Board game categories
85 categories. Averages hidden for entries with fewer than 5 games.
| Category | Games | Geek | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abstract Strategy | 2,255 | 5.62 | 6.37 |
| Action / Dexterity | 1,481 | 5.58 | 6.03 |
| Adventure | 1,877 | 5.76 | 6.80 |
| Age of Reason | 238 | 5.74 | 7.05 |
| American Civil War | 296 | 5.59 | 7.00 |
| American Indian Wars | 63 | 5.67 | 6.92 |
| American Revolutionary War | 91 | 5.65 | 7.09 |
| American West | 324 | 5.72 | 6.57 |
| Ancient | 990 | 5.77 | 6.80 |
| Animals | 2,485 | 5.67 | 6.35 |
| Arabian | 104 | 5.79 | 6.44 |
| Aviation / Flight | 372 | 5.67 | 6.88 |
| Bluffing | 1,603 | 5.67 | 6.39 |
| Book | 316 | 5.58 | 7.38 |
| Card Game | 10,060 | 5.65 | 6.43 |
| Children's Game | 2,622 | 5.53 | 5.80 |
| City Building | 790 | 5.94 | 6.88 |
| Civil War | 269 | 5.65 | 7.02 |
| Civilization | 488 | 5.96 | 7.01 |
| Collectible Components | 468 | 5.67 | 6.49 |
| Comic Book / Strip | 507 | 5.66 | 6.51 |
| Deduction | 1,887 | 5.68 | 6.50 |
| Dice | 2,771 | 5.67 | 6.44 |
| Economic | 2,079 | 5.84 | 6.63 |
| Educational | 754 | 5.62 | 6.25 |
| Electronic | 256 | 5.56 | 5.78 |
| Environmental | 448 | 5.82 | 6.85 |
| Expansion for Base-game | 27 | 5.67 | 7.22 |
| Exploration | 1,424 | 5.82 | 6.83 |
| Fan Expansion | 1 | — | — |
| Fantasy | 4,188 | 5.75 | 6.80 |
| Farming | 381 | 5.89 | 6.77 |
| Fighting | 2,306 | 5.78 | 6.86 |
| Game System | 44 | 5.63 | 6.82 |
| Horror | 1,046 | 5.73 | 6.66 |
| Humor | 1,760 | 5.59 | 6.18 |
| Industry / Manufacturing | 437 | 5.97 | 6.94 |
| Korean War | 32 | 5.60 | 6.96 |
| Mafia | 184 | 5.64 | 6.54 |
| Math | 251 | 5.58 | 6.14 |
| Mature / Adult | 269 | 5.58 | 6.03 |
| Maze | 266 | 5.62 | 6.33 |
| Medical | 117 | 5.77 | 6.49 |
| Medieval | 1,442 | 5.77 | 6.81 |
| Memory | 706 | 5.55 | 6.02 |
| Miniatures | 1,520 | 5.74 | 7.28 |
| Modern Warfare | 510 | 5.61 | 6.91 |
| Movies / TV / Radio theme | 1,532 | 5.61 | 6.00 |
| Murder / Mystery | 645 | 5.67 | 6.60 |
| Music | 168 | 5.62 | 6.51 |
| Mythology | 620 | 5.79 | 6.87 |
| Napoleonic | 413 | 5.61 | 7.13 |
| Nautical | 888 | 5.74 | 6.71 |
| Negotiation | 827 | 5.69 | 6.28 |
| Novel-based | 713 | 5.76 | 6.39 |
| Number | 392 | 5.67 | 6.25 |
| Party Game | 3,134 | 5.60 | 6.15 |
| Pike and Shot | 140 | 5.69 | 7.05 |
| Pirates | 467 | 5.67 | 6.37 |
| Political | 687 | 5.76 | 6.78 |
| Post-Napoleonic | 378 | 5.74 | 6.99 |
| Prehistoric | 236 | 5.74 | 6.47 |
| Print & Play | 1,060 | 5.63 | 6.77 |
| Puzzle | 1,346 | 5.72 | 6.63 |
| Racing | 794 | 5.61 | 6.16 |
| Real-time | 1,072 | 5.66 | 6.30 |
| Religious | 198 | 5.73 | 6.57 |
| Renaissance | 358 | 5.87 | 6.94 |
| Science Fiction | 2,395 | 5.75 | 6.75 |
| Space Exploration | 466 | 5.87 | 6.85 |
| Spies / Secret Agents | 296 | 5.76 | 6.58 |
| Sports | 718 | 5.62 | 6.53 |
| Territory Building | 815 | 5.89 | 6.87 |
| Third-party Expansion | 1 | — | — |
| Trains | 467 | 5.80 | 6.86 |
| Transportation | 524 | 5.77 | 6.63 |
| Travel | 420 | 5.73 | 6.57 |
| Trivia | 811 | 5.54 | 5.78 |
| Video Game Theme | 580 | 5.70 | 6.67 |
| Vietnam War | 87 | 5.61 | 7.01 |
| Wargame | 4,992 | 5.63 | 7.01 |
| Word Game | 713 | 5.59 | 6.15 |
| World War I | 287 | 5.60 | 7.09 |
| World War II | 1,551 | 5.62 | 7.06 |
| Zombies | 285 | 5.70 | 6.61 |