As you probably know by now, I primarily play board games at 2 players with my husband, Stephen. Luckily, we have pretty similar tastes in games, which makes it easy to pick what to buy and play most of the time. Every so often, though, we are on completely different wavelengths about a game, and neither of us is willing to budge on those disagreements. It’s pretty interesting, actually. So, here are the top 6 games we disagree on!

Stephen Likes It – I Don’t!

  1. Galaxy Trucker – Actually, a lot of people I know like this game, but I still don’t. Stephen thinks this game is exciting and thinks it’s fun to watch your ship be blown to smithereens. … What? Why would I want to spend all that time racing for pieces, and being stressed about making a well-rounded ship, only for it to explode? It’s gonna be a no from me. Thank you very much.
    Stephen’s Rating: 10/10; My Rating: 2/10

2. Gemblo Red Stone – I’ve never been huge on Blokus, which is somewhat similar to this, and Stephen doesn’t love that either. But this adds in wackier shapes and player powers which made Stephen swoon. For me, the shape placements are too hard to visualize without trying every piece, which is just frustrating. He’s kept it in our collection I’m guessing just to reminisce about liking it so much? Because it’s definitely not staying around to be played with me, that’s for sure…
Stephen’s Rating: 8/10; My Rating: 3/10

3. World of Warcraft: The Board Game – I think World of Warcraft is just one of those things that holds some nostalgia for Stephen, so it’s not super surprising that he likes this a fair amount more than I do. The theming, the game play, and the game length all just do not interest me, and I’m cool with having played it once and not going back.
Stephen’s Rating: 8/10; My Rating: 3/10

I Like It – Stephen Doesn’t!

  1. Calico – At first, I kind of understood what Stephen didn’t like about this one, but the more I played it, the more I wanted to play it, honestly. I admit it can be very difficult and puzzley, because it’s so restrictive due to the board, but I still really like it. Stephen also doesn’t play solo games, and I really enjoyed the solo mode, even more than the multiplayer.
    My Rating: 7.5/10; Stephen’s Rating: 4/10

2. Between Two Castles of Mad King Ludwig – Neither of us like Between Two Cities. We both like Castles of Mad King Ludwig, though Stephen likes it a little more than me. So, I assumed we would feel similarly about this game, but…not so much. I thought it brought together the mechanisms of the previous two games beautifully, and created a really fun experience (though I do wish the text wasn’t so small across the board). While Stephen had a more general feeling of “meh” for the game overall.
My Rating: 8/10; Stephen’s Rating: 5/10

3. The Princess Bride Adventure Book Game – To be totally fair, this isn’t one of my favorite games of all time or anything, but I like how well it portrays the source material, and I think it has some nice quality components as well. Stephen does not like The Princess Bride (😲) and since he also isn’t a fan of simple co-op games, he still hasn’t actually played this one (I prefer it solo anyway). He says he can’t imagine he’d rate it very high though, since it’s a combination of things he has zero interest in. Fair enough.
My Rating: 6.5/10; Stephen’s Rating (per his own estimation): 2/10