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Man vs. Meeple, Emily's Top Board Games - Board Game of the Year
Man vs. Meeple
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Kanban EV
2020
2
Earth
2023
3
Weather Machine
2022
4
Azul: Queen's Garden
2021
5
Dune: Imperium
2020
6
Nertz
1930
7
The Search for Planet X
2020
8
Race for the Galaxy
2007
9
Cryptid
2018
10
Paladins of the West Kingdom
2019
11
Clank! In! Space!: A Deck-Building Adventure
2017
12
Pictionary
1985
13
The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine
2019
14
Boonlake
2021
15
Crusaders: Thy Will Be Done
2018
16
La Granja
2014
17
Taboo
1989
18
Concordia Venus
2018
19
Maracaibo
2019
20
Great Western Trail
2016
21
Just One
2018
22
Corrosion
2021
23
Unfair
2017
24
Underwater Cities
2018
25
The Gallerist
2015
26
On Mars
2020
27
Orléans
2014
28
Décorum
2022
29
Spyfall
2014
30
Riverside
2021
31
Time's Up!
1999
32
Rococo: Deluxe Edition
2020
33
Hanabi
2010
34
Troyes
2010
35
The Magnificent
2019
36
Agricola (Revised Edition)
2016
37
Viticulture
2013
Viticulture Essential Edition
38
Viscounts of the West Kingdom
2020
39
7 Wonders Duel
2015
40
Caverna: The Cave Farmers
2013
41
Lorenzo il Magnifico
2016
42
Praga Caput Regni
2020
43
Disney Villainous: The Worst Takes it All
2018
44
Red Rising
2021
45
Machi Koro
2012
46
Azul: Summer Pavilion
2019
47
Werewords
2017
48
Blackout: Hong Kong
2018
49
Cranium
1998
50
SET
1988
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