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Flipside of Board Games, Sam Healey's Top Board Games - Board Game of the Year

Flipside of Board Games

Sam Healey

2022 2023 2024 2025 All-Time

2022 2023 2024 2025 All-Time

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Champions of Midgard

Heat: Pedal to the Metal

The One Hundred Torii

Reavers of Midgard

Cyclades: Legendary Edition

Cthulhu: Death May Die

Dead of Winter: A Crossroads Game

Marvel Dice Throne

Fire & Axe: A Viking Saga

Stonespine Architects

HUTAN: Life in the Rainforest

The A.R.T. Project

Atlantis Rising (Second Edition)

Trekking Through History

Mission: Red Planet

Rum & Bones: Second Tide

878 Vikings: Invasions of England

Marvel Zombies: A Zombicide Game

Horrified: American Monsters

Raiders of the North Sea

The Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-earth

Foundations of Rome

Star Wars: Rebellion

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Scoville: 2nd Edition

Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game

Run Fight or Die: Reloaded

Northgard: Uncharted Lands

Thunder Road: Vendetta

Unmatched Game System

Azul: Stained Glass of Sintra

Wandering Towers

Discoveries: The Journals of Lewis & Clark

Thorgal: The Board Game

BANG! The Dice Game

Odin's Ravens (Second Edition)

Amun-Re: 20th Anniversary Edition

Lords of Ragnarok

Sheriff of Nottingham

Rurik: Dawn of Kiev

Forges of Ravenshire

Big Trouble in Little China: The Game

Fury of Dracula (Third/Fourth Edition)

Jekyll & Hyde vs Scotland Yard

Warhammer Underworlds: Shadespire

Shadows over Camelot

Dune: War for Arrakis

Roar: King of the Pride

AQUA: Biodiversity in the Oceans

Zombicide: Undead or Alive

Massive Darkness 2: Hellscape

Kingsburg (Second Edition)

Imperial Miners

Deception: Murder in Hong Kong

Super Fantasy Brawl

Path of Civilization

King of Tokyo: Dark Edition

Sheriff of Nottingham: 2nd Edition

Tribes of the Wind

Darkest Dungeon: The Board Game

Last Night on Earth: The Zombie Game

EOS: Island of Angels

Zombicide: Black Plague

In the Footsteps of Darwin

Origins: First Builders

The Adventures of Robin Hood

Rising 5: Runes of Asteros

Kemet: Blood and Sand

Star Wars: Outer Rim

Twilight Imperium: Fourth Edition

Dutch Resistance: Orange Shall Overcome!

Rise of the Necromancers

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New on List32 total

The One Hundred Torii
6
Wine Cellar
7
Kingsburg
14

Biggest Climbers30 total

Heat: Pedal to the Metal+66
Nidavellir+45
Final Girl+40

Biggest Drops35 total

Dune: War for Arrakis-77
BANG! The Dice Game-50
Cities-48

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