Best 6-player novel-based board games

Eldritch Horror (2013)

1–8 players · 120–240 min · ★ 7.8

A Game of Thrones The Board Game (Second Edition) (2011)

3–6 players · 120–240 min · ★ 7.6

Arkham Horror (2005)

1–8 players · 120–240 min · ★ 7.3

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

1–8 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.7

Arkham Horror (Third Edition) (2018)

1–6 players · 120–180 min · ★ 7.8

Dune (2019)

2–6 players · 120 min · ★ 8.1

Disney Villainous (2018)

2–6 players · 50 min · ★ 7.1

Frank Herbert's Dune (1979)

2–6 players · 60–180 min · ★ 7.6

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

1–8 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.7

A Game of Thrones A Clash of Kings Expansion (2004)

3–6 players · 120–180 min · ★ 7.8

The Reckoners (2018)

1–6 players · 60–100 min · ★ 7.8

Watson & Holmes From the Diaries of 221B (2015)

2–7 players · 45–75 min · ★ 7.3

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

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

1–8 players · 90 min · ★ 8.0

Around the World in 80 Days (2004)

2–6 players · 50–70 min · ★ 6.6

Lord of the Rings Sauron (2002)

3–6 players · 120 min · ★ 6.9

Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective The Baker Street Irregulars (2020)

1–8 players · 90 min · ★ 8.6

The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game (2001)

2–6 players · 45 min · ★ 6.9

Choose Your Own Adventure House of Danger (2018)

1–99 players · 60 min · ★ 6.4

Illuminati (1982)

2–6 players · 60–120 min · ★ 6.2

221B Baker Street The Master Detective Game (1975)

2–6 players · 90 min · ★ 6.0

Marrying Mr. Darcy (2014)

2–6 players · 30–60 min · ★ 6.4

Sheriff of Nottingham (2nd Edition) (2020)

3–6 players · 60 min · ★ 7.5

Mythos (1996)

1–10 players · 45 min · ★ 6.6

Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective The Mansion Murders (1983)

1–6 players · 60 min · ★ 7.6

Lemming Mafia (2009)

3–6 players · 20 min · ★ 6.2

Arkham Horror (1987)

1–8 players · 180 min · ★ 6.6

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

Around the World in 80 Days (2016)

2–6 players · 45–60 min · ★ 6.4

Legends of the Three Kingdoms (2007)

2–10 players · 40 min · ★ 5.9

Sherlock Holmes The Card Game (1991)

3–8 players · 60 min · ★ 6.2

Dune The Dice Game (2015)

3–8 players · 30–120 min · ★ 6.8

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

Locke & Key The Game (2012)

3–6 players · 30 min · ★ 6.3

Pachisi (400)

2–6 players · 30 min · ★ 4.5

Trivial Pursuit World of Harry Potter (2014)

2–6 players · 30–60 min · ★ 6.0

Game of Thrones Westeros Intrigue (2014)

2–6 players · 20 min · ★ 5.3

Winter Tales (2012)

3–7 players · 90 min · ★ 5.8

Masque of the Red Death (2018)

4–7 players · 60–90 min · ★ 6.7

Monopoly The Lord of the Rings Trilogy Edition (2003)

2–6 players · 60 min · ★ 5.4

Dune Spice Harvest (1984)

3–6 players · 30 min · ★ 6.6

Dune CCG (1997)

2–8 players · 60 min · ★ 6.4

Genji (2008)

2–6 players · 45 min · ★ 5.8

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Mystery at Hogwarts Game (2000)

2–6 players · 30 min · ★ 5.5