Best deduction board games
The best deduction board games are Codenames XXL, Battlestar Galactica The Board Game and Dead of Winter A Crossroads Game — the top-rated of 445 deduction board games in the MeeplePick database, led by Codenames XXL (2015) at 7.6/10 on BoardGameGeek.
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Card GameCodenames XXL (2015)2–8 players · 15 min · ★ 7.6
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BluffingBattlestar Galactica The Board Game (2008)3–6 players · 120–180 min · ★ 7.7
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BluffingDead of Winter A Crossroads Game (2014)2–5 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.6
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Card GameLove Letter (2012)2–4 players · 20 min · ★ 7.2
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BluffingThe Resistance Avalon (2012)5–10 players · 30 min · ★ 7.6
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BluffingCitadels Classic (2000)2–8 players · 20–60 min · ★ 7.1
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BluffingDer Widerstand (2009)5–10 players · 30 min · ★ 7.3
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DeductionMysterium (2015)2–7 players · 42 min · ★ 7.3
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DeductionSherlock Holmes Consulting Detective The Thames Murders & Other Cases (1982)1–8 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.7
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DeductionAlchemists (2014)2–4 players · 120 min · ★ 7.7
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AdventureChronicles of Crime (2018)1–4 players · 60–90 min · ★ 7.8
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BluffingSecret Hitler (2016)5–10 players · 45 min · ★ 7.6
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DeductionDecrypto XL (2018)3–8 players · 15–45 min · ★ 7.8
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DeductionCaptain Sonar (2016)2–8 players · 45–60 min · ★ 7.6
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BluffingDeception Murder in Hong Kong (2014)4–12 players · 20 min · ★ 7.5
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Card GameCodenames Duet XXL (2017)2–99 players · 15–30 min · ★ 7.6
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AdventureShadows over Camelot (2005)3–7 players · 60–80 min · ★ 7.1
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AncientBattle Line (2000)2 players · 30 min · ★ 7.4
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BluffingOne Night Ultimate Werewolf (2014)3–10 players · 10 min · ★ 7.1
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BluffingLetters from Whitechapel (2011)2–6 players · 90 min · ★ 7.4
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AdventureFury of Dracula (Third\/Fourth Edition) (2015)2–5 players · 120–180 min · ★ 7.5
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DeductionDetective A Modern Crime Board Game (2018)1–5 players · 120–180 min · ★ 7.9
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American WestBANG! The Dice Game (2013)3–8 players · 15 min · ★ 7.0
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BluffingDead of Winter The Long Night (2016)2–5 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.6
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DeductionMr. Jack (2006)2 players · 30 min · ★ 7.0
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DeductionCryptid (2018)3–5 players · 30–50 min · ★ 7.5
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BluffingSpyfall (2014)3–8 players · 15 min · ★ 6.9
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American WestBANG! (2002)4–7 players · 20–40 min · ★ 6.5
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BluffingDiscworld Ankh-Morpork (2011)2–4 players · 60 min · ★ 7.2
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AdventureTobago (2009)2–4 players · 60 min · ★ 7.1
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DeductionConcept (2013)4–12 players · 40 min · ★ 6.8
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DeductionSherlock Holmes Consulting Detective Jack the Ripper & West End Adventures (2016)1–8 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.7
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AdventureFury of Dracula (Second Edition) (2005)2–5 players · 180 min · ★ 7.1
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AdventureLord of the Rings The Confrontation (Deluxe Edition) (2005)2 players · 30 min · ★ 7.5
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Card GameAwkward Guests (2016)1–8 players · 45–75 min · ★ 7.7
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BluffingNot Alone (2016)2–7 players · 30–45 min · ★ 7.0
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AdventureLord of the Rings The Confrontation (2002)2 players · 30 min · ★ 7.2
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Card GameLove Letter Premium (2016)2–8 players · 20–30 min · ★ 7.5
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BluffingOne Night Ultimate Werewolf Daybreak (2015)3–7 players · 10 min · ★ 7.4
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DeductionSpecter Ops (2015)2–5 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.2
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DeductionScotland Yard (1983)3–6 players · 45 min · ★ 6.5
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DeductionMicroMacro Crime City (2020)1–4 players · 15–45 min · ★ 7.9
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Card GameLove Letter Batman (2015)2–4 players · 20 min · ★ 7.3
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BluffingWerewolves of Miller's Hollow (2001)8–18 players · 30 min · ★ 6.7
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BluffingMr. Jack Pocket (2010)2 players · 15 min · ★ 6.9
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AdventureShadow Hunters (2005)4–8 players · 60 min · ★ 6.8
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BluffingA Fake Artist Goes to New York (2012)5–10 players · 20 min · ★ 7.2
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DeductionTajemnicze Domostwo (2013)2–7 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.2
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BluffingTreasure Island (2018)2–5 players · 45 min · ★ 7.3
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DeductionThe Search for Planet X (2020)1–4 players · 60 min · ★ 8.2
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BluffingFugitive (2017)2 players · 5–20 min · ★ 7.2
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BluffingTragedy Looper (2011)2–4 players · 120 min · ★ 7.2
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BluffingFog of Love (2017)2 players · 60–120 min · ★ 6.9
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BluffingWhitehall Mystery (2017)2–4 players · 45–60 min · ★ 7.6
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Card GameLove Letter Sender (2019)2–6 players · 20 min · ★ 7.6
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DeductionWhen I Dream (2016)4–10 players · 20–40 min · ★ 7.1
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DeductionWerewords (2017)4–10 players · 10 min · ★ 7.2
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BluffingTwo Rooms and a Boom (2013)6–30 players · 7–20 min · ★ 7.0
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DeductionMystery of the Abbey (1995)3–6 players · 60–90 min · ★ 6.5
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BluffingRoom 25 (2013)1–6 players · 30 min · ★ 6.7
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Frequently asked
- What is the best deduction board game?
- Codenames XXL (2015) is the highest-rated deduction board game on BoardGameGeek, at 7.6/10 from 70,126 ratings. Battlestar Galactica The Board Game and Dead of Winter A Crossroads Game round out the top three.
- How many deduction board games are there?
- MeeplePick lists 445 deduction board games, ranked here by BoardGameGeek community rating.