The best new board game releases🆕 2025
Interested in a new board game for your collection? For our recommendations, we only consider the best board game new releases published in 2024 and 2025. Included in our list of the best board game new releases are card games, dice games & board games for adults, for kids and for teens.
New board games🆕 2025 list - regularly updated by us.
We regularly always look out for new board games and update the new releases list on a daily basis rather than just weekly. We make sure that only good dice, card or board games make it to the list. As a basis we do not only take our own opinion, but also include the ratings in various internet portals like Boardgamegeek or Shut Up & Sit Down in our ranking calculations of the board game novelties. Also the opinions about the game novelties on game fairs like for example the SPIEL.digital 2020 is included.
List with the best board game new releases 2025
Attached now is our list of the best board game new releases to buy 2025:
The Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-earth
- 2 Players
- 30 - 45 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Harmonies
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Harmonies- 1 - 4 Players
- 30 - 45 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Hitster: Summer Party
- 2 - 10 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 16+ years old
- Immediately playable
Flip 7
- 3 - 99 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Captain Flip
- 2 - 5 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
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*Forest Shuffle: Alpine
- 2 - 5 Players
- 60 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
7 Wonders: Architects – Medals
- 2 - 7 Players
- 25 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
King of Tokyo: Origins
- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Pixies
- 2 - 5 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
🔥 Great price!Check for best price now at*The Gang
- 3 - 6 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Star Wars: Unlimited
- 2 - 4 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Easy to learn
Dorfromantik: Sakura
- 1 - 6 Players
- 30 - 90 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Wyrmspan
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Wyrmspan- 1 - 5 Players
- 90 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Medium difficulty
👍 Good price!Check for best price now at*MLEM: Space Agency
Nominated for 2 awards and won 1.
More details for MLEM: Space Agency- 2 - 5 Players
- 30 - 60 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
Bomb Busters
- 2 - 5 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Odin
- 2 - 6 Players
- 15 Minutes
- 7+ years old
- Immediately playable
Heat: Heavy Rain
- 1 - 7 Players
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
The Castles of Burgundy: Special Edition
The Castles of Burgundy: Special Edition revitalizes Stefan Feld's classic strategy game for 1-4 players, where participants embody aristocrats managing their princedoms. This special edition, a collaboration between Ravensburger and Awaken Realms, elevates the game with a full art redesign, premium materials, and enhanced components, offering a luxurious playing experience as players build their settlements, castles, and engage in trade.
Nominated for 4 awards and won 1.
More details for The Castles of Burgundy: Special Edition- 1 - 4 Players
- 70 - 120 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Medium difficulty
I AM DONE
- 2 - 5 Players
- 5 - 20 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
👍 Good price!Check for best price now at*Arcs
- 2 - 4 Players
- 60 - 120 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Medium difficulty
3 Chapters
- 2 - 6 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
👍 Good price!Check for best price now at*AQUA: Biodiversity in the Oceans
🔥 Deal: 20% cheaper than the best Geizhals deal, likely for a short time only!
More details for AQUA: Biodiversity in the Oceans- 1 - 4 Players
- 30 - 45 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
🔥 Great price!Check for best price now at*Little Tavern
- 3 - 5 Players
- 25 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Sky Team
- 2 Players
- 15 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Easy to learn
👍 Good price!Check for best price now at*Botanicus
- 2 - 4 Players
- 45 - 60 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
The Quacks of Quedlinburg: The Duel
- 2 Players
- 45 - 60 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
🔥 Great price!Check for best price now at*Dune: War for Arrakis
- 1 - 4 Players
- 120 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Hard to learn
👍 Good price!Check for best price now at*MicroMacro: Crime City – Showdown
- 1 - 4 Players
- 15 - 45 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Immediately playable
Lost Lights
- 2 Players
- 15 - 25 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
👍 Good price!Check for best price now at*King of Tokyo: Duel
- 2 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
- 1 - 4 Players
- 40 - 160 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Hard to learn
Ticket to Ride Legacy: Legends of the West
Nominated for 6 awards.
⭐️ Nominated for Kennerspiel des Jahres 2024
More details for Ticket to Ride Legacy: Legends of the West- 2 - 5 Players
- 20 - 90 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Medium difficulty
👍 Good price!Check for best price now at*MicroMacro: Crime City – Bonus Box
- 1 - 4 Players
- 15 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
That's Not a Hat
Nominated for 8 awards and won 2.
More details for That's Not a Hat- 3 - 8 Players
- 15 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
👍 Good price!Check for best price now at*Star Wars: The Deckbuilding Game
Star Wars: The Deckbuilding Game brings the epic conflict between the Galactic Empire and the Rebel Alliance to your tabletop. This two-player game captures the essence of the Star Wars universe, offering a dynamic and strategic experience where players build their decks and battle to destroy each other's bases.
Nominated for 3 awards.
More details for Star Wars: The Deckbuilding Game- 2 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Easy to learn
Medical Mysteries: NYC Emergency Room
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Medical Mysteries: NYC Emergency Room- 1 - 4 Players
- 30 - 60 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Medium difficulty
Gloomhaven: Buttons & Bugs
- 1 Players
- 20 - 30 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Medium difficulty
Dixit: Disney Edition
Nominated for 7 awards and won 4.
More details for Dixit: Disney Edition- 3 - 6 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
🔥 Great price!Check for best price now at*Faraway
Nominated for 4 awards and won 1.
More details for Faraway- 2 - 6 Players
- 15 - 30 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Nekojima
Nominated for 2 awards.
More details for Nekojima- 1 - 5 Players
- 15 - 30 Minutes
- 7+ years old
- Immediately playable
Saltfjord
- 1 - 4 Players
- 45 - 90 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Medium difficulty
Divinus
- 2 - 4 Players
- 45 - 60 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Forest Shuffle
Forest Shuffle is a strategic and environmentally themed card game where players vie to create the most ecologically rich and balanced forest habitat. By gathering valuable trees and attracting diverse species, players work towards building a vibrant ecosystem, all while keeping an eye on the changing seasons that signal the game's end.
Nominated for 8 awards and won 2.
More details for Forest Shuffle- 2 - 5 Players
- 40 - 60 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Unmatched Adventures: Tales to Amaze
Nominated for 6 awards.
More details for Unmatched Adventures: Tales to Amaze- 1 - 4 Players
- 20 - 60 Minutes
- 9+ years old
- Easy to learn
Knarr
Nominated for 3 awards and won 1.
🔥 Deal: 14% cheaper than the best Geizhals deal, likely for a short time only!
More details for Knarr- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
🔥 Great price!Check for best price now at*Prey Another Day
Nominated for 2 awards.
More details for Prey Another Day- 2 - 5 Players
- 15 - 20 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Dune: Imperium – Uprising
Nominated for 4 awards.
More details for Dune: Imperium – Uprising- 1 - 6 Players
- 60 - 120 Minutes
- 13+ years old
- Medium difficulty
Imperium: Horizons
- 1 - 4 Players
- 40 - 160 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Hard to learn
Sweet Mess: Pastry Competition
- 1 - 4 Players
- 45 - 90 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Medium difficulty
Black Forest
- 1 - 4 Players
- 60 - 120 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Medium difficulty
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