| 1 | Lost Cities | 9.0 | 57 | 108 | | | 1999 | Reiner Knizia | Filosofia Editions & Devir & Galakta & Piatnik & Marektoy & Midgaard Games & Tilsit & Kosmos (Franckh-Kosmos) & 999 Games & KoreaBoardGames & Rio Grande Games | I am unlikely to get tired of playing this game. It's classic enough that I'll be playing this 10 years from now - not unlike the staying power of something like cribbage. It's popular to bash, but this is a great game. |
| 2 | Jambo | 8.0 | 25 | 133 | | | 2004 | Rüdiger Dorn | Filosofia Editions & Kosmos (Franckh-Kosmos) & Quined White Goblin Games (QWG) & Rio Grande Games | |
| 3 | Blue Moon | 6.0 | 2 | 178 | | | 2004 | Reiner Knizia | Tilsit & Kosmos (Franckh-Kosmos) & 999 Games & Fantasy Flight Games | The art on the cards is gorgeous!
I really wanted to like this game, but after a couple of plays - it just really didn't sit with me or some of the folks I game with. Game play didn't seem overly deep, and just didn't grab me. That and the natural tendency to want to buy all of the expansions guaranteed a quick visit on my game shelf. Somewhat reluctantly, I traded this for Jambo. |
| 4 | Odin's Ravens | 7.0 | 12 | 345 | | | 2002 | Thorsten Gimmler | Tilsit & Kosmos (Franckh-Kosmos) & Rio Grande Games | |
| 5 | Balloon Cup | 7.0 | 6 | 333 | | | 2003 | Stephen Glenn | Paper Iyagi & Tilsit & Kosmos (Franckh-Kosmos) & 999 Games & KoreaBoardGames & Rio Grande Games | Surprising fun. Nice, somewhat relaxing game with just a bit of "take that". Controlling the way the cubes disperse is a slight hassle - but an otherwise good game. |
| 6 | Kahuna | 8.0 | 12 | 369 | | | 1998 | Günter Cornett | Filosofia Editions & Paper Iyagi & Tilsit & Kosmos (Franckh-Kosmos) & 999 Games & KoreaBoardGames & Rio Grande Games | |
| 7 | Babel | 7.0 | 9 | 375 | | | 2000 | Uwe Rosenberg & Hagen Dorgathen | Tilsit & Kosmos (Franckh-Kosmos) & 999 Games & Rio Grande Games | |
| 8 | Hera and Zeus | 8.0 | 7 | 492 | | | 2000 | Richard Borg | Kosmos (Franckh-Kosmos) & 999 Games & Rio Grande Games | |
| 9 | Caesar & Cleopatra | 7.0 | 12 | 531 | | | 1997 | Wolfgang Lüdtke | Tilsit & Kosmos (Franckh-Kosmos) & 999 Games & Rio Grande Games | |
| 10 | Rosenkönig | | | 484 | | yes | 1997 | Dirk Henn | Tilsit & Kosmos (Franckh-Kosmos) & db-Spiele & 999 Games | |
| 11 | Flowerpower | | | 740 | | | 2001 | Angelika Fassauer & Peter Haluszka | Kosmos (Franckh-Kosmos) | |
| 12 | Hellas | 6.0 | 1 | 833 | | | 2002 | Franz-Benno Delonge | Tilsit & Kosmos (Franckh-Kosmos) & Rio Grande Games | |
| 13 | Dracula | 7.0 | 4 | 922 | | | 2003 | Michael Rieneck | Tilsit & Kosmos (Franckh-Kosmos) & Rio Grande Games | |
| 14 | Heave Ho! | 7.0 | 7 | 1170 | | | 2002 | Richard Borg | Tilsit & Kosmos (Franckh-Kosmos) & Rio Grande Games | |
| 15 | Pyramiden des Jaguar, die | | | 1206 | | yes | 2002 | Günter Burkhardt | Kosmos (Franckh-Kosmos) & 999 Games | |
| 16 | Druidenwalzer | | 3 | 1579 | | | 1999 | Michael Rieneck | Kosmos (Franckh-Kosmos) | |
| 17 | Tally Ho! | | | 1292 | | | 1973 | Rudi Hoffmann | Spears & Tilsit & Kosmos (Franckh-Kosmos) & 999 Games & KoreaBoardGames & Rio Grande Games | |
| 18 | Elk Fest | | | 1161 | | | 1999 | Hermann Huber | Mayfair Games & Tilsit & Kosmos (Franckh-Kosmos) | |
| 19 | Times Square | | | 1317 | | | 2006 | Reiner Knizia | Kosmos (Franckh-Kosmos) & Rio Grande Games | |
| 20 | Starship Catan | | | 228 | | | 2001 | Klaus Teuber | Mayfair Games & Tilsit & Kosmos (Franckh-Kosmos) & 999 Games | |
| 21 | Settlers of Catan Card Game, The | 4.0 | 1 | 211 | | | 1996 | Klaus Teuber | Filosofia Editions & Devir & Marektoy & Mayfair Games & Tilsit & Kosmos (Franckh-Kosmos) & 999 Games | Long and unemarkable. |
| 22 | Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation | 8.0 | 5 | 76 | | | 2002 | Reiner Knizia | Galakta & Alga (Brio) & Tilsit & Kosmos (Franckh-Kosmos) & 999 Games & Nexus & Fantasy Flight Games | |
| 23 | Reef, The | | | 2285 | | | 2000 | Christine Lehmann & Wolfgang A. Lehmann | Kosmos (Franckh-Kosmos) & Rio Grande Games | |
| 24 | Lord of the Rings: The Search | | | 4711 | | | 2001 | Peter Neugebauer | Devir & Kosmos (Franckh-Kosmos) & 999 Games & Rio Grande Games | |
| 25 | Lord of the Rings - The Duel | | | 1780 | | yes | 2002 | Peter Neugebauer | Tilsit & Kosmos (Franckh-Kosmos) & 999 Games & Rio Grande Games & Nexus | |
| 26 | Crocodile Pool Party | | | 4786 | | | 1968 | Rudi Hoffmann | Kosmos (Franckh-Kosmos) & Schmidt Spiele & Rio Grande Games | |
| 27 | Asterix & Obelix | | | 4148 | | | 2006 | Michael Rieneck | Kosmos (Franckh-Kosmos) | |
| 28 | Avalon | | | 4445 | | | 2003 | Leo Colovini | Kosmos (Franckh-Kosmos) | |