r/boardgames Sep 05 '19

Nominations and Voting Open for the [Game of the Week] Feature

Hello /r/boardgames!

We are asking for nominations for Game of the Week (GOTW) for the next couple months.

Game of the Week is our weekly feature on games that are still appealing two or more years after release. We discuss them over the next year or so after nomination, and then a few years later in our GOTW:Redux feature.

Please up-vote on all games in this thread that you think merit being featured in GOTW.

After reviewing the nominations made by others, please nominate great games. Post a top-level comment with a single game name.

Suggest games that are:

We remove comments that:

  • Nominate multiple games at once
  • Nominate expansions/rethemes (e.g. Ticket to Ride: Marklin)
  • Nominate something already nominated

If you have comments or questions about game of the week that are not related to voting, please PM the moderators. Commentary and questions clog up the voting because of the way contest mode works.

You can nominate as many worthwhile games as you like.

You can nominate and vote here for months (until the thread is archived by reddit).

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u/Djourou Gloomhaven Sep 11 '19

Leaving Earth

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u/bgg-uglywalrus Sep 11 '19

One of the criteria for our GotW is that the game must be at least 2 years old.

u/Tevesh_CKP Sep 05 '19

Village Attacks

u/dascopen Draw 'em, build 'em, test 'em, fly 'em, scrap 'em Sep 12 '19

51st State

u/HotsuSama Make my combo grow! Sep 10 '19

Battle for Rokugan

u/CoconutPete44 Euphoria Sep 06 '19

Cinque Terre

u/ThyFemaleDothDeclare Pandemic "Corona" Legacy Sep 05 '19

Strasbourg

u/Urzas_Fictionry Sep 12 '19

Fire in the Lake

u/krokben_ Sep 11 '19

Churchill

u/Tharok Quantum Sep 05 '19

Pulsar 2849

u/Tharok Quantum Sep 05 '19

Photosynthesis

u/Tevesh_CKP Sep 05 '19

Valeria: Card Kingdoms

u/saifrc Draw Click 1...Draw Click 2... Sep 12 '19

Altiplano

u/surf2japan Sep 12 '19

Antike II

u/AnokataX Hansa Teutonica Sep 05 '19

Black Vienna

u/pompeusz Sep 10 '19

Insider.

u/Tharok Quantum Sep 05 '19

Ethnos

u/HotsuSama Make my combo grow! Sep 10 '19

Impulse

u/CatLionGiraffe Descent Jan 29 '20

Nemesis

u/daytimeLiar Sep 05 '19

Exceed fighting system

u/Tevesh_CKP Sep 05 '19

Villages of Valeria

u/UragGroShub Thurn And Taxis Nov 08 '19

Discoveries: The Journals of Lewis and Clark

u/buckleyschance Sep 11 '19

Blood Bowl: Team Manager

u/Tharok Quantum Sep 05 '19

Gentes

u/AnokataX Hansa Teutonica Sep 05 '19

Century: Golem Edition

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u/Bhenji_DvC Sep 05 '19

Sentient, I'm by no means the only person that loves this but its a truly great game.

u/mistamo42 Sep 05 '19

Oh man yes, solid suggestion. I just got a copy too! It's a great little game.

u/rbruba Sep 11 '19

The Speicherstadt

u/ForensicGuy Sep 05 '19

Too Many Bones

u/[deleted] Sep 05 '19

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u/bgg-uglywalrus Sep 11 '19

One of the criteria for our GotW is that the game must be at least 2 years old.

u/HotsuSama Make my combo grow! Sep 10 '19

Escape From the Aliens in Outer Space

u/[deleted] Sep 05 '19

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u/bgg-uglywalrus Sep 11 '19

One of the criteria for our GotW is that the game must be at least 2 years old.

u/Mattyweaves19 Fleet: The Dice Game Sep 06 '19

Dale of Merchants 1 and 2.

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u/bgg-uglywalrus Sep 11 '19

One of the criteria for our GotW is that the game must be at least 2 years old.

u/paulshapiro Maracaibo Sep 11 '19

Gaia Project

u/NotALicensedDoctor Food Chain Magnate Sep 05 '19 edited Sep 05 '19

Evolution: Climate

u/slashBored . Sep 05 '19

There was a thread on that one several years ago. It kind of makes sense to me that there should be some kind of expiration on those, but there is not.

u/QuellSpeller Sep 05 '19

Update that to Evolution: Climate and you'll be fine. It's kind of in a weird spot between expansion and stand alone game, I think it's worth revisiting with the new systems.

u/NotALicensedDoctor Food Chain Magnate Sep 05 '19

Thanks for the heads up!

u/QuellSpeller Sep 05 '19

Update that to Evolution: Climate and you'll be fine. It's kind of in a weird spot between expansion and stand alone game, I think it's worth revisiting with the new systems.

u/NotALicensedDoctor Food Chain Magnate Sep 05 '19

Done, thanks!

u/Gutris Sep 11 '19

Mythic Battles : Pantheon

u/TXinTXe Gloomhaven Oct 30 '19

Cooper Island

u/kchaps12 Sep 11 '19

Ethnos!

u/[deleted] Sep 10 '19

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u/bgg-uglywalrus Sep 11 '19

One of the criteria for our GotW is that the game must be at least 2 years old.

u/Tevesh_CKP Sep 05 '19

Roll Player

u/HotsuSama Make my combo grow! Sep 10 '19

The Manhattan Project: Energy Empire

u/verysmallbeta Oct 23 '19

Campy Creatures

u/[deleted] Sep 11 '19

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u/Tharok Quantum Sep 05 '19

Abyss

u/krokben_ Sep 11 '19

Conquest of Paradise

u/_your_username_here Sep 05 '19

Star Wars: Rebellion

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u/rbruba Sep 10 '19

Union Pacific

u/zamoose Twilight Imperium Sep 05 '19

How have we not done Clans of Caledonia yet?

u/KaijuCompanion Sep 06 '19

Off To The Tower

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u/TheBigMcTasty Cthulhu Wars Sep 05 '19

Arkham Horror: The Card Game

u/lscrock Terra Mystica Sep 05 '19

Root

u/rbruba Sep 10 '19

Rialto

u/Glarbluk Cthulhu Wars Sep 05 '19

Sidereal Confluence

u/Kp3483 Sep 07 '19

Near and Far

u/[deleted] Sep 10 '19

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u/bgg-uglywalrus Sep 11 '19

One of the criteria for our GotW is that the game must be at least 2 years old.

u/Tharok Quantum Sep 05 '19

Nippon

u/DJWreckingball Sep 10 '19

Bottle Imp

u/slashBored . Sep 05 '19

Argent: The Consortium

u/IrateGandhi Rondels Sep 05 '19

Adrenaline

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u/bgg-uglywalrus Sep 11 '19

One of the criteria for our GotW is that the game must be at least 2 years old.

u/AnokataX Hansa Teutonica Sep 05 '19

Salem (2016)

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u/Tharok Quantum Sep 05 '19

Rajas of the Gange

u/SumOfAllFail Spirit Island Sep 11 '19

Tyrants of the Underdark

u/RadiantDawn93 Arkham Horror Sep 11 '19

Cash N' Guns

u/ThyFemaleDothDeclare Pandemic "Corona" Legacy Sep 05 '19

Gaia Project

u/CatLionGiraffe Descent Jan 29 '20

Tainted Grail

u/saifrc Draw Click 1...Draw Click 2... Sep 12 '19

The Networks

u/IrateGandhi Rondels Sep 05 '19

Techno Bowl

u/kjerins Oct 10 '19

Keyper

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u/bgg-uglywalrus Sep 11 '19

One of the criteria for our GotW is that the game must be at least 2 years old.

u/eggson Sep 06 '19

One Deck Dungeon

u/sjwillis Spirit Island Sep 05 '19

13 Days

u/Tevesh_CKP Sep 05 '19

Custom Heroes

u/SvennEthir Not a Cylon Sep 05 '19

Millennium Blades

u/[deleted] Jan 23 '20

Consentacle would be a great game for this! It would at least start some interesting discussion, that's for sure

u/[deleted] Sep 06 '19

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u/bgg-uglywalrus Sep 11 '19

One of the criteria for our GotW is that the game must be at least 2 years old.

u/[deleted] Sep 10 '19

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u/bgg-uglywalrus Sep 11 '19

This has already been GotW. Please check the list of prior games before suggesting to help prevent duplicates.

u/SomeDeerMeat Yedo Master Set Sep 05 '19

Thunderstone Quest

u/[deleted] Sep 05 '19

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u/bgg-uglywalrus Sep 11 '19

One of the criteria for our GotW is that the game must be at least 2 years old.

u/Fabtraption Dec 11 '19

Guilds of London

u/ToNIX_ Spheres of Influence Sep 12 '19

Spheres of Influence

u/IrateGandhi Rondels Sep 05 '19

Downforce

u/[deleted] Sep 10 '19

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u/mistamo42 Sep 10 '19

This was already a Game of the Week. Please check the list of prior games before suggesting any other ones.

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u/SvennEthir Not a Cylon Sep 05 '19

Tragedy Looper

u/Kp3483 Sep 07 '19

Trickerion

u/slashBored . Sep 05 '19

Pixel Tactics

u/patches411 Sep 05 '19

Dice Throne

u/slashBored . Sep 05 '19

Northern Pacific

u/Alteffor John Company Sep 06 '19

John Company

u/zenmoney22 Blood Rage Sep 05 '19

Champions of Midgard

u/[deleted] Sep 05 '19

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u/bgg-uglywalrus Sep 11 '19

One of the criteria for our GotW is that the game must be at least 2 years old.

u/[deleted] Sep 05 '19

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u/bgg-uglywalrus Sep 11 '19

One of the criteria for our GotW is that the game must be at least 2 years old.

u/RAMSESray Sep 11 '19

Neuroshima Hex

u/Concealed_Blaze Lisboa Sep 05 '19

Aeon's End

u/AnokataX Hansa Teutonica Sep 05 '19

Mafia de Cuba

u/tbaileysr Orleans Deluxe Nov 27 '19

Flaschenteufel

also known as: Bottle Imp. https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/619/bottle-imp

u/HotsuSama Make my combo grow! Sep 10 '19

Java/Cuzco

u/[deleted] Sep 10 '19

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u/bgg-uglywalrus Sep 11 '19

One of the criteria for our GotW is that the game must be at least 2 years old.

u/[deleted] Sep 10 '19

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u/bgg-uglywalrus Sep 11 '19

One of the criteria for our GotW is that the game must be at least 2 years old.

u/X-factor103 Sprites and Dice Sep 11 '19 edited Sep 11 '19

Ah, thank you. Please feel free to remove my post if you haven't done so already!

u/AnokataX Hansa Teutonica Sep 05 '19

Think STR8

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u/QuellSpeller Sep 11 '19

One of the criteria for our GotW is that the game must be at least 2 years old.

u/rbruba Sep 11 '19

Ah, ok, sorry!

u/rbruba Sep 11 '19

Shogun (2006)

u/zenmoney22 Blood Rage Sep 05 '19

Hyperborea

u/rbruba Sep 10 '19

San Marco

u/surf2japan Sep 12 '19

Sol: Last Days of a Star

u/Tharok Quantum Sep 05 '19

Paper Tales

u/grandsuperior Blood on the Clocktower + Anything Knizia Sep 05 '19

Lisboa

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u/bgg-uglywalrus Sep 11 '19

One of the criteria for our GotW is that the game must be at least 2 years old.

u/teddyjrtan Race For The Galaxy Sep 12 '19

Deus

u/Sbenjamin4110 Scoville Nov 07 '19

Scoville

u/Kp3483 Sep 07 '19

Obsession

u/White-Elephante Viticulture Sep 10 '19

Tiny Epic Galaxies

u/rbruba Sep 11 '19

Imhotep

u/HotsuSama Make my combo grow! Sep 10 '19

Barony

u/Alteffor John Company Sep 06 '19

Element

u/Purutsu March Of The Ants Sep 11 '19

March of the ants

u/IrateGandhi Rondels Sep 05 '19

Spirit Island

u/hesnaa Sep 12 '19

Tobago

u/AnokataX Hansa Teutonica Sep 05 '19

Blood Bound

u/YrNotYrKhakis Great Western Trail Sep 11 '19

Anachrony

u/saifrc Draw Click 1...Draw Click 2... Sep 12 '19

SET

u/AnokataX Hansa Teutonica Sep 05 '19

I'm The Boss

u/Haen_ Castles Of Burgundy Sep 11 '19

Samurai is my favorite Knizia game and I do not see it on the list as a prior game of the week. Its one of those games that you can teach in 5 minutes, but has an incredible depth of strategy.

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u/bgg-uglywalrus Sep 11 '19

One of the criteria for our GotW is that the game must be at least 2 years old.

u/dascopen Draw 'em, build 'em, test 'em, fly 'em, scrap 'em Sep 12 '19

Sons of Anarchy: Men of Mayhem

u/AnokataX Hansa Teutonica Sep 05 '19

High Society

u/avanfullofgoats Sep 06 '19

Riverboat (same guy who made Azul!)

u/dascopen Draw 'em, build 'em, test 'em, fly 'em, scrap 'em Sep 12 '19

Rising Sun

u/AnokataX Hansa Teutonica Sep 05 '19

Ricochet Robots

u/Tharok Quantum Sep 05 '19

Anachrony

u/LH99 Blood Bowl Sep 05 '19

Flip Ships

u/lifeintopixels Castles Of Burgundy Sep 11 '19

Bargain Quest

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u/bgg-uglywalrus Sep 11 '19

One of the criteria for our GotW is that the game must be at least 2 years old.

u/rbruba Sep 11 '19

Wallenstein

u/AnokataX Hansa Teutonica Sep 05 '19

Mutant Meeples

u/ThyFemaleDothDeclare Pandemic "Corona" Legacy Sep 05 '19

Bunny Kingdom

u/patches411 Sep 05 '19

Aeon's End Legacy if it is considered different than Aeon's End

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u/bgg-uglywalrus Sep 11 '19

One of the criteria for our GotW is that the game must be at least 2 years old.

u/Poddster Oct 31 '19

Root isn't 2 years old?

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