Every month BHG staff pick out one 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

Weather Machine - Set Collection, Worker Placement, Tile Placement, Action Points, Sci-Fi Themed, Strategy Game 

In Weather Machine, you take on the role of one of the Scientists working with Professor Lativ. You must manage your own Laboratory, acquiring Vouchers to spend in other Locations, building Bots, acquiring Chemicals, and increasing the size of your Workshop where you will store resources and build prototypes.

Once you have conducted enough research into a particular type of weather, you want to publish a paper on the subject, and then build a prototype to help fix some of the extreme weather caused by experiments made by Lativ’s flawed Weather Machine. The research into those flaws will lead to breakthroughs that will help humanity to fix extreme weather forever, getting you Awards and possibly a Nobel Prize!

—description from publisher

Kyndra's Pick

Bonsai - Nature Themed, Drafting, Solo Mode, Tile Placement, Family Game

Jeff's Pick

Dune Imperium - Cooperative, Area Majority, City Building, Hexagon Grid, Family Game

As a leader of one of the Great Houses of the Landsraad, raise your banner and marshal your forces and spies. War is coming, and at the center of the conflict is Arrakis – Dune, the desert planet.

Defeat your rivals in combat, shrewdly navigate the political factions, and acquire precious The Spice Must Flow cards to lead your House to victory!

Soby's Pick

Love Letter: Princess Princess Ever After - Deduction, Hand Management, Player Elimination, LGBTQIA+ Themed, Card Game

Find the perfect ally to secretly carry your letter to Princess Isadora and win her heart in Love Letter: Princess Princess Ever After, a quick game of risk and deduction based on the award-winning Love Letter card game! Entrust your message to the nearly invincible ogre, the lightning-fast unicorn, or her close friends, Princess Sadie and Princess Amira!

—description from publisher

Aidan's Pick

Heat: Pedal to the Metal - Push Your Luck, Hand Management, Deck/Bag/Pool Building, Catch the Leader, Family Game

To stay at the front of the pack, you'll need to push your car to the limit. Will your car endure the long straightaways or will your engine fail in the last curve because you've taken too much HEAT?

Based on simple and intuitive hand management, Heat: Pedal to the Metal puts you in the driver’s seat of intense car races. You are jockeying for position to cross the finish line first, while managing your car’s speed if you don’t want to overheat. Experience the thrill of a single race or use the Championship System to play a whole season in one game night, customizing your car before each race to claim the top spot of the podium.

Add legendary automated drivers with the Legends Module so you can play solo, or add them as additional opponents in multiplayer games.

—description by publisher

Wes' Pick

The Fairy Game - Cooperative, Set Collection, Children's Game

Mr. Winter is trying to freeze over the fairies’ treasured flowers! Players match Fairy Cards to gather the hidden Magic Gems before 4 snowflakes land on one flower. Special cards allow players to slow down Mr. Winter’s chill. Work together to fill the fairies’ magic wand and banish Mr. Winter from the garden!Kids work together to banish Mr. Winter from their beloved garden! Different card combinations keep the game fun and interesting.

—description by publisher

Sophi's Pick

Zoo Vadis - Bribery, Hidden Victory Points, Negotiation, Political, Animal-Themed, Strategy Game

What if the animals were the ones who ran the zoo?

Presumably, this wild government would be built upon the support of fellow creatures and fueled by the fame, attention, and prestige of wide-eyed visitors. Naturally, the most aspirational beasts would lobby for a position in the star exhibit, and the lead star would be elected Zoo Mascot. In order to join the star exhibit, each species must campaign its way up the hierarchy of enclosures with the majority support of animal voters. And the lead star will be the species that has earned the most laurels from both raving fans and jealous rivals along the way.

How does one gain support and earn laurels? Through crafty politicking, clever negotiations, and ruthless schemes. There can only be one Zoo Mascot, after all.

—description from publisher

Brendan's Pick

Water Dragons - Dice Rolling, Racing, Dragon-Themed, Children's Game

—description from publisher

Jordan's Pick

Cartographers - Territory Building, Fantasy-Themed, Grid Coverage, Paper-and-Pencil, Family Game

Queen Gimnax has ordered the reclamation of the northern lands. As a cartographer in her service, you are sent to map this territory, claiming it for the Kingdom of Nalos. Through official edicts, the queen announces which lands she prizes most, and you will increase your reputation by meeting her demands. But you are not alone in this wilderness. The Dragul contest your claims with their outposts, so you must draw your lines carefully to reduce their influence. Reclaim the greatest share of the queen’s desired lands and you will be declared the greatest cartographer in the kingdom.

In Cartographers: A Roll Player Tale, players compete to earn the most reputation stars by the time four seasons have passed. Each season, players draw on their map sheets and earn reputation by carrying out the queen's edicts before the season is over. The player with the most reputation stars at the end of winter wins!

—description from publisher

Matthew's Pick

Great Western Trail - Hand Management, Economic, Set Collection, Deck/Bag/Pool Building, American West-Themed, Strategy Game

Remember the old days in the West? Well, the times they are a-changing’! From new solo opponent to incredible landscapes, you won't know where to start. And there is a new herd of cows for you to sell!

Great Western Trail is the critically acclaimed game of cattle ranching by Alexander Pfister. Players attempt to wrangle their herd across the Midwest prairie and deliver it to Kansas City. But beware! Other cowboys are sharing the trail with you. We invite you to saddle up!

—description by publisher

Roheen's Pick

Wormholes - Hand Management, Modular Board, Network and Route Building, Sci-Fi Themed, Space Exploration, Transportation, Family Strategy Game

In a peaceful galaxy, a new technology has been invented: wormholes. They allow ships to warp from one point to another and open countless possibilities for commerce and travel. As the captain of a passenger spaceship newly equipped with a wormhole fabricator, you can make some serious space bucks by building a robust network of wormholes. Link the farthest reaches of space while delivering passengers to become the most successful captain in this golden age of spacefaring. It’s time to bend space and go fast.

—description by publisher