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.

5,668 games

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

BGG rank: BGG #8,722
BGG rating: 6.1

Sherlock Holmes: The Card Game

3–8 players
60 min
Complexity 1.5/5
1991

BGG rank: BGG #8,739
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: 6.7

Extra! Extra!

2–6 players
60–150 min
Complexity 3.2/5
2015

BGG rank: BGG #8,751
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 #8,756
BGG rating: 6.9

The King's Armory

1–7 players
30–240 min
Complexity 3.2/5
2015

BGG rank: BGG #8,759
BGG rating: 6.4

Razzia

3–8 players
30 min
Complexity 1.3/5
1992

BGG rank: BGG #8,761
BGG rating: 7.0

Mystères?

3–8 players
45 min
Complexity 1.6/5
2013

BGG rank: BGG #8,772
BGG rating: 6.1

One Night Werewolf

3–7 players
10 min
Complexity 1.2/5
2012

BGG rank: BGG #8,786
BGG rating: 6.9

Fantasy Fluxx

2–6 players
10–40 min
Complexity 1.5/5
2021

BGG rank: BGG #8,787
BGG rating: 6.9

The Stock Car Championship Racing Card Game

2–12 players
20 min
Complexity 2.1/5
1995

BGG rank: BGG #8,798
BGG rating: 6.5

Swords and Bagpipes

2–6 players
20–45 min
Complexity 2.2/5
2014

BGG rank: BGG #8,799
BGG rating: 6.7

Um, Actually…

3–8 players
25 min
Complexity 1.6/5
2022

BGG rank: BGG #8,802
BGG rating: 7.9

Rivals

2–6 players
40–120 min
Complexity 2.9/5
2025

BGG rank: BGG #8,803
BGG rating: 7.1

Wolf Street

3–11 players
40 min
Complexity 1.3/5
2025

BGG rank: BGG #8,809
BGG rating: 7.0

Looterz: Rigor Mortis

2–6 players
30–40 min
Complexity 1.5/5
2018

BGG rank: BGG #8,813
BGG rating: 6.9

Art Gallery

2–6 players
45–75 min
Complexity 2.0/5
2023

BGG rank: BGG #8,821
BGG rating: 6.4

Arbos

1–8 players
30 min
Complexity 1.0/5
1999

BGG rank: BGG #8,824
BGG rating: 5.9

Spank the Monkey

2–6 players
30 min
Complexity 1.4/5
2003

BGG rank: BGG #8,838
BGG rating: 8.8

1985: Under an Iron Sky

2–6 players
120–8640 min
Complexity 4.2/5
2018

BGG rank: BGG #8,840
BGG rating: 7.8

Warangel

2–6 players
60 min
Complexity 2.5/5
2000

BGG rank: BGG #8,841
BGG rating: 6.5

Talisman: Kingdom Hearts

2–6 players
60–90 min
Complexity 2.7/5
2019

BGG rank: BGG #8,849
BGG rating: 6.1

Yahtzee Deluxe Poker

2–6 players
20 min
Complexity 1.3/5
1994

BGG rank: BGG #8,851
BGG rating: 7.3

Monsters of Loch Lomond

2–6 players
30 min
Complexity 1.7/5
2023

BGG rank: BGG #8,855
BGG rating: 7.0

Reviving Kathmandu

1–6 players
20–40 min
Complexity 1.8/5
2023

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