Best board games on Reddit
373 reviews from r/boardgames, r/Parenting, r/Preschoolers and 11 more subreddits
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#1
Sneaky Snacky Squirrel
4.7
(14)
"Sneaky Snacky Squirrel, Bear Down, Count Your Chickens, Chickyboom, Puppy Fuffle, Go Fish is big in our house, Lava Lizards, Burger Balance"
"The sneaky snacky squirrel game"
"The Sneaky Snacky Squirrel game is the best first game for kids!"
"The Sneaky Snacky Squirrel. It's a hoot."
"Sneaky snacky squirrel has been a huge hit for us"
"Sneaky Snacky Squirrell is great and works on color matching, turn taking and fine motor control."
"Was a big hit!"
"Is a hit with my almost four old right now."
"Sneaky Snacky Squirrel. Both my kids loved it at that age."
"Sneaky snacky squirrel."
#2
Ticket to Ride
4.8
(12)
"Catan junior, ticket to ride, sequence, skip Bo, taco cat goat cheese pizza."
"Ticket to Ride."
"Ticket to Ride is so much fun."
"Ticket to Ride is an excellent introduction to modern board games for all ages."
"Ticket to Ride is easy fun."
"Junior Detective, Ticket to Ride."
"Katan! Ticket to ride!"
"Time to get some of the "new" greats: Azul, Pandemic, Ticket to Ride, Labyrinth, and Kingdomino immediately come to mind for me with that age group."
"Ticket to Ride First Journey."
"You can't go far wrong with 'Ticket to ride'."
#3
Exploding Kittens
4.8
(11)
"Exploding Kittens."
"My kids (9 & 11) love the strategy card games - uno, exploding kittens, unstable unicorns."
"Exploding Kittens, Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza, UNO, Blokus, Scrabble, Boggle, chess."
"Carcassonne, Forbidden Island, Munchkin, Exploding Kittens."
"Our picks for the whole family of late are "Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza," Exploding Kittens, Skip-Bo, Set, and Labyrinth."
"Exploding kittens."
"Anything from oatmeal/exploding kittens line."
"Exploding Kittens and a couple of the expansion packs."
"Exploding kittens is silly and fun."
"Exploding kittens is great for larger groups."
#4
Carcassonne
4.7
(10)
"Carcassonne, Forbidden Island, Munchkin, Exploding Kittens."
"Carcassonne is simple to understand."
"Carcasonne (family favourite)."
"A tile matching game about building a network of cities, roads and farms."
"Carcassonne (tile laying game building a medieval world)."
"Carcassonne is easy strategy."
"Carcassonne is a fun tile laying game."
"Carcassonne maybe? My family also likes No Thanks as a simple competitive game."
"Carcassonne! My son is 5 and we love playing that together."
"Carcassonne - using only the most basic rules."
#5
Azul
4.9
(9)
"Azul, Cascadia, Splendor, sagrada."
"Azul."
"Azul, Carcassonne, Splendor"
"Azul, Splendor, and Carcassonne have no reading during gameplay, simple rules, and competitive with pretty deep gameplay"
"Time to get some of the "new" greats: Azul, Pandemic, Ticket to Ride, Labyrinth, and Kingdomino immediately come to mind for me with that age group."
"My 7yo will play Azul."
"Azul."
"There is a whole world of modern board games to explore from Azul (building Portuguese mosaic tiles)."
"Azul, and Splendor also decent."
#6
King of Tokyo
4.7
(9)
"King of Tokyo and king of New York are big favourites for my 7 and 9 year old boys."
"King of Tokyo and king of New York are big favourites for my 7 and 9 year old boys."
"King of Tokyo is a hit with my family!"
"King of Tokyo."
"King of Tokyo."
"King of Tokyo."
"I usually played King of Tokyo with the sons of my friends."
"King of Tokyo and Horrified."
"Camel up, King of Tokyo, go nuts for doughnuts, ghost blitz."
#7
Candy Land
4.6
(9)
"We like Candyland."
"He also loves Candy Land."
"Was and is always candy land."
"For sure, any matching games."
"Is a huge hit in my house."
"Is my daughter’s favorite!"
"I always like candy land as a first board game."
"Candyland."
"Candy land is a staple."
#8
Uno
4.6
(8)
"Our new fav is Uno no mercy."
"My kids (9 & 11) love the strategy card games - uno, exploding kittens, unstable unicorns."
"Uno and guess who are a hit in our house."
"Failing that, Uno."
"Uno."
"Uno (little plays on our team)."
"Uno, Hoot Owl Hoot, any matching memory game, The Ladybug Game, Kerplunk, Pick up Sticks, Twister"
"Uno."
#9
Catan
4.4
(8)
"Villainous, Ticket to ride and Catan!"
"Catan, sorry, quirkle, and aggravation."
"Katan! Ticket to ride!"
"Settlers of Catan (plus it has expansions of he loves it."
"Catan, any version of kingdomino, zombie Kidz and zombie teens, incan gold, gold mine."
"Catan, Labyrinth, Uno, and I hate to say it but Monopoly."
"Ticket to ride and Catan both have kid versions."
"Bc the thought of playing that game again is horrifying."
#10
Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza
5.0
(7)
"Catan junior, ticket to ride, sequence, skip Bo, taco cat goat cheese pizza."
"Taco Cat Goat CheesePizza is super fun."
"Cat goat cheese pizza."
"Our picks for the whole family of late are "Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza," Exploding Kittens, Skip-Bo, Set, and Labyrinth."
"Taco cat goat cheese pizza."
"Taco, cat, goat, cheese, pizza."
"Taco, cat, goat, cheese, pizza."
#11
Outfoxed
4.9
(7)
"I play Outfoxed with my 5 year old. It's like cooperative Clue."
"Out-foxed, Storytime Chess"
"It's a great game."
"Has become the favorite at 4-5 for our house."
"A good cooperative one that our 4-year-old likes"
"Outfoxed is a good collaborative one."
"Outfoxed is pretty enjoyable with my kids."
#12
Splendor
4.9
(7)
"Azul, Cascadia, Splendor, sagrada."
"Splendor"
"Came to recommend splendor."
"Splendour, Carcassonne, Exploding Kittens and Go Sushi are some of my kids favourites."
"Have you tried Splendor? It’s one of my favorites."
"My 10yo crushes us all in Splendor."
"Azul, and Splendor also decent."
#13
Labyrinth
4.8
(6)
"Our picks for the whole family of late are "Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza," Exploding Kittens, Skip-Bo, Set, and Labyrinth."
"Time to get some of the "new" greats: Azul, Pandemic, Ticket to Ride, Labyrinth, and Kingdomino immediately come to mind for me with that age group."
"Labyrinth."
"Another vote for Labyrinth, too!"
"We enjoy labyrinth."
"Ravensburger's Labyrinth is quite good."
#14
My First Castle Panic
4.8
(6)
"My 4 year old adores My First Castle Panic."
"It's actually really fun and is about asking for help when you need it."
"Was my son's favorite gift when he turned 4"
"It’s a cooperative game"
"My First Castle Panic."
"My first castle panic"
#15
Cascadia
4.2
(6)
"Azul, Cascadia, Splendor, sagrada."
"Cascadia."
"Takenoko and Cascadia."
"My family enjoys Cascadia."
"Some nice games to get into the hobby are cascadia, dorf romantik and under falling skies."
"I started with Cascadia"
#16
Betrayal at House on the Hill
5.0
(5)
"For sure."
"Betrayal at house on the hill! One of my faves."
"Betrayal, Arkham Horror, Dead by Daylight, Mysterium."
"Definitely Betrayal at house on the hill."
"Betrayal."
#17
Pandemic
5.0
(5)
"Time to get some of the "new" greats: Azul, Pandemic, Ticket to Ride, Labyrinth, and Kingdomino immediately come to mind for me with that age group."
"Pandemic is a great option for team building."
"I've been really enjoying Alien: Fate of the Nostromo, and Pandemic."
"Pandemic is good as you have most of the people on the same team."
"Pandemic is one of my absolute favourite games to play."
#18
Sequence for Kids
5.0
(5)
"Sequence for Kids: draw and move game."
"My daughter loves Sequence for Kids. The animal version."
"Our 4 year old loves Sequence for kids. We love it too!"
"Our 4 year old loves Sequence for kids. We love it too!"
"Sequence for Kids is great!"
#19
Kingdomino
4.8
(5)
"Kingdomino."
"I found Kingdomino worked pretty well with my kids."
"Any version of kingdomino"
"Kingdomino."
"Kingdomino / ticket to ride / Carcassonne / survive: escape from Atlantis."
#20
Hoot Owl Hoot
4.8
(5)
"Hoot Owl Hoot: much better candy land alternative."
"Hoot owl hoot. Memory/matching. Zingo."
"Hoot Owl Hoot is also a co-op game."
"Hoot Owl Hoot is a great cooperation board game."
"Are three of our current favorites."
#21
Takenoko
4.6
(5)
"I think you are going to love **Takenoko**."
"Try "Takenoko"."
"Takenoko (bamboo, panda, Japanese)."
"Takenoko and Cascadia."
"Takenoko."
#22
HABA
4.6
(5)
"Haba's 'hey fishy fishy'."
"Haba is another company."
"Haba and eeboo makes some nice first board & card games."
"A bunch of the Haba games and they’re all good quality."
"The Brand Haba has some really good ones."
#23
Blokus
4.4
(5)
"We loved Blokus."
"Blokus"
"Blokus and Calico have no text and nearly no text, respectively."
"We loved playing Blockus, Outfoxed!"
"Blokus a hit for us right now with 5 and 7 year old."
#24
7 Wonders
5.0
(4)
"7 Wonders has simple actions, is all symbols, and is an all-around great game."
"7 Wonders."
"7 Wonders."
"Seven Wonders is lots of fun."
#25
Nemesis
5.0
(4)
"All excellent games for some scares at Halloween."
"Would definitely be a good horror game."
"Nemesis."
"Nemesis."
#26
Munchkin
5.0
(4)
"Carcassonne, Forbidden Island, Munchkin, Exploding Kittens."
"Munchkin is really fun."
"Munchkin."
"Munchkin is also really good."
#27
Forbidden Island
5.0
(4)
"Carcassonne, Forbidden Island, Munchkin, Exploding Kittens."
"Forbidden Island!"
"Forbidden Island is a cooperative game where you race against the island sinking."
"Forbidden Island."
#28
Dobble
5.0
(4)
"Double is a great and compact game!"
"Dobble and, Ubongo are playable by small children."
"Dobble is great."
"Dobble is super portable and fun too."
#29
Peaceable Kingdom
5.0
(4)
"Anything that is Peaceable Kingdom."
"Peaceable Kingdom has an excellent selection of easy to play kids games!"
"Peaceable Kingdom games are great because they’re cooperative and don’t cause hurt feelings if someone loses."
"Games are the best."
#30
Count Your Chickens
4.8
(4)
"Is also excellent."
"Are usually good for my 3yr old."
"[Count Your Chickens] was a winner around 3-4."
"Are three of our current favorites."
#31
Quacks of Quedlinburg
4.8
(4)
"Quacks of Quedlingberg!"
"Quacks of Quedelinburg."
"'Quacks of Quedlinburg' is also great fun."
"Quacks of Quedlinburg maybe?"
#32
Hues and Cues
4.8
(4)
"My son gave me hues and cues."
"I bought Hues and Cues and whether we play it 'correctly' or not my friends and I always have a blast arguing about colors."
"Hues and Cues are family favourites."
"Hues and Cues is great for kids!"
#33
First Orchard
4.8
(4)
"First Orchard, Animal Upon Animal"
"**First Orchard** by Haba has been the biggest success."
"All favorites in our house and have been for a while."
"I would much rather play First Orchard."
#34
Mysterium
4.8
(4)
"For fans of Clue, try Mysterium."
"Is a cooperative board game, playable up to 7 players."
"Mysterium."
"Mysterium is good fun!"
#35
Rhino Hero
4.8
(4)
"**Rhino Hero**."
"Rhino hero is pretty cool."
"Rhino Hero."
"Rhino Hero (and other Haba games) is often cited as a kid’s game."
#36
Catan Junior
4.5
(4)
"Catan junior, ticket to ride, sequence, skip Bo, taco cat goat cheese pizza."
"Catan Junior."
"Eye found it and Junior Cattan are favorites in our house."
"Catan junior Probably getting close to regular catan."
#37
HeroQuest
4.5
(4)
"Heroquest. Finding out what's behind that door."
"HeroQuest!"
"Hero quest. The best thing about Hero Quest is that it is basically D&D."
"Hero Quest."
#38
Dixit
5.0
(3)
"Dixit!!! It’s the BEST."
"Quirkle, DixIt."
"Dixit and Hues and Cues are family favourites."
#39
Chutes and Ladders
5.0
(3)
"We like Chutes and Ladders."
"He also loves Chutes & Ladders."
"Has been good for us."
#40
Candyland
5.0
(3)
"Candyland."
"Candyland is a hit with my 4 year old!"
"Candyland and Chutes & Ladders are favorites at that age."
#41
Mansions of Madness
5.0
(3)
"Mansions of Madness."
"All excellent games for some scares at Halloween."
"Mansions of madness is a good one."
#42
Qwirkle
5.0
(3)
"Qwirkle Dragonwood."
"Qwirkle. Shut the box. Yam Slam. Spoons. Onitama."
"Qwirkel."
#43
Settlers of Catan
5.0
(3)
"Settlers of Catan is great because you can "handicap" each player."
"Settlers of Catan."
"Settlers of Catan."
#44
Sequence
5.0
(3)
"Catan junior, ticket to ride, sequence, skip Bo, taco cat goat cheese pizza."
"Sequence! It's so easy to learn and play, but also packed with strategy and luck so every game is different."
"We also all play Sequence."
#45
Castle Panic
5.0
(3)
"Castle Panic! And Splendor."
"Castle Panic is something my kids and my nephews loved."
"Castle Panic is a fun kid game that I greatly enjoy as an adult."
#46
My Little Scythe
5.0
(3)
"My little scythe (this is great fun)."
"My Little Scythe is an excellent entry game."
"My son and I have been playing My little Scythe since he was 7."
#47
Marvel Champions
5.0
(3)
"Marvel Champions is the most bang-for-the-buck deck-builder."
"Marvel Champions and Arkham Horror LCG are the easiest to get into."
"Marvel Champions."
#48
Monopoly Junior
4.7
(3)
"My 4 year old loves it."
"Is a special set for young ones."
"Monopoly junior!"
#49
Cards Against Humanity
4.7
(3)
"Cards Against Humanity FAMILY EDITION is fun for kids & adults."
"Cards Against Humanity is always a winner."
"Cards Against Humanity has a family edition."
#50
Snakes and Ladders
4.7
(3)
"Is like chutes and ladders, but in 3D."
"Is my little one's fave."
"Snakes and Ladders, Candyland, Hoot Owl Hoot, The Very Hungry Caterpillar board game."
#51
Zingo
4.7
(3)
"We play it almost daily."
"My 4yo loves Zingo."
"Is fun!"
#52
Unfathomable
4.7
(3)
"Is a cool hidden traitor game."
"Is great at that player count."
"Unfathomable is good at 4-6 players, but it's a 3 hour game."
#53
Patchwork
4.7
(3)
"Patchwork is wonderful."
"My 6 year old enjoys Patchwork."
"My list would have at least: Race for the Galaxy, Patchwork."
#54
Animal Upon Animal
4.7
(3)
"Animal Upon Animal: dexterity game."
"Animal Upon Animal, Catan Jr."
"I have always enjoyed Animal Upon Animal as a stacking game."
#55
Mouse Trap
4.7
(3)
"My 9 year old likes Uzzle and Mouse Trap."
"They loved it!!"
"Mouse trap is a kid favourite."
#56
Concordia
4.7
(3)
"Concordia is a bit heavier but immensely enjoyable and satisfying to play."
"Concordia is one of our favorite meaty 2-player games."
"Concordia, Hansa Teutonica"
#57
Bananagrams
4.3
(3)
"Bananagrams."
"Bananagrams is much faster than Scrabble."
"We like bananagrams, everyone can join in and it’s very competitive!"
#58
Cryptid
4.3
(3)
"Great to know it's possible to play Cryptid with 2 players."
"Always wanted to check Cryptid but didn‘t due to the player count."
"Didn't know you can play Cryptid at 2p."
#59
Final Girl
4.0
(3)
"I really like Final Girl. It's technically a single player game but my gf and I play it co-op together."
"I'd recommend Final Girl if its themes interest you."
"If you love horror movies and ever wished you could be part of one from the safety of your house this game is for you."
#60
Pop the Pig
5.0
(2)
"My 3.5 year old likes Pop the Pig."
"My daughter loved Pop the Pig."
#61
Dragon's Breath
5.0
(2)
"Haba games are great. My kids currently love dragon’s breath"
"Younger kids - Dragon's Breath."
#62
Scattergories
5.0
(2)
"Scattergories…scrabble."
"Scattergories."
#63
Cubitos
5.0
(2)
"Cubitos."
"Cubitos is a fun, dice rolling, race game."
#64
Happy Salmon
5.0
(2)
"Happy salmon."
"Happy Salmon is my family’s favorite game."
#65
Here to Slay
5.0
(2)
"If you have fantasy/dnd type kids Here to Slay is lots of fun!"
"Just started getting into board games and ‘Here to Slay’ was fantastic!!!"
#66
Bluey: Scavenger Hunt
5.0
(2)
"My kid loves the bluey scavenger hunt."
"Great for colors, shapes, textures etc"
#67
Haba: First Orchard
5.0
(2)
"Is probably the best."
"Is the best!"
#68
For Northwood
5.0
(2)
"For Northwood is a lot of fun and good for beginners."
"For Northwood."
#69
Arkham Horror
5.0
(2)
"Arkham Horror."
"The definitive co-op lovecraft game still to this day."
#70
Kerplunk
5.0
(2)
"We got this wooden one from Amazon, the quality is brilliant."
"Kerplunk was a hit with my kids at around age 4."
#71
Taco vs Burrito
5.0
(2)
"Taco vs burrito."
"We also all play Taco Vs Burrito."
#72
The Night Cage
5.0
(2)
"Escape from a maze that changes whenever the light vanishes plays 1-5 players"
"The Night Cage!"
#73
Telestrations
5.0
(2)
"Telestrations."
"Telestrations."
#74
Throw Throw Burrito
5.0
(2)
"Throw throw burrito is a favorite around here (ages 7-14)."
"Throw Throw Burrito is another."
#75
Quest for El Dorado
5.0
(2)
"Quest For El Dorado is also incredibly popular with all ages at my house."
"Won't go better than Quest for El Dorado!"
#76
Century: Spice Road
5.0
(2)
"Century Spice Road."
"Century spice road is a blast no reading on the cards and straight forward to understand and pick up."
#77
Jenga
5.0
(2)
"**Jenga, Rhino Hero, Tok-Tok Woodsman**."
"He does love Jenga and he actually understands the concept!"
#78
Villainous
5.0
(2)
"Villainous, Ticket to ride and Catan!"
"Villainous is also pretty good."
#79
Skip-Bo
5.0
(2)
"Catan junior, ticket to ride, sequence, skip Bo, taco cat goat cheese pizza."
"Our picks for the whole family of late are "Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza," Exploding Kittens, Skip-Bo, Set, and Labyrinth."
#80
Escape from the Aliens from Outer Space
5.0
(2)
"It combines hidden roles and hidden movement. It's genuinely tense bordering on actually scary."
"It's a hidden movement and hidden roles horror alien game."
#81
Hi Ho! Cherry-O
5.0
(2)
"Is definitely a classic and a great choice for introducing basic concepts."
"Is a hit in our house!"
#82
My Lil Everdale
5.0
(2)
"My lil everdell."
"I enjoy playing My Lil Everdale."
#83
Monopoly
4.5
(2)
"Monopoly cheaters edition."
"Monopoly Go is a great card adaptation of Monopoly and different enough to stand on its own two feet."
#84
Love Letter
4.5
(2)
"My kids are obsessed with Love Letter."
"Love Letter."
#85
The Settlers of Catan
4.5
(2)
"Settlers of Catan? It’s not too difficult."
"A very luck based game about building up strings of settlements."
#86
Alien: Fate of the Nostromo
4.5
(2)
"Give GREAT atmosphere."
"Cooperative: Alien: Fate of the Nostromo."
#87
One Night Ultimate Werewolf
4.5
(2)
"One Night Ultimate Werewolf is the OG among us."
"One Night Ultimate Werewolf is short and for 5-10p."
#88
Mastermind
4.5
(2)
"My 8 yo loves Mastermind."
"Mastermind is fun, but only 2 players."
#89
Unstable Unicorns
4.5
(2)
"My kids (9 & 11) love the strategy card games - uno, exploding kittens, unstable unicorns."
"A silly card game about gathering a collection of unicorns."
#90
Survive the Island
4.5
(2)
"Survive the Island."
"If you want competitive Survive the Island works well!"
#91
No Thanks
4.5
(2)
"Our "light" favorites currently include No Thanks!."
"My family also likes No Thanks as a simple competitive game."
#92
Go Away Monster
4.5
(2)
"**Go Away Monster** is another good one."
"He’s probably a little old for go away monster, but he might like: hoot owl hoot, feed the woozle, snug as a bug."
#93
Loopin' Louie
4.5
(2)
"**Loopin' Louie**."
"Loopin’ Louie works with adults too."
#94
Scout
4.5
(2)
"Scout."
"Scout."
#95
That's Not a Hat
4.5
(2)
"That's not a hat."
"That's Not a Hat."
#96
Dead of Winter
4.0
(2)
"Dead of Winter. It's mostly co op but... is it?"
"Dead of winter."
#97
Zombicide
4.0
(2)
"Also not D&D, but Zombicide."
"Cooperative: Zombicide."
#98
A Gentle Rain
4.0
(2)
"**A Gentle Rain** hasn’t been mentioned."
"**A Gentle Rain** is fun, relaxing, inexpensive, and quite popular."
#99
Ticket to Ride Jr
4.0
(2)
"The Jr versions of Ticket to Ride."
"Ticket to ride jr isn’t quite as fun for adults, but kids like it."
#100
Under Falling Skies
4.0
(2)
"Under falling skies is a good one."
"I started my collection with under falling skies."
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