The best board games of the 2020s 2024
Looking for a board game classic from the 2020s? We have compared the best board games from the 2020s and listed them in an overview.
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The best board game classics from the 2020s
In this overview, we've listed the best board games from the 2020s that you can 2024 still buy on Amazon:
MicroMacro: Crime City
MicroMacro: Crime City is a unique detective game that immerses players into a detailed and expansive cityscape to solve intriguing crimes. The game centers around a large, detailed map of a city where various crimes have occurred. Players become detectives tasked with unraveling these mysteries using the clues scattered across the city.
Nominated for 20 awards and won 11.
⭐️ Spiel des Jahres 2021
More details for MicroMacro: Crime City- 1 - 4 Players
- 15 - 45 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Immediately playable
👍 Good price!16€ at.de*So Clover!
So Clover! is a cooperative word-association game that challenges players to think creatively and work together. The essence of the game is to generate and guess keywords based on shared features, aiming to achieve the highest possible team score.
Nominated for 6 awards and won 2.
More details for So Clover!- 3 - 6 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Immediately playable
👍 Good price!19€ at.de*Cascadia
Cascadia is a tile-laying and token-drafting board game that features the rich habitats and diverse wildlife of the Pacific Northwest. It combines strategic tile placement with wildlife conservation themes.
Nominated for 24 awards and won 12.
⭐️ Spiel des Jahres 2022
More details for Cascadia- 1 - 4 Players
- 30 - 45 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
The Crew: Mission Deep Sea
The Crew: Mission Deep Sea is a cooperative trick-taking card game that embarks players on an underwater expedition to discover the lost continent of Mu. Building on the foundations of its predecessor, The Crew, this game combines the familiar mechanics of trick-taking with unique cooperative elements and a compelling thematic narrative.
Nominated for 3 awards and won 2.
More details for The Crew: Mission Deep Sea- 2 - 5 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
👍 Good price!11€ at.de*The Castles of Burgundy: Special Edition
More details for The Castles of Burgundy: Special EditionThe Castles of Burgundy: Special Edition revitalizes Stefan Feld's classic strategy game for 1-4 players, where participants embody aristocrats managing their princedoms. This special edition, a collaboration between Ravensburger and Awaken Realms, elevates the game with a full art redesign, premium materials, and enhanced components, offering a luxurious playing experience as players build their settlements, castles, and engage in trade.
- 1 - 4 Players
- 70 - 120 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Medium difficulty
MicroMacro: Crime City – Full House
MicroMacro: Crime City – Full House is a captivating detective game that expands upon the original MicroMacro: Crime City. Players become sleuths, examining a giant city map (75 x 110 cm) filled with intricate details to solve various crimes. This edition includes 16 new cases, each offering a unique story and set of challenges that require players to scrutinize the map to uncover hidden information and trace suspects' movements.
Nominated for 4 awards.
More details for MicroMacro: Crime City – Full House- 1 - 4 Players
- 15 - 45 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Immediately playable
Ready Set Bet
Nominated for 2 awards and won 1.
More details for Ready Set Bet- 2 - 9 Players
- 45 - 60 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Immediately playable
Heat: Pedal to the Metal
Heat: Pedal to the Metal is a dynamic and strategic racing board game that simulates the thrill and intricacies of car racing. It offers players a chance to experience the excitement of racing while managing crucial elements like speed, car upgrades, and varying track conditions.
Nominated for 14 awards and won 6.
More details for Heat: Pedal to the Metal- 1 - 6 Players
- 30 - 60 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Top Ten
- 4 - 9 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Immediately playable
👍 Good price!17€ at.de*HITSTER
- 2 - 10 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 16+ years old
- Immediately playable
Splendor Duel
Splendor Duel is an intriguing two-player game that builds upon the foundation of its predecessor, Splendor, enhancing it with new layers of strategy and competitiveness. Designed specifically for two players, this standalone game maintains the core elements of Splendor while introducing novel twists and mechanics, making it more dynamic and interactive.
Nominated for 10 awards and won 3.
More details for Splendor Duel- 2 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
👍 Good price!22€ at.de*Unmatched: Cobble & Fog
Unmatched: Cobble & Fog is a captivating expansion to the Unmatched system, featuring a quartet of iconic characters drawn from literary lore, each with their unique playstyle and abilities. This expansion introduces the Invisible Man, Sherlock Holmes with Dr. Watson, Dracula along with the sisters, and the duo of Jekyll & Hyde, all brought to life in a highly asymmetrical miniature fighting game.
Nominated for 3 awards and won 1.
More details for Unmatched: Cobble & Fog- 2 - 4 Players
- 20 - 40 Minutes
- 9+ years old
- Easy to learn
Sea Salt & Paper
Sea Salt & Paper is a set collection card game that combines strategic decision-making with the excitement of timing your moves just right. Similar to Rummy in gameplay, it involves collecting sets of cards to score points, while also navigating the timing of when to end the round for optimal advantage.
Nominated for 7 awards and won 2.
More details for Sea Salt & Paper- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 - 45 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
🔥 Great price!11€ at.de*King of Tokyo: Dark Edition
More details for King of Tokyo: Dark EditionKing of Tokyo: Dark Edition is a limited collector's edition of the popular game King of Tokyo. Set in an alternative, darker version of Tokyo, this edition brings a new level of intensity to the battle for control of the city.
- 2 - 6 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
Project L
Project L is a dynamic and visually appealing board game that combines tile-matching with engine-building elements. It's designed to challenge players with its strategic depth, encapsulated within an elegant and simple design. The game features unique triple-layer 3D puzzles and attractive acrylic pieces, making it not only a test of intellect but also a delight to play.
Nominated for 4 awards and won 1.
More details for Project L- 1 - 4 Players
- 20 - 40 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
Lands of Galzyr
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Lands of Galzyr- 1 - 4 Players
- 60 - 150 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Easy to learn
Stella: Dixit Universe
Nominated for 6 awards and won 1.
More details for Stella: Dixit Universe- 3 - 6 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
MicroMacro: Crime City – All In
More details for MicroMacro: Crime City – All InMicroMacro: Crime City – All In is the latest installment in the MicroMacro: Crime City series, offering players a new district of the black-and-white, crime-ridden metropolis known as Crime City to explore. This edition comes with a fresh, large city map that connects seamlessly with the maps from previous games, presenting 16 new and more complex crime cases for players to solve.
- 1 - 4 Players
- 15 - 45 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Immediately playable
🔥 Great price!20€ at.de*Marvel United: X-Men
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Marvel United: X-Men- 1 - 5 Players
- 40 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Easy to learn
Grove: A 9 card solitaire game
- 1 Players
- 5 - 10 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Star Wars: The Deckbuilding Game
More details for Star Wars: The Deckbuilding GameStar Wars: The Deckbuilding Game brings the epic conflict between the Galactic Empire and the Rebel Alliance to your tabletop. This two-player game captures the essence of the Star Wars universe, offering a dynamic and strategic experience where players build their decks and battle to destroy each other's bases.
- 2 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Easy to learn
👍 Good price!34€ at.de*Dorfromantik: The Board Game
Nominated for 3 awards and won 1.
⭐️ Spiel des Jahres 2023
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More details for Dorfromantik: The Board Game- 1 - 6 Players
- 30 - 60 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
🔥 Great price!25€ at.de*Marvel United
Marvel United is a cooperative board game where players take on the roles of Marvel superheroes, working together to thwart the plans of a powerful villain, who is controlled by the game mechanics.
Nominated for 6 awards and won 2.
More details for Marvel United- 1 - 4 Players
- 40 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Easy to learn
Dune: Imperium
Dune: Imperium is a strategic deck-building game inspired by the iconic Dune universe, incorporating elements from both the recent film adaptation and the classic novels. Players lead one of the Great Houses in the interstellar political landscape of the Landsraad.
Nominated for 19 awards and won 7.
⭐️ Nominated for Kennerspiel des Jahres 2022
More details for Dune: Imperium- 1 - 4 Players
- 60 - 120 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Medium difficulty
Next Station: London
Nominated for 5 awards and won 2.
⭐️ Nominated for Spiel des Jahres 2023
More details for Next Station: London- 1 - 4 Players
- 25 - 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Destinies
Destinies is a unique blend of board gaming and digital app integration, offering a rich, competitive, story-driven experience set in a dark medieval-fantasy universe. It is the first game in a series utilizing the innovative Destinies system.
Nominated for 9 awards and won 3.
More details for Destinies- 1 - 3 Players
- 90 - 150 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Easy to learn
Zombie Teenz Evolution
Nominated for 6 awards and won 1.
⭐️ Nominated for Spiel des Jahres 2021
More details for Zombie Teenz Evolution- 2 - 4 Players
- 15 - 25 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Video reviews for Zombie Teenz Evolution
Carcassonne: 20th Anniversary Edition
- 2 - 5 Players
- 35 Minutes
- 7+ years old
- Easy to learn
👍 Good price!30€ at.de*My City
My City is a groundbreaking competitive legacy game where players develop their own city across multiple epochs. This game uniquely blends city-building with the evolving challenges and narratives of a legacy format.
Nominated for 11 awards and won 4.
⭐️ Nominated for Spiel des Jahres 2020
More details for My City- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Video reviews for My City
The Search for Planet X
The Search for Planet X is a captivating board game that immerses players in the world of astronomy and scientific discovery. Aspiring astronomers use a combination of observation, deduction, and a companion app to unravel the mystery of a hidden planet in our solar system.
Nominated for 5 awards.
More details for The Search for Planet X- 1 - 4 Players
- 60 - 75 Minutes
- 13+ years old
- Easy to learn
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