Jan 11, 2026
Now that it's ACTUALLY 2026, we can look ack on 2025 and run through our Top 10 games that we first played in 2025. If you want to go back and listen to our list from the first 1/2 of the year, head here:
EPISODE 1000:
https://traffic.libsyn.com/garrettsgames/GarrettsGames1000.1.mp3
Here are our lists, including the Honorable Mentions, as well as the episode and possible video links for each game:
Doug's List
Honorable Mentions (5)
- Please Don't Burn This Village by Simon Weinberg from Fireside Games
- Everdell Silverfrost by James and Clarissa Wilson from Starling Games & Tabletop Tycoon
- Looot by Charles Chevallier and Laurent Escoffier from Gigamic
- Draft and Write Records by Bruno Maciel from Inside Up Games
- Viva Catrina by Fred Boulle and Gregory Grard from The Flying Games
Top 10
- Aquaria by Tomas Holek from Delicious Games and Capstone Games
- Up or Down? by Wolfgang Kramer and Michael Kiesling from Capstone Games
- Llama Llama by Kaya Miyano from Allplay
- Bone Wars by Wim Goossens from Game Brewer and Cranio Creations
- MySeven (or Double Seven) by Michael Schacht from Schmidt
Spiele
- Video: https://youtu.be/qn2cfsPe3Lo
- Sanctuary by Mathias Wigge from Capstone Games and Feuerland Spiele
- Meister Makatsu by Reiner Knizia from AMIGO
- Pondscape by Tomas Holek from Pink Troubadour and Capstone
Games
- Audio: Upcoming
- Video: Upcoming
- Orloj: The Prague Astronomical Clock by Abraham Sanchez Hermida & Paloma Pascual from Perro Loko Games & Devir
- Fromage by Matthew O'Malley & Ben Rosset from Road to Infamy Games
Shelley's List
Honorable Mentions (5)
- Biddle by Carsten Rohlfs & Ralf zur Linde from AMIGO
- Viva Catrina by Fred Boulle and Gregory Grard from The Flying Games
- Up or Down? by Wolfgang Kramer and Michael Kiesling from Capstone Games
- Flip 7 by Eric Olsen from The Op Games
- MySeven (Double Seven) by Michael Schacht from Schmidt
Spiele
- Video: https://youtu.be/qn2cfsPe3Lo
Top 10
- Meister Makatsu by Reiner Knizia from AMIGO
- Aquaria by Tomas Holek from Delicious Games and Capstone Games
- Resafa by Vladimir Suchy from Delicious Games
- Ofrenda by Orlanda Sa & Andre Santos from Osprey Games
- Sanctuary by Mathias Wigge from Capstone Games and Feuerland Spiele
- Everdell Silverfrost by James and Clarissa Wilson from Starling Games & Tabletop Tycoon
- Kathmandu by Stefan Feld from Queen Games
- Fromage by Matthew O'Malley & Ben Rosset from Road to Infamy Games
- Pondscape by Tomas Holek from Pink Troubadour and Capstone
Games
- Audio: Upcoming
- Video: Upcoming
- Orloj: the Prague Astronomical Clock by Abraham Sanchez Hermida & Paloma Pascual from Perro Loko Games & Devir