Best 1-player novel-based board games

Arkham Horror The Card Game (2016)

1–2 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.2

Robinson Crusoe Adventures on the Cursed Island (2012)

1–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.8

Eldritch Horror (2013)

1–8 players · 120–240 min · ★ 7.8

Arkham Horror (2005)

1–8 players · 120–240 min · ★ 7.3

The Lord of the Rings The Card Game (2011)

1–2 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.7

Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective The Thames Murders & Other Cases (1982)

1–8 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.7

The Lord of the Rings Journeys in Middle-Earth (2019)

1–5 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.1

Dune Imperium (2020)

1–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.4

Friday (2011)

1 players · 25 min · ★ 7.1

Arkham Horror (Third Edition) (2018)

1–6 players · 120–180 min · ★ 7.8

Nemo's War (Second Edition) (2017)

1–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.0

Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective Jack the Ripper & West End Adventures (2016)

1–8 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.7

Dungeons & Dragons The Legend of Drizzt Board Game (2011)

1–5 players · 60 min · ★ 7.3

Call to Adventure (2019)

1–4 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.2

The Reckoners (2018)

1–6 players · 60–100 min · ★ 7.8

Unlock! Timeless Adventures (2019)

1–6 players · 60–90 min · ★ 7.9

Mythos Tales (2016)

1–10 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.4

Red Rising (2021)

1–6 players · 45–60 min · ★ 7.4

The Lord of the Ice Garden (2014)

1–4 players · 90 min · ★ 7.7

Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective Carlton House & Queen's Park (2017)

1–8 players · 90 min · ★ 8.0

Skull Tales Full Sail! (2019)

1–5 players · 60–150 min · ★ 7.9

The Dresden Files Cooperative Card Game (2017)

1–5 players · 30 min · ★ 7.1

Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective The Baker Street Irregulars (2020)

1–8 players · 90 min · ★ 8.6

Choose Your Own Adventure House of Danger (2018)

1–99 players · 60 min · ★ 6.4

Solomon Kane (2021)

1–5 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.3

18Lilliput (2018)

1–4 players · 60–90 min · ★ 7.2

Starship Troopers (1976)

1–2 players · 120 min · ★ 6.5

The Witches A Discworld Game (2013)

1–4 players · 90 min · ★ 6.1

Mousquetaires du Roy (2010)

1–5 players · 75 min · ★ 6.8

Mythos (1996)

1–10 players · 45 min · ★ 6.6

Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective The Mansion Murders (1983)

1–6 players · 60 min · ★ 7.6

Call to Adventure The Stormlight Archive (2020)

1–4 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.3

Michael Strogoff (2017)

1–5 players · 60 min · ★ 6.8

Cowboy Bebop Space Serenade (2019)

1–4 players · 30–90 min · ★ 7.7

Tales of the Northlands The Sagas of Noggin the Nog (2018)

1–4 players · 120–150 min · ★ 7.6

Arkham Horror (1987)

1–8 players · 180 min · ★ 6.6

Nemo's War (2009)

1 players · 45 min · ★ 7.1

Tales of Evil (2020)

1–6 players · 60 min · ★ 7.4

Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective The Queen's Park Affair (1984)

1–6 players · 60 min · ★ 7.5

Alice's Garden (2020)

1–4 players · 30–45 min · ★ 7.4

Dinosaurs of the Lost World (1987)

1–4 players · 90 min · ★ 6.6

Don Quixote (2010)

1–4 players · 20 min · ★ 6.1

Sherlock Holmes Four Investigations (2014)

1 players · 60 min · ★ 7.0

Albion's Legacy (2015)

1–6 players · 90 min · ★ 6.8

Choose Your Own Adventure War with the Evil Power Master (2019)

1–99 players · 60 min · ★ 6.2

The Hobbit An Unexpected Journey (2013)

1–4 players · 40 min · ★ 6.2

Elric Battle at the End of Time (1977)

1–4 players · 120 min · ★ 5.7

Sanctuary Thieves World (1982)

1–6 players · 120 min · ★ 5.6