Trending Board Games in USA — the 12 months to October 2026
The 100 most-viewed board games on Wikipedia, the 12 months to October 2026 (English-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: The Campaign for North Africa. Data as of 25 October 2026.
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Ranked
1,624,919
Total Views (the 12 months to October 2026)
1
The Campaign for North Africa
military simulation game
169,785
views
views
2
chess
strategy board game
144,131
views
views
3
mahjong
game
133,419
views
views
4
Monopoly
economics-themed board game
73,431
views
views
5
Scrabble
board game with words
62,961
views
views
6
backgammon
one of the oldest board games for two players
52,082
views
views
7
tic-tac-toe
game for two players played on a 3x3 board or a sheet of paper
51,791
views
views
8
Cluedo
1949 board game
36,438
views
views
9
Rummikub
tile-based game for two to four players
34,749
views
views
10
The Settlers of Catan
board game (1995)
32,223
views
views
11
Ludo
board game
31,024
views
views
12
checkers
board game
31,009
views
views
13
xiangqi
chess variant native to China
26,221
views
views
14
Trench Crusade
Miniature wargame and horror setting
24,559
views
views
15
chaturanga
ancient Indian strategy game
23,813
views
views
16
Risk
board game
21,162
views
views
17
fantasy football
fantasy sport version of gridiron football
18,930
views
views
18
Othello
strategy board game
18,646
views
views
19
snakes and ladders
board game
17,527
views
views
20
Royal Game of Ur
ancient Mesopotamian board game
17,521
views
views
21
Pachisi
abstract strategy game
17,329
views
views
22
Battleship
guessing game
15,996
views
views
23
Mastermind
board game
15,650
views
views
24
Chinese checkers
abstract strategy board game
14,792
views
views
25
Diplomacy
strategic board game
14,426
views
views
26
Connect Four
children's board game
14,240
views
views
27
The Game of Life
board game
14,078
views
views
28
Ticket to Ride
2004 board game
14,031
views
views
29
Parchís
board game
13,760
views
views
30
Senet
ancient Egyptian board game
13,337
views
views
31
Codenames
2015 spy-themed word-affiliation board game
12,909
views
views
32
nine men's morris
strategy board game for two players
12,825
views
views
33
The Landlord's Game
board game
12,718
views
views
34
Stratego
strategy board game
12,130
views
views
35
Gomoku
board game
11,253
views
views
36
Trivial Pursuit
board game
11,108
views
views
37
Root
2018 board game
11,040
views
views
38
Pachisi
board game that originated in medieval India
10,465
views
views
39
peg solitaire
board game for one player
10,089
views
views
40
Candy Land
board game
9,947
views
views
41
Sorry!
board game
9,780
views
views
42
Mexican Train
board game
9,378
views
views
43
Guess Who?
children's game
9,346
views
views
44
Mangala
traditional Turkish mancala game
9,017
views
views
45
crokinole
table top disk-flicking game
8,998
views
views
46
tafl games
group of asymmetric boardgames
8,745
views
views
47
Axis & Allies
board game series
8,728
views
views
48
Illuminati
cards boardgame
8,225
views
views
49
Dream11
Dream11 is a fantasy sports platform based in India that allows users to play fantasy cricket, football, kabaddi and basketball games.
8,158
views
views
50
Wingspan
2019 board game by Elizabeth Hargrave
7,625
views
views
51
English draughts
variant of draughts
7,494
views
views
52
Operation
battery-operated game of physical skill
7,459
views
views
53
HeroQuest
board game
7,387
views
views
54
Twister
game of physical skill
7,308
views
views
55
Scythe
2016 strategy boardgame
7,065
views
views
56
Pictionary
guessing word game
6,995
views
views
57
18XX
board games based on 19th century railroads
6,747
views
views
58
Twilight Imperium
Science-fiction themed board game
6,700
views
views
59
international draughts
strategy board game
6,631
views
views
60
Mouse Trap
board game
6,565
views
views
61
Hungry Hungry Hippos
Children's tabletop game
6,193
views
views
62
Blood Bowl
Board game
6,188
views
views
63
Mensch ärgere dich nicht
German board dice-and-pieces game, based on Pachisi (Indian origin)
6,186
views
views
64
Space Hulk
board game
5,965
views
views
65
Pass the Pigs
board game
5,963
views
views
66
three-dimensional chess
any of various chess variants that use multiple boards at different levels
5,812
views
views
67
Sequence
board and card game
5,790
views
views
68
Gloomhaven
2017 board game
5,652
views
views
69
Hex
board game
5,545
views
views
70
Taboo
1989 word guessing party game
5,537
views
views
71
Scattergories
creative-thinking category-based party game
5,468
views
views
72
Don't Wake Daddy
board game
5,255
views
views
73
Betrayal at House on the Hill
boardgame
5,155
views
views
74
Trouble
board game
4,914
views
views
75
Subbuteo
board game
4,910
views
views
76
bagatelle
billiards-derived indoor table game
4,723
views
views
77
Okey
board game
4,676
views
views
78
Pandemic
2008 cooperative board game
4,574
views
views
79
Apples to Apples
card game
4,502
views
views
80
Coup
card game involving deception and murder
4,500
views
views
81
Tak
2017 board game
4,422
views
views
82
Halma
game on cell board
4,360
views
views
83
Quoridor
abstract strategy game
4,324
views
views
84
The Resistance
2009 social role-playing game
4,305
views
views
85
Splendor
2014 board game
4,161
views
views
86
7 Wonders
2010 card game
4,137
views
views
87
Balderdash
board game created by Laura Robinson and Paul Toyne
4,060
views
views
88
Ludus latrunculorum
two-player strategy board game played throughout the Roman Empire
4,052
views
views
89
Talisman
board game
3,766
views
views
90
Terraforming Mars
2016 board game
3,747
views
views
91
Game of the Goose
board game
3,727
views
views
92
Oware
abstract strategy game
3,695
views
views
93
Teeko
Strategy-/Boardgame
3,647
views
views
94
Kalah
Board game in the mancala family
3,602
views
views
95
Arkham Horror (1st Edition)
cooperative adventure board game
3,429
views
views
96
Mordheim
Miniature Wargame
3,335
views
views
97
Android: Netrunner
2012 expandable Card Game
3,226
views
views
98
Twilight Struggle
2005 board game
3,175
views
views
99
Blokus
2000 board game
3,174
views
views
100
Yut
traditional board game played in Korea
3,171
views
views