Every month BHG staff pick out 1-2 of their favorite games to share! We strive to highlight a diverse range of tabletop games!

What would be your top pick this month?

Josh's Pick

Rats of Wistar - Worker Placement, Variable Set-up, Animal-Themed, Strategy Game

Explore the land and build out your player board while creating new inventions through the rondel worker placement system.

In Rats of Wistar, you play the role of one of the four rats who organized the escape from a lab. As such, you will have to lead your family to prove that you are the most deserving of leading the entire colony. Thanks to your extraordinary skills, you are able to explore the Farm until you reach the pantry to be able to grab the appetizing cheese; exploiting the artifacts abandoned by humans at the edge of the Wood, you will create new inventions and expand your lair under the trees, digging new rooms and building new beds. You will meet native rats and mice that you will welcome into your family, and when necessary, you will visit the Alchemist mouse to gain some extra advantage.

—description from publisher

Kyndra's Pick

Let's Feed the Very Hungry Caterpillar - Counting, Building, Number Recognition, Kid's Game

Jeff's Pick

Cribbage - Hand Management, Peg Scoring, Classic Card Game

Cribbage is a card game invented in the early 17th century, based on the earlier game Noddy. It is played with a deck of standard playing cards and a signature piece of equipment called the cribbage board. Cribbage is traditionally played as a 2 player game.

—description by boardgamegeek.com

Soby's Pick

Sheriff of Nottingham - Bluffing, Negotiation, Humorous, Medieval-Themed, Card Game

The bustling market in Nottingham is filled with goods from all over the kingdom. Most of it is entirely legal, however, Prince John is looking to make sure no contraband gets sold. He’s tasked the Sheriff to inspect Merchant’s wares, looking for any illicit goods. The Sheriff’s shrewd, but not above taking a bribe to look the other way. Which Merchant will end up getting the best goods through and make the largest profits in the market stalls?

Aidan's Pick

Nidavellir - Set Collection, Auction, Constrained Bidding, Fantasy-Themed, Strategy, Card Game

Nidavellir, the Dwarf Kingdom, is threatened by the dragon Fafnir. As a venerable Elvaland, you have been appointed by the King. Search through every tavern in the kingdom, hire the most skillful dwarves, recruit the most prestigious heroes, and build the best battalion you can to defeat your mortal enemy! Each turn in Nidavellir, bid a coin on each tavern. In descending order, choose a character and add this character to your army. Each dwarf class has its own scoring way: blacksmith, hunter, warrior, explorer, and miner. A meticulous recruitment will allow you to attract a powerful hero to your army. You will also be able to increase the value of your gold coins thanks to the smart "coin-building" system, and get the best of the other Elvalands.

—description by boardgamegeek.com

Wes' Pick

Rainbow Bunny Bop - Racing, Color Sequence, Family Card Game

Get ready for fur-iously flipping family fun with the adorable Rainbow Rabbits -- Blossom, Butters, Cupcake, and Douglas. In this colorful sequencing game. players race to build rainbows as fast as they can and be the first to play all of their cards. It's a little bit co-hoperation, and little bit competition, and a whole lot of chaos.

—description by designer

Sophi's Pick

Emerge - Dice Rolling, End Game Bonuses, Progressive Turn Order, Exploration, Environment-Themed, Dice, Strategy Game

New islands have emerged from the ocean and as scientists, you must research the new, developing ecosystems present there! Watch the islands on the board grow in three dimensions as you learn more about them, and add colorful plants and animals to each island as you explore their ecosystems.

—description from the publisher

Brendan's Pick

Whale to Look - Betting and Bluffing, Grid Movement, Animal-Themed, Card Game

A bay full of huge whales and orcas, and quite popular among whale-watching tourists, is becoming overrun with tour companies. The whales on the other hand, seem to be enjoying themselves, sometimes showing up, sometimes not…… As one of these tour companies, you must decide where to send out your boat! If you dilly-dally too long, one of the rival companies will pass by, but sometimes when your own investigation isn't enough, you might need to follow a rival company!

—description from publisher

Jordan's Pick

Fiasco - Storytelling, Minimal Set-up, Humorous, Scenario, Role Playing Game

Fiasco is an award-winning, GM-less game for 3-5 players, designed to be played in a few hours with no preparation. During a game you engineer and play out stupid, disastrous situations, usually at the intersection of greed, fear, and lust. It’s like making your own Coen brothers movie, in about the same amount of time it’d take to watch one.

Tell cinematic tales of small-time capers gone disastrously wrong – inspired by films like Blood Simple, Fargo, The Way of the Gun, Burn After Reading, and A Simple Plan. You play ordinary people with powerful ambition and poor impulse control.

This edition retains all the features familiar to old friends, while being much more welcoming to new ones. 

—description from publisher

Matthew's Pick

RA - Auction/Bidding, Closed Economy, Set Collection, Push Your Luck, Mythology-Themed, Strategy Game

The game spans 1500 years of Egyptian history in less than an hour!

The players seek to expand their power and fame and there are many ways to accomplish this: influencing Pharaohs, building monuments, farming on the Nile, paying homage to the gods, advancing the technology and culture of the people. Ra is an auction and set collecting game where players may choose to take risks for great rewards or...and all this is for the glory of the Sun God Ra!

—description by publisher