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Board Game Rules

From 15-minute fillers to 4-hour epics. Clear rules for every board game on your shelf.

Not sure where to start? Try Codenames for groups, Catan for your first "real" game, or Ticket to Ride for something easy to teach. Want cooperative? Pandemic is the best entry point. Into RPGs? Start with our D&D 5e guide.

⭐ Most Popular

Chess

2 players • 30–90 min

Monopoly

2–8 players • 60–180 min

Scrabble

2–4 players • 60–90 min

Catan

3–4 players • 60–120 min

Risk

2–6 players • 120–240 min

Checkers

2 players • 20–30 min

Clue

3–6 players • 45–60 min

Connect Four

2 players • 10–15 min

Ticket to Ride

2–5 players • 45–75 min

⚔️ Strategy & Euro Games

🚂 Ticket to Ride 2–5 players • 45–75 min › 🎲 Backgammon 2 players • 20–40 min › 🏰 Carcassonne 2–5 players • 35–45 min › 👑 Dominion 2–4 players • 30–45 min › 🦅 Wingspan 1–5 players • 40–70 min › 🔷 Azul 2–4 players • 30–45 min › 🏛️ 7 Wonders 3–7 players • 30 min › 🃏 Sequence 2–12 players • 30 min › ⛵ Catan: Seafarers 3–4 players • 90 min › ⚔️ Catan: Cities & Knights 3–4 players • 90–120 min › 📜 Risk Legacy 3–5 players • 60–120 min › 🚀 Risk 2210 A.D. 2–5 players • 180 min ›

👨‍👩‍👧 Family & Modern Classics

🔎 Clue 3–6 players • 45–60 min › 🔵 Connect Four 2 players • 10–15 min › 🎰 The Game of Life 2–6 players • 60–90 min › 🕵️ Codenames 4–8 players • 15–30 min › 🏝️ Forbidden Island 2–4 players • 30–45 min › 👻 Mysterium 2–7 players • 45–75 min › ⚔️ Gloomhaven 1–4 players • 60–120 min ›

🤝 Cooperative Games

🦠 Pandemic 2–4 players • 45–60 min › ⚗️ Pandemic: On the Brink 2–5 players • 45–60 min › 🔬 Pandemic: In the Lab 2–5 players • 45–75 min › 📖 Pandemic Legacy S1 2–4 players • 60 min › 🐙 Pandemic: Cthulhu 2–4 players • 40–60 min ›

🀄 Mahjong

🀄 Hong Kong Mahjong 4 players • 60–90 min › 🀄 American Mahjong 4 players • 60–90 min › 🀄 Riichi Mahjong 4 players • 60–90 min › 🀄 Classical Mahjong 4 players • 60–90 min › 🀄 Taiwanese Mahjong 4 players • 60–90 min › 🀄 Singaporean Mahjong 4 players • 60–90 min › 🀄 Sichuan Mahjong 4 players • 30–60 min ›

🐉 D&D & Tabletop RPG

🐉 D&D 5th Edition 3–6 players › 📦 D&D Starter Set 3–6 players › 📚 D&D 2024 (One D&D) 3–6 players › 📖 D&D 3.5 Edition 3–6 players › 💀 Warhammer 40K 2 players • 60–180 min ›