116 Strategy Board Games To Play On Long Cozy Evenings

One of the best board games ever...if you can get past your husband's friends giggling like schoolboys whenever someone trades "wood for sheep."

Hands down my favorite game.

Love this game. Easy to learn and always different, every time you play. There are a TON of expansions, if you're willing to invest that much into a game.

TTR should be higher up on this list.

yes, yes and yes - graphics perfect, material high quality, tactics and strategy high level - but nothing for small children

The most classic game out there.

Our family plays loads of board games and I love trying new ones .. just looked this up and it's $200!! How good can this game really be???

What is this? Why is it so high on the list?

What’s shown is one of the several Pandemic Legacy versions on the market. Legacy games are designed to fundamentally change over the course of a campaign stretching over a number of games. The changes are based on what players do in the game so one campaign could be very different from that played by another group.

I still enjoy this game.

Strictly two players. It takes a long time to learn and a long time to play, but it is a rich and rewarding game where you take the part of either the US or the USSR and play through the Cold War. Most of the game involves influencing other nations toward your ideology.

3 minutes to learn 15 minutes to play - perfect for a long 18 minute evening

This is not a family game if you wish to play with young children or if Your Nan and Gramps pop round to play ... Adults and Teens and no one that takes offense easily can play lol

You represent an organization trying to terraform Mars into a habitable state. Through cardplay you complete projects that bring Mars into a better state, trying to reach milestones and gain prestige faster than your rivals. Excellent game.

Villainous has a simple rule set (move your token, take 4 actions) but the interactions between players can drag the game out for a while. Has the kingmaker problem in competitive groups where someone finally decides to let someone else win. Every villain has a unique rule set making the game a little tricky to teach. Overall though the journey is worth it, beautiful careful game design is on display to balance every character and provide a very unique game.

This is a juggernaut. The game weighs over twenty pounds and comes in a box the size of a small foot locker. There is so much content in the box it it unlikely any player will see it all. This is a campaign game where your characters have individual skills and goals and as the campaign progresses older characters will retire and new ones are unlocked and will join the fight. There are even randomly generated dungeons to play through if you would rather wait for your friends to be available to continue the sprawling story. This is the very definition of epic.

A bad game, that can be bought for less than 5$ second hand is not any better because it has GoT written on it. But somehow got some upvotes. Btw: Neverending boring battles, decided by luck without strategy - is this really something GoT should promote?

Three to seven players, this is a game of drafting cards and building up your civilization. One of the nice things is that the number of players hardly changes the time to play the game. The two player version, 7 Wonders Duel, is even better.

All of dominion should have been put together as one game.

A really fun game--easy to play, moves fast; really engaging.

This game is super fun! We play it often.

Imagine a Risk like game, except your people have special, unique powers and ways of scoring points. It scales well for anywhere from 2 to 5 players, there are expansions available for even more variety, and it’s one of the easiest games to learn.

Complicated a-symetrical war game style game with a cute first creature theme will warm your heart.

This game is a beautiful forest worker placement game. Lots of fun. Easy to teach. First game I played of this was kinda long. Agricola fans will pick up this game quickly. 4 seasons 15 turns plus each turn used to build your city doesn't take a worker, so about 30 turns on average per game. Would highly recommend.

Love this game but you better have the entire day free before you start playing.

LOVE this game--- great for a big group. But tons of fiddly little pieces and tons of things to do on your turn make it last for AGES, so be sure you have the entire evening free.

A really fun and complex game that's actually pretty easy to learn. Needs a big table top to play.

Fun worker placement game

This game is great for any age! If kids wanna join in, it's ok, but still fun for adults.

It's a long one worker placement meets tetris.

The mother of analysis paralysis: If you like strategy, you love this game (although it can take up more than one evening). Every time you think you found the perfect solution there will be a more perfect one if you think longer.

If you like the mechanics but want a game with more complexity with better artwork more material and at a lower price (but without paying for Star Wars): Buy Earth Reborn

Played it once with all expansions and 8 players - took as 7 days.