Tower of Babel is, essentially, about working together the hardest. Hopefully I'll be able to get more plays of it in soon, because this game is arguably one of the greats.Īn older and more obscure Knizia design (thank you Kellen and Mark from Board Game Barrage for talking about it on the podcast) that I was luckily able to buy second hand very cheaply. Really surprised this isn't higher on the list, considering I've been playing it more and more this year and it has only grown in my estimation. Cosmic Frog might make it next year, when I've played it more. Games that I’m surprised about not making the top 40:Ĭamel Up, because it's the best betting game I've played pretty much every single party game that I do enjoy a ton, even though I'd never choose them over a bigger, more serious boardgame. I’m always excited to broaden the horizon! Lastly, and maybe most importantly, feel free to recommend games based on this list. It's probably not really interesting to discuss and arguably more a result of using Pubmeeple to rank them rather than sweating over each exact placement. I also started making a list of games that had fallen out of the top 40, but it ended up being roughly half of the games that were in those earlier spots. They’re absolutely some of the most exciting games I’ve played this year, and I’m chomping at the bit to break them out again. Also, I do realize that there’s a lot of games from one particular designer in the top spots, but I do stand by those rankings. I also realize that there’s a number of games on here that were released this year, and I wouldn’t be surprised if those games find themselves lower on the list in the future once the shine has worn off. The biggest omission from this list is Blood on the Clocktower, both because I don’t own it. I’ve also played all the games here multiple times, making sure that I’ve got a proper feel for how they play – no games on here that I’ve only played once. However, the top 20 has been pretty solid in ranking since the first pubmeeple ranking I’ve done, and all games in positions 21-40 have consistently shown up somewhere in that range. Do note though that I am the guy who has all the games in my gaming groups, which is why that system works.Īll the games beneath, like, number 20 are all a bit looser in placement because of the method I’ve used to rank them. Limiting myself to games I actually own was also done on purpose, with the idea being that a game can hardly be my favourite if I don’t care enough to own it. I also only ranked games that I physically own in the state that I own them in, meaning that games with expansions also have their expansions included in the rating if I never play without it. In this scenario, I would choose between the perfect setting and playgroup for each game, with the idea that a fictional clone of me would participate in the other game (otherwise there would be no way I would choose a solo game over a game with multiple people, for example, because I prefer playing games with other people over playing games solo). I used the ranking engine in, always choosing the game that I am more excited to play next. Considering that, there's probably going to be some real withdrawal symptoms for the first few months. This year the Geeklist is a little earlier than it was last year, but that's solely because I'm about to be a father for the first time and don't expect to have a ton of time for both the playing of- and writing about boardgames. I've again been working hard to keep my collection in a state that's manageable and actively enticing to play, for both myself and other people. My top 40 boardgames (as of December 2023)
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