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    Chris’s Top 50 Board Games of All Time

    AnthonyBy AnthonyApril 2, 2016No Comments2 Mins Read5 Views
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    To celebrate the release of Episode 100 and the Board Gamers Anonymous Top 100 list, each of us created our own Top 50 list. Below is Chris’s full top 50 games of all time list, complete with many of the games you’ve heard him talk about on the show every month.

    You can scroll down to see the full list, including Chris’s Number 1 game of all time, or you can click here to see the full Top 100 list, including several games that Chris has on his list, along with write-ups and comments from him and the team about those games and what makes them so unique. You can also read Anthony’s, Daniel’s, or Drew’s Top 50 Lists, all up on the site.

    1. Nevermore
    2. Shadow Hunters
    3. Love Letter
    4. Dixit: Journey
    5. Smash Up
    6. Tokaido
    7. Castles of Mad King Ludwig
    8. Citadels
    9. Mysterium
    10. A Game of Thrones: The Card Game
    11. Alhambra
    12. Cuba
    13. AquaSphere
    14. Carson City
    15. Amun-Re
    16. Glen More
    17. Imperial
    18. A Game of Thrones: The Board Game (Second Edition)
    19. Caylus
    20. Concordia
    21. The Voyages of Marco Polo
    22. The Speicherstadt
    23. San Juan (second edition)
    24. Bruges
    25. BattleLore (Second Edition)
    26. Arcadia Quest
    27. The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game
    28. Roll for the Galaxy
    29. Blood Rage
    30. Puerto Rico
    31. El Grande
    32. Caverna
    33. Shipyard
    34. Kemet
    35. Agricola
    36. Rococo
    37. Saint Petersburg
    38. Glory to Rome
    39. The Palaces of Carrara
    40. Mombasa
    41. Bora Bora
    42. Runewars
    43. Goa
    44. The Castles of Burgundy
    45. Suburbia
    46. War of the Ring (second edition)
    47. Small World
    48. Dominare
    49. 7 Wonders
    50. Defenders of the Realm

    To learn more about our favorite games, visit our Top 100 list here. You can also read more about Chris and the whole BGA team on our About Us page. And of course, make sure to follow Board Gamers Anonymous on Facebook and Twitter, and connect with us in the BGA guild on Board Game Geek. We’re always excited to connect with fellow gamers and listeners and hear what their top game choices are.

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    Anthony cofounded Board Gamers Anonymous in 2013 and has been on (almost) every episode. Today, he lives in Philadelphia with his family and teaches first year writing at Thomas Jefferson University.

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