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IDJester, Eric's Top Board Games - Board Game of the Year
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1
Marrakesh
2022
2
Orléans
2014
3
Obsession
2018
4
Grand Austria Hotel
2015
5
The Voyages of Marco Polo
2015
6
Nemo's War (Second Edition)
2017
7
Ark Nova
2021
8
Paladins of the West Kingdom
2019
9
The Castles of Burgundy
2011
10
Fallen Land: A Post Apocalyptic Board Game
2017
11
51st State: Master Set
2016
12
Amsterdam
2022
13
Newton
2018
14
Hamburg
2022
15
A Feast for Odin
2016
16
Fields of Arle
2014
17
Bruxelles 1893
2013
18
Viscounts of the West Kingdom
2020
19
Nippon
2015
20
Maracaibo
2019
21
Earth
2023
22
Trajan
2011
23
Tzolk'in: The Mayan Calendar
2012
24
Darwin's Journey
2023
25
Dawn of the Zeds (Third Edition)
2016
26
Fortune and Glory: The Cliffhanger Game
2011
27
Wingspan
2019
28
Lorenzo il Magnifico
2016
29
Le Havre
2008
30
Anno 1800: The Board Game
2020
31
Ora et Labora
2011
32
Teotihuacan: City of Gods
2018
33
A Touch of Evil: The Supernatural Game
2008
34
Shadows of Brimstone: City of the Ancients
2014
35
This War of Mine: The Board Game
2017
36
Amerigo
2013
37
Stardew Valley: The Board Game
2021
38
Last Night on Earth: The Zombie Game
2007
39
Robinson Crusoe: Adventures on the Cursed Island
2012
40
Dungeon Crusade: Book I – Genesis of Evil
2020
41
Caverna: The Cave Farmers
2013
42
Merv: The Heart of the Silk Road
2020
43
Tiletum
2022
44
Inside Pitch Baseball
2008
45
Carpe Diem
2018
46
Woodcraft
2022
47
New York City
2022
48
Merlin: Big Box
2020
49
Praga Caput Regni
2020
50
The 7th Continent
2017
51
Space Base
2018
52
Bonfire
2020
53
Signorie
2015
54
The King's Guild
2018
55
The Manhattan Project: Energy Empire
2016
56
Villagers
2019
57
Wendake
2017
58
Dice Hospital
2018
59
Stone Age
2008
60
Fleet: The Dice Game
2018
61
Terraforming Mars
2016
62
Agricola
2007
63
My Village
2015
64
Healthy Heart Hospital
2015
65
Shipyard
2009
66
Faiyum
2020
67
Gentes
2017
68
Altiplano
2017
69
The Castles of Tuscany
2020
70
Rajas of the Ganges
2017
71
Yedo: Deluxe Master Set
2020
72
Crown of Emara
2018
73
The Acts
2018
74
Santa Maria
2017
75
Tapestry
2019
76
Alhambra
2003
77
Baseball Highlights: 2045
2015
78
Nusfjord
2017
79
Brass: Birmingham
2018
80
A Touch of Evil: The Supernatural Game
2008
81
Abomination: The Heir of Frankenstein
2019
82
Glen More II: Chronicles
2019
83
Merkator
2010
84
Clans of Caledonia
2017
85
Bora Bora
2013
86
The Colonists
2016
87
Terra Mystica
2012
88
Pathfinder Adventure Card Game: Rise of the Runelords – Base Set
2013
89
Posthuman
2015
90
The Palaces of Carrara
2012
91
Inside the Paint Basketball
2009
92
Castell
2018
93
At the Gates of Loyang
2009
94
Outlive
2017
95
Raiders of the North Sea
2015
96
Underwater Cities
2018
97
Cascadia
2021
98
Scoreboard Baseball
2010
99
The Isle of Cats
2019
100
Azul
2017
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