December 2017 – Page 11

There’s something about a top 100 list that makes you want to say ‘bullshit’ and make your own. For me, the list were the various top 100 lists that Dice Tower put out, which had many entries that made me want to write nasty things in the YouTube comments (because that always works). But then I remember, hey, I have a blog. Maybe I should use it.

So I’ll roll out the list over the weekend. I figured it was a good enough reason to get me to think about games and to do some writing about game design. Because I decided that one of the things I wanted to do was include at least one reason that I, as a digital game designer, like the design of the pile of cardboard in front of me.

Other notes:

I’ve played most, but not all, of these games at least twice. The older ones have a lot of plays, but the newer ones have fewer because I have a toddler, which limited my board game playing time (and not coincidentally, also turned a room of my house into the Horrific World of Choking Hazards.
I made no effort to weed out the ones that are out of print. I think that includes at least 2 in my top 20.
I made an effort to list at least one interesting mechanic or other reason I love a game. In many cases, it’s not the first game that has implemented that mechanic, but usually it’s the best example I’ve seen of it.
No, I haven’t played everything. Yes, there are whole classifications of games I’m not a big fan of. Doing research for this little project HAS added to my ‘I gotta go play that’ list, though.
Images, when visible, is stolen shamelessly from somewhere.
This list is as of right this second. Been working on this in the background for a month, and even last night, 2 games fell off the list and one fell 40 places. I’m sure if I made this list again in February, it’d shift again.

Anyway, do enjoy one game designer’s desperate excuse to dive back into his collection, and fall back in love with some games he hasn’t played in quite some time.

The list:

100. Colony

99. Hostage Negotiator

98. Las Vegas

97. Dragon Rampage

96. Red November

95. Tsuro

94. The Gallerist

93. A Game of Thrones: The Board Game

92. Prime Time

91. Valeria Card Kingdoms

90. Android Infiltration