11 Best Board Games of All Time

Board games, despite having been a bit of a niche product for the last decades, have been steadily gaining in popularity. Sure, we’ve all played Monopoly and Chess at some point, but what are truly the best board games out there? Let’s find out.

Pandemic Legacy

Pandemic Legacy has you act as a team of people trying to stop a worldwide pandemic from happening. You each pick a role that excel at a specific task and prevent four different kinds of viruses from taking over the world. This being a legacy board game means that everything you do will have an impact on your further games. You might even lose some of your precious characters to the virus …

Kingdom Death: Monster

Think of Monster Hunter: World, but add a bit of base building to it. You wake up in a dark, post-apocalyptic world and hunt creatures to create better armor and weapons. These then allow you to hunt even stronger creatures. It sounds simple enough, but the sheer scope of this game cannot be described in words. The only reason why it’s still not very popular in mainstream boardgaming is because it is ridiculously expensive (the core box sets you back $400 despite it having enough content to last your for years).

Gloomhaven

If you love RPG’s, this is your game. Story-wise Gloomhaven isn’t breaking any records, but the card-based tactical combat make it truly an amazing experience. And it also, like Pandemic Legacy, has legacy components in new classes that you can unlock. Probably the best tactical RPG you can get on the tabletop.

Brass

Brass is an entirely different beast: both versions (Lancashire and Birmingham) deal with trade and economy and set you up against other players. Try to use your available moves to the fullest to invest in the right product and make the highest profit by the end of the game!