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Board Games Unlocked, Seth Locke's Top Board Games - Board Game of the Year

Board Games Unlocked

Seth Locke

2022 2023 2024 2025 All-Time

2022 2023 2024 2025 All-Time

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Aeon Trespass: Odyssey

Sleeping Gods: Distant Skies

Cthulhu: Death May Die

Leviathan Wilds

Slay the Spire: The Board Game

Oathsworn: Into the Deepwood

Townsfolk Tussle

Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon

Arkham Horror: The Card Game

Heat: Pedal to the Metal

Fateforge: Chronicles of Kaan

Middara: Unintentional Malum – Act 1

Frostpunk: The Board Game

Dominion (Second Edition)

Thunder Road: Vendetta

Freelancers: A Crossroads Game

Eldritch Horror

Pagan: Fate of Roanoke

Dawn of Madness

Black Rose Wars: Rebirth

Mythic Battles: Ragnarök

Roll Player Adventures

Reichbusters: Projekt Vril

Marvel Zombies: A Zombicide Game

Peacemakers: Horrors of War

Hegemony: Lead Your Class to Victory

The Isofarian Guard

6: Siege – The Board Game

This War of Mine: The Board Game

Massive Darkness 2: Hellscape

Robinson Crusoe: Adventures on the Cursed Island

Ivion: The Ram & The Raven

Marvel Champions: The Card Game

Summoner Wars (Second Edition)

The Castles of Burgundy

The Castles of Burgundy: Special Edition

Detective: City of Angels

Cosmic Encounter

Mythic Mischief

Great Western Trail: New Zealand

Castles of Mad King Ludwig

BattleCON: Devastation of Indines

Maximum Apocalypse: Legendary Edition

War of the Ring: Second Edition

Chemical Overload

Lost Ruins of Arnak

Darwin's Journey

Chronicles of Crime

Forgotten Waters

Mindbug: First Contact

Yedo: Deluxe Master Set

Everdell: The Complete Collection

The Isle of Cats

Gùgōng: Deluxe Big Box

Dale of Merchants Collection

The 7th Citadel

Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game

Imperium: Horizons

Anachrony: Infinity Box

Divinity Original Sin: The Board Game

Teotihuacan: City of Gods

Dinosaur Island

Roll Camera!: The Filmmaking Board Game

Unlock!: Epic Adventures

Assault on Doomrock: Ultimate Edition

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Aeon Trespass: Odyssey
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Frosthaven
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