Best board games for 6 players

Find standalone games recommended for 6 players, with rules assistance and available scenario narration. Selection follows the BoardGameGeek community player-count poll; order follows overall BoardGameGeek rank.

5,673 games

Ranked games appear first, followed by games without a BGG rank.

BGG rank: BGG #13,309
BGG rating: 6.4

Internal Affairs

2–8 players
20–35 min
Complexity 1.8/5
2015

BGG rank: BGG #13,310
BGG rating: 7.0

Age of Reason

3–7 players
150 min
Complexity 3.4/5
2011

BGG rank: BGG #13,312
BGG rating: 7.9

Grabble

2–6 players
5 min
Complexity 1.0/5
2026

BGG rank: BGG #13,313
BGG rating: 6.4

One False Step for Mankind

3–6 players
180–240 min
Complexity 2.6/5
2003

BGG rank: BGG #13,318
BGG rating: 6.0

Trivial Pursuit: DVD – Star Wars Saga Edition

2–6 players
45–90 min
Complexity 1.9/5
2005

BGG rank: BGG #13,334
BGG rating: 5.9

Charty Party

3–8 players
30–90 min
Complexity 1.1/5
2019

BGG rank: BGG #13,345
BGG rating: 6.3

Shogunate

3–6 players
20–25 min
Complexity 2.4/5
2016

BGG rank: BGG #13,349
BGG rating: 6.8

Flutter

2–10 players
60 min
Complexity 1.7/5
1950

BGG rank: BGG #13,355
BGG rating: 7.8

Dungeons & Dragons: Trials of Tempus

2–8 players
120 min
Complexity 3.5/5
2023

BGG rank: BGG #13,356
BGG rating: 6.4

Touch It!

2–6 players
5–10 min
Complexity 1.0/5
2022

BGG rank: BGG #13,359
BGG rating: 6.9

Top Frog

2–6 players
40–60 min
Complexity 2.0/5
2025

BGG rank: BGG #13,361
BGG rating: 5.7

Skip-Bo

2–6 players
20 min
Complexity 1.2/5
1967

BGG rank: BGG #13,365
BGG rating: 6.5

Medieval

1–6 players
90–180 min
Complexity 2.4/5
2018

BGG rank: BGG #13,375
BGG rating: 7.1

18Africa

2–7 players
240 min
Complexity 3.9/5
2014

BGG rank: BGG #13,376
BGG rating: 6.1

Mr. Face

3–6 players
20 min
Complexity 1.0/5
2018

BGG rank: BGG #13,384
BGG rating: 6.1

Word Basket

2–8 players
10 min
Complexity 1.1/5
2002

BGG rank: BGG #13,389
BGG rating: 7.5

Hitster: Volume 2

2–10 players
30 min
Complexity 1.0/5
2024

BGG rank: BGG #13,391
BGG rating: 6.3

Costa Ruana

2–6 players
20–60 min
Complexity 2.0/5
2014

BGG rank: BGG #13,404
BGG rating: 6.4

Lords of the Sierra Madre (Second Edition)

2–8 players
240 min
Complexity 3.6/5
1995

BGG rank: BGG #13,407
BGG rating: 7.5

Catch the Bomber

3–6 players
30–45 min
Complexity 2.2/5
2021

BGG rank: BGG #13,409
BGG rating: 6.8

Flick Wars

1–6 players
30–60 min
Complexity 2.3/5
2019

BGG rank: BGG #13,415
BGG rating: 6.1

Oodles

3–10 players
20 min
Complexity 1.4/5
1992

BGG rank: BGG #13,421
BGG rating: 5.8

Cthulhu 500

3–8 players
60 min
Complexity 1.7/5
2004

BGG rank: BGG #13,435
BGG rating: 6.0

Black Stories 4

2–15 players
45 min
Complexity 1.2/5
2008

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