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Games for Six Players
Fri Jul 18 19:50:52 UTC 2008

Six players is often a difficult number when trying to set up a games session. There are many good games for five and seven can always be split into three and four. But there are not that many good games for three and splitting into a group of four and a group of two tends to make the two wonder why they bothered showing up for the group event in the first place. Here then are some suggestions for six-player games which you may like to take for stocking your game library.

The L links point to the game's entry in Luding where further reviews are available.

See also: War Games for Six Players

Racing · Cards · Dice · Railroad · Board · Party · Your Mileage May Vary
Racing
Let's begin with a game genre that actually gets better with a lot of players.

Cards
Games which are mainly just cards and tend to be lighter and quicker.

Dice
Games which are primarily about rolling dice.
  • Alhambra - The Dice Game L
  • Fill or Bust/Volle Lotte review L
  • Great Balloon Race, The/Himmelsstürmer review L
  • Knatsch/Knights review L
  • Liar's Dice/Perudo/Call My Bluff review L
  • Pickomino review L

Railroad
Railroad games are another genre that often support six players.

Board
Regular Board Games

Party Games
This is just a subset as virtually every party game accepts six or more.
For more ideas and more details, visit the Party Games page.

Your Mileage May Vary
Just as important as knowing which games for six there are is knowing which games are good for six. The following games accept six, but probably play better with the number listed.
  • Alibi (three) review L
  • Condottiere (four) review L
  • Das Amulett (four) review L
  • Atlantic Storm (five) review L
  • Australian Rails (three) review L
  • Beast, La (five or fewer) review L
  • British Rails (two) review L
  • Canasta/Canasta Caliente (four) review L
  • Citadels/Ohne Furcht und Adel/Citadelles (five) more L
  • Down with the King (four) review L
  • Empire Builder (four or fewer) review L
  • Eurorails (four or fewer) review L
  • Expedition (four or fewer) review L
  • Express (four) review L
  • India Rails (four or fewer) review L
  • Iron Dragon (four or fewer) review L
  • Das Kollier (four or fewer) more L
  • Marathon (three) more L
  • Mit List und Tücke (four) more L
  • Mü und Mehr: Mü (five) more L
  • 6 Nimmt! (four or fewer) more L
  • Space Beans (three) more L
  • Tutanchamun (three) more L
  • Tichu (four) review L
Do you have any further suggestions?

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