Brendan looks back at the games that came out in 2011 and ranks them. Join us, won’t you?Exempt* Last Will (2011) * The Castles of Burgundy (2011)

Top 5* Dungeon Petz (2011) * Trajan (2011) * The Adventurers: The Pyramid of Horus (2011) * Mage Knight Board Game (2011) * Friday (2011)

Want to play* War of the Ring: Second Edition (2011) * Discworld: Ankh-Morpork (2011) * Village (2011) * Nightfall (2011)

Honorable Mentions* Sign of things to come: A Few Acres of Snow (2011) * Best Stabby game: A Game of Thrones: The Board Game (Second Edition) (2011) * Game I could get lost in: The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game (2011) * Best Dice Game: Elder Sign (2011) * Game I like that no one else does: Kingdom Builder (2011) * Weirdest game: Tragedy Looper (2011) * Game that’s more hype in my mind than plays on my table: Fortune and Glory: The Cliffhanger Game (2011) * Best game I played in Iceland with an Icelander: Yggdrasil (2011) * Really fun real-time drawing game: Pictomania (2011) * Excellent I pick-you choose mechanism game: Mammut (2011)

Played* Takenoko * King of Tokyo * Skull * Flash Point * Sentinels of the Multiverse * Fake Artist Goes to New York * Eminent Domain * Rhino Hero * Dark Moon * The City * Star Trek Expeditions * Star Trek Deck Building Game * City Square Off

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