Best Board Games: 25 Tabletop Games To Play In 2022

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The board game scene is bigger than ever and filled with tons of eclectic and fun games to play with family and friends. If your board game experience is mostly limited to the popular staples of your childhood, you're certainly in for a treat with the best board games of 2022. Nowadays, there are narrative-based adventures, engrossing tabletop RPGs, deep and complex card games, brilliant strategy games, and better family-friendly options than ever before. There are even some highly enjoyable board games that you can play solo, which is awesome since it's not always easy to find a group of people to play a new board game with. We've rounded up the best board games we've played recently. Our 25 picks for the best board games span across a wide variety of genres, so there should be something here for you regardless of your particular tastes.

When shopping for some new board games, it's important to keep in mind who you'll be playing with and what kind of time investment you're down for. Will you be playing with folks who are already tabletop-savvy, or are you looking for more casual party games that anyone can jump in and play? Are you looking for games that can be played in quick, successive rounds, or are you willing to invest in a legacy game, one that's played over multiple sessions with permanent changes made to the game each time? If you live with just one other person, are you interested in two-player board games? We've tried to include a variety of different board games in our list as well as a mix of tabletop classics and modern gems.

Another thing to keep in mind before we dive in: Many of the most popular board games can be played digitally these days. This includes official digital releases on platforms like