- BGG rank
- BGG #8,693
- BGG rating
- 6.7
Kampf gegen das Spiessertum
- 3–10 players
- 30–500 min
- Complexity 1.0/5
- 2017
Best board games for 5 players
Find standalone games recommended for 5 players, with rules assistance and available scenario narration. Selection follows the BoardGameGeek community player-count poll; order follows overall BoardGameGeek rank.
9,145 games
Ranked games appear first, followed by games without a BGG rank.
Games
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,695
- BGG rating
- 6.3
Wriggle Roulette
- 2–8 players
- 20 min
- Complexity 1.1/5
- 2025
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,699
- BGG rating
- 6.1
Station Master
- 2–6 players
- 30–60 min
- Complexity 1.5/5
- 2004
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,701
- BGG rating
- 6.6
Reign of Dragoness
- 2–8 players
- 10–40 min
- Complexity 1.2/5
- 2022
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,708
- BGG rating
- 6.8
Blockbuster Returns
- 4–10 players
- 30–60 min
- Complexity 1.5/5
- 2020
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,713
- BGG rating
- 6.5
Ninja Master
- 2–5 players
- 15 min
- Complexity 1.0/5
- 2022
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,714
- BGG rating
- 6.5
Rory's Story Cubes: Prehistoria
- 1–12 players
- 15 min
- Complexity 1.0/5
- 2013
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,716
- BGG rating
- 7.5
18GB: The Railways of Great Britain
- 2–6 players
- 120–300 min
- Complexity 3.8/5
- 2018
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,720
- BGG rating
- 5.9
Schrödinger's Cats
- 2–6 players
- 10–30 min
- Complexity 1.3/5
- 2015
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,723
- BGG rating
- 6.5
Mysterious Dungeons
- 1–5 players
- 15–25 min
- Complexity 1.1/5
- 2016
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,725
- BGG rating
- 6.3
Scuttle!
- 1–5 players
- 5–10 min
- Complexity 1.0/5
- 2016
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,726
- BGG rating
- 7.2
Radetzky: Milano 1848
- 1–5 players
- 30–90 min
- Complexity 2.5/5
- 2018
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,729
- BGG rating
- 6.3
Joan of Arc
- 3–6 players
- 150 min
- Complexity 2.5/5
- 1998
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,732
- BGG rating
- 6.1
Sherlock Holmes: The Card Game
- 3–8 players
- 60 min
- Complexity 1.5/5
- 1991
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,740
- BGG rating
- 7.1
Sigismundus Augustus: Dei gratia rex Poloniae
- 3–5 players
- 120 min
- Complexity 3.9/5
- 2012
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,745
- BGG rating
- 7.0
Cutthroat Caverns: Anniversary Edition
- 3–6 players
- 30–90 min
- Complexity 2.1/5
- 2019
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,750
- BGG rating
- 6.6
Hamsterbacke
- 3–5 players
- 20 min
- Complexity 1.3/5
- 2014
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,756
- BGG rating
- 6.7
Extra! Extra!
- 2–6 players
- 60–150 min
- Complexity 3.2/5
- 2015
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,757
- BGG rating
- 7.5
Fitna: The Global War in the Middle East
- 2–6 players
- 90–240 min
- Complexity 3.0/5
- 2020
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,758
- BGG rating
- 6.6
Warband: Against the Darkness
- 2–5 players
- 60 min
- Complexity 2.9/5
- 2015
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,761
- BGG rating
- 5.9
Worm Up!
- 3–5 players
- 15–20 min
- Complexity 1.1/5
- 1994
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,763
- BGG rating
- 6.9
The King's Armory
- 1–7 players
- 30–240 min
- Complexity 3.2/5
- 2015
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,765
- BGG rating
- 6.5
Expedition: The Roleplaying Card Game
- 1–6 players
- 15–90 min
- Complexity 1.3/5
- 2016
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,767
- BGG rating
- 6.1
Jericho
- 3–5 players
- 15 min
- Complexity 1.4/5
- 2006
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