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.

3,609 games

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

BGG rank: BGG #12,761
BGG rating: 6.3

Noggin

3–99 players
10 min
Complexity 1.0/5
2022

BGG rank: BGG #12,768
BGG rating: 6.7

Mythology: A Game of Adventure in the Age of Heros

2–10 players
120–240 min
Complexity 3.4/5
1980

BGG rank: BGG #12,779
BGG rating: 8.1

The Great Race 2

1–8 players
60 min
Complexity 2.5/5
2022

BGG rank: BGG #12,780
BGG rating: 6.6

Fake That!

4–8 players
20 min
Complexity 1.3/5
2020

BGG rank: BGG #12,781
BGG rating: 7.5

Phantom Ink: Arcana

2–8 players
15–30 min
Complexity 1.0/5
2025

BGG rank: BGG #12,783
BGG rating: 6.7

Deadlines

1–10 players
15–30 min
Complexity 1.0/5
2020

BGG rank: BGG #12,784
BGG rating: 7.0

One Page War

1–10 players
15–30 min
Complexity 2.0/5
2023

BGG rank: BGG #12,785
BGG rating: 6.7

Long Live the King

5–30 players
240 min
Complexity 3.0/5
2006

BGG rank: BGG #12,787
BGG rating: 6.6

Gathering of the Wicked

6–12 players
30 min
Complexity 1.7/5
2021

BGG rank: BGG #12,800
BGG rating: 6.7

Rory's Story Cubes: Fright

1–12 players
20 min
Complexity 1.0/5
2015

BGG rank: BGG #12,809
BGG rating: 6.8

Anno Domini: Wort Schrift Buch

2–8 players
30 min
Complexity 1.5/5
2007

BGG rank: BGG #12,816
BGG rating: 8.2

Cocktail

2–9 players
15–45 min
Complexity 1.3/5
2021

BGG rank: BGG #12,826
BGG rating: 6.2

Honeycombs

1–8 players
15–30 min
Complexity 1.6/5
2016

BGG rank: BGG #12,827
BGG rating: 6.1

Flapjacks & Sasquatches

2–8 players
20 min
Complexity 1.5/5
2008

BGG rank: BGG #12,838
BGG rating: 6.9

Clever

2–9 players
15 min
Complexity 1.0/5
2014

BGG rank: BGG #12,839
BGG rating: 7.0

Osmosis

2–8 players
15 min
Complexity 2.3/5
2025

BGG rank: BGG #12,848
BGG rating: 8.1

Dracula's America: Shadows of the West

2–8 players
60–90 min
Complexity 2.0/5
2017

BGG rank: BGG #12,855
BGG rating: 6.9

Nobody is Perfect 2

3–10 players
60 min
Complexity 1.9/5
1995

BGG rank: BGG #12,857
BGG rating: 7.8

To the Strongest!

2–10 players
120 min
Complexity 2.7/5
2014

BGG rank: BGG #12,865
BGG rating: 7.0

Bullseye

3–8 players
25 min
Complexity 1.5/5
2026

BGG rank: BGG #12,871
BGG rating: 6.0

13 Words

2–8 players
20 min
Complexity 1.0/5
2022

BGG rank: BGG #12,880
BGG rating: 6.6

Inception

4–8 players
30 min
Complexity 2.2/5
2011

BGG rank: BGG #12,884
BGG rating: 6.1

TOKYO JUTAKU

1–8 players
10–45 min
Complexity 1.6/5
2018

BGG rank: BGG #12,893
BGG rating: 7.6

Jibber Jabble

3–30 players
5–120 min
Complexity 1.5/5
2024

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