Ranked List

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Lists are a staple of every board gamer's diet and Board Game Barrage are no different. Every one of the 0 episodes that feature a list is ... listed at the end of this page. Alternatively, the following provides a more curated guide to the episodes and includes links to the final lists:

One List to rule them all, One Year to find them, One ... yearly ritual inventively called the Board Game Barrage Top 50 Games of All-Time.

Three tanks. Unprecedented 51 games on someone's list! 128 unique games! Only 3 triple crossovers.
50-41, 40-31, 30-21, 20-11, 10-1
(view 2023 lists)

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Three tanks. 122 unique games - the most diverse lists yet for a three tank panel but still it seems they can agree on some things; 5 triple crossovers.
50-41, 40-31, 30-21, 20-11, 10-1
(view 2022 lists)

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Three tanks. And then suddenly four! And peanuts and the Sin Zone and crossovers and ... Oh yes, games! 121 unique games!
50-41, 40-31, 30-21, 20-11, 10-1
(view 2021 lists)

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Four tanks, 5 quadruple crossovers and 138 unique games!
50-41, 40-31, 30-21, 20-11, 10-1
(view 2020 lists)

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Three tanks, 6 triple crossovers and 118 unique games.
50-41, 40-31, 30-21, 20-11, 10-1
(view 2019 lists)

The inaugural year; three tanks, 5 triple crossovers and 117 unique games.
50-41, 40-31, 30-21, 20-11, 10-1
(view 2018 lists)

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• 2020

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Five selections per tank, per episode ...

• games for a desert island
• games under $20
• party games
• games for the holidays

(view lists)

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• co-operative games
• games that deliver unique experiences
• relaxing games
• dexterity games
• gobble gobble (2019)
• gobble gobble (2020)
• cute games

(view lists)

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• games we are bad at (September 2018)
• most anticipated, unplayed games (October 2018)
• most anticipated games, Essen 2018
• games we want to play again (April 2019)
• games we thought we were going to hate but we loved (June 2019)
• games that we are ashamed that we haven't played (September 2019)
• most anticipated games, Essen 2019
• games that left our collections (March 2020)
• games we are looking forward to after quarantine (April 2020)
• most anticipated games, Essen 2020

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• games BGG got wrong - underrated
• games BGG got wrong - overrated
• games that replace other games

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Originally slated to be normal Top 5 list episodes but things got weird. Each tank submits their own list of the best games and, using the Pub Meeple ranking engine, these appear in a series of 1 v 1 battles. In each battle the tanks reach a majority decision on which game they prefer, ultimately producing a ranked list of the best games according to Board Game Barrage.
(dictionary entry)

Fire away!

• bird games
• timeless games
• storytelling games
• dice-rolling games
• beautiful games
• combat systems
• science fiction games
• board game gifts
• heart warming games
• board game bugbears (no, these are not games but they get the BGB BOB treatment anyway; this is what happens when Kellen is out of town)
• social deduction games
• party games
• filler games

(view lists)

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The Tanks compete to draft games to create the best collection of five. Whether to pursue critical integrity or shamelessly pander to popular opinion is a difficult choice because the best collection is ultimately decided by a listener vote.

• BGG Top 100
• BGG 101-200
• BGG 201-300
• BGG 301-400
• BGG 401-500

(view lists & results)

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• games for a desert island - see Top 5 games by situation
• post apocalyptic $100 rebuild - Kellen
• post apocalyptic $100 rebuild - Neilan, Mark and Christina

(view lists)

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