TOP 30-21

 

30. Merchants Cove

SPOT: 2024 >> 2025 -3

Publisher: Final Frontier Games
Players: 1-4
Playing Time: 60-90 minutes
Mechanisms: Commodity Speculation, Dice Rolling, Variable Player Powers, Worker Placement

I love games that put players into different roles with different play styles and manage to keep the players engaged. 
Each role is a totally different and interesting. Some are harder than others but non of them are boring.

 

29. 7 Wonders: Duel

SPOT: 2024 >> 2025 -3

Publisher: Repos Production
Players: 2
Playing Time: 30 minutes
Mechanisms: Dueling Game, Open Drafting, Set Collection, Tug of War
Sleeves: MEU 45x68mm, BUS 65x100mm

One of the best 2P games out there. End of story.
Players are drafting cards to build up their civilisation and at the same time 2 different tug-of-wars are going on, where a player can win the game straight out. Players will be on their toes the whole game, testing the waters on different fronts. 

 

28. Race for the Galaxy

SPOT: 2024 >> 2025 -19

Publisher: Rio Grande Games 
Players: 2-4
Playing Time: 30-60 minutes
Mechanisms: Follow, Hand Management, Multi-Use Cards, Simultaneous Action Selection
Sleeves: TCG 63,5x88mm

Simultaneous Action selection at it's best. Trying to read the opponents and piggy back on their action is great and really brings out ones knowledge of the game and their opponents.

 

27. Marvel Zombies: A Zombicide Game

SPOT: 2024 >> 2025 -3

Publisher: CMON 
Players: 1-6
Playing Time: 60 minutes
Mechanisms: Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling, Scenarion / Campaign Game,  Solo Game
Sleeves: MUS 41x63mm, BLC 70x110mm

Zombicide games got same-y and our group lost interest in the generic versions that were coming out.
I bought this version for the miniatures mostly but after trying it, it is now my prefered version. Kids love the superhero theme while adults love the much more streamlined gameplay. Definitely the best Zombicide in my book.

 

26. Creature Caravan

SPOT: 2025 NEW

Publisher: Red Raven Games
Players: 1-4
Playing Time: 60-90 minutes
Mechanisms: Multi-Use Cards, Worker Placement
Sleeves: EUR 59x91mm

A Dice Worker placement game that let’s the luck push you around a bit but still allowing you to do something each turn. Cards have multiple uses and there are so many combos inside the deck, that I cannot wait to play this game some more and try new ways to score points.

 

25. It's a Wonderful World

SPOT: 2024 >> 2025 -2

Publisher: La Boite de Jeu
Players: 1-5
Playing Time: 45 minutes
Mechanisms: Closed Drafting, Hand Management, Simultaneous Action Selection, Set Collection, Variable Player Powers
Sleeves: BUS 65x100mm

I love games where you build your engine of resources giving, combo making stacks of cards.. It just gives me such a joy.
The only problem is to find another person that would play this type of games as much as I would like to.

 

24. Raiders of the North Sea

SPOT: 2024 >> 2025 -2

Publisher: Garphill Games 
Players: 2-4
Playing Time: 60-80 minutes
Mechanisms: Contracts, Dice Rolling, Hand Management, Worker Placement
Sleeves: SWK 54x86mm

I was very late to try this game .. and I'm so sorry that I missed on such a great game. The placing of a worker for an action and removing one for another action sounds like a boring thing to do.. but oh it improves so much the standard worker placement mechanism. 
The big selection of crew members that create combos and drive your tactics is also a very nice fun part of the game.

 

23. MicroMacro: Crime City

SPOT: 2024 >> 2025 -6

Publisher: Edition Spielwiese
Players: 1-4
Playing Time: 15-45 minutes
Mechanisms: Cooperative Game, Deduction, Scenario Game

The game is something totally different from other games in our collection. »Where is Waldo« in a boardgame variant that will be great for young and old, new and skilled players… 

 

22. Champions of Midgard

SPOT: 2024 >> 2025 -8

Publisher: Grey Fox Games 
Players: 2-4
Playing Time: 60-90 minutes
Mechanisms: Dice Rolling, Set Collection, Variable Player Powers, Worker Placement
Sleeves: MUS 41x63mm, TCG 63,5x88mm

I hate euro games where you build up stuff just to then throw some dice and maybe succeed. Champions of Midgard has plenty of this… but with the Valhalla expansion (I won't play this game without the expansion) this whole thing is mitigated. This is my preferred vikings game.

 

21. Dungeon & Dragons: The Yawning Portal

SPOT: 2025 NEW

Publisher: Avalon Hill
Players: 1-4
Playing Time: 45-90 minutes
Mechanisms: Hand Management, Matching, Pattern Recognition
Sleeves: TCG 63,5x88mm

Serving food and drinks to the heroes that are going on an adventure has never been more interesting. You will try to match the requested order for specific heroes so that you get the payment from them. They won’t need all those shiny crystals on the other side of the portal anyway.