Dear game lovers,

 

The new top 50 has been put online.

The game database, which I maintain since mid 2002, contains 3316 games.   

A game can only be taken into account if it has at least 3 ratings. The ratings come from the following 26 internet sources:

 

* Internet Top 100

* Board Game Geek (USA)

* Spielphase, Siegpunkt, Ausgepackt, Holgs Spieleteufel, Games we Play, Spielbox, Spieletreff, Hall9000,
Spielonaut, Westpark, Michas Spiel, Spiele-Truhe, Boardgame (GER)

* Spieletest (AUS)

* Spellengek & Spel a/d Maas, Hieke's Anderspel (NL)

* Jeux2Rody, Ludo le Gars, Ludigaume, Moissy Cramayel (FRA)
* La Tana dei Goblin (ITA)

* Vlaams Spellenarchief, Speelduivel, My personal ratings  (BEL)

 

This amounts to exactly 1559 games with 3 or more ratings.

 The top 5 changed: San Juan dropped from position 3 to position 5.
In the top 5, Die Fürsten von Florenz and Yinsh are climbing the charts.

Another remarkable climber is Louis XIV, now on position 15.

Three new games in the top 50: Schatten über Camelot, Das Zepter von Zavandor and Himalaya.

 

37. Schatten über Camelot: Coöperative game for 3-7 players.


42. Das Zepter von Zavandor: Auction game, for 2 to 6 fantasy game lovers.    

 

44. Himalaya: 2-4 player game with political, economical and medieval influences.

 

 

The top 50:

 

1 (1) Puerto Rico (Alea)

2 (2) Eufraat en Tigris (Hans im Glück)

3 (4) Die Fürsten von Florenz (Alea)

4 (5) Yinsh (Don & Co)

5 (3) San Juan/ Puerto Rico kaartenspel (Alea)

6 (6) El Grande (Hans im Glück)

7 (7) Die Siedler von Catan: Steden en Ridders (Kosmos)

8 (8) Die Siedler von Catan: Basisspel (Kosmos)

9 (11) Medina (Hans im Glück)

10 (10) Torres (FX Games/ Ravensburger)

11 (9) Der Herr der Ringe: Der Ringkrieg/ War of the Ring (Phalanx Games, Fantasy Flight Games)

12 (12) Java (Ravensburger)

13 (13) Die Siedler von Catan: Kaartspel (Kosmos)

14 (20) Funkenschlag/ Power Grid (2F- Spiele)

15 (36) Louis XIV - Ränkespiele am Hofe des Sonnenkönigs (Alea)

16 (14)  Goa (Hans im Glück)

17 (15) Rush Hour (Binary Arts)

18 (17) Keythedral (R & D-Games, Pro Ludo)

19 (18) Magic the Gathering/ Magic die Zusammenkunft (Amigo/ WOTC)

20 (19) Blokus (Sekkoia)

21 (21) Löwenherz (Goldsieber/ Kosmos)

22 (22) Die Siedler von Catan: Zeevaarders (Kosmos)

23 (16) Macchiavelli/ Ohne Furcht und Adel (Hans Im Glück)

24 (23) Raja: Palastbau in Indien/ Maharadja (Phalanx Games)

25 (24) Die Händler von Genua (Alea)

26 (25) Tikal (Ravensburger)

27 (26) Tadsch Mahal (Alea)

28 (28) Serenissima /Méditerranée (Descartes)

29 (29) Go (3M, Ishi, ...)

30 (30) Roads and Boats (Splotter Spellen)

31 (31) Santiago (Amigo)

32 (34) Middle Earth: the Wizards (Iron Crown Enterprises/ Queen Games)
 33 (33) Carcassonne (Hans im Glück)
 34 (37) Einfach Genial/ Genius (Kosmos)

35 (32)  Rumis (Murmel)

36 (35) Junta (Descartes, West End Games)

37 (N) Schatten über Camelot/ Shadows over Camelot/ Les Chevaliers de la Table Ronde (Days of Wonder)

38 (38) Lauras Sternenspiel (Amigo)

39 (39) La Citta (Kosmos)

40 (27) Obstgärtchen/ Boomgaardje (Haba)

41 (40) Die Werwölfe von Düsterwald/ De weerwolven van Wakkerdam (Asmodée/ 999 Games)

42 (N) Das Zepter von Zavandor (Lookout Games)

43 (42) Die Macher (Hans im Glück, Moskito)

44 (N) Himalaya/ Marchands d'Empire/ Merchants of the Empire (Hexagames, Tilsit Editions)

45 (43) Sankt Petersburg (Hans im Glück)

46 (45) Civilization (Avalon Hill)

47 (44) Diplomacy (Jumbo, Avalon Hill)

48 (46) Dvonn (Don & Co/ Rio Grande Games)

49 (47) Sternenschiff Catan (Kosmos)

50 (41) Die Siedler von Catan: Das Buch zum spielen (Kosmos)

 

(N: new entry, 2N: re-entry)

 

Dropped out of the top 50:

 

51 (48) Kohle, Kies & Knete/ I'm the boss (Schmidt)

52 (50) Der Herr der Ringe: Die Feinde/ Friends&Foes (Kosmos, Fantasy Flight)

55 (49) Macchiavelli: Die Dunklen Lande (Hans im Glück)

 

 

Extra 1: My game ratings

 

As mentioned every mail, I use many web sources to build up my ranking for the best games.
I have 13.511 game ratings for all 3316 games in my database.
The most contributing websites are the following:

 

1 Spielphase (http://www.spielphase.de/) 2189
2 BoardGame Geek (http://www.boardgamegeek.com/) 1745
3 Internet top 100 (http://scv.bu.edu/~aarondf/Top100/) 1222
4 Vlaams Spellenarchief (http://www.speldatabase.be/) 825
5 Hall 9000 (http://www.hall9000.de/) 712
6 Spieletest (http://www.spieletest.at/index.php) 604
7 Spielbox (magazines from http://www.spielbox.de) 583
8 Speelduivel (http://www.speelduivel.be/) 577
9 Spieletreff (http://www.spieletreff.kmws.de/umfragen/) 446
10 Holgs Spieleteufel (http://www.spieleteufel.de/) 365

 

Questions? Tips? Ideas? Please tell me!

If there are sites which aren't famous but contain reliable game ratings, please tell me so that I can include them in my database...

 

Extra 2: Best new games compared to last month:

 

The best new game this month is Schatten über Camelot, which also entried the top 50.

Runner-up is Advanced Squad Leader (Avalon Hill, 1985)

 

157. Advanced Squad Leader: two player-game from Avalon Hill (1985)

 

1. Schatten über Camelot/ Shadows over Camelot (Days of Wonder, 2005) new on position 37

2. Advanced Squad Leader (Avalon Hill, 1985) new on position 157

3. Daddy Cool (Huch & friends, 2004) new on position 250

4. Hoppers (Binary Arts, Smarts Products, 1999) new on position 262

5. Alhambra: Die stunde der Diebe (Queen Games, 2005) new on position 271

6. China (Abacus, 2005) new on position 286

7. Palazzo (Alea, 2005) new on position 504

8. Block mania (Games Workshop, 1987) new on position 543

9. Turbo Taxi (Queen Games, 2005) new on position 576

10. Corona (Ravensburger, 1974) new on position 654