- BGG rank
- BGG #22,737
- BGG rating
- 6.1
Legendary Showdown: Machines & Magic
2–7 players30–60 min2015
Complexity 1.0/5
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.
17,826 games
Ranked games appear first, followed by games without a BGG rank.
Games
- BGG rank
- BGG #22,738
- BGG rating
- 6.4
A Lotta Axolotls
2–99 players15–30 min2024
Complexity 1.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #22,739
- BGG rating
- 5.8
Kenny G: Keepin' It Saxy Game
2–5 players30 min2019
Complexity 1.7/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #22,742
- BGG rating
- 6.1
PanzerZug
2–6 players30 min1998
Complexity 1.6/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #22,743
- BGG rating
- 6.4
Nightmare Castle
3–6 players15 min2015
Complexity 1.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #22,744
- BGG rating
- 6.2
Memory: The Board Game
2–4 players30–50 min2016
Complexity 1.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #22,746
- BGG rating
- 5.9
Stock Market Guru
1–10 players240 min1997
Complexity 2.5/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #22,748
- BGG rating
- 7.0
Mob Sitters
3–6 players15–30 min2019
Complexity 2.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #22,752
- BGG rating
- 6.0
Schraube Locker
2–4 players25 min2014
Complexity 1.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #22,753
- BGG rating
- 5.7
Millionenspiel
3–5 players45 min1982
Complexity 1.2/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #22,754
- BGG rating
- 6.2
Der Hobbit: Smaugs Einöde
2–4 players60 min2013
Complexity 1.4/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #22,755
- BGG rating
- 6.3
Undercut
3–5 players30 min2004
Complexity 2.3/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #22,756
- BGG rating
- 6.7
Chains to Champions
2–6 players40 min2013
Complexity 2.5/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #22,757
- BGG rating
- 6.2
Moonshot the Game
1–4 players30–60 min1997
Complexity 1.8/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #22,759
- BGG rating
- 6.0
Kippelino
1–4 players10 min2019
Complexity 1.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #22,760
- BGG rating
- 6.0
Rory's Story Cubes: Harry Potter
1–99 players10 min2021
Complexity 1.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #22,761
- BGG rating
- 6.3
Anagram: The Ingenious Game of Juggling Words
2–8 players20 min1991
Complexity 1.8/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #22,762
- BGG rating
- 6.8
Two Words: Games
2–7 players15 min2025
Complexity 2.5/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #22,763
- BGG rating
- 5.7
Desert Bazaar
3–5 players45 min2006
Complexity 2.1/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #22,775
- BGG rating
- 5.8
Disney Magic Kingdom Game
2–5 players30 min2004
Complexity 1.6/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #22,778
- BGG rating
- 6.0
The Lunar Dial
2–4 players20–40 min2023
Complexity 1.3/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #22,779
- BGG rating
- 5.8
Ticket to Mars
2–5 players15–20 min2017
Complexity 1.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #22,780
- BGG rating
- 6.4
HISTORY Trivia Game
2–100 players30–45 min2023
Complexity 1.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #22,784
- BGG rating
- 6.6
Alaric the Goth: Fall of the Western Roman Empire
2–7 players120 min1980
Complexity 2.0/5
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