Best 6-player novel-based board games
The top-rated novel-based board games that play well with 6 players, ranked by BoardGameGeek community rating across 66 games. Eldritch Horror leads the list (medium complexity).
Top novel-based board games for 6 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)
- Arkham Horror (Third Edition) (2018)
- Dune (2019)
- Disney Villainous (2018)
- Frank Herbert's Dune (1979)
- Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective Jack the Ripper & West End Adventures (2016)
- A Game of Thrones A Clash of Kings Expansion (2004)
- The Reckoners (2018)
- Watson & Holmes From the Diaries of 221B (2015)
- Unlock! Timeless Adventures (2019)
- Mythos Tales (2016)
- Red Rising (2021)
- Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective Carlton House & Queen's Park (2017)
- Around the World in 80 Days (2004)
- Lord of the Rings Sauron (2002)
- Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective The Baker Street Irregulars (2020)
- The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game (2001)
- Choose Your Own Adventure House of Danger (2018)
- Illuminati (1982)
- 221B Baker Street The Master Detective Game (1975)
- Marrying Mr. Darcy (2014)
- Sheriff of Nottingham (2nd Edition) (2020)
- Mythos (1996)
- Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective The Mansion Murders (1983)
- Lemming Mafia (2009)
- Arkham Horror (1987)
- Tales of Evil (2020)
- Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective The Queen's Park Affair (1984)
- Around the World in 80 Days (2016)
- Legends of the Three Kingdoms (2007)
- Sherlock Holmes The Card Game (1991)
- Dune The Dice Game (2015)
- Albion's Legacy (2015)
- Choose Your Own Adventure War with the Evil Power Master (2019)
- Locke & Key The Game (2012)
- Pachisi (400)
- Trivial Pursuit World of Harry Potter (2014)
- Game of Thrones Westeros Intrigue (2014)
- Winter Tales (2012)
- Masque of the Red Death (2018)
- Monopoly The Lord of the Rings Trilogy Edition (2003)
- Dune Spice Harvest (1984)
- Dune CCG (1997)
- Genji (2008)
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Mystery at Hogwarts Game (2000)
Quick novel-based board games for 6 players (30 minutes or less)
- Lemming Mafia (2009)
- Locke & Key The Game (2012)
- Pachisi (400)
- Game of Thrones Westeros Intrigue (2014)
- Dune Spice Harvest (1984)
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Mystery at Hogwarts Game (2000)
- The Hobbit The Defeat of the Evil Dragon Smaug (2001)
- Jungle Jam (2000)
- UNO Harry Potter (2000)
- Play Me Alice in Wonderdice (2014)
- Old Maid (1874)
- Snap (1866)