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July 15, 2022
1
Marvel Champions: The Card Game
2019
2
Concordia
2013
3
Russian Railroads
2013
4
Great Western Trail: Second Edition
2021
5
Grand Austria Hotel
2015
6
Ark Nova
2021
7
Terraforming Mars
2016
8
Orléans
2014
9
Sid Meier's Civilization: The Board Game
2010
10
The Voyages of Marco Polo
2015
11
Gloomhaven
2017
12
7 Wonders Duel
2015
13
Azul
2017
14
Rococo
2013
15
Maracaibo
2019
16
The Search for Planet X
2020
17
Watergate
2019
18
Dune: Imperium
2020
19
Lost Ruins of Arnak
2020
20
Heaven & Ale
2017
21
The Magnificent
2019
22
Paladins of the West Kingdom
2019
23
Pulsar 2849
2017
24
Fantasy Realms
2017
25
Weather Machine
2022
26
Barrage
2019
27
Star Wars: Rebellion
2016
28
Hadrian's Wall
2021
29
First Class: All Aboard the Orient Express!
2016
30
Snowdonia
2012
31
Pandemic Legacy: Season 1
2015
32
Underwater Cities
2018
33
The Manhattan Project: Energy Empire
2016
34
Lorenzo il Magnifico
2016
35
Mind MGMT: The Psychic Espionage “Game.”
2021
36
Cryptid
2018
37
On Mars
2020
38
Don't Mess with Cthulhu
2014
39
Gùgōng
2018
40
Nidavellir
2020
41
Clank! Legacy: Acquisitions Incorporated
2019
42
Aeon's End
2016
43
Kanban EV
2020
44
The Isle of Cats
2019
45
Age of Steam
2002
46
Just One
2018
47
Red Rising
2021
48
That's Pretty Clever!
2018
49
Merlin
2017
50
Firefly: The Game
2013
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