Play Matt: Top Titles 50-26

#49 Space Hulk
I wish someone would redesign the Space Hulk campaign. With...

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I can't forgive you for including Splendor this high up.

I want a divorce.

Sagrilarus wrote: I can't forgive you for including Splendor this high up.

I want a divorce.

TBF I have no great desire to play it now, but when it was doing the rounds it got like 25 plays before people got tired of it. That merits a good spot on a list like this, in my book, however bad everyone else thinks it is

Splendor is an amazing engine game that masterfully distills everything about the *much* more complicated genre into a tiny package.

Yeah, but honestly, I've never seen any other game kill conversation as quickly as Splendor. That may be due to its refinement, a curse that accompanies the blessing.

I agree, Sag, it is a brow furrower.

Sagrilarus wrote: Yeah, but honestly, I've never seen any other game kill conversation as quickly as Splendor. That may be due to its refinement, a curse that accompanies the blessing.

I think part of it is that the turns are potentially so quick (or occasionally longer as people think about stuff) that you can easily miss when someone has taken a turn if you're having a conversation or not paying attention.

Maybe there should be an "it's your turn" button that is passed around, like the dice automatically get shuffled around in a game of Catan.

Back to the article... I'm glad to see Root high, but until I see the last 25 games I can't complain about which of my favorite games you've left off the list. Also there's a lot of stuff on here that I haven't played.