Board game categories
85 categories. Averages hidden for entries with fewer than 5 games.
| Category | Games | Geek | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abstract Strategy | 2,286 | 5.62 | 6.38 |
| Action / Dexterity | 1,496 | 5.57 | 6.03 |
| Adventure | 1,901 | 5.76 | 6.80 |
| Age of Reason | 238 | 5.74 | 7.05 |
| American Civil War | 300 | 5.59 | 7.00 |
| American Indian Wars | 63 | 5.67 | 6.91 |
| American Revolutionary War | 91 | 5.65 | 7.09 |
| American West | 327 | 5.70 | 6.56 |
| Ancient | 998 | 5.77 | 6.80 |
| Animals | 2,551 | 5.67 | 6.36 |
| Arabian | 104 | 5.79 | 6.44 |
| Aviation / Flight | 377 | 5.67 | 6.88 |
| Bluffing | 1,626 | 5.66 | 6.40 |
| Book | 322 | 5.58 | 7.38 |
| Card Game | 10,257 | 5.65 | 6.44 |
| Children's Game | 2,652 | 5.53 | 5.81 |
| City Building | 802 | 5.94 | 6.89 |
| Civil War | 271 | 5.65 | 7.03 |
| Civilization | 491 | 5.96 | 7.00 |
| Collectible Components | 473 | 5.65 | 6.50 |
| Comic Book / Strip | 516 | 5.64 | 6.52 |
| Deduction | 1,914 | 5.67 | 6.50 |
| Dice | 2,810 | 5.66 | 6.44 |
| Economic | 2,101 | 5.84 | 6.63 |
| Educational | 761 | 5.61 | 6.25 |
| Electronic | 259 | 5.55 | 5.79 |
| Environmental | 466 | 5.81 | 6.86 |
| Expansion for Base-game | 27 | 5.67 | 7.21 |
| Exploration | 1,445 | 5.82 | 6.84 |
| Fan Expansion | 1 | — | — |
| Fantasy | 4,250 | 5.75 | 6.80 |
| Farming | 387 | 5.89 | 6.77 |
| Fighting | 2,332 | 5.77 | 6.86 |
| Game System | 45 | 5.63 | 6.84 |
| Horror | 1,058 | 5.72 | 6.66 |
| Humor | 1,779 | 5.59 | 6.18 |
| Industry / Manufacturing | 442 | 5.97 | 6.94 |
| Korean War | 32 | 5.60 | 6.95 |
| Mafia | 184 | 5.61 | 6.53 |
| Math | 256 | 5.58 | 6.16 |
| Mature / Adult | 270 | 5.58 | 6.03 |
| Maze | 272 | 5.62 | 6.33 |
| Medical | 118 | 5.77 | 6.49 |
| Medieval | 1,461 | 5.77 | 6.81 |
| Memory | 714 | 5.55 | 6.02 |
| Miniatures | 1,530 | 5.74 | 7.28 |
| Modern Warfare | 513 | 5.60 | 6.90 |
| Movies / TV / Radio theme | 1,550 | 5.61 | 6.01 |
| Murder / Mystery | 656 | 5.65 | 6.61 |
| Music | 174 | 5.62 | 6.54 |
| Mythology | 631 | 5.79 | 6.87 |
| Napoleonic | 416 | 5.61 | 7.13 |
| Nautical | 899 | 5.74 | 6.72 |
| Negotiation | 834 | 5.68 | 6.29 |
| Novel-based | 718 | 5.76 | 6.40 |
| Number | 401 | 5.67 | 6.26 |
| Party Game | 3,195 | 5.59 | 6.16 |
| Pike and Shot | 142 | 5.69 | 7.06 |
| Pirates | 472 | 5.67 | 6.38 |
| Political | 696 | 5.76 | 6.78 |
| Post-Napoleonic | 381 | 5.74 | 6.98 |
| Prehistoric | 239 | 5.74 | 6.47 |
| Print & Play | 1,077 | 5.61 | 6.77 |
| Puzzle | 1,374 | 5.71 | 6.64 |
| Racing | 800 | 5.60 | 6.16 |
| Real-time | 1,087 | 5.65 | 6.30 |
| Religious | 198 | 5.70 | 6.56 |
| Renaissance | 361 | 5.87 | 6.93 |
| Science Fiction | 2,431 | 5.75 | 6.76 |
| Space Exploration | 475 | 5.86 | 6.86 |
| Spies / Secret Agents | 301 | 5.76 | 6.58 |
| Sports | 726 | 5.61 | 6.53 |
| Territory Building | 827 | 5.88 | 6.86 |
| Third-party Expansion | 1 | — | — |
| Trains | 470 | 5.80 | 6.86 |
| Transportation | 528 | 5.77 | 6.63 |
| Travel | 430 | 5.71 | 6.58 |
| Trivia | 823 | 5.53 | 5.78 |
| Video Game Theme | 590 | 5.70 | 6.68 |
| Vietnam War | 87 | 5.61 | 7.01 |
| Wargame | 5,035 | 5.62 | 7.01 |
| Word Game | 724 | 5.59 | 6.16 |
| World War I | 289 | 5.60 | 7.10 |
| World War II | 1,566 | 5.62 | 7.06 |
| Zombies | 286 | 5.70 | 6.60 |