Laurels Of The Republic

The Laurels Of The Republic are the CR’s annual Game of the Year awards. We feel that these games showcase some of the best their respective categories the board gaming world put forth over that year. Rather than creating a simple Top Ten List or breaking our nominees down along more traditional categories found elsewhere, The Laurels tie in directly with our gamer archetype approach of how we look at and review games. Each of these six play styles cater to a specific philosophy when it comes to what someone generally desires of a gaming experience, and we wanted to highlight games based on those preferences.

Below are the previous nominees and winners of each category by year.

Architects

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2019 Nominees

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Honorable Mention: NEOM

#5: Tiny Towns

#4: On Mars

#3: Pipeline

#2: Wingspan

Winner: The Taverns of Tiefenthal

 

2018 Nominees

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Honorable Mention: SpaceCorp

#5: Dice Hospital

#4: Dinosaur Island

#3: Architects of the West Kingdom

#2: Altiplano

Winner: Everdell

 

2017 Nominees

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Honorable Mention: Wasteland Express Delivery Service

#5: Otys

#4: Sagrada

#3: Clans of Caledonia

#2: Charterstone

Winner: Azul

 

2016 Nominees

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Honorable Mention: Roll Player

#5: Imhotep

#4: Mystic Vale

#3: Star Trek: Ascendancy

#2: Scythe

Winner: Terraforming Mars

 

2015 Nominees

zhanguo winner(Full Article)

Honorable Mention: Between Two Cities

#5: Spirits Of The Rice Paddy

#4: Isle of Skye: From Chieftain to King

#3: Fields of Arle

#2: Argent: The Consortium

Winner: ZhanGuo

Tacticians

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2019 Nominees

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Honorable Mention: City of the Big Shoulders

#5: Paladins of the West Kingdom

#4: Underwater Cities

#3: Trismegistus: The Ultimate Formula

#2: Teotihuacan: City of Gods

Winner: Barrage

 

2018 Nominees

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Honorable Mention: TOKYO METRO

#5: Nusfjord

#4: Calimala

#3: Heaven & Ale

#2: Coimbra

Winner: Newton

 

2017 Nominees

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Honorable Mention: Lignum (Second Edition)

#5: Pulsar 2849

#4: The Manhattan Project: Energy Empire

#3: Anachrony

#2: Yokohama

Winner: Lisboa

 

2016 Nominees

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Honorable Mention: Food Chain Magnate

#5: Hands In The Sea

#4: Crisis

#3: Nippon

#2: Great Western Trail

Winner: Arkwright

 

2015 Nominees

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Honorable Mention: Captains of Industry

#5: AquaSphere

#4: Mottainai

#3: The Voyages of Marco Polo

#2: Trickerion: Legends of Illusion

Winner: The Gallerist

Socializers

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2019 Nominees

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Honorable Mention: Medium

#5: Cartographers: A Roll Player Tale

#4: Point Salad

#3: We’re Doomed!

#2: PARKS

Winner: Wavelength

 

2018 Nominees

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Honorable Mention: Visitor in Blackwood Grove

#5: Just One

#4: The Mind

#3: Welcome To…

#2: Catch The Moon

Winner: Decrypto

 

2017 Nominees

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Honorable Mention: Kokoro: Avenue of the Kodama

#5: Go Nuts for Donuts

#4: Flamme Rouge

#3: Magic Maze

#2: Escape Room In A Box: The Werewolf Experiment

Winner: Word Slam

 

2016 Nominees

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Honorable Mention: Junk Art

#5: Beyond Baker Street

#4: Ice Cool

#3: Potion Explosion

#2: World’s Fair 1893

Winner: Captain Sonar

 

2015 Nominees

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Honorable Mention: Mysterium

#5: Bad Medicine

#4: Spyfall

#3: Stockpile

#2: Lanterns

Winner: Codenames

Daredevils

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2019 Nominees

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Honorable Mention: The Menace Among Us

#5: Flotilla

#4: MegaCity: Oceania

#3: The King’s Dilemma

#2: Quirky Circuits

Winner: Pax Pamir Second Edition

 

2018 Nominees

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Honorable Mention: No Honor Among Thieves

#5: Empires of the Void II

#4: SEAL Team Flix

#3: Vindication

#2: Feudum

Winner: The Quacks of Quedlinburg

 

2017 Nominees

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Honorable Mention: The Colonists

#5: Sol: Last Days of a Star

#4: Dice Forge

#3: Cutthroat Kingdoms

#2: Battlestations: Second Edition

Winner: Sidereal Confluence

 

2016 Nominees

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Honorable Mention: Dragoon

#5: The Pursuit of Happiness

#4: The Oracle Of Delphi

#3: Get Rich Quick

#2: Ponzi Scheme

Winner: A Feast For Odin

 

2015 Nominees

steampunk rally winner(Full Article)

Honorable Mention: Portal: The Uncooperative Cake Acquisition Game

#5: Fief: France 1429

#4: The Grizzled

#3: Risk: Star Wars Edition

#2: Flick ’em Up!

Winner: Steampunk Rally

Immersionists

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2019 Nominees

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Honorable Mention: Detective: City of Angels

#5: Cthulhu: Death May Die

#4: Brook City

#3: Horrified

#2: The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-Earth

Winner: Nemesis

 

2018 Nominees

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Honorable Mention: Holding On: The Troubled Life of Billy Kerr

#5: Obsession

#4: Kitchen Rush

#3: Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game

#2: Chronicles of Crime

Winner: Western Legends

 

2017 Nominees

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Honorable Mention: Mountains of Madness

#5: Nemo’s War (Second Edition)

#4: Near and Far

#3: Fog of Love

#2: The 7th Continent

Winner: This War of Mine: The Board Game

 

2016 Nominees

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Honorable Mention: Mansions of Madness: Second Edition

#5: Defenders of the Last Stand

#4: Black Orchestra

#3: The Networks

#2: Star Wars: Rebellion

Winner: Millennium Blades

 

2015 Nominees

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Honorable Mention: Fury of Dracula (Third Edition)

#5: Mistfall

#4: Fallen

#3: Bomb Squad

#2: T.I.M.E. Stories

Winner: Pandemic Legacy: Season 1

Strikers

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2019 Nominees

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Honorable Mention: SHŌBU

#5: Fire Tower

#4: Rurik: Dawn of Kiev

#3: Bosk

#2: Undaunted: Normandy

Winner: Watergate

 

2018 Nominees

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Honorable Mention: Wildlands

#5: The Legend of Korra: Pro-Bending Arena

#4: Cerebria: The Inside World

#3: KeyForge: Call of the Archons

#2: War Chest

Winner: Root

 

2017 Nominees

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Honorable Mention: Santorini

#5: Spirit Island

#4: Seikatsu

#3: Bunny Kingdom

#2: Gloomhaven

Winner: Tesla vs Edison: Duel

 

2016 Nominees

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Honorable Mention: Tyrants Of The Underdark

#5: Onitama

#4: 13 Days: The Cuban Missile Crisis

#3: Adrenaline

#2: Inis

Winner: Cry Havoc

 

2015 Nominees

blood rage winner(Full Article)

Honorable Mention: Forbidden Stars

#5: Ashes: Rise of the Phoenixborn

#4: Star Wars Armada

#3: Strife: Legacy Of The Eternals

#2: Baseball Highlights 2045

Winner: Blood Rage