Top 5 Board Games We Want To Play in 2026

In Episode 280 we look back at last year's list of games we wanted to get played and then we discuss the games that are top of mind we hope to get to try over the next year.

Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction

02:12 Last Year's Top 5 we wanted to play in 2025 (and how we did)

02:21 Civolution

05:40 Joyrides: Survival of the Fastest

06:08 Wroth

06:32 SETI: Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence

09:58 Dune: War for Arrakis

10:48 Windmill Valley

12:21 Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle Earth

13:46 Endeavor: Deep Sea

15:18 Resafa

16:05 Andromeda's Edge / Rock Hard: 1977

17:26 World Order

18:47 Wondrous Creatures

19:44 Rats of Wistar

21:35 Power Vaccuum

22:40 Top 5 Games we want to play in 2026

22:40 Coming of Age

25:04 Primacy: A Coyote and Crow Card Game

29:31 Eternal Decks

34:12 Echoes of Time

38:55 Lords of Baseball

41:33 Everdell: Silverfrost

43:54 Burn the Fort

48:57 Rise and Fall

52:08 Ants

54:15 Rebuilding Seattle

1:00:33 Unicorn Fever

1:03:20 Sanctuary

1:09:03 Speakeasy

1:12:42 Ayar: Children of the Sun

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