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Changes since Oct 15, 2024
NEW
1
Coimbra
2018
NEW
2
Grand Austria Hotel
2015
NEW
3
Woodcraft
2022
NEW
4
The White Castle
2023
NEW
5
Merlin
2017
NEW
6
Lorenzo il Magnifico
2016
NEW
7
Rococo
2013
NEW
8
Council of 4
2015
NEW
9
Earth
2023
NEW
10
Unconscious Mind
2024
NEW
11
Alma Mater
2020
NEW
12
Distilled
2023
NEW
13
Elysium
2015
NEW
14
Merchants of the Dark Road
2022
NEW
15
Wonderland's War
2022
NEW
16
The Voyages of Marco Polo
2015
NEW
17
The Belgian Beers Race
2021
NEW
18
Shakespeare
2015
NEW
19
Obsession
2018
NEW
20
Newton
2018
NEW
21
London
2010
NEW
22
Amerigo
2013
NEW
23
Inferno
2024
NEW
24
Luthier
2025
+31
25
Septima
2023
NEW
26
Orléans
2014
NEW
27
Prêt-à-Porter
2010
NEW
28
Earth
2023
NEW
29
Mycelia
2023
NEW
30
Let's Go! To Japan
2024
NEW
31
Nidavellir
2020
+30
32
Everdell
2018
NEW
33
IKI
2015
NEW
34
Castles of Mad King Ludwig
2014
NEW
35
Hadara
2019
NEW
36
Concordia
2013
NEW
37
Genotype: A Mendelian Genetics Game
2021
NEW
38
Gutenberg
2021
NEW
39
Mille Fiori
2021
NEW
40
Santa Monica
2020
+1
41
Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: Jack the Ripper & West End Adventures
2016
NEW
42
The Gallerist
2015
NEW
43
Tekhenu: Obelisk of the Sun
2020
NEW
44
Wingspan
2019
+10
45
Viticulture
2013
+18
46
Yedo
2012
+3
47
Tapestry
2019
+9
48
Thebes
2007
NEW
49
Hickory Dickory
2023
+47
50
Paris
2020
DROP
—41
Hallertau
2020
DROP
—43
Red Rising
2021
DROP
—44
Return to Dark Tower
2022
DROP
—45
Lords of Vegas
2010
DROP
—47
Trickerion: Legends of Illusion
2015
DROP
—48
Campy Creatures
2017
DROP
—49
Rock Hard: 1977
2024
DROP
—53
Libertalia
2012
DROP
—59
Creature Comforts
2022
DROP
—63
Gùgōng
2018
DROP
—65
Clank!: A Deck-Building Adventure
2016
DROP
—67
Colosseum
2007
DROP
—68
Black Orchestra
2016
DROP
—69
Deep Blue
2019
DROP
—70
Lisboa
2017
DROP
—71
Courtisans
2024
DROP
—72
Champions of Midgard
2015
DROP
—73
Hollywood 1947
2023
DROP
—74
Lords of Waterdeep
2012
DROP
—75
Wreck Raiders
2019
DROP
—76
The Bloody Inn
2015
DROP
—77
PARKS
2019
DROP
—78
Dice Forge
2017
DROP
—79
Fresco
2010
DROP
—83
Rebel Princess
2023
DROP
—85
Marvel: Remix
2022
DROP
—87
Between Two Cities
2015
DROP
—89
Forest Shuffle
2023
DROP
—90
Walking in Burano
2018
DROP
—91
The Godfather: Corleone's Empire
2017
DROP
—92
Victorian Masterminds
2019
DROP
—93
The Search for Planet X
2020
DROP
—94
Sea Salt & Paper
2022
DROP
—95
Fool's Gold
2015
DROP
—96
Five Tribes: The Djinns of Naqala
2014
DROP
—98
Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle
2016
DROP
—99
The Downfall of Pompeii
2004
DROP
—100
Harmonies
2024
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