BGB Podcast #154 – Top 50 Games of All-Time 2020: 50-41
Look, now that that whole 2020 thing is over, let’s get back to what’s important. Lists.
It’s here at last, the big event! Yes, it’s the first episode of the yearly ritual we inventively call the Board Game Barrage Top 50 Games of All Time. And this year, for the first time, the Blue Tank, Christina is weighing in too. That’s forty incredible games to kick us off! Join us in the weeks ahead as we sing the praises of our absolute favourite board games, because we’re just getting started.
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Timecodes:
03:20 – Happy Salmon
04:20 – Piñata/Balloon Cup
04:56 – Bruges
05:32 – Air, Land, & Sea
06:55 – Christina #50 – Clank!
08:36 – Kellen #50 – Root
11:14 – Mark #50 – Innovation
12:58 – Neilan #50 – Modern Art
14:36 – Christina #49 – Fresh Fish
15:51 – Kellen #49 – Cursed Court
18:19 – Mark #49 – Blue Lagoon
21:02 – Neilan #49 – Sol: Last Days of a Star
22:53 – Christina #48 – Diamant/Incan Gold
25:24 – Kellen #48 – Wizard
26:49 – Mark #48 – Chaos in the Old World
28:07 – Neilan #48 – Eternal: Chronicles of the Throne
30:06 – Christina #47 – Decrypto
32:10 – Kellen #47 – Blood Rage
33:54 – Mark #47 – Pictomania
36:56 – Neilan #47 – Nova Luna
38:56 – Christina #46 – True Colors
41:10 – Kellen #46 – Detective Club
42:48 – Mark #46/Christina #45 – Fast Sloths
45:15 – Neilan #46 – Innovation
48:18 – Kellen #45 – Nusfjord
49:30 – Mark #45 – Anomia
51:39 – Neilan #45 – Gùgōng
53:03 – Christina #44 – Krass Kariert/Dealt
54:46 – Kellen #44 – Smartphone Inc.
56:29 – Mark #44 – Dungeon Fighter
59:44 – Neilan #44 – Letter Jam
1:01:47 – Christina #43 – Battlestar Galactica
1:04:35 – Kellen #43 – Lords of Vegas
1:05:46 – Mark #43 – Cuba Libre
1:07:28 – Neilan #43 – Panic on Wall Street!
1:09:22 – Christina #42 – Ethnos
1:10:52 – Kellen #42 – Bruges
1:12:19 – Mark #42 – The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine
1:14:33 – Neilan #42 – The Oracle of Delphi
1:16:12 – Christina #41 – Air, Land, & Sea
1:19:00 – Kellen #41 – Splendor
1:20:15 – Mark #41 – Wyatt Earp
1:21:36 – Neilan #41 – Pipeline
Thank you to Heart Society for generously letting us use What’s On Your Mind, Kid? from their album Wake the Queens.
