Top 10 Most Anticipated New Board Games of 2025
818New Year, more board games! Publishers are quick out of the gates this year teasing us all about some of their upcoming titles. It's only a fraction of what's to come but we thought we'd share the most anticipated new titles that we've heard of. Remember - we haven't played any of these yet, and we are also only covering games we haven't previewed (true new to us stuff!) We hope this list gets you as excited as we are to punch some sweet new cardboard.
A&M x
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction (PS. Don't come for us! LOL)
01:36 Honorable mention
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/421947/rivals-of-rock
03:18 Amy's 10
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/425765/ministry-of-lost-things-case-1-lint-condition
05:56 Maggie's 9
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/413249/freigard
07:37 Amy's 9
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/375459/speakeasy
10:57 Maggie's 8
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/425445/sweet-lands
12:17 Amy's 8
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/436126/finspan
16:20 Maggie's 7
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/431837/coming-of-age
18:14 Amy's 7
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/417518/floristry
20:53 Amy's 6
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/436516/merchants-of-andromeda
23:24 Maggie's 6
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/367842/leylines
25:05 Amy's 5
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/420914/iliad
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/420915/ichor
30:23 Maggie's 5
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/417323/panda-spin
33:48 Amy's 4
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/433384/rival-cities
36:23 Maggie's 4
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/430243/vineyard-a-winemaking-game
38:26 Amy's 3
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/427202/la-patisserie-rococo
42:25 Maggie's 3
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/426912/tea-witches
44:22 Amy's 2 & Maggie's 10
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/431305/great-western-trail-el-paso
47:53 Maggie's 2
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/420033/vantage
51:40 Amy's 1
https://gamefound.com/en/projects/ghost-galaxy-games/lord-of-the-rings-the-confrontation-ultimate-edition
54:39 Maggie's 1
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/351964/spirit-fire
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