Trending Board Games in USA — September 2026
The 100 most-viewed board games on Wikipedia, September 2026 (English-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: chess. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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Ranked
910,976
Total Views (September 2026)
1
chess
strategy board game
89,186
views
views
2
mahjong
game
75,013
views
views
3
The Campaign for North Africa
military simulation game
58,053
views
views
4
Scrabble
board game with words
51,750
views
views
5
Monopoly
economics-themed board game
40,990
views
views
6
backgammon
one of the oldest board games for two players
29,538
views
views
7
tic-tac-toe
game for two players played on a 3x3 board or a sheet of paper
29,017
views
views
8
The Settlers of Catan
board game (1995)
18,780
views
views
9
Rummikub
tile-based game for two to four players
18,709
views
views
10
Cluedo
1949 board game
18,580
views
views
11
checkers
board game
18,269
views
views
12
Ludo
board game
16,650
views
views
13
Trench Crusade
Miniature wargame and horror setting
14,746
views
views
14
xiangqi
chess variant native to China
14,264
views
views
15
chaturanga
ancient Indian strategy game
13,993
views
views
16
fantasy football
fantasy sport version of gridiron football
13,475
views
views
17
Risk
board game
11,931
views
views
18
Othello
strategy board game
11,490
views
views
19
Royal Game of Ur
ancient Mesopotamian board game
10,558
views
views
20
snakes and ladders
board game
10,302
views
views
21
Parcheesi
abstract strategy game
9,625
views
views
22
Battleship
guessing game
9,061
views
views
23
Senet
ancient Egyptian board game
8,948
views
views
24
Mastermind
board game
8,885
views
views
25
Mangala
traditional Turkish mancala game
8,050
views
views
26
Connect Four
children's board game
8,042
views
views
27
Ticket to Ride
2004 board game
7,961
views
views
28
The Game of Life
board game
7,936
views
views
29
Diplomacy
strategic board game
7,788
views
views
30
Parchís
board game
7,753
views
views
31
Stratego
strategy board game
7,593
views
views
32
nine men's morris
strategy board game for two players
7,386
views
views
33
The Landlord's Game
board game
7,135
views
views
34
Codenames
2015 spy-themed word-affiliation board game
6,990
views
views
35
Chinese checkers
abstract strategy board game
6,840
views
views
36
Gomoku
board game
6,783
views
views
37
Root
2018 board game
6,341
views
views
38
Trivial Pursuit
board game
6,219
views
views
39
Candy Land
board game
6,190
views
views
40
Pachisi
board game that originated in medieval India
5,706
views
views
41
Guess Who?
children's game
5,500
views
views
42
peg solitaire
board game for one player
5,492
views
views
43
Sorry!
board game
5,268
views
views
44
crokinole
table top disk-flicking game
5,119
views
views
45
Axis & Allies
board game series
5,096
views
views
46
Mexican Train
board game
5,046
views
views
47
tafl games
group of asymmetric boardgames
5,019
views
views
48
Illuminati
cards boardgame
4,472
views
views
49
English draughts
variant of draughts
4,468
views
views
50
Operation
battery-operated game of physical skill
4,401
views
views
51
Wingspan
2019 board game by Elizabeth Hargrave
4,363
views
views
52
18XX
board games based on 19th century railroads
4,307
views
views
53
HeroQuest
board game
4,061
views
views
54
Mouse Trap
board game
4,021
views
views
55
Pictionary
guessing word game
3,908
views
views
56
international draughts
strategy board game
3,873
views
views
57
Scythe
2016 strategy boardgame
3,858
views
views
58
Twilight Imperium
Science-fiction themed board game
3,839
views
views
59
Twister
game of physical skill
3,817
views
views
60
Dream11
Dream11 is a fantasy sports platform based in India that allows users to play fantasy cricket, football, kabaddi and basketball games.
3,652
views
views
61
Mensch ärgere dich nicht
German board dice-and-pieces game, based on Pachisi (Indian origin)
3,559
views
views
62
Space Hulk
board game
3,458
views
views
63
Blood Bowl
Board game
3,453
views
views
64
three-dimensional chess
any of various chess variants that use multiple boards at different levels
3,335
views
views
65
Hex
board game
3,333
views
views
66
Gloomhaven
2017 board game
3,291
views
views
67
Sequence
board and card game
3,219
views
views
68
Pass the Pigs
board game
3,176
views
views
69
Betrayal at House on the Hill
boardgame
3,167
views
views
70
Hungry Hungry Hippos
Children's tabletop game
3,165
views
views
71
Taboo
1989 word guessing party game
3,101
views
views
72
Don't Wake Daddy
board game
3,020
views
views
73
Scattergories
creative-thinking category-based party game
3,017
views
views
74
bagatelle
billiards-derived indoor table game
2,982
views
views
75
Trouble
board game
2,835
views
views
76
Coup
card game involving deception and murder
2,640
views
views
77
Apples to Apples
card game
2,608
views
views
78
Pandemic
2008 cooperative board game
2,594
views
views
79
Subbuteo
board game
2,582
views
views
80
Splendor
2014 board game
2,556
views
views
81
Okey
board game
2,538
views
views
82
Tak
2017 board game
2,478
views
views
83
Quoridor
abstract strategy game
2,464
views
views
84
Ludus latrunculorum
two-player strategy board game played throughout the Roman Empire
2,387
views
views
85
The Resistance
2009 social role-playing game
2,385
views
views
86
7 Wonders
2010 card game
2,298
views
views
87
Oware
abstract strategy game
2,286
views
views
88
Nightmare
1991 horror video board game
2,215
views
views
89
Balderdash
board game created by Laura Robinson and Paul Toyne
2,215
views
views
90
Game of the Goose
board game
2,214
views
views
91
Halma
game on cell board
2,160
views
views
92
Talisman
board game
2,153
views
views
93
Terraforming Mars
2016 board game
2,123
views
views
94
Mordheim
Miniature Wargame
2,111
views
views
95
Kalah
Board game in the mancala family
2,109
views
views
96
Yut
traditional board game played in Korea
1,968
views
views
97
Teeko
Strategy-/Boardgame
1,948
views
views
98
Android: Netrunner
2012 expandable Card Game
1,924
views
views
99
Blokus
2000 board game
1,906
views
views
100
Twilight Struggle
2005 board game
1,897
views
views