Best Board Games

Ice Cool, and the follow-up Ice Cool 2, is an action game where you flick plastic Penguins around cardboard school rooms to collect points and avoid the Catcher.

Ice Cool, and the follow-up Ice Cool 2, is an action game where you flick plastic Penguins around cardboard school rooms to collect points and avoid the Catcher. Like a cross between Subbuteo and Cluedo, you slide, jump and barrel your penguin through each door to collect fish.

Ticket to Ride is a railway-themed strategy board game where players compete to earn the most points by collecting cards, placing trains and completing journeys.

Ticket to Ride is a railway-themed strategy board game where players compete to earn the most points by collecting cards, placing trains and completing journeys. It is an easy-to-learn game that can be gently competitive and has become a popular classic.

Klask is an action board game that combines aspects of table football and air hockey.

Klask is an action board game that combines aspects of table football and air hockey. Your aim is to use your under-the-table-magnet-controlled player to push the ball into the opponent's goal.

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.

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.

MicroMacro: Crime City is a puzzle brain game where you solve crimes by discovering clues hidden in black and white pictures.

MicroMacro: Crime City is a puzzle brain game where you solve crimes by discovering clues hidden in black and white pictures. You solve a series of cases that relate to different large pictures you lay out on the table between all the players.

Flamme Rouge is a quick and tactical bike racing game.

Flamme Rouge is a quick and tactical bike racing game. You control a team of two riders around the puzzle piece track to get to the finish first.

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.

Dixit is a communication game where you guess which Picture cards are related to someone's clue.

Dixit is a communication game where you guess which Picture cards are related to someone's clue. Each round you each pick a card to match the Storyteller player's clue and then try and guess which one was the Storyteller's.

Speedy Roll (also known as Hedgehog Roll) is an action dexterity game where you roll the hedgehog (a fuzzy tennis ball with eyes) to collect woodland items that stick to it.

Speedy Roll (also known as Hedgehog Roll) is an action dexterity game where you roll the hedgehog (a fuzzy tennis ball with eyes) to collect woodland items that stick to it. This determines which path you can take through the forest to get back home before the fox.

Lost Ruins of Arnak is a collecting game where you explore an uninhabited ancient island.

Lost Ruins of Arnak is a collecting game where you explore an uninhabited ancient island. You play Action cards to find resources, defeat monsters and uncover treasures.

The Magic Labyrinth (also known as The Magic Maze) is a traversal puzzle game where magician apprentices retrieve magic objects from their master's maze.

The Magic Labyrinth (also known as The Magic Maze) is a traversal puzzle game where magician apprentices retrieve magic objects from their master's maze. However, there are invisible walls in the maze that you have to avoid.

My City is a world-building game where players compete to create the highest-scoring city by placing Tetris-shaped buildings on their map.

My City is a world-building game where players compete to create the highest-scoring city by placing Tetris-shaped buildings on their map. However, it's a Legacy game which means the board and rules change as you play through 24 rounds over a number of sittings.

Camel Up is a crazy push-your-luck game where you bet on and influence camel races.

Camel Up is a crazy push-your-luck game where you bet on and influence camel races. Each turn you can move the camels, bet on which will win or place tokens to slow or speed things up.

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.

Everdell is a strategy game where you lead a group of animals seeking to build their home in woodland.

Everdell is a strategy game where you lead a group of animals seeking to build their home in woodland. You play by placing workers, playing cards and collecting resources.

Outfoxed! is a cooperative puzzle game where you work to discover which of the suspects stole the pie before the fox gets to safety.

Outfoxed! is a cooperative puzzle game where you work to discover which of the suspects stole the pie before the fox gets to safety. You roll to move around the board and apply special Clue tokens to the Clue Decoder holster that reveals specific aspects of the thief in a 'Guess Who' style.

Bugs in the Kitchen is a fast-paced puzzle game where you have to trap a constantly moving robot bug.

Bugs in the Kitchen is a fast-paced puzzle game where you have to trap a constantly moving robot bug. You play by rolling dice and turning Maze pieces to create paths for the digital bug to scuttle down.

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.

Canvas is a creative collecting game where you layer transparent cards and backgrounds to make unique pictures.

Canvas is a creative collecting game where you layer transparent cards and backgrounds to make unique pictures. The aim is to match your art to the target style each round, indicated by icons on the cards.

Imperial is a strategy war game like Risk.

Imperial is a strategy war game like Risk. However, you play international investors, rather than political leaders, who control the countries.

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.

Root is a strategy adventure where different factions battle for control of a fantasy wilderness.

Root is a strategy adventure where different factions battle for control of a fantasy wilderness. You deploy your armies and heroes, fight and move in different ways because each faction plays uniquely.

Blue Lagoon is a strategy game where you aim to take control of a series of islands in an archipelago.

Blue Lagoon is a strategy game where you aim to take control of a series of islands in an archipelago. You place Settler tiles to create the longest lines on the map and claim territory.

The Adventures of Robin Hood is a role-play game where you become Robin Hood and his Merry Men battling Prince John to bring order and peace to Sherwood Forest.

The Adventures of Robin Hood is a role-play game where you become Robin Hood and his Merry Men battling Prince John to bring order and peace to Sherwood Forest. You play by moving your Character figures around the board, following prompts in the Storybook, and battling enemies.

Voyages is a roll-and-write game where you captain a ship on a high sea searching for treasure.

Voyages is a roll-and-write game where you captain a ship on a high sea searching for treasure. You print the map which acts as both a scoresheet and game board, then use dice to determine where you sail and what you do.

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.

Bus Stop is a sequencing game for little children about counting passengers on and off a bus.

Bus Stop is a sequencing game for little children about counting passengers on and off a bus. You take turns picking up and taking off passengers as your bus moves around the street.

Diatoms is a tile-placement puzzle game where you create a microscopic mosaic from single-cell algae.

Diatoms is a tile-placement puzzle game where you create a microscopic mosaic from single-cell algae. Your goal is to create a pattern that scores the most at the end of the game based on colours, shapes, and symmetry.

Disney Kingdomania is a traversal board game where Disney characters are trying to patch up glitches and save their video game world.

Disney Kingdomania is a traversal board game where Disney characters are trying to patch up glitches and save their video game world. You move your character around the tile-based world using their special abilities to stop the Glitch tokens from getting to the middle.

Dragon's Breath is a collecting game where players compete to gather jewels from a steadily defrosting physical stash in the middle.

Dragon's Breath is a collecting game where players compete to gather jewels from a steadily defrosting physical stash in the middle. Play involves removing a ring from the ice tower, which allows some jewels to fall and be collected or lost in the Dragon Dad's fiery pit.

Gobblet is a competitive brain puzzle game like noughts and crosses or tic-tac-toe.

Gobblet is a competitive brain puzzle game like noughts and crosses or tic-tac-toe. Your aim is to create a straight row of four pieces to form a line.

Meeple Land is a world-building game where you race to create the most successful theme park.

Meeple Land is a world-building game where you race to create the most successful theme park. You place Ride and Concession tiles to attract visitors to your park, but you are also racing other players to collect people from the buses, so can't take too long finessing your plans.

Monza is a simple car racing game.

Monza is a simple car racing game. You move your car by rolling six dice to reveal six colours and then using each one to move along the colour-coded track.