Best Score Board Games

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.

The Crew: The Quest For Planet Nine is a cooperative trick-making card game.

The Crew: The Quest For Planet Nine is a cooperative trick-making card game. You play as a set of astronauts completing missions in a space adventure.

Sheriff of Nottingham is a stealth communication game about bringing goods into Nottingham to sell for profit.

Sheriff of Nottingham is a stealth communication game about bringing goods into Nottingham to sell for profit. Smugglers decide what to bring in their pouch and whether to declare it.

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.

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.

Miyabi is a world-building brain game where you build elegant Japanese gardens.

Miyabi is a world-building brain game where you build elegant Japanese gardens. You place Tetris-shaped garden tiles in your garden matching different flowers, stones and trees with scoring columns.

Pictures is a puzzle game about recreating pictures with everyday objects.

Pictures is a puzzle game about recreating pictures with everyday objects. You are assigned a picture from a grid of cards on the table and given a set of materials (cubes, sticks and stones, cards) to make it with.

Herd Mentality is a communication game where players aim to score points by sharing the same ideas as others.

Herd Mentality is a communication game where players aim to score points by sharing the same ideas as others. One person reads out a question, then everyone secretly writes an answer trying to match the most popular answer.

Cascadia is a collecting world-building game where you create habitats for the wildlife of the Pacific Northwest.

Cascadia is a collecting world-building game where you create habitats for the wildlife of the Pacific Northwest. You balance building habitats and placing wildlife to score points.

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.

Dorf Romantik is a cooperative world-building game where you strategically place tiles to create countryside regions to score points in a variety of ways.

Dorf Romantik is a cooperative world-building game where you strategically place tiles to create countryside regions to score points in a variety of ways. Play is solitaire-like, but rather than matching suits you're matching landscape.

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.

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.

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.

Dice Throne is a battle game where wide-ranging heroes fight for victory.

Dice Throne is a battle game where wide-ranging heroes fight for victory. You play by rolling dice to complete specific combinations, collecting cards and activating your powers when you need them.

Savannah Park is a puzzle game where you take charge of a wildlife park located in the Savannahs of Africa.

Savannah Park is a puzzle game where you take charge of a wildlife park located in the Savannahs of Africa. You play by moving Animal tiles around your Wildlife Park board trying to organise them into herds.

Zombie Kidz Evolution is a cooperative traversal game where you work together to kill zombies invading a school.

Zombie Kidz Evolution is a cooperative traversal game where you work together to kill zombies invading a school. You move into the colour-coded rooms to deal with zombies and lock the doors to stop more monsters from appearing.

King of Tokyo is a push-your-luck game where you are a giant monster on a rampage.

King of Tokyo is a push-your-luck game where you are a giant monster on a rampage. You play by rolling and re-rolling dice like Yahtzee to carefully pick either offensive or defensive actions.

Stella: Dixit Universe is a brain game where you make secret associations between words and pictures.

Stella: Dixit Universe is a brain game where you make secret associations between words and pictures. You are presented with a series of detailed Cartoon Story cards and choose the ones that match a shared keyword, aiming to make the same associations as others.

Silver & Gold is a turn-and-write card game where you match shapes to find treasure.

Silver & Gold is a turn-and-write card game where you match shapes to find treasure. You flip over an Expedition card and then mark a matching shape of squares on your (wipeable) Island card.

Tacocat Spelled Backwards is a silly battle game played with palindrome-themed numbered cards.

Tacocat Spelled Backwards is a silly battle game played with palindrome-themed numbered cards. Battles are won by placing a higher card from your hand than your opponent.