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Trending Board Games in USA — September 2026

The 100 most-viewed board games on Wikipedia, September 2026 (English-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: chess. Data as of 26 October 2026.

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913,673
Total Views (September 2026)
Period this week this month this year
Country 🌍 Global 🇺🇸 USA 🇩🇪 Germany 🇫🇷 France 🇯🇵 Japan 🇪🇸 Spain 🇧🇷 Brazil 🇷🇺 Russia 🇨🇳 China
1
chess
chess
strategy board game
📚 14 citations
89,186
views
2
mahjong
game
📚 9 citations
75,013
views
3
The Campaign for North Africa
military simulation game
58,053
views
4
Scrabble
board game with words
📚 9 citations
51,750
views
5
Monopoly
economics-themed board game
📚 15 citations
40,990
views
6
backgammon
backgammon
one of the oldest board games for two players
📚 8 citations
29,538
views
7
tic-tac-toe
game for two players played on a 3x3 board or a sheet of paper
📚 4 citations
29,017
views
8
The Settlers of Catan
board game (1995)
📚 2 citations
18,780
views
9
Rummikub
tile-based game for two to four players
📚 3 citations
18,709
views
10
Cluedo
1949 board game
📚 4 citations
18,580
views
11
checkers
board game
📚 10 citations
18,269
views
12
Ludo
board game
📚 1 citation
16,650
views
13
Trench Crusade
Miniature wargame and horror setting
14,746
views
14
xiangqi
chess variant native to China
📚 5 citations
14,264
views
15
chaturanga
ancient Indian strategy game
📚 2 citations
13,993
views
16
fantasy football
fantasy sport version of gridiron football
📚 3 citations
13,475
views
17
Risk
board game
📚 1 citation
11,931
views
18
Othello
Othello
strategy board game
📚 4 citations
11,490
views
19
Royal Game of Ur
ancient Mesopotamian board game
📚 2 citations
10,558
views
20
snakes and ladders
snakes and ladders
board game
📚 1 citation
10,302
views
21
Pachisi
abstract strategy game
📚 2 citations
9,625
views
22
Battleship
Battleship
guessing game
📚 2 citations
9,061
views
23
Senet
ancient Egyptian board game
📚 4 citations
8,948
views
24
Mastermind
board game
📚 5 citations
8,885
views
25
Mangala
traditional Turkish mancala game
📚 2 citations
8,050
views
26
Connect Four
children's board game
📚 3 citations
8,042
views
27
Ticket to Ride
2004 board game
📚 6 citations
7,961
views
28
The Game of Life
board game
📚 2 citations
7,936
views
29
Diplomacy
strategic board game
📚 3 citations
7,788
views
30
Parchís
board game
📚 1 citation
7,753
views
31
Stratego
strategy board game
📚 2 citations
7,593
views
32
nine men's morris
nine men's morris
strategy board game for two players
📚 1 citation
7,386
views
33
The Landlord's Game
board game
📚 1 citation
7,135
views
34
Codenames
2015 spy-themed word-affiliation board game
📚 7 citations
6,990
views
35
Chinese checkers
abstract strategy board game
📚 2 citations
6,840
views
36
Gomoku
board game
📚 4 citations
6,783
views
37
Root
2018 board game
📚 1 citation
6,341
views
38
Trivial Pursuit
Trivial Pursuit
board game
📚 4 citations 📰 2 stories · 2 sources
6,219
views
39
Candy Land
board game
6,190
views
40
Pachisi
board game that originated in medieval India
📚 2 citations
5,706
views
41
Guess Who?
Guess Who?
children's game
📚 1 citation
5,500
views
42
peg solitaire
board game for one player
📚 2 citations
5,492
views
43
Sorry!
board game
5,268
views
44
crokinole
table top disk-flicking game
📚 1 citation
5,119
views
45
Axis & Allies
board game series
📚 1 citation
5,096
views
46
Mexican Train
board game
5,046
views
47
tafl games
group of asymmetric boardgames
📚 3 citations
5,019
views
48
Verquere
Historical European tables game
📚 1 citation
4,594
views
49
Illuminati
cards boardgame
📚 1 citation
4,472
views
50
English draughts
variant of draughts
📚 1 citation
4,468
views
51
Operation
battery-operated game of physical skill
4,401
views
52
Wingspan
2019 board game by Elizabeth Hargrave
📚 4 citations
4,363
views
53
18XX
board games based on 19th century railroads
4,307
views
54
HeroQuest
board game
📚 3 citations
4,061
views
55
Mouse Trap
Mouse Trap
board game
4,021
views
56
Pictionary
guessing word game
📚 2 citations
3,908
views
57
international draughts
strategy board game
📚 2 citations
3,873
views
58
Scythe
2016 strategy boardgame
📚 3 citations
3,858
views
59
Twilight Imperium
Science-fiction themed board game
📚 2 citations
3,839
views
60
Twister
game of physical skill
📚 1 citation
3,817
views
61
Dream11
Dream11
Dream11 is a fantasy sports platform based in India that allows users to play fantasy cricket, football, kabaddi and basketball games.
📚 1 citation
3,652
views
62
Mensch ärgere dich nicht
German board dice-and-pieces game, based on Pachisi (Indian origin)
3,559
views
63
Space Hulk
board game
📚 4 citations
3,458
views
64
Blood Bowl
Blood Bowl
Board game
📚 2 citations
3,453
views
65
three-dimensional chess
three-dimensional chess
any of various chess variants that use multiple boards at different levels
📚 3 citations
3,335
views
66
Hex
Hex
board game
📚 3 citations
3,333
views
67
Gloomhaven
2017 board game
📚 2 citations
3,291
views
68
Sequence
board and card game
3,219
views
69
Pass the Pigs
board game
📚 1 citation
3,176
views
70
Betrayal at House on the Hill
boardgame
📚 1 citation
3,167
views
71
Hungry Hungry Hippos
Children's tabletop game
📚 1 citation
3,165
views
72
Taboo
1989 word guessing party game
📚 1 citation
3,101
views
73
Don't Wake Daddy
board game
3,020
views
74
Scattergories
creative-thinking category-based party game
📚 2 citations
3,017
views
75
bagatelle
billiards-derived indoor table game
📚 5 citations
2,982
views
76
Trouble
board game
2,835
views
77
Coup
card game involving deception and murder
2,640
views
78
Apples to Apples
card game
2,608
views
79
Pandemic
2008 cooperative board game
📚 10 citations
2,594
views
80
Subbuteo
Subbuteo
board game
📚 2 citations
2,582
views
81
Splendor
2014 board game
📚 3 citations
2,556
views
82
Okey
board game
📚 1 citation
2,538
views
83
Tak
2017 board game
2,478
views
84
Quoridor
abstract strategy game
📚 2 citations
2,464
views
85
Ludus latrunculorum
two-player strategy board game played throughout the Roman Empire
📚 1 citation
2,387
views
86
The Resistance
2009 social role-playing game
2,385
views
87
7 Wonders
2010 card game
📚 8 citations
2,298
views
88
Oware
abstract strategy game
📚 5 citations
2,286
views
89
Balderdash
board game created by Laura Robinson and Paul Toyne
2,215
views
90
Nightmare
1991 horror video board game
2,215
views
91
Game of the Goose
Game of the Goose
board game
📚 3 citations
2,214
views
92
Halma
game on cell board
📚 1 citation
2,160
views
93
Talisman
board game
📚 1 citation
2,153
views
94
Terraforming Mars
Terraforming Mars
2016 board game
📚 5 citations
2,123
views
95
Mordheim
Miniature Wargame
📚 2 citations
2,111
views
96
Kalah
Board game in the mancala family
📚 1 citation
2,109
views
97
Yut
traditional board game played in Korea
📚 3 citations
1,968
views
98
Teeko
Strategy-/Boardgame
📚 1 citation
1,948
views
99
Android: Netrunner
2012 expandable Card Game
📚 2 citations
1,924
views
100
Blokus
2000 board game
📚 3 citations
1,906
views