Most covered games of 2026

The year is 2010, and the world is drastically changing. While the once-unrivaled influence of the United States is beginning to wane, other major powers are eagerly stepping onto the stage, ready to claim their piece of the geopolitical pie. In the East, Beijing is rising to become a global powerhouse. Simultaneously, Moscow is entangled in an intricate chess game with Washington, ready to counter its every move. And amidst these tumultuous waters, the European Union is trying to carve out its identity and role in the international stage. The world is undergoing a drastic shift, while power is being redistributed on a global scale - but who will take the lead in this rapidly changing world order? The board game World Order simulates modern international relations, with players taking control of one of the four dominant global powers of the 2010s: the United States of America, the People's Republic of China, the Russian Federation, and the European Union. Utilize your diplomatic power, economic strength, and military might to expand your influence across the globe. Form regional alliances, entice other nations through clever economic dependencies, or become the military juggernaut no one dares to mess with. World Order blends academic theories with thrilling gameplay, creating a never-before-seen experience of international relations! Join the fight and show the other powers that a new era is dawning!

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How to play World Order + Visuals - Peaky Boardgamer

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World Order Review: A Game of Influencers

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World Order - Tutorial & Playthrough

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TDG: World Order

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How to play World Order + Visuals - Peaky Boardgamer

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World Order Review: A Game of Influencers

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Explore the land, uncover mysteries, and follow your residents' personal stories. Build your Village with over 800 stickers featuring houses, farms, shops, animals, and so much more! As your village grows, so do your options: go fishing, explore the mine, find true love, and more! Create your legacy as your choices unlock new options and can have lasting repercussions in future games. The buildings you choose have unique effects, and each decision creates new possibilities in future years. Explore and Discover as you help residents pursue personal stories, go fishing, explore the mine, and uncover hidden mysteries. A Game For Everyone! -description from the publisher

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Cozy Stickerville - How To Play

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Cozy Stickerville Review: Be a Sticker Stickler

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Cozy Stickerville - GameNight! Se13 Ep45 - How to Play & Playthrough

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‍ Cozy Stickerville | A Cozy, Narrative Board Game Experience

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Cozy Stickerville - How To Play

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Cozy Stickerville Review: Be a Sticker Stickler

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Cozy Stickerville - GameNight! Se13 Ep45 - How to Play & Playthrough

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‍ Cozy Stickerville | A Cozy, Narrative Board Game Experience

Stonesaga is a cooperative, campaign style, survival crafting board game set in a unique, persistent world shaped by your choices. In Stonesaga, you unfold the epoch-spanning story of the people of a remote glacial valley, guiding multiple generations of characters who make a life there amidst harsh conditions, wondrous mysteries, and giant monsters. Each game session covers one generation of people within a society, continuing from the last and permanently changing the valley in various ways based on in-game events and the players' decisions. Designed for drop-in, drop-out play and flexible playgroup availability, Stonesaga can be played by one group from start to finish, played with a rotating cast, or even passed between groups seamlessly. Components are sometimes permanently altered, but never removed or discarded entirely. Stonesaga follows a certain rhythm: faced by a new opportunity or crisis, the people of the valley must meet their society's new needs. Meanwhile, the valley's other inhabitants – immortal beasts – will seek to fulfill their own needs as their instincts dictate. You will have to navigate both sets of challenges, using might, dexterity, conviction, and awareness to survive as a tribe in the wild. Stonesaga introduces a completely new discovery based crafting mechanic. Do you think that a sharpened stone and stick could combine to create a spear? Use the crafting action and find out. You will need to discover the properties of various crafting materials as you expand your crafting “recipe” knowledge. Work together as a community to build your village together. From a simple fire pit and tent to a forge and library, create a civilization that lasts the generations. Stonesaga rewards exploration and chooses to let you experience the world in a unique way each play session. Working on the established rules of the world, you will discover unique materials, monsters, and areas of the world that you won't be directed towards. Stonesaga lets the curious and inquisitive thrive. Persistence

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Better Than Mythwind // Stonesaga Deep Dive Impressions: Before You Pledge What To Know

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Stonesaga First Impressions - You're Not Always Alone In The Valley

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The Hungry Gamer Previews Stonesaga

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Stonesaga "The most innovative crafting system I've seen in boardgaming!"

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Better Than Mythwind // Stonesaga Deep Dive Impressions: Before You Pledge What To Know

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Stonesaga First Impressions - You're Not Always Alone In The Valley

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The Hungry Gamer Previews Stonesaga

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Stonesaga "The most innovative crafting system I've seen in boardgaming!"

Rogue Angels is a character-driven solo or co-op Sci-Fi adventure for 1-4 players. The game blends engaging narrative with impactful choices leading to multiple paths through various missions and personal journeys. Rogue Angels merges tactical combat with fluent turns and action management with asymmetric abilities, where you fight behavior-driven enemies through combined card and dice play. The experience is much more than hack'n'slash, as Rogue Angels takes you through stealth missions, search and rescue, infiltration, evacuations, sabotage and much more. Many missions allow for flexible player approaches and adaptation. Throughout your journey the decisions you make will permanently shape your character's personality and their relationship with other individuals, opening and closing possible paths along the way. Rogue Angels offers individual difficulty settings allowing players an experience best suited for their level. Set in the Burning Suns universe, you will be travelling a diverse galaxy and locations with various factions all vying for their way of life. You get the opportunity to become a hero, shield civilians from conflicts, defend your spaceship from boarding enemies, and help save the galaxy. But be careful, as your team will be tested in numerous scenarios and face difficult choices in and outside of combat, and you will not be offered a second chance. As a leader you must be willing to sacrifice everything and your legacy to bring peace to the many species of the Burning Suns. -description from the designer

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Review of Reviews, SHOULD YOU BACK - Rogue Angels Legacy of the Burning Suns

Rogue Angels - a very well designed game

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ROGUE ANGELS Board Game / Interview with the Game Designer and MISSION #1 Playthrough

Essentials for Rogue Angels Heroes

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Review of Reviews, SHOULD YOU BACK - Rogue Angels Legacy of the Burning Suns

Rogue Angels - a very well designed game

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ROGUE ANGELS Board Game / Interview with the Game Designer and MISSION #1 Playthrough

Essentials for Rogue Angels Heroes

From the void between dimensions, an ancient cosmic entity emerged-corrupting, consuming, and devouring all in its path. In the wake of the cataclysm known as Voidfall, the admirals of the fallen galactic empire, the Domineum, forged a desperate contingency plan. To preserve the legacy of the human civilization from the Voidborn threat, a former imperial flagship, the Revenant, was retrofitted to carry vast databanks containing the accumulated knowledge of humanity and escape the fallen empire. Now, bearing humanity's last hope and escorted by the ships of the Domineum's last Great Houses, you must guide the fleet to safety beyond the known galaxy, balance fragile alliances, and secure not only the survival of humankind-but also your own political destiny. Revenant is a standalone, competitive worker placement game of shifting allegiances, set in the Voidfall universe. Players take on the role of rival admirals coordinating the defense of a fleeing starfleet, and competing to earn influence with the factions that stand to survive the journey. Across four rounds, players assign crew to ships throughout the fleet, from which they will fight corrupted ships, explore planets in search of resources, upgrade their ship and crew, deploy new vessels, and more. Each ship is affiliated with one of the Great Houses, and each time you assign crew there, you gain influence with that House. The journey won't be an easy one. The Voidborn's corrupted forces will continuously attack the fleet, dealing damage to various ships at the end of every round. You can take your part in protecting the fleet by destroying enemy ships, repairing friendly vessels or maneuvering them to safe areas, or ultimately activating the Revenant's hyperdrive to jump to a safer sector. Regardless of your efforts, there will be casualties - you have to make sure that the Houses you have influence in are protected above others. Revenant spices up the resource management and engine-building of a mid-weight euro with dynamic tactical challenges, constant player interaction, and shifting allegiances. -description from the publisher

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REVENANT - My favorite board game of 2023 just got a prequel!

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Revenant Review - The Voidborn Are Here....You Shouldn't Be

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How to Play Revenant - Official Tutorial Video

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Revenant - Kickstarter Overview

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REVENANT - My favorite board game of 2023 just got a prequel!

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Revenant Review - The Voidborn Are Here....You Shouldn't Be

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How to Play Revenant - Official Tutorial Video

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Revenant - Kickstarter Overview

Wingspan Pocket distills the Wingspan experience down to a lighter, shorter, card-driven game that has each player activate a single row of cards on each of their turns. The cards are all double sided: a food side and a bird side. Bird powers are primarily indicated by icons instead of text, and they include a new type of power, ongoing (green) benefits. Wingspan Pocket is designed to be accessible to novice players yet also compelling for more experienced gamers. This is a standalone game in a small box, not an expansion (the birds in it are not compatible with Wingspan). Wingspan Pocket features birds from around the world. -description from the publisher

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Wingspan Pocket Review: A Bird in the Hand is Worth Two in the Pocket

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Wingspan Pocket Gameplay: 3 Quick Turns

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Wingspan Pocket: My Favorite Mechanism

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Wingspan Pocket | Solo Playthrough - My Favorite Game Goes Small

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Wingspan Pocket Review: A Bird in the Hand is Worth Two in the Pocket

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Wingspan Pocket Gameplay: 3 Quick Turns

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Wingspan Pocket: My Favorite Mechanism

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Wingspan Pocket | Solo Playthrough - My Favorite Game Goes Small

Lands of Evershade is a hybrid RPG/board game experience that lets players enjoy grand, richly narrated open-world adventures without a dungeon master, while keeping the game approachable and easy to learn. Start by building your perfect character using an immersive player's handbook. Choose from unique races and origins, dark secrets, and exciting classes with interesting advancements and specializations that ensure no two characters are the same. All decisions made during character creation - as well as later in the game - change how the world reacts to you, both in story and combat. Were you a nobleman or a common thief in your past? What's your secret or personal quest you hide from other players? New stories, interactions, and combat opportunities unlock at every step. You can explore the game's multiple standalone story modules and scenarios in the order of your choice to create your own campaign that will lead you to different areas and significant events in the vast universe of Lands of Evershade. When necessary, engage in fast-paced tactical combat in which enemies react to your actions. Enjoy dozens of high-quality models that bring life to your party members and enemies. Lands of Evershade is more than a game; it's a universe built over many years, a world of secrets buried in the shadow of the goddess Luada that will grow and expand with new content for years to come. -description from the publisher

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Lands of Evershade Review - My Favorite Awaken Realms Game Yet

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Lands of Evershade - Board Game Preview - An Entry Point to Awaken Realms

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Lands of Evershade Review - My Favorite Awaken Realms Game Yet

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Lands of Evershade - Board Game Preview - An Entry Point to Awaken Realms

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Horror on the Orient Express: The Board Game lures you into the luxurious Orient Express in the 1920s, taking you on a dangerous train ride into the realm of the Dreamlands. Everything is against you, from monsters attacking the train to murderous cults hiding among the passengers. Worst of all, an eldritch, blood-thirsty vampire hunting down everything that moves. Horror on the Orient Express: The Board Game brings the Call of Cthulhu horror and mystery TTRPG into the board gaming world. Special rules, ongoing character development, and play pieces provide a challenging and exciting gaming experience. In this cooperative game, you and the other investigators try to survive on the doomed train. To win, you must hunt out the cultists to stop them from performing a hideous ritual and ensure the train reaches its destination. Each of you controls a character who can develop new skills, gather items, talk to the passengers, discover clues, and, ultimately, decide the train's fate. You may even learn a spell or two! -description from the publisher

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Horror on the Orient Express: The Board Game Rahdo's Prototype Thoughts

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Horror on the Orient Express The Board Game - Cooperative Call of Cthulhu logic deduction game

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Horror on the Orient Express: The Board Game Rahdo's Prototype Thoughts

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Horror on the Orient Express - We Played It!

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Horror on the Orient Express The Board Game - Cooperative Call of Cthulhu logic deduction game

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Horror on the Orient Express - Learn While Playing

This fourth Wingspan expansion explores the birds of Mexico, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean. This incredibly biodiverse and abundant region is home to more than 3,000 bird species, including the birds with the smallest and largest wingspans in the world (the Bee Hummingbird and Snowy Albatross, respectively). Hummingbirds make up about one tenth of the bird species in Latin America, delighting birders with their quick movements and shimmering feathers. Designer Elizabeth Hargrave and artists Natalia Rojas, Ana Maria Martinez Jaramillo, and Martha Clare highlight them in this expansion with a new type of card that adds a twist to gameplay. Wingspan Americas' components include 111 new bird cards plus 40 hummingbird cards (and their related boards and mats), 8 new goal cards, 5 double-sided goal tiles, and an Automa solo mode. This expansion requires the core Wingspan game (or Wingspan Asia, which is a standalone game for 1-2 players). -description from the publisher

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Wingspan: Americas Expansion Review: We're an American Bird

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Wingspan: Americas Expansion Review | How It Changes the Game

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Wingspan: Americas Expansion Review: We're an American Bird

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Wingspan Americas: 2 Quick Turns

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Wingspan Americas Expansion Design Notes

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Wingspan: Americas Expansion Review | How It Changes the Game

For aeons, entropy was an inescapable force of nature. But then humanity evolved to understand it, harness it, and even bend it to their purpose. Your life has been devoted to learning how to shape the very workings of the universe to your will… or rather, to the will of your people. You are to become a scientist, a member of the most revered caste. Now the time has come for the final exam. You must prove you can create new solar systems, coax stars into life, shape a range of biomes, and ultimately seed planets with life. It may only be a simulation, there are limits to what you can do here; this is science, not magic. And you are not alone. Across the complex, fellow apprentices step into their own chambers, beginning the same trial. Only one will rise to join the caste. This is your moment of truth. Entropy plays out over a variable number of rounds. Each turn, you must move your Scientist between 1 to 3 spaces clockwise around the Main board. You must end your movement on either an inner Action space on the Main board or an outer space of an Action tile, and resolve it. You will build Solar Systems with Stars, Planets, and Asteroids, then fill them with Life, by playing cards. You may also gain various special abilities by adding Biomes and upgrading your Console. The end game is triggered when any 2 out of 6 Main Objectives are Completed. The player with the most Victory Points at the end of the game is the winner. -description from the publisher

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A universe of possibilities! - Entropy Board Game Review

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More Space for Space?Why Entropy is an Exception

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A universe of possibilities! - Entropy Board Game Review

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More Space for Space?Why Entropy is an Exception

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Nippon: Zaibatsu is a new edition of Nippon, a fast-paced, area-majority economic game. Players control "zaibatsu": massive conglomerates of interconnected companies driving Japan's economy in the Industrial Revolution era. During the game, players invest in new industries, build factories and railroads, and produce goods to saturate local markets and fulfill contracts - all to grow their influence and power and to become rulers of the new modernized country. Players are free to choose their playstyle and winning strategy: They choose what they score victory points for, control the game's pace with income turns, and race each other to get the most beneficial factories, markets, and bonuses. All the core mechanisms of the original Nippon are present, but the components, art, and design are upgraded, and many gameplay features are reworked to get the game in line with modern trends. Nippon: Zaibatsu features new resource types, ships are heavily revised with new Iwakura mission rules, factories are much more variable, consolidation turns provide players with new rewards, and much more. Also, the game now has an automa-driven solo mode. -description from the publisher

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Nippon: Zaibatsu- 4p Teaching, Play-through, & Roundtable Discussion by Heavy Cardboard

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Nippon Zaibatsu – Full Breakdown: Strategy, Mechanics & What's Different in 2025

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Nippon Zaibatsu - Tutorial & Playthrough

Nippon: Zaibatsu- 4p Teaching, Play-through, & Roundtable Discussion by Heavy Cardboard

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Nippon Zaibatsu – Full Breakdown: Strategy, Mechanics & What's Different in 2025

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Nippon: Zaibatsu - Teach & Playthrough

Your office job has been grinding you down. Then one mysterious Monday, you receive a letter from your family lawyer informing you that a long-lost relative has bequeathed you a factory. You decide to risk it all, quit your day job, and follow your dream to become the greatest board game manufacturer the world has ever seen! You'll have to hire staff, build an assembly line, invest in additional structures to your factory, gain and fulfill contracts, and market your line of board games to the world. In The Game Makers, players are board game manufacturers racing to build the greatest collection of classic modern board games. Build over 300 real-world games from over 100 real-world publishers. You can build Wingspan, Brass: Birmingham, On Mars, Terraforming Mars, Android: Netrunner, Ark Nova, Twilight Imperium: Fourth Edition, and many more! The Game Makers is a love letter to the board gaming hobby. The central warehouse rondel which dominates the center of the gaming table has players simultaneously choosing which game components to manufacture in a given turn and how to use them. The Game Makers features not only multi-use cards but also other multi-use components. Will you use these components to fulfill a coveted contract or upgrade your factory? ● Add plastic components to your factory to unlock special abilities. ● Gain workers to use your special abilities, or use the workers from your break room to gain board game components. ● Roll your dice to increase your marketing for endgame scoring. ● Use punchboard to expand your assembly line, giving you further discounts on manufacturing games. ● Stockpile the necessary plastic, workers, dice, punchboard, and cards to manufacture one of the greatest games of all time?! Gain the necessary requirements to manufacture a game, and then add it to your display case of legendary games! Will you manufacture your favorite board game? Or will you manufacture the game you hate for more points? Score points from the games that you built and how well you marketed them.

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We got to check out The Game Makers from Bezier Games at Origins Game Fair

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The Game Makers totally lives up to the hype!

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It Took Over 30 Years to Make This One Board Game

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The Game Makers totally lives up to the hype!

New Game Reveal - From Bezier Games & Heavy Cardboard

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It Took Over 30 Years to Make This One Board Game