Best storytelling board games
The best storytelling board games are Kingdom Death Monster, T.I.M.E Stories and Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective The Thames Murders & Other Cases — the top-rated of 145 storytelling board games in the MeeplePick database, led by Kingdom Death Monster (2015) at 8.6/10 on BoardGameGeek.
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AdventureKingdom Death Monster (2015)1–4 players · 60–180 min · ★ 8.6
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AdventureT.I.M.E Stories (2015)2–4 players · 90 min · ★ 7.5
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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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AdventureChronicles of Crime (2018)1–4 players · 60–90 min · ★ 7.8
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AdventureBetrayal at House on the Hill (2004)3–6 players · 60 min · ★ 7.1
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BluffingDeception Murder in Hong Kong (2014)4–12 players · 20 min · ★ 7.5
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Card GameDixit Odyssey (2011)3–12 players · 30 min · ★ 7.5
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AdventureMice and Mystics (2012)1–4 players · 60–90 min · ★ 7.3
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AdventureAbove and Below (2015)2–4 players · 90 min · ★ 7.4
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DeductionDetective A Modern Crime Board Game (2018)1–5 players · 120–180 min · ★ 7.9
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AdventureTales of the Arabian Nights (2009)1–6 players · 120 min · ★ 7.2
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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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AdventureSleeping Gods (2021)1–4 players · 60–1200 min · ★ 8.7
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AdventureStuffed Fables (2018)2–4 players · 60–90 min · ★ 7.5
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Card GameDixit Journey (2012)3–6 players · 30 min · ★ 7.4
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FantasyThe King's Dilemma (2019)3–5 players · 45–60 min · ★ 8.0
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BluffingTreasure Island (2018)2–5 players · 45 min · ★ 7.3
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AdventureDestinies (2021)1–3 players · 90–150 min · ★ 8.4
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Card GameGloom (2005)2–4 players · 60 min · ★ 6.3
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Card GameUnlock! Heroic Adventures (2018)1–6 players · 60 min · ★ 7.8
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Card GameCall to Adventure (2019)1–4 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.2
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DeductionWhen I Dream (2016)4–10 players · 20–40 min · ★ 7.1
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AdventureBloodborne The Board Game (2021)1–4 players · 45–75 min · ★ 8.1
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AdventureBetrayal at Baldur's Gate (2017)3–6 players · 60 min · ★ 7.2
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Comic Book / StripWitness (2014)4 players · 15 min · ★ 7.3
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Card GameUnlock! Timeless Adventures (2019)1–6 players · 60–90 min · ★ 7.9
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AdventureLegacy of Dragonholt (2017)1–6 players · 60–999 min · ★ 7.3
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AdventureChronicles of Crime 1400 (2020)1–4 players · 60–90 min · ★ 8.0
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DeductionMythos Tales (2016)1–10 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.4
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HorrorAbomination The Heir of Frankenstein (2019)2–4 players · 90–180 min · ★ 7.5
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BluffingDetective Club (2018)4–8 players · 45 min · ★ 7.4
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AdventureFireteam Zero (2015)1–4 players · 90 min · ★ 7.5
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AdventureAftermath (2019)1–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.9
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DeductionSherlock Holmes Consulting Detective Carlton House & Queen's Park (2017)1–8 players · 90 min · ★ 8.0
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AdventureThe 7th Continent Classic Edition (2019)1–4 players · 5–1000 min · ★ 8.0
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Science FictionWarp's Edge (2020)1 players · 30–45 min · ★ 8.0
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Card GameSnake Oil (2010)3–10 players · 20–30 min · ★ 6.7
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AdventureWarhammer Quest Silver Tower (2016)2–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.5
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ExplorationTrapwords (2018)4–8 players · 30–45 min · ★ 7.0
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DeductionMysterium Park (2020)2–6 players · 30–45 min · ★ 7.5
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AdventureFirst Martians Adventures on the Red Planet (2017)1–4 players · 60–90 min · ★ 6.5
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Childrens GameRory's Story Cubes (2005)1–12 players · 20 min · ★ 6.3
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AdventureBig Trouble in Little China The Game (2018)1–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.7
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DeductionSherlock Holmes Consulting Detective The Baker Street Irregulars (2020)1–8 players · 90 min · ★ 8.6
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AdventureEscape the Dark Sector (2020)1–4 players · 20–60 min · ★ 8.1
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FantasyThe Adventures of Robin Hood (2021)2–4 players · 60 min · ★ 8.2
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Card GameDark Stories (2004)2–15 players · 20 min · ★ 6.0
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Card GameStar Wars Unlock! (2020)1–6 players · 60 min · ★ 7.2
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Card GameFunemployed 'Hiring Frenzy' (2013)3–20 players · 30 min · ★ 6.8
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AdventureUltraQuest Gold (2016)2–5 players · 60–600 min · ★ 8.3
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Card GameChoose Your Own Adventure House of Danger (2018)1–99 players · 60 min · ★ 6.4
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AdventureSolomon Kane (2021)1–5 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.3
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Card GameFallen (2014)2 players · 90 min · ★ 8.0
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Murder/MysteryEscape the Room Mystery at the Stargazer's Manor (2016)3–8 players · 90 min · ★ 6.6
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Card GameCthulhu Gloom (2011)2–5 players · 60 min · ★ 6.4
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AdventureWaste Knights Second Edition (2021)1–4 players · 90–180 min · ★ 8.0
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KOSMOSAdventure Games Monochrome Inc. (2019)1–4 players · 75 min · ★ 6.8
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AdventureTales of the Arabian Nights (1985)1–6 players · 120 min · ★ 7.0
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Card GameDark Tales (2014)2–4 players · 30 min · ★ 6.6
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AdventureLobotomy (2017)1–5 players · 60–180 min · ★ 7.3
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Frequently asked
- What is the best storytelling board game?
- Kingdom Death Monster (2015) is the highest-rated storytelling board game on BoardGameGeek, at 8.6/10 from 7,760 ratings. T.I.M.E Stories and Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective The Thames Murders & Other Cases round out the top three.
- How many storytelling board games are there?
- MeeplePick lists 145 storytelling board games, ranked here by BoardGameGeek community rating.