Board games are still very popular with gamers and can be a great way to bond with family and friends. Many of the most popular tabletop classics now have digital versions, making them easy to play anytime and anywhere — even when you don’t have everybody together at one place.
While some board game conversions are plagued with bugs or simply don’t mechanically hold up to the move to digital (Carcassonne is a perfect example), there are plenty of high-quality digital adaptations worth checking out. The best ones offer smooth visuals and a good variety of modes to try.
Ticket to Ride: Digital Edition
Aspiring railroad barons will enjoy this easy-to-learn yet satisfying digital version of the venerable physical board game that puts players in control of laying train tracks across North America by tactically leveraging a hand of color-coded route cards. It’s a top pick for our list of the best digital board games and frequently receives steep discounts on all platforms so be sure to check it out when it’s on sale.
Scythe: Digital Edition
This award-winning digital version of the wildly popular fantasy role-playing game by Cephalofair Games is our pick for the best digital board game for strategy fans. It offers a wealth of additional content, including hundreds of missions in a deep and varied campaign that sees you forming bands of mercenaries to fulfill quests and vanquish monsters. The game was rolled out by Flaming Owl Studios for Windows and MacOS, Xbox and PlayStation in 2017.