Gaming Sommelier Smiley’s Board Game Recommendations By Genre – 2025

by | Apr 3, 2025 | 2025, Conventions, Games, Smiley's Corner | 0 comments

Light/Short

  1. Harmonies
  2. MLEM: Space Agency
  3. Tower Up
  4. Middle Ages
  5. Castle Combo
  6. Cities
  7. Trails of Tucana
  8. Donut Shop
  9. Rolling Realms
  10. Gardlings
  11. Planted: A Game of Nature & Nuture
  12. Rivages

    Medium

    1. Heat: Pedal to the Metal
    2. Spectacular
    3. Fromage
    4. Let’s Go! To Japan
    5. Finspan
    6. Moon Colony Bloodbath
    7. Charms
    8. Forests of Pangaia
    9. Stonespine Architects
    10. Nocturne

    Heavy(ish)

    1. Ark Nova
    2. Apiary
    3. Arcs
    4. Dune Imperium: Uprising
    5. Black Forest
    6. Distilled
    7. Power Grid: Outpost
    8. Andromeda’s Edge
    9. Galileo Galilei
    10. Terminus

      2-Player (Competitive unless noted)

      1. Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-Earth
      2. Jekyll & Hyde vs. Scotland Yard (co-operative)
      3. Star Wars: The Deckbuilding Game: Clone Wars Edition
      4. Compile: Main 1
      5. Azul Duel
      6. Dorfromantik: The Duel
      7. Stardew Valley: The Board Game (co-operative)
      8. District Noir
      9. Intent to Kill

      Party/Group

      1. Blood on the Clocktower
      2. Green Team Wins
      3. Flip 7
      4. Stella
      5. Things in Rings
      6. Illusion
      7. Top Tier
      8. ContraBanter
      9. Trio

        Co-Operative

        1. Bomb Busters
        2. The Fellowship of the Ring: Trick-Taking Game
        3. The Gang
        4. Flock Together
        5. Expressions
        6. Wilmot’s Warehouse
        7. Under Our Sun
        8. Tiny Epic Cthulhu
        9. Fictions: Memoirs of a Gangster
        10. The Mind: Soulmates
        11. Ultimatch
        12. Urbion

          Card

          1. The Fellowship of the Ring: Trick-Taking Game
          2. Colossal Cat in the Box
          3. Saika Banrai
          4. Rebel Princess
          5. Charms
          6. Baronda
          7. Reapers
          8. Pompiers!
          9. Time Chase
          10. Fuego
          11. Just Heroes
          12. The Academy
          13. Auf Falscher Fahtre
          14. L.L.A.M.A.
          15. Dreamworld: An Unconscious Mind Card Game

            Games the Sommelier Would Like to Play

            1. Dune Imperium: Uprising
            2. Compile:Main 1
            3. Wilmot’s Warehouse
            4. Distilled
            5. District Noir
            6. Charms
            7. Last Light
            8. Sand
            9. Intent to Kill
            10. Gateway Island
            11. Three Sisters