Trending Board Games in Japan — the 7 days to 24 October 2026
The 100 most-viewed board games on Wikipedia, the 7 days to 24 October 2026 (Japanese-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: chess. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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Ranked
17,654
Total Views (the 7 days to 24 October 2026)
1
chess
strategy board game
2,097
views
views
2
mahjong
game
1,928
views
views
3
xiangqi
chess variant native to China
1,337
views
views
4
Othello
strategy board game
1,256
views
views
5
backgammon
one of the oldest board games for two players
620
views
views
6
chaturanga
ancient Indian strategy game
519
views
views
7
Gomoku
board game
489
views
views
8
Monopoly
economics-themed board game
486
views
views
9
The Game of Life
board game
437
views
views
10
Taikyoku shogi
36×36 grid variant of Japanese chess
436
views
views
11
tic-tac-toe
game for two players played on a 3x3 board or a sheet of paper
435
views
views
12
Gunjin Shōgi
Japanese board game
353
views
views
13
Chu shogi
12×12 grid variant of Japanese chess
332
views
views
14
Dōbutsu shōgi
3×4 shogi variant
324
views
views
15
Illuminati
cards boardgame
303
views
views
16
The Settlers of Catan
board game (1995)
270
views
views
17
Dai shogi
15x15 grid variant of Japanese chess
267
views
views
18
checkers
board game
239
views
views
19
Renju
traditional board game
231
views
views
20
Royal Game of Ur
ancient Mesopotamian board game
230
views
views
21
Yonin shogi
four-player variant of Japanese chess
184
views
views
22
Elmo囲い
182
views
views
23
Ludo
board game
166
views
views
24
mawari shogi
shogi variant
162
views
views
25
Sho shogi
shogi variant; direct ancestor of modern shogi
154
views
views
26
Maka dai dai shogi
19x19 grid variant of Japanese chess
144
views
views
27
Battleship
guessing game
143
views
views
28
Rummikub
tile-based game for two to four players
122
views
views
29
nine men's morris
strategy board game for two players
111
views
views
30
Senet
ancient Egyptian board game
105
views
views
31
Tai shogi
25x25 grid variant of Japanese chess
103
views
views
32
Heian shogi
predecessor of modern shogi
97
views
views
33
Scrabble
board game with words
94
views
views
34
Battle Dome
pinball board game
93
views
views
35
Sevens
card game
93
views
views
36
Mastermind
board game
93
views
views
37
three-dimensional chess
any of various chess variants that use multiple boards at different levels
92
views
views
38
Space shogi
9×9×9 variant of Japanese chess
84
views
views
39
Diplomacy
strategic board game
84
views
views
40
左美濃
83
views
views
41
Dai dai shogi
17x17 variant of Japanese chess
81
views
views
42
Blokus
2000 board game
78
views
views
43
Wa shogi
11x11 grid variant of Japanese chess
73
views
views
44
Tenjiku shogi
16x16 variant of Japanese chess
73
views
views
45
Minishōgi
5×5 shogi variant
71
views
views
46
Twister
game of physical skill
71
views
views
47
Goita
board game
70
views
views
48
Tsuitate shogi
shogi variant
70
views
views
49
Nakahara castle
66
views
views
50
Ko shogi
19x19 grid variant of Japanese chess
64
views
views
51
Invincible Castle
63
views
views
52
Heian dai shogi
13x13 variant of Japanese chess
63
views
views
53
Codenames
2015 spy-themed word-affiliation board game
61
views
views
54
Hare games
board game
58
views
views
55
capture go
variant of the game "go"; abstract strategy game
57
views
views
56
Yut
traditional board game played in Korea
56
views
views
57
Hex
board game
54
views
views
58
Quoridor
abstract strategy game
54
views
views
59
十六むさし
board game
53
views
views
60
八月のタイムマシン
53
views
views
61
Hasami shogi
51
views
views
62
Tori shogi
50
views
views
63
Pandemic
2008 cooperative board game
50
views
views
64
舟囲い
49
views
views
65
Ticket to Ride
2004 board game
47
views
views
66
Scotland Yard
1983 board game
46
views
views
67
peg solitaire
board game for one player
44
views
views
68
将棋崩し
44
views
views
69
Agricola
2007 board game
43
views
views
70
Luzhanqi
1927 board game
41
views
views
71
Liar's Dice
dice game by Richard Borg
41
views
views
72
Okey
board game
40
views
views
73
Sunjang baduk
39
views
views
74
金無双
38
views
views
75
Feudal Lord
board game
36
views
views
76
snakes and ladders
board game
36
views
views
77
矢倉早囲い
36
views
views
78
Terraforming Mars
2016 board game
35
views
views
79
The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine
2019 cooperative Science Fiction card game by Thomas Sing
33
views
views
80
Ghosts
board game
33
views
views
81
多伝囲い
33
views
views
82
Machi Koro
2012 board game
32
views
views
83
Chupu
board game
31
views
views
84
Wingspan
2019 board game by Elizabeth Hargrave
31
views
views
85
Quarto
1991 board game
31
views
views
86
Pachisi
board game that originated in medieval India
29
views
views
87
Splendor
2014 board game
28
views
views
88
shatar
chess variants played in Mongolia
28
views
views
89
Fox games
category of board games for two players, where one player is the fox and tries to eat the geese/sheep
28
views
views
90
Kyoto shogi
modern shogi variant, invented by Tamiya Katsuya in 1976, played with a reduced number of pieces on a 5×5 board; the pieces alternately promote and demote with every move, and the promotion values are entirely different from standard shogi
28
views
views
91
Risk
board game
28
views
views
92
Sannin shogi
three-player variant of Japanese chess
27
views
views
93
Game of the Goose
board game
27
views
views
94
Lishogi
26
views
views
95
Alkkagi
board game
26
views
views
96
目隠し将棋
25
views
views
97
7 Wonders
2010 card game
25
views
views
98
whale shogi
shogi variant invented by R. Wayne Schmittberger in 1981; the pieces are named after types of whale
24
views
views
99
Abalone
1987 board game
24
views
views
100
箱入り娘 (将棋)
24
views
views