Best 5-player novel-based board games
The top-rated novel-based board games that play well with 5 players, ranked by BoardGameGeek community rating across 111 games. Eldritch Horror leads the list (medium complexity).
Top novel-based board games for 5 players
- Eldritch Horror (2013)
- A Game of Thrones The Board Game (Second Edition) (2011)
- Arkham Horror (2005)
- Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective The Thames Murders & Other Cases (1982)
- The Lord of the Rings Journeys in Middle-Earth (2019)
- Sheriff of Nottingham (2014)
- Fury of Dracula (Third\/Fourth Edition) (2015)
- Arkham Horror (Third Edition) (2018)
- Dune (2019)
- A Game of Thrones (2003)
- Disney Villainous (2018)
- Frank Herbert's Dune (1979)
- Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective Jack the Ripper & West End Adventures (2016)
- Fury of Dracula (Second Edition) (2005)
- The Lord of the Rings (2000)
- Conan (2016)
- Dungeons & Dragons The Legend of Drizzt Board Game (2011)
- Treasure Island (2018)
- A Game of Thrones A Clash of Kings Expansion (2004)
- Tales & Games The Hare & the Tortoise (2011)
- A Study in Emerald (2013)
- Lord of the Rings Friends & Foes (2001)
- The Reckoners (2018)
- Watson & Holmes From the Diaries of 221B (2015)
- Unlock! Timeless Adventures (2019)
- The Little Prince Make Me a Planet (2013)
- Mythos Tales (2016)
- Red Rising (2021)
- A Study in Emerald (Second Edition) (2015)
- Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective Carlton House & Queen's Park (2017)
- Around the World in 80 Days (2004)
- Skull Tales Full Sail! (2019)
- The Dresden Files Cooperative Card Game (2017)
- Kingsport Festival (2014)
- Mountains of Madness (2017)
- Lord of the Rings Sauron (2002)
- Hunt for the Ring (2017)
- Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective The Baker Street Irregulars (2020)
- The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game (2001)
- The Name of the Rose (2008)
- Choose Your Own Adventure House of Danger (2018)
- Solomon Kane (2021)
- The Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Ring Deck-Building Game (2013)
- Beowulf The Legend (2005)
- Illuminati (1982)
- The Dwarves (2012)
- Council of Verona (2013)
- 221B Baker Street The Master Detective Game (1975)
Quick novel-based board games for 5 players (30 minutes or less)
- Tales & Games The Hare & the Tortoise (2011)
- The Little Prince Make Me a Planet (2013)
- The Dresden Files Cooperative Card Game (2017)
- The Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Ring Deck-Building Game (2013)
- Council of Verona (2013)
- A Game of Thrones Collectible Card Game (2002)
- Clue Harry Potter Edition (2008)
- Lemming Mafia (2009)
- Sherlock (1999)
- Locke & Key The Game (2012)
- Pachisi (400)
- The Hobbit Card Game (2012)