- BGG rank
- BGG #3,436
- BGG rating
- 6.7
Axis & Allies: Pacific
- 2–3 players
- 240 min
- Complexity 2.9/5
- 2001
Best board games for 3 players
Find standalone games recommended for 3 players, with rules assistance and available scenario narration. Selection follows the BoardGameGeek community player-count poll; order follows overall BoardGameGeek rank.
17,790 games
Ranked games appear first, followed by games without a BGG rank.
Games
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,437
- BGG rating
- 6.6
Streets
- 1–5 players
- 30–60 min
- Complexity 2.0/5
- 2021
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,438
- BGG rating
- 6.7
Divvy Dice
- 1–4 players
- 30 min
- Complexity 2.1/5
- 2020
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,440
- BGG rating
- 7.4
7 Empires
- 2–6 players
- 90–150 min
- Complexity 2.9/5
- 2024
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,441
- BGG rating
- 7.3
Carcassonne: Over Hill and Dale
- 2–5 players
- 35 min
- Complexity 1.9/5
- 2015
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,443
- BGG rating
- 7.5
Homeworlds
- 2–6 players
- 15–60 min
- Complexity 3.4/5
- 2001
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,445
- BGG rating
- 6.8
Catan: Portable Edition
- 3–4 players
- 90 min
- Complexity 2.3/5
- 2002
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,446
- BGG rating
- 7.7
Puzzle Strike Shadows
- 2–4 players
- 20 min
- Complexity 3.0/5
- 2012
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,447
- BGG rating
- 6.6
Abracada...What?
- 2–5 players
- 30 min
- Complexity 1.7/5
- 2014
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,448
- BGG rating
- 7.9
War Story: Occupied France
- 1–6 players
- 45–60 min
- Complexity 2.1/5
- 2024
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,449
- BGG rating
- 7.7
Age of Rail: South Africa
- 3–6 players
- 40–60 min
- Complexity 3.0/5
- 2011
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,450
- BGG rating
- 7.5
Clockwork Wars
- 2–4 players
- 90 min
- Complexity 3.1/5
- 2015
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,451
- BGG rating
- 6.8
Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game – Season One
- 1–5 players
- 90–120 min
- Complexity 2.0/5
- 2020
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,452
- BGG rating
- 7.1
Funkoverse Strategy Game
- 2–4 players
- 20–60 min
- Complexity 2.2/5
- 2019
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,453
- BGG rating
- 6.5
New World: A Carcassonne Game
- 2–5 players
- 45 min
- Complexity 2.1/5
- 2008
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,460
- BGG rating
- 7.7
Dungeons & Dragons: Waterdeep – Dungeon of the Mad Mage Board Game
- 1–5 players
- 60 min
- Complexity 2.4/5
- 2019
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,461
- BGG rating
- 7.3
Neue Heimat
- 2–5 players
- 45 min
- Complexity 2.6/5
- 2007
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,462
- BGG rating
- 7.3
Strange World Above the Clouds
- 1–4 players
- 10–20 min
- Complexity 2.0/5
- 2024
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,465
- BGG rating
- 6.6
Völuspá
- 2–5 players
- 45 min
- Complexity 2.0/5
- 2012
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,466
- BGG rating
- 7.5
Full Metal Planète
- 2–4 players
- 90 min
- Complexity 3.1/5
- 1988
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,467
- BGG rating
- 6.7
Velonimo
- 2–5 players
- 30–40 min
- Complexity 1.2/5
- 2020
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,468
- BGG rating
- 6.5
Carcassonne: The Discovery
- 2–5 players
- 30–45 min
- Complexity 1.9/5
- 2005
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,471
- BGG rating
- 8.1
Astro Knights: Eternity
- 1–4 players
- 45–60 min
- Complexity 2.8/5
- 2024
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,473
- BGG rating
- 6.6
Roll to the Top!
- 2–5 players
- 15–25 min
- Complexity 1.1/5
- 2018
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