It's our yearly tradition now: We invite a new content creator on our show, and we discuss the best games of the year in several weight categories (party, light, medium, and heavy). Joining us for our 2025 edition is Candice Harris, formerly of BoardGameGeek and now doing her own thing with Kickin' It Creative. She's just as board game crazy as we are, so check out what we thought were the best of the year.

Timeline:

The 2025 Games of the Year (see below for the full list of winners and runners-up):

• 7:06 - 2025 Party Games of the Year.
• 18:10 - 2025 Light Games of the Year.
• 33:38 - 2025 Medium Games of the Year.
• 50:55 - 2025 Heavy Games of the Year.

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2025 Party Games of the Year

• Hot Streak (Shoe, Christina, Candice)

• Runners-up: Rollie, Wine Cellar, Doodle Disaster

2025 Light Games of the Year

• FlipToons (Christina)
• Zenith (Candice)
• A Place for All My Books (Shoe)
  
  
• Runners-up: Gems of Iridescia, ORBIT, FlipToons, Beasts, Zenith, Mythical Dice, Moon Colony Bloodbath, Citizens of the Spark, A Place for All My Books, Seeker Chronicles, This Is Not a Game About a Pipe, Great Western Trail: El Paso, The Peak Team

2025 Medium Games of the Year

• SILOS (Shoe)
• The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship (Candice)
• Age of Galaxy (Second Edition) (Christina)
  
  
• Runners-up: Nature, Kinfire Council, How to Save a World, Sanctuary, Critter Kitchen, Neko Syndicate, Kingdom Crossing, Night Soil

2025 Heavy Games of the Year

• Galactic Cruise (Christina)
• Covenant (Shoe)
• The Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era (Candice)
  
  
• Runners-up: Speakeasy, Galactic Cruise, Tianxia, The Treasure Ship of Zheng He, Covenant, Phoenix New Horizon, Cross Bronx Expressway

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