The Best Family Board Games of 2022 – Viewer Recommendations

If I’m going to open up the comments section for board game recommendations, I need to follow through with it! Whenever I decide if I am going to buy a game, I do the following background research:
1. Check if it is available
2. See if there is an iOS version to sample
3. Read the rulebook and try to ascertain if it would be fun for my family.

This video is the result of ALL my research: the finalists of viewer recommended family board games.

A few things have changed since my last video.
   • Top 10 Family Board Games – 2021  
Many of the games here were for my then three- and five-year old. I now have a five- and seven-year-old, which has expanded our options significantly. (However, the five-year-old still can’t read, so we still have that limitation.)

Also, this YouTube channel has grown! As people leave recommendations for me and I continue to research, my gaming vocabulary has expanded significantly.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
0:00 - Introduction
0:36 - Three Categories of User Recommendations
2:28 - The BEST way to SAVE $$$ on Board Games!

3:05 - 10 Honorable Mentions
3:33 - #1 A colorful game: https://theperfectboardgame.com/?e=bg...
3:55 - #2 An adventure game: https://theperfectboardgame.com/?e=bg...
4:09 - #3 A dice game: https://theperfectboardgame.com/?e=bg...
4:39 - #4 A science game: https://theperfectboardgame.com/?e=bg...
5:38 - #5 A bluffing game: https://theperfectboardgame.com/?e=bg...
6:47 - #6 A trick-taking game: https://theperfectboardgame.com/?e=bg...
7:27 - #7 A clever battling game: http://www.scrimish.com
8:00 - #8 A maze game: https://amzn.to/3G59mDy
8:30 - #9 An exciting tile placement https://theperfectboardgame.com/?e=bg...
9:18 - #10 A space adventure: https://theperfectboardgame.com/?e=bg...

10:07 - My TWO Most Interesting Prospects
10:22 - #1 - A clever card drafter: https://theperfectboardgame.com/?e=bg...
11:12 - #2 - A fun party game: https://theperfectboardgame.com/?e=bg...

12:18 - My FIVE Favorite New Discoveries so far!
12:27 - #1 - A wildly fun dice game: https://theperfectboardgame.com/?e=bg...
13:31 - #2 A mathematical dice game: https://theperfectboardgame.com/?e=bg...
14:25 - #3 An exploration game with a unique mechanic: https://theperfectboardgame.com/?e=bg...
15:48 - #4 A pure strategy game for all ages: https://theperfectboardgame.com/?e=bg...
16:43 - #5 My favorite of all: SOLD OUT!
17:55 - Conclusion

GAMES I DIDN”T MENTION:

Silver and Gold - cool mechanic, but not very exciting or addictive

Stone Age - not a “family game”. Worker placement, resource collection game

Spicy - also unavailable but a bluffing game akin to bullshit.

Zombie Dice - absolutely stupid “press your luck” game. Not worth mentioning.

Viva Topo - roll to move mouse escape cat game

Point Salad - like sushi go, but cards are in a market. Way more ways of scoring/objectives. Cute theme. Cards have two sides: point side and veggie side

Sleeping Queens - A really silly card game. You get to discard cards to make room for more powerful cards: discard pairs or addition equations (4, 5, 9, F or example) try to wake cards in the center and keep them or play knights to steal cards from other people.

Cardline- a trivia game where cards are stacked(ordered) according to days about the subject

Coconuts - Hasbro catapult game

Rhino Hero - card stacking game. I don’t recommend skill/dexterity games

Trash Pandas - Silly card game, didn’t engage me

Inspector Mouse - cashed a deduction Game but really so simple it is more of a memory game. Not enough Game for adults

Barenpark- just another New York Zoo

Avenue Kokoro - dry erase garden game

Scarabya - a treasure game where you reveal treasure by placing pentaminos and surrounding spaces on a board… too abstract.

Brawl (card game) - a speed card game for only two players

Dale of Merchants - too much like Dominion, too text-heavy

Mille Bornes - racing game by drawing and playing cards

Cottage Garden - just another tile placement by Uwe. Nothing to distinguish it.

Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza - just Egyptian Rat Screw. Totally a waste of money.
Outfoxed - a guess who game that uses dice rolls to see how much info is revealed

Catacombs of Karak - moving through a dungeon, rolling to win battles and winning modifiers, lacking in story

Wurfelland - explorers with dice instead of cards and no artwork, just colors

Nertz- sorta like all players playing Klondike simultaneously