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

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BGG rank: BGG #8,179
BGG rating: 7.0

The New Easy to Master Dungeons & Dragons

2–8 players
120 min
Complexity 2.5/5
1991

BGG rank: BGG #8,185
BGG rating: 5.8

Give Me the Brain!

3–8 players
15 min
Complexity 1.3/5
1996

BGG rank: BGG #8,218
BGG rating: 7.1

Unstable Unicorns: Control

2–8 players
30–45 min
Complexity 2.0/5
2019

BGG rank: BGG #8,231
BGG rating: 6.5

Rory's Story Cubes: Enchanted

1–12 players
15 min
Complexity 1.1/5
2013

BGG rank: BGG #8,241
BGG rating: 6.5

61 Feuilles d'automne

1–10 players
20 min
Complexity 1.4/5
2022

BGG rank: BGG #8,244
BGG rating: 7.8

Over the Reich: WWII Air Combat Over Europe 1943-1945

2–10 players
120 min
Complexity 3.9/5
1993

BGG rank: BGG #8,252
BGG rating: 7.4

Black Powder: Second Edition

2–120 players
120–360 min
Complexity 2.6/5
2009

BGG rank: BGG #8,275
BGG rating: 6.3

Golem Arcana

2–8 players
45 min
Complexity 2.8/5
2014

BGG rank: BGG #8,280
BGG rating: 6.7

The Best of Chronology

2–8 players
30 min
Complexity 1.2/5
1997

BGG rank: BGG #8,293
BGG rating: 6.3

Splash!

2–8 players
10–20 min
Complexity 1.0/5
2014

BGG rank: BGG #8,298
BGG rating: 6.9

Cubed: Next Level Dominoes

1–11 players
20–120 min
Complexity 1.5/5
2023

BGG rank: BGG #8,306
BGG rating: 6.9

6-Tage Rennen

3–8 players
60 min
Complexity 1.7/5
1986

BGG rank: BGG #8,323
BGG rating: 6.8

Napoleon's Battles

2–10 players
360 min
Complexity 3.4/5
1989

BGG rank: BGG #8,324
BGG rating: 6.4

Bahamas

4–8 players
30–45 min
Complexity 1.3/5
2019

BGG rank: BGG #8,334
BGG rating: 5.9

Codenames: Back to Hogwarts

4–8 players
15–30 min
Complexity 1.8/5
2025

BGG rank: BGG #8,335
BGG rating: 7.0

Double Bananagrams

2–16 players
15 min
Complexity 1.2/5
2009

BGG rank: BGG #8,370
BGG rating: 6.7

Trash Talk

2–8 players
20–45 min
Complexity 1.3/5
2023

BGG rank: BGG #8,417
BGG rating: 6.5

Federation & Empire

2–8 players
300–3000 min
Complexity 4.4/5
1986

BGG rank: BGG #8,427
BGG rating: 6.1

Choose Your Own Adventure: War with the Evil Power Master

1–99 players
60 min
Complexity 1.4/5
2019

BGG rank: BGG #8,438
BGG rating: 7.5

Streets of Stalingrad (Third Edition)

2–8 players
120 min
Complexity 4.2/5
2003

BGG rank: BGG #8,440
BGG rating: 7.0

1829

3–9 players
360 min
Complexity 3.8/5
1974

BGG rank: BGG #8,441
BGG rating: 7.4

Dice Cards

1–99 players
15–30 min
Complexity 1.4/5
2023

BGG rank: BGG #8,449
BGG rating: 7.4

Wherewolf

6–33 players
60 min
Complexity 2.1/5
2009

BGG rank: BGG #8,454
BGG rating: 7.4

Blood Red Skies: Battle of Britain

2–99 players
30–60 min
Complexity 2.5/5
2017

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