Best storytelling board games

The top games using the storytelling mechanic, out of 145 in the MeeplePick database, ranked by BoardGameGeek community rating. Kingdom Death Monster leads the list.

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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