Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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They may not have been first but when it came to trends these are the games that made people take notice.

00:00 Intro

01:23 #10 Patchwork – 2014 – Uwe Rosenberg  – Lookout Games
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/163412/patchwork

03:13  #9 The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine – 2019 – Thomas Sing  – KOSMOS
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/284083/the-crew-the-quest-for-planet-nine

06:10 #8 Pandemic Legacy: Season 1 – 2015 – Rob Daviau, Matt Leacock  – Z-Man Games
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/161936/pandemic-legacy-season-1

7:58 #7 7 Wonders  – 2010 – Antoine Bauza  – Repos Production
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/68448/7-wonders

09:50 #6 Carcassonne – 2000 – Klaus-Jürgen Wrede – Hans im Glück
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/822/carcassonne

12:21 #5 Caylus  –  2005 – William Attia  – Ystari Games
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/18602/caylus

14:17 #4 Dominion – 2008 – Donald X. Vaccarino  – Rio Grande Games
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/36218/dominion

16:15 #3 Pandemic  – 2008 – Matt Leacock  – Z-Man Games
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/30549/pandemic

18:08 #2 Catan – 1995 – Klaus Teuber – KOSMOS
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/13/catan

19:42  #1 Magic: The Gathering –  1993 – Richard Garfield  – Wizards of the Coast
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/463/magic-the-gathering

21:44 Outro