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El Grande
★ A-TIER BOARD GAME
BOARD GAME
RANK #22
A TIER
7.5/10
El Grande
El Grande is a classic area-control board game set in medieval Spain, where players compete to have the most influence in different regions. Each round, players use power cards to...
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RANK #22
A TIER
7.5/10
Spirit Island
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RANK #20
B TIER
6.0/10
Spirit Island
Spirit Island is a heavy cooperative strategy game where you play as powerful elemental spirits defending your island from colonizing invaders. You spread your presence, grow stronger over time, and...
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RANK #20
B TIER
6.0/10
Unlucky Mummy
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PC/STEAM
RANK #19
B TIER
6.5/10
Unlucky Mummy
Unlucky Mummy is an incremental clicker about opening a cursed sarcophagus and probably pushing your luck one more time than you should. You have a 25% chance of finding a...
PC/STEAM
RANK #19
B TIER
6.5/10
Bomb Busters
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BOARD GAME
RANK #6
A TIER
8.5/10
Bomb Busters
Bomb Busters is a cooperative deduction game where players work together to defuse a bomb without accidentally cutting the wrong wires. Each player has hidden wire tiles, and the team...
BOARD GAME
RANK #6
A TIER
8.5/10
Space Base
★ NEW REVIEW
BOARD GAME
RANK #7
A TIER
8.5/10
Space Base
In Space Base, everyone rolls dice, activates ships, earns money, and slowly builds an engine that can go in several different directions. You can focus on reliable numbers, chase unlikely...
BOARD GAME
RANK #7
A TIER
8.5/10
Heroes of Hammerwatch II
★ NEW REVIEW
RANK #16
B TIER
7.0/10
Heroes of Hammerwatch II
Heroes of Hammerwatch II is a fast action roguelite where you fight through randomized levels, collect gear and trinkets, and use what you earn to upgrade your town and characters....
RANK #16
B TIER
7.0/10
The Legend of Zelda
★ #1 RANKED VIDEO GAME
NES
RANK #1
S TIER
9.0/10
The Legend of Zelda
The Legend of Zelda is an NES action-adventure game where you play as Link, exploring Hyrule to find the eight pieces of the Triforce and rescue Princess Zelda from Ganon....
NES
RANK #1
S TIER
9.0/10
The Guild of Merchant Explorers
★ #18 RANKED BOARD GAME
BOARD GAME
RANK #18
B TIER
6.5/10
The Guild of Merchant Explorers
A map-based exploration game where each player begins with a single city and expands outward as terrain cards are revealed. You place cubes to form connected paths, cross seas to...
BOARD GAME
RANK #18
B TIER
6.5/10
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