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[Qvist]

Guess what's No. 1? Again! With double the votes than No2!

[Davio]

Yeah, I voted for it as my #1.

I also voted for 7 Wonders rather highly as a game I always enjoy playing; that's a strong plus for a game.
I mean, is a game still a good game if you never play it?

I voted for Merchants and Marauders in the "I wish I could play this more often" kind of sense, but it rarely hits the table due to its length and because it takes a long time to explain, so maybe it's not that good.

I have nothing against party games being on the list, Dixit was among my choices, party games to me are the ultimate form of games, because they're fun! And that's the main thing a game has to be. Of course people have different things they enjoy about a game, but I just love any kind of interaction.

[ChocophileBenj]

Dominion first, great !!! Wait, this is Prosperity ? Okay, all expansions are good though (alchemy a bit less...)
No Citadelles ?
And what's the point with 7 Wonders ? I played only once, with 5 other players, and didn't find this game so interesting because of the interaction with only two neighboors, and much more chaos than in Dominion IMO...

[Insomniac]

Dominion first, great !!! Wait, this is Prosperity ? Okay, all expansions are good though (alchemy a bit less...)
No Citadelles ?
And what's the point with 7 Wonders ? I played only once, with 5 other players, and didn't find this game so interesting because of the interaction with only two neighboors, and much more chaos than in Dominion IMO...

play 7 wonders with 2 or 3 people. It's amazing

[ftl]

does 7 wonders work with 2 people? I've liked the game with a bunch of people, but never got it for me and my girlfriend because I thought it would suck with 2

[Insomniac]

does 7 wonders work with 2 people? I've liked the game with a bunch of people, but never got it for me and my girlfriend because I thought it would suck with 2

It's my favourite way to play it.

Essentially you set up a third player and you take turns drawing from the third players hand, and if you draw for the 3rd player you build a card for them and you, and you can use them for money or hiding cards your opponents need.

[Insomniac]

If you don't feel like watching the video the top 10 is in the spoilers below

Top 10
10. Powergrid
09. Race for the Galaxy
08. Smallworld
07. Settlers of Catan
06. Carcasonne
05. Pandemic
04. Ticket To Ride
03. Agricola
02. 7 Wonders
01. Dominion

[brokoli]

Dominion is a very underrated game in the french community. Glad to see it fairly rated here !
7 Wonders, Dixit, Seasons and Werewolf are all potential candidates for my 2nd favourite boardgame.

[ChocophileBenj]

Dixit is very funny in my opinion
Yes, maybe 7wonders is better at 3 players than at more, as you directly interact with everybody. Unlike Dominion, better at 2, although people I play with mostly play at 4 or more...
And Werewolves looks more like a fun game, but still good in nights (or raining Week Ends d'Intégration)

[Insomniac]

So many werewolf fans that don't play forum mafia.

[zahlman]

If you don't feel like watching the video the top 10 is in the spoilers below

Top 10
10. Powergrid
09. Race for the Galaxy
08. Smallworld
07. Settlers of Catan
06. Carcasonne
05. Pandemic
04. Ticket To Ride
03. Agricola
02. 7 Wonders
01. Dominion

I've "only" played six of these Also, I'm sad Stone Age didn't make the cut. Haggis is also a great card game but I can see how it wouldn't appeal to a lot of people...

[Ozle]

If you don't feel like watching the video the top 10 is in the spoilers below

Top 10
10. Powergrid
09. Race for the Galaxy
08. Smallworld
07. Settlers of Catan
06. Carcasonne
05. Pandemic
04. Ticket To Ride
03. Agricola
02. 7 Wonders
01. Dominion

I've "only" played six of these Also, I'm sad Stone Age didn't make the cut. Haggis is also a great card game but I can see how it wouldn't appeal to a lot of people...

Same here, only 6.
However I disagree with 7 Wonders and Small World, really didnt get on with those.
Really want to play Agricola, but I cant afford to buy it only for my gaming group to not like it.

[Lekkit]

I've only played Agricola once. And I was the new player who took a lot of time when it was my turn. Mainly because everyone kept stealing my actions. It took almost an entire afternoon and evening to play. It was really fun, though.

[Grujah]

I've only played Dominion and RtfG. I don't really like RtfG too much, maybe cuz I didn't play it with expansions, but it was strategically very limited, i think.  Was ok at best.

[brokoli]

I played 7 of these : Dominion, Race for the Galaxy, Smallworld, 7 Wonders, Carcasonne, Settlers of Catan and Ticket to ride.

I hate RFTG, really don't understand this game.
Smallworld is fun, but not that great. However I like the replayability of the characters/powers, like kingdom cards in Dominion.
Carcasonne I played once, and found it unconvincing.
I quite like Catan and Ticket to ride, they are very straightforward and pleasant. But in ticket to ride, team play is so much better...
And finally I love 7 Wonders, especially with expansions.

So many werewolf fans that don't play forum mafia.

I play forum werewolf/mafia in french ! 

[Davio]

I love SmallWorld, it scales very good too.

Compared to Risk, it has some improvements I like a lot:
- You can't get eliminated
- You can only get lucky on the last attempt (barring race powers)
- Because it is VP-based, not elimination-based, it tends to be less personal, you just look to optimize your point total
- The world is so small it forces interaction at a given point, you can't sit idly in Australia and wait for the right time to pounce

[Lekkit]

Risk is pretty boring. Smallworld is fun. I've only played it once, and that was the underground version. It was pretty fun. Especially when I got some weird undying dwarves that just hammered and hammered and hammered on. I lost that one, though, since I couldn't score enough points. But I hammered pretty much everything into oblivion.

I haven't played Ticket to Ride, but I would really like to. Pandemic, I don't know anything about. Aside from the rumour that it's supposed to be good. I've got a friend who bough 7 Wonders so that we could try it, but he ended up playing it with other people than me. I really want to try it, though. The rest of the games, I have played, and I can say I think most of them are good. But I don't like Settlers at all.

[Davio]

The thing about 7 Wonders which makes it a great game for me is not that you'll get blown out of your chair the first time you play it, it's not that kind of game.

It's when I'm at a small convention and we have some people waiting around for other players/games to finish and we have about 30 mins to spend with 5 players or so, we can always bring out 7 Wonders. I've enjoyed it everytime I've played it.

[zahlman]

The thing about 7 Wonders which makes it a great game for me is not that you'll get blown out of your chair the first time you play it, it's not that kind of game.

It's when I'm at a small convention and we have some people waiting around for other players/games to finish and we have about 30 mins to spend with 5 players or so, we can always bring out 7 Wonders. I've enjoyed it everytime I've played it.

Is it really that short of a game?

If you need something quick for multiple players that can be (completely!) taught in a couple of sentences, there's a cute game I saw back in April called (I think?) Geistes Blitz. It's basically Set (the card game) for children, but adults are not necessarily at an advantage!

[Kuildeous]

I'm pretty happy that I own 70% of those in the top 10.

And I've played 80% of them, though I have played Le Havre. From what I hear about its similarities to Agricola, perhaps I can say I've played 88% of the top 10.

Somehow never played Ticket to Ride.

[theory]

I've played 100% of the top 10 and own 5, though not necessarily the 5 I want to own.

I'd rank them as follows:

01. Dominion
09. Race for the Galaxy
10. Powergrid
07. Settlers of Catan
05. Pandemic
04. Ticket To Ride
08. Small World
03. Agricola
02. 7 Wonders
06. Carcassonne

Nothing against Carcassone, it just bores me.

[Mecherath]

I own that whole list and like every game on it.  Makes me think I should see what 11-100 have in store.

[Schneau]

I've played all besides Race for the Galaxy, and would rank them:

01. Dominion
02. Powergrid
03. 7 Wonders
04. Agricola
05. Pandemic

06. Carcassonne
07. Small World
08. Ticket To Ride
09. Settlers of Catan

I purposefully left a gap between 5 and 6 - the top 5 are games I enjoy a lot, and the bottom 4 are ones I will play, but not excitedly. I have played more games of Ticket to Ride and Settlers of Catan than I wish to admit, which has taken a lot of the fun out of them, especially considering they are gateway games with less strategy than the others.

[Insomniac]

Have played all of them except Power grid. So the 9 for me would be (I have other games I might place in the top 10 over these 10 but ranking these 10)

1. Dominion.
2. Race for the galaxy
3. Agricola
4. 7 Wonders
5. Small world
6. Ticket To Ride
7. Settlers of Catan
8. Pandemic
9. Carcassone

Carcassonne really rubs me the wrong way, too often especially if you add expansions its like well I need this tile, and well we all know what happens when you pull a tile out of that bag.

[Kuildeous]

Carcassonne really rubs me the wrong way, too often especially if you add expansions its like well I need this tile, and well we all know what happens when you pull a tile out of that bag.

I love pulling the tile that I know someone else needs and purposefully placing it in one of the stupidest, most useless spots.

But I'm a jerk.