27 Stupendous Board Games For Adults That'll Take Game Night To New Heights

See just how well you’d handle a worldwide health crisis by sitting around the table for a rousing game of Pandemic. You and your fellow players must play to your character’s strengths to develop and implement a strategy for eradicating the disease.

Defend the realms of the living in hopes of becoming Lord Commander of the Night’s Watch by besting the competition in this Game Of Thrones Catan board game. You’ll battle against all types of fearsome foes and climb up the ranks to claim victory!

Plunder, pillage, and mutiny your way to victory by trying to best your mateys in the Tortuga 1667 board game. Each player holds a secret loyalty to the British or to the French and has to try to amount the most treasure before the arrival of the Spanish Armada.

For the rest of us, there is this board game. When the holidays roll around and you need something to do after the Airing of the Grievances, break out this board game for loads of laughs.

Her level of focus is unrivaled and if you wanna challenge her brain (before challenging her body, intelligence is a huge turn-on for Scorpio), see if she wants to play a game of chess. This set is top-notch, with a mat that rolls up for easy storage and heavy-duty pieces.

Depending on when the polls close, you and the people at your election party could have a lot of time to kill before the official winner is announced. Declare your own winner playing a game of political glory with the aptly named Election Night!

Drink-a-Palooza is just how it sounds, an absolute powerhouse party of drinking. There are tons of games mixed into one, including Opoly-style games, quarters, flip cup, beer pong, spin the shot, trivia, and more. You will be drunk by the time you're finished playing.

Invite some pals over for game night and plunge into the chilly depths with the Reign of Cthulhu. The board game is built for 2 to 4 players and challenges you to seal the gates before the realm is taken over by Shoggoths. The gameplay lasts about 40 minutes but it'll feel like less because it's so much fun.

If you and your gang can't get enough of the Gang, throw some episodes on in the background and play the It's Alway's Sunny in Philadelphia Board Game. Designed for 2-5 players, it's super fun even if you pull a Charlie Work card.

Show off your geography skills with a game of Trekking the World. It's perfect for intellectual families looking for a fun way to teach their kids about far-off places. The globetrotting takes about 30-60 minutes and you can't help but love the full-color illustrations and rich game lore.

When you really don't know what the hell to do, reach into the realm of spirits and see what they have to say. Just pray that by using this Ouija board you don't get someone just as indecisive as you. Then you're gonna have to summon a new dead person to ask.

Give him a Dungeons and Dragons starter set and you'll give him friends that he will have for a lifetime. It's all about working together, sometimes competing with each other, and using his imagination to overcome crazy problems, but with DRAGONS! This starter set comes with tiny figurines to get the campaign and the dice (also included) rolling!

They say great minds think alike and with Wavelength you can find out if you and your friends have great minds. The fascinating board game challenges you to see how your feelings or thoughts about certain things (like the temp you think of when you hear "coffee") stack up against your friends' thoughts.

In the Game of Monopoly, you either win or you wish you were dead because damn, that game can go on forever. Grab the Red Bull and comfy chairs, you and the boys will want to play this GoT-inspired board game all night long. Expect some twists the classic doesn't have.

The cards in Drunk, Stoned, or Stupid present you with a situation and you've gotta decide who would be in what state to possibly do that thing. Are you drunk when you sing but you shouldn't? Are you stoned when you wake up with a burrito in bed? There are 500 cards in the set, judge your friends!

Test your hand at leading a cult with an award-winning game of charisma, cheeky humor, and lots of player interaction. Talk and play your way through the satirical game, which has some retro vibes and a simple premise that relies on your stellar strategy.

Kids of the 80s and 90s might remember playing Civilization on the computer but the board game is bigger and better than that ever was. Create a culture, engage in conquest, make friends, defeat your enemies, build a city, and so much more as you play as one of the competing nations in the game.

What happens when you turn a watering hole from Ye Olde Times into a board game? You get the raucous debauchery that comes with The Red Dragon Inn. Man the bar and pour some flagons of grog with your best pals and get ready for a hilarious game full of adventures, laughs, and partying.