But there is something about this giant space battle and negotiation game that draws me to it and makes me think that when I do get the opportunity to try it out, I’ll absolutely adore it. This isn’t a game for me and my family, they like to play lighter fare and as you increase the complexity and interaction, things can slow to a desperate crawl, so I have not even broached the idea of playing it with them. I own this one, it survived the great purge because I do really want to play it at some time, but I have just not found the right time and the right group to do so. I would be willing to play this one, I just don’t think I’d be willing to seek it out to do so. It all just feels so bone dry and soulless to me. The original Brass was an ugly looking board game and the new iterations definitely make it a more presentable game with some definite table presence, but it really doesn’t do much to make me feel anymore like playing it. I love Euros andI love economic Euros, but something about Wallace designs always makes me leary. Martin Wallace is a hole in my gaming experiences with the only game I have played by him being A Few Acres of Snow, which I enjoyed, but ultimately not really in my gaming wheelhouse. I don’t really care about the differences between the three different games, either old or new. I’m just going to count all the iterations of Brass in this entry. This is a look at the Top 10 games on BGG that I haven’t played for one reason or another. But, this isn’t really an article about my qualms with how the BGG Top 100 shakes out, that’s a whole other beast. From a high of number 6 in 2002, to where it is now doesn’t sit all that well with me. I love Just One, don’t get me wrong, but the free fall of Carcassonne just boggles my mind. With games like Carcassonne falling out of the Top 100 and ending up currently at 173 and about to be passed by games like Just One and possibly Secret Hitler, I firmly realize I am not as aligned with others, game taste wise. The thing about the Top 100 is though, it’s seemingly really driven by a newer crowd of board gamers. Usually this ends with me taking a look at the BGG top 100 and seeing just what I haven’t played. We even discuss them quite often here on the Opinionated Gamers message board. As board gamers, we seem to put a lot of stock in the Top 100 games as “voted” on by BoardGameGeek users and the arguments constantly thrown around by the pundits.
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