mechanic · 52 games

Storytelling

52 of the BoardGameGeek Top 1000 use Storytelling as a mechanic. The highest ranked is Gloomhaven at #4, and the list spans 1981 to 2025. Every one of them can be a BGGuessr daily answer.

#4Gloomhaven2017 · 1–4 players
#65Oathsworn: Into the Deepwood2022 · 1–4 players
#78Sleeping Gods2021 · 1–4 players
#96Kingdom Death: Monster2015 · 1–4 players
#142Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon2019 · 1–4 players
#162ISS Vanguard2022 · 1–4 players
#174The 7th Continent2017 · 1–4 players
#211Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: The Thames Murders & Other Cases1981 · 1–8 players
#225This War of Mine: The Board Game2017 · 1–6 players
#257Dead of Winter: A Crossroads Game2014 · 2–5 players
#288Near and Far2017 · 2–4 players
#300Deception: Murder in Hong Kong2014 · 4–12 players
#341Oath2021 · 1–6 players
#355Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game2018 · 1–5 players
#362Dixit: Odyssey2011 · 3–12 players
#364Chronicles of Crime2018 · 1–4 players
#369T.I.M.E Stories2015 · 2–4 players
#382Forgotten Waters2020 · 3–7 players
#386Arydia: The Paths We Dare Tread2025 · 1–4 players
#404The King's Dilemma2019 · 3–5 players
#417Let's Go! To Japan2024 · 1–4 players
#422Destinies2021 · 1–3 players
#436Dixit2008 · 3–8 players
#438Dead of Winter: The Long Night2016 · 2–5 players
#439Earthborne Rangers2023 · 1–4 players
#440Above and Below2015 · 2–4 players
#467Mysterium2015 · 2–7 players
#545MicroMacro: Crime City – Full House2021 · 1–4 players
#575Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: Jack the Ripper & West End Adventures2016 · 1–8 players
#577Mice and Mystics2012 · 1–4 players
#579Aeon Trespass: Odyssey2022 · 1–4 players
#606Middara: Unintentional Malum – Act 12019 · 1–4 players
#626Stuffed Fables2018 · 2–4 players
#635Betrayal Legacy2018 · 3–6 players
#650Detective: City of Angels2019 · 1–5 players
#686Etherfields2020 · 1–4 players
#694My Father's Work2022 · 2–4 players
#713Unlock!: Escape Adventures2017 · 2–6 players
#725Tales of the Arabian Nights2009 · 2–6 players
#739Unlock!: Heroic Adventures2018 · 1–6 players
#779Bloodborne: The Board Game2021 · 1–4 players
#788Betrayal at House on the Hill2004 · 3–6 players
#790Sleeping Gods: Distant Skies2023 · 1–4 players
#804The Adventures of Robin Hood2021 · 2–4 players
#822Chronicles of Crime: 14002020 · 1–4 players
#834Unlock!: Timeless Adventures2019 · 1–6 players
#835Roll Player Adventures2021 · 1–4 players
#847Treasure Island2018 · 2–5 players
#878Gloomhaven: Buttons & Bugs2024 · 1 players
#902Detective Club2018 · 4–8 players
#912Dixit: Journey2012 · 3–6 players
#963Abomination: The Heir of Frankenstein2019 · 2–4 players