- BGG rank
- BGG #11,355
- BGG rating
- 6.5
Start Player: A Kinda Collectible Card Game
2–999 players1 min2006
Complexity 1.0/5
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.
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Games
- BGG rank
- BGG #11,357
- BGG rating
- 6.7
Take it Higher!
1–6 players25 min2009
Complexity 2.2/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #11,359
- BGG rating
- 6.2
Drinking Fluxx
2–6 players10–40 min2017
Complexity 1.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #11,361
- BGG rating
- 6.8
Shadow Raiders
4–8 players60 min2018
Complexity 1.7/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #11,364
- BGG rating
- 6.0
Lawless
2–6 players45 min2003
Complexity 1.8/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #11,369
- BGG rating
- 7.3
Bohnanza: 20 Jahre
3–5 players45 min2017
Complexity 1.3/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #11,374
- BGG rating
- 7.1
Campy Creatures: Volume 1 (Third Edition)
2–5 players20–30 min2025
Complexity 2.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #11,379
- BGG rating
- 6.2
The Great Balloon Race
2–8 players30 min1991
Complexity 1.4/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #11,384
- BGG rating
- 6.9
Who? What? Where?
3–10 players30 min2003
Complexity 1.4/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #11,395
- BGG rating
- 6.3
Moai
2–5 players75 min2007
Complexity 2.7/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #11,401
- BGG rating
- 6.1
POW!
2–5 players20 min2016
Complexity 1.2/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #11,405
- BGG rating
- 6.8
Booty
3–6 players60 min2015
Complexity 2.3/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #11,407
- BGG rating
- 7.1
Green City
2–6 players30–45 min2026
Complexity 1.2/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #11,408
- BGG rating
- 6.3
13 Beavers
2–6 players30 min2024
Complexity 1.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #11,411
- BGG rating
- 6.4
Dice of Crowns
2–6 players10–20 min2016
Complexity 1.1/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #11,413
- BGG rating
- 6.1
Miskatonic University: The Restricted Collection
2–5 players30–45 min2019
Complexity 1.7/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #11,414
- BGG rating
- 6.0
Dungeon of Fortune
2–6 players30 min2015
Complexity 1.5/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #11,418
- BGG rating
- 6.0
Nightmare
3–6 players60 min1991
Complexity 1.8/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #11,424
- BGG rating
- 6.6
Personal Preference
2–16 players40 min1987
Complexity 1.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #11,429
- BGG rating
- 7.1
Kunterpunkt: Das wuselige Würfelspiel
1–6 players30–40 min2022
Complexity 2.3/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #11,430
- BGG rating
- 6.0
Space Walk
2–5 players45 min1999
Complexity 1.5/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #11,434
- BGG rating
- 6.2
Hoyuk
2–5 players60 min2006
Complexity 2.6/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #11,435
- BGG rating
- 6.6
What's Missing?
3–6 players20 min2020
Complexity 1.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #11,438
- BGG rating
- 7.1
The Blob that Ate the City
1–99 players20–30 min2022
Complexity 1.3/5
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