Restarting our Board Game Collections with $100 | What Games Would We Buy?
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- Опубліковано 31 лип 2024
- We heard of this idea from the fantastic Board Game Barrage podcast and wanted to tackle this tough topic for ourselves! We're restarting our board game collections from scratch with only $100 dollars max. This video could also serve as an interesting starting point for someone new to the hobby and looking to begin their fledgling collection!
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0:00 Overview
1:13 "This table is filthy."
1:56 Carlo Game 1
3:28 Carlo Game 2
5:27 Carlo Game 3
7:56 Carlo Game 4
9:59 Carlo Game 5 (& 6)
12:20 Games that just missed Carlo's List
13:00 Dylann Game 1
15:35 Dylann Game 2
17:13 Dylann Game 3
19:00 Dylann Game 4 - Ігри
What games would you buy to start a fresh board game collection if you only had $100?
I would likewise go for Modern Art (or High Society), because I want to have an auction game! They drive so much player interaction. Similarly, I want a tile laying game, so I'd go for Azul (though Blue Lagoon or Babylonia would do great too). Azul has seen a lot of success with my friends and family. King of Tokyo has likewise seen a lot of success and is more on the opposite end of no luck/lots of luck involved, while still having strategy.
I think with those three I might be close to the budget limit already? If not, add in a small social card game like Coyote or No Thanks!
Those are great choices! I (Dylann) considered Azul too. I just love it so much.
Modern Art seems to be sold out everywhere on Oracle, are we allowed to choose sold out games at their displayed prices for this challenge
Villainous, Sagrada, Bohnanza, and Codenames would be my choices. Can you guess my reasoning?
Uggh this is AGONIZING to decide, but here's my list:
Cascadia - $34.95
Twice as Clever - $18.95
Codenames - $16.95
One Night Ultimate Werewolf - $21.95
Nice deck of playing cards - $ 6.95 (Regicide)
Total: $99.75
That's a really good list with some great variety. Seems like you've got something for everyone there, and tons of replay value. Well done! And only 25 cents left, that's the way to do it!
- Carlo
Great list, you could also do something without a budget "If I could only own 5 games for the rest of my life...". So many aspects to consider similar to this videos. Great video guys. I think for me 5 games to keep would be Lost cities, Camel Up, Quest for El Dorado, and Modern Art/Fake Artist Goes to New York. Such a tough budget to live by.
Thanks, Christopher! Great idea - the "desert island games" concept, and great picks! Modern Art would probably make it in there for me too. We will definitely do this video one day.
- Carlo
Really cool idea. Was hard for me to nail down a list and kept changing things but settled on Unmatched Cobble and Fog ($29 USD), Cascadia (Got it from my LGS for $25 so counting it haha), Under Falling Skies ($20 on sale right now online), Codenames Duet ($14, my wife loves this game), and The Crew Mission Deep Sea ($11, fills the multiplayer co-op slot for cheap).
Good luck finding Cobble and Fog let alone at that price..plus you are using US as these guys are using CDN from my area. Under Falling skys has a MSRP of 29.95 not sure where you found it on sale I was looking lol
@@scottmcfarlane7524 Pretty sure they said we could use our own country's currency, unless I'm misremembering. Would be weird for me to do the list in Canadian bucks given it's not how I purchase things. I don't think the point of the video was "who can find games the cheapest for $100 CAD or under" but "If you had $100, ignoring tax and shipping, what games would YOU buy?". Also MSRP is a useful anchor but not a good criterion for this sort of list. Most games can be readily found anywhere from 10-30% under MSRP, and sometimes less.
Cobble and Fog - got it from my LGS for $29 in March, they currently have it in stock for $32 atm. but it's listed at $28.85 from Gamesroll (in stock) and $25.85 at Boarding School games (appears to be in stock).
Under Falling Skies - currently $24 at my LGS, $21 on Game Nerdz and $19.99 at Cardhaus Games.
Good lists. I like how different the approach was for each. And how different they are to how I might think of it. A really stimulating way to discuss the topic.
Great video , love the concept of if you had to start over what would you buy.
Good list guys!
*cries in Australian* 😂 so happy there’s a new list video. They’re my fave!
If I could do Eldritch Horror and an expansion I'd be set for a new start.
This is a great video! I like both of your lists. This is like the question, if my house was burning and all family and pets were safe, what 5 board games would I save. lol No cheating you can only save 5.
This was actually quite useful to me as I will be moving to the states this fall and would have to leave most of my collection behind
Nice video idea!!!
Tough decision, as I can't live within US$100 limitation,, because I have to have these seven classics -
1) Ra
2) Web of Power = China
3) Serengeti = Templari
4) High Society
5) Schotten Totten = Battle Line
6) Lyngk
7) Azul (original)
Haha fair enough, that's an excellent list but that's the whole point of the video! I also can't technically live without Carcassonne, Agricola, Race for the Galaxy, etc... but if you HAD to make the impossible decision of staying within $100, it's a fun thing to think about. Nobody's list will be perfect.
Dylann could probably deplete his budget by purchasing a deck of cards. It isn’t a board game, but other card games were included as precedence.
Great concept for a video; it was thoroughly enjoyable! My list would be bent towards what I am playing mostly now: Gloomhaven JotL, Lost Cities, Sushi Go, and The Mind. If I can find a sale on something I would add High Society - a game on my short list.
Really nice picks there, those simple card games have a deceptive amount of replay value. High Society is so good!
Cascadia $34.95 Targi $18.95 7 wonders Duel $27.95 Deep Sea Adventure $15.95
Would be curious if you guys would redo this with $250 CAD budget. This would be a spot to really branch out, add some must own expansions, etc.. Great video!
As a collection starter I would always go hunt for older second hand games. I don't know how it is everywhere else, but in the Netherlands there are loads of copies floating around of games like Tigris and Euphrates, Ra, Mexica, Puerto Rico, El Grande, Power Grid, Caylus, etc. You can find those for around €15-€20 each. So, I would go for Tigris and El Grande, and add to that No Thanks, Bohnanza, Quest for El Dorado, and a cheap Go set.
Just for context here in Canada someone just sold El grande for 80 in my local buy/sell Facebook group.
That's fair, although it's tough for us to use the "used games" criteria because those prices fluctuate soooo much. Setting a hard limit of $100 on only brand new games made the choices much tougher, and we think that makes for a better video.
@@AllYouCanBoard Yes, that makes sense. Then I would maybe go for
Tzolk'in (€40),
Quest for El Dorado (€25),
The Crew Mission Deep Sea (€12.50),
No Thanks (€10),
Bohnanza (€10)
@@freek204 That's an awesome list! I really like all of those games.
Gracious!!!!
I would say, if I got down to below $5.00 and needed another small filler, I’d go with Voyagers. It was a PNP that was like $4 and came with 3 maps. Well worth it.
Oh cool, haven't heard of it, thanks for the heads up!
In the middle of watching this video and all I keep thinking is “how do you have Yak?!?” 😂 don’t worry I’m paying attention to these awesome lists as well but 👀
I was looking at Yak, too!
Haha, well spotted Dana! We're grateful that Plan B Games reached out to us and offered us a review copy. We've been so busy lately but we hope to play it soon and ideally cover it on the channel this summer. If not June then probably July the latest. As always, thanks for watching!
Great fun and I feel your pain on the Canadian dollar:
Cascadia - $34.95
Quest for El Dorado - $34.99
Welcome To... - $19.99
Love Letter - $7.49
Remaining - $2.58 (Grab a Canadian Craft Beer)
Nice selection! Oh and the games aren't bad picks either :P
Love the shout out to Board Game Barrage 🤙🏻
We're big believers in giving credit where it's due, and the crew at BGBarrage has been pretty instrumental in helping us discover a lot of games. Suuuuuch a good podcast, so glad they won the Golden Geek this year!
lol... half of Gloomhaven
Tough, I’m not precise on pricing, but I’d want something like:-
Ohanami - as good as Lost Cities at 2, but plays equally well at 3&4
High Society - great game for 3-5
Welcome To - my favourite roll & write, good solo game and can go up to any number
Decrypto - love word games and this is the best. Codenames could be a cheaper alternative though.
Skull - also be good to have a proper fun party or pub game in the mix. Cockroach Poker could be subbed in if cheaper.
I doubt that this’d leave me with any budget - but it’d be nice to add in Ticket to Ride London or New York. I enjoy this shortened budget version of the game - and it would mean having an actual board game in the list.
Awesome picks and High Society is a really solid callout too.
Fun idea! Mine would be:
Bang! The Dice Game - $17.90
Kingdomino - $17.12
Marvel Champions $63.99
= $99.01 USD
Fun party, good 2-4 players, dice, tiles and cards, and even solo :)
Are you sure you could resist buying more Marvel Champions content? What about all the extra cards for more variery in constructing decks?
Targi is a great worker placement at great price.
For us it's a game that we have a lot of respect and appreciation for, but for whatever reason, it fell a bit flat for both of us. We don't actively dislike it or anything, I think maybe we just heard people rave about it for so long that we were expecting it to be more up our alley. Undoubtedly a great game, just not really for me.
- Carlo
You could swap out Arboretum for Lost Cities Rivals. It supports up to 4 players.
Haven't tried Lost Cities Rivals but I have a hard time believing it's on the same level as 4-player Arboretum! And I say that as a massive Knizia fan, but there's something so pure and satisfying about Arboretum, I don't think anything will ever replace it for me.
- Carlo
Great picks. I would have gone Carcassonne (32), the quest for el dorado (35), For sale (13), Pictomania (18)
LOVE the first 3 you mentioned, they're all pretty high on my top games of all-time (Carcassonne is still top 5 for me, El Dorado and For Sale are somewhere in my top 25-30). We really need to try Pictomania!
- Carlo
Poah that is a difficult one.
- Quest for El Dorado, covers racing + deck building and works for 2-4: 23,99
- Nimmt6, works up till 10, also good party game: 8,99
- Carcassonne, BGA is not going to cut it for me: 21,99
- The king is dead 2nd edition. I want at least 1 area control game, this is light therefore likely to get to the table and also plays with two players: 26,99
- Hive. I need a 2 player only game. Santorini is great but indeed just a bit too expensive. And it is more than just cards. 14.99
- 3 euro left to buy a pack of regular cards.
Honorable mentions are lost cities (2 player portable card game, hive only slightly fills the niche of portability), and hansa teutonica (would have swapped the king is dead, but the 3-5 player count is just not likely enough to happen).
Bas, I feel like I've let you down, haha. Don't judge me! :P
If I could re-do this list, I might bring Carcassonne back in somehow... or then I would convince Dylann to be okay with changing the video to be $200 and then I would DEFINITELY have it.
Very nice picks overall. The only one I haven't played yet is The King is Dead but it's on my shelf. One of these days!
Where can I get Modern Art? I’ve been looking to pick it up for months now.
Sorry for the delay, Austin. I'm not sure where you're located, so it's tough for me to say, but if you check www.boardgameoracle.com and set your region in the top right (hopefully you're in one of those regions) then type in Modern Art, it'll show if it's available at any retailers and I think it even sorts from lowest price to highest.
Don't worry though - if the CMON version doesn't restock anywhere soon, I imagine this is a game that will keep getting reprinted over and over because so many people love it.
Hard!! Especially in Australia where everything costs so damn much.
1. Brew or Living Forest. $37 each. These are both incredible games for very great cost and high replay value. Personally I'd probably lean toward Brew.
2. Greed - $12. Push your luck dice game that has dominated many of our game nights for hours to the point its all we play those nights. Highly rated for any collection.
3. Roll for it - $19.95. Another push your luck, dice drafter, plays up to 8. Amazing game for its price point imo.
4. Marvel splendor- $24. Just because it's an insane price right now, love splendor and marvel. Good option for its price when making this list.
5. Uno - $5.60. Don't agree? Draw 4 lol
6. Deck of plain cheap playing cards $1. Endless variety! Haha
$99.55. Phew!!
Honourable mention - could potentially kick marvel splendor, roll for it, and uno just to add in King of Tokyo: Dark Edition. This game is in my top couple of picks, insane replay value, never played it with friends who didn't like it to the point they all bought/we gifted it to them because of how much everyone loves it. But at $55 it's a little pricey when only got a $100!!
Really curious about Greed based on your description there! Also, nice job getting so close to the $100 mark. Can't leave money behind! Haha.
There is a great used selection at my local game store, I'd likely start there. Just picked up a copy of deus for $20, so I guess I'll start with that ...
Haha, fair enough I guess, but everyone would wait for a sale if they could! The point of the video is to make the seemingly impossible choices of which games to buy with a very limited budget. It was waaaay tougher than we expected.
Thanks for watching!
This is the content a newbie like me lives for ❤️ thank you gents
You can call yourself a newbie if you want, but we don't think of you that way, Tom! You're the reason we started doing Collection Roast videos, and you have no idea how many people reach out and tell us those videos are their favourites. Can't thank you enough for the idea, they're so fun for us to film.
- Carlo
I’m going to use bgoracle as well, and I’m only using in stock pricing. Ugh, this is way tougher than I thought it would be, but here is my best effort (keep in mind that I am American and I have a top 3 of Spirit Island, Terraforming Mars, and Scythe)…
The Castles of Burgundy 39.99
Lords of Waterdeep 33.49
Race for the Galaxy 25.00
I need 2 player capability that scales up nicely, and I love a challenging puzzle! Rolling Realms, Love Letter, and Shards of Infinity were real threats to be on this list. Also Ticket to Ride was hard to exclude at the current deal of 34.99.
Very nice! Haven't played Waterdeep yet but RftG is my #2 game of all-time, and Dylann loves CoB. It really is a tough but fun little challenge doing this with only $100!
- Carlo
Wow, this would be rough. If I had to start my game collection over again, I'd probably start it with the game that got me into the hobby- Unmatched. I could not call it a collection with no Unmatched in it. So, going by prices on Gamenerdz (and not worrying about tax or shipping), here's my $100 shopping list:
1. Unmatched: Cobble and Fog..................$28.97
2. Unmatched: Battle of Legends Vol. 2....$28.97
3. Radlands.................................................$17.97
4. The Bloody Inn........................................$23.99
Total.............................................................$99.90
Nice picks! Probably one of the more unique lists I've seen so far but it sounds awesome especially for 2 players.
- Carlo
Cascadia, Furnace, Explorers, Kingdomino: Origins, Targi = $99.62
Haven't played Explorers or Kingdomino: Origins yet but I really want to try them both. Also - nice job getting that close to the $100 mark! Barely any money leftover, that's some board-gamer level of efficiency :D
$56 - Inis
$14 - Hail Hydra
$22 - Godzilla: Tokyo Clash
Spend the rest on a couple packs of playing cards.
Alternatively, pick up Star Wars: Rebellion for $88. And, just try even harder to get it played.
Haha, I love that outlook! We haven't played any of the games you mentioned. Cool list!
I'd get a copy of Nations and continue with the game of the choice of the past years. XD
haha fair enough, I really want to try that one!
- Carlo
Which SNES game do you have in the background?
I think that's Dylann's copy of Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, but I could be wrong.
Deck of cards $2, Cribbage Board $9, Battle Line $20, Dealt $11, No Thanks $13, Ecosystem $15, Cartographers $20, Cockroach Poker $11. Total =$99, I’d be happy for the rest of my life!
Battle Line... Todd, I love how much you love this game! You're the only other person I can think of who puts this in their top 10. It's SO good!
No Thanks! is another awesome choice. Recently played it for the first time on BGA and I think I need to buy a copy.
- Carlo
Great video. So hard to limit yourself to 100$.
It's so challenging! So many fantastic games left off the list.
100 bucks is like four Patchworks
Never thought of it that way, can't argue with that! :D
Deck of playing cards would have to squeeze on for sure.
I can't believe I didn't think of adding that on with my remaining 3 bucks or so!
@@AllYouCanBoard especially with your off the grid lifestyle!😋
Buy an Age of Assention deck, sell the super legendary, buy a can of Lemon Pledge, wipe down the table between shoots.
…
Profit
The logic checks out!
at least in europe you can get santorini for quite cheap. I bought it for 20 euros new from amazon
I don't like supporting Amazon when I can choose a smaller business but honestly that's a STEAL for Santorini. Amazing game and so quick to play.
- Carlo
Just now trying to do this I found out how expensive board games really are. I think I would advice anyone doing this to not put to much empathize on getting many games. Get those that are great to you up to a reasonable price point. I think it's better to get 2-3 great ones than 5-6 good games.
Could be anything really. Maybe something like: Lost Runes of Arnak, Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition and 7 Wonders: Duel.
That's a fair point, although I don't necessarily think more expensive games are better just because they're heavier (in terms of complexity) or have higher production values. I have at least 2 or 3 games in my top 10 that are probably in the $12-$20 range.
- Carlo
@@AllYouCanBoard Ah yes absolutely. This is all very subjective as well. But in a small collection I would want some meaty games. And not just things like For Sale and Citadels.
Where did you find modern art for $32? Honestly my real question is where can I get Modern Art at all?
Sorry for the late reply here! It was almost 2 years ago now that I bought it, just through an online retailer here in Canada called Board Game Bliss. A bunch of our Discord members have been telling me lately that they're desperate to get it but can't find it anymore.
Maybe CMON will do another reprint. If not, I'm sure another publisher will pick it up eventually. It's too good.
100 bucks is nothing. But if you were going to do it I’d wait for a buy 3 get 1 free at Amazon and target.
Canada never has access to these deals unfortunately
I guess so, but that ruins the fun of the video and the concept in general. At that rate - why not wait for an even better sale? Surely that can't be the best sale of all-time, so where do you say "okay, this sale is good enough"? This was more of a way to pinpoint how we value which games stay in our collection. Plus, I try to avoid supporting Amazon at all costs.
- Carlo
Dune: Imperium, Resistance : Avalon, Star Realms, awkward Guests and a standard deck of playing cards. Total 🟰 99.59…. This was super tough
I've only played Avalon once (and didn't really know what I was doing as far as strategy goes), and I REALLY want to try Awkward Guests. Dune: Imperium and Star Realms are great though for sure.
- Carlo
I got 3 Knizia for 40$CAN last month
That's a steal! Which ones did you get and what do you think of them so far?
7 Wonders. Decrypto. Lost cities.
We obviously love Lost Cities here, nice pick. 7 Wonders is a game I've played a lot and used to enjoy a lot more but I'm never really itching to play it anymore these days. I've had Decrypto for like 2 years and still haven't played it! I really need to asap.
- Carlo
Every time someone brings up how much they love Arboretum I feel like I'm crazy for hating it. Bought the game 7? Years ago and played it 3 times, latest was last week just to see if I get it now. Nope still hate it lol. Just goes to show no game works for everyone!
Also, here's my list
Terraforming Mars Ares expedition 40
Radlands 20
Land vs sea 30
Playing cards 5
And as many dice as $5 will buy!
Oh absolutely! It's all good if we don't agree on Arboretum, everyone's allowed to like whichever games they want to like. I just want to make sure though - did you play it with 2 players? I think it's BY FAR best with 4 players, or even 3, but I would NEVER choose to play Arboretum with 2 players unless the other person reeeeaallly wanted to.
I confess I have not played with more than 2. Maybe I'll give it another shot
I have a board /card game collection and they are very expensive
So if you had to restart your entire collection with only $100, which games would you choose?
@@AllYouCanBoard that a good question I’ll choose monopoly,bingo ,chess
Marvel Champions and Hostage Negotiator. They are my two most played games.
I (Carlo) personally am sort of indifferent towards Marvel Champions but I totally understand the love for the game and I appreciate your picks here. Haven't seen many people say MC and I think you're the first to mention Hostage Negotiator which I've heard great things about on some of my favourite podcasts. I'd really like to try it some day!
Marvel champions
Haha I wanted to but it was too pricey for my limited budget to start with it!
@@AllYouCanBoard that is true haha
Chess and Checkers (war game)
A deck of cards (impossible to run out of games)
Mancala (abstract)
Monopoly fortnite (modern classic)
Life (rpg)
Sorry (take that game)
Apples to apples (cheaper version of CAH)
Candyland (cool colors)
Snakes and ladders (nostalgia)
Scrabble (word game)
Clue
Guess Who
Battleship (who doesn't like ships)
Taboo (party game)
Operation (dexterity game)
Yahtzee (free dice to play base game yahtzee or other dice games)
All easy and cheap finds at goodwill.
The rest of the money would be allocated towards Key forge age of ascension decks $3/each (thanks Carlo).
Lol, fair enough! That's a lot of games but I think I would lose interest in playing board games after a while if I didn't have any of my favourite games, and I only like some of the ones you mentioned there. But I fully respect your picks!
- Carlo