Best push your luck board games

The top games using the push your luck mechanic, out of 378 in the MeeplePick database, ranked by BoardGameGeek community rating. Codenames XXL leads the list.

Card GameCodenames XXL (2015)
2–8 players · 15 min · ★ 7.6
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TrainsTicket to Ride (2004)
2–5 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.4
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EconomicA Feast for Odin (2016)
1–4 players · 30–120 min · ★ 8.2
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MedievalThe Quacks of Quedlinburg (2018)
2–4 players · 45 min · ★ 7.8
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Card GameLost Cities (1999)
2 players · 30 min · ★ 7.2
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Card GameCodenames Duet XXL (2017)
2–99 players · 15–30 min · ★ 7.6
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Science FictionClank! In! Space! A Deck-Building Adventure (2017)
2–4 players · 45–90 min · ★ 7.9
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EconomicGoa A New Expedition (2004)
2–4 players · 90 min · ★ 7.6
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Card GameNo Thanks! (2004)
3–7 players · 20 min · ★ 7.0
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AdventureFriday (2011)
1 players · 25 min · ★ 7.1
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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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RacingFormula D (2008)
2–10 players · 60 min · ★ 7.0
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AnimalsColoretto 10 years edition (2003)
2–5 players · 30 min · ★ 7.0
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Card GameAbyss (2014)
2–4 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.3
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AnimalsEvolution (2014)
2–6 players · 60 min · ★ 7.1
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Card GamePort Royal (2014)
2–5 players · 20–50 min · ★ 7.1
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Card GameThe Grizzled (2015)
2–5 players · 30 min · ★ 7.2
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Action / DexterityEscape The Curse of the Temple (2012)
1–5 players · 10 min · ★ 7.0
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DicePandemic The Cure (2014)
2–5 players · 30 min · ★ 7.3
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Card GameMystic Vale (2016)
2–4 players · 45 min · ★ 7.3
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AdventureIncan Gold (2005)
3–8 players · 30 min · ★ 6.8
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AnimalsEvolution Climate (2016)
2–6 players · 60 min · ★ 7.6
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AdventureTobago (2009)
2–4 players · 60 min · ★ 7.1
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AdventureNemo's War (Second Edition) (2017)
1–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.0
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DiceCan't Stop! (1980)
2–4 players · 30 min · ★ 6.8
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DiceTiefseeabenteuer (2014)
2–6 players · 30 min · ★ 7.0
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Card GameOh My Goods! (2015)
2–4 players · 30 min · ★ 7.0
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AncientRoll Through the Ages The Bronze Age (2008)
1–4 players · 30–45 min · ★ 6.9
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AdventureSleeping Gods (2021)
1–4 players · 60–1200 min · ★ 8.7
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RenaissanceMedici (1995)
2–6 players · 60 min · ★ 7.2
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Real-timeXCOM The Board Game (2015)
1–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.0
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AdventureCelestia (2015)
2–6 players · 30 min · ★ 7.0
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AnimalsKanagawa (2016)
2–4 players · 45 min · ★ 7.1
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American Civil WarFreedom The Underground Railroad (2012)
1–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.6
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RacingFormula De (1997)
2–10 players · 120 min · ★ 7.0
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BluffingFrancis Drake (2013)
3–5 players · 90–120 min · ★ 7.4
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BluffingWelcome to the Dungeon (2013)
2–4 players · 30 min · ★ 6.6
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AdventureTiny Epic Quest (2017)
1–4 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.0
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AncientDas Orakel von Delphi (2016)
2–4 players · 70–100 min · ★ 7.3
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DiceKing of Tokyo Dark Edition (2020)
2–6 players · 30 min · ★ 7.8
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NauticalVasco da Gama (2009)
2–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.2
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DiceZombie Dice Deluxe (2010)
2–99 players · 10–20 min · ★ 6.2
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AncientRise of Augustus (2013)
2–6 players · 30 min · ★ 6.7
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AnimalsPickomino (2005)
2–7 players · 20 min · ★ 6.6
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Action / DexterityMeeple Circus (2017)
2–5 players · 45 min · ★ 7.1
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AncientNations The Dice Game (2014)
1–4 players · 20–40 min · ★ 7.0
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AdventureEscape the Dark Castle (2017)
1–4 players · 20–45 min · ★ 7.6
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Card GameHerbaceous Pocket Edition (2017)
1–4 players · 15–20 min · ★ 7.1
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AncientAtlantis Rising (Second Edition) (2019)
1–7 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.8
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AdventureFortune and Glory The Cliffhanger Game (2011)
1–8 players · 90–240 min · ★ 7.1
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HorrorTiny Epic Zombies (2018)
1–5 players · 30–45 min · ★ 7.0
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Action / DexterityFireball Island The Curse of Vul-Kar (2018)
2–4 players · 45–60 min · ★ 6.9
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Action / DexterityCoconuts (2013)
2–4 players · 20 min · ★ 7.0
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Card GameDead Man's Draw Captain Carcass (2015)
2–4 players · 10–15 min · ★ 6.9
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Card GameStarship Catan (2001)
2 players · 60 min · ★ 6.8
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Card GameArchaeology The New Expedition (2016)
2–5 players · 20 min · ★ 7.2
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DiceCubitos (2021)
2–4 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.8
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RacingRallyman GT (2020)
1–6 players · 45–60 min · ★ 7.4
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DiceThe Reckoners (2018)
1–6 players · 60–100 min · ★ 7.8
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