Posted on January 23, 2026
by whovian223
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It’s time once again for another decade in my Top 50 games played of all time. It’s been a thrilling ride for me, because I really enjoy sharing the games I love and seeing if anybody agrees with me, or if I’m out on… Continue Reading “Top 50 Games Played of All Time – 2026 Edition (#20-11)”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: Action Selection, AJ Porfirio, Alexander Pfister, Asymmetric Games, Capstone Games, Clank in Space, CMYK, Czech Games Edition, Deckbuilders, Delicious Games, Dennis Northcott, Devir, Dire Wolf Digital, Dune Imperium, Evan Derrick, Final Girl, Galactic Cruise, Jackie Fox, Kinson Key Games, Koltin Thompson, Lunch Time Games, Magical Athlete, Paul Dennen, Pirates of Maracaibo, Racing Game, Ralph Bienert, Renegade Games Studios, Resafa, Richard Garfield, Rock Hard 1977, Roll and Move, Rondel Games, Ryan Hendrickson, SETI, Solo Games, T.K. King, Takashi Ishida, Tomáš Holek, Underwater Cities, Van Ryder Games, Vladimír Suchý, Worker Placement Games
Posted on January 16, 2026
by whovian223
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It’s another week and another entry in the Top 50 Games Played of All Time (the 2026 edition!) Of course, this is “games played,” not “games” because at only 587, my number of games played doesn’t even scratch the surface of what’s out there,… Continue Reading “Top 50 Games Played of All Time – 2026 Edition (#30-21)”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: 1, 10, 14, 26, 5, 53, Action Selection, Andrew Veen, Anna Wermlund, Aporta Games, Architects of the West Kingdom, Area Control, Brad Johnson, Card Games, Cranio Creations, Dan Hallagan, Deckbuilders, Delicious Games, Devir, Dice Drafting, Earth, Eilif Svensson, Flaminia Brasini, Gale Force 9, Garphill Games, GMT Games, Helge Meissner, Inside Up Games, Isra C, Kayenta Games, Kristian Amundsen Østby, Lorenzo il Magnifico, Lunch Time Games, Maxime Tardif, Obsession, Peter Lee, Revive, Rodney Thompson, Schadenfreude, Shei S, Shem Phillips, Shipyard (2nd Edition), Simone Luciani, SJ MacDonald, Studio Turbine, Tableau-building, The White Castle, Time of Crisis, Trick-taking games, Tyrants of the Underdark, Virginio Gigli, Vladimír Suchý, Wargames, Worker Placement Games, Wray Ferrell
Posted on January 9, 2026
by whovian223
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This year’s second installment of the Top 50 games played of all time and it’s the second on two weeks! I’m on a roll. Hopefully I’ll be able to keep up the weekly basis for this so I can be done in early February.… Continue Reading “Top 50 Games Played of All Time – 2026 Edition (#40-31)”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: 300, Action Selection, Antonio Zax, Card-Driven Game, Chad Jensen, Cole Wehrle, Combat Commander: Pacific, Cosmodrome Games, Deckbuilders, Economic Games, Fabio Lopiano, Fliptoons, Fryx Games, GMT Games, Ivan Lashin, Jacob Fryxelius, John Foley, Jonny Pac Cantin, Jordy Adan, Kai Jensen, Kanban: Driver's Edition, Laskas, Lunch Time Games, Nestore Mangone, Nick Little, Pandasaurus Games, Pax Pamir - 2nd Edition, Petr Mojžíš, Renato Simões, Shackleton Base, Smartphone Inc, Sorry We Are French, Stronghold Games, Sydney Engelstein, Tableau-building, Terraforming Mars, Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition, The Bell of Treason, Thunderworks Games, Unconscious Mind, Vital Lacerda, Wargames, Wehrlegig Games, Worker Placement Games, Yoma
Posted on January 3, 2026
by whovian223
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Two years goes by so fast. Hell, even a month goes by so fast, as I remember looking forward to all of the holiday fun and time off in December, and now it’s January and where did the time go? However, it has been… Continue Reading “Top 50 Games Played of All Time – 2026 Edition (#50-41)”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: 2-Player Games, 687, Action Selection, Arcs, Card Games, Cole Wehrle, Contracts, Daily Magic Games, Daniel Bullock, David Gordon, Deep Water Games, Dice Placement, Drafting Games, Elizabeth Hargrave, Fantastic Factories, Finspan, Garphill Games, GMT Games, Guild Academies of Valeria, In the Shadows: Resistance in France 1943-44, Inventors of the South Tigris, Jo Kelly, Joe Schmidt, Joseph Z Chen, Justin Faulkner, Leder Games, Lunch Time Games, Michael O'Connell, Molly House, PubMeeple, Roll and Move, Root, Shadow Kingdoms of Valeria, Shem Phillips, SJ MacDonald, Stan Kordonskiy, Stonemaier Games, Tableau-building, Trick-taking games, Wehrlegig Games, Wingspan
Posted on April 4, 2025
by whovian223
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Welcome back to the bar! Last month, I mentioned how this is almost becoming a monthly thing instead of a weekly thing. That was…one month ago. I guess it is! Welcome to the finest bar in the city, because it’s so clean. It certainly… Continue Reading “Friday Night Shots – A Quick & Dirty Top 50”
Category: Board Games, Friday Night Shots, Top 10Tags: Civolution, Cranio Creations, Czech Games Edition, Delicious Games, Devir, Grand Austria Hotel, Heavy Cardboard, Lookout Games, Lorenzo il Magnifico, Pegasus Spiele, Prodigals Club, Rock Hard 1977, Shipyard (2nd Edition)
Posted on January 8, 2025
by whovian223
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I’ve been writing this blog for almost 8 years now, doing a monthly “new to me” post for just as long (it started in April 2017, but it was about March’s games!), and I often do “best games played” of the year if I’m… Continue Reading “Top 10 New to Me Games of 2024”
Category: Board Games, New to Me, Top 10Tags: Action Selection, Alderac, Alexander Pfister, Capstone Games, Card Drafting, Card Games, Catch Up Games, Civolution, Contracts, Corentin Lebrat, Delicious Games, Devir, Dice Placement, Eggertspiele, Eric Hong, Faraway, Forest Shuffle, Great Western Trail: New Zealand, Harmonies, Jackie Fox, Johan Benvenuto, Johannes Goupy, Josh Wood, Kosch, Let's Go to Japan, Libellud, Lookout Games, Lunch Time Games, Mandoo Games, Pegasus Spiele, Pirates of Maracaibo, Racing Game, Ralph Bienert, Rock Hard 1977, Rondel Games, Ryan Hendrickson, Shipyard (2nd Edition), Stefan Feld, Tableau-building, Tile-Laying Games, Vale of Eternity, Vladimír Suchý, Worker Placement Games
Posted on February 11, 2024
by whovian223
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It’s been a long journey getting to this top 10. Not so much in weeks, as these posts have appeared for 5 weeks just like the previous Top 25 did (or they should have, but I’d forgotten that I took a much too long… Continue Reading “Top 50 Games Played of All Time – 2024 Edition (#10 – 1)”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: 1960: The Making of a President, Action Selection, Ark Nova, Brad Johnson, Capstone Games, Card Games, Card-Driven Game, Christian Leonard, Clank in Space, Combat Commander: Europe, Czech Games Edition, Deckbuilders, Dice Placement, Dire Wolf Digital, Earth, Engine-building, Garphill Games, GMT Games, Inside Up Games, Jason Matthews, Mathias Wigge, Maxime Tardif, Paul Dennen, Prodigals Club, Renegade Games Studios, Scholars of the South Tigris, Shem Phillips, SJ MacDonald, Tableau-building, Time of Crisis, Viscounts of the West Kingdom, Vladimír Suchý, Wargames, Wayfarers of the South Tigris, Wray Ferrell
Posted on February 4, 2024
by whovian223
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How our tastes change over time is always kind of interesting to look at. As a kid, I loved Brussels Sprouts! Now, I really really hate them. Ok, I’m kidding…nobody sane likes Brussels Sprouts. But you get my point! Things you like as a… Continue Reading “Top 50 Games Played of All Time – 2024 Edition (#20-11)”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: Action Selection, Amalfi: Renaissance, Andrew Veen, Area Majority, Card Games, Cole Wehrle, ctr, Dan Hallagan, Deckbuilders, Deep Water Games, Dice-rolling, Elizabeth Hargrave, Fantastic Factories, Fryx Games, Gale Force 9, Hand Management, Jacob Fryxelius, Joseph Z Chen, Justin Faulkner, Kayenta Games, Lunch Time Games, Nick Little, Obsession, Pax Pamir - 2nd Edition, Peter Lee, Rio Grande Games, Rodney Thompson, Schadenfreude, Stonemaier Games, Stronghold Games, Studio Turbine, Sydney Engelstein, Sylex, Tableau-building, Takeo Yamada, Terraforming Mars, Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition, Trick-taking games, Tyrants of the Underdark, Underwater Cities, Vladimír Suchý, Wehrlegig Games, Wingspan, Worker Placement Games
Posted on January 28, 2024
by whovian223
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When I was first talking about movement on this list between 2022 and 2024, I wasn’t sure how much movement there would be in the Top 10. Those games are still great, shouldn’t they stay up there? Of course, some games might supplant them,… Continue Reading “Top 50 Games Played of All Time – 2024 Edition (#30-21)”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: Alexander Pfister, Architects of the West Kingdom, Bezier Games, Block Wargames, Cat in the Box: Deluxe Edition, Chad Jensen, Cole Wehrle, Combat Commander: Pacific, Commands & Colors: Medieval, Daniele Tascini, David Thompson, Devir, Dice Drafting, Eggertspiele, Garphill Games, GMT Games, Great Western Trail: Argentina, Hans im Gluck, Isra C, John Foley, Kai Jensen, Kei Kajino, Leder Games, Lunch Time Games, Marco Polo II: In the Service of the Khan, Muneyuki Yokouchi, Oink Games, Renegade Games Studios, Resist!, Richard Borg, Roger Tankersley, Rondel Games, Root, Salt & Pepper Games, SCOUT, Shei S, Shem Phillips, Simone Luciani, SJ MacDonald, Solo Games, The White Castle, Trevor Benjamin, Trick-taking games, Worker Placement Games
Posted on January 21, 2024
by whovian223
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Two weeks and two entries into this list. Maybe I’ll be able to actually do this weekly, unlike in 2022! It was interesting doing a Top 50 rather than a Top 25. Some games have fallen enough that they wouldn’t even be listed if… Continue Reading “Top 50 Games Played of All Time – 2024 Edition (#40-31)”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: Action Selection, Alderac, Anna Wermlund, Aporta Games, Block Wargames, Card Games, Castles of Burgundy, Commands & Colors: Ancients, Contracts, Cosmodrome Games, Daily Magic Games, Darwin's Journey, Dice Drafting, Dice-rolling, Economic Games, Eilif Svensson, Formal Ferret Games, Garphill Games, Gil Hova, GMT Games, Grand Austria Hotel, Helge Meissner, Ivan Lashin, John D Clair, Kristian Amundsen Østby, Lookout Games, Lunch Time Games, Nestore Mangone, Paladins of the West Kingdom, Ravensburger, Renegade Games Studios, Revive, Richard Borg, Shadow Kingdoms of Valeria, Shem Phillips, Simone Luciani, SJ MacDonald, Smartphone Inc, Space Base, Stan Kordonskiy, Stefan Feld, The Networks, Thundergryph Games, Tile-Laying Games, Virginio Gigli, Wargames
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