Best political board games

The top political games out of 242 in this category, ranked by BoardGameGeek community rating. Twilight Struggle leads the list.

• Twilight Struggle (2005)
  2 players · 120–180 min · ★ 8.3
• Twilight Imperium Fourth Edition (2017)
  3–6 players · 240–480 min · ★ 8.7
• Battlestar Galactica The Board Game (2008)
  3–6 players · 120–180 min · ★ 7.7
• A Game of Thrones The Board Game (Second Edition) (2011)
  3–6 players · 120–240 min · ★ 7.6
• Twilight Imperium Third Edition (2005)
  3–6 players · 180–240 min · ★ 7.8
• Trajan (2011)
  2–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.8
• Secret Hitler (2016)
  5–10 players · 45 min · ★ 7.6
• Dune Imperium (2020)
  1–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.4
• Lisboa (2017)
  1–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.2
• Pax Pamir Second Edition (2019)
  1–5 players · 45–120 min · ★ 8.4
• 1960 The Making of the President (2007)
  2 players · 90–120 min · ★ 7.6
• Imperial (2006)
  2–6 players · 120–180 min · ★ 7.6
• Watergate (2019)
  2 players · 30–60 min · ★ 8.0
• Imperial 2030 (2009)
  2–6 players · 120–180 min · ★ 7.7
• Dune (2019)
  2–6 players · 120 min · ★ 8.1
• A Game of Thrones (2003)
  3–5 players · 180 min · ★ 7.2
• Diplomacy (1959)
  2–7 players · 360 min · ★ 7.0
• Hannibal Rome vs. Carthage (1996)
  2 players · 40–200 min · ★ 7.8
• Frank Herbert's Dune (1979)
  2–6 players · 60–180 min · ★ 7.6
• Die Macher (1986)
  3–5 players · 240 min · ★ 7.6
• Here I Stand Wars of the Reformation 1517-1555 (2006)
  2–6 players · 180–360 min · ★ 7.9
• Taj Mahal (2000)
  2–5 players · 45–90 min · ★ 7.3
• Labyrinth The War on Terror (2010)
  1–2 players · 180 min · ★ 7.6
• Maria (2009)
  2–3 players · 210 min · ★ 8.0
• Freedom The Underground Railroad (2012)
  1–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.6
• Fire in the Lake (2014)
  1–4 players · 180 min · ★ 8.1
• The Republic of Rome (1990)
  1–6 players · 300 min · ★ 7.5
• Argent The Consortium (2015)
  2–5 players · 60–150 min · ★ 7.7
• Struggle of Empires Deluxe Edition (2004)
  2–7 players · 180–240 min · ★ 7.5
• Pax Porfiriana (2012)
  1–6 players · 120 min · ★ 7.7
• The King's Dilemma (2019)
  3–5 players · 45–60 min · ★ 8.0
• Triumph & Tragedy European Balance of Power 1936-1945 (2015)
  2–3 players · 240–360 min · ★ 8.2
• Tribune Primus Inter Pares (2007)
  2–5 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.2
• Cuba Libre (2013)
  1–4 players · 180 min · ★ 7.7
• Louis XIV (2005)
  2–4 players · 75–100 min · ★ 7.1
• 13 Days The Cuban Missile Crisis (2016)
  2 players · 45 min · ★ 7.3
• San Marco (2001)
  3–4 players · 90 min · ★ 7.2
• Churchill (2015)
  1–3 players · 60–300 min · ★ 7.7
• Wir sind das Volk! (2014)
  2 players · 60–150 min · ★ 7.8
• Hannibal & Hamilcar (2018)
  2 players · 40–200 min · ★ 8.3
• 1989 Dawn of Freedom (2012)
  2 players · 150 min · ★ 7.8
• Rex Final Days of an Empire (2012)
  3–6 players · 120–180 min · ★ 7.1
• Virgin Queen (2012)
  2–6 players · 420 min · ★ 8.0
• Tammany Hall (2007)
  3–5 players · 90 min · ★ 7.3
• A Game of Thrones A Clash of Kings Expansion (2004)
  3–6 players · 120–180 min · ★ 7.8
• A Study in Emerald (2013)
  2–5 players · 90 min · ★ 7.2
• The King is Dead Second Edition (2020)
  2–4 players · 30–45 min · ★ 8.0
• Junta (1978)
  2–7 players · 240 min · ★ 6.7
• Oath Chronicles of Empire and Exile (2021)
  1–6 players · 45–120 min · ★ 8.1
• Rialto (2013)
  2–5 players · 45 min · ★ 6.9
• Fief France 1429 (2015)
  3–6 players · 120–240 min · ★ 7.5
• Warrior Knights (2006)
  2–6 players · 120–240 min · ★ 6.9
• Ninjato (2011)
  2–4 players · 60 min · ★ 7.2
• Andean Abyss (2012)
  1–4 players · 360 min · ★ 7.6
• New Angeles (2016)
  4–6 players · 120–240 min · ★ 7.1
• Liberty or Death The American Insurrection (2016)
  1–4 players · 180–360 min · ★ 7.8
• Revolution! (2009)
  3–4 players · 60 min · ★ 6.7
• Here I Stand 500th Anniversary Edition (2017)
  2–6 players · 180–360 min · ★ 8.6
• Crisis (2016)
  1–5 players · 45–120 min · ★ 7.6
• Vampire The Eternal Struggle (1994)
  2–5 players · 120 min · ★ 7.2