2010 game wrap-up part 1: the whole list
For those who haven't been playing along, or just want the at-a-glance version of my opinions, here's the short version of all my rankings, as of 4/1/2010:
1 Le Havre new 2 Twilight Struggle 2 3 Magic: The Gathering / Beach Week -2 4 Brass 2 5 Indonesia new 6 El Grande -3 7 Steam: Rails to Riches new 8 Agricola -7 9 Race for the Galaxy 8 10 Puerto Rico 8 11 Caylus -4 12 Space Hulk new 13 Pandemic 8 14 Ra 2 15 Railroad Tycoon/Railways of the World (incl. Europe) -10 16 Commands & Colors: Ancients -8 17 The Princes of Florence -2 18 DVONN 6 19 Power Grid -7 20 Galaxy Trucker new 21 Ticket to Ride (incl. 1910) -10 22 YINSH 3 23 Dominion (incl. Intrigue) new 24 Arkham Horror -10 25 Chess -16 26 War of the Ring 26 27 Pitchcar -7 28 Blood Bowl 5 29 Heroscape new 30 Kingsburg -7 31 Beyond Balderdash 7 32 Dungeon Twister new 33 Tigris & Euphrates -14 34 Fairy Tale new 35 Conflict of Heroes: Awakening the Bear! - Russia 1941-1942 -22 36 Ticket to Ride: Europe 1 37 RoboRally -3 38 Samurai new 39 Tichu -13 40 Epic/NetEpic 12 41 Warhammer Fantasy Battle -5 42 Werewolf/Mafia new 43 Hive -16 44 Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization new 45 Boggle -14 46 Warhammer 40,000 3 47 Age of Empires III: The Age of Discovery -7 48 Descent: Journeys in the Dark -9 49 Keythedral new 50 Goa 28 51 Colosseum new 52 Chaos in the Old World new 53 Modern Art new 54 TAMSK -24 55 TZAAR -20 56 Hare and Tortoise new 57 For Sale 2 58 Stone Age -13 59 Hacienda -17 60 Taj Mahal 32 61 Amun-Re -18 62 Notre Dame new 63 Cosmic Encounter new 64 Caylus Magna Carta -10 65 Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation -12 66 Mr. Jack -18 67 Kupferkessel Co. -23 68 San Juan -20 69 China new 70 Ingenious -41 71 Hollywood Blockbuster new 72 Scattergories -8 73 Diamat/Incan Gold new 74 Battle Line -44 75 Roma -14 76 Dungeonquest -5 77 The Settlers of Catan (incl. Seafarers) -4 78 The Downfall of Pompeii -22 79 Quoridor -24 80 Bananagrams new 81 Wits & Wagers -19 82 Focus/Domination new 83 Scrabble -15 84 Imperial -34 85 Vinci -20 86 Reef Encounter -40 87 Saboteur -23 88 Battlestar Galactica -10 89 Middle Earth Quest new 90 Clue: The Great Museum Caper new 91 The Republic of Rome new 92 Acquire new 93 Lost Cities -9 94 Poker -53 95 Sorry! Sliders new 96 No Thanks! -33 97 Nexus Ops -40 98 Times Square -24 99 Fireball Island -27 100 Carcassonne -31 101 Shogun -19 102 Starcraft: The Board Game new 103 Canasta -33 104 Backgammon -37 105 Pictionary -29 106 Memoir '44 -23 107 Man 'O War new 108 Bughouse Chess -50 109 Knightmare Chess -19 110 A Game of Thrones -24 111 Spit new 112 Lord of the Rings TGC (Decipher) -13 113 Tile Chess -20 114 Bohnanza -37 115 King Me! -25 116 Risk: The Fellowship of the Ring -28 117 Illuminati TCG -19 118 Lie Detector 0 119 Once Upon a Time (incl. Dark Tales) -12 120 Fluxx -14 121 Gin Rummy -34 122 Pit -43 123 Taboo -27 124 Cribbage -49 125 Yahtzee Free for All -44 126 Jenga 2 127 Yahtzee -19 128 Chinese Checkers -36 129 Liar's Dice new 130 Munchkin Bites! -29 131 Munchkin -29 132 Mastermind -17 133 Axis & Allies: Pacific -22 134 Axis& Allies: Europe -22 135 Diplomacy -32 136 Upwords -39 137 Hangman -12 138 Citadels -38 139 Spoons -34 140 1000 Blank White Cards -31 141 Apples to Apples -46 142 Axis & Allies (original) -29 143 A Call to Arms: Babylon 5 Space Combat -33 144 Naval Battles -50 145 Monopoly -21 146 Chez Geek -32 147 Empire (2008) -56 148 Jambo -63 149 Checkers -33 150 Mao -31 151 Shakespeare: The Bard Game 152 Aggravation 153 Blackjack 154 Empire Builder 155 Tic-Tac-Toe 156 Charades 157 Egyptian Rat Screw 158 Uno/Crazy 8's 159 Asshole!/The Great Dalmuti 160 Connect Four 161 Battleship 162 Operation 163 Grass 164 Sorry! 165 Grids & Boxes 166 Hungry Hungry Hippos! 167 Memory 168 Labyrinth 169 Old Maid 170 Order of the Stick Adventure Game: The Dungeon of Dorukan 171 Trivial Pursuit - Genus [Whatever] 172 Go Fish 173 Bingo 174 Phase 10 175 Chutes and Ladders 176 War **I Don't Know, What Do You Want to Play
1 Le Havre new 2 Twilight Struggle 2 3 Magic: The Gathering / Beach Week -2 4 Brass 2 5 Indonesia new 6 El Grande -3 7 Steam: Rails to Riches new 8 Agricola -7 9 Race for the Galaxy 8 10 Puerto Rico 8 11 Caylus -4 12 Space Hulk new 13 Pandemic 8 14 Ra 2 15 Railroad Tycoon/Railways of the World (incl. Europe) -10 16 Commands & Colors: Ancients -8 17 The Princes of Florence -2 18 DVONN 6 19 Power Grid -7 20 Galaxy Trucker new 21 Ticket to Ride (incl. 1910) -10 22 YINSH 3 23 Dominion (incl. Intrigue) new 24 Arkham Horror -10 25 Chess -16 26 War of the Ring 26 27 Pitchcar -7 28 Blood Bowl 5 29 Heroscape new 30 Kingsburg -7 31 Beyond Balderdash 7 32 Dungeon Twister new 33 Tigris & Euphrates -14 34 Fairy Tale new 35 Conflict of Heroes: Awakening the Bear! - Russia 1941-1942 -22 36 Ticket to Ride: Europe 1 37 RoboRally -3 38 Samurai new 39 Tichu -13 40 Epic/NetEpic 12 41 Warhammer Fantasy Battle -5 42 Werewolf/Mafia new 43 Hive -16 44 Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization new 45 Boggle -14 46 Warhammer 40,000 3 47 Age of Empires III: The Age of Discovery -7 48 Descent: Journeys in the Dark -9 49 Keythedral new 50 Goa 28 51 Colosseum new 52 Chaos in the Old World new 53 Modern Art new 54 TAMSK -24 55 TZAAR -20 56 Hare and Tortoise new 57 For Sale 2 58 Stone Age -13 59 Hacienda -17 60 Taj Mahal 32 61 Amun-Re -18 62 Notre Dame new 63 Cosmic Encounter new 64 Caylus Magna Carta -10 65 Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation -12 66 Mr. Jack -18 67 Kupferkessel Co. -23 68 San Juan -20 69 China new 70 Ingenious -41 71 Hollywood Blockbuster new 72 Scattergories -8 73 Diamat/Incan Gold new 74 Battle Line -44 75 Roma -14 76 Dungeonquest -5 77 The Settlers of Catan (incl. Seafarers) -4 78 The Downfall of Pompeii -22 79 Quoridor -24 80 Bananagrams new 81 Wits & Wagers -19 82 Focus/Domination new 83 Scrabble -15 84 Imperial -34 85 Vinci -20 86 Reef Encounter -40 87 Saboteur -23 88 Battlestar Galactica -10 89 Middle Earth Quest new 90 Clue: The Great Museum Caper new 91 The Republic of Rome new 92 Acquire new 93 Lost Cities -9 94 Poker -53 95 Sorry! Sliders new 96 No Thanks! -33 97 Nexus Ops -40 98 Times Square -24 99 Fireball Island -27 100 Carcassonne -31 101 Shogun -19 102 Starcraft: The Board Game new 103 Canasta -33 104 Backgammon -37 105 Pictionary -29 106 Memoir '44 -23 107 Man 'O War new 108 Bughouse Chess -50 109 Knightmare Chess -19 110 A Game of Thrones -24 111 Spit new 112 Lord of the Rings TGC (Decipher) -13 113 Tile Chess -20 114 Bohnanza -37 115 King Me! -25 116 Risk: The Fellowship of the Ring -28 117 Illuminati TCG -19 118 Lie Detector 0 119 Once Upon a Time (incl. Dark Tales) -12 120 Fluxx -14 121 Gin Rummy -34 122 Pit -43 123 Taboo -27 124 Cribbage -49 125 Yahtzee Free for All -44 126 Jenga 2 127 Yahtzee -19 128 Chinese Checkers -36 129 Liar's Dice new 130 Munchkin Bites! -29 131 Munchkin -29 132 Mastermind -17 133 Axis & Allies: Pacific -22 134 Axis& Allies: Europe -22 135 Diplomacy -32 136 Upwords -39 137 Hangman -12 138 Citadels -38 139 Spoons -34 140 1000 Blank White Cards -31 141 Apples to Apples -46 142 Axis & Allies (original) -29 143 A Call to Arms: Babylon 5 Space Combat -33 144 Naval Battles -50 145 Monopoly -21 146 Chez Geek -32 147 Empire (2008) -56 148 Jambo -63 149 Checkers -33 150 Mao -31 151 Shakespeare: The Bard Game 152 Aggravation 153 Blackjack 154 Empire Builder 155 Tic-Tac-Toe 156 Charades 157 Egyptian Rat Screw 158 Uno/Crazy 8's 159 Asshole!/The Great Dalmuti 160 Connect Four 161 Battleship 162 Operation 163 Grass 164 Sorry! 165 Grids & Boxes 166 Hungry Hungry Hippos! 167 Memory 168 Labyrinth 169 Old Maid 170 Order of the Stick Adventure Game: The Dungeon of Dorukan 171 Trivial Pursuit - Genus [Whatever] 172 Go Fish 173 Bingo 174 Phase 10 175 Chutes and Ladders 176 War **I Don't Know, What Do You Want to Play