The best games with players having different skills 2021
Looking for a board game where everyone has different powers? Then we have just the thing: The 30 best games with "Variable Player Powers".
What are Variable Player Powers?
Games where each player has different abilities are called "Variable Player Powers". Each player has special actions that only he can perform or modify his standard actions.
Examples of different powers
Zombie Kidz Evolution](/zombie-kidz-evolution) uses the principle of "Variable Player Powers". Here there are up to four heroes from which each player can choose one. Each of these heroes has its own abilities that only he can do:
- Heroine 1: Zombies that enter the same room as Heroine 1 are immediately removed from the playing field.
- Heroine 2: If there is no zombie in the room, she can shoot zombies from one to an adjacent room.
- Hero 3: If there is no zombie in the space, he can remove up to 2 zombies in adjacent spaces from the board.
- Hero 4:He can go two spaces (all others only one space).
Other games with different abilities for each player are for example the Pandemic series, Terraforming Mars or Santorini.
List of best games 2021 where players have different skills
Pandemic Legacy: Season 1
Nominated for 21 awards and won 12.
Nominated for Kennerspiel des Jahres 2016
More details for Pandemic Legacy: Season 1
2 - 4 Players
60 Minutes
13+ years old
Complexity: medium
👍 Good price!45€ at
.deVideo reviews for Pandemic Legacy: Season 1
Zombie Kidz Evolution
Nominated for 6 awards and won 3.
More details for Zombie Kidz Evolution- 2 - 4 Players
- 5 - 15 Minutes
- 7+ years old
- Complexity: very easy
The Resistance: Avalon
Nominated for 4 awards and won 1.
More details for The Resistance: Avalon- 5 - 10 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 13+ years old
- Complexity: easy
Clank! Legacy: Acquisitions Incorporated
Nominated for 2 awards.
More details for Clank! Legacy: Acquisitions Incorporated- 2 - 4 Players
- 90 - 120 Minutes
- 13+ years old
- Complexity: medium
Unmatched: Battle of Legends, Volume One
Nominated for 2 awards.
More details for Unmatched: Battle of Legends, Volume One- 2 - 4 Players
- 20 - 40 Minutes
- 9+ years old
- Complexity: easy
Santorini
Nominated for 6 awards.
More details for Santorini- 2 - 4 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Complexity: easy
👍 Good price!17€ at.deOne Night Ultimate Werewolf: Daybreak
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for One Night Ultimate Werewolf: Daybreak- 3 - 7 Players
- 10 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Complexity: very easy
Video reviews for One Night Ultimate Werewolf: Daybreak
Werewords
- 4 - 10 Players
- 10 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Complexity: very easy
Unmatched: Cobble & Fog
Nominated for 3 awards.
More details for Unmatched: Cobble & Fog- 2 - 4 Players
- 20 - 40 Minutes
- 9+ years old
- Complexity: easy
Horrified
Nominated for 4 awards.
More details for Horrified- 1 - 5 Players
- 60 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Complexity: easy
Video reviews for Horrified
5-Minute Dungeon
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for 5-Minute Dungeon- 2 - 5 Players
- 5 - 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Complexity: very easy
👍 Good price!21€ at.deOne Night Ultimate Werewolf
Nominated for 4 awards.
More details for One Night Ultimate Werewolf- 3 - 10 Players
- 10 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Complexity: very easy
👍 Good price!8€ at.deVideo reviews for One Night Ultimate Werewolf
Cthulhu: Death May Die
Nominated for 4 awards.
More details for Cthulhu: Death May Die- 1 - 5 Players
- 90 - 120 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Complexity: easy
BANG! The Dice Game
Nominated for 3 awards.
More details for BANG! The Dice Game- 3 - 8 Players
- 15 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Complexity: very easy
👍 Good price!9€ at.de7 Wonders
- 2 - 7 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Complexity: easy
Coup
Nominated for 2 awards.
More details for Coup- 2 - 6 Players
- 15 Minutes
- 13+ years old
- Complexity: very easy
Video reviews for Coup
Downforce
Nominated for 3 awards.
More details for Downforce- 2 - 6 Players
- 20 - 40 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Complexity: easy
Unmatched: Robin Hood vs. Bigfoot
- 2 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 9+ years old
- Complexity: easy
Ca$h 'n Guns (Second Edition)
Nominated for 3 awards and won 2.
More details for Ca$h 'n Guns (Second Edition)- 4 - 8 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Complexity: very easy
Video reviews for Ca$h 'n Guns (Second Edition)
Mansions of Madness: Second Edition
Nominated for 9 awards.
More details for Mansions of Madness: Second Edition- 1 - 5 Players
- 120 - 180 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Complexity: medium
It's a Wonderful World
Nominated for 9 awards and won 3.
More details for It's a Wonderful World- 1 - 5 Players
- 30 - 60 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Complexity: easy
Marvel United
Nominated for 6 awards.
More details for Marvel United- 1 - 4 Players
- 40 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Complexity: easy
👍 Good price!34€ at.deTerraforming Mars
Nominated for 26 awards and won 13.
Nominated for Kennerspiel des Jahres 2017
More details for Terraforming Mars- 1 - 5 Players
- 120 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Complexity: medium
Video reviews for Terraforming Mars
War Chest
Nominated for 2 awards.
More details for War Chest- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Complexity: easy
Video reviews for War Chest
Tokaido: Deluxe Edition
- 2 - 5 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Complexity: easy
The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-Earth
Nominated for 4 awards.
More details for The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-Earth- 1 - 5 Players
- 60 - 120 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Complexity: medium
🔥 Great price!34€ at.deMarvel Champions: The Card Game
Nominated for 11 awards and won 2.
More details for Marvel Champions: The Card Game- 1 - 4 Players
- 45 - 90 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Complexity: medium
Video reviews for Marvel Champions: The Card Game
Dune: Imperium
Nominated for 8 awards and won 2.
More details for Dune: Imperium- 1 - 4 Players
- 60 - 120 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Complexity: medium
Dungeon Mayhem
- 2 - 4 Players
- 10 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Complexity: very easy
👍 Good price!10€ at.deThe Red Dragon Inn: Allies – Spyke and Flower
- 2 Players
- 20 - 40 Minutes
- 13+ years old
- Complexity: very easy
Didn't find the game you were looking for?
We're positive that you'll find it in one of our other lists! To make the search easier for you, we split our website into different categories. The following board game categories will help you find the right list: