It is particularly difficult for beginners and casual gamers to keep track of the abundance of board games. We have put together a top list with the 50 best board games as a decision-making aid to give players the chance to discover new titles in the first place. We deliberately did not avoid a certain subjectivity when creating the lists, because we want to present the top 50 of the best board games from our eyes as players.
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Ranking of the best board games: Top 50
| Position | change | Title | Remark | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | ▲ | Gloomhaven | Exceptional board game! | ♨ Price |
| 2. | ▲ | Star Wars: Rebellion | Even better thanks to expansion. | ♨ Price |
| 3. | ▲ | Twilight imperium | Aged like a good wine. | ♨ Price |
| 4. | ▲ | Pandemic Legacy: Season 2 | Fight pandemic? More relevant than ever. | ♨ Price |
| 5. | ▲ | Terraforming Mars | Away from earth? Remains an issue. | ♨ Price |
| 6. | ● | Puerto Rico | Relaunched even better. | ♨ Price |
| 7. | ★ | Marvel Champions - The Card Game | Banging bad guys with superheroes? Excellent! Heroic! | ♨ Price |
| 8. | ★ | The lost ruins of Arnak | A phenomenon goes around the world. | ♨ Price |
| 9. | ★ | Hydropower | Industrial revolution, but dystopian. | ♨ Price |
| 10. | ★ | Spirit Island | Complex, matured. For experts. | ♨ Price |
| 11. | ★ | Great Western Trail | Strategic cowboy placement. | ♨ Price |
| 12. | ★ | Flapping wings | Engine builder with great features. | ♨ Price |
| 13. | ★ | Underwater cities | German version with English title: Everything done right! | ♨ Price |
| 14. | ★ | Architects of the west of France | The board game is better than the title sounds | ♨ Price |
| 15. | ★ | Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game | Makes friendships break. | ♨ Price |
| 16. | ▼ | Gaia Project | Technologies instead of temples. Successor to Terra Mystica. | ♨ Price |
| 17. | ● | Blood Rage | Kickstarter hit by Eric M. Lang. | ♨ Price |
| 18. | ★ | Star Wars: Outer Rim | Great Star Wars atmosphere. Hope for improvements through expansion. | ♨ Price |
| 19. | ★ | Gloomhaven: paws of the lion | Slimmed-down "epicness". Stand-alone or as an extension. | ♨ Price |
| 20. | ★ | Brass: Birmingham | The industrial revolution as a board game. | ♨ Price |
| 21. | ★ | Clong! | Deck construction. Charming. Playfully good. | ♨ Price |
| 22. | ★ | Food chain magnate | Smoking heads ... | ♨ Price |
| 23. | ● | Arkham Horror: The Card Game | Exciting variant of an Arkham horror game. | ♨ Price |
| 24. | ● | The Mystical Land | A hit worldwide. Rightly so. | ♨ Price |
| 25. | ▼ | Scythe | The hype is subsiding. Still great. | ♨ Price |
| 26. | ★ | Eclipse - The Second Galactic Age | 4X strategy for demanding players. | ♨ Price |
| 27. | ★ | Aeon's End | Co-op card game with clever deck building. | ♨ Price |
| 28. | ★ | Tainted grail | Hours of story. | ♨ Price |
| 29. | ★ | Dune: Empire | A rarity: a successful game for the film. | ♨ Price |
| 30. | ▲ | Agricola | Rediscovered. Rosenberg. | ♨ Price |
| 31. | ● | Orleans | Great title for real board game strategists. | ♨ Price |
| 32. | ★ | Too many bones | Dice and role play? Great combination! | ♨ Price |
| 33. | ★ | everdell | Plays fluffy and cuddly. | ♨ Price |
| 34. | ★ | Root | Good everywhere: on the table - and digitally too. | ♨ Price |
| 35. | ▼ | Star Wars: Armada | For fans with money. Spaceship battles. | ♨ Price |
| 36. | ★ | The Crew: Travel to the 9th planet together | Trick card game attractively modernized. | ♨ Price |
| 37. | ★ | On March | Mars board game without terraforming in the title. | ♨ Price |
| 38. | ▼ | Star Wars: Imperial Assault | Sprawling battle of accessories. Good miniature board game not only for Star Wars fans. | ♨ Price |
| 39. | ▼ | Azul | Timelessly good tiling. "Door opener". | ♨ Price |
| 40. | ● | Civilization: The Board Game | Civilization strategy game with digital ancestors. | ♨ Price |
| 41. | ★ | Dinosaur Island | For everyone who loves Jurassic Park and hates the T-Rex. | ♨ Price |
| 42. | ▼ | The castles of Burgundy | Had to be on the list! | ♨ Price |
| 43. | ★ | The island of cats | Cat placement with a great table structure. | ♨ Price |
| 44. | ★ | Pax Pamir: Second Edition | Dominance game. | ♨ Price |
| 45. | ▼ | Altiplano | Bag worker placement with misshapen alpaca. | ♨ Price |
| 46. | ● | 7 Wonders Duel | The great two-player version of the Kennerspiel 2011. | ♨ Price |
| 47. | ▼ | Exit | Great series for puzzle fans. Flops when it comes to sustainability. | ♨ Price |
| 48. | ★ | The Lord of the Rings - Journey through Middle-earth | You do not come over! | ♨ Price |
| 49. | ★ | The gallerist | Lacerda. Good, but a matter of taste | ♨ Price |
| 50. | ★ | Small world of warcraft | Good classic with a big license bonus. | ♨ Price |
| Legend: | ● Unchanged | ★ Newcomers | ▲ Newcomers | ▼ Relegated |
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