- Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle Earth 2019 Love everything about this game, its weight, the IP, the app, but mostly the core card draw mechanic: draw two, select one, the other goes on the top of bottom of the deck. It is hugely satisfying and I don’t think I’ll ever get rid of it.
- City of Kings 2018 A big strategic puzzler wrapped in RPG stats and skills.
- 7th Continent 2017 Survival and exploration galore.
- Gloomhaven 2017 Never finished, traded it away for 7th Continent, but it gave me dozens of hours of playtime. I have since downsized to JoTL.
- Obsession 2018 (but playing the cleaned up second edition) A big hit with the wife and daughter, may even top Viticulture as their favorite, and I’m thrilled they want to play a decently weighty game.