Trending Board Games in China — May 2026
The 100 most-viewed board games on Wikipedia, May 2026 (Chinese-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: chess. Data as of 30 June 2026.
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Ranked
2,592
Total Views (May 2026)
1
chess
strategy board game
272
views
views
2
mahjong
game
267
views
views
3
Rummikub
tile-based game for two to four players
181
views
views
4
xiangqi
chess variant native to China
173
views
views
5
Sevens
card game
116
views
views
6
Gomoku
board game
116
views
views
7
Liar's Dice
dice game by Richard Borg
115
views
views
8
aeroplane chess
20th-century board game
68
views
views
9
Sho
board game
66
views
views
10
Monopoly
economics-themed board game
62
views
views
11
tic-tac-toe
game for two players played on a 3x3 board or a sheet of paper
53
views
views
12
Luzhanqi
1927 board game
49
views
views
13
The Settlers of Catan
board game (1995)
46
views
views
14
Jungle
traditional Chinese board game
43
views
views
15
simplified mahjong
Taiwanese mahjong variant, where tiles bear Xiangqi piece names
41
views
views
16
backgammon
one of the oldest board games for two players
39
views
views
17
Othello
strategy board game
36
views
views
18
Banqi
a two-player Chinese board game
36
views
views
19
Chinese checkers
abstract strategy board game
30
views
views
20
Yut
traditional board game played in Korea
26
views
views
21
Connect Four
children's board game
25
views
views
22
checkers
board game
24
views
views
23
Battleship
guessing game
24
views
views
24
Hex
board game
20
views
views
25
Taikyoku shogi
36×36 grid variant of Japanese chess
19
views
views
26
Chupu
board game
17
views
views
27
Bau cua ca cop
board game
17
views
views
28
Scrabble
board game with words
16
views
views
29
Chu shogi
12×12 grid variant of Japanese chess
15
views
views
30
Cluedo
1949 board game
15
views
views
31
The Resistance
2009 social role-playing game
15
views
views
32
Twister
game of physical skill
14
views
views
33
Ludo
board game
14
views
views
34
Alkkagi
board game
14
views
views
35
寶應象棋
board game
13
views
views
36
Kyoto shogi
modern shogi variant, invented by Tamiya Katsuya in 1976, played with a reduced number of pieces on a 5×5 board; the pieces alternately promote and demote with every move, and the promotion values are entirely different from standard shogi
12
views
views
37
peg solitaire
board game for one player
12
views
views
38
Shengguan Tu
Chinese Board Game
12
views
views
39
Here I Stand
Board game
11
views
views
40
Root
2018 board game
11
views
views
41
Abalone
1987 board game
11
views
views
42
Trax
strategy game
11
views
views
43
Dai dai shogi
17x17 variant of Japanese chess
11
views
views
44
Game of the Amazons
board game in which the pieces move like chess queens but fire arrows that permanently block the squares they land on
11
views
views
45
挑夾棋
board game
11
views
views
46
Pandemic
2008 cooperative board game
10
views
views
47
Pachisi
board game that originated in medieval India
10
views
views
48
Renju
traditional board game
10
views
views
49
格五
board game
10
views
views
50
chaturanga
ancient Indian strategy game
10
views
views
51
nine men's morris
strategy board game for two players
9
views
views
52
Senet
ancient Egyptian board game
9
views
views
53
shatar
chess variants played in Mongolia
9
views
views
54
Tai shogi
25x25 grid variant of Japanese chess
9
views
views
55
Sho shogi
shogi variant; direct ancestor of modern shogi
9
views
views
56
Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization
2006 board game
9
views
views
57
Splendor
2014 board game
9
views
views
58
Stratego
strategy board game
9
views
views
59
打馬
board game
9
views
views
60
不圍棋
8
views
views
61
Oath: Chronicles of Empire and Exile
2021 asymmetric board game
8
views
views
62
Axis & Allies
board game series
8
views
views
63
Rumis
boardgame
8
views
views
64
Mastermind
board game
7
views
views
65
Dai shogi
15x15 grid variant of Japanese chess
7
views
views
66
Richman
1989 video game
7
views
views
67
snakes and ladders
board game
7
views
views
68
English draughts
variant of draughts
7
views
views
69
high jump
board game
7
views
views
70
草稈棋
board game
6
views
views
71
Breakthrough
abstract strategy board game
6
views
views
72
A Game of Thrones
board game
6
views
views
73
Hare games
board game
6
views
views
74
Game of the Goose
board game
6
views
views
75
Diplomacy
strategic board game
6
views
views
76
Dōbutsu shōgi
3×4 shogi variant
6
views
views
77
Congkak
mancala game
6
views
views
78
Wingspan
2019 board game by Elizabeth Hargrave
6
views
views
79
散窯
board game
6
views
views
80
Fox games
category of board games for two players, where one player is the fox and tries to eat the geese/sheep
6
views
views
81
Parchís
board game
6
views
views
82
Maka dai dai shogi
19x19 grid variant of Japanese chess
6
views
views
83
3-stones
board game
6
views
views
84
Italian draughts
board game
6
views
views
85
crokinole
table top disk-flicking game
6
views
views
86
金木水火土棋
board game
6
views
views
87
Pentago
board game
6
views
views
88
Trivial Pursuit
board game
6
views
views
89
Pentalath
board game
6
views
views
90
Tibetan go
Tibetan style of Go
6
views
views
91
Twilight Struggle
2005 board game
6
views
views
92
whale shogi
shogi variant invented by R. Wayne Schmittberger in 1981; the pieces are named after types of whale
5
views
views
93
Judkins shogi
5
views
views
94
patrol chess
variant of traditional chess
5
views
views
95
Turkish draughts
Variant of draughts played in the Mediterranean and Middle East
5
views
views
96
Jeson Mor
board game
5
views
views
97
Tiger game
Chinese board game
5
views
views
98
three-player chess
family of chess variants specially designed for three players
5
views
views
99
Arkham Horror (1st Edition)
cooperative adventure board game
5
views
views
100
bagh-chal
strategic, two-player board game that originates in Nepal
5
views
views