The top 100 highest-rated board games 2026

  1. The Castles of Burgundy: Special Edition
  2. Ticket to Ride Legacy: Legends of the West
  3. Crokinole
  4. The Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-earth
  5. Cozy Stickerville
  6. Slay the Spire: The Board Game
  7. Pandemic Legacy: Season 1
  8. Clank! Legacy: Acquisitions Incorporated
  9. Vantage
  10. Cthulhu: Death May Die – Fear of the Unknown
  11. Dune: Imperium – Uprising
  12. Sky Team - Prepare for Landing
  13. Undaunted: Stalingrad
  14. The Crew: Mission Deep Sea
  15. 7 Wonders Duel (À la carte 2016 card game award Winner)
  16. Hot Streak
  17. The Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era
  18. Harmonies
  19. Everdell: Collector's Edition
  20. SCOUT
  21. Bomb Busters
  22. Aeon's End: The New Age
  23. Monikers
  24. Mage Knight: Ultimate Edition
  25. Brass: Birmingham
  26. The Quacks of Quedlinburg: MegaBox
  27. Hansa Teutonica: Big Box
  28. Ark Nova
  29. Cascadia
  30. Carcassonne Big Box 6
  31. Wingspan Asia (3rd Expansion)
  32. Terraforming Mars (Winner Deutscher Spielepreis 2017)
  33. Heat: Pedal to the Metal
  34. Welcome To...: Collector's Edition
  35. The Fellowship of the Ring: Trick-Taking Game
  36. Unmatched: Jurassic Park – InGen vs Raptors
  37. Final Girl
  38. Gloomhaven
  39. Just One (Spiel des Jahres 2019 winner)
  40. KLASK
  41. Frosthaven
  42. Toy Battle
  43. MicroMacro: Crime City 3 – All In
  44. Pandemic Legacy: Season 0
  45. Tyrants of the Underdark: Board Game (2021 Edition)
  46. Marvel United: X-Men
  47. Arkham Horror: The Card Game (2021 Revised Edition)
  48. The Castles of Burgundy
  49. Endeavor: Deep Sea
  50. Aeon's End: Outcasts
  51. Splendor Duel
  52. Star Realms: Frontiers
  53. The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship
  54. So Clover!
  55. Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: The Baker Street Irregulars
  56. Star Wars: Rebellion
  57. Thunder Road: Vendetta
  58. Lands of Galzyr
  59. Concordia Venus
  60. Star Wars: Battle of Hoth
  61. Aeon's End: War Eternal
  62. Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion
  63. Decrypto
  64. Kingdom Legacy: Feudal Kingdom
  65. Eclipse: Second Dawn for the Galaxy (2020 Edition)
  66. Azul (Spiel des Jahres 2018 winner)
  67. War of the Ring: Second Edition
  68. Dorfromantik: Sakura
  69. Boss Fighters QR
  70. Twilight Imperium: Fourth Edition
  71. Ultimate Railroads
  72. SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
  73. Codenames (Spiel des Jahres 2016 winner)
  74. HITSTER
  75. Lost Ruins of Arnak
  76. Sleeping Gods: Distant Skies
  77. The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine (Kennerspiel des Jahres 2020 winner)
  78. Marvel Champions: The Card Game
  79. Star Wars: Unlimited
  80. El Grande Big Box
  81. Love Letter (Second Edition, 2019)
  82. Nemesis
  83. Dune: War for Arrakis
  84. Star Wars: The Deckbuilding Game
  85. For Northwood! A Solo Trick-Taking Game
  86. Summoner Wars (Second Edition)
  87. The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – Revised Core Set
  88. The Quest for El Dorado
  89. The Search for Planet X
  90. Patchwork
  91. Istanbul: Big Box
  92. Castle Combo
  93. Orléans
  94. Dice Throne: Santa vs Krampus
  95. Twilight Struggle
  96. Great Western Trail: New Zealand
  97. Chronicles of Crime: 1900
  98. Rococo: Deluxe Edition
  99. Kinfire Delve: Scorn's Stockade
  100. Agent Avenue