Top 10 Family Board Games – 2024

The 10 BEST Family Boardgames of 2024! This is my biggest video of the year; after spending countless hours searching and playtesting, here are 10 games that are diverse, easy-to-learn, engaging and enriching, bringing YOU the BEST selection for your family. There are competitive and cooperative games, games for small and large families, and a variety of mechanics showcased in this list.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
0:00 - About these games
1:24 - How to teach your kids new games
2:28 - #10
4:33 - #9
6:25 - #8
8:38 - #7
10:33 - #6
13:55 -#5
15:25 - #4
17:01 - #3
19:09 - #2
21:19 - #1
24:45 - Closing

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HOW TO WIN THE GIVEAWAY
If you liked Ticket to Ride, Imagine the same game but this time, each color of cards also gives you a special ability when you redeem the set.

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🔗 BUYING GUIDE (Alphabetical Order)
(Thanks to my Patreons, none of this content is sponsored. However, I do receive a commission when you purchase through the affiliate links)

Archeos Society:

Foundations of Metropolis

Gateway Island

Illiterati:

Magic Maze Tower:

Middle Ages:

Planet Unknown:

The Pursuit of Happiness:

Swordcrafters:

Werewords:

Gardlings:
BUY: (COMING SOON!)

[chetil]

So many great games on this list. And we're very honored to see our game Gardlings in this company. I'm very happy that you liked it 😍

[DWatkins-dc]

Just found this channel and I love your website you’ve built. I can’t believe you did it all on your own. It’s super cohesive and easy to navigate!

[pedrobernardos]

Awesome content! The games you recommend are exactly the ones that fit the best in my playgroup :) I am so glad that you dont only list the top100 of bgg, I am so happy to discover new things

[Skltrd]

Love your enthusiasm when describing the games. My kids are just getting into board games and card games. A couple favourites of theirs are Piles card game, ticket to ride and skip Bo, but with these recommendations I see a few that they’ll love!!

[chknrice]

Love planet unknown. Super creative and fun, so much configuration and replay ability. Love the mechanic with the neighboring goals, and the simple fact that that there’s no “turns” where you have to wait for others first. Love it!

[gabechase]

These lists are so creative! I love how the mechanics are compared to other games and how you show kids playing the games! Great video!

[filiplazov]

Such an amazing list, congrats you broke my bank!

[StephenMatthews-so]

Ben, I love Planet Unknown and that was most concise & thorough yet exciting & enticing description of it I have ever heard. Thank you for using your uniquely powerful perspective in the board game industry to promote such a wonderful (and unique) game. Bravo!

[seanmolloy]

A few games I would suggest are very family friendly that I have not seen you cover are Dorfromantik and Diced Veggies. Forgive me if you have, but I certainly do not see diced veggies on your website as of yet. It is a great family game as you can change the mechanics of the game depending on who is playing with you. So if playing with a table full of adults you can play the heavier more strategic rules, and if playing with some kids you simply play the generic rules. The kids love "cutting" veggies from the dice pile and building and developing their own recipes and meals.

Love the videos and the site, keep it up!

[fiatlux]

Great content! My oldest son is almost 7 so I love to see this genre of kid friendly (or non-gamer friendly) games.

[LetsForgettheRules]

Foundations of Metropolis looks incredible ! Thanks for your selection ! :)

[jameskirk]

Thank you for great video and great list of family games. Very useful.

[davidgarza]

I love Middle Ages! I want to eventually buy it but I’ve enjoyed playing it a lot on BGA. It’s so smooth but it has a nice decision space that makes it a good evolution for Kingdomino

[koraytugay]

Your content is very nice, thank you.

[dddmmm]

My recommendation is Little Alchemists. My 9yr son plays anything but my 7yr daughter is super picky and not a big BG fan. The fact she is asking for that game makes it a win here. And the game is made in chapters so it is quite easy to introduce to true beginners. Additionally, I would say "Escape the Island" and "Wrath of the Fire Mountain".

[dddmmm]

Tough thing with the "family game" concept is the fact it wildly varies based on the kids age... 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, etc... these are age brackets with vastly different abilities.

[amjuga]

Have you ever tried the game megaland? It’s one of our family favorites. It’s kind of like a video game! I enjoy playing it as much as our 6, 8 and 10 yo!

[MistyCozyGaming]

Aww, I'm sad I missed the giveaway. I've been dying to get my hands on this game for a while. Great video!

[chillionaire]

Im shocked swordcrafters missed my radar. Might be a complete delight, or total disaster with my two boys (4 and 7) just wanting to battle! Paused watching this video to get a copy.

Middle Ages i also want to look into more: i have family members that like Kingdomino, but they have moved past it complexity wise.

[thesphyrth]

Looks like I'm getting myself Swordcrafters. It looks like Dice Forge without being a table-hog.

Swordcrafters will be joining Rhino Hero Super Battles for my fave party games.