The best games where you can choose based on a narrative / paragraph 2023
Looking for a really good game where you can choose based on a narrative? Then we have just the thing for you: the list with the best "Narrative Choice" games 2023.
What are narrative choice games?
In the games on this list, players are presented with multiple plot choices via a narrative format.
These may be presented in a book with numbered paragraphs as in Tales of the Arabian Nights and Up and Down, or via cards as in Dead of Winter: A Crossroads Game.
"Narrative Choice" is sometimes also called "Narrative Paragraph".
List of the best Narrative Choice games 2023
Clank!: Legacy – Acquisitions Incorporated
Nominated for 2 awards.
More details for Clank!: Legacy – Acquisitions Incorporated- 2 - 4 Players
- 90 - 120 Minutes
- 13+ years old
- Medium difficulty
Legacy of Dragonholt
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More details for Legacy of Dragonholt- 1 - 6 Players
- 60 - 999 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Immediately playable
🔥 Great price!35€ at
.deForgotten Waters
Nominated for 8 awards and won 1.
More details for Forgotten Waters- 3 - 7 Players
- 120 - 240 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Easy to learn
👍 Good price!48€ at.deWelcome to the Moon
- 1 - 6 Players
- 25 - 30 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Crime Zoom: A Deadly Writer
- 1 - 6 Players
- 60 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Immediately playable
Sleeping Gods
Nominated for 9 awards and won 3.
More details for Sleeping Gods- 1 - 4 Players
- 60 - 120 Minutes
- 13+ years old
- Medium difficulty
Crime Zoom: Bird of Ill Omen
- 1 - 6 Players
- 60 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Immediately playable
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.deVideo reviews for Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: The Thames Murders & Other Cases
Scythe
Nominated for 21 awards and won 10.
More details for Scythe- 1 - 5 Players
- 90 - 115 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Medium difficulty
👍 Good price!70€ at.deVideo reviews for Scythe
Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game
Nominated for 14 awards and won 4.
⭐️ Nominated for Kennerspiel des Jahres 2019
More details for Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game- 1 - 5 Players
- 120 - 180 Minutes
- 16+ years old
- Medium difficulty
👍 Good price!30€ at.deVideo reviews for Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game
Tales of the Arabian Nights
Nominated for 5 awards.
More details for Tales of the Arabian Nights- 1 - 6 Players
- 120 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Easy to learn
Video reviews for Tales of the Arabian Nights
T.I.M.E Stories
Nominated for 16 awards and won 3.
⭐️ Nominated for Kennerspiel des Jahres 2016
More details for T.I.M.E Stories- 2 - 4 Players
- 90 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Medium difficulty
🔥 Great price!32€ at.deVideo reviews for T.I.M.E Stories
Crime Zoom: His Last Card
- 1 - 6 Players
- 60 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Immediately playable
Adventure Games: The Dungeon
- 1 - 4 Players
- 75 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Easy to learn
👍 Good price!12€ at.deTainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon
Nominated for 14 awards.
More details for Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon- 1 - 4 Players
- 60 - 120 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Medium difficulty
🔥 Great price!105€ at.deNear and Far
Nominated for 6 awards.
More details for Near and Far- 2 - 4 Players
- 90 - 120 Minutes
- 13+ years old
- Medium difficulty
Video reviews for Near and Far
Above and Below
Nominated for 9 awards.
More details for Above and Below- 2 - 4 Players
- 90 Minutes
- 13+ years old
- Medium difficulty
Choose Your Own Adventure: House of Danger
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Choose Your Own Adventure: House of Danger- 1 - 99 Players
- 60 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Immediately playable
👍 Good price!30€ at.deBubble Stories
Nominated for 1 award and won 1.
More details for Bubble Stories- 1 - 2 Players
- 10 Minutes
- 4+ years old
- Immediately playable
Wonder Book
Nominated for 1 award and won 1.
More details for Wonder Book- 1 - 4 Players
- 60 - 90 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
👍 Good price!67€ at.deVienna Connection
- 1 - 5 Players
- 120 - 180 Minutes
- 16+ years old
- Easy to learn
Dead of Winter: A Crossroads Game
Nominated for 13 awards and won 4.
More details for Dead of Winter: A Crossroads Game- 2 - 5 Players
- 60 - 120 Minutes
- 13+ years old
- Medium difficulty
This War of Mine: The Board Game
Nominated for 7 awards and won 3.
More details for This War of Mine: The Board Game- 1 - 6 Players
- 45 - 120 Minutes
- 18+ years old
- Medium difficulty
Aventuria: Adventure Card Game
- 1 - 4 Players
- 45 - 180 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Easy to learn
👍 Good price!38€ at.deMaracaibo
Nominated for 11 awards and won 1.
More details for Maracaibo- 1 - 4 Players
- 30 - 120 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Hard to learn
Adventure Games: The Gloom City File
- 1 - 4 Players
- 90 Minutes
- 16+ years old
- Easy to learn
👍 Good price!12€ at.deAftermath
- 1 - 4 Players
- 60 - 120 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Medium difficulty
Video reviews for Aftermath
Adventure Games: Im Nebelreich
- 1 - 4 Players
- 90 - 120 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
👍 Good price!12€ at.deRobinson Crusoe: Adventures on the Cursed Island
Nominated for 6 awards and won 3.
More details for Robinson Crusoe: Adventures on the Cursed Island- 1 - 4 Players
- 60 - 120 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Hard to learn
👍 Good price!36€ at.deVideo reviews for Robinson Crusoe: Adventures on the Cursed Island
Choose Your Own Adventure: War with the Evil Power Master
- 1 - 99 Players
- 60 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
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