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The Dice Tower, Graeme Anderson's Top Board Games - Board Game of the Year
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December 17, 2025
1
Trajan
2011
2
Sabika
2022
3
Madeira
2013
4
Food Chain Magnate
2015
5
Mombasa
2015
6
Bora Bora
2013
7
Darwin's Journey
2023
8
Grand Austria Hotel
2015
9
Teotihuacan: City of Gods
2018
10
First Class: All Aboard the Orient Express!
2016
11
Antiquity
2004
12
Concordia
2013
13
Bruges
2013
14
Race for the Galaxy
2007
15
Firenze
2010
16
Rajas of the Ganges
2017
17
Empire Builder
1982
18
Circadians: First Light
2019
19
The Voyages of Marco Polo
2015
20
Mangrovia
2014
21
Bonfire
2020
22
The Colonists
2016
23
Russian Railroads
2013
24
Lisboa
2017
25
Riverboat
2017
26
Heaven & Ale
2017
27
Lost Ruins of Arnak
2020
28
Crusaders: Thy Will Be Done
2018
29
Stephens
2024
30
El Burro: A La Granja Game
2024
31
Cooper Island
2019
32
Civolution
2024
33
Anachrony
2017
34
Salton Sea
2024
35
Murano
2014
36
Boonlake
2021
37
Beyond the Sun
2020
38
Broadhorns: Early Trade on the Mississippi
2018
39
Carpe Diem
2018
40
Clans of Caledonia
2017
41
Crystal Palace
2019
42
The Grand Trunk Journey
2020
43
Kingsburg
2007
44
SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
2024
45
Dominant Species: Marine
2021
46
ZhanGuo
2014
47
Wendake
2017
48
De Vulgari Eloquentia
2010
49
Solarius Mission
2016
50
Bus
1999
51
Coimbra
2018
52
Earth
2023
53
Gold West
2015
54
Coloma
2019
55
Village
2011
56
Kashgar: Merchants of the Silk Road
2013
57
A Feast for Odin
2016
58
Santa Maria
2017
59
Carnegie
2022
60
Power Grid
2004
61
Cinque Terre
2013
62
Hawaii
2011
63
Ark Nova
2021
64
Rhein: River Trade
2016
65
Mobile Markets: A Smartphone Inc. Game
2021
66
Brass: Birmingham
2018
67
Ticket to Ride: Europe
2005
68
Amul
2019
69
Coffee Roaster
2015
70
Beer & Bread
2022
71
Demon Worker
2016
72
It's a Wonderful World
2019
73
The Gallerist
2015
74
Glass Road
2013
75
Patchistory
2013
76
Paladins of the West Kingdom
2019
77
Viticulture
2013
Viticulture Essential Edition
78
Pulsar 2849
2017
79
Thunder Alley
2014
80
Scythe
2016
81
Hammer of the Scots
2002
82
Tzolk'in: The Mayan Calendar
2012
83
Marrakesh
2022
84
Saint Petersburg
2004
85
Pampero
2024
86
Deep Madness
2018
87
Newton
2018
88
Dinosaur Island
2017
89
Colosseum
2007
90
Minerva
2015
91
Sagrada Artisans
2023
92
Lobotomy
2017
93
Sierra West
2019
94
Roads & Boats
1999
95
Bunny Kingdom
2017
96
The Great Split
2022
97
River of Gold
2024
98
Azul: Stained Glass of Sintra
2018
99
Hallertau
2020
100
Haspelknecht: The Story of Early Coal Mining
2015
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