15 Amazing Games That Tell (and Play) an Equally Amazing Story!

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. The best board games (at least for me to enjoy) tell a story and immerse you in some kind of plot. I’m teaming up with a crew to prevent the end of the world. I’m trapped on a dying space ship. 

A caveat, if I may… I’m not talking about games that build the framework of a story as you go, such as Rory’s Story Cubes or Once Upon a Time. I’m also not talking about diced-based RPGs in which a Game Master (Dungeon Master, Story Master, take your pick) leads you through a story while you roll the dice to determine the success of your actions. I think we’re all (unless we’ve been living under a rock ever since Stranger Things hit Netflix) clear that those are story-based games. 

I’m talking about board games and card games specifically that are already built around a story that you get immersed in as you play. These are games that take you through a legitimate beginning, middle, and end, and — if you play them in the right spirit and allow the story to guide you instead of merely going through the rote mechanics of gameplay — you can derive some of the same satisfaction that you get from reading an engrossing novel.  

The following list of games is some of (in my opinion) the best ones that writers should really be able to get into and experience in a way that non-storytellers probably wouldn’t. 

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