This list of games everyone should play was published back in 2017. Games in our library are marked with our logo. We have you pretty well covered.
Now is a good time to revisit the list and and add games that may have either come out in the last 5 years or were overlooked at the time.
| Library | Game | Year |
|---|---|---|
 | Dead of Winter: A Crossroads Game | 2014 |
| A Game of Thrones: The Board Game (Second Edition) | 2011 |
| Forbidden Island | 2010 |
| Terra Mystica | 2012 |
| Puerto Rico | 2002 |
| The Castles of Burgundy | 2011 |
| Ticket to Ride | 2004 |
| 7 Wonders | 2010 |
| Hive | 2000 |
| Race for the Galaxy | 2007 |
| Twilight Struggle | 2005 |
| Pandemic | 2008 |
| Agricola | 2007 |
| Balderdash | 1984 |
| Betrayal at House on the Hill | 2004 |
| Carcassonne | 2000 |
| Dominion | 2008 |
| Power Grid | 2004 |
| Quelf | 2005 |
| Android: Netrunner | 2012 | |
| Tokaido | 2012 |
| Catan | 1995 |
| 1313 Dead End Drive | 2002 | |
| Shadows over Camelot | 2005 |
| Anomia | 2010 |
| Paperback | 2014 |
Mark’s Pick:
| Game Details | |
|---|---|
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| Name | The Quacks of Quedlinburg (2018) |
| Accessibility Report | Meeple Like Us |
| Complexity | Medium Light [1.95] |
| BGG Rank | 64 [7.82] |
| Player Count | 2-4 |
| Designer(s) | Wolfgang Warsch |
| Artist(s) | Dennis Lohausen |
| Publisher(s) | Schmidt Spiele, 999 Games, Arclight Games, Brain Games, CMYK, Compaya.hu: Gamer Café Kft., Devir, G3, Games4you, Kaissa Chess & Games, Korea Boardgames, Lautapelit.fi, Lavka Games, MEEPLE, MINDOK, NorthStar Game Studio, Swan Panasia Co., Ltd. and YellowBOX |
| Mechanism(s) | Catch the Leader, Deck, Bag, and Pool Building, Delayed Purchase, Dice Rolling, Events, Open Drafting, Push Your Luck, Simultaneous Action Selection and Variable Set-up |
This is a great press your luck game. You draw chips out of a bag that are numbered 1 to 4. If the sum of the white chips you have drawn exceeds 7, your potion explodes. Other colored chips have special rules about how they score, what advantage they give, or how far along the potion progress track you move. Even if it explodes, the penalty is not so harsh that you can not overcome it. I have still only played with the first set of ingredients, but always have a fun time playing.
Most games have that moment where you have a total of 5 on your white chips, you have 10 chips in your bag and you know only one of them is a white 3. With those odds, how can you bust? Go ahead and press your luck … you draw a chip … and you get ….. unbelievable.
Honorable Mention: Wingspan
Katey’s Pick:
| Game Details | |
|---|---|
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| Name | Sagrada (2017) |
| Accessibility Report | Meeple Like Us |
| Complexity | Medium Light [1.92] |
| BGG Rank | 204 [7.48] |
| Player Count | 1-4 |
| Designer(s) | Adrian Adamescu and Daryl Andrews |
| Artist(s) | Peter Wocken |
| Publisher(s) | Floodgate Games, Cranio Creations, CrowD Games, Devir, Engames, FoxGames, Galápagos Jogos, Geekach Games, Lanlalen, Lex Games, Mandoo Games, Matagot, MEBO Games, MINDOK, MIPL, One Moment Games, Pegasus Spiele, Reflexshop and Yes Papa Games |
| Mechanism(s) | Contracts, Dice Rolling, End Game Bonuses, Grid Coverage, Open Drafting, Pattern Building, Set Collection, Solo / Solitaire Game, Turn Order: Progressive and Variable Set-up |
Sean’s Pick:
| Game Details | |
|---|---|
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| Name | PARKS (2019) |
| Complexity | Medium Light [2.12] |
| BGG Rank | 144 [7.67] |
| Player Count (Recommended) | 1-5 (1-4) |
| Designer(s) | Henry Audubon |
| Artist(s) | Fifty-Nine Parks Print Series |
| Publisher(s) | Keymaster Games, Albi, Albi Polska, Feuerland Spiele, Lavka Games, Matagot, Surfin' Meeple China and Tranjis Games |
| Mechanism(s) | Contracts, End Game Bonuses, Events, Modular Board, Solo / Solitaire Game, Track Movement, Turn Order: Claim Action, Variable Set-up and Worker Placement |