Top 10 Hottest Board Games: May 2023 - The Best of BGG

Check out our latest The Best of BoardGameGeek - Top 10 Hottest Board Games: May 2023, with our hosts the Brothers Murph. This month's show covers the exciting stuff that has been happening on BGG in the last month plus some other fun stuff!

0:00 Intro

0:21 Overview

0:37 BoardGameGeek News

2:22 BGG Hotness

2:38 #10 - Guards of Atalntis - Artyom Nichipurov - Wolff Designa

3:28 #9 - Ark Nova - Mathias Wigge - Feuerland Spiele, Capstone Games

4:04 #8 - Hegemony: Lead Your Class to Victory - Vangelis Bagiartakis, Varnavas Timotheou - Hegemonic Project Games

5:11 #7 - Endeavor Deep Sea - Carl de Visser, Jarratt Gray - ThunderGryph Games

6:28 #6 - Darwin's Journey - Simone Luciani, Nestore Mangone - ThunderGryph Games

7:15 #5 - Heat: Pedal to the Metal - Asger Harding Granerud, Daniel Skjold Pedersen - Days of Wonder

8:21 #4 - The Isofarian Guard - Eric Bittermann, Sean Craten, David Yanchick - Sky Kingdom Games

9:28 #3 - Ezra and Nehemiah - S J Macdonald, Shem Phillips - Garphill Games

10:48 #2 - Cascadia: Landmarks - Randy Flynn, Molly Johnson, Robert Melvin, Shawn Stankewich - Flatout Games

11:49 #1 - Earth - Maxime Tardif - Inside Up Games

13:25 Most Played Games for April

18:07 Murph's Personal Faves
Mike - Gaia Project - Jens Drögemüller, Helge Ostertag - Feuerland Spiele
Mike - Kanban EV- Vital Lacerda- Eagle Gryphon Games

18:57 - Nick - Legacy of Yu - Shem Phillips - Garphill Games

19:21 Wrap-up

[jamescaballero]

Thank you for being super cool and approachable at spring con! We had an amazing time. First con and we are hooked

[dannyp]

This month was huge. Nidavalir with expansions, legacy of yu, first play of the great wall, and first 4 scenarios of frosthaven. I have to say they were all my favorites. Incredible.

[frelledminds]

I was finally able to get a hold of a copy of Turing Machine and that is definitely my favorite game of the month. I've only been able to play it solo, so far, but I have tried all 3 modes. I felt Extreme was harder than Nightmare, but there's a luck factor in every puzzle and I've only played Extreme and Nightmare once each.

[rikhavok]

Hahaha! You were talking about the Dinosaur Island 3d printed stuff. I know…. I bought that copy from you. THANK YOU!!!

[handman]

Earth - most played for us since receiving.

[teejleague]

Tough call, but I think my favorite this month is Settlement.

[jediquigley]

Played 7 wonders, Parks, Terraforming Mars, Atiwa- enjoyed all
Really want to get a game of dinosaur island in but the fam aren't keen, as it goes on for about 2 hours

[ScytheNoire]

No, the hottest game for May 2023 is 6 Siege.

[robertthurman]

My thing is auto racing games. I've been grabbing almost every one I have found for the last 5 decades. HEAT; Pedal to the Metal shot to my #3 all time favorite instantly. I have never seen an auto racing game that so many people enjoy. I'm waiting for the expansion.

[captainron]

Played a lot of games in April, here are top 3:
3. Great Western Trail
2. Scout
1. Blood on the Clocktower!!! so good

[justmakingthistoreply]

Can’t find Heat anywhere but EBay and it’s marked up way too high