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Board Game Buzzz, Carly's Top Board Games - Board Game of the Year
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January 12, 2026
1
Lost Ruins of Arnak
2020
2
Blood Rage
2015
3
Foundations of Rome
2022
4
Wonderland's War
2022
5
Unconscious Mind
2024
6
Project: ELITE
2016
7
Harmonies
2024
8
Wingspan
2019
9
Dune: War for Arrakis
2024
10
Unmatched: Cobble & Fog
2020
11
Raiders of the North Sea
2015
12
Tether
2024
13
Dice Throne
2018
14
Everdell
2018
15
River Valley Glassworks
2024
16
Aquatica
2019
17
Radlands
2021
18
Beast
2023
19
Honey Buzz
2020
20
Calico
2020
21
Viticulture
2013
Viticulture Essential Edition
22
Andromeda's Edge
2024
23
Moonrakers
2020
24
The Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-earth
2024
25
Fromage
2024
26
PARKS
2019
27
Sky Team
2023
28
Welcome To...
2018
29
Explorers of Navoria
2024
30
Kronologic: Paris 1920
2024
31
Trio
2021
32
Final Girl
2021
33
Destinies
2021
34
Point City
2023
35
Let's Go! To Japan
2024
36
Art Society
2023
37
Sagrada
2017
38
Ironwood
2024
39
Draft & Write Records
2024
40
Trailblazers
2023
41
Quacks
2018
42
Harvest
2024
43
Moon Colony Bloodbath
2025
44
The Castles of Burgundy
2011
The Castles of Burgundy: Special Edition
45
IKI
2015
46
Obsession
2018
47
Panda Panda
2023
48
Architects of the West Kingdom
2018
49
Arborea
2023
50
The Guild of Merchant Explorers
2022
51
Faraway
2023
52
Moonrollers
2024
53
Nekojima
2023
54
Skyrise
2024
55
Spots
2022
56
Rolling Realms
2021
57
Tenpenny Parks
2022
58
Wondrous Creatures
2024
59
River of Gold
2024
60
Ready Set Bet
2022
61
Vagrantsong
2022
62
Trekking Through History
2022
63
Cascadito
2024
64
Genotype: A Mendelian Genetics Game
2021
65
Cascadia
2021
66
Skull King
2013
67
On Tour
2019
68
Sail
2023
69
Fractured Sky
2024
70
Nemesis: Lockdown
2022
71
Zombicide: Black Plague
2015
72
Codenames
2015
73
Three Sisters
2022
74
Scythe
2016
75
No Thanks!
2004
76
Mysterium
2015
77
Cat in the Box: Deluxe Edition
2022
78
Chronicles of Crime
2018
79
Evolution
2014
80
Nidavellir
2020
81
Furnace
2020
82
Lost Cities: The Board Game
2008
83
Mission: Red Planet
2005
84
First in Flight
2023
85
Merchants of the Dark Road
2022
86
Mythwind
2023
87
Root
2018
88
Skulk Hollow
2019
89
Rurik: Dawn of Kiev
2019
90
Oathsworn: Into the Deepwood
2022
91
Bebop
2024
92
Trickerion: Legends of Illusion
2015
93
Ankh: Gods of Egypt
2021
94
Flip 7
2024
95
Azul Duel
2025
96
Ticket to Ride
2004
97
Black Forest
2024
98
Libertalia: Winds of Galecrest
2022
99
Medici
1995
100
Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle
2016
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