2011 board game of the year

As for titles on this list of the best board games of , the story-driven narrative on Mansions is as good as you are going to get. Risk Legacy brings together the classic Risk game with a rarity in boardgaming: campaigning. Players control countries or regions on a map of the world, and through simple combat with players rolling dice to determine who loses units in each battle they try to eliminate all opponents from the game board or control a certain number of victory points.

Legacy games continue after just one. This strategy game is for 3 — 5 players and will run 60 minutes a game. The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game is a cooperative adventure game in which the players attempt to complete a scenario, each with three heroes of their choice and a deck of allies, events and attachments to support them.

Each round, players send their heroes and allies to quest or to fight with enemies that engage them. This customizable card game is for 2 players and will go 30 — 60 minutes. The game based on the big franchise can stand on its own and was an easy choice for the best board games of Three to six players take on the roles of the great Houses of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros, as they vie for control of the Iron Throne through the use of diplomacy and warfare.

Through strategic planning, masterful diplomacy, and clever card play spread your influence over Westeros!

This negotiation strategy game is for 3 — 6 players and will take 1 — 2 hours. Each player takes on the role of an aristocrat, originally controlling a small princedom.

While playing they aim to build settlements and powerful castles, practice trade along the river, exploit silver mines, and use the knowledge of travelers. The game is about players taking settlement tiles from the game board and placing them into their princedom which is represented by the player board. For 2 — 4 players lasting 30 — 90 minutes.

Set in ancient Rome, Trajan is a development game in which players try to increase their influence and power in various areas of Roman life such as political influence, trading, military dominion and other important parts of Roman culture. The central mechanism of the game uses a system similar to that in Mancala. This strategy game is for 2 — 4 players lasting about 60 — minutes. In King of Tokyo, you play mutant monsters, gigantic robots, and strange aliens—all of whom are destroying Tokyo and whacking each other in order to become the one and only King of Tokyo.

At the start of each turn, you roll six dice, which show the following six symbols: 1, 2, or 3 Victory Points, Energy, Heal, and Attack. Over three successive throws, choose whether to keep or discard each die. For 2 — 6 players in games lasting 30 minutes. As far as this list of the best board games of , this one probably has the most famous game designer in Richard Greenfield. The Mage Knight board game puts you in control of one of four powerful Mage Knights as you explore and conquer a corner of the Mage Knight universe under the control of the Atlantean Empire.

It didn't necessarily have the most plays, and I admit that it's not a game for everyone. Here's the original review. Again, as with last year's list, these are all games that were reviewed on GeekDad in So they may not have all been released this year and there are some games that came out this year that'll have to wait until next year for their chance. From overgrown swamps to a massive palace and various surreal phenomena, the Witch Queen's Throne World is shr Feature , Slider.

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