Top 10 Cooperative Games - with Chris and Wendy Yi

I love you two! You make a wonderful couple! If you each had to choose a favorite of all time games which would you each choose??

Good lists! One thing im noticing with a lot of the best COOP games is that they REQUIRE cooperation + individual thought. E.g. the crew its impossible to play that game solo, youre required to cooperate with another to play it. Same for something like XCOM or Space Cadets where you cant focus on other people's decisions because you only have enough time to focus on your own stuff most of the time (unless you modify the rules/time given... Which xcom allows, but the best experience is obviously to play on the 4 player mode), so it requires cooperation + individual thought. In a way those games solve the Alpha Gamer problem in their design too.

I still love games you can play coop/solo (Ghost Stories, Spirit Island or Pandemic would probably find their way onto a list like this for me), but i think im going to be seeking out a few more games that can only be played coop (i e. that can't be played solo without modifying the rules somehow) for that full coop experience.

I was just shaking my head at this 'Top 10 Cooperative Games' list ... until Elder Sign and Jaws of the Lion showed up. Of course, individual tastes always come into play, but what about Vagrant Song, This War of Mine, Forgotten Waters, and Mansions of Madness, all of which I feel are superior to Micro City (a better solo game), So Clover, and some of the others mentioned here. Oh well ... to each his own. :)

Micro Macro Gotham City with the art style from The Brave And The Bold… just take my credit card

Jar Jar is a Sith!

More videos from you two is needed!

Shame there's no Spirit Island on this list. Shame! Shame! Shame!!

Love co-op games! But the fact that Robinson Crusoe didn't make the list is criminal.

@TheDiceTower
I noticed your most recent top 10 (Halloween games I think) is not available to be viewed. I see there is a “private video” listed as the most recent top 10.
Just wanted to give you a heads up that that one didn’t post properly…..also hoping to see it since I missed it live!
Thanks for the great content.

I thought Destinys, or Sleeping Gods would be Number 1 and I'm missing Oath - but that's maybe more Camillas thing.

Great list thank you! Just came across cooperative Trash Talk game and it looks good!

That was a phenomenal review. Thanks so much for your hard work and critical assessment!

Cinderella sings a dream is a wish your heart makes. 😊 Also, I enjoyed watching this, thanks for another great top 10!

Did I hear a ROCK and STONE?

I was so curious to watch this video.
Good Co-ops are usually dungeon crawls or miniatures rolling dice to kill other miniatures.

It was very weird to see a top 10 co-op list with no Zombicide, Massive Darkness, Descent, Castle Panic, Oathsworn ect in it.

Can’t say I agree AT ALL, but it was still a weird and entertaining video.

Thank you, Chris and Wendy! Great choices!

My top 10
Spirit Island
The Crew
Gloomhaven
Mechs vs Minions
Hanabi
Flip Ships
Codenames Duet
The LOOP
Just One
Aeon's End

I'd love to try Too Many Bones and Marvel Champions.

Mech vs minions

Lol thanks Chris for circling back on that Whole New World 🧜‍♀️ 😂😂 I was surprised you didn’t react and wondered if you were holding your tongue 😛!! 😂

So Clover and Just One are among the few co-op games that I like. Unlock is on my list after playing one scenario. We had a great time, even though we went way past the one hour time, and had to look at several hints. The best part is that everything is in a deck of cards. No maps, tickets, dials, etc. I ran out and bought 12 more scenarios.

I just recently got a copy of Reckoners and the Steelslayer expansion and I'm looking forward to playing. What I've seen online looks interesting.

Competitive escape rooms exist! You have two of the same room and each team is racing to be done first. We did it for a wedding party where the bride and groom drafted teams from the friends that attended and it was a ton of fun.

The Elder Sign app is cool but it still hasn't replaced the physical version for me.

If you don’t Rock and Stone…

You ain’t going home.

My group has been loving Pandemic Legacy Season 1 and its gotta be up there as one of my favorite co-op experiences.

Project ELITE is a fantastic title and one that I'm always wanting to play with new players.

Arkham Horror LCG has got to be my absolute favorite. The variability, the theme. I love it!

Great review of co-op games. Seriously watched this twice so I can take closer look at some specifics you've highlighted. Thank you.

As much as Chris loves to talk, he’s got plenty of no-communication games on his list.

I'm half-tempted by Sky Team, mostly because I'm looking for a game that feels a lot like "two-player The Crew" (without using the Crew variant). To Chris/Wendy, or others that have played it, do you feel like Sky Team gives you that feeling? One nice thing about The Crew is that it's quite replayable even after you do all the missions, do you feel like Sky Team has similar longevity or does it have more of a shelf life? I'm also a little concerned about the randomness of the game lending itself to unwinnable situations. Any thoughts on these topics are appreciated!

I recently got into Spirit Island. I'm really exited about this game. I had hoped that it would be on one of your lists. 😢

Im also into season 2! Best pandemic

Vagrantsong just didn't work for my wife and I. After fighting with the terrible rule book, we finally broke down and watched enough of a first scenario playthrough to get what they struggled to convey in the book. We played through three or four scenarios and decided that our time would be better spent playing other games. Definitely bummed as the theme and production are great, but for us, the game falls absolutely flat.

Great list Yis. Happy to see Switch and Signal.

Great list🤩 got some nice inspiration for new games😂

“When you’re fast asleep” is from Cinderella after she wakes up right before the bell tolls.

Yes to # 1 & #2 picks: the crew and pandemic season 0. Definitely had to turn off the audio to avoid any spoilers for season 2 :)

Great list, guys! :) Cooperative games was the way to my wife and me into board gaming world (The Legends of Andor was our first co-op).

Vagrantsong was absolutely worth learning for me. My wife and I played it on our anniversary date, and had a blast (cue Roy sound effect)

The first time I played Elder Sign as a 2 player, I almost died on the second turn. My partner saved me and we went on to run the game through. I ended up dying late in the game and he was able to pull out the win the next round. Whew!😅 Awesome epicness!

Co2 is amazing Wendy, ignore Chris lol.

I have not played too many co-op games, but Shadowrun: Crossfire, ISS Vanguard, and Kitchen Rush would be among my top games.

While my favorite "cooperative" game is several of the Pandemics, but I don't play them cooperatively anymore. I've played them so much that nobody is as good as me, so I'm either going to be annoyed at others playing lamely or I'm going to start Alpha Gaming. While I'm not as in love with the Legacy games as everyone else, I would say they are probably the best cooperative versions because I go into them not knowing a lot, so I'm figuring stuff out with everyone else. 0 is the best, with two new mechanics that should be moved to a non-Legacy version or two. 2 was a lot more interesting in the discovery department, but they rushed the ending to get it in this year timeframe.

Vagrantsong in more than 2 player is a really bad experience.

Fun list. Thanks.

"A Whole New World" is from Aladdin. "Part of Your Word" is Little Mermaid. :-)

One of my favourite new games is the pseudo-sequel to Isle of Cats, Race to the Raft. Haven't seen it getting much love, but I think it is an amazing co-op game.

A Yi list without any PWH games! What is happening?!?!

Spirit Island?
Forgotten Waters?
Forbidden Island?

This list is really bad lol

Your description of Sky Team sounds a lot like the Apollo game that came out a few years ago. Which was fun but not terribly replayable once you cracked it.

Arkham Horror

Wendy: This is one I've only played once with you
Chris: Yeah
Wendy: ...So you've played a lot of it with out me...
Chris: I did, it was really nice . . . . . .
. . . . of Zee and Camilla to let me jump into a campaign with them.

You only gave sky team a 8 which surprised me you put it top 10?