About r/boardgames
In its own words:
The #1 Reddit source for news, information, and discussion about modern board games and board game culture. Join the community and come discuss games like Codenames, Wingspan, Brass, and all your other favorite games!
The community was created on Sep 16, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Oct 19, 2026, it has gained 1,773 subscribers (+0.03%). Among the 6 communities on our board games list it is the largest.
What sets r/boardgames apart
Compared with other large communities, r/boardgames leans heavily on text posts (63% of recent posts; the typical Top 100 subreddit sits at 17%). For its size it is unusually busy: about 12.9 new posts a day per million members, more than 87% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (10:00 UTC) sees about 3.9× as many posts as the quietest (01:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026, r/boardgames climbed from 5,451,795 to 5,459,592 subscribers (+7.8K, +0.14%). That is about 195 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (8 so far), so it gets longer every week.
Top posts on r/boardgames this week
This week’s highest-ranked posts, in Reddit’s own order (collected Oct 30, 2026).
- I built a free virtual shelf for board games: import from BGG, real box sizes, and it tidies the pile by size, A–Z, designer or coloru/ExpressTangerine7306 · Oct 25 · video
- Mods can we please get a “no ai content” policy in hereu/Switchbladesaint · Oct 29 · text post
- Stuff Happens Card Gameu/Basilburr · Oct 27 · image
- Finally played HeroQuest after wanting it for over 30 yearsu/rootrocka · Oct 28 · gallery
- It's a dark and very stormy night here in the UK, the perfect setting for a bit of HeroQuest.u/Far_Contract_6293 · Oct 24 · gallery
- Games with ridiculous starting player rules?u/Tthebossbreh · Oct 25 · text post
- Should I get spirit island or fate of the fellowship?u/788273781 · Oct 27 · gallery
- I miss having that one game my entire friend group was obsessed withu/blablax123456 · Oct 26 · text post
- Spiel Essen Hidden Gem - best Bathroomu/YoldaPirate · Oct 23 · gallery
- SPIEL '26 report: Thoughts about 21 games I playedu/foddomir · Oct 26 · text post
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/boardgames, from 2017 to 2026, ranked by Reddit.
- Some of my friends take Dune night more seriously than othersu/jbauer777 · Dec 29, 2024 · gallery
- Ban X.com (formerly Twitter) links from this subreddit?u/the_bengine · Jan 21, 2025 · text post
- Cards Against Humanity officially surpasses acoustic guitars as the most annoying thing you can bring to a party [Satire]u/Dystopian_Dreamer · Jun 20, 2018 · 31,371 points · 1,227 comments · link
- "Are you gonna play the victim all life long?" My experience as a woman in board gaming, in brief.u/abigaila · Jun 22, 2018 · 23,942 points · 3,700 comments · text post
- Message from a teacheru/schroederek · Feb 19, 2026 · image
- I created a board game group in my small town and last night we had 25 people show upu/Pocketsinmypockets · Jul 20, 2026 · image
- My little boardgamer.u/Wisecow · Mar 21, 2017 · 16,398 points · 515 comments · text post
- Cards Against Humanity is donating 100% profits made from red states to National Network of Abortion Fundsu/cthulhu81000 · Aug 10, 2022 · 14,529 points · 403 comments · link
- Guy Who Bitched for Five Straight Hours Wins Board Game at Last Secondu/jeremysmiles · Feb 27, 2018 · 10,098 points · 705 comments · link
- 2 months of design and planning, 3 months of building later, I have the gaming table of my dreams.u/AnCyberTurtle · Jan 25, 2021 · gallery
What r/boardgames talks about
Looking at the titles of 493 recent posts (Oct 21–Oct 28), the words that come up most are “game”, “board”, “games”, “card” and “essen”. Other frequent themes are spiel, rules, players, question, looking and free. Recurring phrases include “board game”, “board games”, “card game” and “essen spiel”. By format, 63% are text posts, 13% are images and 13% are galleries.
Popular post flairs: Question (114), Custom Project (21), Convention (16), Review (10), News (9), COMC (7).
Activity and best time to post
r/boardgames gets about 70 new posts a day. The public archive holds 398,382 posts and 8,865,789 comments in total, about 22.3 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Sunday (87 posts) and the quietest was Tuesday (59). Posting peaks around 10:00 UTC and is lowest around 01:00 UTC.
Rules of r/boardgames
The moderators of r/boardgames list 8 rules. In short:
- Follow Reddiquette and Reddit Content Policies
- No Discrimination, Harassment, or Malicious Content
- Keep Discussions Civil
- Posts Must be High Quality and On-Topic
- Promotion Requires Participation
- Follow Posting Guidelines
- Respect Intellectual Property
- Hide Spoilers and NSFW Content
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/boardgames and press “Join”. Read the community rules in the sidebar before you post: every subreddit is run by its own volunteer moderators.
Frequently asked questions
How big is r/boardgames?
r/boardgames has 5,459,592 subscribers, which makes it the #160 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 7,797 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026.
How old is r/boardgames?
r/boardgames was created on Sep 16, 2008, so it has been around for 18 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Sep 24, 2008.
How active is r/boardgames?
Very active: r/boardgames gets about 70 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 398,382 posts and 8,865,789 comments. In a sample of 493 recent posts we counted 407 different authors.
When is r/boardgames most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 22, 2026 to Oct 28, 2026, the busiest day was Sunday and the quietest Tuesday, and most posts arrive around 10:00 UTC, with the fewest around 01:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/boardgames about?
The community describes itself as: “The #1 Reddit source for news, information, and discussion about modern board games and board game culture. Join the community and come discuss games like Codenames, Wingspan, Brass, and all your other favorite games!” Recent post titles often mention game, board, games, card and essen. Most posts are text posts (63%).
Is r/boardgames safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/boardgames as an 18+ (NSFW) community, and its own rules forbid NSFW content. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/boardgames?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/boardgames accepts both text and link posts, with images and galleries enabled. It has 8 posted rules, starting with: “Follow Reddiquette and Reddit Content Policies”; “No Discrimination, Harassment, or Malicious Content”; “Keep Discussions Civil”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/boardgames?
Communities with similar topics include r/NintendoSwitch (8M), r/pcmasterrace (16.4M), r/Minecraft (8.8M), r/PS5 (8.2M) and r/personalfinance (21.9M).
Stats from public data (data updated Oct 29, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Oct 30, 2026; top posts from Reddit’s public feeds). Point and comment counts are archive snapshots and can be lower than on Reddit today. SubMouse is an independent directory and is not affiliated with Reddit or the moderators of r/boardgames.