Top 6 Board Games You Should Consider Playing in 2020

Board games are making a comeback in 2020. People are moving toward mindful spending and saving and having quiet nights in rather than hitting the town. Having a stash of board games on hand is the best way to connect with a group of friends or spend time together as a family.

As board games are once again growing in popularity, new and exciting releases have been hitting stores. Here are the top six board games to try out in 2020, some modern, and some classic.

Dungeons & Dragons: Castle Ravenloft

Dungeons & Dragons has traditionally been an RPG with a strong following of devotees. For a more accessible, one-off version of this classic game, try Dungeons & Dragons: Castle Ravenloft. 

This game is ideal for up to five players and has various scenarios that help keep a strong replay value. There are cooperative elements that make it suitable for a social gathering. This game is also a gentle introduction to the RPG version for your friends and family members who haven’t tried it yet. Get them hooked on this game, then pull out your D&D dice and Dungeon Master attire the next time they come around.

Photosynthesis

Photosynthesis is one of the most visually pleasing games of the last twenty years. With warm colors reminiscent of autumn and 3D pieces that create an enchanting forest scape, your entire family will love playing this game and watching their forest grow before them.

In this game, each player has a different breed of a tree. The goal is to grow their tree from seedling to fully-grown using light points. As they grow, they have the potential to cast surrounding trees in shade, stunting their growth. As the game goes on, the sun segment moves around and shines light on different trees each time. 

In the end, the person with the most points wins, but everyone can celebrate how beautiful the forest looks.

Fog of Love

Fog of Love has been out for a while but is just now becoming popular. In this RPG-style board game, you and your partner create characters and try to win them a happily ever after. Don’t think that you have to play this game with a romantic partner either; the characters are totally separate from your personalities and attachments.

Fog of Love has the potential for hilarity as you bumble through a Sims-like scenario, with hidden personality traits and destinies. There are also expansion packs that bring terrible in-laws or paranormal encounters into the game to shake things up. 

Calico

For a timely board game that invokes the essence of cats taking over the internet, Calico is the perfect game for both cat lovers and board game enthusiasts alike.

This visually pleasing game boasts puzzle-style gameplay, in which you use colorful tiles to assemble the best possible quilt to attract a cat. It’s similar in nature to Carcassone, with edges that have to line up with other tiles, only with a more homey element. This is a simple game for parties and family game night.

Villainous

Who doesn’t want to invoke their favorite Disney villain? In this strategy game, you choose your character and use their unique abilities to try and be as evil as possible. As you work through the game to complete your objectives and rid the world of good, other villains can throw twists of fate your way in a suspenseful race to the top.

The game comes with Jafar, Ursula, Maleficent, Captain Hook, Prince John, and the Queen of Hearts. There are expansion packs to add new villains, like Scar and Hades.

Wingspan

Wingspan is a stunning card-driven game in which you try to attract birds to your aviaries. There are gorgeous tokens, bird eggs, and board structures that make the playing experience that much better.

From setting up habitats to feeding the birds worms, this engine-building game has nothing but fantastic reviews and is the perfect addition to a board game collection for 2020. 

You can’t go wrong with any of the games on this list for 2020.