- BGG rank
- BGG #6,174
- BGG rating
- 8.5
Malhya: Lands of Legends
1–5 players60–180 min2025
Complexity 3.6/5
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.
17,805 games
Ranked games appear first, followed by games without a BGG rank.
Games
- BGG rank
- BGG #6,176
- BGG rating
- 6.7
Vye: The Card Game of Capture and Control
2–5 players20 min2013
Complexity 1.6/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #6,177
- BGG rating
- 6.5
Salmon Run
2–4 players20–45 min2013
Complexity 1.8/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #6,178
- BGG rating
- 7.5
Battles for the Ardennes
2–4 players240–1440 min1978
Complexity 2.8/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #6,180
- BGG rating
- 6.7
Warhammer Epic 40,000
2–4 players180 min1997
Complexity 3.2/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #6,182
- BGG rating
- 6.6
Touria
2–4 players45–60 min2016
Complexity 1.9/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #6,183
- BGG rating
- 8.2
Funkenschlag: EnBW
2–6 players120 min2007
Complexity 3.2/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #6,185
- BGG rating
- 8.3
Die Drei Kolosse
1–6 players120–360 min2023
Complexity 2.6/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #6,189
- BGG rating
- 7.2
Forged in Steel
2–4 players60–120 min2016
Complexity 3.5/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #6,190
- BGG rating
- 6.9
Dogs
2–4 players60 min2013
Complexity 2.4/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #6,191
- BGG rating
- 7.5
Sine Tempore
1–4 players20–60 min2018
Complexity 3.5/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #6,192
- BGG rating
- 6.9
Castles by the Sea
1–4 players30–60 min2023
Complexity 2.2/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #6,193
- BGG rating
- 8.1
EVE: War for New Eden
2–4 players90–180 min2025
Complexity 3.6/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #6,194
- BGG rating
- 7.6
A World at War: Second World War in Europe and the Pacific
1–6 players1440–2880 min2003
Complexity 4.8/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #6,196
- BGG rating
- 6.4
Frantic
2–8 players5–45 min2015
Complexity 1.5/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #6,198
- BGG rating
- 6.6
Latice
2–4 players10–30 min2015
Complexity 1.7/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #6,199
- BGG rating
- 7.4
Guild Academies of Valeria
1–4 players90–120 min2023
Complexity 2.9/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #6,203
- BGG rating
- 7.5
Jibber Jabble
3–10 players15 min2026
Complexity 1.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #6,204
- BGG rating
- 6.4
Vino
3–5 players90 min1999
Complexity 3.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #6,205
- BGG rating
- 7.5
Corduba 27 a.C.
1–4 players90–180 min2021
Complexity 4.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #6,206
- BGG rating
- 6.4
Exploding Minions
2–5 players15 min2021
Complexity 1.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #6,209
- BGG rating
- 6.4
Targui
2–4 players120 min1988
Complexity 2.4/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #6,210
- BGG rating
- 6.1
Aquarius
2–5 players10–30 min1998
Complexity 1.1/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #6,211
- BGG rating
- 6.5
Fairytale Gloom
2–5 players30–60 min2015
Complexity 1.6/5
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