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Rue du jeu, Sylvain's Top Board Games - Board Game of the Year
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Hansa Teutonica
2009
2
Terraforming Mars
2016
3
La Famiglia: The Great Mafia War
2023
4
Akropolis
2022
5
Maracaibo
2019
6
Tyrants of the Underdark
2016
7
Zenith
2025
8
SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
2024
9
Splendor
2014
10
Blood on the Clocktower
2022
11
Pandemic Legacy: Season 2
2017
12
Ark Nova
2021
13
Mille Fiori
2021
14
Sankoré: The Pride of Mansa Musa
2024
15
Ultimate Railroads
2021
16
Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition
2021
17
Praga Caput Regni
2020
18
Wayfarers of the South Tigris
2022
19
Shards of Infinity
2018
20
Scholars of the South Tigris
2023
21
Decrypto
2018
22
Zhanguo: The First Empire
2023
23
Gaia Project
2017
24
Viscounts of the West Kingdom
2020
25
Bebop
2024
26
Arborea
2023
27
Stephens
2024
28
Inventors of the South Tigris
2024
29
In the Footsteps of Darwin
2023
30
Lorenzo il Magnifico
2016
31
Orléans
2014
32
Great Western Trail: New Zealand
2023
33
Trains
2012
34
Inflation!
2019
35
Toy Battle
2025
36
Federation
2022
37
Watergate
2019
38
Architects of the West Kingdom
2018
39
Skymines
2022
40
The King's Dilemma
2019
41
Arcs
2024
42
Pandemic Legacy: Season 1
2015
43
BRICOLAGE HEADS
2023
44
Zhanguo: The First Empire
2023
45
Crown of Emara
2018
46
Sankoré: The Pride of Mansa Musa
2024
47
Tzolk'in: The Mayan Calendar
2012
48
Point Salad
2019
49
Space Base
2018
50
Boonlake
2021
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