Trending Board Games in Japan this year
The 100 most-viewed board games this year on Wikipedia (Japan). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: mahjong.
100
Ranked
5,068
Total Views (this year)
Country
๐ Global
๐บ๐ธ USA
๐ฉ๐ช Germany
๐ซ๐ท France
๐ฏ๐ต Japan
๐ช๐ธ Spain
๐ง๐ท Brazil
๐ท๐บ Russia
๐จ๐ณ China
1
mahjong
game
649
views
views
2
chess
strategy board game
456
views
views
3
Othello
strategy board game
333
views
views
4
backgammon
one of the oldest board games for two players
269
views
views
5
Monopoly
economics-themed board game
231
views
views
6
xiangqi
chess variant native to China
199
views
views
7
chaturanga
ancient Indian strategy game
161
views
views
8
The Game of Life
board game
147
views
views
9
Quoridor
abstract strategy game
146
views
views
10
tic-tac-toe
game for two players played on a 3x3 board or a sheet of paper
107
views
views
11
Gomoku
board game
104
views
views
12
Gunjin Shลgi
Japanese board game
98
views
views
13
The Settlers of Catan
board game (1995)
88
views
views
14
Chu shogi
12ร12 grid variant of Japanese chess
84
views
views
15
checkers
board game
79
views
views
16
Taikyoku shogi
36ร36 grid variant of Japanese chess
76
views
views
17
Illuminati
cards boardgame
70
views
views
18
Ludo
board game
64
views
views
19
Dai shogi
15x15 grid variant of Japanese chess
61
views
views
20
Sevens
card game
61
views
views
21
Dลbutsu shลgi
3ร4 shogi variant
58
views
views
22
Renju
traditional board game
54
views
views
23
Elmoๅฒใ
54
views
views
24
Mastermind
board game
53
views
views
25
Battle Dome
pinball board game
49
views
views
26
Battleship
guessing game
48
views
views
27
Rummikub
tile-based game for two to four players
45
views
views
28
Invincible Castle
42
views
views
29
ๅทฆ็พๆฟ
40
views
views
30
mawari shogi
shogi variant
40
views
views
31
Scrabble
board game with words
39
views
views
32
Codenames
2015 spy-themed word-affiliation board game
38
views
views
33
Sho shogi
shogi variant; direct ancestor of modern shogi
37
views
views
34
Senet
ancient Egyptian board game
37
views
views
35
Goita
board game
35
views
views
36
nine men's morris
strategy board game for two players
34
views
views
37
Tenjiku shogi
16x16 variant of Japanese chess
32
views
views
38
Maka dai dai shogi
19x19 grid variant of Japanese chess
29
views
views
39
Diplomacy
strategic board game
29
views
views
40
snakes and ladders
board game
28
views
views
41
Twister
game of physical skill
28
views
views
42
Heian shogi
predecessor of modern shogi
25
views
views
43
Blokus
2000 board game
24
views
views
44
Lishogi
23
views
views
45
Hasami shogi
22
views
views
46
Royal Game of Ur
ancient Mesopotamian board game
21
views
views
47
่ๅฒใ
20
views
views
48
ๅ
ซๆใฎใฟใคใ ใใทใณ
19
views
views
49
Yut
traditional board game played in Korea
18
views
views
50
Ticket to Ride
2004 board game
18
views
views
51
correspondence chess
slow chess played via paper postal system (one game taking weeks then) or e-mail
17
views
views
52
Acquire
board game designed by Sid Sackson
17
views
views
53
Tai shogi
25x25 grid variant of Japanese chess
17
views
views
54
Pandemic
2008 cooperative board game
16
views
views
55
Wingspan
2019 board game by Elizabeth Hargrave
16
views
views
56
Yonin shogi
four-player variant of Japanese chess
16
views
views
57
Agricola
2007 board game
16
views
views
58
Heian dai shogi
13x13 variant of Japanese chess
16
views
views
59
Dai dai shogi
17x17 variant of Japanese chess
16
views
views
60
Hex
board game
15
views
views
61
้็กๅ
15
views
views
62
Minishลgi
5ร5 shogi variant
15
views
views
63
shatar
chess variants played in Mongolia
14
views
views
64
Abalone
1987 board game
14
views
views
65
Quarto
1991 board game
12
views
views
66
three-dimensional chess
any of various chess variants that use multiple boards at different levels
12
views
views
67
ๅฐๆฃๅดฉใ
12
views
views
68
Okey
board game
12
views
views
69
็ขๅๆฉๅฒใ
12
views
views
70
Terraforming Mars
2016 board game
12
views
views
71
fantasy baseball
Virtual game to draft MLB players into teams
12
views
views
72
Pachisi
board game that originated in medieval India
11
views
views
73
ๅๅ
ญใใใ
board game
11
views
views
74
Kyoto shogi
modern shogi variant, invented by Tamiya Katsuya in 1976, played with a reduced number of pieces on a 5ร5 board; the pieces alternately prom
11
views
views
75
Splendor
2014 board game
11
views
views
76
Feudal Lord
board game
10
views
views
77
Scotland Yard
1983 board game
10
views
views
78
Risk
board game
10
views
views
79
peg solitaire
board game for one player
9
views
views
80
Advanced Squad Leader
tactical-level board wargame
9
views
views
81
Halma
game on cell board
9
views
views
82
Fox games
category of board games for two players, where one player is the fox and tries to eat the geese/sheep
9
views
views
83
็ฎฑๅ
ฅใๅจ (ๅฐๆฃ)
9
views
views
84
ๅคไผๅฒใ
8
views
views
85
7 Wonders
2010 card game
8
views
views
86
Simpei
8
views
views
87
Nakahara castle
8
views
views
88
Machi Koro
2012 board game
8
views
views
89
Beat the Buzzard
board game
8
views
views
90
Game of the Goose
board game
7
views
views
91
ไธญไฝใพใ
7
views
views
92
ไธฒใซใๅฒใ
7
views
views
93
Shadow Hunters
2005 board game
7
views
views
94
crokinole
table top disk-flicking game
7
views
views
95
Puerto Rico
2002 board game
7
views
views
96
Tori shogi
7
views
views
97
Lost Worlds
board game
7
views
views
98
Ghosts
board game
7
views
views
99
patolli
Mesoamerican game
6
views
views
100
Wa shogi
11x11 grid variant of Japanese chess
6
views
views