It was another banner year in board gaming. These are the year's best titles, from bird-watching to finger guns
Illustration: Vulture It was another banner year in board gaming, with a thousand or so more titles hitting the market, old favorites coming back into print, more roll-and-write games than anyone ever really needed, and the biggest breakout board game hit we’ve had in years. I’ve played dozens of new games this year, from the simplest to … well, not the most complex . But I have played a lot of games. Here are my favorites from 2019.
$99 at Amazon Buy $99 at Amazon Buy Best Light Game Silver & Gold Last year I carved out a separate mention for the best heavy game, but with Wingspan a bit more complex than the games most of you have likely played, here’s one in the other direction: a lightweight, fast-playing game with no text that anyone can play. Silver & Gold is a “polyomino” game, meaning it uses shapes that will remind you of Tetris.
$35 at Amazon Buy $35 at Amazon Buy Best Party Game Finger Guns at High Noon This game is ridiculous, right down to its name, and I love it. Each turn, players all simultaneously make one of the hand symbols shown on the reference card, which include making gun symbols at other players . You can, however, try to negotiate alliances with other players between turns, and while they’re not enforceable, they can help early in the game.
$16 at Amazon Buy $16 at Amazon Buy Best Issue Coffee Roaster Coffee Roaster was a bit of a unicorn in board games: It’s a solo game, from a Japanese designer, published in English but never given a real release in the U.S., so copies were hard to come by; it was long out of print. Stronghold brought it back this year with updated and much snazzier artwork, but kept the core game intact.
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