Suburbia – When thinking about this topic the first game that comes to mind for me is Suburbia and the story of the day I bought it. One last thing before I get to the actual list, you can listen to Sean and I discuss this topic on The Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast episode 145, Not As Bad As They Look.īoard Games that played better than they looked: This isn’t something I have personal experience with (nor does anyone in my regular gaming group) and I didn’t feel qualified to include games with that problem due to that. Something that I did not get into is games that have their play impacted by the fact that they weren’t designed with colour blindness in mind. The goal here is to highlight some amazing games that people may have overlooked and to celebrate those games for being great regardless of how anyone thinks they look. That doesn’t mean these are bad games in any way, or that you should be insulted that a game you think looks great made this list of bad looking games. The point being is that the games on this list weren’t appealing to me and my group. What one player considers an ugly game another may think is perfectly designed due to the ease of play. Some gamers are much more interested in the mechanics of a game and how functional the components are over how visually appealing and tied to the theme they are. However, I feel that this particular list is even more subjective than usual.īesides the fact that appreciation for art, form and function are very personal, with board games, there’s another big divide, that of theme vs. It’s based on the games we’ve personally played as well as many personal tastes and aesthetics. Thanks so much for the great question and for your support Kevin!Īny time we put together a list like this it should be pretty obvious that what games make or don’t make the list is very subjective. What are some games that didn’t appeal to you by sight but you were blown away when you played them? Keven Renaud, Tabletop Bellhop Patreon patron, wrote to ask, You shouldn’t necessarily judge a board game by its appearance:
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In this article, I present 15 such games. You know, those board games people may have skipped over because of how they looked. He was looking for games that didn’t catch our eyes but ended up being fantastic once we actually played them. I defy you not to manipulate these chips in your hand as you unravel the complex web of connections and industries you and your friends are building in your quest for economic dominance.Ī stunning game which should probably have a place in every gamer’s collection.Long time Bellhop fan Kevin wrote in asking if we had experienced any unappealing board games that ended up being great. It helps that this is one of the most beautiful games I’ve ever seen, with such indulgent touches as day-time and night-time boards (which one you use is purely an aesthetic choice) and, in the Deluxe Edition, some lovely solid, chunky, heavy poker chips as money. And Brass: Birmingham is one of those games that manages to not only impress with its clever systems, but also make you feel like you’re in the thick of its theme: in this case the grimy, smelly, smoky world of the industrial revolution 1770-1870, surrounded by your very own dark satanic mills.
The more ‘Euro’ style of game doesn’t usually get a huge amount of attention on the EOG, but I do enjoy a finely crafted game of any stripe, as long as it’s clever and immersive. The story of competing entrepreneurs in Birmingham during the industrial revolution.
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