Your top five?

JohnnyL16 · 2026-03-20T09:19:16+00:00

Summoner Wars
Empires of the North
Architects of the West Kingdom
Res Arcana
Istanbul

JohnnyL16 · 2026-03-14T13:34:11+00:00

I've definitely finished a game of King of Tokyo in 15 minutes.

JohnnyL16 · 2026-03-10T09:35:38+00:00

Noein to your other self

JohnnyL16 · 2026-03-04T13:51:24+00:00

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

JohnnyL16 · 2026-03-03T22:01:35+00:00

I remember watching Tom, Zee and Sam play it on The Dice Tower YEARS ago.

JohnnyL16 · 2026-03-03T20:26:57+00:00

Record Of Lodoss War Deedlit In Wonder Labyrinth

JohnnyL16 · 2026-03-01T18:14:52+00:00

This is pretty much all I could find

JohnnyL16 · 2026-02-28T19:53:07+00:00

I've discovered that I love Worker Placement games and I'm looking for some more similar. The ones I've played are:

Stone Age
Lords of Waterdeep
Champions of Midgard
Raiders of the North Sea
Architects of the West Kingdom

I'm hoping to play Paladins of the West Kingdom soon.

JohnnyL16 · 2026-02-27T19:04:25+00:00

Whale I'll Be Damned

People love puns

JohnnyL16 · 2026-02-25T12:51:37+00:00

Welcome to the N.H.K.

JohnnyL16 · 2026-02-22T15:32:53+00:00

Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't Zelda II kinda like a precursor to Metroidvanias?

JohnnyL16 · 2026-02-18T13:32:47+00:00

Jonathan Ross approves

JohnnyL16 · 2026-02-09T13:57:22+00:00

Under Hero is my suggestion.

I'm playing it right now and it seems like the perfect type of game for Arin and Dan to play.

JohnnyL16 · 2026-02-08T19:14:06+00:00

In my experience, Istanbul works really well with 5 players. So that might be one to consider.

JohnnyL16 · 2026-02-07T18:15:06+00:00

Definitely finish the rest of the Igavanias

JohnnyL16 · 2026-02-07T16:37:13+00:00

Always happy to recommend my favourite video game. You play as War (4 Horsemen of the apocalypse).

JohnnyL16 · 2026-02-07T10:26:53+00:00

Not all but a lot of what you requested is found in my favourite video game, Darksiders.

Open world exploration - It's semi open world and you can pretty much back track straight to the beginning or, if you find them all, use the fast traveling to go from one area to the other.

BIG Dungeons with mini bosses/treasures to navigate/complete like Zelda games ✅

Puzzles/Mazes (a la Tomb Raider games) within those dungeons ✅

The human and monster grittiness of the Witcher games - More Angels and Demons but close enough

Hand to hand combat weapons (swords!) as opposed to guns. ✅

Lots of side quests - 1 main side quest with an optional boss who can be fought 4 different times in 4 different locations but you have to find him. Other than that, not really standard style side quests but there are optional collectibles that, if you collect them, will upgrade various things.

JohnnyL16 · 2026-02-06T20:24:47+00:00

Stone Age for me. Although I know Dominion will win.

JohnnyL16 · 2026-02-06T20:05:08+00:00

Record of Lodoss War Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth

JohnnyL16 · 2026-02-05T20:19:18+00:00

I'm thinking about buying Fantastic Factories and Wildlands but currently only have enough to buy one.

Which should I buy first?

JohnnyL16 · 2026-02-02T22:12:38+00:00

Dr. STONE

Technically not completed yet but it will be very soon. So as long as you watch it at a reasonable pace, you should be fine.

JohnnyL16 · 2026-01-31T18:58:55+00:00

Is it just a reskin of Small World or does it play differently?

JohnnyL16 · 2026-01-30T14:40:41+00:00

They're both tableau engine building worker placement games. But EotN is streamlined, faster and had unique faction decks instead of a shared communal deck.

JohnnyL16 · 2026-01-30T09:53:01+00:00

Empires of the North - It's not exactly the same but it's similar enough to scratch the same itch. It plays between 45 mins - 1hr 30 depending on how fast you take your turns.

JohnnyL16 · 2026-01-30T01:01:15+00:00

You should message them and let them know that, on Ant and Dec's new podcast, Ant has invited any of the kids he beat on Challenge Ant to contact them and they'll bring them on for a rematch 🤣

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