Board game categories
85 categories. Averages hidden for entries with fewer than 5 games.
| Category | Games | Geek | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abstract Strategy | 2,231 | 5.62 | 6.37 |
| Action / Dexterity | 1,473 | 5.58 | 6.03 |
| Adventure | 1,858 | 5.76 | 6.81 |
| Age of Reason | 233 | 5.74 | 7.04 |
| American Civil War | 294 | 5.59 | 7.00 |
| American Indian Wars | 62 | 5.67 | 6.92 |
| American Revolutionary War | 90 | 5.65 | 7.07 |
| American West | 322 | 5.72 | 6.57 |
| Ancient | 984 | 5.77 | 6.79 |
| Animals | 2,423 | 5.68 | 6.35 |
| Arabian | 102 | 5.80 | 6.42 |
| Aviation / Flight | 371 | 5.67 | 6.88 |
| Bluffing | 1,595 | 5.67 | 6.40 |
| Book | 314 | 5.58 | 7.37 |
| Card Game | 9,969 | 5.65 | 6.43 |
| Children's Game | 2,567 | 5.53 | 5.79 |
| City Building | 783 | 5.94 | 6.88 |
| Civil War | 264 | 5.65 | 7.02 |
| Civilization | 483 | 5.96 | 7.01 |
| Collectible Components | 466 | 5.67 | 6.49 |
| Comic Book / Strip | 502 | 5.66 | 6.50 |
| Deduction | 1,868 | 5.68 | 6.50 |
| Dice | 2,747 | 5.67 | 6.44 |
| Economic | 2,074 | 5.84 | 6.63 |
| Educational | 751 | 5.61 | 6.24 |
| Electronic | 255 | 5.56 | 5.77 |
| Environmental | 441 | 5.82 | 6.84 |
| Expansion for Base-game | 27 | 5.67 | 7.20 |
| Exploration | 1,410 | 5.82 | 6.83 |
| Fan Expansion | 1 | — | — |
| Fantasy | 4,117 | 5.75 | 6.81 |
| Farming | 371 | 5.89 | 6.78 |
| Fighting | 2,295 | 5.78 | 6.86 |
| Game System | 44 | 5.63 | 6.82 |
| Horror | 1,021 | 5.73 | 6.67 |
| Humor | 1,737 | 5.59 | 6.19 |
| Industry / Manufacturing | 433 | 5.97 | 6.93 |
| Korean War | 31 | 5.60 | 6.92 |
| Mafia | 181 | 5.64 | 6.54 |
| Math | 251 | 5.58 | 6.14 |
| Mature / Adult | 269 | 5.58 | 6.04 |
| Maze | 264 | 5.62 | 6.33 |
| Medical | 117 | 5.77 | 6.49 |
| Medieval | 1,433 | 5.78 | 6.81 |
| Memory | 699 | 5.55 | 6.02 |
| Miniatures | 1,514 | 5.74 | 7.27 |
| Modern Warfare | 507 | 5.61 | 6.90 |
| Movies / TV / Radio theme | 1,507 | 5.61 | 6.00 |
| Murder / Mystery | 632 | 5.67 | 6.61 |
| Music | 165 | 5.62 | 6.51 |
| Mythology | 610 | 5.79 | 6.86 |
| Napoleonic | 409 | 5.61 | 7.13 |
| Nautical | 884 | 5.74 | 6.71 |
| Negotiation | 826 | 5.69 | 6.28 |
| Novel-based | 695 | 5.76 | 6.40 |
| Number | 390 | 5.67 | 6.25 |
| Party Game | 3,106 | 5.60 | 6.15 |
| Pike and Shot | 138 | 5.70 | 7.05 |
| Pirates | 465 | 5.67 | 6.38 |
| Political | 684 | 5.76 | 6.78 |
| Post-Napoleonic | 371 | 5.74 | 6.98 |
| Prehistoric | 234 | 5.75 | 6.46 |
| Print & Play | 1,049 | 5.63 | 6.77 |
| Puzzle | 1,333 | 5.71 | 6.63 |
| Racing | 788 | 5.61 | 6.16 |
| Real-time | 1,063 | 5.66 | 6.30 |
| Religious | 197 | 5.73 | 6.57 |
| Renaissance | 356 | 5.87 | 6.93 |
| Science Fiction | 2,365 | 5.75 | 6.76 |
| Space Exploration | 463 | 5.87 | 6.85 |
| Spies / Secret Agents | 295 | 5.77 | 6.58 |
| Sports | 710 | 5.62 | 6.53 |
| Territory Building | 807 | 5.89 | 6.88 |
| Third-party Expansion | 1 | — | — |
| Trains | 464 | 5.80 | 6.86 |
| Transportation | 520 | 5.77 | 6.63 |
| Travel | 414 | 5.73 | 6.57 |
| Trivia | 811 | 5.54 | 5.78 |
| Video Game Theme | 575 | 5.70 | 6.68 |
| Vietnam War | 85 | 5.61 | 7.04 |
| Wargame | 4,960 | 5.63 | 7.00 |
| Word Game | 706 | 5.59 | 6.15 |
| World War I | 285 | 5.60 | 7.09 |
| World War II | 1,544 | 5.62 | 7.05 |
| Zombies | 284 | 5.70 | 6.62 |