Trending Board Games in Japan this month
The 100 most-viewed board games this month on Wikipedia (Japan). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: mahjong.
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Ranked
3,183
Total Views (this month)
1
mahjong
game
412
views
views
2
chess
strategy board game
299
views
views
3
Othello
strategy board game
194
views
views
4
backgammon
one of the oldest board games for two players
166
views
views
5
Monopoly
economics-themed board game
165
views
views
6
Quoridor
abstract strategy game
139
views
views
7
xiangqi
chess variant native to China
121
views
views
8
chaturanga
ancient Indian strategy game
99
views
views
9
The Game of Life
board game
87
views
views
10
tic-tac-toe
game for two players played on a 3x3 board or a sheet of paper
81
views
views
11
Gunjin Shōgi
Japanese board game
72
views
views
12
Gomoku
board game
69
views
views
13
The Settlers of Catan
board game (1995)
57
views
views
14
Ludo
board game
44
views
views
15
checkers
board game
43
views
views
16
Taikyoku shogi
36×36 grid variant of Japanese chess
43
views
views
17
Chu shogi
12×12 grid variant of Japanese chess
40
views
views
18
Mastermind
board game
36
views
views
19
Dōbutsu shōgi
3×4 shogi variant
35
views
views
20
Battleship
guessing game
33
views
views
21
Senet
ancient Egyptian board game
32
views
views
22
Dai shogi
15x15 grid variant of Japanese chess
31
views
views
23
Elmo囲い
30
views
views
24
Sevens
card game
30
views
views
25
Illuminati
cards boardgame
29
views
views
26
Scrabble
board game with words
28
views
views
27
Sho shogi
shogi variant; direct ancestor of modern shogi
27
views
views
28
Renju
traditional board game
27
views
views
29
左美濃
25
views
views
30
Codenames
2015 spy-themed word-affiliation board game
25
views
views
31
Rummikub
tile-based game for two to four players
23
views
views
32
Battle Dome
pinball board game
23
views
views
33
Blokus
2000 board game
22
views
views
34
mawari shogi
shogi variant
22
views
views
35
Invincible Castle
21
views
views
36
Tenjiku shogi
16x16 variant of Japanese chess
21
views
views
37
nine men's morris
strategy board game for two players
20
views
views
38
Maka dai dai shogi
19x19 grid variant of Japanese chess
20
views
views
39
Lishogi
19
views
views
40
Heian shogi
predecessor of modern shogi
18
views
views
41
snakes and ladders
board game
17
views
views
42
Diplomacy
strategic board game
15
views
views
43
Hex
board game
14
views
views
44
Yut
traditional board game played in Korea
14
views
views
45
Ticket to Ride
2004 board game
14
views
views
46
Goita
board game
14
views
views
47
Tai shogi
25x25 grid variant of Japanese chess
14
views
views
48
Royal Game of Ur
ancient Mesopotamian board game
12
views
views
49
八月のタイムマシン
12
views
views
50
Heian dai shogi
13x13 variant of Japanese chess
12
views
views
51
舟囲い
12
views
views
52
金無双
11
views
views
53
Hasami shogi
11
views
views
54
Pandemic
2008 cooperative board game
11
views
views
55
Dai dai shogi
17x17 variant of Japanese chess
11
views
views
56
Twister
game of physical skill
10
views
views
57
fantasy baseball
Virtual game to draft MLB players into teams
10
views
views
58
Acquire
board game designed by Sid Sackson
10
views
views
59
Minishōgi
5×5 shogi variant
9
views
views
60
Agricola
2007 board game
9
views
views
61
Okey
board game
9
views
views
62
Scotland Yard
1983 board game
8
views
views
63
Pachisi
board game that originated in medieval India
8
views
views
64
Quarto
1991 board game
8
views
views
65
shatar
chess variants played in Mongolia
8
views
views
66
Yonin shogi
four-player variant of Japanese chess
7
views
views
67
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 prom
7
views
views
68
Terraforming Mars
2016 board game
7
views
views
69
箱入り娘 (将棋)
7
views
views
70
Abalone
1987 board game
6
views
views
71
Wingspan
2019 board game by Elizabeth Hargrave
6
views
views
72
peg solitaire
board game for one player
6
views
views
73
将棋崩し
6
views
views
74
Halma
game on cell board
6
views
views
75
three-dimensional chess
any of various chess variants that use multiple boards at different levels
6
views
views
76
Splendor
2014 board game
6
views
views
77
多伝囲い
5
views
views
78
串カツ囲い
5
views
views
79
correspondence chess
slow chess played via paper postal system (one game taking weeks then) or e-mail
5
views
views
80
Tori shogi
5
views
views
81
Beat the Buzzard
board game
5
views
views
82
patolli
Mesoamerican game
5
views
views
83
crokinole
table top disk-flicking game
5
views
views
84
Advanced Squad Leader
tactical-level board wargame
5
views
views
85
Shadow Hunters
2005 board game
5
views
views
86
矢倉早囲い
5
views
views
87
Liar's Dice
dice game by Richard Borg
4
views
views
88
Wa shogi
11x11 grid variant of Japanese chess
4
views
views
89
Annan shogi
4
views
views
90
Fox games
category of board games for two players, where one player is the fox and tries to eat the geese/sheep
4
views
views
91
Feudal Lord
board game
4
views
views
92
Game of the Goose
board game
4
views
views
93
7 Wonders
2010 card game
4
views
views
94
Hare games
board game
4
views
views
95
Micro shogi
4×5 shogi variant
4
views
views
96
Luzhanqi
1927 board game
4
views
views
97
Machi Koro
2012 board game
3
views
views
98
Bul
board game
3
views
views
99
Marrakech
2007 board game
3
views
views
100
Mage Knight
Collectible Miniature Game
3
views
views