Xmas Special - Top 20 Board Game Gift Guide for Any Type of Player

[Music] [Music] dude [Music] [Music] okay [Music] [Music] hello guys it's carbon rhino and welcome to this christmas special episode christmas and gifts are not only to please the people around us but primarily they give us an opportunity to convince them to start playing board games already so that they get hooked and we have more people to share our addiction with so if you also want to convert people to lagging board games i have a top 20 for you divided into 10 categories of different types of targets so you can get the right games in front of the right people [Music] one great thing about picking smaller board games one great thing about picking smaller board games apart from the fact that they are cheaper is that they can fit anywhere so it's so much easier to trick people into playing any game from oink games that make gorgeous minimal designs could be a great gift i recommend troll in which you need to steal the most jewels from the troll by bidding the number that won't get you busted you have to read the opponent's facial expressions so that you can anticipate their moves and see if you can afford to be greedy and double your bid another great option for the minimalists is welcome to in welcome to you just need a pen to start fitting house numbers in your neighborhood with swimming pools parks and fences players play all at the same time on their own pace and flip three cards each time and try to make the best combo as an aspiring architect cosmic encounter is now a classic and it's all about alien politics players take turns trying to establish colonies in other players planetary systems using their special alien powers force cunning and lots of diplomacy the alien races cards are literally out of this world awesome in cash and guns players try to divide their loot and as true mafia bosses they threaten each other with these foam guns the godfather can dictate to one person to change their target only players who did not just get wounded can enter the loot division and in general it's a game that will make a big group of people come alive and enjoy the true gangsta life if you've seen a jenga somewhere in their living room or they like the ice hockey thing with the chips here's two dexterity games that they will definitely love in class you move a magnetic piece under the board and try to put your ball in the opponent's hole i'm referring to the hole on the board you have to avoid also these white bumps because they stick on your piece and with some practice you can enjoy thrilling matches or even classic tournaments with your friends in junkart you make art from junk pieces and do exhibitions in different cities in some games you want to make the highest structure or be the last man standing after all the other buildings have collapsed and it also offers lots of possibilities to sabotage your opponents but maybe your target just wants action and things happening all at the same time in kitchen rush you have four rounds of just four minutes in which you experience the rush and high pressure working in a restaurant before the time runs out you need to take orders from customers prepare their dishes serve them on time clean up and make sure you can pay your employees and all your expenses if this doesn't look challenging enough you can add the delicious expansion piece of cake and enjoy the madness to its fullest in captain sonar you are part of a submarine crew and you have a special role like engineer or radio operator of course opposite you there is another team playing simultaneously trying to intercept your communication and find your location on the map so that they can launch an attack cooperation and synchronization is key in this game as well as keeping your cool during this underwater odyssey if your target likes talking a little bit too much maybe a game about words and associations would be perfect plus depending on the role they might have to keep quiet for a little while in the crypto you try to crack the code of the other team while avoiding miscommunication with your own team the connections revolve around four words that only your team sees and it's a game that will shine some light to the mysterious and unpredictable ways your friends minds work similarly in code names you have a grid of words and two teams one player from each team tries to associate as many words as possible from the words in their agenda with just a single word the rest of the team tries to find those words from the grid before the opponents without stumbling upon the wrong ones if your target is into thematic stuff or they watch tv series non-stop then maybe they'll appreciate a game with lots of plot twists and action colt express is a western themed party game where you're trying to pull off a robbery on a moving train each player programs their moves for the round and then they all get performed in player order so you might find your hero punching in the air with no one around get a money bag of a wagon that someone else dropped or bump into the sheriff and have to move up on the roof in virgo bros you cooperate with your group to carry out a dangerous heist you want to crack the code of the safe you move from floor to floor visit rooms with different special events and you use your stealth to not get caught by the guards it's simple fast-paced and will give you an adrenaline rush this game has a rhino in rhino hero players need to construct a building of cards and build all their roof carts to win of course the rhino is gonna want to climb that building and sometimes cause spectacular collapses or for even younger targets there's a rhino hero version where you get to fly your hero around in a complete circuit with some slime balls on and if your target kid likes penguins more than rhinos there is ice cool this is a flicking game where penguins get fish running through doors or catch the other penguins when it's their turn to be the catcher you can flick them in a straight line make curves and also jump over the walls for targets that love to touch things azul the king of abstract games will convince them with its enticing beauty and this delicious styles with which you try to score points from combos lines and columns there's also two more gorgeous games in this line summer pavilion and stained glass of syndra santorini is an abstract game set in the well-known beautiful island of my country to which i haven't been yet and you move and build trying to go on the top of a three-level building before anyone else you can place domes to prevent others from jumping on and you can use the various powers of the gods for more replayability and quirkiness fox in the forest is a trick taking game for two players that rewards you for being humble and punishes you for being too greedy fairy characters such as the fox and the witch have special abilities that let you change the trump suit or lead even after you lose a trick it's a small yet clever game and there is a cooperative version as well you might want to check out fox in the forest duet spicy is a bluffing card game that will make your target's face change as many colors as there are on these cards there is numbers from 1 to 10 and 3 suits pepper chili and wasabi and the goal is to get the most cards by either bluffing under the radar or revealing the bluffs of others but there is a catch you have to guess every time whether the bluff was on the suit or on the number which can be very very tricky ticket to ride is one of the best selling board games in the world for a reason it's fast and engaging with the simple idea of creating a route on a map by getting the right tickets you can play it with literally anyone and you can find an addition of it like this one here of london that will suit any possible targets quacks of cuddling work is as exciting as much it has a quirky title very you play a quack making a potion buying ingredients to throw in but always running the risk of exceeding the amount of cherry bombs and have your pot explode in your face it's an addictive and thrilling experience that can be enjoyed by almost anyone and that was it for this year i hope i covered all the possible categories of targets let me know in the comments what gifts you're getting your loved ones this year and if the conversion is working thank you very much for watching and merry christmas [Music] you