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The Family Showdown, Rebecca's Top Board Games - Board Game of the Year

The Family Showdown

Rebecca

2022 2023 2024 2025 All-Time

2022 2023 2024 2025 All-Time

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Xia: Legends of a Drift System

Twilight Imperium: Fourth Edition

Western Legends

Star Trek: Fleet Captains

Star Trek: Fleet Captains

SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence

SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence

Heroes of Land, Air & Sea

Star Trek: Ascendancy

Roll for the Galaxy

Great Western Trail: New Zealand

Paladins of the West Kingdom

Deception: Murder in Hong Kong

Smartphone Inc.

Dwellings of Eldervale

Inventors of the South Tigris

Endless Winter: Paleoamericans

Castles of Mad King Ludwig: Collector's Edition

Western Legends

The Search for Planet X

Foundations of Rome

Azul: Stained Glass of Sintra

Tekhenu: Obelisk of the Sun

Race for the Galaxy

Imperial Settlers: Empires of the North

The Pillars of the Earth

The Castles of Burgundy

Starship Captains

Empires of the Void II

Inventors of the South Tigris

Creature Comforts

Agricola: All Creatures Big and Small

The Castles of Tuscany

Thunder Road: Vendetta

Time's Up! Title Recall!

Glen More II: Chronicles

Champions of Midgard

Caverna: The Cave Farmers

Anno 1800: The Board Game

Teotihuacan: City of Gods

Viticulture Essential Edition

War of the Ring: Second Edition

Clank!: Catacombs

Dominations: Road to Civilization

Awkward Guests: The Walton Case

Genotype: A Mendelian Genetics Game

Millennium Blades

Tabannusi: Builders of Ur

Castles of Mad King Ludwig

Mosaic: A Story of Civilization

Merchants of the Dark Road

Terraforming Mars

Lorenzo il Magnifico

Anachrony: Infinity Box

Lost Ruins of Arnak

Century: Spice Road

Meeples & Monsters

The Oracle of Delphi

Vikings Gone Wild

Trailblazer: The John Muir Trail

It's a Wonderful World

Great Western Trail

Endeavor: Age of Sail

Viscounts of the West Kingdom

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SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
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Speakeasy
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SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
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Biggest Climbers36 total

Western Legends+57
Scythe+44
The Castles of Burgundy+38

Biggest Drops29 total

Tiletum-74
Merchants Cove-68
Creature Comforts-61

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