Tom Vasel Zee Garcia, and Mike DiLisio finish up looking at their top 90 games of all time that aren’t their top 10 games of all time. Or in other words, here’s another chunk of 10 of the greatest board games ever made by man, animal, or machine on this planet. Numbers 20-11 will shock you, confuse you, and perhaps even increase your general knowledge of the United States Tax Code. There is nothing to lose, so why not join in as these folks strap in, start their engines, and race to the end of the line, and end in position number 11. No Tom, I’m not doing anything weird, why do you ask?
We’re giving away a $450 off Coupon that can be used when purchasing any WSBG Ticket for 2023, which lets you play in up to 4 WSBG Ring Games and ALL side events. This giveaway is available to anyone in the USA. To enter the giveaway, sponsored by The World Series of Board Gaming, please send an email to [email protected]. In the subject type VEGAS. In the body, include your name and Entries will be accepted until 2/28/23 at 12:00 AM ET
Official contest rules:
Check if you won the giveaway – and don’t forget to check your inbox and spam folders!
Intro – 00:00
Mike 20 – 5:11
Zee 20 – 8:36
Tom 20 – 11:16
People 20 – 12:25
Mike 19 – 14:35
Zee 19 – 17:24
Tom 19 – 20:14
People 19 – 22:07
Mike 18 – 24:00
Zee 18 – 27:31
Tom 18 – 30:26
People 18 – 32:16
Mike 17 – 33:53
Zee 17 – 37:25
Tom 17 – 40:02
People 17 – 41:39
Mike 16 – 43:56
Zee 16 – 46:26
Tom 16 – 47:49
People 16 – 49:47
Mike 15 – 52:03
Zee 15 – 54:57
Tom 15 – 58:22
People 15 –
Mike 14 – 1:02:54
Zee 14 – 1:06:20
Tom 14 – 1:08:43
People 14 – 1:11:03
Mike 13 – 1:12:46
Zee 13 – 1:15:04
Tom 13 – 1:19:04
People 13 – 1:20:53
Mike 12 – 1:22:43
Zee 12 – 1:25:35
Tom 12 – 1:29:11
People 12 – 1:31:01
Mike 11 – 1:31:52
Zee 11 – 1:35:10
Tom 11 – 1:37:43
People 11 – 1:39:40
Check out Great Tables, Games, & Bags at:
Buy great games at
Support The Dice Tower at
Support the channel by becoming a member!
Subscribe to our newsletter, “The Dice Tower Digest”:
Check out the friendliest conventions on Earth!
Dice Tower Cruise – (January 15-21, 2023)
Dice Tower West – (March 8 – 12, 2023)
Dice Tower East – (July 5-9, 2023)
Find more reviews and videos at
BGG Link:
Once I noticed that red die on the shelf was wrong, I could not unsee it, and it is resulting in an irrational nerd rage 🫣
Okay. I had been watching these on 2x speed to get through them. But i wanted to catch something they said about viticulture so swapped to 0.75x and them 0.5x. Hilarious! Drunk Dice Tower for the win!
I love my big o everdell box 🙂
Welcome To Blue Moon City. That would be the flip and write version
Should I play the app of Gloomhaven b4 I play the board game? Also, Everdell meeple stickers are essential.
I've played 9 of the people's picks, and the only one I haven't played yet is Brass, but I've played the original just not Birmingham.
I will gladly help Mike AND the Dice Tower with the stickering. I found that therapeutic.
Zee said, Wingspan is “sashaying it’s way up to Carcassone” 😂😂😂😂 oh man. Zee has some good little quips
Scripted or not, those last 10 seconds were hilarious 😂.
I will also gladly pay Zee for getting Targi. I LOVE that game and have you, Zee, to thank.
I’m totally with Zee on Res Arcana. It’s an absolute banger and easily my favorite Tom Lehmann design. Love ya Mike but you’re all wet on this one. “So mediocre.” Ha! Haven’t laughed that hard in a long time.
Laurentia: a Cascadia game. Dixon: a Cascadia game. Arctic, Boreal….. No reason they couldn't be combineable, ie, where bioregions abut. How about Yellowstone: a Cascadia Game!
Omg Zee actually threw that ball and hit the camera at the very end! We also got to hear how much Tom values Zee’s life. If you didn’t watch all the way to the end, it’s worth less than a camera.
Tried Last Bastion after playing Ghost Stories, and it was so generic I just couldn't deal with it. I'd sooner work on some house ruling to blend its rule set with Ghost Stories artwork (yet to try in practice, but looking forward to revisiting).
Res Arcana is my current favorite game. 100% agree with Zee. I think Mike has just not given it enough of a chance to see it's depth. There aren't broken combos. There are 2 strategies in the base and first expansion (Philosopher's Stone or an Infernal Engine combo)that could be seen as OP, but both of these strategies can be beaten if you know what you're doing. Like Race, it really is a game that rewards repeated plays. It's clear this game was thoroughly playtested.
Mike's taste is so weird. Rags on Res Arcana for being "just fine" but Monumental is his #15 game of all time. Ok bro.
Vox Populi!
Unmatched deserves top 10 by now.
Mike and Tom could not be more wrong about Res Arcana. Zee is right on the money.
Zee is no more voice of the people, Mike is new owner !!!
Nooooooo!!! Tom's #11! 💔💔
Tom and Mike both had Dune Imperium in the same place last year too.
Blue Moon Flippy! 🤣
Nice "Waterboy" reference., Zee. No, youre wrong, Colonel Sanders…..mama's right!
I wish all the success in the world to Unmatched, but there's something broken in my brain that, after waiting forever for them to expand or update Epic Duels, and a few years ago teasing us that they would actually bring it back, my brain is kind of stuck on my existing copy of Epic Duels.
29:00 I liked how Tom was willing to give Zee a little room to talk on Res Arcana, up until the point where he likened it to Dune Imperium. You could literally see it on his face in that moment.
Viticulture is very high on my list and I haven’t even played the Tuscany board. Two seasons is already fantastic! And yes I have Tuscany and ALL other expansions in the bast box. It’s tight but the folded space insert fits it all nicely.
I remember when the KS for Marvel United first released. Me and my group were all making jokes about how ridiculous looking the chibis minis are and now it's one of our favorite.
Zee Garcia is ABSOLUTELY right on Res Arcana. Easily one of the best games lol. And better than Race for the galaxy too. Sorry Tom 🙂
I'd really like to try Final Girl as somebody who enjoyed Hostage Negotiator but eventually moved on to the next shiny thing. I'm guessing this isn't gonna be in their convention library, huh?
deus Is wingspan.
but better.
Smoke bombs …. and levitating pieces would be Bryan’s realm. Always hoped for magic in all of his reviews. I remember the time he snuck in the cards out of the mouth during one of the countdowns. 😮
DEUS new printing has nicer board printing. Difference is that the old version has tight lines when the new printing has more “natural” lines
Monumental! Play with the updated “continuous play” mode.
1:20:15 what is it compared to?!
Lol! The ending!
I thought Le Havre was pretty good but it was so long… maybe it’s dumb I sold it but I just felt the game was too long for what it offers. I’m trying Hallertau now…
3 times Mike has had a direct crossover with the People 53, 32, 12 whut?!?
We are approaching the end of this wonderful top 100. I’m dishing out points for the hosts and people, picking out the one game per entry I like the most. My rules, deal with it.
Mike: 3 points (25 total), 20, 17, 15, Comic Hunters, Everdell, Monumental
Zee: 4 points (25 total), 19, 18, 16, 12, Unmatched, Res Arcana, Targi, Deus
Tom: 2 points (18 total), 14, 11, Marvel United, Le Havre
People: 1 point (24 total), 13, Dominion
13, the spot Dominion won preventing Dune Imperium from becoming a 3 time winner
3, games have won 3 times Wingspan, Near & Far, and now Marvel United; Sleeping Gods, the only game to win 4 times so far
Mike: 2 potential points pillaged (6 total), 19 Final Girl (Unmatched won), 13 Dune Imperium (Dominion won)
Zee: 0 potential points pillaged (4 total)
Tom: 2 potential points pillaged (8 total), 20 Beyond the Sun (Comic Hunters won), 13 Dune Imperium (Dominion won)
People: 0 potential points pillaged (4 total)
Mike 25, Zee 25, People 24, it’s anyone’s race except Tom; but some hidden info will be revealed in the final episode…
✌️
I did the same as Zee and tossed the three season board from Viticulture as it will never be used.
Res Arcana is a tightly focused game…. Zee is absolutely right
You guys shouldn't be apologetic about picks that are hard to find. It's not 'Top 100 games you recommend people to check out', it's your top 100 games of all times. Some of them are bound to be harder to find.
And if game publishers hear you ravings and think about making those games more available, that's also important.
The only 'apology-adjacent' thing that is warranted, IMO, is for those games that had a single small kickstarter release and are considered great games by the people who have played them. Because those games were never 'Released' de-facto. For those specific games, who are either extremly costly to begin with, or just had a very limited number of prints – Then it's like you would say 'Hey, I playtested an amazing game but the company never actually released it'. And it's less of an apology – it's more like an 'indictment' to the company who created a 'tree falling in the forest with a great spund that no one really heard'.
Games that have become OOO now, or games from overseas that weren't picked up (yet?) are not in this category. It's just your pick for this number. The fact it's not available is informative, no need to be apologetic.
How (and why) did Gloomhaven and La Havre drop so low on Tom's list in just one year…?
Funny i love Blood Rage but hate it’s name – it puts off so many people who assume it’s an immature teenager’s game
Take Overpower, lost cities, air land and sea, and Marvel Snap, shake it up, pull out the good parts, make it an elegant 2 player game… and you get Blue Moon THOMAS!!!!!!
I like the new Kemet map, have never understood all the hate for it.
Finally, Concordia is getting some love from the Dice Tower gang
1:22:12 well Mike's not hitting anything with a rock, let's be honest
Next one of The Crew is going to be Mission Horder House
Tom taught me RA on his last visit to Toronto. Really need to play this again.