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Podcast #147: The 2024 Games of the Year episode (guest: Beneeta Kaur)

It's that time of the year again!

We did it, folks! We recorded our 2024 Games of the Year episode before the end of the year! (We didn't say anything about releasing it before the end of the year, though.) Joining us just under the wire is content creator and Twitch streamer Beneeta Kaur who contributed her own picks. We actually played a good number of games in-person with Beneeta this year, so we know she has great taste!

Tune in for our favorite party, light, medium, and heavy games of the year. What did we miss? What do we NEED to play? Tell us on our socials!

Timeline:

The 2024 Games of the Year (see below for the full list of winners and runners-up):

  • 2:42 - 2024 Party Games of the Year.
  • 13:42 - 2024 Light Games of the Year.
  • 25:22 - 2024 Medium Games of the Year.
  • 46:40 - 2024 Heavy Games of the Year.

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2024 Party Games of the Year

  • Flip 7 (Beneeta, Shoe)
  • Caution Signs (Christina)
  • Runners-up: Duck & Cover, Cabanga!, ContraBanter

2024 Light Games of the Year

  • Faraway (Shoe, Beneeta)
  • Harmonies (Christina)

  • Runners-up: Fishing, The Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-earth, Open Season, The Gang, Seers Catalog, Castle Combo, River Valley Glassworks 

2024 Medium Games of the Year

  • River of Gold (Christina, Beneeta)
  • The Vale of Eternity (Shoe)

  • Runners-up: Creature Caravan, Let's Go! To Japan, Wyrmspan, Kronologic: Paris 1920, Tidal Blades 2: Rise of the Unfolders, Intarsia, Windmill Valley, Rebirth, Spectacular, Video Game Champion, Skyrise, Spectacular

2024 Heavy Games of the Year

  • SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (everyone!)

  • Runners-up: Endeavor: Deep Sea, Minos: Dawn of the Bronze Age, Black Forest, An Age Contrived