Best Board Games with "No Excessive Card Shuffling" Accessibility Settings

Dobble (also called Spot It!) is a card game where you race other players to claim cards by spotting symbols.

Dobble (also called Spot It!) is a card game where you race other players to claim cards by spotting symbols. Each of the colourful cards has eight symbols, one of which always matches a symbol of another card.

Carcassonne is a strategy game where you lay tiles to create a medieval landscape of farms, rivers and cities.

Carcassonne is a strategy game where you lay tiles to create a medieval landscape of farms, rivers and cities. Each new tile must match the roads, rivers, farms and cities of those around it.

Ancestree is a collecting and sequencing game where you compete to build the strongest family tree.

Ancestree is a collecting and sequencing game where you compete to build the strongest family tree. You select and link tiles, building your family person by person, scoring points for marriages, wealth and continuous generations.

Santorini is a strategy game where you place buildings on a Greek island in an effort to get your character to the top.

Santorini is a strategy game where you place buildings on a Greek island in an effort to get your character to the top. This creates a chess-like three-dimensional competitive puzzle that changes as each player adds pieces to the village.

Splendor is a trading-up strategy game where you play a global trader during the European Renaissance.

Splendor is a trading-up strategy game where you play a global trader during the European Renaissance. Nobles once content with large castles and fur robes, now seek dark sapphires and glittering diamonds.

Sushi Go! is a sushi-themed card game where you collect combinations of cards to complete sushi dishes and score points.

Sushi Go! is a sushi-themed card game where you collect combinations of cards to complete sushi dishes and score points. The different dishes require a varying number of cards and related scores based on the complexity of the recipe.

Wavelength is a communication guessing game where you try and read your teammate's minds.

Wavelength is a communication guessing game where you try and read your teammate's minds. Unlike other guessing games the answers aren't right or wrong but on a sliding scale that changes each round.

Last Defense! is a game about saving a city from alien invasion in just twenty minutes.

Last Defense! is a game about saving a city from alien invasion in just twenty minutes. You play by rolling dice and moving to stop the invading monsters, free Scientists from the rubble and discover Tools.

Tsuro is a strategic tile-laying traversal game where the goal is to keep your piece on the board longer than anyone else.

Tsuro is a strategic tile-laying traversal game where the goal is to keep your piece on the board longer than anyone else. You play by adding intricate winding Path tiles to a board to move pieces along the path that you create.

Kingdom Builder is a strategy world-building game where you create a kingdom by placing settlers' houses.

Kingdom Builder is a strategy world-building game where you create a kingdom by placing settlers' houses. You work to build settlements with positions and orientations that meet three specific criteria chosen at the start.

Catan is a strategy game set on an uninhabited island where you accumulate, spend and trade resources to build the biggest kingdom.

Catan is a strategy game set on an uninhabited island where you accumulate, spend and trade resources to build the biggest kingdom. Players must compete for space, resources and ultimately for ten victory points to be crowned the winner.

Yarrr Har Hunt is a traversal game where you are a band of pirates working together to follow the clues and find buried treasure.

Yarrr Har Hunt is a traversal game where you are a band of pirates working together to follow the clues and find buried treasure. You move from clue to clue but must work together and share movement to be efficient and find the treasure before the enemy pirate ship gets to the island.

Dead Reckoning is a role-play game where you power up sailor cards to command a pirate ship, trade, hunt treasure and take control of islands.

Dead Reckoning is a role-play game where you power up sailor cards to command a pirate ship, trade, hunt treasure and take control of islands. Unlike other card games, you're not trading cards but levelling them up by applying upgrades and advancements.

ShipShape is a collecting and sequencing game where you compete to create the highest-scoring ship full of loot.

ShipShape is a collecting and sequencing game where you compete to create the highest-scoring ship full of loot. You bid for hole-ridden Crate pieces, then carefully stack them in order to form your Hold.

Blood Bowl is a sporting and fighting American football-style game played with two teams of Tolkienesque fantasy races.

Blood Bowl is a sporting and fighting American football-style game played with two teams of Tolkienesque fantasy races. They compete to either get the ball to the end zone or kill all the opponent players.

Telestrations is a drawing, guessing party game that combines Catchphrase and Chinese Whispers.

Telestrations is a drawing, guessing party game that combines Catchphrase and Chinese Whispers. Using a wipeable game book, players work in series to sketch a secret word, guess the word, turn the page and sketch again.

Hanabi is a cooperative game where you create a fireworks show by placing the cards in the right order.

Hanabi is a cooperative game where you create a fireworks show by placing the cards in the right order. Your goal is to organise all the suits of cards in ascending order like Solitaire.

Roll For It! is a push-your-luck dice game where you compete to be the first to forty points.

Roll For It! is a push-your-luck dice game where you compete to be the first to forty points. You roll dice to complete point sequences - the more complex, the bigger the score.

Downforce is a card-based racing game where you bid, bet and race to get ahead.

Downforce is a card-based racing game where you bid, bet and race to get ahead. At the core is a strategic racing game where track placement is key and outfoxing other players at corners is essential.

Kim-Joy's Magic Bakery is a card-collecting game where you run a bakery in a magic forest.

Kim-Joy's Magic Bakery is a card-collecting game where you run a bakery in a magic forest. You play by collecting Ingredient cards and then using them to “bake” Layer cards to match customer orders.

Legacy of Dragonholt is a tabletop role-play game in the style of Dungeons & Dragons.

Legacy of Dragonholt is a tabletop role-play game in the style of Dungeons & Dragons. Here though, things are approachable with less reading and no one (game master) who has to run the game.

The Isle of Cats is a collecting game where you rescue cats from a doomed island by squeezing them onto your rescue boat.

The Isle of Cats is a collecting game where you rescue cats from a doomed island by squeezing them onto your rescue boat. You play by collecting Tetris-like Cat and Treasure tiles and arranging them carefully onto your Boat board.