Bracket Challenge: What is the best board game? Sweet 16

Bracket Challenge: What is the best board game? Sweet 16

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SALT LAKE CITY — The board game bracket challenge continues, though a lot of the modern games have been tossed out of contention. So if you're a fan of the classics, you're in luck!

The biggest winner from last week's Round of 32 voting was none other than ... Pandemic! No, not COVID-19, though it's certainly keeping everyone home, but the board game released in 2008 that pretends (maybe a little too accurately) several diseases have broken out all over the world. The game claimed 75% of the vote over Dungeon Mayhem.

The two other big winners were Yahtzee, the old-time dice classic, and card game Exploding Kittens. Each game garnered 73% of the vote against its competitor. But the closest matchup of the day was between Chess and Sorry. In the end, Chess edged out Sorry with 11 more votes — very close!

As a reminder, the 64 games were seeded based on its ranking on boardgamegeek.com and slated into the bracket in a similar style to the NCAA Tournament.

The Sweet 16 round of voting will go all through Wednesday and will conclude at midnight. The Elite 8 round will be released Friday.


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To learn more about each game, click on its title, which will direct you to its Board Game Geek page. Maybe you'll find a new game to play.

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