The best Amazon Prime Day board game deals under $50

Amazon Prime Day’s board game deals cover everything a board game fan could want, making it the perfect opportunity to expand your collection. Better yet, all the board games we’ve rounded up below are discounted to less than $50 as part of Amazon’s two-day sale.

Prime Day’s best board game deals encompass everything from a Pokémon maze game to a Star Wars riff on Pandemic Legacy, in addition to modern classics like Settlers of Catan. And yes, they’ve obviously included lots of Exploding Kittens.

If you’re looking for other sweet deals, you can check out our picks for the best Prime Day deals on video games, Lego sets, and all things Magic: The Gathering.

The best modern classic board game deals of Prime Day

Risk: The Lord of the Rings edition

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The Lord of the Rings edition of Risk is as much a tense long-tail strategy game as the original, but plays out across Middle-earth. Rohan isn’t weak. Rohan is strong!

• The base edition of Settlers of Catan — arguably the modern classic — is $37.99 (was $59.99).
• Pandemic Legacy, once again socially acceptable to play, is nearly half off at $49.99 (was $89.99).
• A new tale of terror with every game, Betrayal at the House on The Hill (Second Edition) will make friends out of enemies and (more often than not) enemies out of friends. It’s on sale for a scarily good price right now at $28.98 (was $55.99).
• The roll-and-write sci-fi game Twilight Inscription is $37.49 (was $50.55). Bonus: It features space cats!
• Dixit, the imagination game where you tell your own stories, is $27.99 (was $39.99).

The best strategy board game deals of Prime Day

Pokémon Labyrinth

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Pokémon Labyrinth captures the thrill of Pokémon (you’re tasked with finding rare creatures) but in an unconventional format (you navigate a maze-like board). Games race by in 30 minutes or less, too, so you can knock out sessions quickly — or buckle up for a marathon.

• Sentinels of the Multiverse (no Marvel relation, but obvious Marvel inspiration) is 76% off for Prime Day, coming in at $16.49 (was $69.95).
• Hail Reaper! The official board game for Pierce Brown’s Red Rising novels draws inspiration directly from the source, casting you as the leader of a house vying for power, currently at $11.49 (was $24.00).
• The placid yet strategically compelling Meadow is all about observing and documenting nature, and is currently $38.99 (was $54.99).
• The Yellowstone board game, which casts you as characters from the immensely popular (but now Costner-less) TV show, is $13.99 (was $22.99).
• Challengers, a fantasy and sci-fi twist on capture-the-flag, is $28.99 (was $39.99).
• The official strategy board game version of the 1982 film The Thing is $32.49 (was $54.99).
• Welcome To… Your Perfect Home, which may as well be called Frank Lloyd Wright: The Game, is $22.49 (was $29.99).

The best card game deals of Prime Day

Citadels, revised edition

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The revised edition of Citadels — the card game about masterfully constructing a city — features all previously published Citadels content, including preset scenarios, allowing up to eight people to engage in its backstabbing hijinks.

• Marvel Champions’ Sinister Motives expansion is $33.49 (was $44.99).
• Another Marvel Champions deal, the Mad Titan’s Shadow expansion is down to $24.99 (was $44.99)
• The classic Arkham Horror card game and its well-regarded Dunwich Legacy expansion are on sale for $42.99 (was $59.95) and $49.99 (was $69.99), respectively.
• For another take on true horror, there’s a Bloodborne card game for up to five players on sale for $33.49 (was $49.99).
• A spin on the classic board game, the card game version of Camel Up is $10.99 ($20.95).
• The Binding of Isaac makes for as good a card game as it does a video game — and right now, the Binding of Isaac card game is down to $26.99 (was $44.99).
• Sushi Go!, a card game with rounds that go by as quickly as 15 minutes, is $9.99 (was $12.16).
• Machi Koro 2, a competitive city-builder (yes, you read that correctly), improves upon the original in every way and is on sale for $21.99 (was $29.95).

The best party game deals of Prime Day

The official Wordle board game

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The board game version of Wordle — the daily word game that took the world by storm during the heigh of pandemic restrictions — is just as simplistically mind-bending as the original, and is playable by up to four people.

• If you want to get in on Exploding Kittens, the That Escalated Quickly pack is $13.99 ($19.99).
• Even more Exploding Kittens? The Poetry For Neanderthals NSFW edition is $12.17 (was $20.99).
• Even more Exploding Kittens still?! The Hand to Hand Wombat (okay, technically not kittens) pack is $19.99 (was $25.99).
• And if your kids want to get in on the Exploding Kittens fun, the family-friendly Happy Salmon pack is $8.99 (was $12.99).
• In the realm of normal, not-exploding kittens, you can get the word game So Clover for $17.99 (was $24.99).
• Concept, a guessing game that supports up to a dozen players, is $32.99 (was $44.99).

The best Star Wars board game deals of Prime Day

Star Wars Villainous: Power of the Dark Side

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Star Wars Villainous: Power of the Dark Side flips the script, putting you in the shoes of iconic villains from the series like Darth Vader and Kylo Ren in a competitive strategy game for up to four players.

The best two-player game deals of Prime Day

Splendor Duel

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Splendor Duel is a two-player riff on the classic board game about gathering resources and becoming the best gem merchant around. Elegant in its simplicity.

• Tokaido Duo, a two-player strategy game about navigating an idyllic Japanese isle, is $15.99 (was $24.99)
• Exploding Kittens — A Little Wordy is word game spin-off of Exploding Kittens for two players, and is currently $9.99 (was $14.99).
• Catan Starfarers Duel — essentially Catan plus space in a two-player card game format — is $24.99 (was $34.99).
• Splendor Duel, a two-player card game about ascending to the pinnacle of gemstone merchants, is $23.99 (was $29.99).
• Star Wars: The Deckbuilding Game lets you and a friend decide the fate of the galaxy — or just settle a bet — for $30.85 (was $37.99).

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