- BGG rank
- BGG #8,446
- BGG rating
- 6.5
Federation & Empire
2–8 players300–3000 min1986
Complexity 4.4/5
Best board games for 4 players
Find standalone games recommended for 4 players, with rules assistance and available scenario narration. Selection follows the BoardGameGeek community player-count poll; order follows overall BoardGameGeek rank.
18,990 games
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Games
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,449
- BGG rating
- 7.2
Mother of Frankenstein: Volume One
1–6 players480–900 min2023
Complexity 2.8/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,450
- BGG rating
- 7.9
War and Peace: Game of the Napoleonic Wars
2–5 players20–3000 min2020
Complexity 3.5/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,451
- BGG rating
- 7.1
Dragonbond: Lords of Vaala
1–4 players60 min2023
Complexity 2.6/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,452
- BGG rating
- 6.3
Heckmeck Barbecue
2–5 players25 min2010
Complexity 1.5/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,453
- BGG rating
- 7.8
Sudds & Malone
2–4 players60–90 min2026
Complexity 2.5/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,457
- BGG rating
- 7.5
Streets of Stalingrad (Third Edition)
2–8 players120 min2003
Complexity 4.2/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,458
- BGG rating
- 7.0
Ugly Christmas Sweaters
2–4 players30–45 min2020
Complexity 2.2/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,460
- BGG rating
- 6.5
Scripts and Scribes: The Dice Game
2–5 players30 min2012
Complexity 1.6/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,462
- BGG rating
- 7.3
Deep Shelf
1–4 players90–140 min2023
Complexity 3.9/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,465
- BGG rating
- 9.0
Rogue Angels: Legacy of the Burning Suns
1–4 players60–120 min2026
Complexity 2.5/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,466
- BGG rating
- 6.5
Octopus' Garden
2–4 players45 min2011
Complexity 1.5/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,467
- BGG rating
- 6.3
Yamslam
2–4 players15 min2008
Complexity 1.2/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,468
- BGG rating
- 6.6
Letnisko
2–5 players45 min2013
Complexity 2.2/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,469
- BGG rating
- 6.9
18FL: Railroads to Paradise
2–4 players150 min2006
Complexity 3.6/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,470
- BGG rating
- 8.2
Into the Woods: The Battle of Shiloh, April 6-7, 1862
1–4 players180–480 min2022
Complexity 4.3/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,473
- BGG rating
- 7.4
Dice Cards
1–99 players15–30 min2023
Complexity 1.4/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,474
- BGG rating
- 7.0
Dungeon Decorators
2–4 players40–80 min2021
Complexity 2.5/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,475
- BGG rating
- 6.1
Travel Blog
2–6 players25 min2010
Complexity 1.5/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,476
- BGG rating
- 6.0
Alias
4–12 players60 min1990
Complexity 1.3/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,477
- BGG rating
- 7.1
Peak Oil: Profiteer
1–5 players30–60 min2022
Complexity 2.7/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,478
- BGG rating
- 6.7
Stonks
2–5 players20–45 min2023
Complexity 1.9/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,479
- BGG rating
- 7.0
Virus!: Roll & Write
2–4 players20 min2024
Complexity 1.9/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,480
- BGG rating
- 6.0
Army of Frogs
2–4 players45 min2007
Complexity 2.0/5
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