BGB Podcast #156 – Top 50 Games of All-Time 2020: 30-21
War in the middle list.
It’s the dark middle chapter of the Board Game Barrage Top 50 Games of All Time. Time to call in a new director, change things up, and get subversive. Well, if there were any directors who’d still work with us. This week, we’re barreling through our twenties in what we like to call reverse numerical order. Here’s forty (odd) more games that we absolutely adore, and hope you will too.
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Timecodes:
02:45 – Mark #30 – Container
05:38 – Neilan #30 – Azul
05:46 – Christina #30 – Azul
08:54 – Kellen #30 – Zendo
11:42 – Mark #29 – Age of Steam
13:37 – Neilan #29 – Coloretto
15:12 – Christina #29 – Beyond the Sun
20:03 – Kellen #29 – Hanabi
22:52 – Mark #28 – Pax Renaissance
25:20 – Neilan #28 – Archipelago
28:03 – Christina #28 – Hansa Teutonica
30:02 – Kellen #28 – Krass Kariert/Dealt
32:50 – Mark #27 – Maracaibo
35:46 – Neilan #27 – Twice as Clever!
39:05 – Christina #27 – Glory to Rome
41:41 – Kellen #27 – Taj Mahal
44:49 – Mark #26 – City of the Big Shoulders
47:25 – Neilan #26 – Werewords
49:22 – Christina #26 – Modern Art
51:02 – Kellen #26 – Startups
53:19 – Mark #25 – The Great Zimbabwe
55:06 – Neilan #25 – Aeon’s End
56:21 – Christina #25 – Chaos in the Old World
59:23 – Kellen #25 – Keyflower
01:01:57 – Mark #24 – Pax Pamir: Second Edition
01:03:38 – Neilan #24 – Spirit Island
01:05:30 – Christina #24 – Rumble Nation
01:07:33 – Kellen #24 – A Study in Emerald (Second Edition)
01:09:22 – Mark #23 – Glory to Rome
01:09:58 – Neilan #23 – The Quest for El Dorado
01:13:18 – Christina #23 – The Crew
01:14:40 – Kellen #23 – Codenames
01:15:58 – Mark #22 – Modern Art
01:16:58 – Neilan #22 – Patchwork
01:18:44 – Christina #22 – Coloretto
01:19:54 – Kellen #22 – Insider
01:20:43 – Mark #21 – Imperial 2030
01:22:58 – Neilan #21 – Decrypto
01:24:29 – Christina #21 – Lost Cities
01:29:08 – Kellen #21 – Deception: Murder in Hong Kong
Thank you to Heart Society for generously letting us use What’s On Your Mind, Kid? from their album Wake the Queens.
