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This War of Mine is not going to be a game you will want to play all the time, but it does make for a memorable time at your gaming table. The game is highly thematic, which means that it can also be depressing at times as you realize you are not the hero in this war, just an everyday person struggling to survive. However, game designer Michał Oracz expertly captures the feel of the video game and brings it to our table top with This War of Mine. Translating video games to board games can really be hit or miss, which is also the case with any licensed board game. Spirit Island has a ton of replay value and can provide a great gaming experience once you get past the learning curve. They range from easy ones who just try to “damage everything”, to the more complex spirits that engage in board control. One of the things I love about Spirit Island is how unique each of the Spirits feels. This heavy cooperative game from Greater Than Games has players taking on the role of ancient spirits trying to drive away invaders from their island. Exploration, adventure, puzzle solving, and some card play all make up one of the most unique games I’ve played in a while. Players will wander around this strange land, trying to piece together all the clues they need to lift the curse on them. 7th Continent is an incredibly unique beast with hundreds upon hundreds of cards for you to encounter. I hope WizKids is planning on expansions for Deadline, because we are almost out of cases to solve! 2-4 Players Ģ017 might be the year I finally embraced solo gaming. The film noir setting also makes it easy for us to “play in character”, adding on to the fun we have with the game. I have played through almost all the cases now for Deadline and really enjoy trying to figure out who the culprit is. 2-5 Players ĭeadline surprised me with its excellent mash-up of the sleuthing from Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective and the card play from The Grizzled. Alien Artifacts has a lot of things I love in a card game: engine building, multi-use cards, and lightning fast turns. The goal of the game is to acquire victory points by building ships, researching tech, and settling planets. While Alien Artifacts bills itself as a 4x card game, it’s really only 4x themed. I enjoyed this sci-fi card game from my very first play. While I still think it’s a great game, it just barely misses the top 10 for me. However, after spending many hours in Gloomhaven (with many more to go), it’s also not without its flaws. The fact that it has shot up the rankings on BGG to #2 (at the time of this writing) is no surprise. You could easily play this game for 200 hours+. Gloomhaven is a legacy style, fantasy board game that overloads its players with content. Top 10 Games of 2017 Honorable Mention: Gloomhaven So with all that out of the way, let’s get to the games.
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While Downforce, FlipShips, Meeple Circus, Unlock!, Civilization: New Dawn, Seikatsu, and Rhino Hero: Super Battle are all ones I enjoyed but just missed the cut. Games such as Lisboa, Whistle Stop, Dinosaur Island, Too Many Bones, and Dragonfire are ones I’m hoping to get to the table soon. Many of these games could easily be #1.įinally, as usual, there were a few games that didn’t quite make the list, mostly because I haven’t played them. For me, there was no one game that stood out heads and shoulders above the others as in previous years. I also don’t recall a year when I’ve had such a hard time ranking games. Now mind you, this isn’t Board Game Quest’s consensus “best games” of the year, those come in the Spring when our entire editorial staff collaborates on our Board Game Awards winners.
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But regardless, this is where I get to choose my ten favorite games of the year (so far) and highlight them. Plus, there are the Essen releases still trying to make their way across the pond. This is always a hard list to write because there are always so many games I want to include. As is the tradition here at BGQ, we close out the year with my Top 10 Games of 2017.