Best action points board games

The top games using the action points mechanic, out of 544 in the MeeplePick database, ranked by BoardGameGeek community rating. Pandemic Legacy Season 1 leads the list.

EnvironmentalPandemic Legacy Season 1 (2015)
2–4 players · 60 min · ★ 8.6
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MedicalPandemic (2008)
2–4 players · 45 min · ★ 7.6
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Card GameThrough the Ages A New Story of Civilization (2015)
2–4 players · 120 min · ★ 8.4
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AdventureArkham Horror The Card Game (2016)
1–2 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.2
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FantasyBlood Rage (2015)
2–4 players · 60–90 min · ★ 8.0
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AdventureEldritch Horror (2013)
1–8 players · 120–240 min · ★ 7.8
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BluffingAndroid Netrunner (2012)
2 players · 45 min · ★ 7.9
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BluffingDead of Winter A Crossroads Game (2014)
2–5 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.6
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CivilizationThrough the Ages A Story of Civilization (2006)
2–4 players · 120 min · ★ 7.9
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AdventureDescent Journeys in the Dark (Second Edition) (2012)
1–5 players · 120 min · ★ 7.7
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CivilizationTwilight Imperium Third Edition (2005)
3–6 players · 180–240 min · ★ 7.8
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AnimalsTakenoko (2011)
2–4 players · 45 min · ★ 7.3
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AncientKemet (2012)
2–5 players · 90–120 min · ★ 7.7
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FantasyChaos in the Old World (2009)
3–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.7
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AdventureSurvive Escape from Atlantis! (1982)
2–4 players · 45–60 min · ★ 7.3
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AnimalsDinosaur Island (2017)
1–4 players · 90–120 min · ★ 7.7
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EconomicPax Pamir Second Edition (2019)
1–5 players · 45–120 min · ★ 8.4
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MedievalHansa Teutonica (2009)
2–5 players · 45–90 min · ★ 7.7
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ExplorationTikal (1999)
2–4 players · 90 min · ★ 7.3
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AdventureFlash Point Fire Rescue (2011)
2–6 players · 45 min · ★ 7.2
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MedicalPandemic Iberia (2016)
2–5 players · 45 min · ★ 7.9
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TrainsRailways of the World (2005)
2–6 players · 120 min · ★ 7.7
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AdventureWar of the Ring (2004)
2–4 players · 120 min · ★ 7.8
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AdventureThis War of Mine The Board Game (2017)
1–6 players · 45–120 min · ★ 7.8
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AdventureXia Legends of a Drift System (2014)
3–5 players · 60–180 min · ★ 7.9
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AdventureAbove and Below (2015)
2–4 players · 90 min · ★ 7.4
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AdventureMerchants & Marauders (2010)
2–4 players · 180 min · ★ 7.4
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Post-NapoleonicTrickerion Legends of Illusion (2015)
2–4 players · 60–180 min · ★ 7.9
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HorrorHorrified (2019)
1–5 players · 60 min · ★ 7.8
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HorrorZombicide (2012)
1–6 players · 60 min · ★ 7.2
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Abstract StrategyPhotosynthesis (2017)
2–4 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.1
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FantasyCthulhu Death May Die (2019)
1–5 players · 90–120 min · ★ 8.2
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BluffingDead of Winter The Long Night (2016)
2–5 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.6
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ExplorationBurgle Bros. (2015)
1–4 players · 45–90 min · ★ 7.5
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EconomicKanban Driver's Edition (2014)
2–4 players · 90–120 min · ★ 7.8
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AdventureWestern Legends (2018)
2–6 players · 60–90 min · ★ 7.7
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AnimalsEvolution (2014)
2–6 players · 60 min · ★ 7.1
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Civil WarSekigahara The Unification of Japan (2011)
2 players · 180 min · ★ 8.0
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Spies/Secret AgentsPandemic Legacy Season 0 (2020)
2–4 players · 45–60 min · ★ 8.7
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FantasyCthulhu Wars (2015)
2–4 players · 90–120 min · ★ 7.9
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EconomicAltiplano (2017)
2–5 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.5
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HorrorReign of Cthulhu (2016)
2–4 players · 40 min · ★ 7.4
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AnimalsEvolution Climate (2016)
2–6 players · 60 min · ★ 7.6
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FightingSpace Hulk (Third Edition) (2009)
2 players · 60 min · ★ 7.5
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AdventureSword & Sorcery Immortal Souls (2017)
1–5 players · 60–90 min · ★ 8.0
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DiceMacao (2009)
2–4 players · 50–100 min · ★ 7.4
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Card GameLast Will (2011)
2–5 players · 45–75 min · ★ 7.2
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EconomicKanban EV (2020)
1–4 players · 60–180 min · ★ 8.8
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AdventureNemo's War (Second Edition) (2017)
1–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.0
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AncientClash of Cultures (2012)
2–4 players · 180–240 min · ★ 7.6
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Abstract StrategyTorres (1999)
2–4 players · 60 min · ★ 7.1
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NauticalAmerigo (2013)
2–4 players · 90 min · ★ 7.5
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AncientPandemic Fall of Rome (2018)
1–5 players · 45–60 min · ★ 7.7
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AdventureRunebound (Third Edition) (2015)
2–4 players · 120–180 min · ★ 7.5
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AdventureConan (2016)
2–5 players · 90 min · ★ 7.7
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ArabianLabyrinth The War on Terror (2010)
1–2 players · 180 min · ★ 7.6
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Card GameSummoner Wars (2009)
2–4 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.3
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Spies/Secret AgentsBlack Orchestra (2016)
1–5 players · 90 min · ★ 7.5
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Card GameJambo (2004)
2 players · 45 min · ★ 7.0
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AdventureDefenders of the Realm (2010)
1–4 players · 90 min · ★ 7.3
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