- BGG rank
- BGG #4,554
- BGG rating
- 7.2
Quartermaster General: The Cold War
3–6 players90–120 min2018
Complexity 2.8/5
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.
17,796 games
Ranked games appear first, followed by games without a BGG rank.
Games
- BGG rank
- BGG #4,555
- BGG rating
- 7.5
Nightmare Cathedral
1–4 players60 min2023
Complexity 3.5/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #4,559
- BGG rating
- 7.2
Steam over Holland
2–5 players180 min2007
Complexity 3.8/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #4,560
- BGG rating
- 6.4
Dust
2–6 players60–180 min2007
Complexity 2.6/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #4,561
- BGG rating
- 6.8
Poseidon's Kingdom
2–4 players60 min2011
Complexity 2.4/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #4,562
- BGG rating
- 6.7
Kaleidos
2–12 players60 min1994
Complexity 1.2/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #4,564
- BGG rating
- 7.2
HIT! Extreme
2–5 players15 min2024
Complexity 1.1/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #4,565
- BGG rating
- 6.6
Fische Fluppen Frikadellen
2–5 players90 min2002
Complexity 2.5/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #4,566
- BGG rating
- 6.8
First Giants
2–5 players30 min2026
Complexity 2.1/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #4,569
- BGG rating
- 7.0
KuZOOkA
2–6 players30–45 min2022
Complexity 1.7/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #4,570
- BGG rating
- 7.3
Vampire: The Masquerade – Chapters
1–4 players30–60 min2023
Complexity 2.9/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #4,571
- BGG rating
- 7.2
Embarcadero
1–4 players60–90 min2021
Complexity 3.3/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #4,572
- BGG rating
- 7.7
People Power: Insurgency in the Philippines, 1981-1986
1–3 players90–180 min2023
Complexity 3.4/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #4,573
- BGG rating
- 7.9
Spheres of Influence: Struggle for Global Supremacy
2–8 players90 min2016
Complexity 2.4/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #4,579
- BGG rating
- 7.3
SHASN
3–5 players90–120 min2021
Complexity 2.9/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #4,580
- BGG rating
- 6.6
Castle Dice
1–4 players45 min2013
Complexity 2.3/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #4,581
- BGG rating
- 6.2
Auf Achse
2–6 players60 min1987
Complexity 1.9/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #4,582
- BGG rating
- 6.8
Bios: Megafauna
1–4 players60–120 min2011
Complexity 3.7/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #4,583
- BGG rating
- 6.9
Scorpius Freighter
2–4 players45–75 min2018
Complexity 2.4/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #4,584
- BGG rating
- 6.7
Asgard
2–4 players60–120 min2012
Complexity 3.8/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #4,585
- BGG rating
- 6.3
Seven Dragons
2–5 players10–30 min2011
Complexity 1.3/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #4,586
- BGG rating
- 6.6
Spectaculum
2–4 players30–45 min2012
Complexity 1.8/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #4,588
- BGG rating
- 6.7
Unlock!: Exotic Adventures – Night of the Boogeymen
1–6 players60 min2019
Complexity 1.9/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #4,589
- BGG rating
- 6.6
Magna Grecia
2–4 players75 min2003
Complexity 3.0/5
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