# Top 5 Game Boards

An episode of [Board Game Hot Takes](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1531729571), 12 Feb 2024, 1 h 04 min.

Audio: https://anchor.fm/s/35be69e8/podcast/play/82424334/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2024-1-14%2F3560213a-7c4d-6bc0-3108-63fec88ecf58.mp3

In Episode 183 we each discuss our top 5 game boards as well as discussing a listener poll about what makes a great game board. We conclude the conversation discussing a couple of game boards that have some very confounding choices in their design. Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 00:50 Poll: What makes a great game board? 12:19 Nunami and Raas: A Dance of Love 16:39 Barcelona 20:22 Pax Pamir 2nd Edition 21:42 Pan Am 25:05 Godspeed 27:31 Smartphone, Inc. 28:50 The Great Wall 32:00 Viscounts of the West Kingdom 36:11 Scythe 37:55 Merchants of the Dark Road 40:58 Evacuation 45:27 Tzolk'in the Mayan Calendar 48:18 Trickerion: Legends of Illusion 51:33 Empires of the Void II 54:22 Windward 56:31 Underwater Cities 57:55 Beyond the Sun 1:00:42 Listener Shoutout

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