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2019 Top 100 Games of All-Time - #80-71

For a brief recap of how I came up with my list, refer back to my previous post: 2019 Top 100 Games of All-Time - #100-91 Here we go with #80-71! #80 - Troyes (New) Troyes has been a much hyped dice allocation game that came out around the same time I started playing board games and quickly broke into the Top 50 on BoardGameGeek. It is still sitting in the Top 75 as of writing this, demonstrating its staying power after being released almost a decade ago. I finally got around to playing it this last year and even though the mechanics seem solid, the game has not clicked the way I wanted it to. It might be the fact that I am playing it online and because of the complexity it is hard to formulate a strategy and stick to it, but again, similar to Castles of Burgundy, the theme has not shone through for me and I feel that I am just pushing my way through points. It is a very interesting way to use dice and the interaction level is very high, which I appreciate. Hopefully with some ...