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 #8,856
BGG rating: 6.2

8Bit Box

3–6 players
15–40 min
Complexity 1.6/5
2018

BGG rank: BGG #8,873
BGG rating: 6.6

Olé!

3–8 players
30 min
Complexity 1.4/5
1996

BGG rank: BGG #8,876
BGG rating: 6.2

Look at the Stars

2–8 players
20–30 min
Complexity 1.3/5
2022

BGG rank: BGG #8,880
BGG rating: 6.0

Bridge Troll

3–6 players
45 min
Complexity 2.0/5
2009

BGG rank: BGG #8,885
BGG rating: 7.0

Russian Civil War 1918-1922

1–6 players
180 min
Complexity 3.1/5
1976

BGG rank: BGG #8,892
BGG rating: 6.1

Nobody but Us Chickens

3–6 players
20 min
Complexity 1.2/5
2003

BGG rank: BGG #8,894
BGG rating: 5.7

Enchanted Forest

2–6 players
30–60 min
Complexity 1.2/5
1981

BGG rank: BGG #8,898
BGG rating: 6.2

Tofu Kingdom

3–8 players
10–30 min
Complexity 1.6/5
2015

BGG rank: BGG #8,900
BGG rating: 6.7

Hike!

2–6 players
20–45 min
Complexity 2.0/5
2022

BGG rank: BGG #8,906
BGG rating: 6.5

Disc Cover

3–8 players
20 min
Complexity 1.1/5
2022

BGG rank: BGG #8,907
BGG rating: 6.7

Anomia X

3–6 players
30–60 min
Complexity 1.0/5
2017

BGG rank: BGG #8,908
BGG rating: 6.3

Tomorrow

4–6 players
90 min
Complexity 2.7/5
2013

BGG rank: BGG #8,912
BGG rating: 7.5

Coalitions

1–6 players
60–180 min
Complexity 2.8/5
2026

BGG rank: BGG #8,913
BGG rating: 6.4

Taco Hat Cake Gift Pizza

2–8 players
10–15 min
Complexity 1.0/5
2021

BGG rank: BGG #8,920
BGG rating: 6.3

Last Defense!

2–6 players
20 min
Complexity 1.3/5
2020

BGG rank: BGG #8,924
BGG rating: 6.7

27th Passenger: A Hunt on Rails

3–6 players
45 min
Complexity 2.0/5
2014

BGG rank: BGG #8,926
BGG rating: 5.8

Pass the Bomb

2–10 players
20 min
Complexity 1.3/5
1994

BGG rank: BGG #8,936
BGG rating: 5.9

Landlord!

2–6 players
10 min
Complexity 1.5/5
1992

BGG rank: BGG #8,941
BGG rating: 7.5

Unknown

1–6 players
45 min
Complexity 3.1/5
2016

BGG rank: BGG #8,942
BGG rating: 6.5

House of Borgia

2–6 players
30 min
Complexity 2.0/5
2017

BGG rank: BGG #8,951
BGG rating: 6.1

True Colors

3–6 players
30 min
Complexity 1.1/5
1989

BGG rank: BGG #8,961
BGG rating: 6.2

Billionaire Banshee

2–15 players
60 min
Complexity 1.0/5
2014

BGG rank: BGG #8,963
BGG rating: 6.3

Time Chase

3–6 players
30 min
Complexity 2.0/5
2019

BGG rank: BGG #8,973
BGG rating: 6.7

The Scarlet Pimpernel

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

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