So, with the warnings out of the way, let's jump into the games that I think were the ten best in 2017. Essentially, I may end up revising this list in a few months. There are several games I have not played yet, but expect I'll enjoy quite a bit - things like Dinosaur Island or Heaven & Ale could easily bump another game off this list, once I get a chance to play them.

Compared to previous years, where I ended up with a few clear stand-out favorites that were some of the best games I'd ever played, this year had fewer smash hits, but a lot of very solid games.Īs a caveat, according to BGG I've currently played around 80-85 of the new 2017 releases (depending on how you define a 2017 release). That meant that I played a lot of games this year that I didn't care for. At Gencon, I went outside of my wheelhouse frequently, trying games that I expected to not like. 2017 was an interesting year - I attended two large game conventions (BGGcon and Gencon), and focused primarily on playing new games at both of them.

25 best games of 2017