Which games on BGA are highly underrated? More specifically: games that are really fun, but hard to find players for.
For me, it's Gold West and Uptown.
Gold West is a territory building game that is perfect for turn-based games, since it has long turns but isn't a super long game. The mechanism reminds me a little of Terra Mystica (without factions though), but it's shorter, easier to learn and works just as well for 2 players as for 3 or 4. There's no tutorial on BGA, but there's a good tutorial/playthrough on YouTube that explains the game well.
Uptown is an abstract tile placement game. I like tile placement games in general, but this is one of my favorites. You're trying to connect as many of your tiles as possible, and it's so satisfying when it works. I'd recommend the 3-4 player version for beginning players (if you can find enough players) since the 2-player version is strategically more difficult, but I think I enjoy them equally.
For me, it's Gold West and Uptown.
Gold West is a territory building game that is perfect for turn-based games, since it has long turns but isn't a super long game. The mechanism reminds me a little of Terra Mystica (without factions though), but it's shorter, easier to learn and works just as well for 2 players as for 3 or 4. There's no tutorial on BGA, but there's a good tutorial/playthrough on YouTube that explains the game well.
Uptown is an abstract tile placement game. I like tile placement games in general, but this is one of my favorites. You're trying to connect as many of your tiles as possible, and it's so satisfying when it works. I'd recommend the 3-4 player version for beginning players (if you can find enough players) since the 2-player version is strategically more difficult, but I think I enjoy them equally.