The best games from Emma Larkins 🇺🇸👩 2025

Looking for a really good game from game designer Emma Larkins 👩? Then we have just the thing: the list with the best Emma Larkins games 2025.

Who is Emma Larkins anyway?

Emma Larkins has been designing dice, card & board games since 2016. The game designer hails from 🇺🇸, was born in and currently lives in Seattle, Washington, USA 🇺🇸.

Larkins's first game "Heartcatchers" she developed in 2016 - so she has been designing games for over 9 years. Famous Larkins games are for example Abandon All Artichokes & ...and then we died..

Studies & first work experience

Larkins studied product design at Stanford University from 2001 to 2005. She managed the marketing department of an indie video game company, organized various events in New York City, and brought hundreds of designers together to inspire each other as a community manager for Playcrafting. "On the side," she started her own business as a science fiction writer in 2009.

Game design is moving more and more into focus

She co-hosts GenCon #TableTakes, a weekly board game news show on Twitch. She also streams game design-specific content on her own Twitch channel. She also posts about her daily game design practice (#gamedesigndaily) on Twitter and Instagram. Additionally, she has appeared on several podcasts and held talks/events at PAX, SHUX, DreamHack, and Twitch Con about game design and community building.

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List of best games by Emma Larkins 2025

In this list we have listed the best board games that Emma Larkins either designed herself - or was involved in designing.

Unfortunately, not all of Emma Larkins's games are currently available. In the following list you can find all dice, board & card games by Emma Larkins that you can buy 2025:

This list was last updated on April 7, 2025. We compared 7 board games for this list and selected the top 1. There's also a print version for this list.

Abandon All Artichokes
Abandon All Artichokes is a delightful and quirky card game that brings a fresh twist to the typical deck-building genre. With its unique theme centered around gardening and specifically getting rid of artichokes, this game offers a light-hearted and engaging experience suitable for a wide range of players.
Nominated for 5 awards and won 2.
More details for Abandon All Artichokes
- 2 - 4 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Immediately playable
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