Top 5 Dopamine Loaded Board Games

Top 5 Dopamine Loaded Board Games

From Board Game Hot Takes by Board Game Hot Takes

April 20, 2026 · 56 min · Episode 297

About this episode

The episode discusses how board games trigger dopamine and lists the top 5 games that provide dopamine hits.

In Episode 297 we discuss how board games trigger dopamine and name our top 5 games loaded with dopamine hits. Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction Top 5 Dopamine Loaded Board Games 05:57 Endeavor: Deep Sea 9:02 No Thanks 11:43 Champions of Midgard, Batman: Gotham City Chronicles, Eclipse: 2nd Dawn for The Galaxy, Arcs, Star Wars Rebellion 16:00 Nippon: Zaibatsu 19:48 Sol: Last Days of a Star 22:32 Kanban EV, Barrage, Tapestry 26:18 Slay the Spire: The Board Game 28:15 Tycoon: India 1981 30:53 Can't Stop, Quacks, Wonderland's War 35:35 Grand Austria Hotel 37:38 Dune, Fractal, Glory to Rome, Blood Rage 43:45 Rebirth 45:25 Brass: Birmingham, Steam Power 49:06 Motor City, Darwin's Journey, Rajas of the Ganges: The Dice Charmers, Cribbage If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us at https://www.patreon.com/boardgamehottakes Follow us on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/boardgamehottakes.bsky.social Join our Board Game Arena Community: https://boardgamearena.com/group?id=11417205 Join our Discord server at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/vMtAYQWURd⁠

People in this episode

Host: Board Game Hot Takes

Topics covered

  • dopamine
  • board games
  • game recommendations
  • game mechanics
  • gaming psychology

Keywords

  • dopamine
  • board games
  • game mechanics
  • top games
  • gaming

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Endeavor: Deep Sea, No Thanks, Champions of Midgard, Batman: Gotham City Chronicles, Eclipse: 2nd Dawn for The Galaxy, Arcs, Star Wars Rebellion, Nippon: Zaibatsu, Sol: Last Days of a Star, Kanban EV

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