Best board games of all time
The best, most essential, and most fun tabletop and board games
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How is this list made?
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 25 games
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Terraforming Mars
Year published 2016 Designer Jacob Fryxelius Artists Isaac Fryxelius, Daniel Fryxelius Publisher FryxGames + 25 more Player count 1 - 5 - 24
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Paladins of the West Kingdom
Year published 2019 Designer S J Macdonald, Shem Phillips Artists Mihajlo Dimitrievski Publisher Garphill Games + 17 more Player count 1 - 4 - 23
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Five Tribes: The Djinns of Naqala
Year published 2014 Designer Bruno Cathala Artists Clément Masson Publisher Days of Wonder + 9 more Player count 2 - 4 - 22
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Ticket to Ride
Year published 2004 Designer Alan R. Moon Artists Cyrille Daujean, Julien Delval Publisher Days of Wonder + 17 more Player count 2 - 5 - 21
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Sentinels of the Multiverse
Year published 2011 Designer Christopher Badell, Paul Bender, Adam Rebottaro Artists Adam Rebottaro Publisher Greater Than Games, LLC + 1 more Player count 2 - 5 - 20
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Ark Nova
Year published 2021 Designer Mathias Wigge Artists Steffen Bieker, Loïc Billiau + 2 more Publisher Feuerland Spiele + 19 more Player count 1 - 4 - 19
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Wingspan
Year published 2019 Designer Elizabeth Hargrave Artists Ana Maria Martinez Jaramillo, Natalia Rojas + 2 more Publisher Stonemaier Games + 27 more Player count 1 - 5 - 18
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Pandemic Legacy: Season 1
Year published 2015 Designer Rob Daviau, Matt Leacock Artists Chris Quilliams Publisher Z-Man Games + 11 more Player count 2 - 4 - 17
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Dominion
Year published 2008 Designer Donald X. Vaccarino Artists Matthias Catrein, Julien Delval + 7 more Publisher Rio Grande Games + 22 more Player count 2 - 4 - 16
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Marvel United
Year published 2020 Designer Andrea Chiarvesio, Eric M. Lang Artists Édouard Guiton Publisher CMON Global Limited + 10 more Player count 1 - 4 - 15
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Star Wars: Rebellion
Year published 2016 Designer Corey Konieczka Artists Matt Allsopp, David Ardila + 43 more Publisher Fantasy Flight Games + 9 more Player count 2 - 4 - 14
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Cosmic Encounter
Year published 2008 Designer Bill Eberle, Jack Kittredge, Bill Norton + 2 more Artists Andrew Navaro, Ryan Barger + 4 more Publisher Fantasy Flight Games + 6 more Player count 3 - 5 - 13
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Root
Year published 2018 Designer Cole Wehrle Artists Kyle Ferrin Publisher Leder Games + 16 more Player count 2 - 4 - 12
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The Castles of Burgundy
Year published 2019 Designer Stefan Feld Artists Antje Stephan, Claus Stephan Publisher alea + 5 more Player count 1 - 4 - 11
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Marvel Champions: The Card Game
Year published 2019 Designer Michael Boggs, Nate French, Caleb Grace Artists Publisher Fantasy Flight Games + 4 more Player count 1 - 4 - 10
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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