I’m glad you picked this up, it’s really good!” ![]() I remember Deanna’s comment was something like, “I take it back. That night we played the game for the first time and both loved it. If it wasn’t for that research, I would never even have picked up this box to look at the other side. The thing is, I did my research before our trip and Suburbia was one of the games on my watchlist. And I remember Deanna pointing out that the back of the box looked even less appealing. Does that look like a fun and engaging game? I sure don’t think so. When we did meet up and I showed her what I bought her first response was “Of all the games they had there you bought that?!?” That game was Suburbia. I spent far too long looking at games, long enough that Deanna got bored and decided to meet up with me later. My wife and I were on vacation in Toronto, visiting the newly moved 401 Games (an FLGS that happened to have the most board games for sale in one place that I’d ever seen). Suburbia – When thinking about this topic the first game that comes to mind for me is Suburbia and the story of the day I bought it. One last thing before I get to the actual list, you can listen to Sean and I discuss this topic on The Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast episode 145, Not As Bad As They Look.īoard Games that played better than they looked: This isn’t something I have personal experience with (nor does anyone in my regular gaming group) and I didn’t feel qualified to include games with that problem due to that. Something that I did not get into is games that have their play impacted by the fact that they weren’t designed with colour blindness in mind. The goal here is to highlight some amazing games that people may have overlooked and to celebrate those games for being great regardless of how anyone thinks they look. That doesn’t mean these are bad games in any way, or that you should be insulted that a game you think looks great made this list of bad looking games. The point being is that the games on this list weren’t appealing to me and my group. What one player considers an ugly game another may think is perfectly designed due to the ease of play. Some gamers are much more interested in the mechanics of a game and how functional the components are over how visually appealing and tied to the theme they are. However, I feel that this particular list is even more subjective than usual.īesides the fact that appreciation for art, form and function are very personal, with board games, there’s another big divide, that of theme vs. It’s based on the games we’ve personally played as well as many personal tastes and aesthetics. Thanks so much for the great question and for your support Kevin!Īny time we put together a list like this it should be pretty obvious that what games make or don’t make the list is very subjective. ![]() What are some games that didn’t appeal to you by sight but you were blown away when you played them? Keven Renaud, Tabletop Bellhop Patreon patron, wrote to ask, You shouldn’t necessarily judge a board game by its appearance: ![]() As an Amazon Affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases. ![]() Using these links doesn’t cost you anything extra and it helps support this blog and podcast. These are all great board games that were much better than they looked at first glance.ĭisclosure: Some links in this post are affiliate links. In this article, I present 15 such games. You know, those board games people may have skipped over because of how they looked. He was looking for games that didn’t catch our eyes but ended up being fantastic once we actually played them. Long time Bellhop fan Kevin wrote in asking if we had experienced any unappealing board games that ended up being great.
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