10 Small Games You Should Know About

“The game you’re playing is more fun than the one that’s sitting on your shelf.” Christ, have I ever heard a more impactful statement about not having too large a collection?! That is some proper Yoda level wisdom! These lists are such a gift, thank you Jon.

"In a particularly upbeat funeral" is a wonderful way of putting a human sacrifice.

timestamps: 0:39 Air, Land, Sea / Spies, Lies, Supplies 📍(2 player) 3:20 Order Overload* 📍(memory co-op) 5:56 Vaalbara 📍(compact libertaria) 9:04 My Favourite Things* 📍(ur chance to rank ur annoying friends) 12:00 Star Wars Deckbuilding Game 📍(self explanatory n i respectfully hate star wars) 14:57 The Number* 📍(seems like a fun gambling exp w fresh mechanism) 18:15 Phantom Ink* 📍(pov: ur amy adams in arrival) [stolen analogy] 21:21 Quickity Pickity 📍(flip it, slip it, set-collect complete it) 22:58 Noggin* 📍(word race challenges, anomia vibes) 25:27 No Mercy! 📍(push ur luck, lets— nvm) (*) games im interested to play ..don't u dare put "who ask" in t

I love this list. I have enough of the medium and heavy, crunchy games in my collection. What i need are these small, accessible games! Please make another list like this 😊

Love the desk setup! It’s so relaxed and makes the entire set feel more at ease for a calm conversation about gaming.

I laughed way too hard at the Luke Skywalker Buzz Lightyear joke.

Dang, these all look fun! There's something really special about a small, well-designed game where you can see how it's playing different mechanisms against each other to create a big gray area the player's strategy has to fill. All of these seem to do that well. Thanks for sharing, Jon!

The amount of variability you added to this is insane, im adding every single game to my wishlist as im watching your video. Very much appreciated

Regarding the "Am I winning or am I losing" mechanic of Air Land and Sea, the only other game I can think of that really has such a mechanic is backgammon. If you're playing a series of games, each game is worth points (usually one point, but two if you win without the opponent getting a single stone home). There you have the doubling die, where you can say "I think I'm gonna win this game, it's now worth double points", and your opponent can either accept that, or give up the game immediately, before the doubling takes effect. So when your opponent wants to double the game, you have to decide: Given that your opponent currently thinks they can win this game, would you give up a point now, or play for double value and perhaps pull the game back in your favour?

We don't just need small games to play at the end of an evening, we need ACTUALOL!! 💥

Thanks for this video, Jon! I love how you highlight games that I don't hear about much (or at all) elsewhere. I've added a few more games to my want to play list - Quickity Pickity was already on there, but I added Order Overload: Cafe and Noggin!

Great video! Love the small box attention!

Happy to hear My Favourite Things is coming to Kickstarter! Looking forward!

My Favorite Things is right up my alley. Thanks for talking about it. Will definitely back it on kickstarter.

Best top 10 list I’ve seen in ages. I now want to play (and buy) every one of these games

This is exactly the video I've been looking for. I recommend mentioning 'travel-friendly' in title as that was exactly the term I was looking for when I was looking for portable games that don't take up precious space in my luggage/car

One of my late mother's favorite table games was Pit. She really got excited. The name refers to a tiny stepped arena at commodities exchanges where members call out proposed trades. Pit is an unusual type of rummy card game, in which multiple players announce proposals to trade hidden cards with each other, until one player assembles all nine of his cards into a single type of commodity, e.g. corn. He then rings the bell and yells out, "Corner on Corn" or whatever.

Great video. Bought Spies, Order Overload and Quickity Pickity this morning!

Amazing video as always, thanks a lot for the time you put in them, and of course the great recommendations as well!😄

im on the move a lot and often occurrence ry to teach new games to non gamers, so this list was perfect. added vaalbara and noggin to my wishlist, although noggin seems to be unavailable. air land and sea is indeed a fantastic micro and gateway game that still has surprising amount of tactical depth. subscribed!