Hidden gem board games

Social deduction where dead players keep playing.

Roman trading and deck-building without any luck.

Silently land a jet as pilot and co-pilot.

A cooperative card game of heroes versus villains.

Team code-breaking with escalating paranoia.

A compact duel of magical engines and artefacts.

Read your team's mind on a spectrum dial.

Draw maps on your own sheet in a shared race.

Trade crystals to craft glowing golems.

A friendly legacy game that changes every session.

Escape-room puzzles in a card box.

Draft dice to build a stained glass window.

A tricky quilt puzzle of cats and colour patterns.

Claim boundary stones with poker-like formations and a dash of logic.

Grow trees and steal the sunlight from your rivals.