Daniel (@dungeondive) responds to the Dice Tower’s annual Top 100 lists from Tom, Mike, and Z — sharing surprises, disagreements, and compiling his own Top 10 from their picks.
Background:
Daniel has followed the Dice Tower since ~2008 and credits Tom Vasel as inspiration for starting his own channel. While he’s now a “mono-gamer” focused on dungeon crawls and adventure games, he still learns from watching reviews of games outside his wheelhouse.
Surprises from their lists:
- No El Grande? Daniel considers it the most perfect board game ever made
- Tom and Z both still love Massive Darkness 2 — Daniel prefers the first edition
- Z championing The Others in his top 10
One disagreement (tongue-in-cheek):
Matt Leacock as “king of co-op”? Daniel argues Richard Launius holds that crown — Arkham Horror 1st edition set the template for co-op games. Leacock is the prince at best.
Games Daniel wishes they’d review:
- Forgotten Depths — might crack their top 100
- Stellagbite — wouldn’t make their lists, but they’d enjoy it
Daniel’s Top 10 (from their lists, excluding games already on his own Top 10):
- Cthulhu: Death May Die (Z & Mike’s lists)
- Fury of Dracula (Z’s list)
- Cosmic Encounter (Tom’s #1)
- Cyclades (Mike & Tom’s lists)
- Citadels (Z’s list)
- Dice Town (Tom & Z’s lists)
- Tales from the Red Dragon Inn (Tom’s list)
- Vagrant Song (Z’s list)
- Aeon’s End: The New Age (Z’s list)
- Jamaica (Z’s list)
How much overlap do you have with the Dice Tower’s top 100? Any surprises or disagreements from their lists?