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