Best boardgames on Reddit

201 reviews from r/boardgames, r/birding, r/BoardgameDesign and 9 more subreddits

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Stonemaier Games

4.8

(31)

"Such a great game!! Beautiful art and fun gameplay as well."

"I LOVE this game."

"This is my favourite game!"

"I looove Wingspan."

"Love It!!"

"It's so wonderful!"

"I love wingspan so much."

"It's a gem in my collection."

"I freaking love this game!"

"The Asia one is tougher! So fun."

Ticket to Ride

5.0

(7)

"Ticket to Ride"

"Ticket to Ride, Settlers of Catan, Puerto Rico, all great games."

"Teaches drafting and set collection"

"Ticket to Ride"

"Ticket To Ride"

"Ticket to Ride"

Wingspan

4.8

(6)

"Wingspan and those games."

"Ten min in I was hooked. Excellent game."

"One of the best boardgames I've played."

"Great game! This was the gateway drug for my wife and I getting into boardgames."

"Wingspan got me into birding."

"There is also Wingspan and a bunch others."

Spirit Island

5.0

(5)

"Spirit Island, Pandemic series, Sentinels of the Multiverse."

"Spirit Island."

"Would also endorse Spirit Island for solo."

"Spirit Island is probably the best bang for the buck solo game."

"My favourite game of all time is Spirit Island. It's a cooperative game so you can help them move the pieces and it's a delight."

Scrabble

4.8

(5)

"Scrabble"

"Is a good one in our house."

"Has been our consistent favorite this year."

"Scrabble. Settlers of Catan. Cards against humanity."

Patchwork

5.0

(4)

"I can't stop recommending Patchwork enough."

"I can’t recommend Patchwork enough."

"Have you ever played Patchwork before? It's a 2-player polynomial game made by Uwe Rosenberg."

"There’s this small indie game you may have not heard of. It’s a real treasure. It’s called patchwork and I can’t recommend it enough."

Settlers of Catan

5.0

(4)

"Early Euro that everyone should try as a very simple resource management and world building game"

Days of Wonder

5.0

(4)

"Ticket to Ride is one of the better map placement games out there."

"Of course Ticket to Ride lately."

"I think anything by Days of Wonder (five tribes, small world) for how well their rulebooks are laid out."

Carcassonne

4.8

(4)

"Carcassonne"

"Carcassone"

"Carcassone is a good one. I started playing it with my granddaughter when she was about five."

"Carcassonne and Ticket to Ride are great."

#10

Kingdomino

4.5

(4)

"Kingdomino"

"**Kingdomino**"

"Kingdomino, Blokus, For Sale, Onitama"

"Kingdomino, Lanterns: The Harvest Festival, ...etc"

#11

Leaving Earth

4.5

(4)

"Leaving Earth is exactly this."

"[Leaving Earth] is basically Kerbal Space Program as a board game."

"**Leaving Earth** is fantastic and weighty and about building a space program"

"Leaving Earth - good luck getting it"

#12

Splendor

5.0

(3)

"Splendor Century: spice road Survive Dominion Small World Mission Red Planet Lords of Water deep"

"Splendor is my go to for people who don’t speak the same language."

"**Splendour**"

#13

Greater Than Games

5.0

(3)

"I have to join the Spirit Island Crowd."

"Spirit island is great and gives a lot of content for the money."

"Spirit island is a great solo game."

#14

Catan

5.0

(3)

"Settlers of Catan teaches about how commodities change and supply/demand."

"Settlers of Catan"

"Settlers of CATAN (I see all the Catan comments. You’ve got good taste)."

#15

Outfoxed

5.0

(3)

"Yes! Outfoxed was recommended here when I asked a similar question and my nephews absolutely love it."

"Agree with Outfoxed. And when that gets too easy Ghost Fightin Treasure Hunters."

"I can recommend: Outfoxed, Mummy's Treasure, Race to the Treasure, Hoot Hoot Owl."

#16

King of Tokyo

5.0

(3)

"Teaches resource management (health, energy, VP)"

"King of Tokyo"

"...with the other kids we get King of Tokyo, Labyrinth, and Forbidden Island to the table."

#17

Clue

4.0

(3)

"My wife and I play the steam version of Cluedo, which is fun with the AIs acting as the other players."

"Is fun too."

#18

Sushi Go

5.0

(2)

"Sushi Go"

#19

Dominion

5.0

(2)

#20

Scythe

5.0

(2)

"Scythe, Clank, 7 wonder, Dominion, Red Dragon Inn"

"And Scythe for it's board/art design that helps you remember the rules with it's very layout."

#21

Telestrations

5.0

(2)

"Telestrations"

#22

Hungry Hungry Hippos

5.0

(2)

"Hungry Hungry Hippos"

"Hungry Hungry Hippos is a classic..."

#23

Castles of Burgundy

5.0

(2)

"Castles of Burgundy."

"Castles of Burgundy is a language-independent classic."

#24

Concordia

5.0

(2)

"**Concordia**"

"Buy Concordia. I own a whole shit ton of games and this one is a masterpiece."

#25

Guess Who?

5.0

(2)

"Also, Guess Who? might be fun for that age..."

"And saving the best for last: **Guess Who?**"

#26

Stellar Horizons

5.0

(2)

"You should check out **Stellar Horizons**."

"Oh man. You should check out **Stellar Horizons**."

#27

Rio Grande Games

5.0

(2)

"Dominion is the Big Daddy of deck building games."

"Dominion is a deck building game, where you buy cards from a fixed set to add to your deck."

#28

Twilight Imperium

5.0

(2)

"Twilight Imperium (each edition - beautiful windows into evolutionary design)..."

"Twilight Imperium"

#29

The Loop

4.5

(2)

"Would highly recommend 'The Loop'!"

"The Loop is really hard to get but I did get it new in sleeve this week."

#30

Sagrada

4.5

(2)

"I've enjoyed Sagrada, Welcome to your Perfect Home, Santa Monica and Everdell both at two player and solo."

"Sagrada, One Night Ultimate Werewolf and similar bluffing/deduction games."

#31

Forbidden Island

4.5

(2)

"...with the other kids we get King of Tokyo, Labyrinth, and Forbidden Island to the table."

"Forbidden Island! As long as you can print up multi-language rules in advance you should be good to go."

#32

Rummikub

4.5

(2)

"Rummikub"

#33

One Deck Dungeon

4.5

(2)

"One Deck Dungeon, is a great game for both solo and for 2 players."

"I recommend with One Deck Dungeon a month or so ago."

#34

Firefly

4.5

(2)

"The firefly board game is way better than a licensed property ought to be."

"Just gotta mention Firefly and start trek fleet captains!"

#35

Pandemic

4.5

(2)

"Pandemic."

"Pandemic or other simple co-ops since there isn't as much mental burden"

#36

Haba

4.5

(2)

"Haba makes a lot of good games for younger kids."

"Stuff, I dunno really."

#37

Terra Mystica

4.5

(2)

"Terra Mystica is full of mechanics that it balances pretty well."

"Terra Mystica is pretty good."

#38

SETI

4.0

(2)

"SETI somewhat fits the bill?"

"Kind of surprised no one mentioned S.E.T.I yet."

#39

High Frontier 4 All

4.0

(2)

"You are describing High Frontier 4 All exactly."

"High Frontier 4 All sounds exactly what you're looking for."

#40

Cards Against Humanity

4.0

(2)

"Cards against humanity and super fight"

#41

Tokaido

4.0

(2)

"Tokaido, Istanbul, Manila, Castles of Burgundy, Kingdomino, Splendor, Azul, Century: (any)..."

"I like Tokaido because it's basically all pictures and numbers."

#42

The Worst-Case Scenario: Survival Game

5.0

(1)

"My life was saved after I searched through The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Game for the relevant trivia card."

#43

Cockroach Salad

5.0

(1)

"Cockroach salad is great fun with young kids."

#44

Survive! Escape from Atlantis

5.0

(1)

"**Survive! Escape from Atlantis** would probably work for the 6 year old."

#45

Cosmic Encounter

5.0

(1)

"My 5 year old loves Cosmic Encounter and is always asking to play it."

#46

Dorfromantik

5.0

(1)

"Dorfromantik is great for couples who work well together and also just solo."

#47

Ghost Fightin' Treasure Hunters

5.0

(1)

"Ghost Fightin Treasure Hunters? It’s great for that age."

#48

7 Wonders

5.0

(1)

#49

Marvel Champions

5.0

(1)

#50

Robinson Crusoe

5.0

(1)

"My son, almost 5Y loves to play Robinson Crusoe, 7th wonders: Architects, Quacks, Splendor and Chess."

#51

Dune

5.0

(1)

"Get Dune Imperium and Inis"

#52

Small World

5.0

(1)

"Small World has some cool use of fairly simple mechanics."

#53

Hoplomachus Victorum

5.0

(1)

"You might want to check out Hoplomachus Victorum, seems like like a great game to share the experience with your friend."

#54

Puerto Rico

5.0

(1)

"Puerto Rico has some solid mechanics."

#55

Lost Ruins of Arnak

5.0

(1)

"Lost Ruins of Arnak (tight conversion design that is making competitive waves)..."

#56

Pendulum

5.0

(1)

"I’d say Pendulum. Since it’s a unique turnless game."

#57

Viticulture

5.0

(1)

"+1 for Viticulture! Great solo mode and lots of fun at 2 players."

#58

Pax

5.0

(1)

"Brass Birmingham + Lancashire, Pax Pamir (2nd edition), Great Western Trail (2nd edition)..."

#59

Candy

5.0

(1)

"With candy to bet"

#60

Poker

5.0

(1)

"Poker"

#61

What Do You Meme?

5.0

(1)

"What Do You Meme"

#62

Fluxx

5.0

(1)

"Fluxx"

#63

Wits and Wagers

5.0

(1)

"Wits and Wagers"

#64

Button Shy

5.0

(1)

"Button Shy games"

#65

Spades

5.0

(1)

"Spades"

#66

Dominoes

5.0

(1)

"Dominoes"

#67

Brass

5.0

(1)

"Brass Birmingham + Lancashire, Pax Pamir (2nd edition), Great Western Trail (2nd edition)..."

#68

Great Western Trail

5.0

(1)

"Brass Birmingham + Lancashire, Pax Pamir (2nd edition), Great Western Trail (2nd edition)..."

#69

Vast

5.0

(1)

"Vast and Hegemony are the best."

#70

Everdell

5.0

(1)

"Everdell Duo or even just base Everdell or Farshore!"

#71

Secret Hitler

5.0

(1)

"Settlers of Catan, Secret Hitler, Carquesson."

#72

Agricola

5.0

(1)

"Anything which requires a moderate-to-high degree of strategy: Agricola, Scythe, Root."

#73

Word on the Street

5.0

(1)

"Word on the Street"

#74

Armello

5.0

(1)

"Armello is a great game."

#75

Castle Panic

4.0

(1)

"Castle Panic and Astro Knights are both excellent co-op games."

#76

Triqueta

4.0

(1)

"My husband and I recently tried Triqueta and it is a delightful little filler game that worked great at 2 players."

#77

Medici

4.0

(1)

#78

Tikal

4.0

(1)

#79

Munchkin

4.0

(1)

"‘take that’ mechanics, negotiation"

#80

El Grande

4.0

(1)

#81

The Resistance

4.0

(1)

#82

Caylus

4.0

(1)

#83

TZAAR

4.0

(1)

#84

Tigris & Euphrates

4.0

(1)

#85

Web of Power

4.0

(1)

#86

Harmonies

4.0

(1)

"“Harmonies” can be played solo and 2 (up to 4) players."

#87

Obsession

4.0

(1)

"Obsession has appealed to a lot of couples and plays very similarly solo."

#88

Sequence

4.0

(1)

"A little known game called Sequence."

#89

JAWS

4.0

(1)

"I just played the ravensburger JAWS game at the weekend and it was great fun."

#90

Pitchcar

4.0

(1)

"Pitchcar. Sadly, afaik direct orders from the publisher is not available to North America."

#91

Ahoy

4.0

(1)

"Ahoy is sadly very underrated."

#92

Masters of the Universe

4.0

(1)

"Masters of the Universe: Fields of Eternia"

#93

Crash Octopus

4.0

(1)

"Crash Octopus is a fun dexterity game."

#94

Space Ninjas

4.0

(1)

"I bought a boardgame there called Space Ninjas."

#95

Cash Flow

4.0

(1)

"Cash flow 101 is fun when you have a learning mindset."

#96

Cloudspire

4.0

(1)

"Cloudspire from CTG might be of interest to you."

#97

Monopoly

1.5

(2)

"Monopoly"

"The prime example of *What Not To Do*"

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