I want to know which games I really like from each year as this topic frequently pops up with I love lists, I always read every Top 10/100 list I can get my hands on. After years of boardgaming as my main hobby, I began doing my own lists.

Are you looking for a really good game from 2002? Then our list of the best board games published in 2002 is here for you.

There has been a new updated edition, which looks really nice, but the one on my shelf remains the 2002 version. So there you have it - the best games of 2002 from my perspective. What did I miss?

The 2000s were a transitional time for board games, as more modern games began to make their way into the mainstream consciousness. Many of the best games from the 2000s achieved surprising longevity, still holding their places as popular board games for today's audience.

We are guilty of that on the board game front also. Since I started writing about the hobby in 1994, we have gone through just about one collectively-endorsed “best game of all time” every year, judging by the hype on rec.boardgames, spielfrieks, and, eventually, Boardgamegeek and /r/boardgames. ... (2002) Puerto Rico by Andreas Seyfarth ...