Best board games of 2022
The best overall year for board games in quite a while, 2022 an amazing selection of board games hitting the table. Some of the greatest games ever came out this year including giant sandbox games and fun little family-weight games - not to mention one of the most thematic competitve area majority games since Scythe! Check out the best games of 2022!
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How is this list made?
The games on this list have been calculated by aggregating many public Top 10 rankings from YouTube. They represent an overall picture of the board game scene and do not represent any one person's opinion. Check out the full list of rankings below.
View the Top 10 rankingsIt’s never been a better time to be a fan of board games with some of the best tabletop games ever made being available. Long gone are the days where you’d struggle to get anyone to pick up anything but Risk or Monopoly. With all the amazing board games out there it can be challenge to pick one, so let us help you pick from this list of the best board games. These lists include a wide variety of board games, both in terms of theme and gameplay. Whether you’re looking for the next co-op game to share with your friends, a new part game to play at the holidays, or a heavier strategic game to dig in to, you’ll be able to find an entry to fit your criteria. There are scary games, historical games, fantasy titles and even war-themed board games, meaning that whatever the weather you’ll have a fantastic tabletop title to pop onto the table.
The list: top 25 games
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Resist!
Year published 2022 Designer Trevor Benjamin, Roger Tankersley, David Thompson (I) Artists Albert Monteys Publisher Salt & Pepper Games + 6 more Player count 1 - 24
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Massive Darkness 2: Hellscape
Year published 2022 Designer Alex Olteanu, Marco Portugal Artists Édouard Guiton Publisher CMON Global Limited + 4 more Player count 1 - 6 - 23
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Planet Unknown
Year published 2022 Designer Ryan Lambert, Adam Rehberg Artists Yoma Publisher Adam's Apple Games, LLC + 9 more Player count 1 - 6 - 22
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Green Team Wins
Year published 2022 Designer Nathan Thornton Artists Matt Paquette & Co. Publisher 25th Century Games + 1 more Player count 3 - 12 - 21
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Tribes of the Wind
Year published 2022 Designer Joachim Thôme Artists Vincent Dutrait Publisher La Boîte de Jeu Player count 2 - 5 - 20
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Marvel Dice Throne
Year published 2022 Designer Gavan Brown, Nate Chatellier, Manny Trembley Artists Damien Mammoliti, Manny Trembley Publisher The Op + 1 more Player count 2 - 6 - 19
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Lands of Galzyr
Year published 2022 Designer Sami Laakso, Seppo Kuukasjärvi Artists Jesús Delgado, Sami Laakso Publisher Snowdale Design Player count 1 - 4 - 18
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Paint the Roses
Year published 2022 Designer Ben Goldman Artists Jacqui Davis, Naomi Stanton-Gullak Publisher NorthStar Game Studio + 1 more Player count 2 - 5 - 17
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Encyclopedia
Year published 2022 Designer Eric Dubus, Olivier Melison Artists Joëlle Drans, Jérémie Prugneaux + 1 more Publisher Holy Grail Games + 7 more Player count 1 - 4 - 16
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Turing Machine
Year published 2022 Designer Fabien Gridel, Yoann Levet Artists Sébastien Bizos Publisher Le Scorpion Masqué + 9 more Player count 1 - 4 - 15
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Woodcraft
Year published 2022 Designer Ross Arnold, VladimÃr Suchý Artists Michal Peichl Publisher Delicious Games + 3 more Player count 1 - 4 - 14
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Tiletum
Year published 2022 Designer Simone Luciani, Daniele Tascini Artists Giorgio De Michele, Zbigniew Umgelter Publisher Board&Dice + 10 more Player count 1 - 4 - 13
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Lacrimosa
Year published 2022 Designer Gerard Ascensi, Ferran Renalias Artists Jared Blando, Enrique Corominas Publisher Devir + 6 more Player count 1 - 4 - 12
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Revive
Year published 2022 Designer Helge Meissner, Kristian Amundsen Østby, Eilif Svensson + 1 more Artists Gjermund Bohne, Martin Mottet + 2 more Publisher Aporta Games + 12 more Player count 1 - 4 - 11
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Mosaic: A Story of Civilization
Year published 2022 Designer Glenn Drover Artists Jared Blando, Hendrik Noack + 5 more Publisher Forbidden Games + 5 more Player count 2 - 6 - 10
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Ready Set Bet
Year published 2022 Designer John D. Clair Artists Kirk W. Buckendorf, Athena Cagle Publisher Alderac Entertainment Group + 8 more Player count 2 - 9 - 9
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Skate Summer
Year published 2022 Designer Randy Reiman Artists Pape Ink Publisher Pandasaurus Games Player count 2 - 5 - 8
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Flamecraft
Year published 2022 Designer Manny Vega Artists Sandara Tang Publisher Cardboard Alchemy + 15 more Player count 1 - 5 - 7
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The Guild of Merchant Explorers
Year published 2022 Designer Matthew Dunstan, Brett J. Gilbert Artists Gerralt Landman Publisher Alderac Entertainment Group + 4 more Player count 1 - 4 - 6
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Oathsworn: Into the Deepwood
Year published 2022 Designer Jamie Jolly Artists Francesca Baerald, Vladimir Buchyk + 3 more Publisher Shadowborne Games Player count 1 - 4 - 5
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Foundations of Rome
Year published 2022 Designer Emerson Matsuuchi Artists Stephen Gibson, Damien Mammoliti Publisher Arcane Wonders Player count 2 - 4 - 4
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Wonderland's War
Year published 2022 Designer Tim Eisner, Ben Eisner, Ian Moss Artists Manny Trembley Publisher Druid City Games + 8 more Player count 2 - 5 - 3
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Wayfarers of the South Tigris
Year published 2022 Designer S J Macdonald, Shem Phillips Artists Mihajlo Dimitrievski Publisher Garphill Games + 12 more Player count 1 - 4 - 2
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Heat: Pedal to the Metal
Year published 2022 Designer Asger Harding Granerud, Daniel Skjold Pedersen Artists Vincent Dutrait Publisher Days of Wonder + 6 more Player count 1 - 6 - 1
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Endless Winter: Paleoamericans
Year published 2022 Designer Stan Kordonskiy Artists Mihajlo Dimitrievski, Yoma Publisher Fantasia Games + 17 more Player count 1 - 4