Top 10 Board Games Based on a Licensed IP

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When you hear Intellectual Property or IP, games what’s the first thing through your head? Is it one of the many soulless mass-market re-skins or do you think of some of the Marvel, Harry Potter, and Star Wars games?

We’re living in a golden age of board games and there’s no shortage of great games based on popular IPs. But a great theme on an underwhelming game doesn’t mean much so the mechanics or the production really have to bring that IP to life. Below are 10 of what I consider the best IP-based games around with a few caveats. I limited IPs to a single entry so as not to dominate with a few well-known and widely licensed brands. I also ignored IPs developed from games so you won’t be seeing Magic: the Gathering or anything from the universes of Everdell or Warhammer as well as IP adjacent games like Nemesis (which we all know is Aliens). Lastly, I could easily fill another Top 10 with great games so let me know in the comments if I missed your favorite.

I’d be shocked if fans of the show playing this game don’t start talking about the gorram Reavers or Alliance approaching as they fly through the ‘verse or calling a desirable card they draw shiny after 30 minutes in this space western pick up and deliver game. Sure there’s minimal interaction in the base game of Firefly: The Game but the theme comes through as you manage your fuel and parts resources, figure out how to pay your crew, complete jobs, and aim to misbehave.

What happens when a war game gets mixed with a social deduction game? You get A Game of Thrones, based on the Song of Fire and Ice novels by George R.R. Martin, where stabbing other players in the back is expected. Plan your actions and then play them out with the meat of the game coming in the form