The best games set in Finland 🇫🇮 2026

Ticket to Ride: Nordic Countries takes players on an enchanting journey through the northern realms of Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden. This edition of the popular Ticket to Ride series is specially designed for 2-3 players, offering a more intimate and strategically intense experience.

The second edition of Soccero features enhanced components and updated rules, including a new kick die to determine the ball's movement. Players take on the roles of managers, using dice to move their figures and the ball on the board. The player with the most goals at the end wins. Basic rules make it easy and fun to start, while advanced rules introduce more realistic football elements, adding complexity and situations like penalty kicks and corner kicks.

1918: Brother against Brother is a two-player war game that depicts the Finnish Civil War in the spring of 1918. One player takes on the role of the Whites (government troops), while the other represents the Reds (socialist revolutionaries). The game's point-to-point board illustrates Finland of the time, influencing gameplay through its railways and roads.

Winter 1939 sees the Soviet Union declaring war on Finland, unleashing destruction on Helsinki. In a fierce battle, Russian forces push back the Finns, led by Colonel Paavo Talvela, who must fortify their defenses at Tolvajärvi against an impending assault.

The time is June 22, 1941. Over 3 million German soldiers stand at the Russian border, preparing to begin Operation Barbarossa. What was meant to be a swift campaign resulted in the start of the end for Nazi Germany.

Memory is a classic game of concentration and recall, where players turn over pairs of tiles to find matching images. First solidified in its modern form by Ravensburger in 1959, the game has historical roots extending back to Japan in the 16th century. Known by various names worldwide such as Pairs, Pelmanism, Concentration, and Pexeso in the Czech Republic, the game challenges players to remember the locations of different tiles.

Terra Evolution is a fast-paced strategic card and world-building game focused on species evolution, disasters, and extinction, featuring strong player interaction. Players construct their world continent by continent and conquer it with their evolving species while managing resources and countering opponents' catastrophic events. The game is easy to learn yet offers deep strategic and tactical challenges, ensuring high replayability with a variety of play styles.

In ancient times, numerous dangers awaited merchants, unlike the usual tales suggest. Thieves, dissatisfied customers, exorbitant tolls, storms, pirates, and other calamities plagued trade routes. Kogge allows two to four players to navigate this network of trade routes, trading goods and building trading houses while facing the ever-changing challenges of the Baltic Sea.

Players simulate the complex strategic situation in Europe during World War II. The game includes six variations, ranging from a lengthy campaign to shorter scenarios, and allows 2 to 6 players to represent major national powers. It balances politics and military power, challenging players with intricate rules and numerous factors like resource management and strategic warfare.