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What are skill-based board games?

Skill-based games are designed with little to no element of luck. They reward practice, problem solving, and thorough analysis. When luck is present, players have substantial agency over how to mitigate for it.

Popular skill-based games

Hansa Teutonica, Crusaders: Thy Will Be Done, and Food Chain Magnate have randomized setups at the start of the game and from then on all events are determined by player choices.

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Hansa Teutonica

4.79
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An Age Contrived

4.63
1 - 5

Dune: Imperium

4.6
1 - 4

Chess

4.58
2

Gloomhaven

4.56
1 - 4

Concordia

4.51
2 - 5

Glen More II: Chronicles

4.51
2 - 4

Hanamikoji

4.51
2

Rising Sun

4.51
3 - 5

The Gallerist

4.51
1 - 4

Trapwords

4.51
2 - 8

Honey Buzz

4.45
1 - 4

Decrypto

4.43
3 - 8

Fromage

4.43
1 - 4

Mage Knight Board Game

4.43
1 - 4

Santorini

4.43
2 - 4

Spirit Island

4.43
1 - 4

Puerto Rico

4.42
2 - 5

Barrage

4.41
1 - 4

Hegemony

4.41
2 - 4

Imperial

4.41
2 - 6

Brass: Birmingham

4.36
2 - 4

City of the Big Shoulders

4.35
2 - 4

Carnegie

4.34
1 - 4

Sleeping Gods

4.34
2 - 4