First ImpressionsEp 1
Spirit Island
★ B-TIER BOARD GAME
BOARD GAME
RANK #13
B TIER
6.0/10
Spirit Island
Spirit Island is a heavy cooperative strategy game where you play as powerful elemental spirits defending your island from colonizing invaders. You spread your presence, grow stronger over time, and...
BOARD GAME
RANK #13
B TIER
6.0/10
Unlucky Mummy
★ NEW REVIEW
PC/STEAM
RANK #19
B TIER
6.5/10
Unlucky Mummy
Unlucky Mummy is an incremental clicker about opening a cursed sarcophagus and probably pushing your luck one more time than you should. You have a 25% chance of finding a...
PC/STEAM
RANK #19
B TIER
6.5/10
Dead Cells
★ B-TIER VIDEO GAME
PC/STEAM
RANK #17
B TIER
7.5/10
Dead Cells
You fight your way through a sprawling island full of monsters in Dead Cells, a roguelite action platformer where dying sends you back to the start. You’ll find different weapons,...
PC/STEAM
RANK #17
B TIER
7.5/10
Risk of Rain 2
★ #6 RANKED VIDEO GAME
PC/STEAM
RANK #6
A TIER
9.0/10
Risk of Rain 2
Risk of Rain 2 is a third-person roguelike shooter where you fight your way across an alien planet, collecting items that stack together and make you stronger. You activate teleporters,...
PC/STEAM
RANK #6
A TIER
9.0/10
The Guild of Merchant Explorers
★ RECENTLY ADDED
BOARD GAME
RANK #9
The Guild of Merchant Explorers
A map-based exploration game where each player begins with a single city and expands outward as terrain cards are revealed. You place cubes to form connected paths, cross seas to...
BOARD GAME
RANK #9
The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine
★ RECENTLY ADDED
BOARD GAME
RANK #3
S TIER
9.0/10
The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine
In The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine, players cooperate as astronauts in a trick-taking game spanning 50 missions. Completing individual tasks and managing limited communication are key, with each...
BOARD GAME
RANK #3
S TIER
9.0/10
Quiet Bloom
★ NEW REVIEW
Quiet Bloom
You bring a dried-out desert back to life in Quiet Bloom, a cozy idle game where wind, wells, and rain do most of the work… which is about my speed...
ROVE Jr: Results-Oriented Versatile Explorer
★ #25 RANKED BOARD GAME
BOARD GAME
RANK #25
ROVE Jr: Results-Oriented Versatile Explorer
BOARD GAME
RANK #25
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Wakasm's Top Ranked Video & Board Games
This is still a work in progress as I am ranking games weekly until I've added every game I've ever played!
Video Games
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- 5
Path of Exile14 mo - 6
Risk of Rain 214 mo - 7
Brotato14 mo - 8Donkey Kong Bananza1 mo
- 9
Mega Man14 mo - 10shapez 2 – Factory5 mo
- 11Astro Prospector13 mo
- 12Etrian Odyssey HD14 mo
- 13Super Mario Bros14 mo
- 14Heroes of Hammerwatch2 mo
- 15UFO 5014 mo
- 16Heroes of Hammerwatch II2 mo
- 17Dead Cells14 mo
- 18Hades14 mo
- 19Unlucky Mummy2 mo
- 20Enter the Gungeon14 mo
- 213-D Worldrunner14 mo
- 22Back to the Future14 mo
- 23Adventure Island14 mo
- 24194214 mo
- 2510-Yard Fight14 mo
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Bomb Busters5 mo - 5
Space Base2 mo - 6
Legacy of Yu12 mo - 7
Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition11 mo - 8
Dungeon Pages: Overland Adventures10 mo - 9The Guild of Merchant Explorers11 mo
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Pandemic: The Cure11 mo
- 11It’s a Wonderful World12 mo
- 12Dungeon Pages7 mo
- 13Spirit Island8 mo
- 14El Grande4 mo
- 15Dangerous Space7 mo
- 16Cascadia: Rolling Hills10 mo
- 17Leviathan Wilds7 mo
- 18Isle of Trains: All Aboard3 mo
- 19Morbid Fortress3 mo
- 20Dead Cells: The Rogue-Lite Board Game11 mo
- 21Deep Space D-67 mo
- 22Veilwraith9 mo
- 23Agricola: All Creatures Big and Small12 mo
- 24Relics of Rajavihara12 mo
- 25ROVE Jr: Results-Oriented Versatile Explorer12 mo
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About Wakasm
I'm Mike, aka Mikey, aka Wakasm, and I built this site to share honest reviews, curated rankings, and full playthroughs of the games I love. I cover both video games and solo board games, and I focus on replayability, system mastery, and the moments that make a game worth your time.
I try to rank every game I play using clear criteria, but I'll be honest. Ranking games is hard. I am constantly debating myself, making exceptions, and second-guessing my own rules. I talk through that process in my writeups and videos because the conversation around why a game works or does not work is often more interesting than the score itself.
I also have a board game collection that is probably larger than it needs to be, and I chase more achievements than I should admit. Both tendencies come from the same place. I love exploring systems, completing things, and understanding how games fit together. That energy drives the reviews, the rankings, and the longform playthroughs I document here.
I highlight hidden gems, classics that still hold up, and new releases that surprise me. I document full campaigns on YouTube and walk through how I approach strategy, progression, and problem solving.
If you like deep dives, replayable games, and clear opinions without the hype, you will feel at home here.
I love board games. Yes, I play them solo!
Not exclusively solo, but I play a lot of my games solo. Solo board gaming has gained popularity since the pandemic, but some people have been playing their games solo for even longer. Check out the 1-player guild or the /r/soloboardgaming subreddit if you want to learn more!
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