There's a scifi convention in my home municipality near Stockholm this weekend: Fantastika 2016. I'm giving a talk on my Medieval castles project, and I'm also on a boardgame recommendations panel. Below is the list I'm bringing: it's a selection of my favourites with an emphasis on the period 2010-2016.
"BGG rank" refers to the Boardgame Geek web site, where lower is better. So the higher the number here, the less conventional the recommendation. To put the rankings in perspective, note that BGG covers tens of thousands of games.
Plato 3000: game design by Sheamus Parkes, art by Steven Bagatzky.
| Game | BGG Rank |
| 7 Wonders (2010) | 26 |
| Agricola (2007) | 8 |
| Caylus Magna Carta (2007) | 498 |
| Death Angel (Space Hulk CG; 2010) | 453 |
| Elysium (2015) | 236 |
| Glass Road (2013) | 163 |
| Innovation (2010) | 217 |
| Istanbul (2014) | 93 |
| Love Letter (2012) | 145 |
| Pandemic (2008) | 51 |
| Pergamon (2011) | 747 |
| Plato 3000 (2012) | 2787 |
| Province (2014) | 1699 |
| Samurai (1998) | 136 |
| Shogun (2006) | 96 |
| Thebes (2007) | 298 |
| Tigris & Euphrates (1997) | 45 |
| Yggdrasil (2011) | 499 |
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