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Economic Board Games, Craid's Top Board Games - Board Game of the Year
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December 17, 2025
1
Imperial 2030
2009
2
Power Grid
2004
3
Barrage
2019
4
Container: 10th Anniversary Jumbo Edition!
2018
5
Acquire
1963
6
Ark Nova
2021
7
The Rich and the Good
2008
8
Food Chain Magnate
2015
9
1822: The Railways of Great Britain
2016
10
Automobile
2009
11
Shark
1987
12
Viticulture
2013
Viticulture Essential Edition
13
City of the Living
2013
14
Union Stockyards
2023
15
Jet Set
2008
16
Amalfi
2020
17
Ponzi Scheme
2015
18
Indonesia
2005
19
Ground Floor
2012
20
Future Inc.
2023
21
Manager
1979
22
Tycoon: India 1981
2025
23
Wabash Cannonball
2007
24
Wolf Street
2025
25
Black Friday
2010
26
Crisis
2016
27
Mogul
2015
28
Cape May
2021
29
Global Mogul
2013
30
Mercurius
2012
31
Panamax
2014
32
Saint Petersburg
2004
33
Airlines Europe
2011
34
Bear Raid
2022
35
Nucleum
2023
36
Pan Am
2020
37
Salton Sea
2024
38
Ceres
2023
39
Brick & Mortar
2021
40
Speculation
1992
41
Smartphone Inc.
2018
42
20th Century
2010
43
Green Deal
2014
44
City of the Big Shoulders
2019
45
Star Tycoon
2024
46
Brass: Birmingham
2018
47
Concordia
2013
48
Foundations of Metropolis
2024
49
Gonza Index
2023
50
Big Shot
2001
51
Vegas Showdown
2005
52
CATAN
1995
53
Furnace
2020
54
Crude: The Oil Game
1974
55
Clans of Caledonia
2017
56
Cuba
2007
57
Smoothie Wars
2024
58
QE
2019
59
Logistico
2003
60
Prêt-à-Porter
2010
61
Happy Pigs
2013
62
GigaWatt
2022
63
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio
2008
64
Hegemony: Lead Your Class to Victory
2023
65
Yokohama
2016
66
Modern Art
1992
67
For Sale
1997
68
Iberian Railways
2017
69
Import / Export
2017
70
Windmill Valley
2024
71
Rise
2022
72
Automania
2015
73
Augsburg 1520
2006
74
Arkwright: The Card Game
2021
75
Big Boss
1994
76
Carnegie
2022
77
Magnate: The First City
2021
78
Asian Tigers: A Story of Prosperity
2024
79
Underwater Cities
2018
80
Terra Futura
2021
81
Terraforming Mars
2016
82
Planet B
2022
83
Navegador
2010
84
The Pillars of the Earth
2006
85
Power Struggle
2009
86
London Markets
2016
87
The Estates
2018
88
Chinatown
1999
89
Incorporated
2016
90
Stadium
2017
91
Cuvée
2023
92
Distilled
2023
93
World Exchangers
2022
94
Steam
2009
95
Raccoon Tycoon
2018
96
Shipyard (Second Edition)
2023
97
Vegetable Stock
2019
98
Crystal Palace
2019
99
Earth 2053: Tipping Point
2025
100
Stinky Business
2015
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