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.

17,813 games

Ranked games appear first, followed by games without a BGG rank.

BGG rank: BGG #11,222
BGG rating: 6.0

Nile

2–5 players30 min2009

Complexity 1.5/5

BGG rank: BGG #11,224
BGG rating: 7.2

Mothership: Tabletop Combat

1–6 players45–180 min2016

Complexity 2.1/5

BGG rank: BGG #11,225
BGG rating: 6.9

Underlings of Underwing

1–6 players30–60 min2017

Complexity 1.6/5

BGG rank: BGG #11,227
BGG rating: 7.4

Lord of Loot

1–5 players60–90 min2026

Complexity 2.3/5

BGG rank: BGG #11,228
BGG rating: 7.6

Excursions

1–6 players60–90 min2027

Complexity 3.2/5

BGG rank: BGG #11,232
BGG rating: 6.2

Palmyra

1–5 players45 min2013

Complexity 2.2/5

BGG rank: BGG #11,233
BGG rating: 6.9

The Refuge: Terror from the Deep

1–6 players20–60 min2019

Complexity 2.0/5

BGG rank: BGG #11,234
BGG rating: 6.6

Outreach: The Conquest of the Galaxy, 3000AD

1–4 players960 min1976

Complexity 3.3/5

BGG rank: BGG #11,237
BGG rating: 6.1

None of a Kind

2–6 players20 min2011

Complexity 1.2/5

BGG rank: BGG #11,238
BGG rating: 5.9

Flandern 1302

2–4 players60 min2004

Complexity 2.3/5

BGG rank: BGG #11,241
BGG rating: 6.3

Exposed

2–6 players30–45 min2016

Complexity 1.8/5

BGG rank: BGG #11,243
BGG rating: 7.0

Emperor's Choice

3–5 players90–120 min2017

Complexity 3.3/5

BGG rank: BGG #11,244
BGG rating: 7.2

League of the Lexicon

2–6 players30–90 min2022

Complexity 1.0/5

BGG rank: BGG #11,245
BGG rating: 7.2

Encantados

2–6 players30–60 min2016

Complexity 1.3/5

BGG rank: BGG #11,247
BGG rating: 6.0

High Tide

3–6 players25 min2016

Complexity 1.6/5

BGG rank: BGG #11,248
BGG rating: 8.1

Reflets d'acide

1–12 players90–180 min2021

Complexity 3.6/5

BGG rank: BGG #11,249
BGG rating: 6.4

Dream Islands

2–4 players30 min2016

Complexity 1.7/5

BGG rank: BGG #11,250
BGG rating: 6.8

Dream Cruise

1–4 players30–45 min2021

Complexity 1.9/5

BGG rank: BGG #11,256
BGG rating: 7.4

EXIT: The Game – Family: The Mystery at Meanstone Manor/The Caper at Candy Castle

1–4 players45–75 min2024

Complexity 1.0/5

BGG rank: BGG #11,257
BGG rating: 6.1

Farmerama

1–4 players60–70 min2012

Complexity 2.1/5

BGG rank: BGG #11,259
BGG rating: 6.1

Dark Minions

3–5 players60 min2011

Complexity 2.2/5

BGG rank: BGG #11,261
BGG rating: 7.2

50 Missions: Ça se complique

1–4 players20–30 min2021

Complexity 1.0/5

BGG rank: BGG #11,263
BGG rating: 6.5

1347: De Nigrae Pestis Ludo

2–6 players50–180 min2018

Complexity 2.8/5

BGG rank: BGG #11,264
BGG rating: 6.8

Temp Worker Assassins

2–4 players40–60 min2016

Complexity 2.3/5

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