, now, I will say, one negative about the game is that there was a lot on the Kickstarters. Now that in and of itself isn’t a negative, but it means that you do miss out on some if you didn’t back the Kickstarter. Still for a game that makes you feel like you’re playing as a superhero and working with others, this one is really good.

46. Deranged

I finally got to play my copy a couple of months ago. This is a game that I played at GenCon and was really excited to get. Then I got it, right in the middle of the pandemic. So it was fun to finally play it again. This is a really good game where everyone is trying to break their curses and get out of a town. What is interesting is the card play where your actions are limited by your cards and by some madness. Plus then, when you hit night time, someone might become a deranged and now their goal in the game changes. This game has a nice Halloween scheme.

45. Draftosaurus

This game is almost a roll and write game. It isn’t in that you are placing dinosaur meeples onto the board as you draft them. But the game feels like one. You place the dinosaurs into different pens and they all score in slightly different ways. One wants just one dinosaur, but if it’s your only one of that type, you get points. Others might want pairs, or unique dinosaurs. The game plays super fast and it is a ton of fun and is easy to get into.

44. Say Bye To the Villains

It’s odd to put a game that I’ve never beaten onto the list. But I love the game because it always feels close. I always feel like i should be able to win, but I just don’t have quite enough time. In the game you are a group of samurai taking on some villains. You prepare by increasing your stats, helping the other samurai, and seeing what the villains are doing. But there isn’t enough time to completely do all of that. One of these days we’ll beat the game, and it’ll be great, but until then, I’m going to keep on trying.

43. Century: Golem Edition

Century: Golem Edition is a game I wish I played more often. It’s such a great introductory engine building and hand management game. And it looks amazing on the table. The gems are cute and the table presence is amazing for it. The game is also really fast, turns fly by as you take one of a few actions in the game. I feel like i need to get it to the table again soon, and if you’re looking for a game to introduce people to, this is a really good one.

42. Calico

Another very family friendly game, Calico has much more of a brain burning experience to it than it might look. This game gives you so much to think about as you are balancing three different types of scoring. You get buttons for creating groups of colors, you attract cats for groups of patterns. And then on the quilt itself, it wants certain groups of patterns and colors. And at the end of the game you might be hoping to get that one perfect quilt block that will finish off multiple things for you. There is an easy version as well, which works pretty good, though I do prefer the more brain burny version.

41. Floor Plan

Finally, we have Floor Plan, this is about building out a goofy house to meet some criteria. You might end up with three living rooms iwth no doors, but if that you gets you points, it gets you points. They are coming out with a Winchester mansion version of this which will make a lot of sense thematically for building out a crazy looking house. But it’s a good time to play and while this one, I feel, might slip over time, it’s one that I want to explore more.

The Next 10

If you want to catch any of the remaining Top 10’s live, you can check them out and my normal streams on Wednesday at 8 PM Central time. If you subscribe and click the notification bell you’ll know whenever I go live or upload a new video to Malts and Meeples YouTube channel. When I’m not doing my Top 100, you can find me on Wednesday playing board games solo on the YouTube channel.

Let me know what game you’d want to play out this list? Are there any of your favorites here or any one that you now really want to play?

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