Best action drafting board games
The best action drafting board games are Puerto Rico, Twilight Imperium Fourth Edition and El Grande — the top-rated of 23 action drafting board games in the MeeplePick database, led by Puerto Rico (2002) at 8.0/10 on BoardGameGeek.
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Puerto Rico (2002)
3–5 players · 90–150 min · ★ 8.0
Complexity
Twilight Imperium Fourth Edition (2017)
3–6 players · 240–480 min · ★ 8.7
Complexity
El Grande (1995)
2–5 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.8
Complexity
Citadels Classic (2000)
2–8 players · 20–60 min · ★ 7.1
Complexity
Rising Sun (2018)
3–5 players · 90–120 min · ★ 7.9
Complexity
Alchemists (2014)
2–4 players · 120 min · ★ 7.7
Complexity
Village (2011)
2–4 players · 60–90 min · ★ 7.5
Complexity
Grand Austria Hotel (2015)
2–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.9
Complexity
Inis (2016)
2–4 players · 60–90 min · ★ 7.8
Complexity
Barrage (2019)
1–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.2
Complexity
San Juan (2004)
2–4 players · 45–60 min · ★ 7.3
Complexity
Coimbra (2018)
2–4 players · 60–90 min · ★ 7.7
Complexity
In the Year of the Dragon (2007)
2–5 players · 75–100 min · ★ 7.3
Complexity
Citadels (2016)
2–8 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.3
Complexity
San Juan (Second Edition) (2014)
2–4 players · 45–60 min · ★ 7.5
Complexity
Yspahan (2006)
2–4 players · 45–60 min · ★ 7.1
Complexity
Tekhenu Obelisk of the Sun (2020)
1–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.9
Complexity
Beyond the Sun (2020)
2–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.0
Complexity
Pipeline (2019)
2–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.7
Complexity
New Frontiers (2018)
2–5 players · 45–75 min · ★ 7.6
Complexity
Gentes (2017)
1–4 players · 90 min · ★ 7.5
Complexity
Nauticus (2013)
2–4 players · 90 min · ★ 6.9
Complexity
The Cost (2020)
2–4 players · 75 min · ★ 7.4
Complexity
Frequently asked
- What is the best action drafting board game?
- Puerto Rico (2002) is the highest-rated action drafting board game on BoardGameGeek, at 8.0/10 from 64,023 ratings. Twilight Imperium Fourth Edition and El Grande round out the top three.
- How many action drafting board games are there?
- MeeplePick lists 23 action drafting board games, ranked here by BoardGameGeek community rating.
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