10-Ubongo Fun sized edition, Dale of Merchants, Red7 9-Celestia,Lie,10 minute heist 8-Timeline,High Society,Mint Works 7-Spyfall,Deckscape,A Fake Artist Goes To New York 6-Keyforge,Kodachi,Hokkaido 5-Hero realms/Star realms,The Grizzled,Archaelogy 4-Onitama,Monster Trick,Insider/Werewords 3-Patriots and redcoats,Caper,Welcome to the dungeon 2-Hanamikoji/Jixia academy,Shipwreak arcana,No Thanks 1-Silver and gold,Age of war,Port Royal
I don't understand all the hate for Uno. I mean, I'm not saying it's a great game or anything, but it's certainly one of the best mass-market games available. If I go over to someone's house and all they have is mass-market games, Uno is probably the first one I'd go for. It's quick, it's easy, it's inclusive. For example, Clue favors a deductive mind, Stratego favors a tactical mind (and is only a two-player game), Scrabble favors min-maxxers with large vocabularies, etc. But Uno is simple and light, with a little bit of strategy and a considerable amount of luck, but unless you're ultra-competitive, who cares?
Ok, before watch start the list - Sam's got Codinca, Bang the Dice Game, and Star Realms SLASH Hero Realms.. Oh! and Hanamikoji and Tournament at Camelot as well. *grabs popcorn* Let's see how I do...
I would add Neanderthal, Pax Renaissance which you should at least try to play, Schotten Totten, Dead Man' s Draw...Tiny Epic Galaxies still counts for me in Top 10 and Monty Python Fluxx from the craziest ones (and the only version of fluxx where theme really works), and old edition of Red November :) But I really liked all of the lists, great choices guys. :)
My top 10 small games: 10: Harbor - action selection game 9: Roll For it - Quick dice game where you try to roll specific sets of dice to fulfill goals 8: Celestia - press your luck 7: Change - an old cheap-ass game not sure if its still available it came in a tiny plastic bag 6: Star Realms - Dominion or ascension style game 5: Tiny Epic Galaxies - So far the only Tiny Epic game i like but really really good. 4: Citadels - a great party game for 3-9 players 3: Fairy Tale - Drafting game where you are trying to collect sets usually 2: Roll Through the Ages - This game is like 4x game as Yahtzee. so great! 1: Inn Fighting - This is a dice game perfect for groups. characters are cool.
I'm so glad you guys made this list. I get together with friends at pubs all the time and I want to bring multiple small games that I can fit in my pocket or bag. "An easy to carry play anywhere pocket game" is how I would define it. @6:00 Tom, I believe its a marketing gimmick. Instead of saying its a smaller candy bar you call it "FUN-SIZED". Thanks guys!
Doublesleeving saves your cards from spillage and dust particles (make scratches on your cards). When you play with Magic: The Gathering cards worth 2-4K the investment of doublesleeving is well worth the hassle
Tom, I believe that "20 Questions" website was called "Akinator." It's like an interactive genie guessing your word. I've only stumped him once, and it was technically semantics soooooo...
Before viewing, my list would consist of: 1) Love Letter 2) Get Bit! 3) Pickomino (a.k.a. Heckmeck am Bratwurmacek) 4) No Thanks! 5) Sticheln 6) Bang! the Dice Game 7) Guillotine 8) Set 9) Coup 10) Zombie Dice Let's watch and compare!
0) San Juan 1) Mephisto 2) Mint Works/Delivery 3) Crypt 4) Ringmaster 5) Coup 6) Love Letter 7) Castles of Burgundy Dice 8) Cthulhu Dice 9) Claim 1 & 2 10) Desolate 11) Brutal Kingdom 12) Harald 13) Lords of Scotland 14) Fairytale 15) Parade 16) Starving Artists 17) Crystallo 18) Arboretum 19) Gloom 20) Fluxx 21) Pumpkin Patch Bad Seeds 22) Gosu Tactics 23) Choson 24) Koryo 25) Deck Box Dungeon Button Shy makes a lot of great tiny games as well. Tiny Epic Games aren't so tiny!
1. Roma & Arena: Roma II, 2. Deep Sea Adventure, 3. Hanabi, 4. No Thanks, 5. Star Realms, 6. Coup, 7. Chrononauts, 8. Love Letter: Batman, 9. Battle Line, 10. Citadels
Deskscape is replayable for those of us that have memory issues. Put the cards back in number order and you can play the game later. Keep track of time and all that on a note pad instead of on the cards.
Hurray, Circle the Wagons! I've been binging your top ten lists and I'm so glad to finally hear that game come up. I've only got an extremely modest collection (under 20 games) but after recently being inspired by you guys to rank them Circle the Wagons ended up in the number one spot. It's just beats out every other game I have in a number of aspects; cheaper, smaller (easier to bring out or take places), simpler (but deceptively very complex despite it), more replayability, faster (we always play best of three), more accessible (BIG plus) and more. Really intricate and enjoyable little game, and even though it's perhaps not my FAVOURITE, I think for all the reasons mentioned I'd always be willing to play it over any other game in my collection, which says a lot and is the reason it's number one.
Every game of Age of War: 10-20min later... "Well all that we have left to do is complete the 4-part territory" "Boy, I am glad I can spend an additional 20 min fighting over the back and forth trying to have one of us complete this territory"
Archaeology:The new expedition, For Sale ,The Fox in the Forest, Biblios, Werewords, and San Juan are my go-to's for small games. Love these lists, since lately these type of games are all i get to play nowadays
My top ten small box games off the top of my head - Campy Creatures - Space Park - Dale of Merchants (Zee) - Mint Works (Tom) - Tides of Madness - Circle the Wagons - Shards of Infinity - Capital Lux (out of print currently) - Villages of Valeria - Zany Penguins - Herbaceous
Here's my list, off the top of my head. 1. Lost Legacy 2. Hive 3. Cold War: CIA vs. KGB 4. Mottainai 5. Red7 6. The Boss 7. Office 21 8. Trick of the Rails 9. Impulse 10. Button Men
At #7 now and just have to say that spyfall absolutely fits in your pocket. I have gone to so many parties with four or five packs in my pocket. It is terrific to pull out at a tiny cocktail table with no room at all and say “one of us is a spy”.
It was inevitable for you to miss some with so many but it looks like Sam really struggled. Add The Mind and Belratti, and Mini Tin Mint Skullduggery as really fun small games.
PNPs never get a mention. But that one after I finally made it shows how much the creator really understood their inspiration material and th goal of making a tiny game. Very well executed.
MY "AGE OF WAR" HOUSERULES VARIANT RECOMMENDATION SHOWN BELOW: I don't know why this variant was never added by Knizia, but it works. I use these to make the game more interesting (instead of having to keep fighting and re-rolling with smaller numbers of players): 1. Every time you form a set, use the number of cards in the set to allow you only 1 "reinforcement roll" per turn. For example, if you have a three-set of castle cards completed, and you've lost 3 dice to attrition, then put those dice back into your pool and keep rolling. 2. If you have more than one set of cards completed, you can combine sets in a various order of addition. For example, if you have a two-set and a three-set completed, you can add 1 reinforcement roll when you lose 2 dice, 3 dice, or 5 dice. But you have to choose when to use the reinforcement roll, and you can't take dice from those already committed to the card you chose. 3. This also means that if you secure a four-set and a three-set of cards (or 3, 3, and 1), when you run out of dice, you get to take 1 additional reinforcement roll of 7 dice as your second wave of attack (you can't reroll dice lost to attrition during this second turn).
The variant seemed obvious to me as a balancing mechanism against a string of poor dice rolls with a lower player count. That's what I should have said. But yes, strictly speaking I am not his wife. And thank god, you're not mine.
I'm glad to see Hanamikoji made it on here. 7 Ronin has a similar feel, in that you have to make difficult decisions, and is quite small. It's one that goes on the, "I wish this was 2x the size," list.
There’s normal size. There’s small-ish. Then small. Then tiny. Sorry, Sam: I understand that you don’t like tiny games, but you must know deep inside you cheated on this theme. You are free to do so, of course, but don’t try to convince us otherwise: just be honest about it.
We recently picked up FIRE IN THE LIBRARY and our family really enjoys pushing our luck to rescue books. My son also really likes POCKET OPS which is like strategic tic tac toe.
Tom said he wished "A Fake Artist Goes to New York" was actually bigger. I just saw recently that Target now carries a version of the game that is about 50% larger. The markers and player boards are the same size, but the pads are larger. Deep Sea Adventure by the same publisher is also larger but I haven't seen inside that one.
Tom, did you know that Mint Works is a very old public domain game that was built to play in conjunction with a box of Altoids? The cards fit in the Altoid box and you used the Altoids mints as your workers. Bit of trivia if you like. :)
Geez, Sam actually put Age Of War. At least it was a small-to-tiny box game... Edit: Do a top ten for actually only small-box/Tiny Box games. Too many of these games the box is way large.
does anyone know of a game like classic playing cards ( 4 suits type ) in regards to how many very different games you can play with only one deck, eg. cheat, chase the ace, pontoon, 11's, rummy, fish, ect. ect. i love how you can do this but obviously basically no theme at all, if you know of any games to fit this please recommend, if not ... i think the first people to make them will have many sales. N.B doesn't have to be just card games if you have other good recommendations. thank you.
Ah big pockets but not deep pockets. I've seen old pennies the size of a small plate. I'm not sure why those old coins were called pennies but it was a good thing we didn't know the game quarters back then.
I love this top 10, great subject. I buy a lot of tiny games because I play most of my games in trains and bars and I have an unamerican amount of shelf space. I'd also nominate: Cabo, Railroad ink (harvest dice/welcome to), Dungeon Mayhem, Lost legacy, Flip city, Office 21, Diner, Deep sea adventure and Sushi go. I don't bring the boxes when travelling & these all fit a tiny train table when playing.
I reccomend the WorldChampionshipDecks from the Pokemon TCG: They are turnament proven decks - so you need no collecting and deck building - built on different streategies by specific (high ranking) players of the yearly tournament. The designs are kid-friendly. They are rather balanced, optimized, small footprint and relatively easy (compared to Magic/Yugioh) with no interruption of turns. We played the four 2017 edition decks during vacation in cafés or while the kids were napping. I would also suggest the Themedecks, but those aren't optimized and suffer from runaway wins and randomness, where es the worldchamionship decks are very consistend in their performance.
10-Ubongo Fun sized edition, Dale of Merchants, Red7
9-Celestia,Lie,10 minute heist
8-Timeline,High Society,Mint Works
7-Spyfall,Deckscape,A Fake Artist Goes To New York
6-Keyforge,Kodachi,Hokkaido
5-Hero realms/Star realms,The Grizzled,Archaelogy
4-Onitama,Monster Trick,Insider/Werewords
3-Patriots and redcoats,Caper,Welcome to the dungeon
2-Hanamikoji/Jixia academy,Shipwreak arcana,No Thanks
1-Silver and gold,Age of war,Port Royal
This is very useful, I import games so having more options that don't take too much space in the suitcase, for example.
I missed Tom this week, but the Riddler was a pretty good substitute.
floodedphrasing 😂😂😂
I don't understand all the hate for Uno. I mean, I'm not saying it's a great game or anything, but it's certainly one of the best mass-market games available. If I go over to someone's house and all they have is mass-market games, Uno is probably the first one I'd go for. It's quick, it's easy, it's inclusive. For example, Clue favors a deductive mind, Stratego favors a tactical mind (and is only a two-player game), Scrabble favors min-maxxers with large vocabularies, etc. But Uno is simple and light, with a little bit of strategy and a considerable amount of luck, but unless you're ultra-competitive, who cares?
Parade, Mow, Straw, Mama Mia, One Deck Dungeon, Hanabi
Ok, before watch start the list - Sam's got Codinca, Bang the Dice Game, and Star Realms SLASH Hero Realms.. Oh! and Hanamikoji and Tournament at Camelot as well. *grabs popcorn* Let's see how I do...
I would add Neanderthal, Pax Renaissance which you should at least try to play, Schotten Totten, Dead Man' s Draw...Tiny Epic Galaxies still counts for me in Top 10 and Monty Python Fluxx from the craziest ones (and the only version of fluxx where theme really works), and old edition of Red November :) But I really liked all of the lists, great choices guys. :)
*Two Top Ten Tiny Games Lists! and a list by Sam.
Not sure what Sam was doing...
K Au no one ever does.
Yep. Sorry, Sam. For example, Onitama should never have been on this list. Box is too big!
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My top 10 small games:
10: Harbor - action selection game
9: Roll For it - Quick dice game where you try to roll specific sets of dice to fulfill goals
8: Celestia - press your luck
7: Change - an old cheap-ass game not sure if its still available it came in a tiny plastic bag
6: Star Realms - Dominion or ascension style game
5: Tiny Epic Galaxies - So far the only Tiny Epic game i like but really really good.
4: Citadels - a great party game for 3-9 players
3: Fairy Tale - Drafting game where you are trying to collect sets usually
2: Roll Through the Ages - This game is like 4x game as Yahtzee. so great!
1: Inn Fighting - This is a dice game perfect for groups. characters are cool.
The only reason they made the 2nd hanamikoji game is so Sam could list it as a different game in his top tens.
Celesta is an 8 x 8 inch box,, how is that tiny? That's.... small! lol
original celestia is 4x4 ish. I have the german version.
My Dad usually has a deck of cards with him in the hopes that someone will play bridge with him.
- Chris
Fox in the forest, arboretum, port royal, sluff off, claim, sushi go (maybe pushing it), the mind, hanabi, and a few oinks would be my first thoughts.
I'm so glad you guys made this list. I get together with friends at pubs all the time and I want to bring multiple small games that I can fit in my pocket or bag. "An easy to carry play anywhere pocket game" is how I would define it.
@6:00 Tom, I believe its a marketing gimmick. Instead of saying its a smaller candy bar you call it "FUN-SIZED".
Thanks guys!
Doublesleeving saves your cards from spillage and dust particles (make scratches on your cards). When you play with Magic: The Gathering cards worth 2-4K the investment of doublesleeving is well worth the hassle
Sam always puts the same 20 games in all his lists ... it goes without saying
Plus he misses almost every time the topic.
Legitimately cant tell why "flip and fill" hasn't caught on. Its the right name for that style.
Tiny Epic Blood Rage
Yeah wouldn't he love that
Zee's comments just slay me! Hilarious. Good entertainment value for your dollar.
There is a Travel Version of “For Sale”, large card pack size.
Glad to see Welcome to The Dungeon, but no Fugitive? No Getaway Driver?
They forgot "Gloomhaven: Tweezer micro edition"
Deep Sea Adventure!!!
i can't help but feel like the pack-o-games Dig is just a better version of Deep Sea Adventure
pocket hive, mint works, the resistance are my top 3
B I B L I O S
Sprawlopolis, manhatten project chain reaction, timeline, mtg, ascention apprentice edition, star realm.
Suzanrubi I mean mtg if you only have one deck. Haven't heard of anything but star realms, but am excited to look me up.
I'd go with stuff like Kodama, Railroad Ink, Hanamikoji, The Mind, Coup, Zura... most of the mentioned games semm to big for 2tiny" Oo
Tom, I believe that "20 Questions" website was called "Akinator." It's like an interactive genie guessing your word. I've only stumped him once, and it was technically semantics soooooo...
Zachary Baker There's a electronic toy called 20Q
Before viewing, my list would consist of:
1) Love Letter
2) Get Bit!
3) Pickomino (a.k.a. Heckmeck am Bratwurmacek)
4) No Thanks!
5) Sticheln
6) Bang! the Dice Game
7) Guillotine
8) Set
9) Coup
10) Zombie Dice
Let's watch and compare!
0) San Juan
1) Mephisto
2) Mint Works/Delivery
3) Crypt
4) Ringmaster
5) Coup
6) Love Letter
7) Castles of Burgundy Dice
8) Cthulhu Dice
9) Claim 1 & 2
10) Desolate
11) Brutal Kingdom
12) Harald
13) Lords of Scotland
14) Fairytale
15) Parade
16) Starving Artists
17) Crystallo
18) Arboretum
19) Gloom
20) Fluxx
21) Pumpkin Patch Bad Seeds
22) Gosu Tactics
23) Choson
24) Koryo
25) Deck Box Dungeon
Button Shy makes a lot of great tiny games as well. Tiny Epic Games aren't so tiny!
Tiny Epic Galaxy is the one I would have expected from that series.
Some I like that that didn't get mentioned: Set a Watch; Black Sonata; and Cahoots. I would love to see a list of games with a small footprint.
Expected Sam would have O.G.R.E on his list - the orginal version (and the reprint of it) came in a small ziplock bag. Very Tiny
You also forgot Sushi Go, Fleet, Palm Island, Sail to India... Next time you do a top 20 🤪
1. Roma & Arena: Roma II, 2. Deep Sea Adventure, 3. Hanabi, 4. No Thanks, 5. Star Realms, 6. Coup, 7. Chrononauts, 8. Love Letter: Batman, 9. Battle Line, 10. Citadels
Maniacal shuffler by Zee :D Oh, and the "I agree with everything you've said" burn :D
Mafia de Cuba
Resistance
Coup
Arkon
Skull
Star realms
Love letter
Masquerade
Citadels
Murder of crows
Deep Sea Adventure, A fake Artist Goes to New York, Sushi Go, Hanabi, No Thanks, 6 Nimmt, citadels.
Some of Sam's picks are questionable, but I am glad to see Archaeology the Card Game on this list
I'd like to see... Top Games for each letter of the alphabet. Two episodes 13 each.
Some more love for ButtonShy wallet games would be great
They should call Flip and Writes, "Draw & Draw"
Deskscape is replayable for those of us that have memory issues. Put the cards back in number order and you can play the game later. Keep track of time and all that on a note pad instead of on the cards.
45:28 - "it sounds tricky..." - Zee talking about a trick-taking game.
ISWYDT
Hurray, Circle the Wagons! I've been binging your top ten lists and I'm so glad to finally hear that game come up. I've only got an extremely modest collection (under 20 games) but after recently being inspired by you guys to rank them Circle the Wagons ended up in the number one spot. It's just beats out every other game I have in a number of aspects; cheaper, smaller (easier to bring out or take places), simpler (but deceptively very complex despite it), more replayability, faster (we always play best of three), more accessible (BIG plus) and more. Really intricate and enjoyable little game, and even though it's perhaps not my FAVOURITE, I think for all the reasons mentioned I'd always be willing to play it over any other game in my collection, which says a lot and is the reason it's number one.
Iota or Zoolorette Dice game
None of you picked my favorite tiny game: The Fox in the Forest. Thanks for the great top 10.
Gary S great game!
I would say try Claim if you like FitF
Every game of Age of War:
10-20min later...
"Well all that we have left to do is complete the 4-part territory"
"Boy, I am glad I can spend an additional 20 min fighting over the back and forth trying to have one of us complete this territory"
Read my recommendation above and let me know how it works for you.
Yay, "No thanks!". Bought it a long time ago after hearing about it from you, and having a blast still!
Sam's #11 was Gloomhaven
Jaipur, Tiny Epic Galaxies, Burgle Bros, Paperback, Coup
Archaeology:The new expedition, For Sale ,The Fox in the Forest, Biblios, Werewords, and San Juan are my go-to's for small games.
Love these lists, since lately these type of games are all i get to play nowadays
San Juan's box is pretty big, it doesn't need to be, but it is.
No hive, no one deck dungeon.... :(
My top ten small box games off the top of my head
- Campy Creatures
- Space Park
- Dale of Merchants (Zee)
- Mint Works (Tom)
- Tides of Madness
- Circle the Wagons
- Shards of Infinity
- Capital Lux (out of print currently)
- Villages of Valeria
- Zany Penguins
- Herbaceous
Some great tiny games not mentioned that I like are:
Coup
Gloom
Air, Land & Sea
Jaipur
Diamant
Here's my list, off the top of my head.
1. Lost Legacy
2. Hive
3. Cold War: CIA vs. KGB
4. Mottainai
5. Red7
6. The Boss
7. Office 21
8. Trick of the Rails
9. Impulse
10. Button Men
Joachim Erdtman gonna check these out.
At #7 now and just have to say that spyfall absolutely fits in your pocket. I have gone to so many parties with four or five packs in my pocket. It is terrific to pull out at a tiny cocktail table with no room at all and say “one of us is a spy”.
Fantasy Realms
It was inevitable for you to miss some with so many but it looks like Sam really struggled. Add The Mind and Belratti, and Mini Tin Mint Skullduggery as really fun small games.
Tinyforming Mars
PNPs never get a mention. But that one after I finally made it shows how much the creator really understood their inspiration material and th goal of making a tiny game.
Very well executed.
Thief's Market! Tiny box, LOT of game!
Onitama and Spyfall are not tiny games. Small, maybe, but not tiny.
Well, compared to the games Sam plays, it is Tiny :P
miles borne
MY "AGE OF WAR" HOUSERULES VARIANT RECOMMENDATION SHOWN BELOW:
I don't know why this variant was never added by Knizia, but it works. I use these to make the game more interesting (instead of having to keep fighting and re-rolling with smaller numbers of players):
1. Every time you form a set, use the number of cards in the set to allow you only 1 "reinforcement roll" per turn. For example, if you have a three-set of castle cards completed, and you've lost 3 dice to attrition, then put those dice back into your pool and keep rolling.
2. If you have more than one set of cards completed, you can combine sets in a various order of addition. For example, if you have a two-set and a three-set completed, you can add 1 reinforcement roll when you lose 2 dice, 3 dice, or 5 dice. But you have to choose when to use the reinforcement roll, and you can't take dice from those already committed to the card you chose.
3. This also means that if you secure a four-set and a three-set of cards (or 3, 3, and 1), when you run out of dice, you get to take 1 additional reinforcement roll of 7 dice as your second wave of attack (you can't reroll dice lost to attrition during this second turn).
The variant seemed obvious to me as a balancing mechanism against a string of poor dice rolls with a lower player count. That's what I should have said. But yes, strictly speaking I am not his wife. And thank god, you're not mine.
Why does Sam look like he’s having an existential crisis?
I'm glad to see Hanamikoji made it on here. 7 Ronin has a similar feel, in that you have to make difficult decisions, and is quite small. It's one that goes on the, "I wish this was 2x the size," list.
Red7 is fantastic with all the advanced rules and scoring.
I would like to add Dungeon Roll, Loot, Eminent Domain Microcosm, Zooloretto Dice Game, Port Royal, Tiny Epic Galaxies, Insider.
+1 for Eminent Domain Microcosm! Port Royal is also very good, it's been mentioned.
You gentlemen were in rare form tonight. This is the most I have laughed at one of your presentations. Keep up the good work.
Always love Zee’s random choices!!!
Watching this to try and predict what’s going in the back pack giveaway
No love for my top 2: Palm Island and Arkham Noir... :(
What about Jaipur?
Werewords is so much better than Insider. It's not even close.
Star wars empire vs rebellion??
Bohnanza the dice game is small and amazing!!!
ehhhhh Shipwreck Arcana! that one would have been on my list!
it was #2 on Z's list
For Sale Iello edition has paper money :/
You guys didn't think taking the time to edit out the antisemitism was worth it? (Sam's #7)
There’s normal size. There’s small-ish. Then small. Then tiny. Sorry, Sam: I understand that you don’t like tiny games, but you must know deep inside you cheated on this theme. You are free to do so, of course, but don’t try to convince us otherwise: just be honest about it.
Agreed. this was ridiculous. These lists are mega useful for people wanting to know what to buy and this really would have been confusing
No love for Love Letter? 💔
We recently picked up FIRE IN THE LIBRARY and our family really enjoys pushing our luck to rescue books. My son also really likes POCKET OPS which is like strategic tic tac toe.
How did tom not have quest for planet 9!!!
Tom said he wished "A Fake Artist Goes to New York" was actually bigger. I just saw recently that Target now carries a version of the game that is about 50% larger. The markers and player boards are the same size, but the pads are larger. Deep Sea Adventure by the same publisher is also larger but I haven't seen inside that one.
Zee, and Onirim????
Tom, did you know that Mint Works is a very old public domain game that was built to play in conjunction with a box of Altoids? The cards fit in the Altoid box and you used the Altoids mints as your workers. Bit of trivia if you like. :)
Magic the gathering. 60 cards to play and a couple of dice
Geez, Sam actually put Age Of War. At least it was a small-to-tiny box game...
Edit: Do a top ten for actually only small-box/Tiny Box games.
Too many of these games the box is way large.
I wonder, no one mentioned "Citadels"? Is the english Citadels-Box so much bigger than the German equivalent "Ohne Furcht und Adel"?
does anyone know of a game like classic playing cards ( 4 suits type ) in regards to how many very different games you can play with only one deck, eg. cheat, chase the ace, pontoon, 11's, rummy, fish, ect. ect. i love how you can do this but obviously basically no theme at all, if you know of any games to fit this please recommend, if not ... i think the first people to make them will have many sales.
N.B doesn't have to be just card games if you have other good recommendations. thank you.
Ah big pockets but not deep pockets. I've seen old pennies the size of a small plate. I'm not sure why those old coins were called pennies but it was a good thing we didn't know the game quarters back then.
Are all these games available for purchase? For instance, I cannot find Mint Works for sale, except for the second one.
Two games I have got picked.
Two that I have that I would put high are:
The Builders (I got the middle ages)
And
Guilde Hall
Ah the good old Sams back - constructs a list completely off topic 😂
Those are more like "light" games than "tiny" games
Pigment, Songbirds, Ganz Schön, Birds of a Feather, Valley of the Kings
Nimitt 6
I love this top 10, great subject. I buy a lot of tiny games because I play most of my games in trains and bars and I have an unamerican amount of shelf space. I'd also nominate: Cabo, Railroad ink (harvest dice/welcome to), Dungeon Mayhem, Lost legacy, Flip city, Office 21, Diner, Deep sea adventure and Sushi go. I don't bring the boxes when travelling & these all fit a tiny train table when playing.
I find the lack of Sushi Go/Sushi Go Party... disturbing... XD
I reccomend the WorldChampionshipDecks from the Pokemon TCG: They are turnament proven decks - so you need no collecting and deck building - built on different streategies by specific (high ranking) players of the yearly tournament.
The designs are kid-friendly.
They are rather balanced, optimized, small footprint and relatively easy (compared to Magic/Yugioh) with no interruption of turns. We played the four 2017 edition decks during vacation in cafés or while the kids were napping.
I would also suggest the Themedecks, but those aren't optimized and suffer from runaway wins and randomness, where es the worldchamionship decks are very consistend in their performance.
I love how innocent Tom is about the "fun sized" expression