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Want to know which games we have added to the recommendation guide most recently? This page will be kept up to date with only the 20 newest recommendations (most recent at the top), including our top picks, honorable mentions, and games we feel are “worth a look.”
⭐️ New Top Pick
Sausage Sizzle
Release Year: 2012 Complexity: Low
👥 2-5 Players
⏰ 10-25 min
💸 ~$15
🎲 View on BGG
🔗 Buy
Summary: Roll dice and try to get the big scores for each animal, either by playing it safe or pushing your luck to score big with sausages!
You Might Like If… you enjoy classic push-your-luck dice games like Farkle or Yahtzee and want a modern twist on the genre that remains accessible enough to play with just about anyone while still creating very exciting and memorable moments.
⭐️ New Top Pick
Clank! Catacombs
🟢 Ryan’s #45 All-Time 🔴 Daniel’s #29 All-Time
Release Year: 2022 Complexity: Medium
👥 2-4 Players
⏰ 45-90 min
💸 ~$50
🎲 View on BGG
🔗 Buy
Summary: Explore the ever-expanding catacombs, building your deck and collecting treasure, but make sure you get out in time!
You Might Like If… you enjoy deck-building games and exploration, and are looking for a game that appeals to heavier gamers without being overly complex or long.
⭐️ New Top Pick
Sky Team
🟢 Ryan’s #50 All-Time
Release Year: 2023 Complexity: Low-Medium
👥 2 Players
⏰ 15-25 min
💸 ~$30
🎲 View on BGG
🔗 Buy
Summary: Silently work with your partner to land a plane with a variety of different challenges thrown your way.
You Might Like If… you enjoy cooperative games with limited communication and want a two-player experience that has a lot of depth with a relatively low rules complexity, a fresh theme, and tons of replay value.
⭐️ New Top Pick
Planet Unknown
🟢 Ryan’s #32 All-Time 🔴 Daniel’s #19 All-Time
Release Year: 2022 Complexity: Medium
👥 1-6 Players
⏰ 60-90 min
💸 ~$80
🎲 View on BGG
🔗 Buy
Summary: Fill your planet with puzzle-like tiles as you strategically advance on tracks with unique abilities, aiming to optimize coverage and maximize your progress.
You Might Like If… you enjoy working on your own spatial puzzle and setup variability and want a game with a little more strategic depth that still plays quickly due to simultaneous play with a neat Lazy Susan component, and also plays great across the 1-6 player count range.
⭐️ New Top Pick
Andor: The Family Fantasy Game
Release Year: 2020 Complexity: Ages 5-7
👥 2-4 Players
⏰ 30-45 min
💸 ~$35
🎲 View on BGG
🔗 Buy
Summary: Work together to complete quests and rescue the wolf cubs before the dragon reaches the castle!
You Might Like If… you want a cooperative children’s game with basic strategic planning and a sense of adventuring as you explore the board.
⭐️ New Top Pick
Tumblin’ Dice
Release Year: 2004 Complexity: Low
👥 2-6 Players
⏰ 10-25 min
💸 ~$100
🎲 View on BGG
🔗 Buy
Summary: Flick dice down wooden stair steps to gain larger multipliers and score the most points.
You Might Like If… you enjoy dexterity games and want one that works great in a casual party setting, supports a wide range of ages, and generates a lot of positive energy with exciting and funny moments.
⭐️ New Top Pick
Thunder Road: Vendetta
🟢 Ryan’s #48 All-Time 🔴 Daniel’s #32 All-Time
Release Year: 2023 Complexity: Low-Medium
👥 2-4 Players
⏰ 30-60 min
💸 ~$60
🎲 View on BGG
🔗 Buy
Summary: Drive cars across the a post-apocalyptic wasteland while shooting at opponents in this Mad Max-like racing game.
You Might Like If… you enjoy highly thematic games with lots of exciting moments, don’t mind wild randomness, and want a game that creates a pure fun experience where half the fun is just seeing what crazy things will happen.
⭐️ New Top Pick
Slay the Spire: The Board Game
🟢 Ryan’s #3 All-Time 🔴 Daniel’s #7 All-Time
Release Year: 2024 Complexity: Medium-High
👥 1-4 Players
⏰ 120-240 min
💸 ~$120
🎲 View on BGG
🔗 Buy
Summary: Strategically build your unique character’s deck and defeat room after room of enemies as you attempt to complete three Acts in this cooperative tabletop version of the hit video game.
You Might Like If… you enjoy deck-building and the feeling of upgrading in really unique ways every game, and/or you enjoy the video game Slay the Spire, and are looking for a cooperative experience that feels big and epic with a relatively low rules overhead.
⭐️ New Children’s Top Pick
Spotlight
Release Year: 2024 Complexity: Ages 5-7
👥 1-5 Players
⏰ 15 min
💸 ~$25
🎲 View on BGG
🔗 Buy
Summary: Race against the clock to spot how many times different characters in this “Where’s Waldo?”-like cooperative game.
You Might Like If… you want a cooperative search-and-find children’s game with fun illustrations and a cool flashlight gimmick that instantly draws players in, kids and adults alike.
⭐️ New Top Pick
Age of Innovation
🟢 Ryan’s #7 All-Time 🔴 Daniel’s #10 All-Time
Release Year: 2023 Complexity: High
👥 1-5 Players
⏰ 120-180 min
💸 ~$90
🎲 View on BGG
🔗 Buy
Summary: Strategically expand on the map, build and upgrade to produce more resources, and take advantage of powerful innovations in the third iteration of the battle-tested Terra Mystica game system.
You Might Like If… you enjoy deep strategic games with a balance between building your own things and cutthroat player interaction and you want a heavy game of resource management that has a ton of variability from game to game.
⭐️ New Top Pick
Strike
Release Year: 2012 Complexity: Low
👥 2-5 Players
⏰ 5-10 min
💸 ~$25
🎲 View on BGG
🔗 Buy
Summary: Try to outlast your opponents as you take turns throwing dice into the arena and trying to make matches.
You Might Like If… you enjoy simple and quick games that elicit excitement and banter around the table and you want a dexterity game that plays in minutes, making it really easy to play repeatedly and switch players in and out.
⭐️ New Top Pick
Splendor: Duel
Release Year: 2022 Complexity: Low-Medium
👥 2 Players
⏰ 30 min
💸 ~$25
🎲 View on BGG
🔗 Buy
Summary: Race as Renaissance merchants to grab gems and use them to acquire property and please nobility.
You Might Like If… you enjoy quick games with a sense of progression or enjoy the original Splendor and want a two-player option with a clever new spatial element that has players racing to a final point total.
👀 New Worth a Look
Ready Set Bet
🔴 Daniel’s #46 All-Time
Release Year: 2022 Complexity: Low-Medium
👥 2-9 Players
⏰ 45-60 min
💸 ~$40
🎲 View on BGG
🔗 Buy
Summary: Bet on a horse race as it is in progress in this chaotic real-time game.
You Might Like If… you enjoy betting and high-energy games and want a unique game that can play well up to some really high player counts.
👍 New Honorable Mention
Spots
Release Year: 2022 Complexity: Low-Medium
👥 2-4 Players
⏰ 20-30 min
💸 ~$25
🎲 View on BGG
🔗 Buy
Summary: Perform different tricks to place dice on adorable dog cards as you push your luck and race to complete six dogs first.
You Might Like If… you enjoy rolling dice and want an accessible game with a fun theme that has exciting moments and nice variety due to the randomized trick abilities used in each game.
⭐️ New Top Pick
Cthulhu: Death May Die
🟢 Ryan’s #36 All-Time 🔴 Daniel’s #16 All-Time
Release Year: 2019 Complexity: Medium
👥 1-5 Players
⏰ 90-120 min
💸 ~$100
🎲 View on BGG
🔗 Buy
Summary: Work as a team to disrupt the ritual and slay the Lovecraftian Elder One.
You Might Like If… you enjoy thematic games with lots of dice-rolling and want a game that provides a big experience in a reasonable amount of time and has great variety and expandability with the mixing and matching of different Elder Ones and scenarios.
⭐️ New Top Pick
Stella: Dixit Universe
Release Year: 2021 Complexity: Low
👥 3-6 Players
⏰ 30-45 min
💸 ~$40
🎬 Review
🎲 View on BGG
🔗 Buy
Summary: Try to predict which connections other players will make among surrealistic pictures, trying to make many guesses without being the player who makes the most.
You Might Like If… you enjoy more right-brained activities with subjective connections between words and artwork and trying to get in the minds of other players. If you enjoy Dixit, this is a fresh variant that plays better at lower player counts, doesn’t pressure players to come up with clues, and all the cards are compatible between Stella and Dixit.
⭐️ New Top Pick
So Clover!
Release Year: 2021 Complexity: Low
👥 3-6 Players
⏰ 20-30 min
💸 ~$25
🎬 Review
🎲 View on BGG
🔗 Buy
Summary: Work as a team to solve the arrangement of multi-word cards based on single-word clues from other players.
You Might Like If… you enjoy word games and want a non-competitive experience where everyone is solving the puzzle together.
⭐️ New Top Pick
Heat: Pedal to the Metal
🟢 Ryan’s #27 All-Time 🔴 Daniel’s #15 All-Time
Release Year: 2022 Complexity: Medium
👥 1-6 Players
⏰ 30-60 min
💸 ~$70
🎲 View on BGG
🔗 Buy
Summary: Manage your car’s speed to prevent overheating as you push to win the race.
You Might Like If… you want an easy-to-learn racing game that plays well across a wide range of player counts and has a really elegant deck-building system that is simple but full of interesting decisions.
⭐️ New Top Pick
SCOUT
Release Year: 2019 Complexity: Low-Medium
👥 2-5 Players
⏰ 20-40 min
💸 ~$20
🎲 View on BGG
🔗 Buy
Summary: Try to be the first to get rid of all your cards by playing stronger sets and finding the right time to scout other players’ cards — however, you can never change the order of the cards in your hand!
You Might Like If… you enjoy traditional card games where you are managing a hand to try to play all your cards but want a game that puts a new twist on the genre that leads to some really fascinating new decisions.
⭐️ New Top Pick
Ark Nova
🟢 Ryan’s #5 All-Time 🔴 Daniel’s #20 All-Time
Release Year: 2021 Complexity: Medium-High
👥 2-4 Players
⏰ 90-150 min
💸 ~$70
🎲 View on BGG
🔗 Buy
Summary: Plan and build a modern zoo through card effects and a spatial puzzle, managing your appeal while also supporting conservation initiatives.
You Might Like If… you enjoy games that require you to carefully optimize interconnected actions and adapt to various card effects, and like the idea of a game that gives you a feeling of building something up while also racing to be the first to reach the target amounts of conservation and appeal.
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