mechanic · 52 games

    Role Playing

    52 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. #12Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion
    3. #33Arkham Horror: The Card Game
    4. #37Too Many Bones
    5. #40Mage Knight Board Game
    6. #55Cthulhu: Death May Die
    7. #65Oathsworn: Into the Deepwood
    8. #80Mansions of Madness: Second Edition
    9. #88Star Wars: Imperial Assault
    10. #94Mechs vs. Minions
    11. #96Kingdom Death: Monster
    12. #100Arkham Horror: The Card Game (Revised Core Set)
    13. #124The Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era
    14. #128Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game
    15. #140Eldritch Horror
    16. #142Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon
    17. #145The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-Earth
    18. #168Too Many Bones: Undertow
    19. #203Xia: Legends of a Drift System
    20. #223Chaos in the Old World
    21. #225This War of Mine: The Board Game
    22. #234Descent: Journeys in the Dark (Second Edition)
    23. #249Captain Sonar
    24. #306Monikers
    25. #309Roll Player
    26. #331The Witcher: Old World
    27. #386Arydia: The Paths We Dare Tread
    28. #388Feed the Kraken
    29. #422Destinies
    30. #439Earthborne Rangers
    31. #495Arkham Horror
    32. #498Descent: Legends of the Dark
    33. #562Sword & Sorcery: Immortal Souls
    34. #577Mice and Mystics
    35. #606Middara: Unintentional Malum – Act 1
    36. #623Sheriff of Nottingham
    37. #626Stuffed Fables
    38. #631Mansions of Madness
    39. #635Betrayal Legacy
    40. #636Descent: Journeys in the Dark
    41. #671Runebound (Third Edition)
    42. #672Shadows of Brimstone: City of the Ancients
    43. #686Etherfields
    44. #690One Night Ultimate Werewolf
    45. #709HeroQuest
    46. #725Tales of the Arabian Nights
    47. #734Pathfinder Adventure Card Game: Rise of the Runelords – Base Set
    48. #782Stationfall
    49. #788Betrayal at House on the Hill
    50. #827One Night Ultimate Werewolf: Daybreak
    51. #950Warhammer Quest: The Adventure Card Game
    52. #964Shadows of Brimstone: Swamps of Death