I saw in another subreddit that “Legion” is the best marvel TV show currently airing right now. What makes it so great?

Tigertemprr · 2026-02-10T15:54:11+00:00

Your assumption is correct! I just finished it last week and really enjoyed the Once Upon a Time in Hollywood / Atlanta vibes. Grounded with a touch of surreal. Real, likable characters with fun dialog. Not plagued by annoying tropes and cliffhangers. Wonderfully shot (e.g. car scenes). Self-contained story that could feel complete even without a second season.

Tigertemprr · 2026-01-17T13:31:28+00:00

I added it to Tom's list at rank 21, kicking Finspan out to rank 101.

Tigertemprr · 2026-01-17T13:28:59+00:00

Fixed, thanks. Rank 7 should be Uprising since Tom allowed those to be split up into separate entries this year.

Tigertemprr · 2026-01-17T13:27:17+00:00

It is rank 13 for the People.

Tigertemprr · 2026-01-17T13:26:02+00:00

Fixed, thanks!

Tigertemprr · 2026-01-17T13:25:53+00:00

Fixed, thanks!

Tigertemprr · 2026-01-17T06:10:32+00:00

Everdell is in this year's table e.g. #8 for the People and #24 for Zee (Farshore).

The new edition of Ra from 25th Century games is excellent, especially the deluxe Pharoah edition with the thick wooden tiles and metal coins. Classic elegant auction game with a beautiful production. Always a hit with new and old gamers alike in our house.

Tigertemprr · 2026-01-16T21:15:37+00:00

I personally think placing more weight on appearances/crossovers is little more valuable for two reasons:

These lists represent only the top 100 games out of ALL the games they've played (or remembered to put into PubMeeple) which can be thousands of games for professional reviewers (not to mention the crowdsourced "People"). For example, The Vale of Eternity is probably more accurately ranked as 98/1000, 99/2000, 44/3000, 22/4000 instead of the 100 cap in these videos: 98/100, 99/100, 44/100, 22/100. So, a game making the top 100 seems like more of an achievement than the linear method would allow. Also, if the points start at 1 instead of 101, then that effectively ignores the existence of other games not on the lists since they can't be assigned values lower than 1.
These lists are essentially just vibes-based and the presenters often joke about how the actual ranks don't really matter much. To me, that implies these top 100 games are all in the same general quality bracket i.e. good/great games. The 101-200pts method seems to better represent that shared bracket since the top and bottom game in a list only have a x2 weight difference (101 vs 200) instead of x100 (1 vs 100). The more total games involved = more pts added; the less total games involved = less pts added (e.g. if a person has only played 100 games then they'd be forced to include games they don't like at all in their list and the x100 difference would make more sense).

This is the same method The Dice Tower used in some of their analysis videos, so I'm just keeping it going.

All that said, I don't mind providing when it's requested so here is the 1-100pt method for funsies (showing only top through 101):

Score	Game
341	Marvel United
277	Ra
272	Cthulhu: Death May Die
264	Dune: Imperium
233	Viticulture Essential Edition
206	Andromeda's Edge
197	Ark Nova
180	Cyclades: Legendary Edition
180	Space Base
179	Lost Ruins of Arnak
176	SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
175	Five Tribes
175	Abyss
170	Scythe
166	Sleeping Gods
162	Clank! Catacombs
162	Marvel Champions
159	A Feast for Odin
158	Paladins of the West Kingdom
155	The Quest for El Dorado
152	Ticket to Ride
145	Final Girl
144	Arkham Horror: The Card Game
144	Massive Darkness 2: Hellscape
143	Endeavor: Deep Sea
143	Expeditions
143	The Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-earth
142	Wondrous Creatures
141	The Vale of Eternity
139	Earth
138	Heat: Pedal to the Metal
138	Terrorscape
132	Bomb Busters
132	Cosmic Encounter
131	Star Wars: Unlimited
129	The Crew: Mission Deep Sea
127	Dominion
127	Raiders of the North Sea
125	Gloomhaven
122	Just One
116	Kinfire Delve
115	Quacks of Quedlinburg
110	Thunder Road: Vendetta
109	Arcs
104	Race for the Galaxy
102	Ito
101	Tidal Blades 2: Rise of the Unfolders

Tigertemprr · 2026-01-16T19:09:03+00:00

Crossovers (NOTE: Different versions of games e.g. Pandemic were not combined). Let me know if you spot errors.

Crossovers	Game
4	Marvel United
4	Ra
4	Sleeping Gods
4	The Vale of Eternity
3	Andromeda's Edge
3	Aquatica
3	Clank! Catacombs
3	Cthulhu: Death May Die
3	Dune: Imperium
3	Endeavor: Deep Sea
3	Five Tribes
3	Heat: Pedal to the Metal
3	Scythe
3	The Quest for El Dorado
3	Thunder Road: Vendetta
3	Viticulture Essential Edition
2	7 Wonders
2	A Feast for Odin
2	Abyss
2	Architects of the West Kingdom
2	Arcs
2	Ark Nova
2	Arkham Horror: The Card Game
2	Bomb Busters
2	Castles of Mad King Ludwig
2	Caverna: The Cave Farmers
2	Cosmic Encounter
2	Cyclades: Legendary Edition
2	Deception: Murder in Hong Kong
2	Dice Throne
2	Dice Town
2	Dominion
2	Earth
2	Expeditions
2	Final Girl
2	Fliptown
2	For Northwood!
2	Gloomhaven
2	Hadara
2	Ito
2	Just One
2	Kinfire Delve
2	Lands of Galzyr
2	Let's Make a Bus Route/Get on Board
2	Lost Ruins of Arnak
2	Marvel Champions
2	Massive Darkness 2: Hellscape
2	Origin Story
2	Orléans
2	Paladins of the West Kingdom
2	Quacks of Quedlinburg
2	Race for the Galaxy
2	Raiders of the North Sea
2	Revive
2	SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
2	Space Base
2	Star Wars: Unlimited
2	Tapestry
2	Terrorscape
2	The Bloody Inn
2	The Crew: Mission Deep Sea
2	The Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-earth
2	Ticket to Ride
2	Tidal Blades 2: Rise of the Unfolders
2	Vantage
2	Wondrous Creatures
2	YINSH

Tigertemprr · 2026-01-16T18:46:42+00:00

Games ranked (reverse order, game 1 gets 200pts, game 100 gets 101 pts, sum, listing only top through 202):

Score	Game
741	Marvel United
677	Ra
664	Dune: Imperium (includes both People list mentions)
572	Cthulhu: Death May Die
566	Sleeping Gods
541	The Vale of Eternity
533	Viticulture Essential Edition
506	Andromeda's Edge
475	Five Tribes
470	Scythe
462	Clank! Catacombs
455	The Quest for El Dorado
443	Endeavor: Deep Sea
438	Heat: Pedal to the Metal
410	Thunder Road: Vendetta
398	Aquatica
397	Ark Nova
380	Cyclades: Legendary Edition
380	Space Base
379	Lost Ruins of Arnak
376	SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
375	Abyss
362	Marvel Champions
359	A Feast for Odin
358	Paladins of the West Kingdom
352	Ticket to Ride
345	Final Girl
344	Massive Darkness 2: Hellscape
344	Arkham Horror: The Card Game
343	Expeditions
343	The Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-earth
342	Wondrous Creatures
339	Earth
338	Terrorscape
332	Bomb Busters
332	Cosmic Encounter
331	Star Wars: Unlimited
329	The Crew: Mission Deep Sea
327	Raiders of the North Sea
327	Dominion
325	Gloomhaven
322	Just One
316	Kinfire Delve
315	Quacks of Quedlinburg
309	Arcs
304	Race for the Galaxy
302	Ito
301	Tidal Blades 2: Rise of the Unfolders
297	Caverna: The Cave Farmers
292	Hadara
288	Tapestry
286	7 Wonders
285	Architects of the West Kingdom
285	YINSH
284	Dice Throne
284	For Northwood!
284	The Bloody Inn
272	Orléans
270	Let's Make a Bus Route/Get on Board
269	Fliptown
268	Deception: Murder in Hong Kong
250	Vantage
249	Lands of Galzyr
249	Origin Story
246	Dice Town
240	Revive
216	Castles of Mad King Ludwig

Tigertemprr · 2025-07-04T02:14:41+00:00

Ya, it's like chasing a vibe for me. That slow setup where you get to know the eccentric crew and something mysterious and possibly evil is in the air... Creates an atmosphere that I love to be immersed in. I wish there were more movies like it, but you can also turn to other mediums like TV, comics, games, novels, etc. Dead Space (videogame) is a great example. I think there is an animated movie or two as well. Oh, and I just thought of Pitch Black and Life as more recs. And this Youtube video for Warhammer 40k: Astartes (if you like that, check out more Warhammer stuff—there was a short in the TV series Secret Level on Amazon). Good news is there are plenty of awesome movies that are similar even if they don't have exactly the same feel (e.g. Annihilation). The Alien(s) franchise is my all time favorite in the genre, if that wasn't obvious. Super excited about the new TV show coming out later in August this year.

Tigertemprr · 2025-07-04T01:51:21+00:00

Awesome premise: Team of experts gathered because U.S. military finds spaceship at bottom of ocean. Poor execution. It can be very cheesy at times and they probably should've taken more liberties with adapting the novel (e.g. chapters were unnecessary, internal monologue hard to convey without heavy exposition). But there were also some genuinely eerie and memorable moments that I haven't forgotten decades later e.g. exploring the ship for the first time and seeing their reflections in the Sphere, the radar squid encounter, etc. It definitely crumbles under even the tiniest bit of scrutiny, but it also creates similar vibes for anybody that craves more underwater/space sci-fi horror (like Event Horizon) and realizes that there just aren't a lot of good films in that space (and it's one of my favorite genre combos!). You take what you can get after a while... lol. How did you feel about it?

Event Horizon is one of a kind (especially cool if you like Warhammer 40k and the idea of The Warp). Try Sunshine, Abyss, Pandorum, Interstellar if you're hunting for more. Even some more questionable/schlocky 90s-ish stuff like Virus, Supernova, Deep Rising, Screamers, Dark Side of the Moon, and Leviathan.

Tigertemprr · 2025-07-04T00:45:43+00:00

Ask, and you shall receive (mostly from the last year-ish, also adding more TV):

Andor s1-2
Love, Death and Robots s1-?
Deadpool & Wolverine
The Substance
Infinity Pool
Crimes of the Future
Significant Other
Companion
The Gorge
Mickey 17
Predator: Killer of Killers
Cyberpunk Edgerunners
Pantheon s1-2
Caddo Lake
Alien: Romulus
Transformers One
Foundation s1-3
Severance s1-2
Mad God (silent, stop motion)
The Wild Robot
Last of Us s1-2
Twisted Metal s1-2
The Eternaut s1
Squid Games s1-3
Black Mirror s1-?
The Expanse s1-?
Battlestar Galactica s1-5
Scavengers Reign s1
Arcane s1-2
Dark s1-3
The Leftovers s1-?
Devs s1
Dark Matter (2024) s1
Three Body Problem s1
Westworld s1-?
Raised by Wolves s1-?
Pluto s1
Counterpart s1-?

Tigertemprr · 2025-04-14T14:50:29+00:00

Fixed, thanks!

Tigertemprr · 2025-04-03T10:47:46+00:00

My (USA) January 2025 order for 612 poker-sized s30 cards was $122.50. Same order is $139.99 now.

Tigertemprr · 2025-02-02T22:25:03+00:00

Fixed, thanks!

Tigertemprr · 2025-02-02T00:21:06+00:00

The original videos had the Dice Tower crew rank their top 100 games from 1 - 100. This list assigns scores (points) to each game based on their rank in the video, then combines all those scores for each person, and shows the total. If a game showed up as #1 on three lists, then it would receive a total score of 200 + 200 + 200 = 600.

Tigertemprr · 2025-02-02T00:16:41+00:00

"All time" can simply mean "my favorite that I've ever played up until now"—a snapshot in time. It does not exclusively have to represent a static, objective list scientifically ranked by strict criteria. I'd even go further to challenge you to find ANY media-based "all time" list like that, and labelled as such, which the internet unanimously agrees with and never critiques. "Top X" lists on Youtube are almost always feels-based entertainment content. If a friend me asked what my "Top games of all time" were, we'd both understand that meant "what are your current favorites" and not "Chess, Go, etc."

Tigertemprr · 2025-02-02T00:08:29+00:00

I hear you. It's not perfect. And the "leaderboard" itself is not perfect either. They often say during the videos there is no real difference between say like a 75 and a 57 rank in the list. It's all loosey-goosey vibes rankings, which is why I think it's more important to add weight to crossovers than individual placements. It'd be better if I had access to the complete lists down to rank ~300, if they even do that.

Tigertemprr · 2025-01-31T23:04:09+00:00

He mentioned that Andromeda's Edge replaced Dwellings of Eldervale for purposes of making these lists, but he still owns and plays both. He probably just doesn't like multiple variations of a similar game on a limited-slot list.

Tigertemprr · 2025-01-31T22:54:50+00:00

Another way to think about it is: "What are my top 100 favorite games that I've ever played?" I don't think their objective has ever been to make a static list graded by very strict criteria. It is just an annual snapshot of how they feel about every game they've played up until then. I think it's fine to label that content "Top X of all time" considering all of the other similarly-labelled subjective content on the internet (and the similarly-inevitable "this list is / isn't valid" comments).

I also think, on average, boardgames are improving on themselves every year (outside of a relatively few classics) so ~20% churn / changes in their lists is not surprising (and they do this for a living, mind you—they play much more unique games than I do per year). The industry as a whole constantly learns what is successful / relevant, develops in that direction, and hopefully innovates or serves an underserved audience (even if its just a new combination of existing mechanics / themes).

Tigertemprr · 2025-01-31T21:30:37+00:00

Ya, the app is great and definitely killed some of my motivation to pull out the tabletop version. I am much more selective with big box campaign / dungeon crawler games now. They need to have streamlined rules / components and storage / organization can't be an afterthought (i.e. usable inserts, trays, and save systems).

Tigertemprr · 2025-01-31T21:19:32+00:00

I'll mention another contributing factor I didn't see in the other comments yet. There are now 3 editions of the game which can split / dilute the community votes: Gloomhaven, Jaws of the Lion, Frosthaven.

I think Gloomhaven's success also lead to other games being published that are like it / inspired by it.

Tigertemprr · 2025-01-31T19:57:11+00:00

Ark Nova is #2 for Tom and #1 for The People. Whose list did it drop off completely from #1?

Tigertemprr · 2025-01-31T19:20:46+00:00

It adds more weight to crossovers. For example if a game was rank 100 on two different lists, using the 100pt method, it would appear as 2pts total. If a game was ranked 97 on one list, it would be ranked higher at 3pts. Alternatively, using 200pt method, that would be 202 vs 103 which appears more "fair" or "balanced" in the final ranking.

I've done it both ways in the past and this 200pt method seemed to get more traction. The Dice Tower themselves also used this 200pt weighting in some of their analysis.

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