Best board games for 8 players

Find standalone games supporting 8 players for rules assistance and available scenario narration. Selection uses the supported player range; order follows overall BoardGameGeek rank.

3,607 games

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

BGG rank: BGG #7,071
BGG rating: 6.6

Confident?

3–99 players
20–40 min
Complexity 1.0/5
2018

BGG rank: BGG #7,113
BGG rating: 7.3

Time's Up!: Harry Potter

4–12 players
30 min
Complexity 1.0/5
2021

BGG rank: BGG #7,117
BGG rating: 8.0

Savage Worlds

2–10 players
240 min
Complexity 3.0/5
2003

BGG rank: BGG #7,132
BGG rating: 6.5

Subtext

4–8 players
20–40 min
Complexity 1.3/5
2019

BGG rank: BGG #7,137
BGG rating: 6.5

Beat That!

2–8 players
30–90 min
Complexity 1.1/5
2019

BGG rank: BGG #7,142
BGG rating: 5.9

Guesstures

4–99 players
10 min
Complexity 1.2/5
1990

BGG rank: BGG #7,173
BGG rating: 6.4

Jalape-NO!

3–9 players
45 min
Complexity 1.4/5
1998

BGG rank: BGG #7,183
BGG rating: 7.3

Samurai Battles

2–99 players
60–90 min
Complexity 3.0/5
2012

BGG rank: BGG #7,189
BGG rating: 6.8

Empires

2–10 players
30–60 min
Complexity 2.3/5
2017

BGG rank: BGG #7,197
BGG rating: 7.8

Pop Art

1–8 players
20 min
Complexity 1.9/5
2026

BGG rank: BGG #7,208
BGG rating: 6.7

Warhammer 40,000 (Sixth Edition)

2–12 players
120 min
Complexity 3.6/5
2012

BGG rank: BGG #7,217
BGG rating: 6.1

Such a Thing?

2–8 players
30 min
Complexity 1.2/5
1989

BGG rank: BGG #7,231
BGG rating: 9.4

The Cones of Dunshire

8–12 players
Complexity 4.6/5

BGG rank: BGG #7,251
BGG rating: 6.6

Disc Duelers

2–21 players
45 min
Complexity 1.3/5
2013

BGG rank: BGG #7,262
BGG rating: 7.2

Château Aventure

2–10 players
30 min
Complexity 1.0/5
2018

BGG rank: BGG #7,264
BGG rating: 6.8

Was'n das?

4–9 players
45 min
Complexity 1.3/5
2005

BGG rank: BGG #7,266
BGG rating: 7.4

Smart10: Family

2–8 players
20 min
Complexity 1.0/5
2021

BGG rank: BGG #7,275
BGG rating: 7.1

Leviathans

2–8 players
90 min
Complexity 3.0/5
2012

BGG rank: BGG #7,282
BGG rating: 6.3

Naval War

3–9 players
45 min
Complexity 1.4/5
1979

BGG rank: BGG #7,283
BGG rating: 7.7

DJ Set

3–16 players
10–20 min
Complexity 1.0/5
2025

BGG rank: BGG #7,284
BGG rating: 6.5

Chicken Chicken

2–8 players
20 min
Complexity 1.2/5
2019

BGG rank: BGG #7,300
BGG rating: 7.3

Eleusis

4–8 players
20 min
Complexity 2.9/5
1956

BGG rank: BGG #7,316
BGG rating: 7.1

Escape Room in a Box: Flashback

2–8 players
30–90 min
Complexity 2.0/5
2019

BGG rank: BGG #7,330
BGG rating: 6.5

The Metagame

2–50 players
10–45 min
Complexity 1.6/5
2011

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