The Best New Games
Which are the best new board games? Since you reached this page, you are more than just a casual board game player, savvy enough to make your own judgements and not in any need of, say, a jury to tell you which are best. Besides, the person who has played every last new game does not exist. What may, however, be useful to you are the collective opinions of other players. Such collective opinions are available via The Internet Top 100 Survey presented by Aaron Fuegi. Below is an extraction from this survey which includes only data about games published in the current and past year. (For example, at the end of 2001, all of the year 2000 games were removed.) To vote yourself, see the instructions.
Capsule Reviews:
2005: Beowulf · Caravans of Ahldarahd · Diamant · Fettnapf · Fjords · GemBlo · Indus · Louis XIV · Manila · Palazzo · Parthenon · The People's Choice · Pickomino · Rat Hot · Shadows Over Camelot · Station Master · Stunt Academy · That's Life! · Tower of Babel · Trigami · Die Weinhändler [Amigo]

2004: Adel Verpflichtet · Around the World in 80 Days · Australia · Bootleggers · The Bridges of Shangri-la · Coda · Dos Rios · Goa · Easy Come, Easy Go · Einfach Genial · Garden Gnomes Society · Geschenkt · Goldbräu · Hansa · Hispaniola · Im Auftrag des Königs · Jambo · Keythedral · Leftovers · Lost Valley · Lucky Loop · Maharaja · Mall World · micropul · Neuland · Niagara · Oasis · Oltremare · Power Grid · Der Prestel Schlossgarten · Reef Encounter · Runebound · Saboteur · San Juan · Seasim · Shadow of the Emperor · St. Petersburg · La Strada · Tahuantinsuyu · Ticket to Ride · Tongiaki · Tuchulcha · Viking Fury · Ys

Edition Number 325 November 21, 2005

 Position  Score  Avg  Game Title                      Publisher                   SDev #Vot Year Inventor                                                   AKA                                    Comments
   7       7.433  8.01 Power Grid                      2F-Spiele                   1.14   36 2004 Friedemann Friese                                          Funkenschlag, 2nd Edition;;Funkenschla                                                                                                                         
  11       7.341  7.78 Saint Petersburg                Hans im Gluck               1.58   47 2004 Michael Tummelhofer (Bernd Brunnhofer, Jay Tummelson and M St Petersburg;;St. Petersburg;;Sankt P                                                                                                                         
  14       7.301  7.82 Goa                             Hans im Gluck               1.54   39 2004 Rudiger Dorn                                                                                                                                                                                                              
  19       7.216  7.58 San Juan                        Alea                        1.36   54 2004 Andreas Seyfarth                                                                                                                                                                                                          
  44    ^5 6.865  7.19 Ticket to Ride                  Days of Wonder              1.55   56 2004 Alan Moon                                                  Zug um Zug                                                                                                                                                     
  52       6.812  7.39 Raja: Palastbau in Indien       Phalanx Games               1.50   31 2004 Wolfgang Kramer and Michael Kiesling                       Maharaja (Phalanx);;Maharaja: Palace B                                                                                                                         
  59   ^96 6.724  7.96 Ticket to Ride Europe           Days of Wonder              1.82   14 2005 Alan R. Moon                                                                                                                                                                                                              
 116       6.483  8.10 War of the Ring (Nexus)         Nexus/Fantasy Flight        1.37   10 2004 Francesco Nepitello, Marco Maggi, and Roberto Di Meglio    War of the Ring                                                                                                                                                
 138   ^33 6.413  7.17 Einfach Genial                  Kosmos                      1.37   21 2004 Reiner Knizia                                              Ingenious;;Simply Ingenious                                                                                                                                    
 139       6.405  6.52 Rasende Roboter                 Hans im Gluck               1.89  139 1999 Alex Randolph                                              Ricochet Robot;;Ricochet Robots        Modified version called 'Ricochet Robots' released in 2004.                                                             
 146   ^61 6.391  7.82 Lost Valley                     Kronberger                  1.10   11 2004 Tobias and Roland Goslar                                                                                                                                                                                                  
 155       6.374  6.44 Adel Verpflichtet               F. X. Schmid                1.77  247 1990 Klaus Teuber                                               By Hook Or By Crook;;Hoity Toity       Available as of 2004 as 'Hoity Toity'.                                                                                  
 159    ^4 6.359  7.22 Memoir '44                      Days of Wonder              1.48   18 2004 Richard Borg                                               Memoir 44                                                                                                                                                      
 182   ^21 6.289  6.85 Hansa                           Abacus/Uberplay             1.22   27 2004 Michael Schacht                                                                                                                                                                                                           
 200   v42 6.250  7.50 Louis XIV                       Alea                        1.52   12 2005 Rudiger Dorn                                               Louis XIV - Intrigue in the Court of t                                                                                                                         
 207  ^125 6.232  7.89 Carcassonne - Die Stadt         Hans im Gluck               1.27    9 2004 Klaus-Jurgen Wrede                                         Carcassonne: The City                                                                                                                                          
 238   ^23 6.152  6.78 Oasis                           Uberplay                    1.48   23 2004 Alan Moon and Aaron Weissblum                              Oase                                                                                                                                                           
 241   ^53 6.141  7.45 Oltremare                       Mind the Move               1.42   11 2004 Emanuele Ornella                                                                                                                                                                                                          
 260    v7 6.089  7.67 Das Zepter von Zavandor         Lookout Games               1.20    9 2004 Jens Drogemuller                                           Das Zeptor von Zavandor                                                                                                                                        
 307   ^35 5.984  7.23 Jambo                           Kosmos                      1.29   11 2004 Rudiger Dorn                                                                                                                                                                                                              
 356       5.883  7.20 Reef Encounter                  R&D Games                   1.87   10 2004 Richard Breese                                                                                                                                                                                                            
 392   ^31 5.838  6.92 Manila                          Zoch Verlag                 1.88   12 2005 Franz-Benno Delonge                                                                                                                                                                                                       
 419       5.775  8.30 7 Ages                          Australian Design Group     1.57    5 2004 Harry Rowland                                                                                                                                                                                                             
 420   ^77 5.775  8.30 Struggle of Empires             Warfrog                     0.97    5 2004 Martin Wallace                                                                                                                                                                                                            
 441       5.730  6.35 Dos Rios                        Kosmos                      1.34   20 2004 Franz-Benno Delonge                                                                                                                                                                                                       
 458   ^79 5.702  6.29 Tongiaki                        Uberplay                    1.74   21 2004 Thomas Rauscher                                                                                                                                                                                                           
 463       5.696  7.06 Heroscape                       Hasbro                      0.95    9 2004 Rob Daviau, Craig Van Ness and Stephen Baker                                                                                                                                                                              
 483  ^103 5.661  7.00 Im Schatten des Kaisers         Hans im Gluck/RGG           2.05    9 2004 Ralf Burkert                                               Shadow of the Emperor;;In the Shadow o                                                                                                                         
 587  ^144 5.483  6.60 Candamir                        Kosmos                      2.32   10 2004 Klaus Teuber                                                                                                                                                                                                              
 611  ^102 5.458  6.31 Around the World in 80 Days (K  Kosmos                      1.49   13 2004 Michael Rieneck                                            In 80 Tagen um die Welt;;Around the Wo                                                                                                                         
 622   ^73 5.453  6.45 Goldbrau                        Zoch                        1.29   11 2004 Franz-Benno Delonge                                                                                                                                                                                                       
 629       5.442  6.81 Ys                              Ystari Games                1.69    8 2004 Cyril Demaegd                                                                                                                                                                                                             
 643  v109 5.426  6.33 Geschenkt                       Amigo                       1.72   12 2004 Thorsten Gimmler                                                                                                                                                                                                          
 646       5.425  7.60 Die Gunst des Wesirs            Queen Games                 1.14    5 2004 Dirk Henn and Wolfgang Panning                             Palast von Alhambra                                                                                                                                            
 658       5.412  6.13 Blue Moon                       Kosmos                      2.39   15 2004 Reiner Knizia                                                                                                                                                                                                             
 757       5.288  6.56 Tahuantinsuyu                   Hangman Games               0.90    8 2004 Alan D. Ernstein                                                                                                                                                                                                          
 770  ^143 5.271  6.71 Diamant (Schmidt)               Schmidt                     0.99    7 2005 Bruno Faidutti and Alan Moon                               Diamant                                                                                                                                                        
 771  ^237 5.271  6.71 Fairy Tale                      Yuhodo Inc                  1.25    7 2004 Satoshi Nakamura                                                                                                                                                                                                          
 832   ^69 5.205  6.83 Kreta                           Goldsieber                  1.47    6 2005 Stefan Dorra                                                                                                                                                                                                              
 838       5.202  5.81 La Strada                       Kosmos                      1.42   16 2004 Martin Wallace                                                                                                                                                                                                            
 861       5.175  7.10 Der Turmbau zu Babel            Hans im Gluck               1.14    5 2005 Reiner Knizia                                                                                                                                                                                                             
 902       5.135  6.31 Victory & Honor                 Jolly Roger                 1.22    8 2004 Ty Douds                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
 917  ^114 5.118  5.79 Niagara                         Zoch                        1.14   14 2004 Thomas Liesching                                                                                                                                                                                                          
 919   v29 5.117  6.05 Shadows Over Camelot            Days of Wonder              1.86   10 2005 Bruno Cathala and Serge Laget                              Schatten über Camelot                                                                                                                                          
 938   ^75 5.096  6.25 Boomtown (Face 2 Face)          Asmodee Editions/Face to F  2.19    8 2004 Bruno Cathala and Bruno Faidutti                                                                                                                                                                                          
 944   ^72 5.089  6.11 Australia                       Ravensburger                1.71    9 2005 Michael Kiesling and Wolfgang Kramer                                                                                                                                                                                      
 960       5.074  5.83 Saga                            Kosmos                      0.94   12 2004 Wolfgang Kramer and Horst-Rainer Rosner                    Saga (Kosmos)                                                                                                                                                  
 965  ^196 5.068  6.58 Palazzo                         Alea                        2.06    6 2005 Reiner Knizia                                                                                                                                                                                                             
 978   v91 5.058  6.19 BuyWord                         Face 2 Face                 0.70    8 2004 Sid Sackson                                                Buy Word                                                                                                                                                       
 987   ^67 5.047  5.86 Der Untergang von Pompeji       Amigo                       1.48   11 2004 Klaus-Jurgen Wrede                                         Pompeji;;Pompeii                                                                                                                                               
 999       5.031  8.00 China                           Uberplay                    1.00    3 2005 Michael Schacht                                                                                   New version of Kardinal & Konig/Web of Power with changes.                                                              
1005  ^275 5.028  7.25 Fiese Freunde Fette Feten       2F-Spiele                   1.71    4 2005 Friedemann Friese and Marcel-Andre Casasola Merkle                                                                                                                                                                        
1013  ^379 5.025  6.80 Fjorde                          Hans im Gluck               1.92    5 2005 Franz-Benno Delonge                                        Fjords                                                                                                                                                         
1020  ^604 5.023  6.50 Carcassonne - The Princess & t  Hans im Gluck               3.08    6 2005 Klaus-Jurgen Wrede                                         Carcassonne - Burgfräulein & Drache;;C                                                                                                                         
1059   v80 4.985  5.71 Fifth Avenue                    Alea                        1.98   12 2004 Wilko Manz                                                 5th Avenue                                                                                                                                                     
1077   NEW 4.964  9.25 Caylus                          Ystari Games                1.06    2 2005 William Attia                                                                                                                                                                                                             
1092  ^162 4.950  5.80 Saboteur                        Amigo                       1.48   10 2004 Frederic Moyersoen                                                                                                                                                                                                        
1149       4.906  7.67 Wie ich die Welt sehe           Fata Morgana                1.53    3 2004 Urs Hostettler                                                                                                                                                                                                            
1159       4.896  6.07 Piranha Pedro                   Goldsieber                  1.97    7 2004 Jens-Peter Schliemann                                                                                                                                                                                                     
1200  ^327 4.861  6.88 Control Nut!                    Self-published              0.85    4 2005 James Miller                                               Control Nut                                                                                                                                                    
1221  ^160 4.838  5.50 Marco Polo (Ravensburger)       Ravensburger                1.38   12 2004 Reiner Knizia                                              Auf den Spuren von Marco Polo;;Marco P                                                                                                                         
1241       4.821  8.75 Antiquity                       Splotter                    0.35    2 2004 Joris Wiersinga and Jeroen Doumen                                                                                                                                                                                         
1255  ^123 4.812  5.93 Karibik                         Winning Moves               1.30    7 2004 Jens Peter Schliemann and Michail Antonow                  Caribbean                                                                                                                                                      
1270       4.804  5.67 Wings of War - Famous Aces      Nexus                       1.00    9 2004 Pier Giorgio Paglia and Andrea Angiolino                   Wings of War: Famous Aces                                                                                                                                      
1327       4.750  8.50 Botts & Balls                   Self Published              0.71    2 2004 Ann Lesnik                                                                                                                                                                                                                
1332       4.750  8.50 Jenseits von Theben             Prinz Spiele                0.71    2 2004 Peter Prinz                                                                                                                                                                                                               
1337       4.750  8.50 Revolution: The Dutch Revolt 1  Phalanx                     0.71    2 2004 Francis Tresham                                            Revolution: The Dutch Revolt;;Revoluti                                                                                                                         
1343  ^286 4.750  6.00 Mall World                      BeWitched Spiele            2.28    6 2004 Andrea Meyer                                                                                                                                                                                                              
1350  ^152 4.750  5.38 Coda                            Winning Moves               1.77   12 2004 Eiji Wakasugi                                              Da Vinci Code                                                                                                                                                  
1363  v111 4.732  5.56 Oh Pharaoh                      Kosmos                      1.67    9 2004 Thilo Hutzler                                              Oh, Pharaoh!;;Oh, Pharaoh;;Oh, Pharao!                                                                                                                         
1375  ^676 4.725  6.20 Ticket to Ride: Mystery Train   Days of Wonder              2.28    5 2004 Alan R. Moon                                               Mystery Train Expansion;;Mystery Train                                                                                                                         
1462  ^255 4.656  7.00 Flandern 1302                   Queen                       1.73    3 2004 Wolfgang Panning and Hans-Joerg Brehm                                                                                                                                                                                     
1493       4.635  5.50 Heckmeck am Bratwurmeck         Zoch Verlag                 1.69    8 2005 Reiner Knizia                                              Heckmeck im Bratwurmeck                                                                                                                                        
1516       4.607  8.00 1854                            John Tamplin                2.83    2 2004 Lonny Orgler                                                                                                                                                                                                              
1539  ^800 4.594  6.83 Ars Mysteriorum                 Hangman Games               1.61    3 2005 Alan D. Ernstein                                                                                                                                                                                                          
1553  ^442 4.583  6.25 Adam & Eva                      Ravensburger                0.50    4 2004 Aaron Weissblum                                            Adam & Eve                                                                                                                                                     
1557       4.583  6.25 Neuland                         Eggert-Spiele               2.22    4 2004 Petter Eggert and Tobias Stapelfeld                                                                                                                                                                                       
1558       4.583  6.25 Oceania                         Kosmos/Mayfair              0.96    4 2004 Klaus Teuber                                                                                                                                                                                                              
1604       4.536  7.75 A Game of Thrones: A Clash of   Fantasy Flight              1.06    2 2004 Christian T. Petersen                                      A Clash of Kings;;A Game of Thrones Ex                                                                                                                         
1625       4.531  6.67 Sole Mio!                       Abacus                      1.15    3 2004 Uwe Rosenberg                                                                                                                                                                                                             
1628       4.531  6.67 Viking Fury                     Ragnar Brothers             0.58    3 2004 Steve and Phil Kendall                                                                                                                                                                                                    
1632       4.528  6.12 FBI                             Phalanx Games               1.03    4 2004 Wolfgang Kramer and Horst-Rainer Rosner                    Commissario;;Commisario                                                                                                                                        
1653       4.521  5.43 Sunken City                     Clementoni                  1.81    7 2004 Wolfgang Kramer and Michael Kiesling                       Versunkene Stadt                                                                                                                                               
1686       4.479  5.36 Employee of the Month           Diet Evil/Dancing Eggplant  1.18    7 2004 Alan Moon and Aaron Weissblum                                                                                                                                                                                             
1688  ^365 4.479  5.36 Verflixxt!                      Ravensburger                1.84    7 2005 Wolfgang Kramer and Michael Kiesling                       Verflixxt;;That's Life                                                                                                                                         
1709  ^290 4.472  6.00 Das grosse Fressen              Spiele aus Timbuktu         2.94    4 2004 Michael Schacht                                                                                                                                                                                                           
1715       4.472  6.00 Leapfrog                        Fragor Games                0.82    4 2004 Gordon and Fraser Lamont                                                                                                                                                                                                  
1731       4.464  7.50 China Gold                      Bambus                      0.71    2 2004 Gunther Cornett                                                                                                                                                                                                           
1734       4.464  7.50 Gettysburg: Badges of Courage   Columbia                    2.12    2 2004 Tom and Grant Dagliesh                                                                                                                                                                                                    
1745       4.464  7.50 Twilight Imperium 3rd Edition   Fantasy Flight              2.12    2 2005 Christian T. Petersen                                                                                                                                                                                                     
1759  ^301 4.446  5.11 Ubongo                          Kosmos                      2.32    9 2005 Grzegorz Rejchtman                                                                                                                                                                                                        
1784   ^94 4.425  5.60 Clocktowers                     Jolly Roger                 1.14    5 2004 Alan Moon and Aaron Weissblum                                                                                                                                                                                             
1786  ^253 4.425  5.60 Colossal Arena                  Fantasy Flight              1.52    5 2004 Reiner Knizia and Don Greenwood                                                                                                                                                                                           
1787       4.425  5.60 Iglu Iglu                       Goldsieber                  1.82    5 2004 Bruno Cathala and Bruno Faidutti                                                                                                                                                                                          
1810       4.406  6.33 Doom: The Boardgame             Fantasy Flight              0.58    3 2004 Kevin Wilson                                               Doom                                                                                                                                                           
1839       4.393  7.25 Parthenon: Rise of the Aegean   Z-Man Games                 0.35    2 2005 Andrew Parks and Jason Hawkins                             Parthenon                                                                                                                                                      
1851       4.386  5.33 Runebound                       Fantasy Flight              2.16    6 2004 Martin Wallace and Darrell Hardy                                                                                                                                                                                          
1857       4.375 10.00 18Scan                          Self Published              0.00    1 2004 David G. D. Hecht                                                                                                                                                                                                         
1859       4.375 10.00 Aristokraten und Piraten        Kosmos                      0.00    1 2004 Klaus Teuber                                                                                                                                                                                                              
1870       4.375 10.00 Lunch Money: Sticks & Stones    Atlas Games                 0.00    1 2004 Charlie Wiedman                                                                                                                                                                                                           
1876       4.375 10.00 Sword of Rome                   GMT                         0.00    1 2004 Wray Ferrell                                                                                                                                                                                                              
1877       4.375 10.00 Tac                             Flower of Life              0.00    1 2004 Kolja Sparrer and Karl Wenning                                                                                                                                                                                            
1878       4.375 10.00 The Da Vinci Game               Fun & Games Group           0.00    1 2005 Allison Carmichael and Martin Woods                                                                                                                                                                                       
1897       4.361  5.75 Atlas & Zeus                    Eurogames                   2.06    4 2004 Bruno Cathala                                                                                                                                                                                                             
1925  ^605 4.344  6.17 TransEuropa                     Winning Moves               1.04    3 2005 Franz-Benno Delonge                                                                                                                                                                                                       
1940       4.325  5.40 Indus                           Queen                       1.67    5 2004 Wolfgang Panning                                                                                                                                                                                                          
1975       4.321  7.00 Russian Rails                   Mayfair                     1.41    2 2004 Jodi Soares                                                                                                                                                                                                               
2018       4.281  6.00 Dicke Luft in der Gruft         Zoch Verlag                 1.73    3 2004 Norbert Proena                                             Dawn Under                                                                                                                                                     
2115       4.208  9.00 Duell (Ravensburger)            Ravensburger                0.00    1 2004 Reiner Knizia                                                                                                                                                                                                             
2125   NEW 4.208  9.00 Power Grid - Italy/France       2F-Spiele                   0.00    1 2005 Friedemann Friese                                                                                                                                                                                                         
2126       4.208  9.00 Privacy                         Amigo                       0.00    1 2004 Reinhard Staupe                                                                                                                                                                                                           
2148       4.205  5.00 Tanz der Hornochsen             Amigo                       1.67    6 2004 Wolfgang Kramer                                                                                                                                                                                                           
2189  ^220 4.179  6.50 Dungeon Twister                 Asmodee                     2.12    2 2004 Christophe Boelinger                                                                                                                                                                                                      
2207       4.179  6.50 Naval Battles                   Phalanx Games               2.12    2 2004 Dan Verssen                                                                                                                                                                                                               
2211       4.179  6.50 Risk: Godstorm                  Avalon Hill                 0.71    2 2004 Mike Selinker                                                                                                                                                                                                             
2326       4.125  5.00 Who's the Ass?                  Phalanx Games               0.71    5 2004 Wolfgang Kramer                                                                                                                                                                                                           
2378       4.094  5.50 Station Master                  Mayfair                     2.18    3 2004 Chris Bayliss                                                                                                                                                                                                             
2379       4.094  5.50 Typo                            Cwali                       2.18    3 2004 Corne van Moorsel                                                                                                                                                                                                         
2408       4.042  8.00 Advanced Squad Leader (ASL) St  Multi-Man Publishing        0.00    1 2004 Ken Dunn                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
2421       4.042  8.00 Dead Hand Chaos Poker           Smirk                       0.00    1 2004 Curt Covert                                                                                                                                                                                                               
2424       4.042  8.00 Die Insel                       Ravensburger                0.00    1 2005 Reiner Knizia                                                                                                                                                                                                             
2427       4.042  8.00 Droles de Zebres                Asmodee                     0.00    1 2004 Bruno Cathala                                              Drôles de Zèbres                                                                                                                                               
2429   NEW 4.042  8.00 Elasund: The First City of Cat  Kosmos                      0.00    1 2005 Klaus Teuber                                                                                                                                                                                                              
2439   NEW 4.042  8.00 Havoc: the Hundred Years War    Sunriver Games              0.00    1 2005 KC Humphrey                                                                                                                                                                                                               
2442       4.042  8.00 Illuminati: Crime Lords         Steve Jackson Games         0.00    1 2004 Steve Jackson                                                                                                                                                                                                             
2443   NEW 4.042  8.00 Indonesia                       Splotter                    0.00    1 2005 Jeroen Doumen and Joris Wiersinga                                                                                                                                                                                         
2470       4.042  8.00 Piraten, Planken & Peseten      Kosmos                      0.00    1 2004 Kai Haferkamp                                                                                                                                                                                                             
2472       4.042  8.00 PitchCar Mini                   Ferti                       0.00    1 2004 Jean du Poel                                                                                                                                                                                                              
2479       4.042  8.00 Santa Maria Infante: On the Ro  Critical Hit                0.00    1 2004 Ray Tapio and Kurt Martin                                                                                                                                                                                                 
2483   NEW 4.042  8.00 Space Station Assault           Your Move Games             0.00    1 2004 Darwin Kastle                                                                                                                                                                                                             
2487       4.042  8.00 Stunt Academy                   Krimsus Krimskrams-Kiste    0.00    1 2004 Mark Sienholz                                                                                                                                                                                                             
2497   NEW 4.042  8.00 Vegas Showdown                  Avalon Hill                 0.00    1 2005 Henry Stern                                                                                                                                                                                                               
2503       4.036  6.00 Abagio                          New Classic Games           0.00    2 2004 Autumn and Michael Moore                                                                                                                                                                                                  
2513       4.036  6.00 Die Weinhandler (Amigo)         Amigo                       1.41    2 2004 Claudia Hely and Roman Pelek                                                                                                                                                                                              
2528       4.036  6.00 Pirates of the Spanish Main     Wizkids                     2.83    2 2004 Mike Selinker and James Ernest                                                                                                                                                                                            
2717  v448 3.925  4.60 Betrayal at House on the Hill   Avalon Hill                 1.64    5 2004 Bruce Glassco                                                                                                                                                                                                             
2736  v162 3.917  4.75 Dancing Dice                    daVinci/Mayfair             1.50    4 2004 Silvano Sorrentino                                                                                                                                                                                                        
2737       3.917  4.75 Der Prestel Schlossgarten       Prestel Verlag              2.75    4 2004 Ulf Siebert                                                                                                                                                                                                               
2784       3.906  5.00 Waz Baraz                       Kidultgame                  1.00    3 2004 Spartaco Albertarelli                                                                                                                                                                                                     
2793       3.893  5.50 Architektron                    Queen                       2.12    2 2005 Michael Schacht                                                                                                                                                                                                           
2813       3.893  5.50 Kai Piranja                     Abacus                      0.71    2 2004 Oliver Igelhaut                                                                                                                                                                                                           
2823       3.893  5.50 Nexus Ops                       Avalon Hill                 0.71    2 2005 Charlie Catino                                                                                                                                                                                                            
2828       3.893  5.50 Skaal                           Tilsit                      0.71    2 2004 Docteur Mops                                                                                                                                                                                                              
2840       3.893  5.50 Tuchulcha                       daVinci                     0.71    2 2004 Marco Donadoni                                                                                                                                                                                                            
2852   NEW 3.875  7.00 Alexander the Great (Phalanx)   Phalanx Games               0.00    1 2005 Ronald Hofstatter and Dietmar Keusch                                                                                                                                                                                      
2856       3.875  7.00 Australian Railways             Winsome                     0.00    1 2004 Martin Wallace                                                                                                                                                                                                            
2862       3.875  7.00 Bonaparte at Marengo            Simmons Games               0.00    1 2005 Bowen Simmons                                                                                                                                                                                                             
2867       3.875  7.00 Bunte Runde                     Winning Moves               0.00    1 2005 Reiner Knizia                                                                                                                                                                                                             
2872   NEW 3.875  7.00 Cargo                           Wingnut Games               0.00    1 2004 Tom Jolly                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
2885       3.875  7.00 Daimyo                          Red Omega Studio            0.00    1 2004 Piero Cioni                                                                                                                                                                                                               
2889       3.875  7.00 Das Prestel Nasenspiel          Prestel Verlag              0.00    1 2004 Thomas Fackler                                             Das Prestel Nasen Spiel                                                                                                                                        
2893       3.875  7.00 Der Graf von Carcassonne        Hans im Gluck               0.00    1 2004 Klaus-Jurgen Wrede                                         Carcassonne - The Count;;The Count of                                                                                                                          
2895       3.875  7.00 Descent: Journeys in the Dark   Fantasy Flight Games        0.00    1 2005 Kevin Wilson                                                                                                                                                                                                              
2896       3.875  7.00 Die Tafelrunde 2 - Auf der Flu  Spiele aus Timbuktu         0.00    1 2004 Michael Schacht                                                                                                                                                                                                           
2898       3.875  7.00 Dino Booom                      Goldsieber                  0.00    1 2004 Dominique Ehrhard and Pierre-Nicolas Lapointe                                                                                                                                                                             
2905       3.875  7.00 Fliegen klatschen               Abacus                      0.00    1 2004 Christian Heuser                                                                                                                                                                                                          
2913       3.875  7.00 Gracias                         Ravensburger                0.00    1 2005 Alan Moon and Richard Borg                                                                                                                                                                                                
2932       3.875  7.00 Konig Salomons Schatzkammer     Clementoni                  0.00    1 2005 Alessandro Saragosa                                        König Salomons Schatzkammer;;King Solo                                                                                                                         
2936       3.875  7.00 Line Up                         Jumbo                       0.00    1 2004                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
2939       3.875  7.00 Manifest Destiny                GMT                         0.00    1 2005 Bill Crenshaw                                                                                                                                                                                                             
2948   NEW 3.875  7.00 Mission: Planete Rouge          Asmodee Editions            0.00    1 2005 Bruno Faidutti and Bruno Cathala                                                                                                                                                                                          
2952       3.875  7.00 Nacht der Sterne                Kosmos                      0.00    1 2004 Reinhold Wittig                                                                                                                                                                                                           
2966   NEW 3.875  7.00 Pickomino                       Zoch Verlag                 0.00    1 2005 Reiner Knizia                                                                                                                                                                                                             
2971       3.875  7.00 Revolte in Rom                  Queen                       0.00    1 2005 Stefan Feld                                                                                                                                                                                                               
2972       3.875  7.00 Sag’s mit Symbolen              Amigo                       0.00    1 2005 Claude Weber                                                                                                                                                                                                              
3008       3.875  7.00 War to Axis - Warfare in Norma  Gia Games                   0.00    1 2004 Otello Paitosky                                                                                                                                                                                                           
3010       3.875  7.00 Willis wilde Wühlerei           Goldsieber                  0.00    1 2005 Marco Teubner                                                                                                                                                                                                             
3030  ^444 3.854  4.29 Amazonas (Kosmos)               Kosmos                      1.38    7 2005 Stefan Dorra                                               Amazonas                                                                                                                                                       
3053       3.825  4.40 Kakerlakenpoker                 Drei Magier                 1.67    5 2004 Jacques Zeimet                                             Kakerlaken-Poker                                                                                                                                               
3060  v396 3.821  5.25 Pounce                          Parlorz                     3.18    2 2004                                                                                                   Originally released years earlier with different components.                                                            
3085   NEW 3.792  6.50 Beowulf - the Legend            Kosmos                      0.00    1 2005 Reiner Knizia                                              Beowulf;;Beowulf - Die Legende                                                                                                                                 
3088       3.792  6.50 Friedrich                       Histogame                   0.00    1 2004 Richard Sivel                                                                                                                                                                                                             
3108       3.781  4.67 Axis & Allies: D-Day            Avalon Hill                 2.08    3 2004 Lawrence H. Harris and Mike Selinker                                                                                                                                                                                      
3279       3.708  6.00 Buddelcompany                   Ravensburger                0.00    1 2005 Gunter Baars                                                                                                                                                                                                              
3281       3.708  6.00 Bunte Vogel                     Goldsieber                  0.00    1 2004 Peter Neugebauer                                                                                                                                                                                                          
3291   NEW 3.708  6.00 Cluzzle                         North Star Games            0.00    1 2004 Dominic Crapuchettes                                                                                                                                                                                                      
3300       3.708  6.00 Cthulhu 500                     Atlas Games                 0.00    1 2004 Jeff Tidball                                                                                                                                                                                                              
3335       3.708  6.00 Frauen & Manner                 Kosmos                      0.00    1 2005 Uwe Rosenberg                                              Frauen & Männer                                                                                                                                                
3348       3.708  6.00 Im Auftrag des Konigs           Adlung                      0.00    1 2004 Lorenz Kutschke                                            Im Auftrag des Königs                                                                                                                                          
3362   NEW 3.708  6.00 Liebrary                        Simply Fun                  0.00    1 2005 Daryl Hannah and Hilary Shepard                                                                                                                                                                                           
3367       3.708  6.00 Make 'n' Break                  Ravensburger                0.00    1 2004 Jack and Andrew Lawson                                                                                                                                                                                                    
3384       3.708  6.00 Oriente                         daVinci                     0.00    1 2004 Luca Coppola                                                                                                                                                                                                              
3393       3.708  6.00 Presidential Election           JKLM Games                  0.00    1 2004 Richard Huzzey                                                                                                                                                                                                            
3396       3.708  6.00 Rattenscharf                    Queen                       0.00    1 2005 Michael Schacht                                                                                                                                                                                                           
3411       3.708  6.00 San Tasi                        Soch                        0.00    1 2005 Jacques Zeimet                                                                                                                                                                                                            
3420       3.708  6.00 Sicilianos                      Zoch                        0.00    1 2004 Frank Czarnetzki                                                                                                                                                                                                          
3426       3.708  6.00 Stadtgesprach                   Ravensburger                0.00    1 2004 Peter Wichmann                                             Stadtgespräch                                                                                                                                                  
3445       3.708  6.00 Tier auf Tier                   HABA                        0.00    1 2005 Klaus Miltenberger                                                                                                                                                                                                        
3490       3.694  4.25 Spy (Kosmos)                    Kosmos/Uberplay             2.75    4 2004 Reiner Knizia                                                                                                                                                                                                             
3498       3.688  4.00 Meisterdiebe                    Zoch                        1.41    7 2004 Frank Czarnetzki                                           Master Thief                                                                                                                                                   
3505       3.679  4.75 Walk the Dogs                   Simply Fun                  1.06    2 2005 Alan R. Moon and Aaron Weisblum                                                                                                                                                                                           
3524       3.656  4.33 Heroes Incorporated             Quest Machine               1.53    3 2004 Sam Clifford                                                                                                                                                                                                              
3568       3.625  5.50 Ostrakon                        daVinci Games               0.00    1 2004 Silvano Sorrentino                                                                                                                                                                                                        
3569  v216 3.625  5.50 Poison                          Playroom                    0.00    1 2005 Reiner Knizia                                                                                                                                                                                                             
3570       3.625  5.50 Raceway 57                      Front Porch Classics        0.00    1 2005                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
3596       3.607  4.50 Camelot Legends                 Z-Man Games                 0.71    2 2004 Andrew Parks                                                                                                                                                                                                              
3702       3.542  5.00 Blood Feud in New York          Rebel Forge Eagle Games     0.00    1 2004 Kyle Weinandy                                                                                                                                                                                                             
3711       3.542  5.00 Call of Cthulhu CCG             Fantasy Flight              0.00    1 2004 Eric M. Lang                                                                                                                                                                                                              
3723       3.542  5.00 Das Prestel Saulenspiel         Prestel Verlag              0.00    1 2004 Thomas Fackler                                             Das Prestel Säulenspiel                                                                                                                                        
3741   NEW 3.542  5.00 Evolution (Platypus)            Platypus                    0.00    1 2005 Julie and Karl Archer                                                                                                                                                                                                     
3742       3.542  5.00 Fab Fib                         Kidultgame                  0.00    1 2004 Spartaco Albertarelli                                                                                                                                                                                                     
3744       3.542  5.00 Feenbalz                        Krimsus Krimskrams-Kiste    0.00    1 2004 Gerd Deininger and Andreas Michaelis                                                                                                                                                                                      
3746       3.542  5.00 Flix Mix                        Adlung                      0.00    1 2004 Bernhard Naegele                                                                                                                                                                                                          
3785       3.542  5.00 Labyrinth - Die Schatzjagd      Ravensburger                0.00    1 2005 Gunter Baars                                                                                                                                                                                                              
3788       3.542  5.00 Leftovers                       Weber Games                 0.00    1 2004 Candace Weber                                                                                                                                                                                                             
3824       3.542  5.00 Pickadilly                      Abacus                      0.00    1 2005 Hartmut Kommerell                                                                                                                                                                                                         
3825       3.542  5.00 Pimp: The Backhanding           White Wolf                  0.00    1 2005 Arthaus Games                                                                                                                                                                                                             
3851       3.542  5.00 Slow Freight                    Funagain                    0.00    1 2004 Alan R. Moon                                                                                                                                                                                                              
3880   NEW 3.542  5.00 Trump, Tricks, Game!            Phalanx                     0.00    1 2005 Gunter Burkhardt                                                                                                                                                                                                          
3883       3.542  5.00 UWOs                            Elven Ear Games             0.00    1 2004 Thomas Jansen                                              Uwo                                                                                                                                                            
3932       3.531  4.00 Tyrus                           Eurogames                   1.73    3 2004 Laurent Escoffier and David Franck                                                                                                                                                                                        
3980       3.464  4.00 Bootleggers                     Eagle Games                 1.41    2 2004 Steve Gross, Don Beyer and Ray Eifler                                                                                                                                                                                     
3984       3.464  4.00 City & Guilds                   JKLM Games                  1.41    2 2004 Steve Kingsbury                                                                                                                                                                                                           
3985       3.464  4.00 City and Guilds                 JKLM Games                  1.41    2 2004 Steve Kingsbury                                                                                                                                                                                                           
3991       3.464  4.00 Gelb Gewinnt                    Kosmos                      2.83    2 2005 Michaela Schelk                                                                                                                                                                                                           
3992       3.464  4.00 Gone Fishing!                   Kosmos                      0.00    2 2005 Michael Rieneck                                            Gone Fishing                                                                                                                                                   
3996  ^452 3.464  4.00 Ice Cream                       Face 2 Face                 1.41    2 2005 Joseph Huber                                                                                                                                                                                                              
4015  v183 3.464  4.00 Succession                      Your Move Games             1.41    2 2004 Robert Dougherty and Chad Ellis                            Succession: Intrigue in the Royal Cour                                                                                                                         
4023       3.464  4.00 UFOs Fritten Aus Dem All        Argentum Verlag             1.41    2 2004 Petra Brandenburger                                                                                                                                                                                                       
4116       3.375  4.00 Capt'n W. Kidd                  Bambus                      0.00    1 2004 Gunter Cornett                                                                                                                                                                                                            
4140       3.375  4.00 Easy Come, Easy Go              Out of the Box              0.00    1 2004 Reiner Knizia                                                                                                                                                                                                             
4151       3.375  4.00 Freibier                        SpielSpass                  0.00    1 2005 Peter Schurzmann                                                                                                                                                                                                          
4168       3.375  4.00 Im Auftrag Des Konigs           Adlung                      0.00    1 2004 Lorenz Kutschke                                                                                                                                                                                                           
4175       3.375  4.00 Kecke Frosche                   Goldsieber                  0.00    1 2005 Peter Neugebauer                                           Kecke Frösche                                                                                                                                                  
4189       3.375  4.00 Madam X                         Faro                        0.00    1 2004                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
4197       3.375  4.00 Mister Bill                     daVinci Games               0.00    1 2004 Tommaso Percivale and Filippo Percivale                                                                                                                                                                                   
4204       3.375  4.00 Paladin                         Kidultgame                  0.00    1 2004 Spartaco Albertarelli                                                                                                                                                                                                     
4225       3.375  4.00 Sackwas                         Wittspiel                   0.00    1 2004 Hartmut Witt and Matthias Froese                                                                                                                                                                                          
4234   NEW 3.375  4.00 SiegeStones                     Live Oak Games              0.00    1 2004 Patrick Matthews                                                                                                                                                                                                          
4238       3.375  4.00 Spycraft CCG                    Alderac Entertainment       0.00    1 2004 Dave Williams and Michael Mullins                                                                                                                                                                                         
4252       3.375  4.00 The Adventure League            Quest Machine               0.00    1 2005 Reiner Knizia                                                                                                                                                                                                             
4255       3.375  4.00 The Haunting House              Twilight Creations          0.00    1 2004 Kerry Breitenstein                                                                                                                                                                                                        
4340       3.321  3.50 King Arthur - Das Kartenspiel   Ravensburger                2.12    2 2005 Reiner Knizia                                              King Arthur Card Game;;King Arthur - C                                                                                                                         
4342       3.321  3.50 Mac Robber                      Queen                       2.12    2 2005 Ralf Burkert                                               Mac Kenzie                                                                                                                                                     
4506       3.208  3.00 Meine Zwerge fliegen hoch       Pegasus                     0.00    1 2004 Michael Palm and Sebastion Jakob                                                                                                                                                                                          
4508       3.208  3.00 Moorhuhn Sockenschuss           SpielSpass                  0.00    1 2005 Peter Schurzmann                                                                                                                                                                                                          
4526       3.208  3.00 Piracy                          Papergames                  0.00    1 2004 Michael Greiss                                                                                                                                                                                                            
4556   NEW 3.208  3.00 Top Dogs                        Playroom Entertainment      0.00    1 2005 Maureen Hiron                                                                                                                                                                                                             
4582       3.179  3.00 Coloretto Amazonas              Abacus                      1.41    2 2005 Michael Schacht                                                                                                                                                                                                           
4589       3.179  3.00 Habana Taxi                     Asmodee Editions            1.41    2 2004 Dominique Ehrhard                                                                                                                                                                                                         
4681       3.042  2.00 Election USA                    Mongoose Publishing         0.00    1 2004 Martin Wallace                                                                                                                                                                                                            
4701       3.042  2.00 Landwehr 1438                   Terra Authentica            0.00    1 2004 Joachin Zischke                                                                                                                                                                                                           
4742       3.042  2.00 Snorta                          Amigo                       0.00    1 2004 Chris Childs and Tony Richardson                                                                                                                                                                                          
4750       3.042  2.00 Toc Toc Toc !                   Asmodee/Jolly Roger         0.00    1 2004 Bruno Faidutti and Gwenael Bouquin                                                                                                                                                                                        
4855       2.893  2.00 There's a Moose in the House    Gamewright                  0.00    2 2004 Scott Anderson                                                                                                                                                                                                            
4856       2.893  2.00 YES                             Ravensburger                1.41    2 2004 Armstrong                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
4862       2.875  1.00 Burn in Hell                    Steve Jackson Games         0.00    1 2004 Steve Jackson                                                                                                                                                                                                             
4874       2.875  1.00 Isis Susse Sunde                CommonGame                  0.00    1 2004 Raimund Wybranietz                                                                                                                                                                                                        
4899       2.781  2.00 Manga Manga                     Kosmos/Uberplay             1.00    3 2004 Peter Neugebauer                                                                                                                                                                                                          

Explanation of the columns:
Position = position in the survey, the lower the number, the better. A "^" (or "v") after the number means that this game is moving up (down) in the standings, the amount indicated by the trailing number.
Score = mathematical score based on ratings and number of ratings
Avg = pure average rating, 1 being low, 10 being high, see SDev below
Game Title = game title minus diacritical marks
Publisher = company which published the game
SDev = standard deviation of the ratings, see Avg above
#Vot = number of voters who have rated this game
Year = year the game was published
Inventor = name of the person(s) who invented the game
AKA = "also known as", i.e. other titles for the same game, such as translations
Comments = miscellaneous information
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