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What are brain burner board games?

Brain burners are games that ask a lot from the player in a satisfying way. They often feature deep planning, competing priorities, limited actions, and decisions that echo through the rest of the game. These are the games you think about long after the final score.

Popular brain burner games

Brass: Birmingham, Food Chain Magnate, and Gaia Project are famous for giving players dense decision spaces and rewarding long-term planning.

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Gaia Project

4.51
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The Gallerist

4.51
1 - 4

Spirit Island

4.43
1 - 4

Brass: Birmingham

4.36
2 - 4

1830: Railways & Robber Barons

4.35
2 - 7

Indonesia

4.35
2 - 5

Lorenzo il Magnifico

4.26
2 - 4

Orloj: The Prague Astronomical Clock

4.26
1 - 4

Stockpile

4.26
2 - 5

Ada's Dream

4.21
1 - 4

Bitoku

4.01
2 - 4

Golem

4.01
1 - 4

Nations

4.01
1 - 5

Navegador

4.01
2 - 5

Praga Caput Regni

4.01
1 - 4

Pulsar 2849

4.01
2 - 4

Terra Mystica

4.01
2 - 5

Clinic Deluxe Edition

3.84
2 - 4

Newton

3.81
2 - 4

Daitoshi

3.51
1 - 4

Messina 1347

3.51
1 - 4

Nippon: Zaibatsu

3.26
1 - 4

Altiplano

2 - 5

At the Gates of Loyang

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Boonlake

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