Top 10 Adventure Board Games - 2024 edition

In this episode of the Dungeon Dive, I discuss the top 10 adventure board games, with a new number one. Although, it looks like I failed to ever record a video with my old number one, so the new number one may not really matter. LOL! But rest assured, at one point on this list that I was keeping on my computer, there was a different number one. :) Enjoy!

Honoured to see Lands of Galzyr make your top 10 list! Much appreciated. 😊

You've made my year Daniel!

Jon Lonngren here from Fallen Dominion Studios—thank you Daniel so much for your kind words and excitement for Fallen Land 2nd Edition! We have another great expansion coming soon and two new games coming soon, in addition to an EPIC 5e Dungeons and Dragons module! Stay tuned! :)

By the way, I am very grateful to you for sharing your very well informed comments on so many games on this genre, because I don't have the time and space (both physical and mantal) to play as many games nowadays. This helps me decide what games are really worth my time, effort and shelf space. Thanks to you I have found some amazing games on the past few years. Keep up the good work and keep your independence, it really does make a difference from other bigger YouTube boardgaming channels which are not specialized in anything and work more for the publishers than for their viewers or their passions.

Great list, thank you for putting it together for us. Arkham 2nd Ed. is easily one of my favorite games (regardless of genre) and Touch of Evil isn't far behind. But the real reason I watch lists like this is to be exposed to games that I don't already know about. I ordered Iron Helm after watching your Dungeon Crawler top 10 and I never would have known it existed without you. There are a couple on this list that I'm going to be looking into (Lands of Galzyr is particularly enticing) and whether I end up buying them or not, I'm glad to have them pointed out for consideration. Many thanks and keep up the great work!

Wow, Pauper’s Ladder at #1! Such a great choice! I immediately fell in love with that game and it’s whimsical world! Looking forward to the second edition.

I absolutely cannot wait for your series covering Arkham Horror 2e! Your opinions are always spot on and Arkham was the first game to draw me into the adventure hobby (aside from heroquest and d&d). I picked up all the expansions and have played countless hours with my best friend. While it doesn’t hit the table as much anymore, everytime it does it’s as absolute banger. I also agree that it’s still the top Arkham Files game despite the LCG and Eldritch Horror’s merits.

I love that Hexplore It made it on the list, and ranked so highly. I absolutely love that series! But...I'm also deeply offended that Mage Knight didn't make this list. I consider it the pinnacle of adventure games. =D Thanks for the great game recommendations and information! You're the reason we discovered Hexplore will be forever grateful for that.

I just started digging into your videos and I'm loving what you're doing! There really aren't many people talking about these kinds of games anymore and I'm happy see them getting love. Great job!

Hello Daniel, This is an excellent list that you offer us. I bought Hexplore It FOA for myself and "Fallen Land" is in my future purchases. I thought there might be "folklore" but it's more of a campaign game and rather linear but the publisher really missed out on a great opportunity by not supporting the creation kit they have edited with. There could have been a huge community around to develop this game. There is also SoB, but here we are straddling two worlds but it offers a great opportunity to create your own adventures and with Hexcrawl we have a very wide range of what the game system can offer. But you get it probably classified more in the DC genre.

I love watching these videos by you -- I love how you take the genres so seriously and take the time to tell us why you like each of them. And your tastes are so interesting. Most top 10 videos feel like you are just watching a computer generated list. You always have some eccentric choices that reflect your deep experience with these games. Love it. Always learn about some new game I've never heard of. -jesse

I already missed a video like this. Lands of Galzyr... Top 3 on my list of adventure/exploration games.

Great list and details as always Daniel. Good to see fallen land at No2. Amazing the team managed to create so many crazy cards, equipment etc and still the game works fine.

That comment about King Crimson and Genesis killed me. You are a brilliant salesperson.

I really enjoy the fact that you're taking time to define the terms that you use and how it influence your choices! In my humble opinion, its pretty cool to have a clear definition of what you consider adventure game and a maybe more "theorical" approach instead of just a random top 10 of game you like! Now, to my wallet and try to get those games! Already got a couple of those but still need more!! Thank you for the vid!

Nice video and good chanel! Thanks for the reviews and recommendations!

Arkham Horror 2e is the game that made me fall in love with board games, especially adventure and dungeoncrawlers

Hearing about a board game that could’ve been designed by King Crimson and Steeleye Span has me salivating.

I really wish we could get more content for touch of evil and fortune and glory. I have most of all the original content and would love more .