07-23-2022, 06:00 PM
Hey Zombies and Zombie Slayers! Figured since we all share overlapping gaming interests, with Flying Frog games at the center of a convenient Venn diagram for us all, it might be fun to compare what our favorite games are and what we're looking forward to. I don't know about you, but I've always enjoyed a good ranking. 
Top 20 favorite Thematic game
I own everything except AH2E, which I just play at a friend's house because he has the entire collection and it's out of print and hard to find.
Top 7 non-adventure/genre related games
If you were interested in what other type of games I get up to playing... These are generally less present in my collection. I don't even have a full 10 to share
Top 3 Waiting to be played
Unreleased Kickstarters I'm looking forward to
Top 20 favorite Thematic game
I own everything except AH2E, which I just play at a friend's house because he has the entire collection and it's out of print and hard to find.
- A Touch of Evil - Still number 1.
- Robinson Crusoe - Closest a game has ever come to replicating the points that made aToE my #1.
- Cthulu Death May Die - Probably the best designed game on this list.
- Project Elite - Video game on the table
- Arkham Horror 3E - Codex provides best story moments balanced with gameplay I've encountered.
- Marvel United - Perfect 30 minute game. Bought it for my kids, but it's great.
- Deep Madness - DM & Nemesis were both games I didn't think I'd like, but the horror themes got me! They got me good!
- Nemesis - Fun even when you lose.
- Zombicide Black Plague - Better systems exist, but this is very simple and accessible in an attractive package.
- Arkham Horror 2E - Still excellent and fun despite my love of 3E.
- Arena: The Contest - Easier to table than D&D
- Middara - Very similar to why I enjoy SoB, but with quality of life improvements like numbered tiles...
- Shadows of Brimstone - Such a good game, but bloody difficult to organize.
- Zombicide Invader - Great actually.
- Fireteam Zero (Underrated Out of Print gem, set in Weird WWII)
- Eldritch Horror - Seriously Flawed Masterpiece
- Last Night on Earth - Ah. Game design has moved forward so much, yet I am still fond of my first board game.
- Zombicide 2E - Modern city streets is a classic zombie setting you can't experience in LNoE.
- Twisted Fables - For being a Deck builder it kept me engaged for a while, but even Dark Gothic didn't hold my attention, so I think Deck Building as a primary mechanic just isn't my thing. Not sure I'm keeping this one, but it's really cool.
- Fortune and Glory - My least favorite of the Flying Frog games I still own. Fun, but I'd almost always rather play A Touch of Evil.
Top 7 non-adventure/genre related games
If you were interested in what other type of games I get up to playing... These are generally less present in my collection. I don't even have a full 10 to share
- Carcassonne - Something about tile laying is very satisfying.
- Wingspan - Good Art gets me everytime
- Caverna - hoarding rubies is fun
- Merchants of the Dark Road - Kind of adjacent to my normal type of theme games, but a lot of Euro mechanics here. I hated my first game but then we played again, and everything clicked, and it stuck around.
- Calico - Good art again... also just really satisfying puzzle
- Sagrada - Am I sucker for pretty dice and pretty themes? Maaaaybe...
- Smash Up - A Hold over from earlier gaming days, but integrating fun themes with fun card play.
Top 3 Waiting to be played
- Vagrantsong - Demoed recently. Very interested in trying again. May buy. It was just that good.
- Lost Ruins of Arnak - Taking yet another shot at that Indiana Jones theme we love in Fortune and Glory.
- Scythe - Gotta be honest; The art suckered me into buying this, but I still haven't played it and it's been almost 2 years now...
Unreleased Kickstarters I'm looking forward to
- Anastyr - A game set in Pre-flood, Atlantean/Bronze age Sword and Sorcery world designed by one of my favorite board game artists, Paolo Parente?! And it has quick, combo focused combat and side scrolling inspired mechanics?! A friend backed this one but I probably would have myself if he hadn't been the one to point it out to me.
- ISS Vanguard - Not sure how many of you are also Mass Effect or Star Trek fans, but this has me intrigued.
- Brimstone Adventures - Begrudgingly still excited to play Vikings and Cursed Eternals in Shadows of Brimstone. <3
- Resident Evil - Another Zombie game They got me
- Primal - This looks epic. I really like the monster design.