Trending Board Games this year
The 100 most-viewed board games this year on Wikipedia. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: chess.
100
Ranked
378,873
Total Views (this year)
1
chess
strategy board game
36,523
views
views
2
mahjong
game
33,767
views
views
3
Monopoly
economics-themed board game
19,842
views
views
4
backgammon
one of the oldest board games for two players
14,553
views
views
5
The Campaign for North Africa
military simulation game
13,771
views
views
6
tic-tac-toe
game for two players played on a 3x3 board or a sheet of paper
13,182
views
views
7
Rummikub
tile-based game for two to four players
11,448
views
views
8
Ludo
board game
9,001
views
views
9
checkers
board game
8,644
views
views
10
The Settlers of Catan
board game (1995)
8,377
views
views
11
Cluedo
1949 board game
7,231
views
views
12
xiangqi
chess variant native to China
7,156
views
views
13
Scrabble
board game with words
6,889
views
views
14
chaturanga
ancient Indian strategy game
6,220
views
views
15
Trench Crusade
Miniature wargame and horror setting
5,788
views
views
16
Risk
board game
5,575
views
views
17
Othello
strategy board game
5,050
views
views
18
Parcheesi
abstract strategy game
4,848
views
views
19
Battleship
guessing game
4,753
views
views
20
Ticket to Ride
2004 board game
4,663
views
views
21
snakes and ladders
board game
4,418
views
views
22
Parchís
board game
4,381
views
views
23
Mastermind
board game
4,094
views
views
24
Connect Four
children's board game
3,972
views
views
25
nine men's morris
strategy board game for two players
3,803
views
views
26
Codenames
2015 spy-themed word-affiliation board game
3,673
views
views
27
The Game of Life
board game
3,648
views
views
28
Dream11
Dream11 is a fantasy sports platform based in India that allows users to play fantasy cricket, football, kabaddi and basketball games.
3,636
views
views
29
Royal Game of Ur
ancient Mesopotamian board game
3,494
views
views
30
Diplomacy
strategic board game
3,378
views
views
31
Chinese checkers
abstract strategy board game
3,371
views
views
32
The Landlord's Game
board game
3,190
views
views
33
Trivial Pursuit
board game
2,920
views
views
34
Gomoku
board game
2,823
views
views
35
Root
2018 board game
2,815
views
views
36
Pachisi
board game that originated in medieval India
2,777
views
views
37
peg solitaire
board game for one player
2,761
views
views
38
Senet
ancient Egyptian board game
2,756
views
views
39
Stratego
strategy board game
2,732
views
views
40
Mexican Train
board game
2,715
views
views
41
Sorry!
Board game
2,545
views
views
42
tafl games
group of asymmetric boardgames
2,443
views
views
43
Axis & Allies
board game series
2,279
views
views
44
Guess Who?
children's game
2,238
views
views
45
crokinole
table top disk-flicking game
2,131
views
views
46
Operation
battery-operated game of physical skill
2,119
views
views
47
Wingspan
2019 board game by Elizabeth Hargrave
2,118
views
views
48
Illuminati
cards boardgame
2,095
views
views
49
Twister
game of physical skill
1,939
views
views
50
Mensch ärgere dich nicht
German board dice-and-pieces game, based on Pachisi (Indian origin)
1,894
views
views
51
Candy Land
board game
1,857
views
views
52
Pictionary
guessing word game
1,849
views
views
53
HeroQuest
board game
1,842
views
views
54
Twilight Imperium
Science-fiction themed board game
1,816
views
views
55
English draughts
variant of draughts
1,813
views
views
56
Scythe
2016 strategy boardgame
1,809
views
views
57
Hungry Hungry Hippos
Children's tabletop game
1,772
views
views
58
fantasy football
fantasy sport version of gridiron football
1,622
views
views
59
international draughts
strategy board game
1,620
views
views
60
Pass the Pigs
board game
1,566
views
views
61
Subbuteo
board game
1,497
views
views
62
Scattergories
creative-thinking category-based party game
1,476
views
views
63
Taboo
1989 word guessing party game
1,467
views
views
64
Blood Bowl
Board game
1,445
views
views
65
three-dimensional chess
any of various chess variants that use multiple boards at different levels
1,443
views
views
66
Mouse Trap
board game
1,438
views
views
67
Space Hulk
board game
1,432
views
views
68
Sequence
board and card game
1,430
views
views
69
Gloomhaven
2017 board game
1,407
views
views
70
Hex
board game
1,393
views
views
71
7 Wonders
2010 card game
1,310
views
views
72
Game of the Goose
board game
1,284
views
views
73
Don't Wake Daddy
board game
1,256
views
views
74
Okey
board game
1,244
views
views
75
Quoridor
abstract strategy game
1,202
views
views
76
Pandemic
2008 cooperative board game
1,187
views
views
77
The Resistance
2009 social role-playing game
1,093
views
views
78
Terraforming Mars
2016 board game
1,079
views
views
79
Tak
2017 board game
1,075
views
views
80
Ludus latrunculorum
two-player strategy board game played throughout the Roman Empire
1,070
views
views
81
Halma
game on cell board
1,064
views
views
82
Splendor
2014 board game
1,039
views
views
83
Betrayal at House on the Hill
boardgame
1,030
views
views
84
Trouble
board game
1,029
views
views
85
Apples to Apples
card game
1,005
views
views
86
Oware
abstract strategy game
1,001
views
views
87
Kalah
Board game in the mancala family
997
views
views
88
Mordheim
Miniature Wargame
990
views
views
89
bagatelle
billiards-derived indoor table game
990
views
views
90
Arkham Horror (1st Edition)
cooperative adventure board game
971
views
views
91
18XX
board games based on 19th century railroads
931
views
views
92
Talisman
board game
909
views
views
93
Coup
card game involving deception and murder
897
views
views
94
Brass: Lancashire
2007 boardgame
884
views
views
95
Twilight Struggle
2005 board game
829
views
views
96
correspondence chess
slow chess played via paper postal system (one game taking weeks then) or e-mail
828
views
views
97
Dune
board game from 1979
819
views
views
98
Yut
traditional board game played in Korea
815
views
views
99
Sevens
card game
814
views
views
100
Jungle
traditional Chinese board game
798
views
views