mechanic · 53 games

    Role Playing

    53 of the BoardGameGeek Top 1000 use Role Playing as a mechanic. The highest ranked is Gloomhaven at #4, and the list spans 1989 to 2025. Every one of them can be a BGGuessr daily answer.

    1. #4Gloomhaven
    2. #11Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion
    3. #29Arkham Horror: The Card Game
    4. #31Too Many Bones
    5. #36Mage Knight Board Game
    6. #53Cthulhu: Death May Die
    7. #60Oathsworn: Into the Deepwood
    8. #68Mansions of Madness: Second Edition
    9. #78Star Wars: Imperial Assault
    10. #80Mechs vs. Minions
    11. #83Kingdom Death: Monster
    12. #117Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game
    13. #120Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon
    14. #132Eldritch Horror
    15. #135The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-Earth
    16. #169Arkham Horror: The Card Game (Revised Edition)
    17. #173Too Many Bones: Undertow
    18. #204Chaos in the Old World
    19. #207This War of Mine: The Board Game
    20. #210Descent: Journeys in the Dark (Second Edition)
    21. #231Captain Sonar
    22. #276Roll Player
    23. #294Monikers
    24. #333The Witcher: Old World
    25. #374Destinies
    26. #451Arkham Horror
    27. #457Descent: Legends of the Dark
    28. #488Sword & Sorcery
    29. #503Feed the Kraken
    30. #513Mice and Mystics
    31. #537Middara: Unintentional Malum – Act 1
    32. #553Stuffed Fables
    33. #569Betrayal Legacy
    34. #572Sheriff of Nottingham
    35. #576Mansions of Madness
    36. #578Descent: Journeys in the Dark
    37. #597Shadows of Brimstone: City of the Ancients
    38. #605Etherfields
    39. #619Runebound (Third Edition)
    40. #629The Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era
    41. #633Arydia: The Paths We Dare Tread
    42. #643One Night Ultimate Werewolf
    43. #651Tales of the Arabian Nights
    44. #671Pathfinder Adventure Card Game: Rise of the Runelords – Base Set
    45. #690HeroQuest
    46. #728Betrayal at House on the Hill
    47. #764One Night Ultimate Werewolf: Daybreak
    48. #840Shadows of Brimstone: Swamps of Death
    49. #856Warhammer Quest: The Adventure Card Game
    50. #920Vast: The Crystal Caverns
    51. #926Earthborne Rangers
    52. #945Dungeons & Dragons: The Legend of Drizzt Board Game
    53. #958One Deck Dungeon