Best action drafting board games The best action drafting board games are Puerto Rico, Twilight Imperium Fourth Edition and El Grande — the top-rated of 23 action drafting board games in the MeeplePick database, led by Puerto Rico (2002) at 8.0/10 on BoardGameGeek.
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Puerto Rico (2002)
3–5 players · 90–150 min · ★ 8.0
Complexity
Twilight Imperium Fourth Edition (2017)
3–6 players · 240–480 min · ★ 8.7
Complexity
El Grande (1995)
2–5 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.8
Complexity
Citadels Classic (2000)
2–8 players · 20–60 min · ★ 7.1
Complexity
Rising Sun (2018)
3–5 players · 90–120 min · ★ 7.9
Complexity
Alchemists (2014)
2–4 players · 120 min · ★ 7.7
Complexity
Village (2011)
2–4 players · 60–90 min · ★ 7.5
Complexity
Grand Austria Hotel (2015)
2–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.9
Complexity
Inis (2016)
2–4 players · 60–90 min · ★ 7.8
Complexity
Barrage (2019)
1–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.2
Complexity
San Juan (2004)
2–4 players · 45–60 min · ★ 7.3
Complexity
Coimbra (2018)
2–4 players · 60–90 min · ★ 7.7
Complexity
In the Year of the Dragon (2007)
2–5 players · 75–100 min · ★ 7.3
Complexity
Citadels (2016)
2–8 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.3
Complexity
San Juan (Second Edition) (2014)
2–4 players · 45–60 min · ★ 7.5
Complexity
Yspahan (2006)
2–4 players · 45–60 min · ★ 7.1
Complexity
Tekhenu Obelisk of the Sun (2020)
1–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.9
Complexity
Beyond the Sun (2020)
2–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.0
Complexity
Pipeline (2019)
2–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.7
Complexity
New Frontiers (2018)
2–5 players · 45–75 min · ★ 7.6
Complexity
Gentes (2017)
1–4 players · 90 min · ★ 7.5
Complexity
Nauticus (2013)
2–4 players · 90 min · ★ 6.9
Complexity
The Cost (2020)
2–4 players · 75 min · ★ 7.4
Complexity
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What is the best action drafting board game? Puerto Rico (2002) is the highest-rated action drafting board game on BoardGameGeek, at 8.0/10 from 64,023 ratings. Twilight Imperium Fourth Edition and El Grande round out the top three.
How many action drafting board games are there? MeeplePick lists 23 action drafting board games, ranked here by BoardGameGeek community rating.