With an option for everyone from beginners looking for their next game night standard to advanced players looking for a new challenge
Photo: Courtesy of Warner Bros. Television Run out of things to talk about on a weekend away? Try a four-player board games . And because the world of four-player board games extends far beyond Monopoly, we asked 9 experts–including game store owners, board game reviewers, and even a board game illustrator for what they consider the very best. While some of the games selected aren’t exclusively for just four players, our experts chose them because the games are ultimately best suited for four.
$44 at Amazon Buy $44 at Amazon Buy Best four-player board game for beginners Ticket to Ride $40 If you’re looking for a more entry-level strategy game, three of our experts suggested Ticket to Ride as a more accessible alternative to Catan. It’s an adventure-style game where players attempt to cross the country and connect cities by building train routes.
$54 at Amazon Buy $54 at Amazon Buy Best family-friendly four-player games Pictomania For fans of Pictionary, Smith recommends Pictomania, which he describes as being “more deep, exciting and competitive” than the old game night standard. It is “a side-splittingly funny” game where players have to draw and guess at the same time “resulting in remarkably poor drawings and guesses.”
$23 at Amazon Buy $23 at Amazon Buy Best board game for advanced gamers Power Grid $44 Andy Matthews, founder of Meeple Mountain, recommends Power Grid, a resource-management game where players compete to “keep costs down, power lots of cities, and profit.” The game takes about two hours to play, making it a solid bet for advanced gamers looking for a challenge. “If you love meaty games with lots of math, this one’s sure to light up your group.
$40 at Amazon Buy $40 at Amazon Buy Best four-player party games Dixit Walsh also loves the party game Dixit, which he describes as “a great icebreaker of a game, fantastic for getting everyone interacting.” The game begins with one player being designated the storyteller. That player makes up a sentence based on the image on one of the cards in their hand. Then each player selects the card in their hand that best matches the sentence and gives it to the storyteller.
$7 at Amazon Buy $7 at Amazon Buy Best word-association four-player board game Codenames $14 “Using only a couple words as clues, can you get your team to correctly guess your words?” asks Lee about the basic premise of this Czech spy-themed favorite. Similar to the basic elements of charades, players divide into two teams with one designated spymaster providing clues. By guessing the words correctly, players unveil the other teams’ agents.
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