Each year for the past several years, Board Game Geek (BGG) has produced a Gift Guide geared towards those of you who may not be heavily into board games (like I am).

The creators of BGG depend on others (like me) to get the word out to others (like you) who might be interested in purchasing one or more of these games as Christmas presents. I am more than happy to oblige the good folks at BGG, and so below is their list for 2013.

I have played 25 of the 44 games in the list and have reviewed most of those here at Fun Board Games. So I’ll point you to my review when appropriate and direct you to BGG for more information at other times.

BGG Gift Guide 2013

All-Time Favorites

• Blokus – Abstract game for 2-4 players – My review
• Carcassonne – Tile laying for 2-5 players – My review
• Ticket to Ride – Rummy-like, train placement for 2-5 players – My review
• The Settlers of Catan – Possibly best-known “new” board game for 3-4 players – My review
• Pandemic – Cooperative game for 2-4 players – BGG info
• Dominion – Deck building card game for 2-4 players – BGG info

Games for All Ages

• Pitchcar – Dexterity race game for 2-8 players – BGG info
• Incan Gold – Press your luck game for 3-8 players – BGG info
• Qwirkle – Abstract, tile laying game for 2-4 players – My review
• King of Tokyo – Yahtzee-like dice game for 2-6 players – My review
• Forbidden Island – Light-weight cooperative game for 2-4 players – BGG info

Game for Teenagers and Adults

• Galaxy Trucker – Tile laying, disaster control game for 2-4 players – My review
• Small World – Area control game for 2-5 players – My review
• Risk Legacy – World domination game for 3-5 players – BGG info
• Lords of Waterdeep – Worker placement game for 2-5 players – BGG info
• 7 Wonders – Card drafting game for 2-7 players – BGG info

Games for Older Children

• Ingenious – Abstract area control game for 2-4 players – My review
• Escape: The Curse of the Temple – Real-time cooperative game for 1-5 players – BGG info
• Castle Panic – Cooperative game for 1-6 players – BGG info
• Survive: Escape from Atlantis – Survival game for 2-4 players – BGG info
• Takenoko – Set collection game for 2-4 players – My review

  

Family Games for Younger Children

• Animal Upon Animal – Dexterity game for 2-4 players – BGG info
• Loopin’ Louie – Dexterity game for 2-4 players – BGG info
• Sorry! Sliders – Dexterity game for 2-4 players – BGG info
• Chicken Cha Cha Cha – Memory game for 2-4 players – BGG info
• Labyrinth – Maze race for 2-4 players – My review

Party Games

• Dixit – Story telling game for 3-6 players – BGG info
• Telestrations – Drawing game for 4-8 players – BGG info
• Say Anything – Opinion matching game for 3-8 players – BGG info
• Time’s Up! Title Recall – Clue giving game for 4-18 players – BGG info
• Wits & Wagers Party – Trivia betting game for 3-21 players – BGG info

  

• The Resistance: Avalon – Social deduction game for 5-10 players – BGG info

Two Player (Only) Games

• Jaipur – Set collection – BGG info
• Hive – Abstract, chess-like game – My review
• Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game – Miniatures war game – BGG info
• Mr. Jack – Deduction game – BGG info
• Agricola: All Creatures Great and Small – Worker placement game – BGG info
• Summoner Wars: Master Set – Fantasy war card game – BGG info

Stocking Stuffers

• Love Letter – Deduction card game for 2-4 players – BGG info
• Coloretto – Set collection card game for 2-5 players – BGG info
• Hey! That’s My Fish! – Tile collection game for 2-4 players – My review

  

• Monopoly Deal Card Game – Set collection card game for 2-5 players – BGG info
• For Sale – Bidding card game for 3-6 players – My review
• Bohnanza – Set collection card game for 2-7 players – My review