Best Deduction & Social Games
Read your friends, hide your intentions, and call the bluff — deduction, bluffing, and party favourites.
Ranked by BoardGameGeek rating, current as of June 2026. We list only games in our verified catalogue.
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Blood on the Clocktower 2022
#66 BGGA notable hobby board game, currently ranked #66 on BoardGameGeek and a widely played party title.
6–21 players · ~30 min · Ages 15+
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Android: Netrunner 2012
#85 BGGA notable hobby board game, currently ranked #85 on BoardGameGeek and a widely played customizable title.
2 players · ~45 min · Ages 14+
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Bomb Busters 2024
#91 BGGA notable hobby board game, currently ranked #91 on BoardGameGeek and a widely played family title.
2–5 players · ~30 min · Ages 10+
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The Search for Planet X 2020
#116 BGGA notable hobby board game, currently ranked #116 on BoardGameGeek and a widely played strategy title.
1–4 players · ~60 min · Ages 13+
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Decrypto 2018
#117 BGGA notable hobby board game, currently ranked #117 on BoardGameGeek and a widely played party title.
3–8 players · ~15 min · Ages 12+
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Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game 2008
#126 BGGA notable hobby board game, currently ranked #126 on BoardGameGeek and a widely played thematic title.
3–6 players · ~120 min · Ages 14+
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Rising Sun 2018
#154 BGGA notable hobby board game, currently ranked #154 on BoardGameGeek and a widely played strategy title.
3–5 players · ~90 min · Ages 14+
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Just One 2018
#157 BGGA notable hobby board game, currently ranked #157 on BoardGameGeek and a widely played party title.
3–7 players · ~20 min · Ages 8+
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Forbidden Stars 2015
#158 BGGA notable hobby board game, currently ranked #158 on BoardGameGeek and a widely played strategy title.
2–4 players · ~120 min · Ages 14+
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Codenames 2015
#161 BGGA notable hobby board game, currently ranked #161 on BoardGameGeek and a widely played party title.
2–8 players · ~15 min · Ages 10+
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Alchemists 2014
#178 BGGA notable hobby board game, currently ranked #178 on BoardGameGeek and a widely played strategy title.
2–4 players · ~120 min · Ages 12+
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A notable hobby board game, currently ranked #206 on BoardGameGeek and a widely played thematic title.
1–8 players · ~60 min · Ages 13+
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Cosmic Encounter 2008
#230 BGGA notable hobby board game, currently ranked #230 on BoardGameGeek and a widely played strategy title.
3–5 players · ~60 min · Ages 12+
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A Game of Thrones: The Board Game (Second Edition) 2011
#237 BGGA notable hobby board game, currently ranked #237 on BoardGameGeek and a widely played strategy title.
3–6 players · ~120 min · Ages 14+
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The Resistance: Avalon 2012
#238 BGGA notable hobby board game, currently ranked #238 on BoardGameGeek and a widely played party title.
5–10 players · ~30 min · Ages 13+
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Captain Sonar 2016
#247 BGGA notable hobby board game, currently ranked #247 on BoardGameGeek and a widely played party title.
2–8 players · ~45 min · Ages 14+
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Hot Streak 2025
#340 BGGA notable hobby board game, currently ranked #340 on BoardGameGeek and a widely played party title.
2–8 players · ~20 min · Ages 6+
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Telestrations 2009
#352 BGGA notable hobby board game, currently ranked #352 on BoardGameGeek and a widely played party title.
4–8 players · ~30 min · Ages 12+
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Love Letter 2012
#370 BGGA notable hobby board game, currently ranked #370 on BoardGameGeek and a widely played family title.
2–4 players · ~20 min · Ages 10+
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Survive: Escape from Atlantis! 1982
#380 BGGA notable hobby board game, currently ranked #380 on BoardGameGeek and a widely played family title.
2–4 players · ~45 min · Ages 8+
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Fury of Dracula (Third/Fourth Edition) 2015
#402 BGGA notable hobby board game, currently ranked #402 on BoardGameGeek and a widely played thematic title.
2–5 players · ~120 min · Ages 14+
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Dixit 2008
#430 BGGA notable hobby board game, currently ranked #430 on BoardGameGeek and a widely played party title.
3–6 players · ~30 min · Ages 8+
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Mysterium 2015
#449 BGGA notable hobby board game, currently ranked #449 on BoardGameGeek and a widely played family title.
2–7 players · ~42 min · Ages 10+
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The Resistance 2009
#464 BGGA notable hobby board game, currently ranked #464 on BoardGameGeek and a widely played party title.
5–10 players · ~30 min · Ages 13+
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Skull 2011
#496 BGGA notable hobby board game, currently ranked #496 on BoardGameGeek and a widely played party title.
3–6 players · ~15 min · Ages 10+
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Flip 7 2024
#516 BGGA notable hobby board game, currently ranked #516 on BoardGameGeek and a widely played family title.
3–18 players · ~20 min · Ages 8+
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Hanabi 2010
#601 BGGA notable hobby board game, currently ranked #601 on BoardGameGeek and a widely played family title.
2–5 players · ~25 min · Ages 8+
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Sheriff of Nottingham 2014
#616 BGGA notable hobby board game, currently ranked #616 on BoardGameGeek and a widely played family title.
3–5 players · ~60 min · Ages 14+
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Sushi Go! 2013
#664 BGGA notable hobby board game, currently ranked #664 on BoardGameGeek and a widely played family title.
2–5 players · ~15 min · Ages 8+
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Take 5 1994
#677 BGGA notable hobby board game, currently ranked #677 on BoardGameGeek and a widely played family title.
2–10 players · ~45 min · Ages 8+
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Coup 2012
#718 BGGA notable hobby board game, currently ranked #718 on BoardGameGeek and a widely played party title.
2–6 players · ~15 min · Ages 13+
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Wits & Wagers 2005
#866 BGGA notable hobby board game, currently ranked #866 on BoardGameGeek and a widely played party title.
3–7 players · ~25 min · Ages 10+
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Diplomacy 1959
#882 BGGA notable hobby board game, currently ranked #882 on BoardGameGeek and a widely played strategy title.
2–7 players · ~360 min · Ages 12+
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Diamant 2005
#903 BGGA notable hobby board game, currently ranked #903 on BoardGameGeek and a widely played family title.
3–8 players · ~20 min · Ages 8+
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Saboteur 2004
#1553 BGGA notable hobby board game, currently ranked #1553 on BoardGameGeek and a widely played family title.
3–10 players · ~30 min · Ages 8+
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BANG! 2002
#1803 BGGA notable hobby board game, currently ranked #1803 on BoardGameGeek and a widely played party title.
4–7 players · ~20 min · Ages 8+
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Werewolf 1986
#2797 BGGA notable hobby board game, currently ranked #2797 on BoardGameGeek and a widely played party title.
8–24 players · ~60 min · Ages 8+
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Stratego 1946
#3110 BGGA notable hobby board game, currently ranked #3110 on BoardGameGeek and a widely played abstract title.
2 players · ~45 min · Ages 8+
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Apples to Apples 1999
#8225 BGGA notable hobby board game, currently ranked #8225 on BoardGameGeek and a widely played party title.
4–10 players · ~20 min · Ages 12+
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Mastermind 1971
#9411 BGGA notable hobby board game, currently ranked #9411 on BoardGameGeek and a widely played abstract title.
2 players · ~20 min · Ages 8+
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Clue 1949
#11109 BGGA notable hobby board game, currently ranked #11109 on BoardGameGeek and a widely played family title.
2–6 players · ~45 min · Ages 8+
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Cards Against Humanity 2009
#16155 BGGA notable hobby board game, currently ranked #16155 on BoardGameGeek and a widely played party title.
4–30 players · ~30 min · Ages 17+
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SHUG 2027
#22939 BGGA notable hobby board game, currently ranked #22939 on BoardGameGeek and a widely played strategy title.
1–6 players · ~30 min · Ages 10+
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Trivial Pursuit: Genus Edition 1981
#30752 BGGA notable hobby board game, currently ranked #30752 on BoardGameGeek and a widely played party title.
2–24 players · ~90 min · Ages 12+
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Pictionary 1985
UnrankedCreated by Rob Angel in 1985, it defined the drawing-and-guessing party-game category and sold tens of millions of copies.
3–16 players · ~60 min · Ages 8+
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Tap 4 2019
UnrankedA hobby board game catalogued on BoardGameGeek;
2–8 players · ~15 min · Ages 7+
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