| Of the games in the Top 10 list, four are very new: Agricola, Dominion, Through the Ages and Race for the Galaxy.
I expect that Race will likely drop out of the Top 10 next year. Possibly TTA and Dominion as well.
Looking at #11 to #20, we find a wider range of games:
#11: The Princes of Florence
#12: Age of Steam
#13: War of the Ring
#14: C&C: Ancients
#15: Brass
#16: Hannibal: Rome vs Carthage
#17: Die Macher
#18: Shogun
#19: Paths of Glory
#20: 1960: The Making of the President.
This list is dominated by the wargames - WotR, C&C, Hannibal, Shogun and Paths. Interestingly, all five use cards to add variety, although in very different ways. Hannibal and Paths are good examples of the card-driven wargame in the traditional school; C&C:A is one of several games using Borg's quite effective card/command system, and WotR uses Card Events and Dice to drive the action.
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