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Top 10 Strategy Board Games

If you're anything like me, there's something incredibly satisfying about a board game that makes you stop and think. The kind where every decision matters, every turn changes your plan, and you're still thinking about what you should have done differently long after the game is over.

Are these games weighty? Well...yes. But they are all amazing in their own right, and if you enjoy a game that really makes you think, they're absolutely worth the time to learn.

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Brass: Birmingham
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Brass: Birmingham

2–4 players

Brass: Birmingham is an economic strategy game sequel to Martin Wallace's 2007 masterpiece, Brass. Birmingham tells the story of competing entrepreneurs in Birmingham during the industrial revolution, between the years of 1770-1870. Ages 14+ | 60-120 min | 2-4 Players As in its predecessor, you must develop, build, and establish your industries and network, in an effort to exploit low or high market demands.

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Ark Nova

Ark Nova

1–4 players

In Ark Nova, you will plan and design a modern, scientifically managed zoo. With the ultimate goal of owning the most successful zoological establishment, you will build enclosures, accommodate animals, and support conservation projects all over the world. Specialists and unique buildings will help you in achieving this goal. Each player has a set of five action cards to manage their gameplay, and the power of an action is determined by the slot the card currently occupies. The cards in question are: CARDS: Allows you to gain new zoo cards (animals, sponsors, and conservation project cards). BUILD: Allows you to build standard or special enclosures, kiosks, and pavilions. ANIMALS: Allows you to accommodate animals in your zoo. ASSOCIATION: Allows your association workers to carry out different tasks. SPONSORS: Allows...

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Pandemic - Legacy Season 2 (Black Edition)

Pandemic - Legacy Season 2 (Black Edition)

2–4 players

The world is a mystery after a devastating pandemic—where will your team go?  2-4 Players  |  60+ Mins  |  Ages 14+ Features: Action Points, Cooperative Game, Hand Management, Legacy Game, Pick-up and Deliver, Point to Point Movement, Set Collection, Tags, Trading, Variable Player Powers Theme: Environmental, Exploration, Medical, Science Fiction Description: PANDEMIC LEGACY: SEASON 2 Embark on an epic adventure to bring humanity back from the brink of extinction in this standalone follow-up to the acclaimed Pandemic Legacy: Season 1. Black and Yellow Editions have variant covers; game contents are the same. A NEW MISSION The world almost ended seventy-one years ago. A virulent plague came out of nowhere and ravaged the world. For three generations, small groups of survivors have struggled to keep the world alive. Operating...

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Gloomhaven (Second Edition)

Gloomhaven (Second Edition)

1–4 players

Vanquish monsters with strategic cardplay in an updated edition of Gloomhaven.  1-4 Players  |  60-120 Mins  |  Ages 14+ Features: Action Queue, Action Retrieval, Campaign / Battle Card Driven, Card Play Conflict Resolution, Communication Limits, Cooperative Game, Critical Hits and Failures, Deck Construction, Grid Movement, Hand Management, Hexagon Grid, Legacy Game, Modular Board, Once-Per-Game Abilities, Role Playing, Scenario / Mission / Campaign Game, Simultaneous Action Selection, Solo / Solitaire GameTags, Variable Player Powers Theme: Adventure, Exploration, Fantasy, Fighting, Miniatures Description: Gloomhaven: Second Edition is a revised and elevated version of the award-winning core game of Gloomhaven. This is the culmination of everything Isaac Childres and the growing Cephalofair Games team have learned since the initial release of Gloomhaven, including feedback from the community, playtesters, co-designers, and developers. The world, story, and challenging gameplay are all still the same, but there is a plethora of additional content to explore. Even for...

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Dune Imperum Uprising

Dune Imperum Uprising

2–6 players

In Dune: Imperium Uprising, you want to continue to balance military might with political intrigue, wielding new tools in pursuit of victory. Spies will shore up your plans, vital contracts will expand your resources, or you can learn the ways of the Fremen and ride mighty sandworms into battle! Dune: Imperium Uprising is a standalone spinoff to Dune: Imperium that expands on that game's blend of deck-building and worker placement, while introducing a new six-player mode that pits two teams against one other in the biggest struggle yet. The Dune: Imperium expansions Rise of Ix and Immortality work with with Uprising, as do almost all of the cards from the base game, and elements of Uprising can be used with Dune: Imperium. The choices are yours. The Imperium...

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Dune Imperium

Dune Imperium

1–4 players

Raise your banner above the vast wasteland before you. As the Great Houses of the Landsraad marshal their forces and their spies, whom will you influence, and whom will you betray? A tyrannical Emperor. The secretive Bene Gesserit. The shrewd Spacing Guild. The ferocious Fremen of the Deep Desert. The power of the Imperium can be yours, but war is not the only way to claim it. Dune Imperium blends deck-building and worker placement in a deeply thematic new strategy game where the fate of the Empire hangs on your decisions. Will you seek political allies or rely upon military might? Economic strength or subtle intrigues? A council seat… or a sharpened blade? The cards are dealt. The choice is yours. The Imperium awaits.

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Terraforming Mars

Terraforming Mars

1–4 players

In the 2400s, mankind begins to terraform the planet Mars. Giant corporations, sponsored by the World Government on Earth, initiate huge projects to raise the temperature, the oxygen level, and the ocean coverage until the environment is habitable. In Terraforming Mars, you play one of those corporations and work together in the terraforming process, but compete for getting victory points that are awarded not only for your contribution to the terraforming, but also for advancing human infrastructure throughout the solar system, and doing other commendable things. - 1 to 5 players (features a robust solo mode)

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Gaia Project a Terra Mystica Game

Gaia Project a Terra Mystica Game

1–4 players

Expand, research, upgrade, and settle the galaxy with one of 14 alien species.  1-4 Players  |  60-150 Mins  |  Ages 12+ Features: End Game Bonuses, Hexagon Grid, Income, Modular Board, Network and Route Building Theme: Civilization, Economic, Miniatures, Science Fiction, Space Exploration, Territory Building Description: Set your sights on distant stars and strive to colonize the galaxy in Gaia Project, the follow-up to the smash hit Terra Mystica! True to the foundations that made Terra Mystica a massive success, this box invites one to four players to forge their own galactic empires. Explore the vast reaches of space and convert planets to meet your faction’s unique environmental needs as you seek to tighten your grasp on the galaxy. Fourteen unique factions stand ready to boldly take their first steps...

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Spirit Island

Spirit Island

1–4 players

In the most distant reaches of the world, magic still exists, embodied by spirits of the land, of the sky, and of every natural thing. As the great powers of Europe stretch their colonial empires further and further, they will inevitably lay claim to a place where spirits still hold power – and when they do, the land itself will fight back alongside the islanders who live there. Spirit Island is a complex and thematic cooperative game about defending your island home from colonising Invaders. Players are different spirits of the land, each with its own unique elemental powers. Every turn, players simultaneously choose which of their power cards to play, paying energy to do so. Using combinations of power cards that match a spirit's elemental affinities can grant...

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SETI Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence

SETI Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence

1–4 players

Search for signs of alien life by launching probes and analyzing distant signals.  1-4 Players  |  40-160 Mins  |  Ages 13+ Features: End Game Bonuses, Income, Multi-Use Cards, Resource to Move, Solo / Solitaire Game Theme: Science Fiction, Space Exploration Description: In SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, a eurogame for 1–4 players, you lead a scientific institution tasked with searching for traces of life beyond planet Earth. The game draws inspiration from current or emerging technologies and efforts in space exploration. Players will explore nearby planets and their moons by launching probes from Earth while taking advantage of ever-shifting planetary positions. Decide whether to land on their surface to collect valuable samples, or stay in orbit for a broader survey. Additionally, by directing your telescopes to gaze into distant...

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