Board Games | Kansas City Public Library

Looking for a fun game to play with friends or family? Our librarians share some of their favorites, along with tips and tricks on how to play. We also recommend similar games, called Play Alikes, to keep the fun going! You can also search by game type (deck building, cooperative, etc.) or what 21st Century Skill each game teaches.

Prime Climb

Choose a color and roll the dice using addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division to make it to the center of the board first with both of you...

Yahtzee

This classic dice game consists of each player rolling 5 dice up to 3 times to make 1 or 13 categories. Category examples are 3 of a kind, straight, f...

Camel Up

Five camels race around a pyramid. The earlier you bet, the more you can win; that is, if you bet correctly. But beware! Camels don’t race neatly - th...

Guillotine

As an executioner during the French Revolution, you will behead the nobles and try to collect the most valuable heads in the lineup over the course of...

7 Wonders

As a leader of an ancient city, you will use various strategies to collect necessary resources, amass the largest army to defeat your neighbors, and e...

Zombie Dice

Players are zombies with a hankering for braaaains! Six-sided dice are rolled to collect brains to munch on while avoiding shotgun blasts that end you...