Best board games of all time
The best, most essential, and most fun tabletop and board games
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The games on this list have been calculated by aggregating many public Top 10 rankings from YouTube. They represent an overall picture of the board game scene and do not represent any one person's opinion. Check out the full list of rankings below.
View the Top 10 rankingsBoard games are booming, a huge number of great games are released every year. The same churn that brings so many extraordinary games has also made it hard to know where to get started. You can’t purchase every hot new title that shows up on Kickstarter, but you also don’t want to be wasting time playing the same old games that your parents keep in the coat closet. That's where we can help! These are the very best board games of all time; from hardcore strategy games to lighter, family fare any game of these lists are worth playing today!
The list: top 10 games
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Cthulhu: Death May Die
Year published 2019 Designer Rob Daviau, Eric M. Lang Artists Nicolas Fructus, Karl Kopinski + 4 more Publisher CMON Global Limited + 12 more Player count 1 - 5 - 9
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Everdell
Year published 2018 Designer James A. Wilson Artists Andrew Bosley, Cody Jones + 1 more Publisher Starling Games (II) + 18 more Player count 1 - 4 - 8
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Too Many Bones
Year published 2017 Designer Josh J. Carlson, Adam Carlson Artists Josh J. Carlson, Anthony LeTourneau Publisher Chip Theory Games + 7 more Player count 1 - 4 - 7
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Arkham Horror: The Card Game
Year published 2016 Designer Nate French, Maxine Juniper Newman, Matthew J. Newman Artists Christopher Hosch, Marcin Jakubowski + 5 more Publisher Fantasy Flight Games + 10 more Player count 1 - 2 - 6
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Gloomhaven
Year published 2017 Designer Isaac Childres Artists Alexandr Elichev, Josh T. McDowell + 1 more Publisher Cephalofair Games + 10 more Player count 1 - 4 - 5
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Dune: Imperium
Year published 2020 Designer Paul Dennen Artists Clay Brooks, Brett Nienburg + 2 more Publisher Dire Wolf + 10 more Player count 1 - 4 - 4
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A Feast for Odin
Year published 2016 Designer Uwe Rosenberg Artists Dennis Lohausen Publisher Feuerland Spiele + 15 more Player count 1 - 4 - 3
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Brass: Birmingham
Year published 2018 Designer Gavan Brown, Matt Tolman, Martin Wallace Artists Gavan Brown, Lina Cossette + 3 more Publisher Roxley + 18 more Player count 2 - 4 - 2
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Scythe
Year published 2016 Designer Jamey Stegmaier Artists Jakub Rozalski Publisher Stonemaier Games + 18 more Player count 1 - 5 - 1
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Spirit Island
Year published 2017 Designer R. Eric Reuss Artists Jason Behnke, Loïc Berger + 13 more Publisher Greater Than Games, LLC + 16 more Player count 1 - 4
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