My Top 100 Board/Card Games
as of 2005

(as given in a lecture at Game Con 1, Malaysia)

Realize that these numbers are extremely subjective.  They may not match my ratings at www.boardgamegeek.com, my previous lists, etc.  But as of the first week of December, 2005 - these are my choices if I could only keep 100 games - and the order I would put them in.  Links go to reviews I've done of the games, which I thought would be better than short comments.  I kept expansions off the list deliberately, although some of the games wouldn't be on this list without exapansions (like Settlers, for example.)  I'm sure I'm the only person who agrees with this list, but who cares!

# 100	Settlers of Catan + Seafarers of Catan
# 99	Vabanque
# 98	Starfarers of Catan
# 97	Mississippi Queen
# 96	Fearsome Floors
# 95	Dune
# 94	Puerto Rico
# 93	Bootleggers
# 92	Lord of the Rings: Confrontation
# 91	Talking Tango
# 90	Cloud 9
# 89	Mamma Mia / Sole Mia
# 88	Succession: Intrigue in the Royal Court
# 87	Chinatown
# 86	Castle
# 85	Yinsh
# 84	10 Days in the USA / 10 Days in Africa
# 83	Doom
# 82	Runebound
# 81	Zendo
# 80	China
# 79	Camelot Legends
# 78	Wildlife
# 77	I'm the Boss
# 76	Alladin's Dragons
# 75	Um Reifenbreite
# 74	Big City
# 73	Manila
# 72	Dragon's Gold
# 71	Serenessima
# 70	Fortress America
# 69	Traumfabrik
# 68	Pueblo
# 67	Java
# 66	Queen's Necklace
# 65	Way out West
# 64	Garden Competition
# 63	Santiago
# 62	Ra
# 61	Amun Re
# 60	Manhatten
# 59	Return of the Heroes
# 58	Maharaja
# 57	San Francisco
# 56	Oasis
# 55	Capitol
# 54	Union Pacific
# 53	Acquire
# 52	Ave Caesar
# 51	You're Bluffing
# 50	Princes of the Renaissance
# 49	Die Macher
# 48	Modern Art
# 47	La Citta
# 46	Battleline
# 45	Beyond Balderdash
# 44	Pirate's Cove
# 43	Keythedral
# 42	Reef Encounter
# 41	Goa
# 40	Colossal Arena / Titan: the Arena
# 39	Domaine
# 38	Power Grid
# 37	Werewolf
# 36	Kingdoms
# 35	Carcassonne + expansions
# 34	Heroscape
# 33	Warangel
# 32	Apples to Apples
# 31	Kremlin
# 30	Shadows over Camelot
# 29	Through the Desert
# 28	Conquest of the Empire
# 27	Robo Rally
# 26	Carabande
# 25	Carcassonne: the City
# 24	Mystery of the Abbey
# 23	Dungeon Twister
# 22	Battlestations
# 21	Ursuppe
# 20	7 Ages
# 19	Fist of Dragonstones
# 18	Citadels
# 17	Bang!
# 16	Tigris and Euphrates
# 15	War of the Ring
# 14	Lost Valley
# 13	Railroad Tycoon
# 12	Why did the Chicken?
# 11	Time's Up
# 10	Lost Cities
# 9	Age of Steam
# 8	Liberte
# 7	El Grande
# 6	Memoir '44
# 5	Wallenstein
# 4	Ticket to Ride / Ticket to Ride: Europe
# 3	Twilight Imperium 3
# 2	Cosmic Encounter
# 1	Duel of Ages

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