- BGG rank
- BGG #18,138
- BGG rating
- 5.8
Deadlands: The Battle for Slaughter Gulch
2–6 players60 min2009
Complexity 2.9/5
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.
9,157 games
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Games
- BGG rank
- BGG #18,140
- BGG rating
- 7.4
Adventurers Required
2–8 players15–30 min2026
Complexity 2.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #18,145
- BGG rating
- 6.0
Treelings
2–5 players15–30 min2020
Complexity 1.3/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #18,149
- BGG rating
- 6.9
Disney Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas: Merry Madness
3–5 players15–30 min2022
Complexity 1.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #18,153
- BGG rating
- 7.2
Munchkins & Mazes
3–6 players60–120 min2020
Complexity 2.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #18,154
- BGG rating
- 6.0
Picture Picture
2–6 players30 min1992
Complexity 1.5/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #18,156
- BGG rating
- 6.3
East & West: The Third Mondial War
2–6 players360 min1981
Complexity 3.1/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #18,160
- BGG rating
- 6.5
Skogen
2–6 players60 min2017
Complexity 1.7/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #18,163
- BGG rating
- 6.4
MAUW
2–6 players30 min2017
Complexity 1.7/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #18,168
- BGG rating
- 6.3
The Grand Kiwiz
2–8 players25 min2022
Complexity 1.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #18,174
- BGG rating
- 5.7
Zooscape
3–6 players15–30 min2015
Complexity 1.2/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #18,175
- BGG rating
- 6.5
Rankster
3–12 players15–30 min2022
Complexity 1.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #18,176
- BGG rating
- 6.2
White Hat
1–6 players30–45 min2022
Complexity 2.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #18,177
- BGG rating
- 5.8
Star Wars PocketModel TCG
2–8 players20 min2007
Complexity 1.6/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #18,182
- BGG rating
- 6.0
Schatz des Phönix
2–6 players30 min2025
Complexity 1.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #18,184
- BGG rating
- 7.2
GloBUM!
2–5 players10–20 min2024
Complexity 1.8/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #18,186
- BGG rating
- 6.3
Name Burst
3–10 players30 min1992
Complexity 1.8/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #18,190
- BGG rating
- 6.5
The Crooked Crown
3–6 players15–25 min2024
Complexity 2.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #18,192
- BGG rating
- 7.0
下町メイド物語: The Story of Faltisia
3–6 players60–90 min2019
Complexity 2.7/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #18,193
- BGG rating
- 6.5
Happy Double: No Risk No Run!
2–8 players20 min2026
Complexity 1.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #18,195
- BGG rating
- 6.8
Salamamba
1–5 players35 min2018
Complexity 2.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #18,196
- BGG rating
- 6.9
Tanuki Matsuri
1–6 players15 min2020
Complexity 1.2/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #18,198
- BGG rating
- 8.4
Railroads
3–5 players120 min2014
Complexity 3.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #18,211
- BGG rating
- 6.3
Business Walrus: A Party Game
4–20 players30 min2021
Complexity 1.0/5
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