The Best Party Board Games

We filter for games that the BGG community rates as best with six or more players — not games that technically support big groups but drag at that count. That distinction matters. A game like Codenames is designed for eight people; a game like Catan is not. The poll data separates the two.

You will find word games, drawing games, performance games, and games built entirely on reading the room. Some are competitive, some cooperative, most generate stories you will retell for years. The common thread is speed: fast turns, fast rounds, fast restarts. Nobody waits long enough to get bored.