It is particularly difficult for beginners and casual gamers to keep track of the abundance of board games. We have put together a top list with the 50 best board games as a decision-making aid to give players the chance to discover new titles in the first place. We deliberately did not avoid a certain subjectivity when creating the lists, because we want to present the top 50 of the best board games from our eyes as players.
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Ranking of the best board games: Top 50
| Position | change | Title | Remark | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | ▲ | Gloomhaven | Exceptional board game! | ♨ Price |
| 2. | ▲ | Star Wars: Rebellion | Even better thanks to expansion. | ♨ Price |
| 3. | ▲ | Twilight imperium | Aged like a good wine. | ♨ Price |
| 4. | ▲ | Pandemic Legacy: Season 2 | Fight pandemic? More relevant than ever. | ♨ Price |
| 5. | ▲ | Terraforming Mars | Away from earth? Remains an issue. | ♨ Price |
| 6. | ● | Puerto Rico | Relaunched even better. | ♨ Price |
| 7. | ★ | Marvel Champions - The Card Game | Banging bad guys with superheroes? Excellent! Heroic! | ♨ Price |
| 8. | ★ | The lost ruins of Arnak | A phenomenon goes around the world. | ♨ Price |
| 9. | ★ | Hydropower | Industrial revolution, but dystopian. | ♨ Price |
| 10. | ★ | Spirit Island | Complex, matured. For experts. | ♨ Price |
| 11. | ★ | Great Western Trail | Strategic cowboy placement. | ♨ Price |
| 12. | ★ | Flapping wings | Engine builder with great features. | ♨ Price |
| 13. | ★ | Underwater cities | German version with English title: Everything done right! | ♨ Price |
| 14. | ★ | Architects of the west of France | The board game is better than the title sounds | ♨ Price |
| 15. | ★ | Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game | Makes friendships break. | ♨ Price |
| 16. | ▼ | Gaia Project | Technologies instead of temples. Successor to Terra Mystica. | ♨ Price |
| 17. | ● | Blood Rage | Kickstarter-Hit by Eric M. Lang. | ♨ Price |
| 18. | ★ | Star Wars: Outer Rim | Great Star Wars atmosphere. Hope for improvements through expansion. | ♨ Price |
| 19. | ★ | Gloomhaven: paws of the lion | Slimmed-down "epicness". Stand-alone or as an extension. | ♨ Price |
| 20. | ★ | Brass: Birmingham | The industrial revolution as a board game. | ♨ Price |
| 21. | ★ | Clong! | Deck construction. Charming. Playfully good. | ♨ Price |
| 22. | ★ | Food chain magnate | Smoking heads ... | ♨ Price |
| 23. | ● | Arkham Horror: The Card Game | Exciting variant of an Arkham horror game. | ♨ Price |
| 24. | ● | The Mystical Land | A hit worldwide. Rightly so. | ♨ Price |
| 25. | ▼ | Scythe | The hype is subsiding. Still great. | ♨ Price |
| 26. | ★ | Eclipse - The Second Galactic Age | 4X strategy for demanding players. | ♨ Price |
| 27. | ★ | Aeon's End | Co-op card game with clever deck building. | ♨ Price |
| 28. | ★ | Tainted grail | Hours of story. | ♨ Price |
| 29. | ★ | Dune: Empire | A rarity: a successful game for the film. | ♨ Price |
| 30. | ▲ | Agricola | Rediscovered. Rosenberg. | ♨ Price |
| 31. | ● | Orleans | Great title for real board game strategists. | ♨ Price |
| 32. | ★ | Too many bones | Dice and role play? Great combination! | ♨ Price |
| 33. | ★ | everdell | Plays fluffy and cuddly. | ♨ Price |
| 34. | ★ | Root | Good everywhere: on the table - and digitally too. | ♨ Price |
| 35. | ▼ | Star Wars: Armada | For fans with money. Spaceship battles. | ♨ Price |
| 36. | ★ | The Crew: Travel to the 9th planet together | Trick card game attractively modernized. | ♨ Price |
| 37. | ★ | On March | Mars board game without terraforming in the title. | ♨ Price |
| 38. | ▼ | Star Wars: Imperial Assault | Sprawling battle of accessories. Good miniature board game not only for Star Wars fans. | ♨ Price |
| 39. | ▼ | Azul | Timelessly good tiling. "Door opener". | ♨ Price |
| 40. | ● | Civilization: The Board Game | Civilization strategy game with digital ancestors. | ♨ Price |
| 41. | ★ | Dinosaur Island | For everyone who loves Jurassic Park and hates the T-Rex. | ♨ Price |
| 42. | ▼ | The castles of Burgundy | Had to be on the list! | ♨ Price |
| 43. | ★ | The island of cats | Cat placement with a great table structure. | ♨ Price |
| 44. | ★ | Pax Pamir: Second Edition | Dominance game. | ♨ Price |
| 45. | ▼ | Altiplano | Bag worker placement with misshapen alpaca. | ♨ Price |
| 46. | ● | 7 Wonders Duel | The great two-player version of the Kennerspiel 2011. | ♨ Price |
| 47. | ▼ | Exit | Great series for puzzle fans. Flops when it comes to sustainability. | ♨ Price |
| 48. | ★ | The Lord of the Rings - Journey through Middle-earth | You do not come over! | ♨ Price |
| 49. | ★ | The gallerist | Lacerda. Good, but a matter of taste | ♨ Price |
| 50. | ★ | Small world of warcraft | Good classic with a big license bonus. | ♨ Price |
| Legend: | ● Unchanged | ★ Newcomers | ▲ Newcomers | ▼ Relegated |
Do you have a suggestion for the top 50 best board games?
The top 50 of the best board games is of course a list that is shaped by our personal gaming tastes. Overall, we tried to find a fair mix of frequently played board games and titles that are currently often discussed in the scene. When selecting the titles, we were guided by our opinions and those of other players.
Trending topics from internet forums and social media also served as factors for the selection. However, pure sales figures are not decisive, otherwise classics such as Mensch ärgere dich nicht or Monopoly would appear as fixed sizes among the 50 best board games - which is not the case in our top list.
