My top 100 Boardgames 2023 -
James Land - 14 Jan 2024
Board Game List 2023
Guess who’s back!
Back again!
Jamie’s back!
And I need some friends! (the one thing my games don’t come with)
Here we are again, new year, new list. I am guessing not a lot has changed since I have not had a ton of time to play games but who knows!
The Results
Color Scale:
- Dark Red <= -25 spots
- Red <= -12 spots
- Yellow > -12 spots $$ < 12
- Green >= 12 spots
- Dark Green >= 25 spots
Rank
- Skull (+1)
- Dune: Imperium (+1)
- Just One (+2)
- Betrayal at House on the Hill (-3)
- Secret Hitler (-1)
- The Crew: Mission Deep Sea (+14)
- Lost Cities (+2)
- Splendor (+4)
- Letters from Whitechapel (-1)
- Mansions of Madness: Second Edition (0)
- King of Tokyo: Dark Edition (-5)
- Incan Gold (+9)
- The Quacks of Quedlinburg (+1)
- Betrayal Legacy style=”color:DarkGreen”>(+28)
- Viticulture Essential Edition (-2)
- Scythe (+2)
- Dogs of War (+2)
- Werewolf (+4)
- Downforce (-3)
- Sheriff of Nottingham (+5)
- Betrayal at Baldur’s Gate (+33)
- Blood Rage (+2)
- Viticulture World: Cooperative Expansion (+11)
- Final Girl (NEW!)
- My City (NEW!)
- The Isle of Cats(-9)
- Monikers (-20)
- Ark Nova (NEW!)
- Kingdomino(-18)
- Dominion (Second Edition)(+20)
- Forgotten Waters (+2)
- Mage Knight Board Game (-2)
- Sleeping Gods (+4)
- Dominant Species (+31)
- Love Letter (+3)
- Nidavellir (-21)
- Tzolk’in: The Mayan Calendar (-10)
- Dominion (+8)
- Lords of Waterdeep (-8)
- Cat in the Box: Deluxe Edition (+9)
- Gloomhaven (-15)
- Poetry for Neanderthals (NEW!)
- Deception: Murder in Hong Kong (-11)
- Kingsburg (+3)
- Spirit Island (+27)
- Cosmic Encounter (+27)
- Nemesis (-6)
- Race for the Galaxy (+30)
- Ticket to Ride: Europe (-10)
- Pass the Pigs (NEW!)
- Unlock!: Mystery Adventures (+9)
- For Sale (-8)
- Twilight Imperium: Third Edition (-1)
- Concordia (+7)
- Startups (-32)
- Splendor Duel (NEW!)
- Terra Mystica (+1)
- Hues and Cues (NEW!)
- Targi (+17)
- Dwellings of Eldervale (-12)
- The Thing: Infection at Outpost 31 (+22)
- Codenames (-3)
- Unicorn Fever (-35)
- Pandemic (-14)
- Cthulhu Wars (-14)
- Choose Your Own Adventure: House of Danger (+9)
- Decrypto (-38)
- Stardew Valley: The Board Game (+23)
- Rising Sun (+17)
- Thunderstone Quest (+1)
- Dead of Winter: A Crossroads Game (+19)
- Onitama (+25)
- Dungeon Fighter (-20)
- Telestrations (-29)
- Forbidden Island (-12)
- Horrified (+16)
- The Resistance: Avalon (-9)
- Century: Spice Road (-43)
- Calico
- Wingspan (-3)
- Magic Maze (NEW!)
- Chronicles of Crime (+3)
- Uk’otoa
- Tiny Epic Dungeons (+15)
- CATAN (-29)
- The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-Earth (-6)
- Blood on the Clocktower (-8)
- Tokaido
- Root (0)
- Zombicide (+10)
- Letter Jam (-24)
- Eldritch Horror (-35)
- 7 Wonders (+3)
- Illusion (-30)
- Libertalia (-8)
- The Mind (-12)
- Two Rooms and a Boom (-61)
- Pathfinder Adventure Card Game: Rise of the Runelords – Base Set (NEW!)
- City of the Great Machine (NEW!)
- Seasons (-6)
Final Thoughts
Looks like my list remained pretty static this year, probably cause I just have not played a lot of games (a theme I think will remain for the next few years since I recently had my first)
One big note for me is that Betrayal has finally dropped as my #1 game. It has been my #1 since I have got into board games in 2012 but I think I have to admit that as much as I love it that it has some issues and I just have a better time playing those other three above it. Especially Skull and Just One, I love that I am able to play them with anyone!
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