The best simple board games 2023

Are you looking for a simple but still very good board game? It doesn't always have to be complicated or take a long time to be fun. Just the simple games often find the core of the game fun better and faster than large complex games can.

Quickly explained, quickly constructed

For the selection of games for this list, we made sure that the game is quickly explained and you can start without big build-up orgies. Also new players should be able to find their way into the game quickly and easily.

List with the best simple board games 2023

In this overview we have picked out the best simple board games you can buy 2023:

This list was last updated on June 1, 2023. We compared 10316 board games for this list and selected the top 30. There's also a print version for this list.
  1. Le Passe-Trappe Grande

    All details for the board game Le Passe-Trappe Grande and similar games
    • 2 Players
    • 5 Minutes
    • 10+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  2. Panic Island!

    All details for the board game Panic Island! and similar games
    • 1 - 8 Players
    • 2 Minutes
    • 8+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  3. Start Player

    All details for the board game Start Player and similar games
    • 2 - 99 Players
    • 1 Minutes
    • 14+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  4. KLASK 4

    All details for the board game KLASK 4 and similar games
    • 4 Players
    • 10 Minutes
    • 8+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  5. Exploding Kittens: Recipes for Disaster

    All details for the board game Exploding Kittens: Recipes for Disaster and similar games
    • 2 - 5 Players
    • 15 Minutes
    • 7+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  6. Tumblin-Dice Medium

    All details for the board game Tumblin-Dice Medium and similar games
    • 2 - 6 Players
    • 15 Minutes
    • 6+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  7. First Orchard

    All details for the board game First Orchard and similar games
    • 1 - 4 Players
    • 10 Minutes
    • 2+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  8. Twin It!

    All details for the board game Twin It! and similar games

    Nominated for 2 awards and won 1.

    More details for Twin It!
    • 2 - 6 Players
    • 5 - 10 Minutes
    • 6+ years old
    • Immediately playable

    Video reviews for Twin It!

    • YouTube Review for the game "Twin It!" by BoardGameGeek
      Video is in English
  9. Go Cuckoo!

    All details for the board game Go Cuckoo! and similar games

    Nominated for 2 awards and won 1.

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    • 2 - 5 Players
    • 10 - 15 Minutes
    • 4+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  10. Treasure, Ready, Go!

    All details for the board game Treasure, Ready, Go! and similar games
    • 2 - 4 Players
    • 15 Minutes
    • 5+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  11. BONK

    All details for the board game BONK and similar games

    Nominated for 2 awards.

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    • 2 - 4 Players
    • 10 Minutes
    • 8+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  12. Trötofant

    All details for the board game Trötofant and similar games
    • 2 - 4 Players
    • 10 Minutes
    • 5+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  13. Dodo

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    Nominated for 1 award and won 1.

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    • 2 - 4 Players
    • 10 Minutes
    • 6+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  14. Retro Loonacy

    All details for the board game Retro Loonacy and similar games
    • 2 - 5 Players
    • 5 - 10 Minutes
    • 8+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  15. Criss Cross

    All details for the board game Criss Cross and similar games
    • 1 - 6 Players
    • 10 Minutes
    • 8+ years old
    • Immediately playable

    Video reviews for Criss Cross

    • YouTube Review for the game "Criss Cross" by BoardGameGeek
      Video is in English
  16. My Very First Games: Animal upon Animal

    All details for the board game My Very First Games: Animal upon Animal and similar games
    • 1 - 4 Players
    • 10 Minutes
    • 2+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  17. Fastrack

    All details for the board game Fastrack and similar games

    Nominated for 1 award and won 1.

    More details for Fastrack
    • 2 Players
    • 10 Minutes
    • 5+ years old
    • Immediately playable
    👍 Good price!18€ atAmazon.de
  18. Paku Paku

    All details for the board game Paku Paku and similar games
    • 2 - 8 Players
    • 10 Minutes
    • 8+ years old
    • Immediately playable

    Video reviews for Paku Paku

    • YouTube Review for the game "Paku Paku" by BoardGameGeek
      Video is in English
  19. Tier auf Tier: Das Duell

    All details for the board game Tier auf Tier: Das Duell and similar games
    • 2 Players
    • 10 Minutes
    • 5+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  20. Pool Party

    All details for the board game Pool Party and similar games
    • 2 - 6 Players
    • 10 Minutes
    • 6+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  21. Volle Weide

    All details for the board game Volle Weide and similar games
    • 2 - 6 Players
    • 5 Minutes
    • 8+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  22. Pass the Pandas

    All details for the board game Pass the Pandas and similar games
    • 2 - 5 Players
    • 10 Minutes
    • 6+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  23. Sticky Stickz

    All details for the board game Sticky Stickz and similar games
    • 2 - 5 Players
    • 10 Minutes
    • 8+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  24. Avocado Smash!

    All details for the board game Avocado Smash! and similar games
    • 2 - 99 Players
    • 10 Minutes
    • 6+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  25. Hoppe Reiter

    All details for the board game Hoppe Reiter and similar games
    • 2 - 4 Players
    • 10 Minutes
    • 3+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  26. We Didn't Playtest This: Legacies

    All details for the board game We Didn't Playtest This: Legacies and similar games
    • 2 - 15 Players
    • 1 - 10 Minutes
    • 10+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  27. That's Not Lemonade

    All details for the board game That's Not Lemonade and similar games
    • 2 - 6 Players
    • 10 Minutes
    • 8+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  28. UNO Flash

    All details for the board game UNO Flash and similar games
    • 3 - 6 Players
    • 10 Minutes
    • 7+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  29. Pengoloo

    All details for the board game Pengoloo and similar games
    • 2 - 4 Players
    • 10 Minutes
    • 4+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  30. Sherlock Express

    All details for the board game Sherlock Express and similar games
    • 2 - 6 Players
    • 10 Minutes
    • 7+ years old
    • Immediately playable
    👍 Good price!14€ atAmazon.de

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