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Sloth Gamerefresher's Top Board Games - Board Game of the Year

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Cretaceous Rails

Dune: Imperium – Uprising

Master of Respect

Dinosaur Island

The Crew: Mission Deep Sea

The Search for Planet X

Clank!: Catacombs

Western Legends

Ticket to Ride: Europe

Cat in the Box: Deluxe Edition

Dodos Riding Dinos

Heat: Pedal to the Metal

Detective: City of Angels

Mission: Red Planet

Whistle Mountain

The White Castle

Rescue Polar Bears

Watson & Holmes

Unlock!: Escape Adventures

BRICOLAGE HEADS

Deception: Murder in Hong Kong

Rainforest City

Century: Spice Road

Come Sail Away!

Path of Civilization

Rattus: Big Box

NOIR: Deductive Mystery Game

Guards of Atlantis II

Chronicles of Crime

Star Wars: The Queen's Gambit

Raiders of the North Sea

Archaeology: The New Expedition

That's Not a Hat

Unmatched Game System

Lost Ruins of Arnak

The Sherlock Files: Vol II – Curious Capers

Kronologic: Paris 1920

Dice Age: The Hunt

Dominations: Road to Civilization

The Resistance: Avalon

The Fox in the Forest

Defenders of the Realm

Pandemic Legacy: Season 0

Dodos Riding Dinos: Dodo Dash

Mission: Red Planet (Second/Third Edition)

Doomensions: Pop-Up Mystery Manor

Unlock!: Game Adventures

Forbidden Stars

Odin's Ravens (Second Edition)

Suspects: Claire Harper Takes the Stage

Dale of Merchants

A Fake Artist Goes to New York

Medieval Academy

Risk: Star Wars Edition

Cosmic Encounter

Age Of Hunting Deluxe Edition

Disney Animated

First in Flight

The Morrison Game Factory

Airlines Europe

The Shipwreck Arcana

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Pandemic
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Cretaceous Rails
4
Ostia
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Biggest Climbers29 total

Deception: Murder in Hong Kong+36
Hooky+33
Clue+33

Biggest Drops36 total

Ethnos-71
Chronicles of Crime-53
Scythe-53

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