Discover The Best Switch Board Games For Endless Fun

With our best Switch board games guide you can pack up your Monopoly board and throw away your UNO cards, before hurling Mouse Trap into the nearest volcano. Board games are digital now Grandpa, and you can carry a whole heap of them around easily with just one console.

With touchscreen controls, two controllers attached to the device, and a handy dandy kickstand just to top it all off, the Nintendo Switch is the perfect digital board game machine, and luckily the games themselves are nothing to sniff at either. If you’re feeling a little more retro, our sister site Wargamer has a list of the best board games you can play physically.

Here are the best Switch board games:

Monopoly

The classic, the king, the most brutal speed-run of capitalism possible that we all bewilderingly enjoy playing. Monopoly looks and runs great on Nintendo Switch, and takes a lot of the difficult aspects like managing cards and cash out of the equation. And with a selection of fun animated boards, you don’t need to get sick of a single screen.

Plus, if you don’t have much time, you can change the rules and play a Quick Match, which means a player wins when they are the first one to plant a hotel. Throwing dice feels satisfying with HD rumble as well, and with the portability of the Switch, there’s no easier way to play Monopoly in a pub. Just don’t let anyone throw your Switch when they lose…

Dicey Dungeons

This rollicking rogue-like is a fun game where you play as a walking dice and explore a never-ending dungeon. Each of the six dice has different abilities, which affect your gameplay strategy. You want to try and explore the dungeon as far as you can while leveling up and unlocking different characters, and enjoying the thrilling card-based gameplay. Also featuring a thumping soundtrack from Chipzel, this game is a blast to play, that many may have missed.

Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics

Some of the smartest money on Switch, Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics has a whopping (you guessed it) 51 titles, covering board games such as Chess, Backgammon, Mahjong, and many, many more. A lot of these can be played locally on the touch screen, and many are also available to be played online.

The presentation is really pleasing in every game, and with so many options you’re bound to find something that everyone wants to play. It’s also fairly cheap to buy, so this is highly recommended as one of the very first Switch games you should pick up.

Catan

The strategy classic is brought to Nintendo Switch with a great port, offering all the Catan you could ever need in one place. It’s up to you to build settlements, roads, and infrastructures to gain a tactical advantage and gain ultimate supremacy over your opponents. You also have to balance your resources smartly, so this is a game that demands a lot of critical thinking. If you have the patience and tenacity, Catan might just be for you.

Raiders of the North Sea

The award-winning board game makes its way to Switch, making the pillaging portable in this strategic Viking simulator. You must raid new lands and balance your workers to best manage your Viking team, and gain more resources, new villagers, and expand your empire even further. It’s a game that does a surprising amount with a simple concept and has a lot of nuances to keep subsequent runs interesting.

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