My Top 10 Favorite Games of 2023

Today I’m discussing my favorite games that were released or widely available for the first time in 2023.

• New Stonemaier-Related Products Released This Year: Expeditions, Apiary, Tapestry: Fantasies & Futures, Rolling Realms promos, Wingspan Fan Art Pack

• 2023 Releases I Haven’t Had the Chance to Try Yet (that I’m most eager to try): Ticket to Ride Legacy, The White Castle, The Witcher Old World, Merv, Imperial Miners, Stationfall, Waffle Time, Votes for Women

• Favorite Expansion: Gulpax's Secret (Roll Player Adventures); honorable mentions are Marine Worlds (Ark Nova) and The Missing Expedition (Lost Ruins of Arnak)

• Favorite Campaign Game: Gulpax's Secret (Roll Player Adventures) and Sagrada Artisans; honorable mentions are Oathsworn, The Missing Expedition (Lost Ruins of Arnak), Sleeping Gods: Distant Skies

• Sequels and New Editions (top 5): Santa's Workshop; honorable mentions are Ra, Sleeping Gods: Distant Skies, Castles of Burgundy, and Age of Innovation

• Favorite New-to-Me Games Released Before 2023 (top 6): Marvel Remix, Box One, Honga, St Patrick, Twinkle Starship, Ito

• Favorite New-to-Me Digital Game (any release date): A Short Hike; honorable mentions are Legends of Runeterra, The Last Campfire, Wildfrost

• Favorite Megagames: Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser (   • 20 Highlights of the Star Wars Galact...  , Den of Wolves

• 2024 Releases I’m the Most Excited About: The 7th Citadel, Mythwind, Star Realms Rise of Empire, Robomon, Tidal Blades 2, Creature Caravan, Luddite, Charcuterie, Undergrove, Kelp, Mons and Mages, Flame & Fang, Kavango, Diatoms, Millenia, Stonespine Architects, Kraken Skulls, Thiefdom, Clank Legacy 2, Let’s Go to Japan, Ecosfera, An Age Contrived

• Ambassador Picks: Apiary and Expeditions, Earth, Septima, Ticket to Ride Legacy, Darwin’s Journey, Distilled, Star Wars Deckbuilding, Forest Shuffle, Heat, Hegemony, ISS Vanguard, Kinfire Chronicles, Lorcana, Nucleum, Scholars of the South Tigris, Spots, The Fox Experiment, The White Castle, The Witcher Old World, Thunder Road Vendetta

• Stonemaier Coworkers: Susannah: Earth, Apiary, Forest Shuffle; Joe: Dune Imperium - Uprising; Dave: Hegemony and Fun Facts; Alex: Earth, Thunder Road, Nucleum; Alan: Planet B and Power Plants; Shannon: Ticket to Ride Legacy and Nucleum

• Honorable Mentions That Didn’t Quite Make the Top 10: Disney Lorcana, Heat, Scholars of the South Tigris, Five Three Five, Unrest, Nucleum, Last Light, Rebel Princess, Sky Team, The Vale of Eternity, Dorfromantik

My Top 10 Games of 2023

10. Challengers
9. The Fox Experiment
8. First in Flight
7. Raising Robots
6. First Rat
5. Blob Party
4. Forest Shuffle
3. Spots
2. Earth
1. Star Wars: The Deckbuilding Game

00:00 - Introduction
02:50 - Favorite Expansion
04:00 - Favorite Campaign Game
05:00 - Favorite Sequel or New Edition
06:45 - Favorite Digital Game
07:30 - Favorite Megagame
08:55 - Honorable Mentions
11:20 - Top 5-10
21:15 - Top 4

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