Top Board Games of 2020

A big part of having regular game nights with our friends is arguing about who wins the most. A few years ago we decided to start keeping a Game Night Ledger to help us work out these disputes.

(Scotty wins 45% of the time, which means the other three of us split the remaining 55% Chad has really increased his winnings in the past year, though, so we need to update our stats).

Last year we looked back over our ledger and determined our top ten board games of 2019. We calculated it according to how many times we played each game, but we knew that wouldn't give us the most accurate results because you can't rank a 20-minute card game against a 2-hour strategy board game by counting the number of times played. So for 2020, we looked at how many game nights featured each game rather than how many times we played each game. 

(Don't think too hard about it... just go with it!)

Based on our new method of calculation, these are our top board games of 2020:

Honorable Mentions

I had to give two honorable mentions because these two games just barely didn't make the list, yet I love them both immensely: Hacienda and Ticket to Ride: Europe. 

#10: Codenames

#9: Risk

#8 Agricola

#7: The Princes of Florence

#6:Mariposas

#5: Bohnanza

#4: Splendor

#3: Love Letter

#2: 7 Wonders

#1: Wingspan

Codenames, Mariposas, and Wingspan were all new (to us) in 2020. Other games we learned in 2020 were Azul, Mysterium, Sushi Go, and Trash Pandas. Scotty and I also learned 7 Wonders Duel, Castles of Burgundy, Chameleon, and Race for the Galaxy, but Race for the Galaxy was during the worst of our COVID stress, and our brains were complete mush, so it kind of traumatized us, and we haven't touched it since. 

Here's to great gaming in 2021!