Top games for 12 year olds
Have you ever wished there was a big list of all the best games for 12 year olds?
Of course you have!
Well, this is it, my friends… The day has arrived.
For each game in the list below, our score takes into account 4 things:
- Its Geek rating on the BoardGameGeek website
- Its parent percentage – that is, what percentage of parents think the game is playable at this age
- The views of our media partners about its suitability for different ages
- Any user ratings on our site
Add a bit of secret sauce and there you have it! A top 100 list primed and ready to show you the best games for your kids. And your friends’ kids. And their friends kids…
Behold, the key to the table!
Note that a game will only appear on this list if the parent percentage is greater than 0%, which is to say that at least one parent thinks it’s playable at this age.
The best games for 12 year olds
Ranked in descending order of enjoyment aged 12:
Rank
Image
Title
Our rating: age 12
Our min. age
Parent %: age 12
Our rating: adult
22801
Tiny Epic Western
0.4968136
<10
14
<10
8%
6.21017
<10
22802
Europe Engulfed: WWII European Theatre Block Game
0.4935184
<10
16
<10
8%
6.16898
<10
22803
Human Punishment: Social Deduction 2.0
0.492044
<10
14
<10
8%
6.15055
<10
22804
Field Commander: Rommel
0.4777312
<10
14
<10
8%
5.97164
<10
22805
Cataclysm: A Second World War
0.4759576
<10
16
<10
8%
5.94947
<10
22806
Axis & Allies: WWI 1914
0.4757184
<10
14
<10
8%
5.94648
<10
22807
The Devil’s Cauldron: The Battles for Arnhem and Nijmegen
0.3541692
<10
16
<10
6%
5.90282
<10
22808
Crystal Palace
0.4713366
<10
14
<10
7%
6.73338
<10
22809
ZhanGuo
0.4709271
<10
14
<10
7%
6.72753
<10
22810
Bios: Megafauna
0.4688552
<10
14
<10
8%
5.86069
<10
22811
Abomination: The Heir of Frankenstein
0.4675104
<10
14
<10
7%
6.67872
<10
22812
Virgin Queen
0.4620581
<10
15
<10
7%
6.60083
<10
22813
Coffee Traders
0.4606938
<10
14
<10
7%
6.58134
<10
22814
Legendary Encounters: A Predator Deck Building Game
0.4583131
<10
14
<10
7%
6.54733
<10
22815
A Distant Plain
0.4568893
<10
14
<10
7%
6.52699
<10
22816
Thunderbolt Apache Leader
0.4501182
<10
14
<10
7%
6.43026
<10
22817
Warrior Knights
0.4447485
<10
14
<10
7%
6.35355
<10
22818
Neanderthal
0.4396371
<10
14
<10
7%
6.28053
<10
22819
Pendragon: The Fall of Roman Britain
0.4388755
<10
16
<10
7%
6.26965
<10
22820
Arkham Horror: The Card Game (Revised Edition)
0.4387506
<10
14
<10
6%
7.31251
<10
22821
Horus Heresy
0.3702702
<10
15
<10
6%
6.17117
<10
22822
Pax Renaissance: 2nd Edition
0.4246188
<10
14
<10
6%
7.07698
<10
22823
Die Macher
0.4211166
<10
14
<10
6%
7.01861
<10
22824
Here I Stand
0.4201482
<10
15
<10
6%
7.00247
<10
22825
First Martians: Adventures on the Red Planet
0.4189234
<10
14
<10
7%
5.98462
<10
22826
Imperium: Legends
0.4195812
<10
14
<10
6%
6.99302
<10
22827
Colonial: Europe’s Empires Overseas
0.3589362
<10
14
<10
6%
5.98227
<10
22828
Malifaux
0.4056976
<10
14
<10
7%
5.79568
<10
22829
Imperial Steam
0.3994986
<10
15
<10
6%
6.65831
<10
22830
Battles of Napoleon: The Eagle and the Lion
0.3984792
<10
16
<10
7%
5.69256
<10
22831
Unconscious Mind
0.2758964
<10
14
<10
4%
6.89741
<10
22832
Time of Crisis: The Roman Empire in Turmoil, 235-284 AD
0.3936138
<10
14
<10
6%
6.56023
<10
22833
DrunkQuest
0.3913315
<10
16
<10
7%
5.59045
<10
22834
Wilderness War
0.3900912
<10
15
<10
6%
6.50152
<10
22835
Liberty or Death: The American Insurrection
0.3858972
<10
14
<10
6%
6.43162
<10
22836
Sword of Rome: Conquest of Italy, 362-272 BC
0.376944
<10
14
<10
6%
6.2824
<10
22837
Android
0.3771114
<10
15
<10
6%
6.28519
<10
22838
Rise and Decline of the Third Reich
0.3673866
<10
15
<10
6%
6.12311
<10
22839
The Guns of Gettysburg
0.3618402
<10
15
<10
6%
6.03067
<10
22840
Bezzerwizzer
0.3612438
<10
14
<10
6%
6.02073
<10
22841
Trial by Trolley
0.2898585
<10
16
<10
5%
5.79717
<10
22842
Cooper Island
0.3418945
<10
14
<10
5%
6.83789
<10
22843
1989: Dawn of Freedom
0.3332115
<10
14
<10
5%
6.66423
<10
22844
Falling Sky: The Gallic Revolt Against Caesar
0.3266535
<10
15
<10
5%
6.53307
<10
22845
For the People
0.3241805
<10
14
<10
5%
6.48361
<10
22846
Fields of Fire
0.2522584
<10
15
<10
4%
6.30646
<10
22847
Final Girl
0.3013896
<10
14
<10
4%
7.53474
<10
22848
Imperial Struggle
0.2801076
<10
15
<10
4%
7.00269
<10
22849
Advanced Squad Leader
0.2786816
<10
16
<10
4%
6.96704
<10
22850
Pax Renaissance
0.2713516
<10
15
<10
4%
6.78379
<10
22851
Kingdom Death: Monster
0.1528264
<10
16
<10
2%
7.64132
<10
22852
Voidfall
0.1499676
<10
16
<10
2%
7.49838
<10
22853
Paths of Glory
0.2181633
<10
15
<10
3%
7.27211
<10
22854
Kanban: Driver’s Edition
0.2164659
<10
14
<10
3%
7.21553
<10
22855
1830: Railways & Robber Barons
0.2163378
<10
15
<10
3%
7.21126
<10
22856
Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game
0.2159637
<10
16
<10
3%
7.19879
<10
22857
Fire in the Lake
0.2084766
<10
15
<10
3%
6.94922
<10
22858
Feudum
0.2031597
<10
14
<10
3%
6.77199
<10
22859
Frostpunk: The Board Game
0.1412756
<10
16
<10
2%
7.06378
<10
22860
Labyrinth: The War on Terror, 2001 – ?
0.1381736
<10
16
<10
2%
6.90868
<10
22861
The Republic of Rome
0.1355348
<10
16
<10
2%
6.77674
<10
22862
This War of Mine: The Board Game
0.0735068
<10
16
<10
1%
7.35068
<10
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