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TOP Games of All Time (2025) 80-71

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80. Potion Explosion

SPOT: 2024 >> 2025 -4

Publisher: Horrible Guild
Players: 2-4
Playing Time: 30-45 minutes
Mechanisms: Set Collection, Pattern Recognition

The marbles make this game. Picking up the right marble to get the most »explosions« is fun. One of the games where the trip is more important than the destination.

 

79. Santa Maria

SPOT: 2025 NEW

Publisher: Aporta Games
Players: 1-4
Playing Time: 45-90 minutes
Mechanisms: Dice Rolling, Open Drafting, Set Collection, Tile Placement,

I love how every time you take an action, you have another 1 or 2 just as good actions that might not be there next round and your decision will have long term consequences.
Timing is really the king in this game and every decision you make is a well-balanced decision of “will the profits outweigh the risk?”

 

78. PitchCar

SPOT: 2024 >> 2025 -3

Publisher: Ferti
Players: 2-8
Playing Time: 30 minutes
Mechanisms: Flicking, Race, Modular Board

A flicking racing game where every play has a different racetrack. It's a fun activity for young and old. The perfect family game.

 

77. The Crew: Mission Deep Sea

SPOT: 2024 >> 2025 -16

Publisher: KOSMOS
Players: 2-5
Playing Time: 20 minutes
Mechanisms: Cooperative Game, Hand Management, Trick-taking 
Sleeves: MEU 45x68mm, USA 56x87mm

I don't like trick-taking games because I don't want to put the time to get a group up to the highest levels of play needed for such games to shine. The Crew is a coop game and it doesn't need 4 proffesional players to enjoy it.

 

76. 7 Wonders

SPOT: 2024 >> 2025 -2

Publisher: Repos Production
Players: 2-7
Playing Time: 30 minutes
Mechanisms: Closed Drafting, Hand Management, Set Collection,
Sleeves: BUS 65x100mm

The game that showed us that games for many players can be quick. Drafting and simultaneous action selection make this a quick and yet deep game. A must have game in any collection where you have bigger groups.

 

75. Coconuts

SPOT: 2024 >> 2025 -3

Publisher: Korea Boardgames 
Players: 2-4
Playing Time: 20 minutes
Mechanisms: Dexterity, Push Your Luck
Sleeves: TCG 63,5x88mm

Everybody will have a great time playing this game. Shooting the coconuts around the table, stealing points from your opponents will bring out a kid in everyone.

 

74. Space Base

SPOT: 2024 >> 2025 -3

Publisher: AEG
Players: 2-5
Playing Time: 60 minutes
Mechanisms: Dice Rolling, Open Drafting
Sleeves: 38x88mm

We all played Catan and most of us loved the rolling that is not totally random and that gets you stuff also on the opponent's turn. Space Base takes this mechanism and pumps it up to the maximum. The feeling when you start hitting your rolls is amazing.

 

73. Azul

SPOT: 2024 >> 2025 -2

Publisher: Next Move Games
Players: 2-4
Playing Time: 30-45 minutes
Mechanisms: End Game Bonuses, Open Drafting, Set Collection

This game hides a vicious tactical element. You are frequently presented with a good move that would benefit you or a move that would only slightly benefit you, but would cause problems to your opponents…

 

72. Magic: The Gathering

SPOT: 2024 >> 2025 -14

Publisher: Wizards of the Coast
Players: 2
Playing Time: 20 minutes
Mechanisms: Hand Management, Duel game
Sleeves: TCG 63,5x88mm

A legendary card duel game that it's a time hog. It's not a game that you can play a few times a year.. You are a Magic player or you should just avoid it. The learning curve is big but rewarding. There is unlimited replayability within Magic... but there will be a whole in your wallet as well.

 

71. Star Realms

SPOT: 2024 >> 2025 -4

Publisher: Wise Wizard Games
Players: 2
Playing Time: 20 minutes
Mechanisms: Duel Game, Deck Building, Open Drafting
Sleeves: TCG 63,5x88mm

The original quick 2 Player deck builder that manages to stay on top of this genre. It's a quick and pure deck building.


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