Game Rankings by SultanSevy

Today, I wanted to share some of my personal views on tabletop games in the way of game rankings.

The following set of game rankings is for those tabletop games that are currently in my collection. There are a few omissions, mostly of games that I have no intention of ever playing and which will be going up on eBay eventually or sold privately. I also left out expansions to base games (such as those for Battlelore, HeroScape, Talisman, etc.) as well as a couple of rules sets included in wargaming books.

This list is primarily aimed at the members of SWABI, so that they can quickly see what types of games are in my collection and which ones I'm most likely to pull out during upcoming gaming sessions. However, my hope is that other visitors to this blog will find the list interesting as well, and will venture out to BoardGameGeek and The Miniatures Page to find out more about these games.

A quick note about the ratings:

• The RATE column is my personal rating (on a scale of 1 to 10). These ratings could change over time as I play & study some of these games more, but my feeling is that they're very safe bets within +/- 2 places (i.e. a game rated 7 is unlikely to ever rise beyond a 9 or drop below a 5 in my estimation).
• The WEIGHT column is a guideline to the depth and complexity of the game play and its associated rules. Games with a Weight = 1 are simple to learn and lightweight, while games with Weight = 5 have complex rules and very deep, meaty game play.

For a list of games that I have available for trade, or those on my wishlist, see my profile (SultanSevy) on BoardGameGeek. Have fun!

BOARD GAME	RATE	Players	Time	Weight	Type
Battlelore	10	2	60	4	Battle
HeroScape	10	2 to 4	90	3	Battle
Statis Pro Baseball	10	2	60	3	Sports
Domaine	10	2 to 4	90	4	Strategy
Feudal	10	2 to 6	90	3	Battle
Dungeon Twister	9	2	60	4	Strategy
Through the Desert	9	2 to 5	45	3	Strategy
Lord of the Rings: Confrontation	9	2	30	3	Strategy
Wizard Kings	9	2 to 7	150	4	Wargame
Hammer of the Scots	9	2	180	4	Wargame
Shadows Over Camelot	9	3 to 7	90	3	Adventure
Acquire	9	2 to 6	90	3	Economic
Talisman	9	2 to 6	180	3	Adventure
Tide of Iron	9	2 to 4	120	5	Battle
Strat-O-Matic Hockey	9	2	90	3	Sports
Warmaster	9	2	120	4	Miniatures
Wings of War -- Miniatures	8	2 to 4	45	2	Miniatures
Ticket to Ride	8	2 to 5	60	2	Strategy
Carcassonne	8	2 to 5	60	2	Strategy
Citadels	8	2 to 7	60	2	Strategy
Condottiere	8	2 to 6	60	2	Wargame
AT-43	8	2	60	4	Miniatures
Cosmic Encounter	8	3 to 6	90	3	Strategy
Nexus Ops	8	2 to 4	60	3	Battle
Cash 'N Guns	8	4 to 6	30	1	Negotiation
Prophecy	8	2 to 5	180	4	Adventure
Win, Place, & Show	8	3 to 6	120	3	Sports
Pirate's Cove	8	3 to 5	90	2	Adventure
Battle Cry (Borg)	8	2	45	2	Battle
Arkham Horror	8	2 to 8	180	5	Adventure
Doom	8	2 to 4	180	4	Adventure
Blood Bowl	8	2	120	4	Sports
Wargods of Aegyptus	8	2	180	5	Miniatures
Tactica Medieval	8	2	180	4	Miniatures
SI Baseball	8	1 to 2	45	3	Sports
Monsters Menace America	7	2 to 4	90	2	Wargame
Battleball	7	2	45	1	Sports
Starship Catan	7	2	60	3	Strategy
Slapshot	7	2 to 10	30	1	Sports
Guillotine	7	2 to 5	30	1	Cards
Monkeys on the Moon	7	2 to 4	60	3	Strategy
Twixt	7	2	30	3	Abstract
Hordes of the Things	7	2 to 6	45	4	Miniatures
Mystery of the Abbey	7	3 to 6	120	3	Strategy
Chaos Marauders	7	2 to 4	45	1	Cards
Scrabble	7	2 to 4	90	3	Word
Attack!	7	2 to 6	180	3	Wargame
Saboteur	7	3 to 10	30	1	Cards
Pinochle	7	2 to 4	45	3	Cards
Ancient/Medieval Warfare	7	2	120	3	Miniatures
Warhammer	7	2	240	5	Miniatures
Tactica	7	2	180	4	Miniatures
Chronopia	7	2	90	5	Miniatures
Facts In Five	7	1 to 5	30	2	Word
Pursue the Pennant	7	2	60	4	Sports
NHL Strategy	7	2	60	3	Sports
SI Football	7	1 to 2	90	3	Sports
Lionheart	6	2	60	2	Battle
Stocks & Bonds	6	2 to 8	60	3	Economic
Apples to Apples	6	4 to 10	30	1	Word
Trivial Pursuit	6	2 to 24	90	2	Trivia
Mystery Rummy	6	2 to 4	45	2	Cards
Balderdash	6	3 to 6	60	1	Word
Rogue Trooper	6	2 to 6	120	2	Adventure
Illuminati	6	2 to 6	120	3	Strategy
Executive Decision	6	2 to 6	90	3	Economic
Dark Tower	6	1 to 4	90	2	Adventure
Bowl Bound	6	2	60	2	Sports
Orc's Drift	6	2	120	4	Miniatures
Breakthru	6	2	30	2	Abstract
Scene It! Movie Edition	6	2	30	1	Trivia
De Bellis Antiquitatis (DBA)	6	2 to 6	45	4	Miniatures
Warrior Heroes	6	2	150	4	Miniatures
Thinking Man's Golf	6	1 to 4	60	2	Sports
Battle Cry (Amer.Heritage)	6	2 to 4	60	2	Wargame
Celtos	6	2	120	4	Miniatures
Vis Magica	6	2	240	5	Miniatures
All Wound Up	5	2 to 4	60	1	Miniatures
Poker	5	2 to 10	30	3	Cards
Knightmare Chess	5	2	60	3	Abstract
Backgammon	5	2	30	2	Abstract
Othello	5	2	30	2	Abstract
Warlord	5	2	90	4	Miniatures
De Bellis Multitudinis (DBM)	5	2	180	5	Miniatures
Wise & Otherwise	5	2 to 6	45	1	Word
Monopoly	5	2 to 8	180	2	Economic
Crucible	5	2	180	5	Miniatures
Dark Emperor	5	2	120	4	Wargame
Gettysburg	5	2	120	5	Wargame
Tactics II	5	2	120	3	Wargame
Diplomacy	5	2 to 7	360	5	Negotiation
Russian Campaign	5	2	360	5	Wargame
Pass the Pigs	4	2 to 10	30	1	Dice
Jargon	4	2 to 6	60	2	Word
Rummy-O	4	2 to 4	30	1	Domino
Blue Line Hockey	4	2	45	2	Sports
Milk & Cookies Rules	4	2	90	3	Miniatures
Rollout	4	2 to 6	120	3	Economic
Image	3	2 to 6	30	2	Trivia
RSVP	3	2	60	2	Word
VH1 Pop Up Video	3	2	45	2	Trivia
Let's Go to the Races	3	4 to 16	60	3	Sports
Trivial Pursuit - Sports Edition	3	2 to 6	60	3	Trivia
Battlestorm	3	2	180	5	Miniatures
Americana Golf	2	1 to 4	45	1	Sports
Yahtzee	1	2 to 10	30	1	Dice