My Top 10 Favorite Games for 5+ Players (Medium Weight)

In today’s video I discuss my favorite medium-weight games for 5 or more players and why they work well at higher player counts. These are all games that play at 5+ players out of the box (no expansions necessary).
Ambassador picks: Scythe, Tapestry, Viticulture, Wingspan; Architects of the West Kingdom, Battlestar Galactica, Blood Rage, Caverna, Concordia, Eclipse, First Ascent, Forbidden Desert, Gugong, Libertalia, Lords of Waterdeep, Obsession, Orleans, Nemesis, poker, Power Grid, Red Rising, Rising Sun, Sidereal Confluence, Smartphone Inc, Summit, Terra Mystica, Tokaido/Namiji, Trade on the Tigris, Space Base, Ticket to Ride, Terra Mystica, Terraforming Mars, Twilight Imperium, Tiny Towns
Stonemaier Games: Between Two Castles, Charterstone, Euphoria, Libertalia, My Little Scythe, Pendulum, Red Rising, Scythe, Tapestry, Viticulture, Wingspan
Top 10
10. Castles of Mad King Ludwig
9. Cartographers
8. Fantastic Factories
7. Isle of Skye
6. The King’s Dilemma
5. Architects of the West Kingdom
4. Space Base
3. Lords of Waterdeep
2. Ra
1. Orleans*
*I realized after posting this video that Orleans doesn't actually play up to 5 players out of the box. I have no idea why I thought this. We'll bump Ra up to #1, and the new #10 will be Terra Mystica.
00:00 - Introduction
01:02 - Ambassador Picks
02:12 - Stonemaier Games
02:36 - Top 4-10
11:18 - Top 3
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Intro animation by Jeff Payne vimeo.com/jaaronpayne and video proofing by Cody Simonsen