Best Games of 2023

Brendan looks back at 2023 and reflects on which games are his favorite and which games deserve special recognition. Join us, won’t you?Exempted from Consideration49. Evacuation (2023)Top 5 Games of 2023Nucleum (2023)Voidfall (2023)Septima (2023)Daybreak (2023)Forest Shuffle (2023)Superlative Games of 2023Best Legacy Game: Sagrada Artisans (2023)Coolest Gimmick: Faraway (2023)Most silly: DroPolter (2023)Funniest: Freelancers: A Crossroads Game (2023)Most meditative: Tipperary (2023)Best game no one wants to play with me: Fiction (2023)Awesome Components: Globetrotting (2023)2023 games I have played but did not grant awardsEarth (2023)Star Wars: The Deckbuilding Game (2023)Sky Team (2023)Age of Innovation (2023)Cosmoctopus (2023)Distilled (2023)Apiary (2023)Forbidden Jungle (2023)The A.R.T. Project (2023)Thunder Road: Vendetta (2023)After Us (2023)Nimalia (2023)Expeditions (2023)Rats of Wistar (2023)Point City (2023)That’s Not a Hat (2023)Everdell Farshore (2023)Amun-Re: 20th Anniversary Edition (2023)Chicken! (2023)Bark Avenue (2023)Dungeons & Dragons: Bedlam in Neverwinter (2023)Mother of Frankenstein (2023)Smug Owls (2023)TIME Stories Revolution: Cavendish (2023)Leaf (2023)Perspectives (2023)2023 games that I want to play but haven’t.Earthborne Rangers (2023)The Fox Experiment (2023)Sail (2023)My Island (2023)First in Flight (2023)Wild Tiled West (2023)City of the Great Machine (2023)Hollywood 1947 (2023)Hegemony: Lead Your Class to Victory (2023)Darwin’s Journey (2023)The White Castle (2023)Ticket to Ride Legacy: Legends of the West (2023)The Vale of Eternity (2023)Knarr (2023)Stationfall (2023)Kutná Hora: The City of Silver (2023)Unmatched Adventures: Tales to Amaze (2023)What are your favorite 2023 games? Share your thinking over on Boardgamegeek in guild #3269.