The best board games of the 80s 2023
Looking for a board game classic from the 80s? We have compared the best board games from the 1980s and listed them in an overview.
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The best board game classics from the 80s
In this overview, we've listed the best board games from the 1980s that you can 2023 still buy on Amazon:
Can't Stop
Nominated for 1 award and won 1.
More details for Can't Stop- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 9+ years old
- Immediately playable
Survive: Escape from Atlantis!
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Survive: Escape from Atlantis!- 2 - 4 Players
- 45 - 60 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
Bausack
Nominated for 2 awards and won 2.
More details for Bausack- 2 - 8 Players
- 15 - 45 Minutes
- 7+ years old
- Immediately playable
Wizard
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Wizard- 3 - 6 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
🔥 Great price!7€ at.de
Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: The Thames Murders & Other Cases
Nominated for 4 awards and won 3.
⭐️ Spiel des Jahres 1985
More details for Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: The Thames Murders & Other Cases- 1 - 8 Players
- 60 - 120 Minutes
- 13+ years old
- Medium difficulty
👍 Good price!50€ at.de
Video reviews for Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: The Thames Murders & Other Cases
Ave Caesar
Nominated for 2 awards and won 2.
More details for Ave Caesar- 2 - 6 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Immediately playable
Der wahre Walter
- 4 - 10 Players
- 60 Minutes
- Immediately playable
HeroQuest
Nominated for 1 award and won 1.
More details for HeroQuest- 2 - 5 Players
- 90 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Easy to learn
🔥 Great price!104€ at.de
What the Heck?
- 2 - 5 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 7+ years old
- Immediately playable
🔥 Great price!8€ at.de
Personal Preference
- 2 - 16 Players
- 40 Minutes
- Immediately playable
Taboo
Nominated for 1 award and won 1.
More details for Taboo- 4 - 10 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Immediately playable
Labyrinth
Nominated for 3 awards and won 2.
More details for Labyrinth- 2 - 4 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Video reviews for Labyrinth
A la carte
Nominated for 4 awards and won 1.
More details for A la carte- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
👍 Good price!40€ at.de
Orchard
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Orchard- 2 - 8 Players
- 10 Minutes
- 3+ years old
- Immediately playable
Balderdash
Nominated for 3 awards and won 1.
More details for Balderdash- 2 - 6 Players
- 60 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Immediately playable
Take it Easy!
Nominated for 2 awards and won 1.
More details for Take it Easy!- 1 - 8 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Immediately playable
Max
- 1 - 8 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 4+ years old
- Immediately playable
Ligretto
🔥 Deal: 16% cheaper than the best Geizhals deal, likely for a short time only!
More details for Ligretto- 2 - 4 Players
- 10 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
🔥 Great price!6€ at.de
Heimlich & Co.
- 2 - 7 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
You're Bluffing!
🔥 Deal: 6% cheaper than the best Geizhals deal, likely for a short time only!
More details for You're Bluffing!- 3 - 5 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
🔥 Great price!7€ at.de
Fireball Island
- 2 - 4 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 7+ years old
- Immediately playable
Video reviews for Fireball Island
SET
Nominated for 2 awards and won 2.
More details for SET- 1 - 20 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 6+ years old
- Easy to learn
Good & Bad Ghosts
Nominated for 1 award and won 1.
More details for Good & Bad Ghosts- 2 Players
- 15 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
🔥 Great price!5€ at.de
Escape from Atlantis
- 2 - 4 Players
- 45 - 60 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
Scattergories
Nominated for 1 award and won 1.
More details for Scattergories- 2 - 6 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Immediately playable
Dorada
- 2 - 4 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Immediately playable
Video reviews for Dorada
Slapshot
- 2 - 10 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Shadows in the Forest
- 2 - 8 Players
- 15 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Animal Poker
- 4 - 8 Players
- 60 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Immediately playable
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