The best games by Dávid Turczi 🇭🇺👨 2026

Kitchen Rush immerses players in the bustling atmosphere of a newly inherited restaurant aiming for success. This innovative, real-time, cooperative board game captures the essence of kitchen management through a unique worker placement mechanism that uses hourglasses as workers.

Players take on the role of doctors in a state-of-the-art medical center. They must work together to admit, diagnose, and treat various patients under time pressure. The game features a unique worker placement mechanic using sand timers, where every decision counts and mistakes can have significant consequences. With a duration of only 16 minutes, players must efficiently collaborate to overcome challenges and help as many patients as possible.

Anachrony is a deeply thematic strategy game set in a post-apocalyptic 26th century, where Earth is recovering from a devastating explosion. The game is known for its intricate mechanics and immersive storyline.

For centuries, the Novarchs, descendants of the royal house of Novarchon, have ruled the feudal galactic empire of humanity, known as the Domineum, with an iron fist. Amidst their technological innovations and scientific advancements, the influence of an ancient cosmic entity, the Voidborn, led to cosmic corruption within the empire. As players lead one of the great houses, they must navigate cycles of galactic events and make strategic decisions to develop technologies, manage resources, and engage in deterministic space battles against the Voidborn or rival players.

Imperium: Classics is a grand strategy board game that puts you in control of one of history’s greatest civilizations. As the leader of your civilization, you face formidable adversaries and must make pivotal decisions to guide your people through challenges and triumphs. With eight unique civilizations to choose from, each with its own strengths and strategies, the game offers a diverse and asymmetric playing experience. Your choices will determine whether your civilization becomes a dominant empire or fades into obscurity.

Imperium: Legends is a deep and engaging deck-building game that places you in command of one of eight legendary civilizations. Each civilization comes with its unique strengths, strategies, and historical narrative, offering a rich tapestry of gameplay experiences. As a leader, you are tasked with guiding your civilization from its humble beginnings to a dominant global empire through strategic expansion, technological and cultural advancements, and military might.

Nucleum is a heavy euro-style strategy game that casts players as industrialists in 19th-century Saxony, in the middle of an economic and technological boom built around a fictional early form of nuclear power. The goal is to expand your own network, supply cities with energy, and stay ahead in the race for progress. For fans of heavy engine- and network-building games with tightly interlocking systems, it offers a dense, demanding experience.

Terrible opponents are advancing against you. Your people are ready to write history. You hold the fate of one of the most storied civilizations in your hands. Constantly threatened by attacks, you must conquer new lands, achieve significant scientific and cultural advancements, and lead your people into the imperial era. Expanding too quickly will cause unrest, while expanding too slowly could reduce your civilization to a mere footnote in history. Competing as one of fourteen radically asymmetric civilizations, you vie to become the most dominant empire the world has ever seen.

Tekhenu: Obelisk of the Sun is a strategic board game set in ancient Egypt, where players contribute to building the Temple of Amun-Ra. The game is deeply thematic, involving Egyptian gods and the management of resources and actions influenced by the positioning of an obelisk and its shadow.

Players take on the role of defenders during the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. The game starts with the Red Army arriving at the capital, creating a desperate battle for survival. By blending card and action management with classic block war themes, players experience the tension of an unwinnable scenario while trying to keep the revolutionary spirit alive against overwhelming forces.

Players compete to build an empire in this challenging roll-and-write game. They draw from a pool of custom dice to collect resources, construct cities, and organize armies while forming political alliances, colonizing territories, and invoking the gods. Each player adopts one of seven unique character classes, utilizing various strategies and scoring paths to achieve victory.

Thebai places players in the late Bronze Age as influential leaders of noble families in war-torn Thebes. As the common folk prepare for war and Polynices leads an army against his brother Eteocles, the noble houses vie for power and for rebuilding the citadel of Cadmea.

Procyon is a star located 11 light years from Earth and is the brightest star in the constellation Canis Minor. In 2104, it was colonized, but the discovery of an ancient alien artifact three years later brought a fleet approaching at faster-than-light speed. One player commands the alien fleet while another leads the ground forces, facing off against human commanders in a highly asymmetrical setup. The game emphasizes teamwork and strategic planning across dual boards, ensuring players remain engaged with their individual roles, and includes an automated opponent for cooperative play.