What is the best alliances board game?

Cosmic Encounter (2008) is the highest-rated alliances board game on BoardGameGeek, at 7.5/10 from 27,892 ratings. Rising Sun and Eclipse Second Dawn for the Galaxy round out the top three.

How many alliances board games are there?

MeeplePick lists 18 alliances board games, ranked here by BoardGameGeek community rating.

Best alliances board games

The best alliances board games are Cosmic Encounter, Rising Sun and Eclipse Second Dawn for the Galaxy — the top-rated of 18 alliances board games in the MeeplePick database, led by Cosmic Encounter (2008) at 7.5/10 on BoardGameGeek.

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Cosmic Encounter (2008)
3–5 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.5
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Rising Sun (2018)
3–5 players · 90–120 min · ★ 7.9
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Eclipse Second Dawn for the Galaxy (2020)
2–6 players · 60–200 min · ★ 8.8
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Dune (2019)
2–6 players · 120 min · ★ 8.1
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Frank Herbert's Dune (1979)
2–6 players · 60–180 min · ★ 7.6
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Die Macher (1986)
3–5 players · 240 min · ★ 7.6
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A Game of Thrones The Card Game (Second Edition) (2015)
2–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.6
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Struggle of Empires Deluxe Edition (2004)
2–7 players · 180–240 min · ★ 7.5
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Rex Final Days of an Empire (2012)
3–6 players · 120–180 min · ★ 7.1
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Cosmic Encounter (1977)
2–6 players · 90 min · ★ 6.9
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Pendragon The Fall of Roman Britain (2017)
1–4 players · 60–360 min · ★ 8.0
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Good Cop Bad Cop (2014)
4–8 players · 10–20 min · ★ 6.6
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Cosmic Encounter 42nd Anniversary Edition (2018)
3–5 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.3
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SHASN (2021)
3–5 players · 90–120 min · ★ 7.9
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Ideology The War of Ideas (2003)
2–5 players · 90 min · ★ 6.1
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Breaking Bad The Board Game (2017)
3–8 players · 60–120 min · ★ 6.8
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Origins of World War II (1971)
2–5 players · 60 min · ★ 6.0
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Campaign (1971)
2–4 players · 120 min · ★ 5.4
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Frequently asked

What is the best alliances board game?: Cosmic Encounter (2008) is the highest-rated alliances board game on BoardGameGeek, at 7.5/10 from 27,892 ratings. Rising Sun and Eclipse Second Dawn for the Galaxy round out the top three.
How many alliances board games are there?: MeeplePick lists 18 alliances board games, ranked here by BoardGameGeek community rating.