The best games from Jonathan Gilmour 🇺🇸👨 2025

Looking for a really good game from game designer Jonathan Gilmour 👨? Then we have just the thing: the list with the best Jonathan Gilmour games 2025.

Who is Jonathan Gilmour anyway?

Jonathan Gilmour has been designing dice, card & board games since 2009. The game designer hails from USA🇺🇸, was born in and currently lives in Montpelier, Ohio, USA.

Gilmour's first game "Pocket Dungeon" he developed in 2009 at the age of 2009 - so he has been designing games for over 16 years. Famous Gilmour games are for example Dead of Winter & Dinosaur Island.

Jonathan Gilmour has been designing dice, card & board games since 2009. The game designer hails from the USA🇺🇸 and currently lives in Montpelier, Ohio, USA🇺🇸.

Gilmour's first game Pocket Dungeon he developed in 2009, famous Gilmour games are for example Dead of Winter & Dinosaur Island.

In 2014, Isaac Vega and Gilmour (along with Plaid Hat Games) sent. Dead of Winter: A Crossroads Game skyrocketed from the crypt to show all the people saying "oh, not another zombie game" that there are still things you can do with zombies that are exciting. This is the meta-cooperative survival game you didn't know you were waiting for.

In 2015, Vault Wars was released by Floodgate Games. A game in which you bid on dungeons full of treasures previously owned by enterprising adventurers.

How good are "Jonathan Gilmour" games?

There are 4 games by Jonathan Gilmour in our Top1000 games list, making Gilmour the #61 best game author out of a total of 708 authors in our database.

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List of best games by Jonathan Gilmour 2025

In this list we have listed the best board games that Jonathan Gilmour either designed himself - or was involved in designing.

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

This list was last updated on March 19, 2025. We compared 21 board games for this list and selected the top 13. There's also a print version for this list.
  1. News@11

    All details for the board game News@11 and similar games

    Players assume the roles of news anchors at a desk or in the field within a strange evolving world. The game unfolds over three rounds—Morning News, News at Noon, and Evening Edition—where participants alternately create news stories, repurpose elements from previous rounds, and introduce new articles. Each round prompts players to adapt assigned story elements to their news segments, leading to increasingly bizarre and chaotic narratives as the same news story evolves through different themes.

    More details for News@11
    • 3 - 6 Players
    • 30 - 45 Minutes
    • 8+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  2. Mental Blocks

    All details for the board game Mental Blocks and similar games

    Mental Blocks is a game of puzzling perspectives where players attempt to complete a puzzle using oversized foam blocks while viewing only one perspective of the design. Teamwork is essential, but there's a time limit, and players face additional challenges, such as restrictions on speaking or touching certain colored blocks. The game includes sixty puzzles in two modes, with increasing difficulty, and players can introduce a traitor to complicate their block-building efforts even further.

    Nominated for 1 award and won 1.

    More details for Mental Blocks
    • 2 - 9 Players
    • 10 - 20 Minutes
    • 10+ years old
    • Easy to learn
  3. Dinosaur Island

    All details for the board game Dinosaur Island and similar games

    Dinosaur Island is a dynamic and competitive board game where players step into the shoes of park managers, tasked with resurrecting dinosaurs and building the most exciting and secure dinosaur park. The game cleverly combines elements of DNA research, strategic park construction, and risk management.

    Nominated for 8 awards.

    More details for Dinosaur Island
    • 1 - 4 Players
    • 90 - 120 Minutes
    • 8+ years old
    • Medium difficulty
  4. Dead of Winter: A Crossroads Game

    All details for the board game Dead of Winter: A Crossroads Game and similar games

    Dead of Winter: A Crossroads Game immerses 2-5 players into a chilling post-apocalyptic world where a dwindling colony of survivors faces threats both from the relentless undead and the darkest corners of human nature. As leaders of survivor factions, players must grapple with their group's well-being while harboring personal secrets and objectives that may conflict with the common goal. The game is part of the "Crossroads" series by Plaid Hat Games, offering an intense psychological survival experience that tests the bonds of trust and cooperation.

    Nominated for 13 awards and won 4.

    More details for Dead of Winter: A Crossroads Game
    • 2 - 5 Players
    • 60 - 120 Minutes
    • 13+ years old
    • Medium difficulty
  5. Vault Wars

    All details for the board game Vault Wars and similar games

    Many heroes head into battle, but some never return, leaving their valuable possessions behind. They participate in a bidding war for the vaults they left behind, striving to win precious items by offering gold, victory points, or new abilities. Players take turns as auction masters, engaging in a fierce bidding war to sell rooms filled with treasures to one another.

    More details for Vault Wars
    • 3 - 5 Players
    • 45 - 60 Minutes
    • 13+ years old
    • Easy to learn
  6. Dead of Winter: The Long Night

    All details for the board game Dead of Winter: The Long Night and similar games

    Dead of Winter: The Long Night is a standalone expansion for the popular Dead of Winter: A Crossroads Game. This expansion adds new dimensions to the base game, enhancing the gameplay experience with fresh challenges and elements.

    Nominated for 3 awards.

    More details for Dead of Winter: The Long Night
    • 2 - 5 Players
    • 60 - 120 Minutes
    • 14+ years old
    • Medium difficulty

    Video reviews for Dead of Winter: The Long Night

    • YouTube Review for the game "Dead of Winter: The Long Night" by Shut Up & Sit Down
      Video is in English
  7. Flick 'em Up!: Dead of Winter

    All details for the board game Flick 'em Up!: Dead of Winter and similar games

    Players face off against zombies in a skill-based game where they must use tools creatively to eliminate the undead while avoiding being overwhelmed. Form a group of ten survivors based on the bestselling game and explore the city through ten scenarios. Beware, even the slightest noise can attract the zombies, especially with the new and terrifying zombie tower looming over you!

    More details for Flick 'em Up!: Dead of Winter
    • 1 - 10 Players
    • 30 - 45 Minutes
    • 8+ years old
    • Easy to learn

    Video reviews for Flick 'em Up!: Dead of Winter

    • YouTube Review for the game "Flick 'em Up!: Dead of Winter" by Shut Up & Sit Down
      Video is in English
  8. Wasteland Express Delivery Service

    All details for the board game Wasteland Express Delivery Service and similar games

    Wasteland Express Delivery Service plunges players into a post-apocalyptic reality where they become drivers for the last delivery company on Earth. Designed by a renowned trio of game designers and illustrated by a famed comic artist, this game combines a rich thematic experience with deep strategic play. Players navigate a devastated landscape, delivering goods between settlements while contending with raider attacks and fulfilling missions for the remnants of civilization.

    Nominated for 3 awards and won 1.

    More details for Wasteland Express Delivery Service
    • 2 - 5 Players
    • 90 - 120 Minutes
    • 13+ years old
    • Medium difficulty
  9. Outpost: Amazon

    All details for the board game Outpost: Amazon and similar games

    Welcome to Outpost 2, set deep in the Amazon. You and your team have been sent on an expedition into the jungle, where alarming reports indicate that locals are moving away from the riverbanks. Strange creatures have been captured in night vision photos, and you must secure the riverboat while investigating these unusual beings. Can you navigate through the jungle in Outpost Amazon?

    More details for Outpost: Amazon
    • 2 - 6 Players
    • 30 - 45 Minutes
    • 12+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  10. Path of Light and Shadow

    All details for the board game Path of Light and Shadow and similar games

    The realms are divided, their former glory lost and forgotten. The Tyrant Queen has seized the throne, driving the rightful heirs into deep exile. Players are the sons and daughters of once-great houses, gathering followers and recruits under the guidance of advisors to reclaim what is rightfully theirs.

    More details for Path of Light and Shadow
    • 2 - 4 Players
    • 60 - 120 Minutes
    • 14+ years old
    • Medium difficulty
  11. Atari's Centipede

    All details for the board game Atari's Centipede and similar games

    In this game, 2 to 4 players immerse themselves in the world of the classic Atari arcade game. One player controls a gnome who explores the forest and tries to defeat the centipede, while the centipede player slithers to the other end of the board with the goal of destroying the gnome. The gnome player rolls dice to perform actions, while the centipede player lays down cards to spawn fleas, spiders, and mushrooms, aiming to control the board. The first player to eliminate their opponent wins!

    More details for Atari's Centipede
    • 2 - 4 Players
    • 30 - 45 Minutes
    • 12+ years old
    • Easy to learn
  12. Atari's Missile Command

    All details for the board game Atari's Missile Command and similar games

    As global tensions rise, leaders of powerful nations prepare to defend their people or destroy their enemies. Alliances are formed but remain fragile, and diplomacy is as crucial as strategic planning and acquiring armaments. In this classic arcade-themed game, 3 to 6 players build and launch missiles and weapons to destroy enemy cities while protecting their own. Players negotiate, establish temporary alliances, and secretly plan their attacks, leading to dramatic showdown moments where destruction rains down. The player who best safeguards their cities while obliterating their opponents' cities wins the game.

    More details for Atari's Missile Command
    • 3 - 6 Players
    • 30 - 45 Minutes
    • 14+ years old
    • Easy to learn
  13. Outpost: Siberia

    All details for the board game Outpost: Siberia and similar games

    Welcome to Outpost 1, the first scientific observatory in the frozen tundra of Siberia. Your team has been investigating anomalous activities in the region, but recent events have taken a turn for the worse. As a long winter storm sets in, survival depends on wisely managing limited resources to endure the freezing conditions and unseen threats outside.

    More details for Outpost: Siberia
    • 2 - 6 Players
    • 30 - 45 Minutes
    • 12+ years old
    • Easy to learn

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