The cheapest board games to play as a family 2026

We have already talked about the surprising success of board games in the digital age on some other occasion, such as in the text in which you give ideas to get your teenage son out of his room, so let's get straight to the point. We have set out to find the best selection of cheap titles to play as a family on the market because the only drawback they have is that if you want to have a large collection at home, the investment skyrockets.

This objective brings with it a consequence: the cheapest board games are usually not board games, but card games. But this also has an extra advantage: most of the titles that we are going to recommend take up very little space on the shelf at home and are easily transportable.

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They are perfect to complement classic board games and some of the heavyweights whose price is not exactly cheap. To compile the list, we have decided to include a number of semi-unknown titles precisely to give you new ideas beyond the typical ones, although you will see that we have included at least two or three games that you have probably already had fun with at a family gathering.

Maybe you miss titles like Virus, a true mass success in Spain, or Bang. The bullet!, that role-playing game that triumphs especially among groups of adult friends. We have discarded the first because it is too well known, and the second because it is a little more expensive than the ten chosen. In fact, their special editions all far exceed twenty euros, a range that we did not want to cross in any case.

We have achieved it, as you will see below. It's not for nothing, but we have left us with a very complete and varied list. And between the ten games they barely exceed one hundred euros of investment in total! You just have to read the selection carefully, investigate each game a little more if you consider it appropriate and choose the one - or those - that best suit your tastes and the ages of the little ones you have at home.

Citadels

Strategy game in which you will compete to build and develop the best city in the game thanks to the special abilities of key characters in the game who will lend you their skills to do so. From two to eight players and recommended minimum age of ten years. Good, addictive and cheap.

Price:14.95 euros

secret code

It is a game for large families, very fun and easy to learn its dynamics - two spies have to find their secret agents before their rival. The only downside is that it is recommended for people over twelve years of age, so it is a game for the whole family - up to eight players - but in which the little ones are already over this age.

Price:17.95 euros

Hanabi

Peculiar is this award-winning board game of German origin in which all players compete on the same team. The objective is to organize all the pyrotechnic material so that the final fireworks can be made. Observation, cooperation and memory are the three decisive skills.

Price:11.88 euros

skull island

A dice and card game with simple dynamics and a short duration per game that can be played by two to five people from the age of eight. The objective is to get as many treasures as possible, but you have to measure the risk you take in your decisions.

Price:10.75 euros

Jenga

In addition to being fun and very different from classic board games, Jenga is cheap and allows people of very different ages to play, making it very interesting to work on different facets in the development of children from six years old, the minimum recommended age of the game. Don't let that tower fall when you dismantle it!

Price:14.95 euros

1000 kilometers

Another board game with cards as the protagonist. This is a classic that even the youngest grandparents will remember because it has tradition. It is very fun and the game dynamics are very easy to follow. The one with the most points wins, but with the added peculiarity that it is played in pairs. Up to six people and minimum two.

Price:11.95 euros.

Oh my goods

Card game winner of the prestigious Spiel des Jahres award - in 2016 - delivered that is highly recommended to play with the family and has a very cheap price. You will become artisans and merchants of medieval Europe and you must accumulate as many points as possible by optimizing your production chain. Up to four players and the games are quick, lasting approximately half an hour.

Price:12.95 euros.

Take 6!

Card game to enjoy with the family around a large table, since a large number of people can play. In fact, it's more fun the more you play. Super easy to understand, it has a special edition for the 20th anniversary that includes ten extra cards and three new variants.

Price:8 euros.

Crazy Eggz

Game inspired by the traditional pastime of egg throwing, but in this case you don't have to go overboard at all, much less do it with real eggs. And it's even more fun. You have to dance without your balls falling out, so show your skill to the rest of the family.

Price:16 euros

Double

Famous Astrodée board game that succeeds in families around the world due to its fun dynamics and small size, which makes it an ideal travel game. 55 cards with painted objects, the first to get them out of their hands wins. To do this, you have to be quick in observation and reaction.

Price:13.46 euros